The Nation of Casscata is a massive, genial nation, ruled by The Trash Panda with an even hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, public floggings, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, hard-working population of 3.658 billion Casscatians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Scata. The average income tax rate is 95.1%.

The frighteningly efficient Casscatian economy, worth 519 trillion Casscatan Dollars a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. Average income is an impressive 141,906 Casscatan Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.8 times as much as the poorest.

Casscatian watches are often the only thing to survive a disaster intact, Animal Liberationists are regularly arrested, the volume of paperwork used to complete a single environmental assessment defeats the purpose, and it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Casscata's national animal is the Wombat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Faith.

Casscata is ranked 28,272^nd in the world and 772^nd in The North Pacific for Highest Average Incomes, with 141,906.41 Standard Monetary Units.