Galdago
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| Flag of Galdago | |
| Motto: "Look like the flower, but be the serpent under it." | |
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| Region | Aperin |
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| Capital | Coronada |
| Official Language(s) | Celdonian (Primary), Galdagan (Secondary) |
| Leader | Prime Minister Lance Thibodeaux |
| Population | 312,350,781 |
| Currency | Geldar |
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Contents
Introduction
Background
The Commonwealth of Galdago is a federal socialist democracy located in the southwestern portion of the greater landmass of the Aperin continent. During its history, the Commonwealth has consisted as a number of different entities throughout that time, ranging from confederated nomadic and then agrarian tribes to a monarchy and finally a federal commonwealth. Galdago is a massive, socially progressive nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its compassionate, intelligent population of over three hundred million enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level social equality free of the usual accompanying government corruption. It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of education, social equality, and defence. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Book Publishing. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a problem. Galdago's national animal is the seraph serpent, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the geldar.
Little is known about the nomadic tribes and agrarian collectives of early Galdagan society. The first recorded monarchy came to power in AD 538 when Prince Alvnorson Mentusií del Dreszemier subjugated a number of the tribes within present-day southern Galdago and the southern coastlands below it under his empire. He began construction of roads to facilitate heavy internal trade and resource distribution and established the first solid sea-bound trade routes heavily utilized by the early Kluuvar Belki [Black Band] Republic, as well as generating trade links east of the present-day Bleumont Mountain Range.
The throne was passed down through eight generations of the Dreszemier family until King Illiano Marquez del Dreszemier III began an expansionist drive northeastward in AD 742, attacking through the Bleumont Range. The ambush of the king’s army at Blood Gulch Pass, just south of Dreszemier Peak, saw the end of the reign of the Kluuvar Belki dynasty. The King and his son Prince Vasco Marquez del Dreszemier were slaughtered by the eastern Panoptican tribes, as well as two full regiments of soldiers. The remainder of the King’s forces fled back home in terror and the country devolved into in-fighting.
Within two years, however, the old republic began reformation. The southern portion of the country was reconstituted under a new monarch, the then Baron Bartok Sevorin del Marconiux, while the northern territories were held together by Chancellor Velouri Barbos del Galdago. He employed his personal army as well as the remnants of the Kluuvar Belki’s legions to serve as constables throughout the region, and after assuring civil stability, began to normalize relations with the eastern territories Mraquez III had set his eyes upon, as well as drawing up non-aggression and free trade agreements with the southern portion of the former Kluuvar Belki Republic. The new empire struggled to regain its footing, but within two generations, the empire of Galdago began to stabilize and form a lasting identity. It was at this point that systems of feudalism began to emerge which wouldn’t be significantly altered until the late 1600s.
The last native ruling family to emerge over the Greater Galdagan Empire was the Marapozan bloodline.
Geography
Location
Aperin continent, located along the southwestern seaboard bordering the Nomadic League and Kerla, the Narangath Ocean to the west, and the Alçaerin Ocean to the south
Geographic Coordinates
25 00 S, 35 00 W
Area
total: 1,037,300 sq km
water: 12,500 sq km
land: 1,024,800 sq km
Land Boundaries
total: 2289km
border countries: Nomadic League 633km, Kerla 1224km, eastern borderlands 254km, southern borderlands 178km
Coastline
2656 km
Maritime Claims
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
territorial sea: 12 NM
Climate
predominantly temperate; tropical in far south; sub-tropical humid in center; temperate in north
Terrain
low hills rolling down to broad coastal plains west of the eastern Bluemont Mountain Range and tropical forests
Elevation Extremes
lowest point: Murphy’s Pointe –10m
highest point: Dreszemier Peak 736m
Natural Resources
major deposits of natural gas and coal, varying minerals, most notably vast nickel deposits, several precious stones including large carbon and diamond deposits, and untapped timber
Land Use
arable land: 3.26%
permanent crops: 0.09%
other: 96.65%
Irrigated Land
4280 sq km
Natural Hazards
violent geothermal eruptions and tremors off the southwestern tip of the country; navigational hazard posed by coral reefs off the northwest coast
Environmental Issues
limited inroads being made into the sensitive upper Bleumont rainforests to facilitate mining of uranium
People
Population
312,350,781
Age Structure
0-14 years: 18.8% (male 29,562,322; female 29,159,625)
15-64 years: 67.4% (male 103,191,348; female 107,333,078)
65 years and over: 13.8% (male 18,481,662; female 24,622,746)
Median Age
total: 39.3 years
male: 37.8 years
female: 40.3 years
Population Growth Rate
0.67%
Birth Rate
13.71 births/1,000 population
Death Rate
9.26 deaths/1,000 population
Net Migration Rate
2.27 migrants/1,000 population
Sex Ratio
at birth: 1.02 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.75 male(s)/female
total population: 0.94 male(s)/female
Infant Mortality Rate
total: 11.81 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.3 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 13.14 deaths/1,000 live births
Life Expectancy at Birth
total population: 69.94 years
male: 68.04 years
female: 71.73 years
Total Fertility Rate
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Nationality
noun: Galdagan(s)
adjective: Galdagan
Ethnic Groups
Galdagan 82.3%, Kerlan 8.2%, Nomadic Leaguer 5.8%, Other 3.7%
Religions
Roman Catholic 84%, Protestant 9%, Other 7%
Languages
Celdonian (official) 62%, Galdagan (official) 8%, bilingual (Celdonian and Galdagan) 30%
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.2%
male: 99.2%
female: 99.2%
Government
Country Name
conventional long form: The Commonwealth of Galdago
conventional short form: Galdago
former: The Greater Galdagan Empire
Government Type
federalist social commonwealth
Capital
Coronada
Administrative Divisions
23 states and 1 federal city*; Alcaerin, Astralis, Bailey, Beckmond, Bleumont, Caliverde, Cora, Comaira, Coronada*, Courton, Downing, Galjour, Goddard, Landerich, Litheia, Marcelanus, Montevera, Murphy Island, New Athens, Newhaven, Peleus, Segallion, Sheryland, Vespus
Independence
29 July 1934 (from the Greater Galdgan Empire)
National Holiday
Commonwealth Day, 29 July (1934)
Articles of Federation
27 September 1935, effective 4 April 1937
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Suffrage
18 years of age, universal
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Flag Description
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Currency
Galdagan Geldar
Currency Code
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