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Revision as of 01:06, 15 November 2004
Flag of Galdago | |
Motto: "Look like the flower, but be the serpent under it." | |
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Region | Aperin |
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Capital | Coronada |
Official Language(s) | Celdonian (Primary), Galdagan (Secondary) |
Leader | Prime Minister Lance Thibodeaux |
Population | 312,350,781 |
Currency | Thennat (ATN) |
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Contents
Introduction
- Background
- The Commonwealth of Galdago is a federal socialist democracy located in the southwestern portion of the greater landmass of the Aperin continent. During its history, the Commonwealth has consisted as a number of different entities throughout that time, ranging from confederated nomadic and then agrarian tribes to a monarchy and finally a federal commonwealth. Galdago is a massive, socially progressive nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, intelligent population of over three hundred million enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level social equality free of the usual accompanying government corruption. It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of education, social equality, and defence. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Book Publishing. Crime—especially youth-related—is moderate. Galdago's national animal is the seraph serpent, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the geldar.
- Little is known about the nomadic tribes and agrarian collectives of early Galdagan society. The first recorded monarchy came to power in AD 538 when Prince Alvnorson Mentusií del Dreszemier subjugated a number of the tribes within present-day southern Galdago and the southern coastlands below it under his empire. He began construction of roads to facilitate heavy internal trade and resource distribution and established the first solid sea-bound trade routes heavily utilized by the early Kluuvar Belki [Black Band] Republic, as well as generating trade links east of the present-day Bleumont Mountain Range.
- The throne was passed down through eight generations of the Dreszemier family until King Illiano Marquez del Dreszemier III began an expansionist drive northeastward in AD 742, attacking through the Bleumont Range. The ambush of the king’s army at Blood Gulch Pass, just south of Dreszemier Peak, saw the end of the reign of the Kluuvar Belki dynasty. The King and his son Prince Vasco Marquez del Dreszemier were slaughtered by the eastern Panoptican tribes, as well as two full regiments of soldiers. The remainder of the King’s forces fled back home in terror and the country devolved into in-fighting.
- Within two years, however, the old republic began reformation. The southern portion of the country was reconstituted under a new monarch, the then Baron Bartok Sevorin del Marconiux, while the northern territories were held together by Chancellor Velouri Barbos del Galdago. He employed his personal army as well as the remnants of the Kluuvar Belki’s legions to serve as constables throughout the region, and after assuring civil stability, began to normalize relations with the eastern territories Marquez III had set his eyes upon, as well as drawing up non-aggression and free trade agreements with the southern portion of the former Kluuvar Belki Republic. The new empire struggled to regain its footing, but within two generations, the empire of Galdago began to stabilize and form a lasting identity. It was at this point that systems of feudalism began to emerge which wouldn’t be significantly altered until the late 1600s.
- The last native ruling family to emerge over the Greater Galdagan Empire was the Marapozan bloodline.
Geography
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- Location
- Aperin continent, located along the southwestern seaboard bordering the Nomadic League and Kerla, the Narangath Ocean to the west, and the Alçaerin Ocean to the south
- Geographic Coordinates
- 25 00 S, 35 00 W
- Area
- total: 1,037,300 sq km
- water: 12,500 sq km
- land: 1,024,800 sq km
- Land Boundaries
- total: 2,289km
- border countries: Nomadic League 633km, Kerla 1,224km, eastern borderlands 254km, southern borderlands 178km
- Coastline
- 2,656 km
- Maritime Claims
- continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
- exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
- territorial sea: 12 NM
- Climate
- predominantly temperate; tropical in far south; sub-tropical humid in center; temperate in north
- Terrain
- low hills rolling down to broad coastal plains west of the eastern Bluemont Mountain Range and tropical forests
- Elevation Extremes
- lowest point: Murphy’s Pointe –10m
- highest point: Dreszemier Peak 736m
- Natural Resources
- major deposits of natural gas and coal, varying minerals, most notably vast nickel deposits, several precious stones including large carbon and diamond deposits, and untapped timber
- Land Use
- arable land: 3.26%
- permanent crops: 0.09%
- other: 96.65%
- Irrigated Land
- 4,280 sq km
- Natural Hazards
- violent geothermal eruptions and tremors off the southwestern tip of the country; navigational hazard posed by coral reefs off the northwest coast
- Environmental Issues
- limited inroads being made into the sensitive upper Bleumont rainforests to facilitate mining of uranium
People
- Population
- 312,350,781
- Age Structure
- 0-14 years: 18.8% (male 29,562,322; female 29,159,625)
- 15-64 years: 67.4% (male 103,191,348; female 107,333,078)
- 65 years and over: 13.8% (male 18,481,662; female 24,622,746)
- Median Age
- total: 39.3 years
- male: 37.8 years
- female: 40.3 years
- Population Growth Rate
- 0.67%
- Birth Rate
- 13.71 births/1,000 population
- Death Rate
- 9.26 deaths/1,000 population
- Net Migration Rate
- 2.27 migrants/1,000 population
- Sex Ratio
- at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
- under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
- 15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
- 65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
- total population: 0.94 male(s)/female
- Infant Mortality Rate
- total: 11.81 deaths/1,000 live births
- female: 10.3 deaths/1,000 live births
- male: 13.14 deaths/1,000 live births
- Life Expectancy at Birth
- total population: 69.94 years
- male: 68.04 years
- female: 71.73 years
- Total Fertility Rate
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- Nationality
- noun: Galdagan(s)
- adjective: Galdagan
- Ethnic Groups
- Galdagan 82.3%, Kerlan 8.2%, Nomadic Leaguer 5.8%, Other 3.7%
- Religions
- Roman Catholic 84%, Protestant 9%, Other 7%
- Languages
- Celdonian (official) 62%, Galdagan (official) 8%, bilingual (Celdonian and Galdagan) 30%
- Literacy
- definition: age 15 and over can read and write
- total population: 99.2%
- male: 99.2%
- female: 99.2%
Government
- Country Name
- conventional long form: The Commonwealth of Galdago
- conventional short form: Galdago
- former: The Greater Galdagan Empire
- Government Type
- federalist social commonwealth
- Capital
- Coronada
- Administrative Divisions
- 23 states and 1 federal city*; Alcaerin, Astralis, Bailey, Beckmond, Bleumont, Caliverde, Cora, Comaira, Coronada*, Courton, Downing, Galjour, Goddard, Landerich, Litheia, Marcelanus, Montevera, Murphy Island, New Athens, Newhaven, Peleus, Segallion, Sheryland, Vespus
- Independence
- 29 July 1934 (from the Greater Galdgan Empire)
- National Holiday
- Commonwealth Day, 29 July (1934)
- Articles of Federation
- 27 September 1935, effective 4 April 1937
- Legal System
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- Suffrage
- 18 years of age, universal
- Executive Branch
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- Legislative Branch
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- Judicial Branch
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- Political Parties and Leaders
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- Flag Description
- white 23-rayed sun to the upper left over three white bands which cut the flag diagonally and converge in the lower left corner on a blue-violet background
Economy
- GDP
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- GDP Real Growth Rate
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- GDP Per Capita
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- GDP Composition by Sector
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- Population Below Poverty Line
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- Distribution of Family Income (Gini Index)
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- Inflation Rate
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- Labor Force
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- Labor Force by Occupation
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- Unemployment Rate
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- Budget
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- Industries
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- Industrial Production Growth Rate
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- Electricity Production
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- Electricity Production by Source
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- Electricity Consumption
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- Electricity Exports
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- Electricity Imports
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- Oil Production
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- Oil Consumption
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- Oil Exports
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- Oil Imports
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- Proved Oil Reserves
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- Natural Gas Production
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- Natural Gas Consumption
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- Natural Gas Exports
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- Natural Gas Imports
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- Proved Natural Gas Reserves
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- Agriculture Products
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- Exports
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- Export Commodities
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- Export Partners
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- Imports
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- Import Commodities
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- External Debt
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- Currency
- Galdagan Geldar
- Currency Code
- CGG
- Fiscal Year
- Calendar Year