The United Republic of Cathendale is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by Pinlo Makmud with an even hand, and notable for its multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, pith helmet sales, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, cheerful population of 1.046 billion Cathens are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cath. The average income tax rate is 88.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cathendalean economy, worth 121 trillion Caltas a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing, Basket Weaving, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 115,875 Caltas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Big Agriculture has the government by the nuts, the government guarantees that tourists will have the ultimate trip on their trips, the dessert 'Death by Chocolate' isn't the most lethal dish on the menu, and legislation sometimes has to battle through weeks of filibustering to pass. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cathendale's national animal is the Buzzard, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Cathendale is ranked 8,817^th in the world and 24^th in The Frontier Sea for Most Accessible, scoring 630.08 on the Keller-Reeve Index.