The Milesian Technate
Flag of The Milesian Technate | |
Motto: "Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of cancer" | |
Milesia | |
Region | Milesia |
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Capital | Mannin |
Official Language(s) | Drenai and Ventrian |
Leader | Anna Mendelson |
Population | 37 Million |
Currency | TMT Credit |
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The Milesian Technate World Factbook Entry
Geography
Area:
- total: 315,100 sq km
- water: 4,620 sq km
- land: 310,480 sq km
Land boundaries:
- total: 0 km
Coastline:
- 13,877 km
Maritime claims:
- territorial sea: 12 NM
- exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM
Climate:
- temperate maritime; modified by Western Milesian Current; mild winters, cool summers; consistently humid; overcast about half the time
Terrain:
- Western island: mostly level to rolling interior plain surrounded by rugged hills and low mountains; sea cliffs on west coast
- Eastern island: mostly rugged hills and low mountains; level to rolling plains in east and southeast
Elevation extremes:
- lowest point: The Fens -4 m
- highest point: Cnoc Nébin 1,343 m
Natural resources:
- natural gas, peat, copper, lead, zinc, silver, barite, gypsum, limestone, dolomite
- coal, petroleum, iron ore, gold, tin, salt, clay, chalk, potash, silica sand, slate, arable land
Land use:
- arable land: 0%
- permanent crops: 0%
- other: 100%
Irrigated land:
- n/a
Natural hazards:
- winter windstorms; floods
People
Population:
- 37,270,720
Age structure:
- 0-14 years: 20% (male 3,906,185; female 3,547,959)
- 15-64 years: 64.91% (male 12,392,514; female 11,802,394) 24194908
- 65 years and over: 15.09% (male 2,530,868; female 3,093,283)
Median age:
- total: 38.7 years
- male: 37.6 years
- female: 39.8 years
Population growth rate:
- 0.05%
Birth rate:
- 10.4 births/1,000 population
Death rate:
- 10.4 deaths/1,000 population
Net migration rate:
- .5 migrant(s)/1,000 population
Sex ratio:
- at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
- under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
- 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
- 65 years and over: .8 male(s)/female
- total population: 1 male(s)/female
Infant mortality rate:
- total: 2 deaths/1,000 live births
- female: 2 deaths/1,000 live births
- male: 2 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
- total population: 81.85 years
- male: 80.8 years
- female: 82.9 years
Total fertility rate:
- 2.1 children born/woman
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
- 0.05%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
- 18,000
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
- 120
Nationality:
- noun: Milesian(s), Milesians (collective plural)
- adjective: Milesian
Ethnic groups:
- Ventrians (43%), Drenai (30%), Gothir (23%), other (4%)
Religions:
- Irreligious 76%, monotheistic 14%, polytheistic 10%
Languages:
- Drenai and Ventrian both enjoy official status with the vast majority of the population being bilingual
Literacy:
- definition: age 15 and can read and write
- total population: 99%
- male: 99%
- female: 99%
Government
Country name:
- conventional long form: The Milesian Technate
- conventional short form: Milesia
- abbreviation: TMT
Government type:
- corporation based technocracy
Capital:
- Mannin
Administrative divisions:
- Mannin, Drenan, Gathuli, Lentria, Vagria, Dros Delnoch, Dros Purdol, Dros Cora, Capalis, Caphis, Cadia, Usa
Independence:
- Milesia didn’t exist as a unified entity till a union between Ikeni, Ventria and Naashan territories was signed at the Treaty of Drenan in 1584. However the modern Milesian state is much more recent in that a bloodless social revolution in which Milesia changed from a Minarchy to a Statist corporate technocracy between the years 1996 and 2004 with the Proclamation of the Technate
National holiday:
- Milesia does not celebrate any one particular national holiday
Constitution:
- Being developed
Legal system:
- Common law, adversarial system without juries, judges have discretion to call and question witnesses as they see fit.
Suffrage:
- 15 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
- head of government: Anna MENDELSON
- cabinet: Oversight Committee - 24-person board, split into committees with a responsibility for each Department,
- elections: elected for a five-year term via Single Transferable Vote
Legislative branch:
- None: all laws are derived from the constitution and interpreted by the Supreme Court, where necessary.
Judicial branch:
- Criminal Courts
- Court of Criminal Appeal (Panel of 3 Judges, advised by a forensic psychologist, not linked with original trial)
- High Court (Trial court with 1 Judge, advised by a forensic psychologist, tries serious crimes)
- Low Court (Trial Court with 1 Judge, tries minor crimes)
- Civil Courts
- Circuit Court (Deals with breaches of civil law and contracts, libel etc., 1 Judge)
- Small Claims Court (Deals with smaller breaches of contract)
International organization participation:
Flag description:
- Bicolour: divided into 1/5th black (hoist side) and 4/5ths red.
- A series of 5 pointed stars are located along the black/red border and on each side of it.
- The 4 outside stars represent Life, Liberty, Humanity and Communal Welfare with the centre star representing the People.