The New Horizons of Greater New Cassandra is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by President Cassandra Celeste with an even hand, and notable for its smutty television, multi-spousal wedding ceremonies, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 2.656 billion Cassandrians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Basilreef. The average income tax rate is 95.2%.

The frighteningly efficient Cassandrian economy, worth 320 trillion star fragments a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 120,535 star fragments, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

Bureaucrats close new businesses for not complying with the Penguin Packaging Index, grumpy old house owners demand that pedestrians get off their footpaths, abattoirs are struggling with the directive to 'wait until the animal dies of a ripe old age', and textbooks are exactly twice as heavy as they used to be. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Greater New Cassandra's national animal is the barn owl, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Agnostic.

Greater New Cassandra is ranked 5,161^st in the world and 193^rd in The East Pacific for Most Valuable International Artwork, with 124.92 Bank.