The Cat of Cat018 is a titanic, efficient nation, renowned for its pith helmet sales, soft-spoken computers, and ban on automobiles. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 10.369 billion Cat018ians are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The medium-sized, corrupt government prioritizes Defense, although Industry, Education, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Welfare receives no funds. The average income tax rate is 49.5%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Cat018ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,022 trillion Mice a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, Information Technology, and Uranium Mining. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 98,567 Mice, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.7 times as much as the poorest.

Big Brother is still watching even when your big brother is dead, the voyages of obsolete star-trekking satellites on deliberate escape orbits are only just beginning, the sound of office water cooler chatter has been replaced by the whirring of computer cooling fans, and libraries are now installed with jacuzzis and mini-bars. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cat018's national animal is the Cat, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Cat018 is ranked 121,504^th in the world and 146^th in Refugia for Highest Drug Use, scoring 131.23 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.