The Second Empire of Dushina is a colossal, efficient nation, ruled by Tsar Fluff the First with an iron fist, and notable for its compulsory military service, sprawling nuclear power plants, and infamous sell-swords. The hard-nosed, cynical, humorless population of 6.048 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, with Education, Industry, and Administration also on the agenda, while Spirituality isn't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Katzé. The average income tax rate is 98.3%.

The frighteningly efficient Kitten economy, worth a remarkable 3,038 trillion Sliver 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, broadly 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 502,403 Sliver Kittianias, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Business meetings across the country are interrupted by the sound of squeaking whoopee-cushions, the optimally efficient parking strategy for business commuters is referred to as the "traveling salesman problem", owning a fishing rod can cause you to be subject to military questioning, and EpiPen sales have skyrocketed. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Dushina's national animal is the Ringed Teal, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Dushinan Catism.

Dushina is ranked 59,917^th in the world and 790^th in the Pacific for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 3,997.24 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.