Eh? Oh, redbacks. Not a problem really, they like warm closed-in spaces like woodpiles, underneath houses, inside bushes, that sort of stuff. They are easy to spot and there's an anti-venom. No-one's been killed since it was invented in 1956. They'll make you pretty crook for a bit, but nothing else, not these days.

Decent wiki article on 'em here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redback_spider

And they still won't eat you like freaking bears! Our nasties are mostly very nasty, but kind of small, even if there are a few of 'em. Not joking when I say its something like Irikandji that should really scare people. A female who survived a sting by one said the pain was comparable to the absolute worst peak of childbirth: she described it as using that as a minimum and building the pain level up from there. Constantly. For two weeks in her case, I think it was. Oh, and max-dose morphine did not even take the edge off it. We still have no idea what the hell the thing injects you with.

Anyway, this ain't facebook....

Is there any way for newfoundland to stay a Dominion, or does it merge as per OTL?

The ther big one is the Federation of teh West Indies. Stillborn in OTL, does it have a better chance here?

Cheers; Mark