Fortestan
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| Motto: "Veritas!" | |
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| Region | Europe |
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| Capital | Ferroton |
| Official Language(s) | No official language |
| Leader | President Dr. Roland B. Durandana of Wassa |
| Population | 2.005 billion (6/2/05) |
| Currency | tolar |
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The United Republics of Fortestan is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 2.005 billion are free to do what they want with their own bodies, and vote for whoever they like in elections; if they go into business, however, they are regulated to within an inch of their lives.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, liberal, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Education, with areas such as Law & Order and Commerce receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 100%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.
Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a serious problem, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Fortestan's national animal is the raphus cucullatus, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the tolar.
UN Category: Left-wing Utopia
Civil Rights: Frightening
Economy: Basket Case
Political Freedoms: Superb
People
Population: 2.005 billion (2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-13 years:28.1% (male 270,434,400/female 292,970,600)
14-60 years:64.6% (male 641,138,850/female 667,043,450)
61 years and over: 17.3% (male 124,871,400/female 221,993,600) (2005 est.)
Median age:
total: 35.6 years
male: 34.8 years
female: 36.2 years (2005 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Fortestani(s)
adjective: Fortestani
Languages: English 23.9%, Wassan 21%, True Jino 11.3%, Old Belostavian 8.7%, Revived Belostavian 7.8%, Aroi Lesser dialect 6.7%, Ruta 4.5%, Pellucian 3.4%, Aroi Highborn dialect 2.1%, Neo-Kalmiyan 1.8%, Maccese 1.1%, Achosian English 1%, Peosian 1%, Taato-Muatese 1%, other 4.7%
Literacy:
definition: age 10 and over can read and write
total population: 99.65%
male: 99.4%
female: 99.8% (2005 est.)
Government
Country name:
conventional long form: Federative States of Fortestan
conventional short form: Fortestan
local long form: Foedhun Archonos dun'Fuertana
local short form: Fuertanas
former: United Republics of Fortestan
Government type: Constitutional federation with specified powers delegated to the federal government and other powers reserved to member states, strong democratic tradition
Capital: Ferroton, Federal Capital District
Administrative divisions: 50 semi-independent states, 27 provinces, 15 federally-controlled territories, 7 freely associated states, 14 autonomous districts, and 1 federal capital district.
Independence: 5 July, a.D. 1777
National holiday: Union Day (5 July)
Constitution: ratified 7 September, a.D. 1776; effective 5 July, a.D. 1777
Legal system: federal court system; each state, freely associated state, and autonomous district has its own unique court system; judicial review of legislative and executive acts
Suffrage: 14 years of age; universal
Executive branch:
chief of state: Pres. Dr. Orlando Khayyam, K.S.C.; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government
head of government: Pres. Dr. Orlando Khayyam, K.S.C.; note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government
cabinet: Advisory Council appointed by the president with Congressional approval
elections: President elected directly by a two-thirds majority, president elected to serve a four-year term, elections last held 8 November, 2004 (next to be held November, 2008)
Legislative branch:
bicameral Free People's Congress consists of the Ancient Senatus of the States (268 seats; two senators from each state, freely associated state, and province are directly elected to serve eight year terms) and the Great House of the People's Representatives (675 seats; members from every administrative unit elected to serve two year terms)
Judicial branch:
Supreme Court of the Federative States of Fortestan (Five chief justices are elected to life terms by the people); Federal Criminal Courts; Federal Civil Courts; State, Provincial, Autonomous District Courts
Political parties: Social Democrats, Democratic Socialists, Liberal Democratic Socialists, National Socialist Fortestani Workers' Party, Agrarian Union, Right-wing Alliance, People for Private Enterprise, Leftist People's Party, Natural Democratic Party (Green Party)
Political pressure groups: National Belostavian Front, Alliance for Belostavian Independence, Federation for Rutasian Separation and Complete Independence, High Guard of Ferroton (veteran's association), FSF Dental Union, FSF Commerce Guild
Flag description: nine equal horizontal stripes of white (top and bottom) alternating with blue; there is a white square in the upper hoist-side corner with a yellow sun bearing a human face known domestically as the Sun of Chupporros and 16 rays alternately triangular and wavy
