The Queen's State of Katherine River is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and notable for its absence of drug laws, complete absence of social welfare, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 20.345 billion Katherine Riverians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Industry, although Education is also considered important, while Spirituality and Welfare aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.5%.

The very strong Katherine Riverian economy, worth a remarkable 1,098 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is fairly diversified and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 53,977 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 366,983 per year while the poor average 2,900, a ratio of 126 to 1.

Third world countries are rich in "I Love Capital Heights" t-shirts, rural communities are all but disenfranchised as politicians focus all their attention on winning the deciding urban votes, the government's official stance on religion is that it is so very silly, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Katherine River in an international press conference. Crime is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Katherine River's national animal is the deer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Katherine River is ranked 21,297^th in the world and 2^nd in Northern Territory for Most Valuable International Artwork, with zero Bank.