The Democratic Republic of New-Westminster is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by President Schmidt with an even hand, and renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, hard-working population of 3.439 billion New-Westminsterians 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 medium-sized government juggles the competing demands of Education, Industry, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Kingstown. The average income tax rate is 54.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient New-Westminsterian economy, worth 543 trillion NW-Dollars a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Tourism, Information Technology, and Trout Farming. Average income is an impressive 158,177 NW-Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Kingstown's main city thoroughfare has been blocked by a row of leyland cypresses that mysteriously appeared overnight, crossword puzzles have been co-opted as a symbol of racial discrimination, muscular women are banned from competing in sporting competitions, and there's no cure or sympathy for the common cold. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New-Westminster's national animal is the Eagle, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

New-Westminster is ranked 18,141^st in the world and 1^st in Elbania for Lowest Crime Rates, with 91.3 law-abiding acts per hour.