The Incorporated States of Cashar is a massive, efficient nation, remarkable for its daily referendums, ubiquitous missile silos, and irreverence towards religion. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 2.01 billion Cashari 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 tiny, corrupt government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Protiva. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 4.8%.

The frighteningly efficient Cashari economy, worth 278 trillion kermotes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Arms Manufacturing. Black market activity is notable. Average income is an impressive 138,728 kermotes, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 423,143 per year while the poor average 35,276, a ratio of 12.0 to 1.

Getting your license is a rite of passage for young adults, bus ads propagandize causes ranging from sexual revolution to religious pogroms, Max Barry is this year's Miss Cashar, and construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway. Crime is moderate, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Cashar's national animal is the magpie, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Cashar is ranked 63,224^th in the world and 74^th in Eurth for Highest Economic Output, with 278 trillion Standard Monetary Units.