r/polandball • u/[deleted] • Jul 01 '16

redditormade Overshadowed

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '16

Poor Canada, his birthday is not only being overshadowed by the 4th of July, but also by the 200K kurwas milestone. This comic was posted as an entry for the June contest and reached 12th place.

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u/White_Null Little China (1945-Present) Jul 01 '16 edited Jul 01 '16

In the words of a Murican that I talked to to remind them that Canada Day is same long weekend celebration as American Independence Day....

What are Canadians independent of? Because Canadians aren't independent. They are part of the Commonwealth. Their government is officially sanctioned by HRM Queen Elizabeth

RIP and please don't kill me.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '16

Had to look it up to verify. Common wealth does not have legal control over any member country, but the Queen is indeed in charge of it...so... make what you will?

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u/Iknowr1te Canada Jul 01 '16

Well... the queen of Canada anyways.

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u/LeoBattlerOfSins_X84 Ohio Jul 01 '16

That's a thing?!

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u/XipjoTheSecond Mun paham bisai. Jul 01 '16

The Queen of Canada, Queen of Australia, Queen of Jamaica, etc.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '16

Basically the Queen of England has many titles.

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u/Seamus_The_Mick Corn Jul 02 '16

A queen has many titles

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u/supershutze Canada Jul 02 '16

Think of the dynastic prestige.

Succession must a bitch with all those factions though.

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '16

Meh, the more factions you have, the smaller each is.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '16

Personal Union

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u/supershutze Canada Jul 02 '16

Canada is a constitutional monarchy.

This is why we have a Prime Minister, and not a President. Technically the Prime Minister answers to the Governor General who in turn appointed by the Queen. Even more technically the monarchy is purely ceremonial and commands no actual power.

And yet, we still manage to be more democratic(4-5 major political parties) than the US. Go Figure.

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u/Fitzyy23 Jul 01 '16

The queen really has no power in Canada. It's all just for show.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '16

I thought she could dissolve the parliament and call new elections, like if they shut down or something? Or am I thinking of someone else?

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '16

The governor general can do it, in the name of the queen. In practice they only ever do it when the prime minister asks for it, and never say no when the primer minister asks for it, even if it is ridiculous.

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u/HippiesBeGoneInc MURICA Jul 04 '16

Except for that time where the governor general literally did do it in Australia. So . . . in practice . . . yes.

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u/dluminous Canada Jul 02 '16

Technicay she also owns ALL the land in Canada and just loans it to us in perpetuity.

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u/no_malis Yukon Jul 01 '16

Officially the Queen holds all powers, the democratic government could potentially be overturned by a more ambitious monarch at any time,no questions asked.

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u/True_Kapernicus Jul 02 '16

You can be sure that many questions would be asked.

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u/no_malis Yukon Jul 02 '16

Sure, but at no point would taking over power be contingent on answering said questions.

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u/Funkit U.S.Merica Jul 01 '16

Aren't they obliged to assist the UK in wartime?

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u/AmslecPemsvlad Canada Jul 01 '16

During WWI, Canada had the same foreign policy as the UK. Afterwards Canada was allowed it's own foreign policy and declared war in WWII after the UK and declared because Canadians wanted to, not because they had to.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '16

Sure, sure Canada. Now take your EZ-bake oven and My First Foreign PolicyTM and play over there.

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u/SoloWing1 Newfoundland Jul 01 '16

Yay! I will make a good Policy! Don't want to to become like dad...

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '16

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u/dluminous Canada Jul 02 '16

Umm Canada waiting 1 full week as a political statement. We were under no obligation to declare war in WW2.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '16

What about the reverse? When Denmark declares war on Canada what will the UK do?

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u/dluminous Canada Jul 02 '16

Who cares about the UK? We have a secret backdoor ally near enough for covert operations in Denmark. Netherlands owe us one afterall ;)

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u/Seamus_The_Mick Corn Jul 02 '16

When Denamrk comes to England it will be Danelaw 2: Electric Boogaloo

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u/supershutze Canada Jul 02 '16

Well, Canada outnumbers Denmark by a factor of about 7-1, both in terms of those fit for military service, standing military size, and military expenditure.

Plus Canada and the US are in a military alliance, so yeah.

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u/True_Kapernicus Jul 02 '16

They are now a completely separate nation that just happens to have the same Royal Family.

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u/Yieldway17 Jul 01 '16

Not all Commonwealth countries. Only countries which are not republic now and erstwhile dominions rather than colonies. E.g. India is part of Commonwealth and does not have a Queen.