The Maritime Country of Newfoundland and Gaspesie is a massive, genial nation, ruled by Joey Smallwood with an even hand, and notable for its museums and concert halls, pith helmet sales, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate population of 3.825 billion Newfoundlander and Gaspésians have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of St Johns. The average income tax rate is 75.5%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Newfoundlander and Gaspésian economy, worth 485 trillion Newfoundland and Gaspésie Pound Sterlings a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Book Publishing, and Basket Weaving. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 126,886 Newfoundland and Gaspésie Pound Sterlings, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.1 times as much as the poorest.

Roads are often attended by round-the-clock construction crews, Joey Smallwood reduces citizens' commute times by giving away their homes, corporate lobbying has been outlawed, and welfare recipients are milking the government for all they've got. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Newfoundland and Gaspesie's national animal is the Atlantic Puffin, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies, and its national religion is Protestantism.

Newfoundland and Gaspesie is ranked 19,886^th in the world and 18^th in Canada for Most Subsidized Industry, scoring 7,168.72 on the Gilded Widget Scale.