Location: Canada

Overview • People • Government • Economy • Trend • Analysis

The Englander of Canadian Genus of Omnivorous is a gargantuan, safe nation, renowned for its strong anti-business politics. Its hard-nosed, intelligent population of 13.646 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.

Calling out of the blue has become taboo, glittering new sports stadiums adorn every city and town, the "Underwear of Women in Power" issue of The Compar Times is sold out, and it is illegal for police officers to carry out searches due to strict privacy laws. 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 91st in Canada and 37,851st in the world for Most Politically Free, scoring 66 on the Diebold Election Inking Scale.

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NationStates by Max Barry, author of and