The United Federation of Casscata is a mammoth, efficient nation, ruled by The Trash Panda with an even hand, and remarkable for its free-roaming dinosaurs, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working population of 7.712 billion Casscatians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Scata. The average income tax rate is 96.9%.

The frighteningly efficient Casscatian economy, worth a remarkable 1,310 trillion Casscatan Dollars a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is an impressive 169,904 Casscatan Dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.6 times as much as the poorest.

Advertisements read like science journal articles complete with extensive references, national foreign policy involves significant amounts of hand wringing, the government offers gay men mildly offensive tips on how to pass as straight, and prospective foster parents like to shop around. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a very well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Casscata's national animal is the Wombat, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its national religion is Faith.

Casscata is ranked 319,739^th in the world and 4,514^th in The North Pacific for Largest Trout Fishing Sector, scoring -10.32 on the Nemo Depletion Efficiency Index.