Ameryka
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| Motto |
"E Pluribus Unum." | |||
| Official Languages | English, Russian, Quenya, Spanish | |||
| Capital | Washington, D.C. | |||
| President | Jennifer Aracelis | |||
| Area - Total - Land - Water |
1,275,192 sq. miles (3,302,747 sq. km.) 1,176,615 sq. mi. (3,047,432 sq. km.) 98,577 sq. mi. (255,315 sq. km.) | |||
| Population - Total (Sep. 2006) - Density |
1,866,000,000 (2519 Census) N/A | |||
| Independence - Declared - Re-established |
July 4, 1776 (from the United Kingdom of Great Britain) September 9, 2519 (from the Eternal Noldorin Empire of Menelmacar) | |||
| Government Type | Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition. | |||
| Nation Type | Federal Republic | |||
| National Animal | Bald Eagle | |||
| GDP (Jul. 2006) - Total - GDP/capita |
67,801,066,498,959 Dollars $36,237.88 | |||
| Currency - Code |
United States Dollar ($) (USD) | |||
| Time Zone | GMT +10 | |||
| Naval Craft Classification | USS (United States Ship) | |||
| Internet TLD | .us (United States-specific top level domains include .usa, and .usax.) | |||
| Calling Code | +1 | |||
| Stats: NSEconomy Pipian XML | ||||
Contents
Background - The Fall Of A Superpower
America - The Decline (1991-1999-)
After the official end of the Cold War with the Soviet Union in August of 1991, and the turn of the Soviet Union into a democracy the United States had only one other realistic threat left in the world, which was the People's Republic of China. The United States sought to maintain its superpower status by intervening in a series of international conflicts acting on behalf of the United Nations to garner support for their military ventures.
During this time several states within the United States began voicing their own political agendas and eventually splitting off to form their own nation-states independent from the United States. The two nationstates that seperated from the United States during the 1990's were the Federal Republic of New York and New Jersey (in 1992) and the Californian Federation (in 1999) respectively.
the Second American Civil War (1999-2021)
Info to come.
Geography
Location: Central Northern America, bordering the Canada between the Californian Federation and the Federal Republic of New York and New Jersey.
Area:
- Total: 1,275,192 sq. miles (3,302,747 sq. km.)*
- Land:1,176,615 sq. (3,047,432 sq. km.)*
- Water: 98,577 sq. mi. (255,315 sq. km.)
*At present the USA is only 1,275,192 sqaure miles/3,302,747 square kilometers but this may change over time.
Land Boundaries:
- Bordering Countries: California, Canada, New York and New Jersey.
Maritime Claims:
- Contiguous zone: N/A
- Continental shelf: N/A
- Exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
- Territorial sea: 12 NM
Climate: Mostly temperate, semi-arid in the Great Plains west of the Mississippi River, low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
Terrain: vast western plain, vast river basins in the upper Great Plains area, hills and low mountains in east.
Elevation
- Highest Point: Harney Peak, 7,242 ft. above sea level
- Lowest Point: sea level, 0 ft. below sea level
Natural Resources:
coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber
Land Use:
- Arable Land: 22.56%
- Permanent Crops 1.88%
- Other: 75.56% (2519)
Natural Hazards: Hurricanes along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts; tornadoes in the midwest and southeast.
People
Population: 1,866,000,000 (as of September 1, 2006),
Life Expectancy at Birth:
- Elven: indefinite
- Human: 170.72 years
HIV/AIDS – Adult Prevalence Rate: 0.00005%
HIV/AIDS – People Living with AIDS: 1125 (2519 Estimate)
HIV/AIDS – Deaths: Less than 30 (2519 Estimate)
Nationality
- Noun: American(s)
- Adjective: American
Races and Ethnic Groups
White 54.1%, Asian 16.5%, Black 3.6%, Amerindian and Alaska natives 3.5%, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders 2.1% other 3% (2224)
Religion
National Religions
Atheist: 90.5%
Agnostic: 2%
Baptist: 2%
Catholic: 2%
Methodist: 2%
Lutheran: 1%
Other: 0.5%
Languages
English, French, German, Russian, Quenya.
Literacy
Definition: Ages 8 and over can read and write
Total population: effectively 100%
Male: effectively 100%
Female: effectively 100%
Government
Country Name
Conventional Long Form the United States of America
Conventional Short Form the United States, the U.S.
Local Long Form the United States
Local Short Form America, the U.S.
'Former Name Federated Menelmacari States of America
Government Type
Constitution-based federal republic; strong Democratic tradition.
Capital
Washington, D.C.
Administrative Divisions
Twenty-three States, and one District.
States:
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Independence
July 4, 1776 (from England)
National Holidays
Independence Day, July 4; President's Day, February 20.
Suffrage
18 years old (universal)
Executive Branch
- Chief of State Ashton W. Breckinridge (since January 20, 2500)
- Head of Government President Ashton W. Breckinridge (Since January 20, 2500)
- Cabinet Appointed by President with Parliament approval.
- Elections held every four years on November 2. (or unless otherwise stated)
- For State, Territory & Dependency Governors Every five years on August 1.
- For Mayor Every year on August 1.
Legislative Branch
Bicameral Congress consists of the Senate (100 seats, one-third are renewed every two years; 2 members are elected from each state by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and the House of Representatives (435 seats; members are directly elected by popular vote to serve two-year terms)
Election Results:
Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Republican Party 55, Democratic Party 44, independent 1; House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Republican Party 231, Democratic Party 200, undecided 4 Democratic-Socialist 274, Centrist 109, Republican 56 - last held 7 June 2520 (next to be held by NA May 2525).
Parties and leaders
- Democratic Party: Andrew D. Jackson.
- Republican Party: Sandra W. Westingham.
Government Headquarters The White House, Washington, D.C.
Judicial Branch
- People's Court for each State, Territory and Dependency.
- Supreme Court presides over the entire nation.
International Organizations
International Organization Participation
AU; EAA; FAO; IAEA; IBRD; IBTA; ICAO; ICC; IFC; IFRCS/ICRM; IHO; IMF; IMO; IOC; IOM; ISO; ITU; OAS; OECD; OPCW; OPEC; Interpol; UE; UN note – voting member and regional delegate; UNESCO; UNIDO; UPU; WHO; WIPO; WMO; WTO; ZC (OOC: A lot of these are RL organizations, which may or may not have relevance to NS.)
Environmental Agreement Participation
Air Pollution, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling (OOC: All RL treaties, may or may not have relevance to NS.)
Economy
Economic Overview: Since the 1990's the United States has made attempts at maintaining its position throughout the world economically, however with the secession of states forming the Californian Federation and the Federal Republic of New York and Jersey the United States ended up losing the states of California, Washington, Oregon, Texas, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey which cost it a large portion of its economic power dropping its purchasing power parity from $85 billion to roughly $60 billion after California and the states that formed their federation declared independence.
Since then the United States has made sine inroads to an economic recovery through trading with Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Exports and imports of raw materials, metals, automobiles & electronics, agriculture, foodstuffs, textiles and medicines has began a rise not seen since the late 1980's causing the steady but slow growth of the American economy as one of the first world powers of the North American continent.
GDP: purchasing power parity - $67,802,000,000,000
GDP - Per Capita: purchasing power parity - $36,238
Population below poverty line: 0%
Unemployment Rate: 4.62% (Only those who are disabled or cannot work, all else are guaranteed a job)
Inflation Rate: 1.17%
Labor Force: 2,385,000,000 (includes unemployed)
Major Industries: One of the leading Industrial Powers in the Western Hemisphere, highly diversified and technologically advanced; Shipbuilding, Aircraft, Electronics & Communications Equipment, Metals, Chemicals, Military Applications & Equipment, Military Arms & Vehicles, Super-Computers, Petroleum Based Exports, Steel, Motor Vehicles, Aerospace, Telecommunications & Information Technology, Food Processing, Consumer Goods, Lumber, Mining & Extractive Industries,
Industrial Production Growth Rate: 1.317% (2500 est.)
Electricity Production By Source:
- Cold Fusion: 61%
- Hydroelectric: 18%
- Nuclear (fission & fusion): 10%
- Wind/Solar: 11%
Electricity Production: 47 trillion kWh
Electricity Consumption: 38 trillion kWh
Electricity Exports: 67 billion kWh
Oil Production: 26.350 million bbl/day (2499 est.)
Oil Consumption: 21.125 million bbl/day (2499 est.)
Oil Exports: 625,000 bbl/day (2499 est.)
Oil Imports: 1.13 million bbl/day (2499 est.)
Oil Reserves: 6.13 billion bbl (1 January 2499)
Natural Gas Production: 518 billion cu m (2499 est.)
Natural Gas Consumption: 662 billion cu m (2499 est.)
Natural Gas Exports: 15.69 billion cu m (2499 est.)
Natural Gas Imports: 120.78 billion cu m (2499 est.)
Natural Gas Reserves: 5.98 billion cu m (1 January 2499)
Debt: $0 CFS
Economic Aid: 13 billion USD
Currency: United States Dollar
Currency Code: USD
Exchange Rate per US dollar: $1.00 USD = $0.87 CFS (2506)
Fiscal Year: January 1
Communications
General Assessment: a large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system.
Domestic: a large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and domestic plasma-satellites carries every form of DVP-Screen traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile DVP-Screen traffic throughout the country.
International: Country Code: 1; 237 plasma fiber-optic ocean cable systems in use; vast network of several hundred advanced satellites also in use.
DVP-Screen/Digital VideoPhone Screens (Lines In Use): 1.23 billion (2499 est.)
DVP-Screen Broadcast Stations: Over 75,000 (including nearly 15,500 being affiliated with the eight major DVP-Screen networks - CFNN, CNN, CSN, NBC, MSNBC, TCN, FOX and USA ; in addition, there are about 1.2 billion plasma-sat TV systems) (2499)
Internet Country Code: .cf (Californian-specific top level domains include .csf, .csfe, .cali)
Internet Service Provders: ±350,000
Internet Users: ±1,735,000,000
Transportation
Railways:
- Total: 799,624 km
- Standard Gauge: 799,624 km 1.435-m gauge (2499)
Highways: 8,808,657 km
- Paved: 8,187,734 km (including 102,985 km of expressways)
- Unpaved: 620,922 km (2499)
Waterways: 30,756 km
Pipelines: petroleum products 195,696 km; natural gas 438,932 km (2499)
Ports and Harbors: Baltimore, Detroit, Duluth, Hampton Roads, Jacksonville, Memphis, Miami, Tampa.
Merchant Marine: 1,740 ships
Airports: 18,952 (2499 est.)
Airports - With Paved Runways:
- Total: 13,128
- Over 3,047 m: 7,188
- 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2,221
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1,375
- 914 to 1,523 m: 1,383
- under 914 m: 961 (2499 est.)
Airports - With Unpaved Runways:
- Total: 5,824
- Over 3,047 m: 1
- 2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 161
- 914 to 1,523 m: 1,714
- under 914 m: 3,941 (2499 est.)
Heliports: 275 (2499 est.)
Military
Military Branches: United States Air Force, United States Army, United States Coast Guard* United States Marine Corps, United States Navy.
*Coast Guard administered in peacetime by the Department of National Security, but in wartime reports to the Department of the Navy.
Military Manpower:
- Age: 18
- Active Military Personnel: 4,487,600 (male and female)
- Available Military Personnel: 86,300,000 (male and female 18-49)
- Military Trained Manpower: 86,300,000 (male and female, 2500 estimate; compulsory basic combat training with firearms with elective advanced training)
Military Manpower - Based On Defense Condition: Note: these numbers are static and change with the population gain.
- at DefCon 5 — .13%
- at DefCon 4 — .25%
- at DefCon 3 — .31%
- at DefCon 2 — .43%
- at DefCon 1 — .50%
Military Expenditures: Dollar Figure - $20,145,000,000,000 (FY 2500 est.) (August 2499)
Military Expenditures: Percentage of GDP - 19% (FY 2499 est.) (December 2500)
Transnational Issues
International Disputes: California continues to seek a mutually acceptable solution with the Menelmacari and the Americans on the sovereignty dispute over the seven states of East Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri, and Iowa that lie between the Californian border and the Mississippi-St. Croix Rivers which have been claimed as California's legitimate eastern boundary with the Federated Menelmacari States of America. So far nothing has been worked out and the dispute has continued since California's independence on November 19, 1999.
Illicit Drugs: consumer of cocaine shipped from Colombia through Mexico and the Caribbean; consumer of heroin, marijuana, and increasingly methamphetamine from Mexico; consumer of high-quality Southeast Asian heroin; illicit producer of cannabis, marijuana, depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, and methamphetamine; money-laundering center.
