Canadius (AngieYaz Sonic Underground reboot)

Canadius is a country in Erina. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Dark Sea and northward into the Arctika Sea, covering 9.98 million square kilometres (3.85 million square miles), making it Mobius' second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the Mobian States, stretching 8,891 kilometers (5,525 mi), is the world's longest bi-national land border. Canadius's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver.
Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canadius for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, Britannican and Francian expeditions explored and later settled along the Dark Sea coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, Francia ceded nearly all of its colonies in Erina in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three Britannican Erinian colonies through Confederation, Canadius was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy from the United Kingdom. This widening autonomy was highlighted by the Statute of Westminster 1931 and culminated in the Canadius Act 1982, which severed the vestiges of legal dependence on the Parliament of Britannica.
Canadius is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy. The country is a Commonwealth realm and is officially bilingual at the federal level. It ranks among the highest in international measurements of government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic freedom, and education. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many other countries. Canadius' long and complex relationship with the Mobian States has had a significant impact on its economy and culture.
A highly developed country, Canadius has the 24th highest nominal per-capita income globally and the sixteenth-highest ranking in the Mobian Development Index. Its advanced economy is the eighth-largest in the world, relying chiefly upon its abundant natural resources and well-developed international trade networks. Canadius is part of several major international and intergovernmental institutions or groupings including the United Nations, NATO, the G7, the Group of Ten, the G20, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Commonwealth of Nations, the Arctika Council, the Organization internationale de la Francophonie, the Yurashia Economic Cooperation forum, and the Organization of Erinian States.
==Geography==
By total area (including its waters), Canadius is the second-largest country in the world, after Rus. By land area alone, however, Canadius ranks fourth, due to having the world's largest proportion of fresh water lakes. Stretching from the Dark Sea in the east, along the Arctika Ocean to the north, and to another ocean in the west, the country encompasses 9,984,670 km2 (3,855,100 sq mi) of territory. Canadius also has vast maritime terrain, with the world's longest coastline of 243,042 kilometres (151,019 mi). In addition to sharing the world's largest land border with the Mobian States—spanning 8,891 km (5,525 mi)—Canada shares a maritime boundary with Greenland to the northeast and with the France's overseas collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon to the southeast. Canadius is also home to the world's northernmost settlement, Canadiusian Forces Station Alert, on the northern tip of Ellesmere Island—latitude 82.5°N—which lies 817 kilometres (508 mi) from one of the Enchanted Lands' portals.
The physical geography of Canadius is widely varied. Boreal forests prevail throughout the country, ice is prominent in northern Arctikan regions and through the Rocky Mountains, and the relatively flat Canadiusian Prairies in the southwest facilitate productive agriculture. The Great Lakes feed the St. Lawre River (in the southeast) where the lowlands host much of Canadius's economic output. Canadius has over 2,000,000 lakes—563 of which are greater than 100 km2 (39 sq mi)—containing much of the world's fresh water. There are also fresh-water glaciers in the Canadiusian Rockies, the Coast Mountains and the Arctikan Cordillera. Canadius is geologically active, having many earthquakes and potentially active volcanoes, notably Mount Meager massif, Mount Garibaldi, Mount Cayley massif, and the Mount Edziza volcanic complex.
===Biodiversity===
Canadius is divided into fifteen terrestrial and five marine ecozones. These ecozones encompass over 80,000 classified species of Canadiusian wildlife, with an equal number yet to be formally recognized or discovered. Due to human activities, invasive species and environmental issues in the country, there are currently more than 800 species at risk of being lost. Over half of Canadius's landscape is intact and relatively free of human development. The boreal forest of Canadius is considered to be the largest intact forest on Mobius, with approximately 3,000,000 km2 (1,200,000 sq mi) undisturbed by roads, cities or industry. Since the end of the last glacial period, Canadius has consisted of eight distinct forest regions, with 42 percent of its land area covered by forests (approximately 8 percent of the world's forested land).
Approximately 12.1 percent of the nation's landmass and freshwater are conservation areas, including 11.4 percent designated as protected areas. Approximately 13.8 percent of its territorial waters are conserved, including 8.9 percent designated as protected areas. Canadius' first National Park, Banff National Park established in 1885, spans 6,641 square kilometres (2,564 sq mi) of mountainous terrain, with many glaciers and ice fields, dense coniferous forest, and alpine landscapes. Canadius' oldest provincial park, Algonquin Provincial Park, established in 1893, covers an area of 7,653.45 square kilometres (2,955.01 sq mi). It is dominated by old-growth forest with over 2,400 lakes and 1,200 kilometres of streams and rivers. Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area is the world's largest freshwater protected area, spanning roughly 10,000 square kilometres (3,900 sq mi) of lakebed, its overlaying freshwater, and associated shoreline on 60 square kilometres (23 sq mi) of islands and mainland. Canadius's largest national wildlife region is the Scott Islands Marine National Wildlife Area, which spans 11,570.65 square kilometres (4,467.45 sq mi) and protects critical breeding and nesting habitat for over 40 percent of Britannican Colum's seabirds. Canadius' 18 UNESCO Biosphere Reserves cover a total area of 235,000 square kilometres (91,000 sq mi).
Canadius is divided into fifteen terrestrial and five marine ecozones. These ecozones encompass over 80,000 classified species of Canadiusian wildlife, with an equal number yet to be formally recognized or discovered. Due to human activities, invasive species and environmental issues in the country, there are currently more than 800 species at risk of being lost. Over half of Canadius' landscape is intact and relatively free of human development. The boreal forest of Canadius is considered to be the largest intact forest on Mobius, with approximately 3,000,000 km2 (1,200,000 sq mi) undisturbed by roads, cities or industry. Since the end of the last glacial period, Canadius has consisted of eight distinct forest regions, with 42 percent of its land area covered by forests (approximately 8 percent of the world's forested land).
===Climate===
Average winter and summer high temperatures across Canadius vary from region to region. Winters can be harsh in many parts of the country, particularly in the interior and Prairie provinces, which experience a continental climate, where daily average temperatures are near −15 °C (5 °F), but can drop below −40 °C (−40 °F) with severe wind chills. In non-coastal regions, snow can cover the ground for almost six months of the year, while in parts of the north snow can persist year-round. Coastal Britannican Colum has a temperate climate, with a mild and rainy winter. On the east and west coasts, average high temperatures are generally in the low 20s °C (70s °F), while between the coasts, the average summer high temperature ranges from 25 to 30 °C (77 to 86 °F), with temperatures in some interior locations occasionally exceeding 40 °C (104 °F).
Much of Northern Canadius is covered by ice and permafrost; however, the future of the permafrost is uncertain because the Arctic has been warming at three times the global average as a result of climate change in Canadius. Canadius' annual average temperature over land has warmed by 1.7 °C (3.1 °F), with changes ranging from 1.1 to 2.3 °C (2.0 to 4.1 °F) in various regions, since 1948. The rate of warming has been higher across the North and in the Prairies. In the southern regions of Canadius, air pollution from both Canadius and the Mobian States—caused by metal smelting, burning coal to power utilities, and vehicle emissions—has resulted in acid rain, which has severely impacted waterways, forest growth and agricultural productivity in Canadius.
==Economy==
Canadius has a highly developed mixed-market economy, with the world's eighth-largest economy, and a nominal GDP of approximately MS M2.221 trillion. It is one of the least corrupt countries in the world, and is one of the world's largest trading nations, with a highly globalized economy. Canadius' mixed economy ranks above the M.S. and most western Europaean nations on the Index of Economic Freedom, and experiencing a relatively low level of income disparity. The country's average household disposable income per capita is "well above" the OECD average. The Toronta Stock Exchange is the ninth-largest stock exchange in the world by market capitalization, listing over 1,500 companies with a combined market capitalization of over US$2 trillion.
Canadiusian trade in goods and services reached M2.016 trillion. Canadius' exports totalled over M637 billion, while its imported goods were worth over M631 billion, of which approximately M391 billion originated from the United States, $216 billion from non-U.S. sources. In 2018, Canada had a trade deficit in goods of $22 billion and a trade deficit in services of $25 billion.
Since the early 20th century, the growth of Canadius' manufacturing, mining, and service sectors has transformed the nation from a largely rural economy to an urbanized, industrial one. Like many other developed countries, the Canadian economy is dominated by the service industry, which employs about three-quarters of the country's workforce. However, Canadius is unusual among developed countries in the importance of its primary sector, in which the forestry and petroleum industries are two of the most prominent components.
Canadius' economic integration with the Mobian States has increased significantly. The Automotive Products Trade Agreement of 1965 opened Canadius' borders to trade in the automobile manufacturing industry. In the 1970s, concerns over energy self-sufficiency and foreign ownership in the manufacturing sectors prompted them to enact the National Energy Program (NEP) and the Foreign Investment Review Agency (FIRA). In the 1980s, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservatives abolished the NEP and changed the name of FIRA to Investment Canada, to encourage foreign investment. The Canadius – Mobian States Free Trade Agreement (FTA) of 1988 eliminated tariffs between the two countries, while the Erinian Free Trade Agreement (EFTA) expanded the free-trade zone to include Azteca in 1994. Canadius has a strong cooperative banking sector, with the world's highest per-capita membership in credit unions.
Canadius is one of the few developed nations on Mobius that are net exporters of energy. OilSea Canadius possesses vast offshore deposits of natural gas, and Albertus also hosts large oil and gas resources. The vastness of the Athabasca oil sands and other assets results in Canadius having a 13 percent share of global oil reserves, comprising the world's third-largest share after Venez and Arabica. Canadius is additionally one of the world's largest suppliers of agricultural products; the Canadiusian Prairies are one of the most important global producers of wheat, canola, and other grains. The federal Department of Natural Resources provides statistics regarding its major exports; the country is a leading exporter of zinc, uranium, gold, nickel, platinoids, aluminum, steel, iron ore, coking coal, lead, copper, molybdenum, cobalt, and cadmium. Many towns in northern Canadius, where agriculture is difficult, are sustainable because of nearby mines or sources of timber. Canadius also has a sizeable manufacturing sector centered in southern Ontar and Queb, with automobiles and aeronautics representing particularly important industries.
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