Location: Alberta

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Ancient Dynasy of Canl is a massive, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its absence of drug laws. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 2.821 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 39%, but much higher for the wealthy. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Arms Manufacturing.

The people elect the Supreme Court justices directly, marketing departments of corporate giants compete to sponsor little league teams, Max Barry is this year's Miss Canl, and homeless people are periodically found dead upon altars to assorted deities. Crime is a problem. Canl's national animal is the Ancient Terror, and its currency is the Scroll.

Canl is ranked 4th in Alberta and 46,586th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 1 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and