The People's Republic of Catpersonland is a huge, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its punitive income tax rates, devotion to social welfare, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 370 million Catpersonlandians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 75.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The Catpersonlandian economy, worth 24.5 trillion francs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Basket Weaving, Tourism, and Information Technology. Average income is 66,237 francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

There's a bright dawn ahead for Catpersonland, the wearing and manufacture of fur apparel is banned, Saturday morning cartoons feature full frontal nudity, and all guns must be registered. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Catpersonland's national animal is the lynx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Catpersonland is ranked 239,586^th in the world and 879^th in The Communist Bloc for Most Corrupt Governments, with 0.8 kickbacks per hour.