The People's Republic of New Garfield is a massive, cultured nation, ruled by The Garfield Committee with an even hand, and notable for its ban on automobiles, irreverence towards religion, and absence of drug laws. The compassionate, democratic population of 3.738 billion New Garfieldians enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, liberal, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Healthcare, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Arbuckle. The average income tax rate is 80.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The New Garfieldian economy, worth 199 trillion GarfCoins a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is highly specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Trout Farming, Book Publishing, and Tourism. Average income is 53,410 GarfCoins, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The government has declined to declare any particular religion as its 'official' one, the poor are often seen pale and dizzy after selling their blood to make ends meet, the installation of street lights across remote goat tracks has left citizens bemused, and farting etiquette is taught in schools. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. New Garfield's national animal is the tabby cat, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

New Garfield is ranked 60,294^th in the world and 1,277^th in the South Pacific for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 124.9 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.