The State of Olympic Cascade is a gargantuan, efficient nation, ruled by the Governor with a fair hand, and notable for its complete lack of prisons, absence of drug laws, and spontaneously combusting cars. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 35.622 billion Olympic Cascadeans enjoy some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

The minute, liberal, pro-business government, or what there is of one, prioritizes Industry, with Education also on the agenda, while Defense and Law & Order aren't funded at all. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Columbia Heights. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.5%.

The very strong Olympic Cascadean economy, worth a remarkable 1,316 trillion betales a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Beef-Based Agriculture, Retail, and Gambling. Average income is 36,959 betales, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 251,278 per year while the poor average 1,985, a ratio of 126 to 1.

The streets are increasingly clogged with poverty-stricken beggars, young children are regularly seen wagering pocket money at blackjack tables, Olympic Cascade has designated Columbia Heights as its capital city, and The Governor has just been declared ruler of Olympic Cascade in an international press conference. Crime is a major problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. Olympic Cascade's national animal is the deer, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Olympic Cascade is ranked 26,410^th in the world and 1^st in Washington for Largest Publishing Industry, scoring 7,476.64 on the Bella Potter Productivity e-Index.