The Second Empire of Dushina is a colossal, cultured nation, ruled by Tsar Fluff the First with an iron fist, and notable for its museums and concert halls, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 6.985 billion Cats are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The medium-sized, corrupt, well-organized government prioritizes Defense, although Education, Industry, and Administration are also considered important, while Spirituality is ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Novo Katzé. The average income tax rate is 98.6%.

The frighteningly efficient Kitten economy, worth a remarkable 3,548 trillion Silver Kittianias 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 an enormous, deeply entrenched, fairly diversified black market in Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Book Publishing. 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 a breathtaking 507,953 Silver Kittianias, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The streets are ravaged by murder and violence to prove political points, the government has ended partisanship by ending elections, newspapers may not print any negative stories about the government, and Bambi has been banned. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Dushina's national animal is the Ringed Teal, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Kattism.

Dushina is ranked 175,309^th in the world and 2,368^th in the Pacific for Most Extensive Civil Rights, with 46.78 Martin Luther King, Jr. Units.