The Federation of Castas is a massive, safe nation, ruled by Damien Fortis with an even hand, and renowned for its museums and concert halls, compulsory military service, and ubiquitous missile silos. The devout population of 1.321 billion Castasians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Healthcare, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Flont Town. The average income tax rate is 50.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The very strong Castasian economy, worth 122 trillion Fleurs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is dominated by the Tourism industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. Average income is 92,454 Fleurs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Hundreds of subterranean tunnels are being built as part of "Project Morlock", solid-gold toilets are Castasian prisons' least expensive furnishings, the term cold case has taken on a very literal meaning, and a weakened police force struggles to maintain law and order. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Castas's national animal is the Jellyfish, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Protestantism.

Castas is ranked 71,655^th in the world and 3,990^th in Osiris for Most Advanced Public Education, scoring 3,024.97 on the Edu-tellignce® Test Score.