The Colony of Upper Peadistos Kattis is a mammoth, cultured nation, renowned for its rampant corporate plagiarism, avowedly heterosexual populace, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-nosed, cynical, devout population of 5.368 billion Upper Peadistos Kattisians are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The large, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. The average income tax rate is 69.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Upper Peadistos Kattisian economy, worth 568 trillion florins a year, is quite specialized and dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Basket Weaving. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 105,863 florins, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

The government has declared that monochrome cinema is the next big thing, school uniforms are compulsory, the government invades its allies more than its enemies, and the nation's mettle is about to be tested. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Upper Peadistos Kattis's national animal is the lion, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Upper Peadistos Kattis is ranked 324,238^th in the world and 1,633^rd in the Outback for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring -13.08 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.