The United States of Cascade-California is a huge, cultured nation, notable for its daily referendums, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 695 million Cascade-Californians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Sacramento. The average income tax rate is 76.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Cascade-Californian economy, worth 49.1 trillion Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Trout Farming. Average income is 70,640 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Party has more splits than a yo-yo dieter's trousers, the Violetist community celebrates bombshells being dropped on Cascade-California, excessive wheelchair ramps on government buildings have been compared to theme park attractions, and banning party poppers has been a real party pooper. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cascade-California's national animal is the California Grizzly Bear, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cascade-California is ranked 50,048^th in the world and 1,191^st in The North Pacific for Most Cultured, scoring 72 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.