The Second Empire of Catodiles is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Phillip Catodileovich with an even hand, and renowned for its ban on automobiles, avowedly heterosexual populace, and suspicion of poets. The compassionate, devout population of 3.97 billion Catodiles 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 relatively small, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Pacost. The average income tax rate is 28.9%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Catodilean economy, worth 509 trillion Wooden Catodilo-frighs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. Black market activity is frequent. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 128,416 Wooden Catodilo-frighs, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Whenever pilots have to bail out the government bails out their company, protesters are up in arms over new nuclear power stations, press conferences always end with standing ovations and rapturous applause, and dozens of additional foreign policy specialists have been sent to the country's WA Mission. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Catodiles's national animal is the Piranha, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to heavy metals seepage into national waterways, and its national religion is Christianity.

Catodiles is ranked 260,110^th in the world and 1,306^th in Europeia for Most Cultured, scoring 61 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.