The Pacific States of Californian Redwood is a colossal, genial nation, renowned for its daily referendums, otherworldly petting zoo, and punitive income tax rates. The hard-working, democratic population of 5 billion Californians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Rose. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 69.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Californian economy, worth 943 trillion Rose Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 188,603 Rose Dollars, with the richest citizens earning 8.5 times as much as the poorest.

Parents seeking custody have to write a five-thousand word analysis of their child's imaginary friend, wars of expansion are described as "peacekeeping operations", citizens are deployed to barren deserts to protect small territorial claims, and the official Californian Phrase Book weighs as much as a small child. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Californian Redwood's national animal is the California Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Californian Redwood is ranked 101,829^th in the world and 2,256^th in The North Pacific for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring 2,302.76 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.