The Nomadic Peoples of OctoCat is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its ubiquitous missile silos, free-roaming dinosaurs, and keen interest in outer space. The hard-nosed, humorless, devout population of 3.928 billion OctoCatians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 70.4%.

The frighteningly efficient OctoCatian economy, worth 571 trillion USDS 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 large, well-organized, fairly diversified black market in Arms Manufacturing, Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Woodchip Exports. 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 an impressive 145,393 USDS, with the richest citizens earning 7.5 times as much as the poorest.

Foreign leaders' Twitcher accounts are monitored for potential threats to national security, local officials love to claim the protection of their Big Brother, Scoutmasters debate whether luxury log cabins defeat the purpose of camping, and punk-rockers and girl-bands are united in their loss of fashion statements. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. OctoCat's national animal is the Goat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

OctoCat is ranked 138,392^nd in the world and 100^th in The Rubber Room for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 691.77 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.