The Federal Republic of Higher Cascadia is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 585 million Higher Cascadians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vancouver. The average income tax rate is 31.6%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Higher Cascadian economy, worth 27.0 trillion Dollars a year, is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Woodchip Exports, and Furniture Restoration. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 46,125 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Programmers often reinvent the wheel, RPG fans reminisce fondly about when people thought they were evil and dangerous rather than geeky and socially inept, students are wary of colorfully decorated new teachers with names like Professor Pipsqueak, and international tensions are high as Higher Cascadia threatens any government with the audacity to arrest its citizens. Crime is totally unknown. Higher Cascadia's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Higher Cascadia is ranked 79,271^st in the world and 3,023^rd in The North Pacific for Most Extreme, scoring 22.15 on the Paul-Nader Subjective Decentrality Index.