The Protectorate of Cat355 is a colossal, safe nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, punitive income tax rates, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic population of 3.996 billion Cat355ians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 51.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Cat355ian economy, worth 81.4 trillion Mice 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, quite specialized black market in Basket Weaving, Pizza Delivery, Furniture Restoration, and Tourism. 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 20,365 Mice, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cat355's national animal is the Cat.

Cat355 is ranked 81,224^th in the world and 4,006^th in Osiris for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring 45.34 on the Kitten Softness Rating.