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Québec is a Socialist Republic. Legislative powers are held by the National Assembly of Québec, which consists of 125 seats. The President of Québec is elected every six years by the National Assembly.
 
Québec is a Socialist Republic. Legislative powers are held by the National Assembly of Québec, which consists of 125 seats. The President of Québec is elected every six years by the National Assembly.
 
===Parties===
 
===Parties===
The Partie d'ouvrier du Québec is the only legal party that can hold power, but democratic opposition parties are allowed.
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The Parti Ouvrier du Québec is the only legal party that can hold power, but democratic opposition parties are allowed.
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===Legal system===
 
===Legal system===
 
Québec's legal system in general is based on the Napoleonic Code. One wrinkle in the Code makes judges an active participant in trials, as the person responsible for bringing out all the relevant facts. The relationship between the prosecution and the defense are cooperative, in that all parties (judge, prosecution, defense) are charged with bringing the correct evidence to light. All trials are done in French.
 
Québec's legal system in general is based on the Napoleonic Code. One wrinkle in the Code makes judges an active participant in trials, as the person responsible for bringing out all the relevant facts. The relationship between the prosecution and the defense are cooperative, in that all parties (judge, prosecution, defense) are charged with bringing the correct evidence to light. All trials are done in French.

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Republic of Québec
flag
Capital Québec City
Government Socialist Republic
Leaders President Claude Aimé


Population 10,467,000
Land area
GDP (total) 219,8 billion
(per capita)
Major Ethnic Groups
Major Languages Spoken
Major Religions
Currency Québec New Franc (f) = 0.5 Nuyen (¥) (Nuyen also accepted)


Québec, officially the Democratic Republic of Québec (French: République Démocratique du Québec) is a country in eastern North America, between Hudson Bay and St Lawrence River (French: St-Laurent). It is traditionally an isolationist nation known for its French-speaking (or Francophone) population and association with the AAA megacorporation Cross Applied Technologies. Post-2062, the Republic of Québec opened its borders to wider trade, immigration, and tourism. While for a lengthy time the official and only legal language was French (almost since the nation's inception in 2010), English is now undergoing a trial period as a legal business language.

It shares land borders with UCAS and the Algonkian-Manitou Council. The capital is Québec City.

Vital Statistics

As of 2062:

  • Population: 10,467,000
    • Human: 78%
    • Elf: 10%
    • Dwarf: 5%
    • Ork: 6%
    • Troll: 1%
  • Estimated SINless: 18%
  • Below Poverty Level: 36%
  • Corporate Affiliation: 29%
  • Education Level:
    • Less than Twelve Years; 20%
    • High School: 45%
    • College: 28%
    • Advanced: 7%
  • Major languages: French (77%), English (42%)

History

2010 - October 31, Québec secedes from Canada. (SoNA.102)
2011 - February 7, French becomes the only legal business language, and the official language of Québec.(SoNA.102)
2011 - May 3, the Vieux Québec Riot burns down the Latin Quarter.
2014 - January 27, Treaty of Kahnawake passed to preempt Amerindian dissidence.
2017 - December 11, Québec invites the Maritime Canadian provinces to join Québec. Only Labrador agrees to this.
2018 - April 1, Republic of Québec abstains from the Treaty of Denver, confident that their close ties with Native Americans would protect it from reprisals (and this proved to be correct).
2021 - April 30, Goblinization occurs, and Québec is quick to extend full rights to all Francophone metahumans. Anglophone metahumans are left out.
2021 - May 1, Harmful Paranimals Act passed.
2040 - March 6, Chemical attack in Trois-Rivières.
2053 - June 28, Cross Applied Technologies achieves AA extraterritorial megacorp status.
2060 - April 15, CATCo acquires AAA status.
2061 - January 1, Démocrates Mondains becomes the dominant party, after almost 50 years of rule from the pro-Francophone Parti Québécois.
2061 - September 19, the Harmful Paranimals Act is amended to recognize the legal status of SURGE'd victims, added SURGE'd species to the bounty list, and removed dragons from the list.
2062 - March 1, Republic borders open wider to tourism, trade, and immigrants, under the "Le réveil de l'ours" (Awakening of the Bear) movement in the government.
2062 - July 1, English enters a trial period as a legal business language.
2063 - A Coup d'état leads to Québec becoming a Socialist Republic.

Geography

Québec occupies the Canadian Shield, or the Ungava Region, a vast and sparsely populated region filled with coniferous forests, lakes, and rivers. It is bordered by James Bay, Ontario and Hudson Bay to the west, Atlantic Canada to the east, the UCAS to the south, and the Arctic Ocean to the north. Major waterways include the La Grande River and Saint Lawrence River. Major mountain ranges include the Laurentians and the northern extent of the Appalachian Mountains. The Gaspé Peninsula juts into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the East. The Saint Lawrence River Valley is a fertile agricultural region, leading in the production of maple sugar (Quebec is the world's largest producer), as well as other produce and livestock.

Politics

Québec is a Socialist Republic. Legislative powers are held by the National Assembly of Québec, which consists of 125 seats. The President of Québec is elected every six years by the National Assembly.

Parties

The Parti Ouvrier du Québec is the only legal party that can hold power, but democratic opposition parties are allowed.

Legal system

Québec's legal system in general is based on the Napoleonic Code. One wrinkle in the Code makes judges an active participant in trials, as the person responsible for bringing out all the relevant facts. The relationship between the prosecution and the defense are cooperative, in that all parties (judge, prosecution, defense) are charged with bringing the correct evidence to light. All trials are done in French.

Québec's laws are often described as "schizoid", in that there are many contradictory texts and exception clauses throughout the legal code. For example, Smartlinked weapons are legal as long as they do not have full autofire, but Smart goggles and Smartgun adapters are illegal. (NAGNA, p67)


Economy

Corporate Presence

Québec signed the Business Recognition Accords. Extraterritoriality can be applied within the limits of "Enterprise Zones" set by the government and leased to megacorporations. There are currently 12 Enterprise Zones in Québec City and 18 in Montreal (and none elsewhere in Québec).

Currently, the following corporations have holdings in Québec:

References

  • Primary Source: Shadows of North America, pp 100-112.
  • Neo-Anarchist's Guide to North America, pp 64-69.
  • Québec City: Neo-Anarchist's Guide to North America, pp 70-77.
  • Relations with Germany: Germany Sourcebook, pg 43.
  • The Igloo smuggling route starts in Québec (tsh.82).
  • The Québec Unité is a group which wants to join Québec with the UCAS (und.88).
  • By law, business must be conducted in French (cd.55).
  • Gendarmerie: Local arm of Lone Star (cd.56).
  • Military contracts with Mitsuhama for drones (cd.60).
  • Shadowland node in (at least) Québec City (tm.27).

Semi-Official sources

The novel Run Hard, Die Fast contains some action in Québec. It includes the following observations:

  • "Speaking English in Québec City is not a good idea." (pg 140)
  • Doesn't recognize sentient paranormal critters and wanted trolls put on bounty lists. (pg 141)
  • Good work for bounty hunters. (pg 141)
  • Contains extraterritorial Enterprise Zones for (at least) MCT, Aztechnology, Fuchi, Yokogawa-Honeywell, and Yamaha. (pg 143)

Unofficial Sources

  • Republic of Québec (unofficial)

External Links

The city of North Bay is detailed in the locations section of the Neoanarchists' Guide To Everything Else, pp 30-35.

This page forked from Wordman's The Sixth World: A geographical index to the world of Shadowrun