Galicia-Volhynia
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| Flag of Galicia-Volhynia | |
| Motto: "Solntse Vsegda Svetit nad Varangii" | |
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| Region | Wysteria |
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| Capital | Volodymyr Volynsky |
| Official Language(s) | Varangian, Wysterian |
| Leader | Tsarina Anastasia Halych-Orlov I |
| Population | 2.4 Billion (Nov. 2004 Est.) |
| Currency | UCA Argent |
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Contents
Introduction
The United Principalities of Galicia-Volhynia is a large, safe, economically-powerful state in the NS region of Wysteria. It is the paramount national entity in a multi-state empire known as the Varangian Constellation. The empire was peiced together through dynastic inheritances through marriage and voluntary assimilation of weaker states.
Geography
Location
Galicia-Volhynia is located on the southeastern corner of the continent of Lyons. It is comprised of two distinct landforms; Galicia, an island off of Lyons, and Volhynia, the peninsula jutting out from Lyons in the southeast.
Climate
Continental; hot summers and cold winters. Volhynia experiences a greater range of temperatures from season to season due to its latitude. The climate in Galicia is moderated by the surrounding ocean.
Terrain
The Litovan range stretches from the west into the Principality of Volhynia and continues to run laterally until it reaches the Letana Ribver. Coastal plains border the Litovan range to the north, east, and south of the Litovan Range in Volhynia. Galicia is primarily comprised of coastal plains.
Elevation Extremes
Lowest Point: Sea Level 0 ft.
Highest Point: Mount Tarakovsky 12,433 ft. (Litovan Range)
Natural Resources
Silver, uranium, bauxite, oil shale, tin, graphite, timber, natural gas, arable land.
Natural Hazards
Earthquakes.
Environmental Issues
Deforestation; urban sprawl; hazardous biomaterial contamination.
People
Galicia-Volhynians are Germano-slavic peoples. They are generally tall and fair skinned with light eyes. Originally nomadic herders known as 'Varangians', they settled the lands known today as Galicia-Volhynia and established the Kingdom of Varangia. Even today, the inhabitants of the United Principalities of Galicia-Volhinia refer to themselves, their culture, and language as 'Varangian'
Government
Conventional Country Name: The United Principalities of Galicia-Volhynia
Conventional Short Form: Galicia-Volhynia, the United Principalities, UPR
Government Type
Constitutional Monarchy
Executive Branch
Head of state: Tsar Hansel Simeon Riurik Halych and Tsarina Carmen Medina Halych
Head of government: Guarantor Anderton Andreiu
Select Council: Formed by the Guarantor and comprised of ten members.
- Fisrt Section-Foreign Affairs: Greta de Bocker
- Second Section-Inter-Principality Relations: Helmut Konstantinov
- Third Section-Science: Vania Heckle
- Fourth Section-Treasury: Marta Yevlensky
- Fifth Section-Trade and Commerce: Aleksandr Vondergaard
- Sixth Section-War: Pyotr Volochine
- Seventh Section-Energy: Dieter Nedved
- Eighth Section-Transport: Gaidar Russevich
- Ninth Section-Labor: Bradley Clark II
- Tenth Section-Arts and Education: Georg Novotony
Elections: Voting is conducted every five years for all seats in the Chamber of Deputies in the Valorum, the most powerful decision making body in the Principalities.
Legislative Branch
Pentacameral. The Valorum, the legislative body of the Principalities, consists of five bodies: the Baronial Court, the Holy Synod, the Scientific Privy Council, the House of Burghers, and the Chamber of Deputies. The Baronial Court is the only body in which members are not elected to serve. The Chamber of Deputies exerts the most influence in the volume due to the size of its electorate.
Head of Legislative Branch: Guarantor Anderton Andreiu
Elections: Last held in May 2005.
Election Results: All seats in the Chamber of Deputies are contested in every election.
Seats by party:
MP/The Motherland Party (127)
IPA/Institutional Party of Agriculturalists (338)
UMP/United Monarchist Party (309)
VRU/Varangian Royalist Union (199)
NF/National Front of Varangia (28).
The UMP has forged a ruling coalition with the VRU called Perednaya Varangia. IPA and MP formed an opposition coalition called Rodina. The NF is not part of any coalition.
Judicial Branch
The Board of Electors, currently 15 electors. The Board is constitutionally mandated to be comprised of at least nine member and no more than fifteen members. Should the number of board members fall below the minimum of nine, the current legislature is dissolved and a new one that can appoint new members is elected. The logest serving elector is known as the Grand Elector.
Political Parties
Political parties represented in the Chamber of Deputies:
The Motherland Pary (radical left, nationalist)
Institutional Party of Agriculturalists(socialist)
United Monarchist Party (centrist)
Varangian Royalist Union (rightist, monarchist)
National Front of Varangia (ultra rightist)
Economy
Galicia-Volhynia's economy is post-industrial. Its major exports are financial services, pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical related products, information technology services, and automobiles. The center-right government has eliminated personal income taxes in order to spur domestic demand. The result is the fourth highest GDP per capita in the region. The state is almost completely privatized and owns very few assets.
Fiscal Year: October 1 to September 30
Agriculture Products
Wheat, wild rice, sorghum, asparagus, mushrooms, beef, dairy.
Industries
Pharmaceuticals, natural gas, telecommunications, mining, motor vehicles, consumer goods, food processing, textiles.
Electricity
Production: 38.12 trillion kWh
Consumption: 36.94 triliion kWh
Exports: 0.98 trillion kWh
Imports: 0 kWh
Oil
Production: 13.00 billion bbl/year
Consumption: 21.04 million bbl/year
Reserves: 20.06 billion bbl
Natural Gas
Production: 2.24 trillion cu m
Consumption: 1.55 trillion cu m
Exports: 637 billion cu m
Imports: 3 billion cu m
Reserves: 105 trillion cu m
Exports
Commodities: Pharmaceuticals, pharmacologica, medical devices Services: Financial services, information technology.
Main Export partners: Castile and Leon, Daekerius, Florenzia, Guns n Whiskey, Kosmania, Lodmeria, Melcelene, New Felix, Samaru, The Steppe.
Total Exports: (A) 6.168 trillion (December 2004)
Imports
Commodities: Grain, iron ore, chemicals, petroleum, uranium .
Main Import partners: Melcelene, Samaru, Florenzia.
Total Imports: (A) 6.676 trillion (December 2004 Estimate)
Exchange Rates
(A) 1.00 = US$ 1.96
Communications
The United Principalities posesses a large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system. A large domestic system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and domestic satellites transmit data to a population which has largely shunned land-line based receiving devices for mobile phones and data receptors.
Radio Broadcast Stations: FM 3,515, satellite 38.
Television Broadcast Stations: 206, over 8,000 additional cable TV stations
Internet Cuuntry Code: .upr
Transportation
Dense networks of large highways and high-speed rail criss-cross both principalities. A ferry system also transports people and vehicles betweeen Galicia and Volhynia. All major cities and posess robust public transportation systems and international and interregional airports.
Military
Branches: Imperial Guard, Imperial Navy, Imperial Air Forces, Imperial Expeditionary Services.
Military age: 17
Military Expenditures: 22% of GDP (December 2004 Estimate)
International Organization and Participation
The Wysterian Union(WU), The SAGAS (SAmaru, GAlicia, Steppe) Treaty, the Unified Currency Authority (UCA), Wysterian Relief and Resettlement Project (WRRP)
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