The Federal Republic of Cats claw is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by President with an even hand, and notable for its compulsory military service, zero percent divorce rate, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 9.294 billion Cats clawians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Catnipia. The average income tax rate is 90.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Cats clawian economy, worth 710 trillion Kois a year, is driven almost entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Book Publishing industry. Average income is 76,436 Kois, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.9 times as much as the poorest.

The running costs of homeless shelters are so high that it would be cheaper to buy houses for the homeless, college athletes are arrested for selling lemonade, families waiting for delayed pipe installations hope daily for rain, and a new guerrilla marketing campaign for tap water involves government agents spraying random citizens with hose water. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cats claw's national animal is the Speckled Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cats claw is ranked 2,113^th in the world and 150^th in Lazarus for Most Valuable International Artwork, with zero Bank.