1. A whole new world!

There were some days Nick Fury hated his job.

Fighting against terrorists, villains, menaces to world peace, and sometimes even the continued existence of the planet itself? That he could handle.

Endless paperwork and incompetent subordinates? An everyday feature.

Stupid politicians yelling at him and expecting miracles? He wouldn't even yawn.

But this? This was too much.

"I will ask you to repeat what you just said, slow and clear, because I must have misunderstood you," he said to the scared-looking man standing in front of him. Normally Fury was patient when dealing with his subordinates (or so he told himself at least) but what he had just heard was so preposterous that he couldn't take it for anything but a crass joke at his expense.

And Nick Fury didn't like jokes.

"Th- the government of Canada entered a state of war one hour ago with an unknown rebel territory and as of twenty minutes ago they declared unconditional surrender. As of today the Dominion of Canada has…" as Fury's gaze intensified the man's voice got lower and lower until he stopped speaking altogether.

"Do go on." The rage in Fury's remaining eye was almost like a physical thing, making the poor man trying to talk to him shiver in fear.

"The Dominion of Canada has been officially disbanded and annexed by the Kingdom of Nazarick...."

Fury just kept looking at him, his rage on a whole new level now.

"... and that's what happened in Canada," finished the aide lamely.

"So let me see if I understand clearly. A mysterious magic user set up shop in the wilderness of Canada, declared independence and when the government tried to force him to step down they declared war on Canada. A war which ended with the conquest of said country?"

"Ehh, yes sir."

What followed was a mix of expletives, violence and threats to beings both real and fictional. It had been a long time since Fury had let go of his temperament like this, especially in front of other people.

He was used to dealing with the strange and the bizarre, some even straight out of fiction but this was too much.

"A- also, we got a message from the Latverian embassy; Doom is giving recognition to this new country as are various other minor nations."

Right now, Fury was really missing the giant lizard, at least that made more sense.