The Republic of Canaan is a mammoth, genial nation, ruled by Council of Canaan with an even hand, and remarkable for its barren, inhospitable landscape and compulsory military service. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic, devout population of 8.768 billion Canaanites have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The relatively small government juggles the competing demands of Spirituality, Education, and Welfare. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Tyre. The average income tax rate is 15.6%.

The Canaanite economy, worth 444 trillion shekels a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Information Technology industry, with significant contributions from Automobile Manufacturing, Basket Weaving, and Retail. Average income is 50,670 shekels, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 4.3 times as much as the poorest.

Baalism has been named as Canaan's national religion, passionate nomination battles are often as intense as general elections, Council of Canaan's office has a newly installed Max-Man arcade game programmed by a 5th-grader, and Council of Canaan has killer fashion sense. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. Canaan's national animal is the lion, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its national religion is Baalism.

Canaan is ranked 267,126^th in the world and 11^th in Jerusalem for Largest Gambling Industry, scoring -6.48 on the Kelly Criterion Productivity Index.