The District of Cawthorne is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by President with a fair hand, and renowned for its irreverence towards religion, absence of drug laws, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, democratic population of 39.79 billion Cawthornians live in a state of perpetual fear, as a complete breakdown of social order has led to the rise of order through biker gangs.

The minute, liberal, pro-business, outspoken government, or what there is of one, is primarily concerned with Education, with Administration and Law & Order also on the agenda, while Welfare and Spirituality are ignored. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Capital District. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 5.5%.

The strong Cawthornean economy, worth a remarkable 1,364 trillion aurums a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is quite specialized and led by the Gambling industry, with major contributions from Pizza Delivery, Book Publishing, and Information Technology. Average income is 34,280 aurums, but there is an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 212,937 per year while the poor average 2,370, a ratio of 89.8 to 1.

Kindergartners' favourite dance move is the stop-drop-and-roll, statue-sitting has replaced the stake-out as the dullest form of police duty, doctors prescribe medicines but they rarely dispense hope or compassion, and President's media campaigns take a hiatus around exam week. Crime is a major problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Cawthorne's national animal is the bovina, which can occasionally be seen sifting through garbage in the nation's cities.

Cawthorne is ranked 266,517^th in the world and 8^th in Ohio for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring -3.16 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.