The Republic of Future Cascadia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Governor with an even hand, and notable for its smutty television, free-roaming dinosaurs, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, cheerful population of 13.397 billion Future Cascadians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of New Salem. The average income tax rate is 68.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Future Cascadian economy, worth a remarkable 2,442 trillion Casnaras a year, is quite specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 182,302 Casnaras, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Signatures have been replaced with illegible scribbles, moonshine has made a resurgence, referenda can be called for any law at the request of at least one third of the voting population, and travel bureaus double as recruiting centers for national intelligence agencies. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Future Cascadia's national animal is the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans.

Future Cascadia is ranked 864^th in the world and 41^st in Lazarus for Lowest Crime Rates, with 168.16 law-abiding acts per hour.