The Cat of Cat005 is a titanic, orderly nation, ruled by Terry Pratchett with an iron fist, and renowned for its state-planned economy, avant-garde cinema, and zero percent divorce rate. The compassionate, cynical, devout population of 10.426 billion Cat005ians 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 medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Healthcare. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 45.1%.

The all-consuming Cat005ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,012 trillion Mice a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Woodchip Exports, and Book Publishing. Average income is 97,126 Mice, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 444,037 per year while the poor average 12,939, a ratio of 34.3 to 1.

Skateparks can be found in every city, interviewees for teaching jobs are waterboarded to "reveal undesirable histories", all transmission towers have been temporarily diverted in order to establish dialogue with a comet, and the consent form for routine blood pressure measurement has been nominated for the 'Novel Of The Year' award. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cat005's national animal is the Cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Cat005 is ranked 293,327^th in the world and 241^st in Refugia for Highest Drug Use, scoring 10.79 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.