Government

• Ottawa is the capital of Canada

• Nuuk is the capital of Greenland

• Both countries have constitutional monarchies with democratic parliaments– “ruled” by a queen but also have a type of congress

• There is universal suffrage at age 18

• Only 1% of the Canadian federal budget is spent on the military and Greenland has no regular military forces

• Canada works with the U.S. in the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) in regards to air and missile defense