The Confederacy of Cassonne is a very large, safe nation, renowned for its frequent executions, compulsory vegetarianism, and pith helmet sales. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 258 million Cassonaise hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 20.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The thriving Cassonaise economy, worth 20.8 trillion Argents a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Tourism, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 80,745 Argents, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest.

One man's trash is another company's tax break, the nation's navy has been named the scourge of the seven thousand seas, elections demand a proportionate response, and the military will start wars with other nations on a lark. Crime is totally unknown. Cassonne's national animal is the Swan, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cassonne is ranked 119,782^nd in the world and 10^th in Nova for Most Cultured, scoring 65 on the Snufflebottom-Wiggendum Pentatonic Scale.