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The Cat Shelter of Cat Army

“Serve, Obey, Protect”

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The Cat Shelter of Cat Army is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Cathrine Catsworth with an even hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, ubiquitous missile silos, and labour-free parental leave. The compassionate, humorless, devout population of 4.93 billion Cats have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Catital. The average income tax rate is 93.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient a cat economy, worth 708 trillion Mice a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 143,677 Mice, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Government negotiators never forget to say "pretty please" when begging for custody of its criminals, the country's population is reported with a margin of error of several billions, the long arm of the law possesses a rather slow hand, and access to the woods is only granted to those who bring a small shrubbery. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cat Army's national animal is the Persian Cat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Catism.

Cat Army is ranked 167,135^th in the world and 167^th in The Region That Has No Big Banks for Largest Furniture Restoration Industry, scoring 1,310 on the Spitz-Pollish Productivity Index.

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