The Third Empire of Salish-Cascadia is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by HIM David I Cascade with an even hand, and renowned for its digital currency, keen interest in outer space, and irreverence towards religion. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, humorless population of 20.461 billion Cascadians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, liberal government prioritizes Education, although Environment and Defense are also considered important, while Spirituality and Law & Order aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Victoria. The average income tax rate is 36.3%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The enormous but inefficient Cascadian economy, worth a remarkable 1,215 trillion Salish Imperials a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 59,386 Salish Imperials, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

The family summer vacation has become a thing of the past following the introduction of the year-round school year, it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws, in a fit of passion HIM David I Cascade has shredded thirty years' worth of petitions, and citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Salish-Cascadia's national animal is the Kraken, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Salishan Pantheon.

Salish-Cascadia is ranked 99,215^th in the world and 4,296^th in The North Pacific for Highest Drug Use, scoring 69.2 on the Pineapple Fondness Rating.