The Cattery of Zinertia is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by An actual cat with an even hand, and renowned for its national health service, ban on automobiles, and sprawling nuclear power plants. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 23.63 billion Zinertians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, socially-minded morass — juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cattertia. The income tax rate is 100%.

The frighteningly efficient Zinertian economy, worth a remarkable 5,309 trillion Zints a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is extremely specialized, is mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Book Publishing. Average income is an amazing 224,704 Zints, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The news is showing footage of An actual cat bullying an old man to the point of tears, abortions are routinely performed in the nation's hospitals, praying before a battle is a court-martial offence, and Zinertia is notorious for its citizens' infidelity. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Zinertia's national animal is the CAT, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Zinertia is ranked 929^th in the world and 27^th in Lazarus for Most Beautiful Environments, with 5,352.57 pounds of wildlife per square mile.