--- Quebec Background ---
Nation: The Independent Theocratic State of Quebec
Leader: Enzo Fils-Pierre (Political)/Pope Paul VIII (Religious)
Language: Franlais (French-English mash-up)
Religion: The Quebecoisian Church, a Protestant branch of Christianity with heavy Catholic influences.
General Culture: The Quebecois are an interesting people. For years and years in the 20th, and well into the 21st century, there were isolationists. Their Canadian government had trouble keeping them in line, and multiple successions were attempted. Their supposed "Frenchness" made them, in their opinion, drastically superior to others in the Americas. Perhaps because of this, they remain the only known Canadian survivors to date. Since the Droid Revolt, these people have been growing. The last ten years of so were a state of organization. The people of Central and West Canada all flocked to Quebec, as did quite a few New Englanders.
With so many more people, the long decentralized state of Quebec faced massive administrative problems. They were ill-equipped to accommodate a nation, and, to make matters worse, many of the immigrants were neither Catholic or French-speaking. The very things that united Quebecois were null and void. Defunct, if you will. The only common element was the Church.
This resulted in a unique event. The famously archrivals of Protestantism and Catholicism combined to form the United Quebecoisian Church. While mostly Protestant, they take heavy Catholic influences. The major ones include a bishopric system as well as an emphasis on the more mystical side of Christianity, as opposed to a personal one.
This new church wielded almost extreme authority. The normal government was unable to unite the people under anything, but the church did. Quite recently, Pope Paul VIII (the Quebecois successor to the Roman tradition) led a velvet revolution to replace the incompetent government. It was a resounding success, and led to the creation of the Independent Theocratic State of Quebec.
A leader, Enzo Fils-Pierre, was chosen to be the head of state by the pope. A former bishop, he took to his task quite well. However, it was the Pope that truly held the power. Contrary to many former governments, the church is the state, there is no separation. Secondly, the church is far greater in power than their secular political counterparts.
Finally, after nearly ten years of being on the brink of collapse, this nation has united. The people have gradually begun to speak a common tongue, and act in similar fashion. Despite all, this nation seems to be looking forward to the future, and the people are behind Paul VIII all the way.