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Galicia-Volhynia

Flag of Galicia-Volhynia
Motto: "Sic Semper Tyrannis"
UPR National Data
Region	Wysteria
Capital	Volodymyr Volynsky
Official Language(s)	Varangian, Wysterian
Government
Population	2.4 Billion (Nov. 2004 Est.)
Currency	UCA Argent
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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. After a hundred plus years of civil war, the United Principalities emerged from isolation and quickly took its place at the head table of nations in the region. In accepting peace, the nation's economy and population quickly recovered and the within two decades, the United Principalities established a far-flung empire with over six billion citizens.

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.

1. Fisrt Section-Foreign Affairs: Victor Saxe-Wittenberg
2. Second Section-Inter-Principality Relations: Charles von Witte
3. Third Section-Science: Sergej Razov
4. Fourth Section-Treasury: Nicolaj Sokolov
5. Fifth Section-Trade and Commerce: Marta Yevlensky
6. Sixth Section-War: Ivan Pfrommer
7. Seventh Section-Energy: Anna Sophia Laurentis
8. Eighth Section-Transport: Leissel Andropova
9. Ninth Section-Labor: Grigory Bauer
10. Tenth Section-Arts and Education: Barbara Mozdzierz

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 November 2004.

Election Results: All seats in the Chamber of Deputies are contested in every election.
Seats by party:
MP/The Motherland Party (37)
IPA/Institutional Party of Agriculturalists (86)
UMP/United Monarchist Party (129)
VRU/Varangian Royalist Union (99).

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)

Economy

Galicia-Volhynia's economy is post-industrial. Its major exports are pharmaceuticals, pharmacologics, medical devices, information technology, financial services, and processed food products. Tje newly elected center-right government was elected on a tax-cutting platform and has pledged to keep the flat tax and see that it remains under fifteen percent of total income. The state has very little assets and has sold much of what it had previusly owned to private entities. .
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: 1.17 million bbl/day
Consumption: 11.10 million bbl/day
Exports: 765,000 bbl/day
Imports: 10.25 million bbl/day
Reserves: 11.32 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, Kosmanian Commonwealth, Lodmeria, Melcelene, New Felix, Salasia, Samaru, The Steppe.
Total Exports: G1.17 trillion (2003)

Imports

Commodities: Iron, steel, silicon, magnesium, .
Main Import partners: Ruperts, Equus, Blackandgold, Galicia-Volhynia, The Grendels, The Bruce.
Total Imports: G1.97 trillion (2003)

Exchange Rates

1 UCA Argent = 344.827 Guineas

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 carries every form of telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile telephone traffic throughout the country.
Radio Broadcast Stations: AM 2,194, FM 2,264, shortwave 17, satellite 5.
Television Broadcast Stations: 150, over 4,500 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. Pipelines carry petroleum and natural gas. Iyari has 127 airports with paved runways. 70% (2002 est.) of motor vehicles are gas/electric hybrids or contain otherwise clean running engines. All cities and large suburbs posess public transportation systems.

Military

Branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Royal Guard.
Military age: 16
Military Expenditures: 3.5% of GDP (FY '03)

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)