The Empire of Island of catland is a huge, genial nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service, pith helmet sales, and frequent executions. The compassionate, hard-working, devout population of 732 million catlandians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Healthcare, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of catland city. The average income tax rate is 57.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The all-consuming catlandian economy, worth 73.1 trillion cows a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Basket Weaving, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 99,824 cows, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

The freedom to be free is always just out of reach, bins outnumber trees in city parks, homeless people are periodically found dead upon altars to assorted deities, and the "feminist protest" defence is increasingly common for cases of armed robbery. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Island of catland's national animal is the cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Island of catland is ranked 26,541^st in the world and 279^th in 10000 Islands for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 7,454.31 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.