The Western States of Sierra Cascadia is a mammoth, socially progressive nation, ruled by President Mickey McCoy with a fair hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, otherworldly petting zoo, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 5.076 billion Cascadians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of San Francisco. The average income tax rate is 43.7%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Sierra Cascadian economy, worth 611 trillion Cascadian Dollars a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Retail, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 120,428 Cascadian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The most penniless demographics have by far the highest number of researchers per capita, you can't ask the government "you and whose army?" when they declare they're going to rob you, child support loans with high interest rates are available in Sierra Cascadian banks, and people who have had childhood imaginary friends are told they can't ever be trusted with guns. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Sierra Cascadia's national animal is the Grizzly Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is None.

Sierra Cascadia is ranked 26,100^th in the world and 116^th in Forest for Safest, scoring 110.67 on the Bubble-Rapp Safety Rating.