Speculative geography, in which the author posits that in 2050, due to climate change and technology demands, the most dominant countries will be around the Arctic circle, but because of demography, political instability and rising seas, the only one really able to capitalize on it will be Canada. If there isn't a Vancouver-filmed, cheap SyFy series about the world as ruled by futuristic Inuktitut-speaking hockey goons, there damn well should be.