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Revision as of 02:14, 17 April 2005

PopularFreedom
Flag-Countrypopularfreedom.jpeg
Flag of PopularFreedom
Motto: Life, Liberty, and Responsibility for all
PopularFreedom Map
Region The Heartland
Capital Locke Harbour
Official Language(s) English, French
Leader Prime Minister Bayda
Population Over 225 Million
Currency Euro 
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Overview

The Community of PopularFreedom, located in the Heartland Region is a large, devout nation, renowned for its compulsory military service. Its compassionate, hard-working population in excess of 225 million are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.

The enormous, moralistic government juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Religion & Spirituality. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 25%. A large private sector is led by the Uranium Mining industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Soda Sales.

The mining industry is making inroads into environmentally sensitive areas, punitive tariffs protect local industry, the police force is on a recruitment drive, and euthanasia is illegal. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is relatively low, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. PopularFreedom's national animal is the Wolf, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Euro.

PopularFreedom is ranked:

  • 31st in the region and 18,128th in the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.
  • 32nd in the region and 21,900th in the world for Largest Mining Sector.

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Government

PopularFreedom is run by a democratically elected government.

There are 111 seats in Parliament along with a seat for the Speaker of Parliament. These seats represent the 12 major municipalities in the nation along with 100 seats which are alloted based on the percentage of the vote each party receives from the population. The 12 municipalities that get their own representative are those cities with a population of over 100,000.

The consititution of PopularFreedom does have provisions allowing that any future municipality that breaks the 100,000 population barrier will be permitted to elect an individual to represent them in Parliament.

Elections are held every 5 years on the 1st of March.

Current Government

PopularFreedom is currently run by the ruling Peoples Economic Party who held 85% of the national vote in the last election. The official oppostion is the Civil Party which holds 11% of the seats in Parliament. The remaining seats are held by the Economic Party who attained 4% of the vote in the last election.

The other 12 seats are represented by one individual from each of the following cities:

  • Athens
  • Base Victory
  • Lenita
  • Locke Harbour
  • Loyalty Bay
  • Magna Carta
  • Peace
  • Pearson Cliffs
  • Stanislav
  • Victory Union
  • Viscount Bennett
  • Workers Point

Sporting Activities

PopularFreedom has an extensive sporting culture. The national sports are hockey, and rugby. Locally different cities have additional sporting interests including auto racing in Athens, soccer in Loyalty Bay, and bareback bronc riding in Victory Union.

Auto Racing

The city of Locke Harbour recently held the Locke Harbour International Road Race on April 3rd, 2005 along the streets of Locke Harbour South, Locke Harbour Southeast, and Greater Tommy Douglas.

Hockey

The PopularFreedom Hockey League (PHL) is the national hockey league across the country. It has teams in 10 cities. The current 2003-2004 champions are the Pearson Sharks. Presently the league is shutdown due to a work stoppage by the owners in response to spiraling salary costs.

Rugby

The PopularFreedom Rugby League (PRL) is the national rugby league across the country. It has teams in 8 cities with plans to expand to 10 in the 2006 season. The current 2004 champions are the Locke Harbour Dragons.

2005 PRL STANDINGS

PopularFreedom is currently hosting the Rugby International Tournament (RIT) from March 25th - April 9th, 2005.

RIT STANDINGS