Grasaland

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Grasaland
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Flag of Grasaland
Motto: "We Are The People of Freedom and Pride"
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Region Europe
Capital Norglich
Official Language(s) Graslich & English
Leader Christian Bjørnson
Population 245 Million
Currency Grasland Euro 
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Grasaland officially the The Kingdom of Grasaland is a country in Europe. It is bordered on the north by the Northern Approaches, Artic Sea, and the Southern Sea; The Country lies on its own situated on three main islands, The biggest the Grasaland Mainland, North Grasaland to the north, and East Grasaland to the south east.

Grasaland is a parliamentary monarchy of four states The capital city and seat of government is Norglich. As a nation-state, the country was unified amidst the Gras-Red North Korea War in 1987. After its defeat in the first Gras-Red North Korea War Grasaland was divided, and it became reunified in 1962. It is a founding member of the The United Grasaland Pact, and with over 100 million people it has the largest population among The United Grasaland Pact.

The Kingdom of Grasaland is a modern great power, a member state of the United Nations, the Red Cross, the Non-Nuclear Club and a permentant member of the UN PeaceKeepers. Grasaland is renowned for its punitive income tax rates and its great social equality.

History

1,000,000 BC - Grasaland history is centuries old, Grasaland was formed thousands of years ago after the last ice age, this shaped the countries appearance today, not the country is full of fjord's, rivers and mountains. First human life on Grasaland can be found after the last ice age when primitive humans lived across the now separated islands.

900,000 BC - The first main society in Grasaland began in 12 AD when King Noggin of Nog took power over the peasant country quickly he began to expel and attack the other island outing there rulers and in 32 AD King Noggin took control of the four islands of Grasaland and created the Grasalandik State which exists today.

124 AD - 350 AD - The next change came in 124 AD when Viking Settlers came and fought for control of the islands after nearly 200 years of war, the Viking Population was destroyed in the Battle of Noggin.

400 AD to 700 AD - After the fall of the Viking's Grasaland lived in Peace for nearly 100 years and over this time learnt and adopted the Catholic Church as their main religion, it is unknown how this came about some historians believe Saint Arthur brought the Catholic church to Grasaland in 400 AD others believe that merchants brought it in the late 700 AD.

1000 AD to 1100 AD - In 1080 AD Christian settlers arrived from the "Holy Land", Quickly the new religion came into contact with the already Catholic community, the Christians proclaimed they now owned the land in the name of god, this lead to the Grasalandik Civil War in 1100 AD, The War claimed nearly 30% of the Population.

1101 AD to 1902 AD - After the civil war Grasaland separated itself from the worldwide community and lived in peace for over 500 years.

1902 AD to 1962 AD - Then in 1902 The Peoples Communist Republic of Red North Korea began an invasion of the Islands, this later 4 years and in 1906 the Koreans retreated from the islands to not be seen for over 50 years.In 1960 Red North Korea again attacked and took brief control of the country for two years, during these years the small island country managed to force the Koreans to leave again, this lead to the eventually collapse of Communism and Downfall of Red North Korea.

1962 AD to 2007 AD - In 1962 Grasaland formed The United Grasaland Pact; this reunited the four islands and Kemark back into the Kingdom of Grasaland. After the millennium The Kingdom of Grasaland has become a modern economic power and has taken part in too Peacekeeping Missions, one in the Republic of Zamper and the other around the Waters of Lebanese Australia.

Government

Grasaland is a moncartic, parliamentary, representative democratic Kingdom. The Grasalandik political system operates under a framework laid out in the 1987 constitutional document known as the Reform Pact. Amendments to the Reform Pact like any other law require a two-thirds majority of both chambers of parliament; the articles guaranteeing fundamental rights, a democratic state, and the right to resist attempts to overthrow the constitution are valid in perpetuity and cannot be amended. Reform Pact remained in effect, with minor amendments, after Grasaland reunification in 1990, despite the intention of the Reform Pact to be replaced by a proper constitution after the reunion.

Current Head of States

  • King Arthur of Noggin & The Kingdom of Grasaland
  • Queen Mary of Noggin & The Kingdom of Grasaland
  • Prime minister Christian Bjørnson
  • Deputy Prime minister - Anna Klein

Military

The Grasalandik Armed Forces is made up of The Royal Grasalandik Army, The Royal Grasalandik Navy, The Royal Grasalandik Airforce & The Volunteer Home Defence Force. The Grasalandik Armed Forces is made up of Regular Troops, Territorial Combat Reserve Troops and Civilains, the Total armed forces strength is over 35 Million Personnel.

Three main services have smaller services like The Army Aircorp, The Fleet Air Arm, Grasalandik Special Forces, Joint RGAF / RGAAC Service, Joint RGAAC / RGN Service and The RGN Coast Guard.

The Grasalandik Armed Forces have three bases outside the country, one in the Republic of Zamper and the other two in Seng Han.

Economy

Grasaland has a highly industrialised economy, Grasaland exports very few items these are from the four main types of Industry, Logging, Mining, Agriculture & Hi-tech Industry.

The Largest Industry in Grasaland is the Hi-tech Industry, the biggest companies in this area is:

The Secondary Industry is Air Travel fronted by the national airline:

The Other Main industries are mainly tradional, Like Logging, Mining, Argiculture & Gas resevre.

Techonolgy

Grasaland recently began the Grasalandik Research & Space Development (GRSD), the first space program in the country.