The Quentibanch of Caterasia is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Queen Supreme President Chief Cate with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, lack of airports, and ban on automobiles. The compassionate, cheerful population of 26.784 billion Caterasians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Equicate. The average income tax rate is 96.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Caterasian economy, worth a remarkable 3,414 trillion Marguerites a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 127,487 Marguerites, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Shoppers have literally had their hands full since plastic bags were banned, ignorance is considered a politically desirable quality, future forecasters fearfully discuss grey goo and human obsolescence, and people across the world seek to be healthier by eliminating carbs. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Caterasia's national animal is the horse, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Caterasia is ranked 10,693^rd in the world and 27^th in Forest for Largest Populations, with 26.8 billion capita.