The Holy Kingdom of Qassadia is a colossal, orderly nation, ruled by Empress Relena I Von Peacekraft with an iron fist, and remarkable for its smutty television, frequent executions, and national health service. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, humorless, devout population of 8.395 billion Qassadians are kept under strict control by the oppressive government, which measures its success by the nation's GDP and refers to individual citizens as "human resources."

The relatively small, corrupt, moralistic, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Law & Order, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Картагена. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 51.1%.

The frighteningly efficient a Qassadian economy, worth a remarkable 1,851 trillion Levs a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Uranium Mining. Black market activity is rampant. Average income is an amazing 220,514 Levs, but there is a significant disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 651,801 per year while the poor average 58,633, a ratio of 11.1 to 1.

Bus shelters seem to be designed to let rain in, colonists who were promised new lands find only war-torn devastation, human sacrifice to the metaphorical altar of Mammon ensures national prosperity, and a passport is literally priceless. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Qassadia's national animal is the Fire Phoenix, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to toxic air pollution, and its national religion is Cassadian Orthodox Church of Christ.

Qassadia is ranked 87,257^th in the world and 13^th in Krillin for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring 2,405.71 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.