The Republic of Los Cascada is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, zero percent divorce rate, and state-planned economy. The hard-nosed, democratic, devout population of 250 million Los Cascadians are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Law & Order. The average income tax rate is 63.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish Los Cascadan economy, worth 6.35 trillion pesos a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is fairly diversified, is led by the Basket Weaving industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing, Automobile Manufacturing, and Pizza Delivery. Average income is 25,401 pesos, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Lonely children write fanfiction about absent fathers, high-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, kids are arrested at gunpoint for playing with toy rifles, and divorce is illegal. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Los Cascada's national animal is the lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Los Cascada is ranked 227,292^nd in the world and 4^th in Puppet Bay for Most Extensive Public Healthcare, scoring 881.11 on the Theresa-Nightingale Rating.