|Flag||Coat of Arms| |Government||Parliamentary
Democracy/Federal Constitutional monarchy| |Language||English,
French (official)| |Monarch||Queen Elizabeth II| |Prime
minister||Stephen Harper| |GDP 2007||$1.105 trillion| |GDP per
capita||$35,133| Canada is a democracy in North America which
extends from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Atlantic Ocean
in the east and northward to the Arctic Ocean. Canada is the
largest country by total area in North America and the second
largest in the world behind Russia. It also has the longest
coastline of any nation, as well as the longest border with the
United States to the south and northwest. Its border with the US
is the longest undefended border in the world. Canada's motto, A
Mari usque ad Mare (From sea to sea), is based on biblical
scripture: "He shall have dominion from sea to sea and from the
river unto the ends of the earth (Psalm 72:8)". The name
Dominion of Canada was adopted during confederation in 1867. The
name continued until the Constitution Act of