The Sandworm of Dune Cat is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Paul Catreides with an iron fist, and renowned for its deadly medical pandemics, fear of technology, and compulsory vegetarianism. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 9.073 billion House Atreides are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arrakis. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 73.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Muad'Dib economy, worth a remarkable 1,986 trillion spices a year, is mostly comprised of black market activity, especially in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an amazing 218,895 spices, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 722,569 per year while the poor average 49,611, a ratio of 14.6 to 1.

The government subsidises medicines of mass destruction, the roads are virtually falling apart, stun grenade flashes and assault weapon fire form the expected nocturnal soundscape of Dune Cat, and state-sanctioned torture is okay so long as there's no icky blood. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Dune Cat's national animal is the cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Cards.

Dune Cat is ranked 54,925^th in the world and 21^st in Temporary Home for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 136.38 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.