The District of North Vancouver is a massive, orderly nation, ruled by James Buchanan with an iron fist, and notable for its museums and concert halls, public floggings, and complete absence of social welfare. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical, devout population of 3.544 billion Northern Vancouverites are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.

The relatively small, corrupt, well-organized government juggles the competing demands of Defense, Education, and Law & Order. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lonsdale Quay. The average income tax rate is 10.2%.

The thriving a Northern Vancouverite economy, worth 324 trillion apes a year, is broadly diversified and led by the Retail industry, with major contributions from Basket Weaving, Soda Sales, and Gambling. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 91,492 apes, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

On graduation day the hats thrown in the air fly high enough to stun passing pigeons, atheistic refugees haven't got a prayer of being granted asylum, employers are finding it hard to screen candidates now that everyone gets A grades in their exams, and James Buchanan's reputation is hard as nails. Crime, especially youth-related, is a problem, perhaps because of the country's complete lack of prisons. North Vancouver's national animal is the aoe, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is apeism.

North Vancouver is ranked 259,677^th in the world and 4^th in big for Most Cheerful Citizens, with 48.52 Percentage Of Water Glasses Perceived Half-Full.