The People's Republic of Catereave is a large, socially progressive nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. The hard-working population of 179 million Catereaveans 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 tiny government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 9.0%.

The strong Catereavean economy, worth 10.2 trillion dollars a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Furniture Restoration, Book Publishing, and Retail. Average income is 57,143 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.7 times as much as the poorest.

Vaccinations are mandatory, confused-looking pigeons slide gently off frictionless window ledges, marijuana is legal in the privacy of your own home, and it is illegal to have the wrong clock time showing on your microwave oven. Crime, especially youth-related, is relatively low. Catereave's national animal is the wolf, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Catereave is ranked 288,754^th in the world and 109^th in Benigtopia for Largest Black Market, with 44.0 billion Standard Monetary Units.