The Federal Republic of Higher Cascadia is a huge, safe nation, remarkable for its irreverence towards religion and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 572 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 31.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Higher Cascadian economy, worth 26.3 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 45,943 Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

A suspicious number of John Smiths are known to donate to Higher Cascadian politicians, employers are finding it hard to screen candidates now that everyone gets A grades in their exams, foreign nations kill migratory animals at random in the hope that Higher Cascadia will pay them to stop, and drills and shovels have been banned as the government cracks down on any means of fracking. 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 178,355^th in the world and 6,668^th in The North Pacific for Largest Mining Sector, scoring -2.83 on the Blue Sky Asbestos Index.