BlarneyStonia

BlarneyStonia

Flag of BlarneyStonia
Motto: Swords dull, guns miss, but bagpipes are always deadly
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Region	Pacific
Capital	BlarneyStonia City
Official Language(s)	Blarnian
Leader	King Kegan I
Population	116,000,000
Currency	Blarney
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General Overview

The Kingdom of BlarneyStonia is a very large, socially progressive nation, notable for its burgeoning blarnian stone-fish population. Its compassionate population of 116 million are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Healthcare. The average income tax rate is 42%, but much higher for the wealthy. A healthy private sector is led by the Cheese Exports, Automobile Manufacturing, and Basket Weaving industries.

Genetic research is temporarily tied up in government red tape, the nation has opened its arms to an influx of refugees, all alcohol is banned, and almost half of the child population live rough on the streets. Crime is totally unknown. BlarneyStonia's national animal is the blarnian stone-fish and its currency is the blarney.

History Of BlarneyStonia

Originally founded by a collection of indigenous tribes, BlarneyStonia spent several decades as a vassal state of the Violence And Chaos dictatorship. The Royal Family ruled in exile until a revolution in late November of 2005 reinstated the Cloos clan as the true rulers of BlarneyStonia.

Original Inhabitants

The area where the political unit of BlarneyStonia now sits was originally inhabited by several Celtic tribes. Although there are only five traditionally recognized tribes, recent archeological finds indicate there may have been as many and twenty-three tribes during various prehistoric eras. It is known for certain, however, that as of C.E. 229 there were only five tribes remaining, which would form a mutually beneficial coalition, and the predecessor of BlarneyStonia. This state remained unchanged for nearly a thousand years. In 1215, political and military pressure forced this coalition of tribes to solidify into what would become the modern Blarneystonia.

The Royal Family

The newly formed nation needed a commonly respected, legitimate authority for the disparate peoples to follow. The tribal heads unanimously selected Charles Cloos, the ruler of the small feif of South End, and a philosopher of great repute. A patrilinear monarchy was founded around the Cloos clan, that to this day has not changed.

BlarneyStonia Under The Rule Of Violence And Chaos

In 1945, shortly after the end of World War II, BlarneyStonia's neighbor state, the Most Serene Republic of Violence and Chaos, took control after an assault on the Royal Household in BlarnyStonia City. The VAC's coup d'etat was only partially successful; the country had fallen, but the royal family escaped and set up a government in exile. For sixty years, the Blarnians had to endure the oppression of VAC's despotic rule. However, when VAC's ruler died suddenly in early November of 2005, the Blarnian people took advantage of the sudden internal power struggle of their foreign overlords to break away, and call back the Cloos's from exile to rightfully rule once more.

BlarneyStonia Today

The nation is now the rightful holding of His Imperial Majesty, The Rightful King Kegan I. It now stands as a bastion of calm, though rarely is it a source of peace outside of its own borders. The general tendency towards individual welfare over that of the community has led to a weak economy. Outside of its borders, BlarneyStonia remains almost entirely unnoticed, as seems to be the intent of its citizens.

Major Cities

At 16 million inhabitants, BlarnyStonia City is by far the largest city in the nation. Other notably large cities include Castle Point, home of the BlarnyStonia Military Academy, and Port Corrae, BlarneyStonia's primary economic inlet.