The United Socialist States of Catilantha is a very large, cultured nation, notable for its state-planned economy, frequent executions, and complete lack of prisons. The compassionate, democratic population of 277 million Catilanthans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 61.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Catilanthan economy, worth 8.50 trillion credits a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Cheese Exports, Furniture Restoration, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 30,668 credits, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government regularly reassures citizens that there are no monsters under their beds, the nation's atlases tend to go out of date every few weeks, diaper-wrapped shawarma is a fan-favorite, and the Smalltopian embassy doubles as an electoral campaign headquarters. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Catilantha's national animal is the grizzly bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Catilantha is ranked 189,342^nd in the world and 2,489^th in the South Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 15.82 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.