The People's Republic of Catis is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Roman Petrov with an even hand, and renowned for its smutty television, ubiquitous missile silos, and daily referendums. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 3.186 billion Slavs enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Administration, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Volsk. The average income tax rate is 63.5%.

The frighteningly efficient Slavs economy, worth 538 trillion Dinars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Retail, Automobile Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 169,029 Dinars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.4 times as much as the poorest.

Truth is often impossible to tell from fiction on the evening news, signs at the border tell international drivers where they can put their cars, skateparks can be found in every city, and grinding bureaucracy has the international wheels of justice turning slowly. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Catis's national animal is the Cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Christianity.

Catis is ranked 23,479^th in the world and 916^th in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 87 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.