The Federal Republic of Cassava is a small, efficient nation, notable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 36 million Cassavans are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government or a conglomerate of multinational corporations; it's difficult to tell which.

The tiny, pro-business government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Law & Order, Education, and Industry are also considered important, while International Aid and Spirituality are ignored. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 6.4%.

The thriving Cassavan economy, worth 2.52 trillion cassava dollars a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Book Publishing. Average income is 70,031 cassava dollars, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 247,889 per year while the poor average 14,285, a ratio of 17.4 to 1.

A large-scale revitalization of the education system is underway, all major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, it is illegal to make racist remarks in public, and harassed women are constantly hassled by guys who are "just giving them compliments". Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Cassava's national animal is the ant, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Cassava is ranked 256,245^th in the world and 28^th in Unbound for Most Rebellious Youth, scoring -8 on the Stark-Dean Displacement Index.