Gambloshia

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Gambloshia
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Flag of Gambloshia
Motto: "If all else fails, spastically dance."
Legend [1]
Region Empire of Peacenik Treehuggers
Capital New Swolvonium (3.7 million)
Official Language(s) English 72%, French 23%, Italian 5%
Leader "Darth Gir"
Population 370,000,000
Currency Onyx Chip 
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The Republic of Gambloshia is a small, democratic nation in the region the Empire of Peacenik Treehuggers, an also small and democratic region. It has three major sections: the mountainous north, the plains to the south, and the rain forrest in the southwest. The capital city, New Swolvonium, is located on the Schiumoso River, and has a population of 3,672,954 Gambloshians. Gambloshia has a large coast line on the east.

Gambloshia is a direct democracy; a system where the people directly elect the President and Parliament, which proposes laws for the people to vote on. It has three major political parties the NeoLibertarians, the Naturalist Conservatives and the Centrist Pink, although they haven't won an election in fifty years. Another notable party, regarded by some to replace the Centrist Pink as the third major political power, the Democrazies, had their nominee, Rashad Afar, come second in the last election. Elections are held every four years, and there is a two term limit for the President.

Gambloshia is a relatively peaceful nation; the only war it fought in was the war to regain it's independence. In this war, nearly 75,000 Gambloshians--then called Jambolians--were killed, yet the persistence and determination of their leader, Ivan Von Nostrin, rallied the severly outnumbered troops to dirve the oppressive tribe, the Klumsovs, out of Jambolia.

Statistics

General Statistics

  • Official Name: The Republic of Gambloshia
  • Full Name: The Über Awesome Republic of Gambloshia
  • UN Category: Inoffensive Centrist Democracy
  • Civil Rights Rating: Excellent
  • Economy Rating: Good
  • Political Freedoms Rating: Average
  • Goverment Priorities: Education, Social Welfare, Public Transport
  • Income Tax Rate: 78%
  • Education System: Compulsory up to 18
  • Population: 262 million
  • Capital: New Swolvonium
  • Languages: Enlgish 72%, French 23%, Italian 5%

Military Statistics

  • Military Service: Voluntary
  • Number of Soldiers: (Active Duty) 655,000
  • Level of Military Technological Advancement: Very High
  • Level of Military Activity: Very Little

Human Statistics

  • Literacy:98%
  • Life Expectancy
    • Male 75
    • Female 78
    • Average 76.5
  • Infant Mortality Rate: 2.4/1000
  • Population Breakdown
    • 0-10 - 17%
    • 11-20 - 15%
    • 21-30 - 16%
    • 31-40 - 16%
    • 41-50 - 12%
    • 51-60 - 9%
    • 61-70 - 8%
    • 71+ - 7%
  • Ethnic Breakdown
    • Caucasian - 40%
    • African - 23%
    • Asian - 20%
    • Hispanic - 15%
    • Native American/Eskimo - 1%
    • Other - 1%
  • Religious Breakdown
    • Non-religious – 80%
      • Atheist - 43%
      • Agnostic - 37%
      • Apathetic - 19%
      • Other - 1%
    • All Christian – 9%
      • Roman Catholic - 46%
      • Protestant - 39%
        • Baptist - 36%
        • Lutheran - 34%
        • Methodist - 27%
        • Other - 3%
    • Jewish - 4%
    • Muslim - 3%
    • Buddhist - 2%
    • Hindu - 1%
    • Other - 1%

Governmental Statistics

  • Type of government: Direct democracy
  • Executive branch: President, Vice President and Cabinet
  • Legislative branch: Bicameral Parliament (250 seats)
  • Judicial Branch: 9 Justices, chosen by President, can be vetoed by Parliament
  • Political Parties and breakdown in Parliament
    • NeoLibertarian Party (NL)- Left wing, 114 seats
    • Naturalist Conservative Party (NC)- Right wing, 96 seats
    • Centrist Pink Party (CP)- Centrist, 22 seats
    • Democrazies (DC)- Economist 18 seats

Current Members of the Government

  • President: "Darth Gir" (NL) Elected 2005
  • Vice President: John Stuart (NL)
  • Parliament President: Steven Kolbear (NL)
  • Parliament Minority Leaders:
    • Bill Volshov (NC)
    • Frank Wu (CP)
    • Joann Martinez (DC)
  • Secretary of State: Ben Dover
  • Secretary of Commerce: Phil McCracken
  • Secretary of Transportation: Chris Robertson
  • Secretary of Education: Anne Jones
  • Secretary of Welfare: Stephanie Ortiz
  • Secretary of Labor: Roberto Medici
  • Attourney General: Samantha Woolgar

Communications/Transportation

  • Telephones: 971 per 1000 inhabitants
  • Television Sets: 703 per 1000 ihabitants
  • Cell Phones: 659 per 1000 inhabitants
  • Internet Access: 592 per 1000 inhabitants
  • Cars: 416 per 1000 inhabitants

Public Buildings

  • Hospitals: 42,946
  • Prisons: 973
  • Primary Schools: 45,343
  • Secondary Schools: 43,287
  • High Schools: 33,924
  • Colleges: 6,732
  • (Private) Universities: 4,234

History of Gambloshia

Beginnings

The history of Gambloshia is traced back to 700 BCE, when the first settlement, Jambo, was established. It is believed that why they migrated from the north, over the mountains and settled in the plains. Many believe the Jambolians were escaping a tyrannical tribe named the Golspirs where the oppressive alpha had absolute power. They broke free from the tribe and fled, hoping the Golspirs would not follow. They named themselves the Jambolians, after the word Jamb, meaning choice. They elected a leader, Rudy Steinfeld, during their flight and wrote a crude set of rules, which later became the basis of the basis of the Gambloshian Constitution. When the Jambolians established Jambo, Steinfed quicky created an army to defend themselves from the Golspirs, who were rumored to have followed the Jambolians. Despite this military action, the Golspirs were not even seen. After a few years of peace in this new, fetile land, the citizens of Jambolia protested the army and its use, and petitioned to Steinfeld to stop funding the army and put the Onyx Chips into Agriculture. Stuck between keeping the small city-state safe and leading it to prosperity, he ordered an election of a bicameral council, one house for the land owners and one house for the workers, to help with the decision making. The Council immeadiately passed a law stating that all soldiers would be called from duty permanently, granted land outside of Jambo and each was ordered to grow a different crop.

Turmoil

Jambo was prosperous for a decade under Steinfeld, who had been reelected three times, though the Council (Parliament) had good reason to believe that these elections were rigged. Steinfeld saw the Parliament as something holding him back, but it had become so powerful that there was nothing he could do. Meanwhile, a young, outspoken member of Parliament named Ivan Von Nostrin devised a plan to overthrow Steinfeld. He called some foreign soldiers together, and started explaining his plan. Most don't know exactly when and where Von Nostrin and his soldiers struck, but the popular notion is that he suffocated Steinfeld just before the victim was about to take a "bath" then placed the corpse in the "tub" so it looked like he died of natural causes. Steinfeld's guards also disappeared during this event, many believed they faced the same fate as Steinfeld at the hands of Von Nostrin's small group of rebels, though some believe they fled once they saw Von Nostrin and his "freedom fighters" coming at them. Either way, they were never seen from again. This was bittwersweet for Parliament, as they got rid of Steinfeld, yet had a new ruler in Von Nostrin who had the potential to become as bad, or even worse than the man he murdered. Parliament did the only thing it could, gather up former soldiers and citizens for a Civil War.

War

When Von Nostrin heard of Parliament's preparations for war, he tried to think of a way for his "army" to defeated the forces of the Parliament, five times greater in size. He came up with the concept of Guerilla warfare. His group of rebels would hide in trees and brush and attack the enemy without being seen. The first battle of this Civil "War", Parliamentary forces lost 200 men, compared to only 40 casualties on Von Nostrin's side. This conflict would soon end, as a band of warriors named the Klumsovs, had attacked Jambo during this battle.