The Colony of Pede Cattus is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Schwarzstern with a fair hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, barren, inhospitable landscape, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 1.139 billion Pede Cattusians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The tiny, pro-business government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Industry, and Education. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Catalina. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Pede Cattusian economy, worth 116 trillion Katzenminzes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with significant contributions from Soda Sales, Arms Manufacturing, and Information Technology. Average income is an impressive 102,280 Katzenminzes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 296,215 per year while the poor average 27,987, a ratio of 10.6 to 1.

Nude art is becoming wildly popular, a flying elephant and Schwarzstern share the same nickname, law schools are hurrying to teach the "prank defense" to their students, and the latest "must-have" uPhone is 1/4 mm thinner than last year's uPhone. Crime, especially youth-related, is well under control. Pede Cattus's national animal is the Katze, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Sternenclan.

Pede Cattus is ranked 78,412^th in the world and 1,777^th in the South Pacific for Highest Foreign Aid Spending, scoring 373.17 on the Clooney Contribution Index.