В чём различия и сходства России и Канады.Желательно на английском

We so are similar, but...  Russia and Canada - two states of the modern world largest on territory. Besides neighbours - though ours “the general border” represents at all a line, and simply geographical point - the North Pole where conditional borders of the Arctic polar sectors of our countries converge. Nevertheless, from Russia to Canada it is possible to reach for three months through ocean Ledovitogo ices on foot, not coming into other countries, that not so long ago (in 1988) brave polar travellers of our countries have in common proved. Are very similar not only the nature and a climate, but also the richest natural resources of Russia and Canada, as well as difficulty of development of these natural riches, which majority it is concentrated in northern, most remote areas of our countries.  Unfortunately, we with Canada - neighbours as well in the list of the countries with the world's largest total internal product if to arrange them one after another: according to Canadian Global Almanac-1999, we divide in it 12-13 places. Why "unfortunately"? - Yes because Russians almost five times more than Canadians and, means, per capita we make almost five times less that is why we live five times more poorly.  Political problems are in many respects similar also: both countries - federative states with amplifying centrifugal tendencies. The Canadian provinces (and everyone has the parliament, the government, own laws), as well as many Russian regions, aspire to independence from the federal centre and already now have is much more right, than, for example, states in the USA. In Canada where, as well as in Russia, live about hundred various national-ethnic groups, become aggravated problems of a territorial autonomy of the radical people - Indians and inuitov-Eskimos (it is more recently formed new, territory in the north of Canada - Nunavut), centrifugal tendencies in a French-speaking province Quebec and in the western English-speaking provinces amplify. And problems of overcoming of national-ethnic conflicts and preservation of integrity and stability of a federative state excite Canadians not less, than Russians.