The Republic of Caspie is a tiny, efficient nation, notable for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working population of 9 million Caspieans 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 juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Administration. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.6%.

The powerhouse Caspiean economy, worth 850 billion Casps a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Automobile Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. Average income is 94,457 Casps, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 332,091 per year while the poor average 19,468, a ratio of 17.1 to 1.

The government pours millions of Casps into rehabilitation programs annually, the "blue screen of death" forces many trials to be either aborted or restarted, there is a disproportionate number of poor people in prison, and toddler groups have taken over local libraries. Crime is moderate, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Caspie's national animal is the Canary, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Caspie is ranked 22,108^th in the world and 524^th in the South Pacific for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 7,454.53 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.