The Federal Republic of Cahaya is a huge, safe nation, notable for its state-planned economy, ban on automobiles, and rampant corporate plagiarism. The compassionate population of 234 million Cahayans are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The large, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 69.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The strong Cahayan economy, worth 15.7 trillion kupangs a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Trout Farming industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Cheese Exports. Average income is 66,957 kupangs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Feeling like a winner comes at a price, major internet servers have acquired citizenship, in court almost every witness is a hostile witness, and soylent products are an expensive commodity due to a lack of volunteers. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Cahaya's national animal is the mousedeer, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Cahaya is ranked 285,605^th in the world and 408^th in Talonia for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -15.15 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.