The Sleek Grey She Cat of Needletail is a massive, socially progressive nation, renowned for its barren, inhospitable landscape, compulsory military service, and restrictive gun laws. The democratic, devout population of 1.349 billion Needletailians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government prioritizes Welfare, although Law & Order, Education, and Spirituality are also considered important. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of ShadowClan camp. The average income tax rate is 35.4%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but inefficient Needletailian economy, worth 54.3 trillion Preys a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Pizza Delivery industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Uranium Mining, and Retail. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 40,267 Preys, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Kids learn to count without the numbers '0' or '1', fire stations and hospitals can't deploy emergency vehicles because badly parked cars block them in, only criminals carry guns, 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 capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Needletail's national animal is the Violetshine, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Needletail is ranked 290,783^rd in the world and 21^st in The Lobby for Most Developed, scoring 50.87 on the Human Development Index.