The Constitutional Monarchy of Catacorpo is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Ma Lingsu with an even hand, and notable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, daily referendums, and compulsory military service. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 6.47 billion Catacorpians 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 large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Catacorpo Centre. The average income tax rate is 88.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Catacorpian economy, worth a remarkable 1,004 trillion Catasis a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 155,296 Catasis, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

History lessons resemble a who's-who and how's-how of crime, an increasing percentage of the population's youth have homosexual parents, Catacorpian tabbies are considered a delicacy, and Ma Lingsu is strangely popular with male politicians' wives. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Catacorpo's national animal is the Catacorpian tabby, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Catacorpo is ranked 326,982^nd in the world and 906^th in Council of Asia for Highest Unexpected Death Rate, scoring 19.01 on the Bus Surprisal Index.