Canada

Motto: A Mari Usque Ad Mare (Latin) "From Sea to Sea" 

Official Languages: French and English

Capital: Ottawa

Canada, the world's second largest country by area after Russia, occupies the northern part of North America.  It extends from east to west from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean and north to the Arctic Ocean, hence the motto: From coast to coast.  It shares land borders with the United states, south and northwest (Alaska).  The country is more precisely a federation of 10 provinces and 3 territories.