The Allied States of Caedria is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its museums and concert halls, state-planned economy, and soft-spoken computers. The hard-nosed, democratic population of 677 million Caedrians 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 relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Law & Order. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 12.8%.

The strong Caedrian economy, worth 48.6 trillion Beads a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Book Publishing. Average income is 71,845 Beads, with the richest citizens earning 5.5 times as much as the poorest.

The military invades any neighboring nation with the gall to criticize its policies, practising saying 'how now brown cow' is an essential part of holiday planning, meetings involving club finances are frequently broken up by men in black suits, and kindhearted Caedrians generously pay taxes for citizens of other countries. Crime is relatively low. Caedria's national animal is the Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Caedria is ranked 44,195^th in the world and 29^th in Angelic League for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 5,451.52 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.