The State of Cataluna Libre is a titanic, socially progressive nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, complete lack of public education, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 19.523 billion Cataluna Libreans live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, liberal, pro-business, outspoken individuals juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Healthcare, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Income tax is unheard of.

The strong Cataluna Librean economy, worth 972 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Gambling, and Arms Manufacturing. Average income is 49,833 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 321,184 per year while the poor average 3,123, a ratio of 102 to 1.

Military funding has been stripped back, Cataluna Libre has designated Capital Heights as its capital city, The Governor has just been declared ruler of Cataluna Libre in an international press conference, and the government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Cataluna Libre's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Cataluna Libre is ranked 325,997^th in the world and 1^st in Republic of Catalonia for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -8.37 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.