Location: Osiris

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Sovereign Dominion of Kanuckistan is a gargantuan, devout nation, ruled by Leader with an even hand, and renowned for its complete absence of social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 20.223 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as the Environment and Social Welfare receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 87%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Uranium Mining.

Construction of the Really Big Hadron Collider is underway, Leader has just been declared ruler of Kanuckistan in an international press conference, the nation's new foreign policy of 'very disproportionate retribution' has its neighbors on edge, and citizens have reported seeing strange rays of light emanating from the moon. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Kanuckistan's national animal is the hunam, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Dakaran.

Kanuckistan is ranked 344th in Osiris and 12,487th in the world for Largest Insurance Industry, scoring 3 on the Risk Expulsion Effectiveness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and