The Galactic Monarchy of Great Cassels is a colossal, efficient nation, remarkable for its rum-swilling pirates, museums and concert halls, and daily referendums. The compassionate, democratic, devout population of 3.197 billion Casselians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Serenity. The average income tax rate is 70.7%.

The all-consuming Casselian economy, worth 291 trillion Solaras a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Basket Weaving. Average income is 91,043 Solaras, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.2 times as much as the poorest.

Songwriters compete to see who can come up with the most blasphemous lyrics, one tree's worth of paperwork accompanies each imported log of timber, students abandon classrooms for online education, and it's a jungle out there. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Great Cassels's national animal is the Sunset Sparrow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Lunarism.

Great Cassels is ranked 45,732^nd in the world and 633^rd in the South Pacific for Most Developed, scoring 78.33 on the Human Development Index.