Canada (1983: Doomsday)

Canada is a parliamentary democracy that occupies the northeast coast of North America. The rest of the world often refers to this nation as the Canada Remainder Provinces.

Doomsday
Due to Canada's ties with both the United Kingdom and United States, along with its NATO membership, Canada was one of the countries hit by nuclear weapons during World War III. Targets included:
 * Ottawa
 * Toronto
 * Vancouver
 * Calgary
 * Edmonton
 * Regina
 * Winnipeg
 * Montreal
 * Quebec
 * Halifax
 * CFB North Bay

Among the deaths included Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.

Post-Doomsday
After the immediate deaths and radioactive fallout from this nuclear catastrophe, Canada's cities and population centers became like those of the United States: they lacked any food, running water, or governance, and were submerged into lawlessness and depravity. However, not all of Canada suffered this fate. Because Canada is spread out over a large area, much of the rural areas and even some of the small isolated cities remained largely intact. Canada was also the target of refugees from France, the United States, and other countries. The most successful region was the Atlantic region as the territories there were able to survive more or less intact. Meanwhile the survivor communities in the Prairie provinces banded together to survive with American communities across the border.

Canada Remainder Provinces
In 1984, at St. John's, a new government was created among the last surviving provinces in the east: Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories (represented by a survivor community at Iqaluit) and the remnants of Quebec (Nord-du-Québec, Anticosti Island, and the area around the city of Gaspe). Survivor in Saguenay, however, refused to participate and declared independence. A new provisional government reconvened Parliament and choosing Jim Lee as their new Prime Minister, with the promise to hold elections again next year. The new Canadian government took upon itself the herculean task of getting its citizens through the worst of Doomsday.

The Northwest Territories were also promoted to a province and renamed Nunavut. Nord-du-Québec was also promoted as a province after the Grand Council of the Crees and Kativik Regional Government threatened to secede. Meanwhile the French islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, cut off from their home country, petitioned the Canadian government for help. After brief negotiations in 1985 the islands became a protectorate of Canada.

In 1990, a Canadian military base reported picking up a transmission from the Celtic Alliance. In 1991, Canada came in contact with the rest of the world through the USS Benjamin Franklin. In 1992 Canada reestablished diplomatic ties with Portugal. In 1993, a task force of surviving ships from the Royal Canadian Navy was launched to tour the rest of the world.

By the 2000s, Canada had begun making inroads into the interior. This exploration led to conflicts with the Republic du Saguenay. In one nasty incident in 2004 a Canadian exploration expedition ran into a Saguenay patrol near the disputed northern border of Saguenay that left one dead and many wounded. Contact was also made with some small survivor communities in New Brunswick and Maine.

The Rest of Canada
Canada, or the Canada Remainder Provinces, claims all of the original ten provinces and two territories of old Canada. In reality, British Colombia, Quebec, and Ontario are in a state of anarchy. Vancouver Island has been trading with the Republic of San Juan and other Pacific nations. The remnants of the Prairie provinces have organized a provisional government and are a members of the North American Union. It is still up in the air on what the relationship between this Canadian government and the Canada Remainder Provinces will be in the future since contact between the two is only recent.

International relations
Canada became a part of the Atlantic Defense Community at its founding in 2007. In 2008, Canada was selected to the High Council of the League of Nations as the representative of North America.

There is an ongoing dispute between Canada and the Republic of the French Southern Territories since the Republic claims all French territory including the islands of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. Tensions are also high with the Republic du Saguenay, especially since the Canada Remainder Provinces claim the entire territory of old Quebec and Saguenay sees the CRP as the successors to the government who led Canada into the disaster that was Doomsday.

Government
The post-Doomsday government of Canada is similar to pre-Doomsday, however some changes were made. Firstly, the office of Governor-General was kept in a ceremonial role, but new Governor-Generals are now chosen by the previous Governor-General. The Governor-General still represents the Monarch of Canada, even though the Canadian government had not met any British royalty until contact with the Kingdom of Cleveland in 1998. The role of Deputy Governor-General was also created, which is the successor to the Governor-General in the event of death or resignation. The Deputy Governor-General is appointed by the current Governor-General.

The second change was the Senate reform of 1986. The Senate was altered to consist of elected representatives that would serve as a counterbalance to the House of Commons, and would actually exercise their power when they deemed necessary. The Senators are still ceremonially appointed by the Governor-General, but are actually elected.

The third change was the implementation of a form of direct democracy, in which every month Canadian citizens would hold referenda on large issues regarding the nation, while the details would be handled by the politicians. This change was made in 1989.