The Armed Republic of Lupus Canis is a colossal, genial nation, notable for its compulsory military service, free-roaming dinosaurs, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, democratic population of 8.688 billion Canisians love a good election, and the government gives them plenty of them. Universities tend to be full of students debating the merits of various civil and political rights, while businesses are tightly regulated and the wealthy viewed with suspicion.

The large government juggles the competing demands of Environment, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Lobos City. The average income tax rate is 69.1%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The powerhouse Lupus Canisian economy, worth 910 trillion Canisian Dollars a year, is dominated by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Tourism, Arms Manufacturing, and Book Publishing. State-owned companies are common. Average income is an impressive 104,812 Canisian Dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

People stand their fridges back-to-front to benefit from the free heating, the countryside is shrouded by wind farms, there's no cure or sympathy for the common cold, and small children are learning a lot of new words from a teacher with Tourette Syndrome. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a capable police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Lupus Canis's national animal is the Pacific Wolf, which is also the nation's favorite main course.

Lupus Canis is ranked 36,461^st in the world and 125^th in Forest for Lowest Crime Rates, with 79.25 law-abiding acts per hour.