The Republic of CIBC is a massive, genial nation, renowned for its state-planned economy, compulsory military service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The democratic, devout population of 1.696 billion CIBCians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Defense, and Welfare. The average income tax rate is 33.8%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The sizeable but sluggish CIBCian economy, worth 63.4 trillion canadian dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is broadly diversified, is led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Arms Manufacturing, Pizza Delivery, and Uranium Mining. Average income is 37,360 canadian dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

TV shows must meet strict ethnicity quotas, Harry Potter books are banned, pulling weeds is seen as a threat to national security, and there's a bright dawn ahead for CIBC. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. CIBC's national animal is the moose, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

CIBC is ranked 110,221^st in the world and 5,415^th in Lazarus for Most Beautiful Environments, with 552.11 pounds of wildlife per square mile.