The Constitutional Monarchy of Downeast Acadia is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Roi Louis IV with a fair hand, and notable for its ban on automobiles, daily referendums, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic population of 1.563 billion Downeast Acadians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saint-Jean. The average income tax rate is 72.4%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but underdeveloped Downeast Acadian economy, worth 49.0 trillion American Francs a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Door-to-door Insurance Sales, Cheese Exports, and Pizza Delivery. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 31,324 American Francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The sound of wooden legs echo throughout Downeast Acadia after the recent introduction of the Foot Tax, on-duty Air Downeast Acadia flight attendants are usually seen napping in first class, urban graffiti is hand-calligraphed in perfectly kerned elegant fonts, and the government seizes all major gold finds. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Downeast Acadia's national animal is the Moose, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Downeast Acadia is ranked 257,412^th in the world and 14,074^th in Balder for Largest Black Market, with 112 billion Standard Monetary Units.