The Republic of Kascarnia is a massive, genial nation, ruled by John Brown with a fair hand, and notable for its national health service, keen interest in outer space, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 1.188 billion Kascarnians are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The large, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Environment. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kascrin. The average income tax rate is 88.2%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Kascarnian economy, worth 150 trillion Kascarnian Dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector is led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 126,325 Kascarnian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Escargots have lost their charm ever since they started to be called 'cooked land snails', the question "please would you...?" is usually laden with passive aggression, emergency responders spend more time in the air than giving air, and small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kascarnia's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Kascarnia is ranked 11,061^st in the world and 21^st in Communitas for Highest Average Tax Rates, with 88.17 Effective Tax Rate.