Location: Canada

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Empire of Magna Canadensis is a huge, genial nation, ruled by Emperor Cooper Morrison with an iron fist, and renowned for its restrictive gun laws. Its compassionate, cynical population of 813 million are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it is mainly concerned with Law & Order, although Defence and Education are secondary priorities. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Saint Helena. The average income tax rate is 61%, and even higher for the wealthy. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Soda Sales industry, followed by Uranium Mining and Automobile Manufacturing.

Torture is illegal, school uniforms are compulsory, new safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Magna Canadensis to be bombproof, and the country's famous rainforests are being bulldozed by the mining industry. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Magna Canadensis's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Denarii.

Magna Canadensis is ranked 67th in Canada and 72,809th in the world for Shortest Average Lifespan, scoring -15 on the Bus Surprisal Index.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and