The United Socialist States of Cayuga Inlet is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by First Citizen with a fair hand, and remarkable for its anti-smoking policies, complete lack of prisons, and restrictive gun laws. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 42.452 billion Cayuga Inletians 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, Healthcare, and Environment. The average income tax rate is 96.0%.

The very strong Cayuga Inletian economy, worth a remarkable 5,286 trillion knickerbockers 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 Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Cheese Exports, and Soda Sales. Average income is an impressive 124,534 knickerbockers, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Group hugs break out during floor votes, Cayuga Inlet City spends billions upgrading public transport, wilderness-dwelling hermits are surprised to find railway stations on their front doorsteps, and the nation wears its high incidence of chromosomal diseases as a badge of pride. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cayuga Inlet's national animal is the snowy marmot, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Cayuga Inlet is ranked 4,403^rd in the world and 1^st in Upstate New York for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 8,824.59 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.