The Protectorate of Canidae-1 is a gargantuan, safe nation, notable for its keen interest in outer space, disturbing lack of elderly people, and restrictive gun laws. The quiet, industrious population of 23.702 billion Canidae-1ians are prohibited from doing almost everything except voting, which they do timidly and conservatively.

The medium-sized, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Administration, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 39.1%, but much higher for the wealthy.

The Canidae-1ian economy, worth a remarkable 1,518 trillion $$s a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. However, for those in the know, there is a slick, highly efficient, fairly diversified black market in Tourism, Information Technology, Arms Manufacturing, and Beef-Based Agriculture. The private sector mostly consists of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, but the government is looking at stamping this out. Average income is 64,062 $$s, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

The sun now sets on the Canidae-1ian Empire, churches frequently hold public 'contraception burnings', twins move across the country to avoid being accused of the other's crimes, and the "boy who cried wolf" policy makes sick people reluctant to call an ambulance. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Canidae-1's national animal is the ^-^, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.

Canidae-1 is ranked 73,804^th in the world and 1^st in Wolfs Lair for Lowest Crime Rates, with 69.49 law-abiding acts per hour.