The Colony of Cottontree is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its lack of airports, absence of drug laws, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 460 million Cottons enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cat Tree. The average income tax rate is 36.0%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Cotton economy, worth 15.9 trillion Pounds a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Basket Weaving industry, with significant contributions from Uranium Mining, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Cheese Exports. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 34,469 Pounds, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

The Cat is a protected species, survivors receive aid from only the most environmentally-friendly transport, it takes months to get the proper permits for a child's first tricycle, and almost all products in Cottontree are hand-crafted due to strict employment laws. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Cottontree's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cottontree is ranked 236,787^th in the world and 124^th in Gay for Most Valuable International Artwork, with zero Bank.