The Commonwealth of East Canuck is a gargantuan, cultured nation, ruled by Prime Minister with an even hand, and remarkable for its museums and concert halls, irreverence towards religion, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate population of 43.461 billion Canuckers enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated.

The enormous government juggles the competing demands of Education, Environment, and Healthcare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Montreal. The average income tax rate is 73.0%.

The frighteningly efficient East Canuckian economy, worth a remarkable 3,694 trillion dollars a year, is highly specialized and led by the Book Publishing industry, with major contributions from Information Technology and Tourism. State-owned companies are common. Average income is 85,007 dollars, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 3.7 times as much as the poorest.

Politicians preface their speeches with a declaration that any resemblance to speeches given by individuals living or dead is purely coincidental, parking lots are littered with coffee cups and doughnut crumbs, scientists regularly clone human beings for research purposes, and East Canuck's children are widely acknowledged as the most foul-mouthed in the region. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded 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 229,662^nd in the world and 91^st in Canada for Highest Disposable Incomes, with 22,952.01 Standard Monetary Units.