The Community of New Gaea is a very large, cultured nation, remarkable for its conspicuous electricity pylons, state-planned economy, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic population of 209 million New Gaeans are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whomever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Education, Administration, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 77.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The New Gaean economy, worth 11.1 trillion points a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Furniture Restoration, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales. Average income is 53,040 points, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The Gallery of Amusing Cat Photographs is the most popular museum in the country, a favorite "life hack" for gap year backpackers is to pretend to be homeless for government handouts, nearby bird nests prompt wind turbine shutdowns, and the Ministry of Health has reported a sharp increase in the incidence of delayed menopause. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Gaea's national animal is the Common Grackle, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Gaea is ranked 8,951^st in the world and 1^st in The Empire of Enlightenment for Least Corrupt Governments, with 94.47 percentage of bribes refused.