The Federated States of Washington-Columbia is a mammoth, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Alexander McStevens with a fair hand, and renowned for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and daily referendums. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, cheerful population of 9.919 billion Cascadians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Seattle-Tacoma. The average income tax rate is 88.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cascadian economy, worth a remarkable 1,764 trillion Cascadian Dollars a year, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 177,904 Cascadian Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.0 times as much as the poorest.

Giggling teens are asked to put their mouths on rubber dolls, Alexander McStevens panders to nontraditional families, the nation has dismantled its entire WMD arsenal, and standard-issue infantry rifles now have carnations instead of bayonets. Crime is totally unknown. Washington-Columbia's national animal is the Killer Whale, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Costco.

Washington-Columbia is ranked 7,670^th in the world and 20^th in The Kodiak Republic for Most Developed, scoring 92.2 on the Human Development Index.