The Kingdom of Katamba is a massive, cultured nation, renowned for its museums and concert halls, free-roaming dinosaurs, and national health service. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 1.002 billion Katambans are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.

The large, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 80.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Katamban economy, worth 131 trillion Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Trout Farming, and Beef-Based Agriculture. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 131,436 Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Postcards from Katamban driving test centres are popular souvenirs, Katamba City's main city thoroughfare has been blocked by a row of leyland cypresses that mysteriously appeared overnight, Max Barry is this year's Miss Katamba, and preschools put children down for naps with milk, cookies, and a gruesome story of vengeance. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Katamba's national animal is the Eagle, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Katamba is ranked 232,548^th in the world and 9,659^th in The North Pacific for Least Corrupt Governments, with 47.35 Percentage Of Bribes Refused.