The Fourth Empire of Salish-Cascadia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by HIM Lewis III Andromeda with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, daily referendums, and strictly enforced bedtime. The compassionate, humorless population of 25.759 billion Cascadians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, liberal government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Defense. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Victoria. The average income tax rate is 47.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Cascadian economy, worth a remarkable 1,728 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 common. Average income is 67,098 Salish Imperials, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations, the government is reining in public spending, dozens of additional foreign policy specialists have been sent to the country's WA Mission, and it is illegal to distribute Girl Guide Cookies without an advanced food hygiene diploma. 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.

Salish-Cascadia is ranked 291,085^th in the world and 6,349^th in The North Pacific for Largest Automobile Manufacturing Sector, scoring -33.67 on the Henry Ford Productivity Index.