The Cat of Cat001 is a titanic, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Catiania with an iron fist, and remarkable for its public floggings, parental licensing program, and ubiquitous missile silos. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 10.568 billion Cats are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The large, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Law & Order, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Katton. The average income tax rate is 58.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cat economy, worth 868 trillion Mice a year, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is extensive. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 82,222 Mice, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Handsome young men are forced into uniforms by their dominant elders, Members of Parliament operate under a PAYE scheme, the national sporting identity is represented by a talking burger and a singing smartphone, and would-be emigrants are told "abandon all hope all ye who would exit here". Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cat001's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Cat Worship.

Cat001 is ranked 288,833^rd in the world and 15,771^st in Balder for Nicest Citizens, with 1.9 average smiles per day.