Canada

Canada
Location Properties
Continent	North America
General Properties
Required XP	0
XP Multiplier	1x
Releasables	Acadia Alberta Cascadia Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia Quebec Saskatchewan
Demonym	Canadian
Base Statistics
City Count	128
Square City Count	6
Capital	Ottawa
Population	22,955,313
Consumers Required to Upkeep	22.95
Income ($)	$1,167,529
Manpower Capacity	459,107
Starting Conscription Law	Volunteer
Starting Ideology	Non-Aligned
Formable Details
Can Form	North American Union The Eleventh Province
Required to Form	Cemanahuac North American Union British Empire Zion of America The Eleventh Province West Canada (12 cities required)
Resources
Copper	3.4
Copper	3.4
Diamond	3.33
Diamond	3.33
Gold	16.51
Gold	16.51
Iron	3.44
Iron	3.44
File:Oil Barrels.pngOil	17.9
File:Oil Barrels.pngOil	17.9
Phosphate	1.92
Phosphate	1.92
Titanium	7.32
Titanium	7.32
Tungsten	1.2
Tungsten	1.2
Uranium	2.42
Uranium	2.42
Electronics	16
Electronics	16

Canada is a Tier IV nation located in North America . The country is well-known for being one of the most prominent and capable nations within the continent due to its vast network of populated cities, starts with a sizable landmass embodied with temporary and unchanging biomes, and produces a variety of natural resources.

However, despite Canada being comprised with many welfare and strategic advantages, it is mostly dominated by its neighbor, the United States.

Background

Canada is a well-known nation in real life and has a history which starts around the 16th century during European colonization.

The lands which now make up Canada were once uninhabited, save for the diverse fauna and flora found in the region. Though many different theories do exist on how exactly people, whom we refer to as the First Nations nowadays, arrived in the American continent, a popular theory is that nomads fled from modern-day Siberia and Mongolia to the New World via an ice-bridge that connected Alaska to Siberia during the last ice age. Once the ice age ended, the bridge melted, and the nomads were stuck in the Americas. These First Nations developed a variety of civilizations based on the geography and climate of the region they settled in. Although these civilizations weren’t as advanced of those in South America and Mesoamerica, there was still commerce, society, and even religions in Canada before the Europeans.

The French would become the first major European colonial powers in Canada. Inspired by the Spanish Empire's vast and ever-growing power, French explorers charted, and even settled areas along the St. Lawrence River. The French settlers there took up fishing and agriculture, but the furs of beavers ultimately became a highly sought commodity in Europe that brought profit to this New France. This was a period known as the “Little Ice Age”, where temperatures grew colder, and demand for furs skyrocketed. This defined France's colonial strategy in Canada, as rather than subjugating local natives like the Spanish did, or expelling local natives like the English did, France preferred to trade and even ally with the natives in New France, and this brought them into conflict with other natives who were in conflict with French-aligned natives, most notably the Iroquois. New France would expand all the way to Louisiana, but France would never heavily settle the region. A combination of government policies that discouraged permanent settlement out of fear of depopulation in France, a highly powerful and influential Catholic aristocracy in New France, policies to bar non-Catholic French (like the Huguenots) from emigrating, and just plain dissatisfaction of the cold weather left New France without many settlers. Still, the colony grew, drew profit (albeit less than France’s holdings in Haiti and India), and contained English (and later British) expansion into the Americas.

The period from the beginning of the War of the Spanish Succession to the end of the Napoleonic Wars is sometimes referred to as the “Second Hundred Years War” due to an abundance of conflict between the French and the British. New France didn’t bring as much profit to the French as did the West and East Indies, and as such it received less attention from the French then did those colonies. Oftentimes, New France was used as a bargaining chip by the French to get something from the British. For example, in the War of the Spanish Succession, France ceded Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and the Hudson’s Bay to the British in exchange for the Spanish throne. A group of French subjects in Nova Scotia, known as the Acadians, now found themselves British, and they were given the choice to stay in Nova Scotia and maintaining their culture and religion (only having to swear loyalty to the British crown) or moving back to France. Many Acadians weren’t happy having to swear loyalty to a Protestant Monarch, but they stayed and Great Britain considered these Acadians a security risk. Tensions between the British and the French would manifest into several conflicts in the colonies and Europe , yet the Seven Years War would see New France fall to Great Britain. Though France had native allies in North America , the British colonies were much more heavily settled then New France. The British navy was also much more powerful than the French, and Great Britain paid more attention to the war in the colonies than France did. The Acadians, who still held contacts in New France, were forcibly removed from Novak Scotia by the British, and many would die. Acadians who fled to Louisiana became the Cajun people who still reside there today. Great Britain would make several invasions of New France, yet it would be the Battle of the Plains of Abraham/Fort Quebec that would decide the theater, as Quebec gave control of the St. Lawrence. Great Britain would seize Quebec, and New France would fall soon after. At the peace delegation, the Great Britain would offer France the choice of keeping either New France or Guadeloupe, and France chose Guadeloupe (which provided hefty sugar revenue) over New France (which was a net expense to maintain). This ended France’s rule in North America , yet the Great Britain would allow the French settlers in Canada to maintain their culture, language, and religion (provided they swore loyalty to the Great Britain), and these “Québécois” live today in the Quebec province of Canada.

The United Kingdom's preservation, and even expansion, of Québécois and Native lands within British Americas was a lead cause of the American War for Independence. In this war, the Americans tried to seize the province of Quebec for themselves in the war but failed at the Battle of Quebec. The Americans would win their independence in the end, yet not everyone in the newly formed United States wanted to leave the British Empire, and this group of “United Empire Loyalists” would move to Canada and settle modern-day Ontario. Despite the United States winning their independence, they once again went to war with the United Kingdom in 1812 with the goal of annexing Canada. Though the United Kingdom was preoccupied with dealing with Napoleonic France, the Canadian militias were well able to repel the American invaders, and in 1815, a peace was established in which Britain and the United States agreed to revert conditions back to before the war. This wouldn’t be the last issue that Canadians and Americans would have, as they both claimed the Oregon Territory. The United States was also occupied with a territorial dispute with Mexico and decided not to go to war with the United Kingdom and Mexico at the same time, and so decided to split the Oregon territory via the 49th parallel. Though Canada and the United States would have a series of conflicts even after they both got past the historic Franco-British rivalry, yet the two nations would grow together and play an important role in each other’s history.

After the American War for Independence, the United Kingdom divided Canada into Upper Canada and Lower Canada. The former was inhabited by those loyal to the British crown who fled from the United States, while the latter was inhabited by the Québécois. Both, however, were run by undemocratic, British-appointed governors who were out of touch with their populace. In 1837, revolts sprung up against British rule in Canada. In Lower Canada, a man known as Joseph Papineau led a group known as the Patriotes. In Upper Canada, a man known as William Lyon Mackenzie proclaimed the Republic of Canada' Both rebel movements attempted to get American support, yet the United States would stay neutral in this conflict. The rebellion didn’t have much support from the locals, and the professional British garrison in Canada was able to beat back the rebels. The United Kingdom, however, decided to concede democratic reforms in the Canadas and united the two into the Province of Canada, which would be subdivided into Canada East (modern-day Quebec) and Canada West (modern Ontario). The Province of Canada would have self-governance, and this too would be brought to neighboring colonies in the region. Thirty years after the rebellions, the Province of Canada, colony of Nova Scotia and colony of New Brunswick would unite to form the Dominion of Canada, which would become a “nation within the British Empire.” Rupert’s Land, St. John’s Island, and British Columbia would all join Canada by the turn of the century, yet Newfoundland would choose to stay out of Canada and would eventually become its own Dominion in 1907. As a Dominion, Canada was given a good deal of autonomy yet would still fight alongside the United Kingdom in several conflicts, such as the Madhist Uprising, Second Boer War, and eventually the Great War. Canada's path to independence did occasionally involve violence yet didn’t come about through a violent revolution. Rather, over the course of a century, Canada would gain reforms over time which would pile up to eventually become Canadian independence.

Canada would follow the United Kingdom in the First World War, and it would be here that Canada begins to develop an independent national identity. Canada would play a key role in the conflict, particularly in the fields of France and would lose dearly. Ultimately, Canada would feel different than the United Kingdom and would have their own baptism of fire at the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Following the war, Canada would gain a seat at the peace delegation at Versailles and become a founding member of the League of Nations. In the interwar period, Canada would gain de facto independence from the United Kingdom with the Statute of Westminster. This allowed Canada to determine its own foreign policy. Canada, however, would also face the Great Depression in this era, and Canada would be hit hard by it. Though Canada could have chosen not to, Canada decided to help out the United Kingdom in World War Two. Canada would recover from the Great Depression with a boom of industry from the war, and Canada would be decisive in the war, particularly in the Battle of the Atlantic, Battle of Britain, Dieppe Raid, Juno Beach Landings, and Liberation of the Low Countries. After the war, Canada would grow further independent from the United Kingdom, and would also see Newfoundland decide to join it, giving Canada her modern borders. Though Canada showed the first signs of independence in 1867, the World Wars would make the Canadian identity move further from the United Kingdom. Despite this, Canada would retain the close relations she has with the United Kingdom, becoming a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and retaining the House of Windsor.

Canada, despite having a rough relationship with the United States in both of their early histories, eventually decided to become a close ally of the United States. Canada would join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and would play a key role fighting North Korea and her allies in the Korean War. Canada took an active role in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations such as that in the Congo. Though Canada would play an instrumental role in global affairs during the Cold War, many important events would happen internally. In 1965, Canada would replace their historic Canadian Red Ensign with the iconic Maple Leaf flag (though the Union Jack would become the Royal flag of Canada) in an effort to keep Quebec French population from voting for Quebec to secede from Canada. In 1982, Canada would gain complete De Jure Independence from the United Kingdom. The Canada Constitution Acts would prevent Britain from passing laws on behalf of Canada, and though Queen Elizabeth II still retained power in Canada, her title of “Queen of Canada” gave her power in Canada. Despite gradual steps to complete Independence, the Francophone Quebec population wanted to secede from Canada. In 1980, an Independence referendum was held, though it was largely unsuccessful. Canada still wasn’t out of the woods yet, as it faced the risk of joining the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia Apartheid South Africa, and the British Empire as it almost split in 1995. Quebec ultimately voted to remain in Canada. As Canada asserted itself as an independent nation in the latter half of the Twentieth Century, she faced several crises yet ultimately pulled through to face then head on and persisted through to the Twenty-first Century with a Cold War victory and a nation intact.

Shortly after Canada survived the Twentieth Century, it faced another challenge with the War on Terror. During the attacks of September 11, 2001, Canada aided Americans in need, and Canada would join the United States in the War on Terror. Canada would play a key role in the War in Afghanistan, yet despite her best efforts, Canada would lose this war. In 2008, Canada faced another challenge brought on by the Great Recession, though Canada was able to beat this back in 2009. Canada would see another crisis unfold a decade later, this time due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Canada, in the end, would confront this with lockdowns and mask mandates, though still many Canadians died due to the disease. Modern-day Canada is a highly developed nation that has a Federal Parliamentary Monarchy and is a Commonwealth Realm. Canada contains a fascinating history, tolerant culture, modern economy, and incredible natural wonders that makes it a great place to study, live, work, and visit.

Base Statistics

Economy

Canada begins with an income of $1,167,529. $1,048,746 from tax and $118,783 from resources. However, due to its starting home guard, it raises the national expenses through increasing military upkeep by $240,000, which reduces its final balance to $927,529.

Resources

Canada reserves a decent quantity of many natural resources, such as Gold and Oil. However, it also produces a limited amount of Uranium, Diamond, Copper, Iron, Titanium, and Tungsten.

Resources of Canada
Copper	+3.4
Diamond	+3.33
Gold	+16.51
Iron	+3.44
Oil	+17.9
Phosphate	+1.92
Titanium	+7.32
Tungsten	+1.2
Uranium	+2.42

Military

Canada begins with a home guard division comprised of 120,000 troops, stationed in the city of Toronto.

Canada starts out with the Volunteer conscription law, which maximizes its manpower capacity to 459,027, with a continuous manpower gain of 1,598 per 5 days.

Base Manpower Capacity of Canada per Conscription Law
The following columns below present the manpower capacity from lowest (Disarmed) to highest (Required). RP stands for "Recruitable Population".
Disarmed [1% RP]	229,554
Volunteer [2% RP]	459,107
Limited [5% RP]	1,147,766
Extensive [10% RP]	2,295,532
Required [25% RP]	5,738,829

Geography

Canadian terrain

• Canada's non-winter biome (March-October)
• Canada' Mild Winter (November and February)
• Canada’s Severe Winter (December - January)

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Terrain

Canada's terrain is not too diverse, but it's landscapes are mostly rugged with Semi-Mountainous in southern British Columbia or southwest Canada, while Hilly is found in its northernmost regions.

BIome

Canada has the recurring Arctic biome in the north while the rest of its lands are covered with no distinct biome. However, during the exclusive months of November and February, the biome transitions to to Mild Winter, while in the deeper months of winter, such as December to January, Severe Winter is a commonplace throughout Canada.

Borders

Canada shares an international border with only two countries, those two being the United States and Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

Cities

Canada has a total of 128 cities and 6 cities surpassing one million population. With all cities combined, it sums the country's total population to 22,951,330,

Canada's biggest city is Toronto, with a base population of 5,123,000 people, while its capital city is Ottawa.

Politics

Ideology

Canada begins with the Non-Aligned ideology.

Formable

Territory of the North American Union.

Canada only has one formable, that being the North American Union.

Releasables

Canada currently has seven releasables.

• Acadia
• Alberta
• Cascadia
• Newfoundland and Labrador
• Nova Scotia
• Quebec
• Saskatchewan

Threats

Due to Canada being a feasible option for prone invasion as it is required for a couple of formables and holds many national interests, it is mainly challenged by its international neighbors and/or external powers.

• The United States or Mexico requires Canada to form the North American Union.
• The United Kingdom may colonize Canada to unify the British Empire.
• Alberta or Saskatchewan if released might try to form West Canada.

Strategy

Canada can be somewhat difficult to play if the United States wants to conquer you, but can be resisted when playing smart maneuvers.

• Dealing with the U.S.
• Empire Formation

Many of your starting moves will be focused towards defending yourself in case of a United States invasion, if you manage to get an alliance with the U.S. then switch to the colonial empire tutorial.

American - Canadian War

Notes

• Move towards communism during the war against the United States, you will need it for the manpower boost and decreased war exhaustion.
• Try to also get the Massed Attack doctrine during the war.
• You can also have a minor force take over small countries such as Saint Pierre and Miquelon, islands in the Caribbean Sea, or Greenland and seize their treasury.
• If possible, during the war, create a steel and motor factory and trade all the resources you need to sustain them.
• Create as many electronics factories as possible, you will need them to sustain your war effort.

If the United States Accepts Your Alliance

1. Enact the Improved Infrastructure policy.
2. Construct only one of each factories: electronic, motor, Steel, and fertilizer.
3. Invade the country of Saint Pierre and Miquelon in order to gain quick 80M - 100M cash.
4. Construct multiple Civilian Factories with the spare cash, and other factories that help support the Consumer Goods.
5. Once a healthy flow of Consumer Goods starts appearing, begin selling them to superpowers or regional powers, notable countries such as India, Brazil, Japan, Pakistan, South Africa, Indonesia, and more. This will help skyrocket your economy to a ~10 million income.
6. With a flourishing economy, set Government Spending to Medium/High and Research Spending to Medium.
7. Use all your research points on the research branch, in the technology tree.
8. Switch your army doctrine to "Massed Attack".
9. Switch to the "Empire Formation" tutorial.

If the United States Declines Your Alliance

• Where you should place all your industry:
• What your economic laws should look like:
• What your policies should look like:
• What your military doctrines should look like:

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1. Enact the Improved Infrastructure policy.
2. Research Factory Output 2, then focus on the Research branch.
3. Construct only one of each factories: electronic, motor, Steel, and fertilizer.
4. Invade the country of Saint Pierre and Miquelon in order to gain quick 80M - 100M cash.
5. Construct multiple Civilian Factories with the spare cash, and other factories that help support the Consumer Goods. Also purchase an Aircraft Manufactory.
6. Once a healthy flow of Consumer Goods starts appearing, begin selling them to superpowers or regional powers, notable countries such as India, Brazil, Japan, Pakistan, South Africa, Indonesia, and more. This will help skyrocket your economy to a ~10 million income.
7. With a flourishing economy, set Government Spending and Research Spending to Low/Medium.
8. Fortify and entrench tanks on your capital and other major cities.
9. Start justifying countries in Central America, the Caribbean, and South America, then transport the infantry with escort ships.
10. Switch your naval doctrine to "Capital Fleet".
11. By using the trade revenue, start building a naval fleet in the Great Lakes, as well as 3,000 - 6,000 tanks in your military stockpile.
12. If you have time before USA declares war, try taking over a weaker nation in Asia or the Indian Ocean that has 6 or more cities, like Sri Lanka, Burma, Madagascar, or United Arab Emirates. This will make it harder for the United States to force peace, as they will have to spend a lot of money/resources transporting units to your colony.

War Preparation

You should place your aircraft carrier in the area marked by the green circle.

Most of your war preparations have been completed previously, however you must now actually create your units. Create 1 aircraft carrier in the area marked in the picture and recruit more than 2,000 tanks and move towards in your capital.

The War

It's time for war! Make sure you have had enough time to do most of the things states previously otherwise you're likely going to be annexed.

1. If you haven't made your aircraft carrier yet, don't let the Americans take the city that you build it in at all costs.
2. Wait until all of America's troops have died, and then if you have made your steel and motor factory during the war, you should then use tanks to retake your eastern lands.
3. Once your important core lands in the east have been retaken, take over New England and create a small navy of 1 battleship and 1 destroyer to bombard the American capital.
4. Once all the troops in their capital are gone, take over the capital and sweep the rest of the Americans and make them Canadian!
5. While you are waiting for the United States to collapse, you can delete your aircraft carrier if the United States does not pose a threat anymore and create a colonial empire!

Colonial Empire

Canada's main expansion option is colonizing outside its continent, so you should establish easy footholds to colonize other nations. There are endless possibilities, this is just a guide.

Best places to colonize after securing an alliance with the United States

• Guinea, West Africa
• Sierra Leone, West Africa
• Denmark, West Europe
• Ireland, West Europe
• Morocco, North Africa
• Senegal, West Africa
• Malaysia, Asia
• Cambodia, Asia
• Angola, Southern Africa
• Central America or South America, places such as Cuba, Venezuela, and Panama

You should not be afraid to stretch the expansion, even if it's on different continents. No country can do anything, as you have the fierce terrain and biome, allowing an advantage for repelling incoming enemy forces.

Trivia

• Canada is the largest country in North America, however most of its lands in the north are sparsely populated, meanwhile most of its population is situated in the most southern cities, near the American - Canadian border, where 50% of all Canadians live.
• Canada and the United States has the longest international border in the entire game and in real life.
• Canada ranks #1 in ice hockey.
• Canada has the most amount of lakes in the world.
• Canada has (supposedly. This could change when we get better at measuring stuff like this) the longest coastline in the world, the only thing rivaling it would be Russia, but most of russia's coast is covered by ice, so it does not count.
• Insulin is a Canadian invention, even if Romania claims to have invented it first (probably not the first working prototype of it though)
• Canada, Australia, New Zealand and are the only nations to have not fought in a civil war against British Empire to gain their independence.
• Canada and Denmark fought over Hans island in peacefully by giving whisky to each other in 1984. The war ended in the year 2022 due to the Russian - Ukrainian war.