Location: Canada

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Englander of Canadian Genus of Omnivorous is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its keen interest in outer space. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 13.697 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 juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Social Welfare, and Education. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Compar. The average income tax rate is 96%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

It is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws, citizens applying for their first jobs face fierce competition from the homeless, wildlife near farms is slowly becoming extinct, and mothers are routinely abandoning their children in the name of women's rights. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Omnivorous's national animal is the OmniBadger, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the OmniMark.

Omnivorous is ranked 106th in Canada and 66,482nd in the world for Most Compassionate Citizens, scoring -6 on the Kitten Softness Rating.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and