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The Empire of Cassinea is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Johnny Bingus with an iron fist, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, strictly enforced bedtime, and devotion to social welfare. The hard-nosed, cynical population of 4.867 billion Cassineans are ruled without fear or favor by a psychotic dictator, who outlaws just about everything and refers to the populace as "my little playthings."

The enormous, corrupt, socially-minded, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Anvil. The average income tax rate is 82.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Cassinean economy, worth 607 trillion Crowns a year, is quite specialized and led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Tourism, and Cheese Exports. Black market activity is rampant. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 124,879 Crowns, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.3 times as much as the poorest.

Construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway, hedge fund managers are diversifying into herbaceous borders, all major public areas are watched by police surveillance cameras, and the price of takeaway food quadruples after 6pm. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cassinea's national animal is the Crow, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Bingustry.

Cassinea is ranked 166,184^th in the world and 135^th in Conch Kingdom for Largest Timber Woodchipping Industry, scoring 1,855.56 on the Tasmanian Pulp Environmental Export Index.