The Commonwealth of East Canuck is a gargantuan, genial nation, ruled by Prime Minister with an even hand, and remarkable for its infamous sell-swords, irreverence towards religion, and punitive income tax rates. The compassionate population of 39.806 billion Canuckers 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.

The government — a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass — juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Montreal. The average income tax rate is 84.9%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient East Canuckian economy, worth a remarkable 3,218 trillion dollars a year, is highly specialized and mostly made up of the Book Publishing industry, with significant contributions from Information Technology and Tourism. Average income is 80,851 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.4 times as much as the poorest.

Museums stand half-empty as all foreign exhibits are returned to their countries of origin, one does not simply walk into the tundra, hit and run driving is no longer a crime - it's the national sport, and nephews and nieces of the monarch resort to begging from relatives in palace halls. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. East Canuck's national animal is the unicorn, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is none.

East Canuck is ranked 268,814^th in the world and 167^th in Canada for Fattest Citizens, with 5.51 Obesity Rate.