The Fourth Empire of Salish-Cascadia is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by HIM Lewis II Andromeda with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, anti-smoking policies, and complete absence of social welfare. The compassionate, humorless population of 25.676 billion Cascadians enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The medium-sized, liberal government prioritizes Education, although Environment and Defense are also considered important, while Spirituality and Law & Order receive no funds. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Victoria. The average income tax rate is 47.2%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Cascadian economy, worth a remarkable 1,737 trillion Salish Imperials a year, is extremely specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 67,680 Salish Imperials, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Citizens are enjoying a recent large cut in taxes, political parties are banned from advertising and receiving private donations, the government is reining in public spending, and dozens of additional foreign policy specialists have been sent to the country's WA Mission. Crime, especially youth-related, is a major problem, probably because of the absence of a police force. Salish-Cascadia's national animal is the Kraken, which frolics freely in the nation's sparkling oceans, and its national religion is Salishan Pantheon.

Salish-Cascadia is ranked 289,390^th in the world and 6,351^st in The North Pacific for Lowest Crime Rates, with 33.35 law-abiding acts per hour.