The People's Republic of Isla Cascadia is a large, genial nation, renowned for its ubiquitous missile silos, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 97 million Isla Cascadians 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 enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Education, and Administration. The average income tax rate is 70.6%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but stagnant Isla Cascadian economy, worth 1.32 trillion Hykwas 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 Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Woodchip Exports, Automobile Manufacturing, and Gambling. Average income is 13,639 Hykwas, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Pandemics are over and done with by the time it takes to pass the nation's stringent border security, a fashion designer has been arrested for inciting hatred after claiming redheads couldn't pull off vermillion, the armed forces pride themselves on being conventional and predictable, and the nation's generous tax credits have brought all the film studios to the yard. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Isla Cascadia's national animal is the fox, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Isla Cascadia is ranked 279,877^th in the world and 182^nd in Democratic Socialist Assembly for Most Advanced Defense Forces, scoring 623.13 on the Total War Preparedness Rating.