The Cat of Cat036 is a mammoth, efficient nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, ubiquitous missile silos, and public floggings. The compassionate, devout population of 9.831 billion Cat036ians are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 37.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Cat036ian economy, worth 853 trillion Mice a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Cheese Exports, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 86,768 Mice, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.5 times as much as the poorest.

Cheap goods stamped "Made In Dàguó" are increasingly rare, handsome young men are forced into uniforms by their dominant elders, attempts to inform people about their unclaimed property are often mistaken for telephone scams, and foreign investment has dropped to a trickle after laws were passed preventing investors from taking their earnings abroad. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cat036's national animal is the Cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cat036 is ranked 249,832^nd in the world and 9,832^nd in Osiris for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 26.75 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.