The Royal Maritime Union of New Vinland is a gargantuan, socially progressive nation, ruled by Prime Minister James Dalton-Foster with a fair hand, and renowned for its keen interest in outer space, national health service, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful, devout population of 31.443 billion New Vinlanders enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Industry. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Montreal. The average income tax rate is 89.3%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient New Vinlandic economy, worth a remarkable 4,834 trillion Maritime Pounds a year, is quite specialized and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Book Publishing and Automobile Manufacturing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 153,769 Maritime Pounds, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Diplomats miss flights while wandering Montreal Airport's endless art maze, it's a jungle out there, high-income earners pay a 100% tax rate, and everything stops come summertime. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Vinland's national animal is the Canada Lynx, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is The National Council on Faith Diversity.

New Vinland is ranked 24,203^rd in the world and 31^st in Canada for Highest Average Incomes, with 153,769.04 Standard Monetary Units.