The United Socialist States of Catilantha is a tiny, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, frequent executions, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 7 million Catilanthans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Defense. The average income tax rate is 52.8%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The fragile Catilanthan economy, worth 131 billion credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient black market in Information Technology, Cheese Exports, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 18,764 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, films are funded in accordance with the volume of tears shed when reading the screenplay, the nation's politicians are acknowledged as the most polite in the region to the dismay of comedians everywhere, and the mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Catilantha's national animal is the grizzly bear.

Catilantha is ranked 91,389^th in the world and 1,413^th in the South Pacific for Most Accessible, scoring 319.92 on the Keller-Reeve Index.