Need Nicknames for United States and Canada

[JailForBush]

I'm developing a website that will feature 9/11-related information for the world's nations. Right now I'm focusing on North America and would like to come up with some catchy nicknames for the U.S. and Canada.

Here's what I'm working with right now:

United States: Shadow Democracy

Canada: North America's Class Act OR North America's Democracy

Do you have any better suggestions?

[JailForBush]

1. Or how's this one?

Canada: America's Conscience

[Indiana Democrat]

2. Canada...

America Junior.

[Minstrel Boy]

3. I like this:

The other North America.

[gator_in_Ontario]

4. Canada:

Wal-Mart's newest punk

[lostnfound]

5. LOL! n/t

[lostnfound]

6. Canada: America's Better Half

[ElsewheresDaughter]

7. US = Pinocchio --------- Canada = Jiminy Cricket.... give a little whistle

[ElsewheresDaughter]

9. the cricket....in other languages

English
Jiminy Cricket

Danish
Jesper Fårekylling

German
Jiminy Grille | Jiminy Grashüpfer

Spanish (in Colombia)
Pepe Grillo

Spanish (in Spain)
Pepito Grillo

Finnish
Samu Sirkka

French
Jiminy Criquet

Italian
Grillo Saggio

Dutch
Japie Krekel

Portuguese
Grilo Falante

Norwegian
Timmy Gresshoppe

Swedish
Benjamin Syrsa

[outinforce]

8. Canada...AmericaLite, perhaps?

Or how about Canada = The Great White North, USA = Cultural Behemoth?

Or Maybe USA = Rebels Against British Imperialism, Canada = Loyal to God and King?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

10. How about European America for Canada?

[outinforce]

11. Might be OK, Except That

Although I have never been to Vancouver, BC, I understand that it has a very vibrant community of people from Asia. I have been to Toronto a number of times, and I can tell you that although Toronto is no where near as culturally diverse as New York, it is by no means a strictly "European" city.

I fear that calling Canada "European America" would, in some way, deny the many rich cultural contributions that the many non-Europeans hwo have chosen to come to Canada have already made, and are continuing to make.

I will say this, though. I appears to me (and I was born and raised in the United States and am quite aware of the many irritating charateristics that those of us who are USA citizens share) that more than a few Canadians are very much like many Europeans. They, for some reason, seem to take great delight in preening moral and cultural superiority over the United States, while at the same time exhibiting an almost total insensitivity to their own country's shortcomings.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

13. Yeah, I should clarify. European in thought, global in race

Obviously we are extremely multi-cultural in our make-up, but the guiding philosophies seem to me to be European. As to the superiority / inferiority complex, yeah, of course that's there, but then, visit Alberta, where the opinion is completely the reverse, and equally out of whack.

[sweetheart]

12. plutocratic oligarchy

.. or perhaps just "oligarchy" for the US.
canada: Side car

Democracy has nothing to do with either.

[bif]

14. How about "Canada: It's still the 1970s!"

And I mean that in a good way.