| Republic of Québec | |
|---|---|
| flag | |
| Capital | Québec City |
| Government | Representative Democracy |
| Leaders | President: Hélène Bard |
| 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 (¥) prior to 2062. Nuyen (¥) after 2062 |
The Republic of Québec or Québec (French: République du Québec or 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 Quebec 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 , Algonkian-Manitou Council and a marine border with France's dependency of St Pierre et Miquelon island. The capital is Québec City.
Vital Statistics
- 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
1663 - Nouvelle France becomes a province of France.
1763 - Nouvelle France pass under the control of Great Britain under the name Québec.
1867 - Great Britain gives Canada self-governance.
1970 - The FLQ manifesto.
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.
2021 - May 1, Harmful Paranimals Act passed.
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, 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, English enters a trial period as a legal business language.
Politics
Québec's politics are divided into two major parties, the Démocrates Mondains and the Parti Québécois. The Parti Québécois are pro-isolationist, pro-Francophone, and have been the dominating party in Québec for the past 50 years since its secession. However, with a rising population of Anglophones and international interests, they slowly lost their iron grip on the reins of Québec government, eventually losing the political majority in the 2061 elections to the Démocrates Mondains. The Démocrates Mondains have made sweeping changes to Québec's laws, opening the borders, changing the national currency, and introducing English back to Québec, much to the disdain of Québécois separationists.
Three other parties that have influence in Quebec are the pro-Anglophone Greens, the pro-Francophone the Alliance Francophone, and the pro-meta Alliance Métahumaine.
Geography
Economy
Corporate Presence
- Cross Applied Technologies (HQ: Montreal) (poad.59, cd.51-57)
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.
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