The People's Republic of Astrocatia is a huge, safe nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space, triple-decker prams, and devotion to social welfare. The democratic population of 503 million Astrocats love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Astrojing. The average income tax rate is 73.0%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Astrocatish economy, worth 39.3 trillion Astrocatish Czizes 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, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Automobile Manufacturing, 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 78,057 Astrocatish Czizes, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Referenda are held for every conceivable government action, naturists are jailed regularly for indecent exposure, high school bands practice by moonlight, and AI chatbots generate grayscale images when asked for a picture of the truth. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Astrocatia's national animal is the Cat, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation.

Astrocatia is ranked 89,874^th in the world and 1^st in Mikrucka Valley and other regions for Highest Average Incomes, with 78,057.53 Standard Monetary Units.