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| − | region=[[United Nations of Josephel]] |
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| − | motto=nos debello quibus amor |
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| − | language=Victorian and English |
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| − | capital=St. Vincents Square |
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| − | population=2.797 million |
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| − | currency=Victory |
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| − | leader= Admiral Vincent B. Josephel V
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| − | =Current Status of Josephel=
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| − | '''UN Category:''' Father Knows Best State
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| − | '''UN Status:''' Ex-Member
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| − | '''Civil Rights:''' Some
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| − | '''Economy:''' Good
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| − | '''Political Freedoms:''' Rare
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| − | '''Location:''' [[United Nations of Josephel]]
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| − | '''Regional Influence:''' Hermit
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| − | The Holy Empire of Josephel 2 is a massive, safe nation, renowned for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 2.797 billion are ruled by a mostly-benevolent dictator, who grants the populace the freedom to live their own lives but watches carefully for anyone to slip up.
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| − | It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Defence, Law & Order, and Religion & Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 100%. A robust private sector is led by the Woodchip Exports industry, followed by Arms Manufacturing and Uranium Mining.
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| − | Graffiti artists spend lengthy periods of time in jail, military spending recently hit a new high, teenage fathers are forced to join the army, and billions of Victorys are being blown on orbital weapons development. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force. Josephel 2's national animal is the White Josephel Hawk, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Victory.
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| − | '''Exchange Rate:'''3.243 = $1
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| − | '''Top 3 Government Expenses:'''
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| − | 1.Defense - $5,730,148,857,163.50 - 40% of Budget
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| − | 2.Law & Order - $5,443,641,414,305.33 - 38% of Budget
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| − | 3.Administration - $1,289,283,492,861.79 - 9% of Budget
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| − | ''(last updated 11-9-06)''
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| − | =History of Josephel=
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| − | Josephel has a long and great history of democracy, dictatorships, dynasties, and wars, all of which have led to the better of Josephel. The following information is ordered oldest to latest.
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| − | ==Early Settlement==
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| − | *''300BC''- Seagoing peoples land on the southernmost and largest island of the 5 island system.
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| − | *''300BC - 200AD'' - All the islands are explored and small developments arise.
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| − | *''sometime between 250 & 350AD'' - Mt. Salmen erupts, all inhabitants are killed. Islands become wasteland. Island is lost in history.
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| − | ==Victoria==
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| − | The age of the Victorian Queens.
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| − | ===Early Victoria===
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| − | *''1276AD'' - Princess Victoria of Calmouth is banished for aldultery, she sails off with a few hundred who still follow her. While at sea, the spot a plume of smoke on the horizon, and mistaken it for a burning ship, in an effort to save them, they head torwards it, the smoke is actually Mt. Salmen once again erupting. When Victoria and her company arrive, they find a lush island, with no other inhabitants but nature. Pleased Victoria declares it
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| − | "[T]he land of which is mine, and it is thee's, and the holy ones. Let god praise us and protect us as we live in peace and harmony upon this land for now, and forever!"
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| − | *''1273AD'' - Queen Victoria dies of then unknown causes, now we know this might have been AIDS because she was a known beleive of sexual intercourse as "the holiest form of praying" and she did much praying with many people, Her daughter Bella, aged 21, is given control of the island. As a way to remember her mother, she renames herself Queen Victoria II. This would later become a standard.
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| − | *''1270 - 1504AD'' - For over 250 years the Queens of the Islands of Victoria rule the island peacefully and the population jumps from about 300 to 4200. However the premature deaths of almost all the queens (most likely due to STD's) has morally hurt the islanders. During the year of 1504, a great tempest happens and a from civilization is wrecked upon the island.
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| − | *''1506AD'' - After 2 years of repairs, the survivors of the wreck return home, telling about an island of health and solitude, when people here of its strategic location in the ocean, quests are sent to find it.
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| − | *''1507AD'' - Norman Florence, a sea merchant, finds the islands and records its position.
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| − | ===Late Victoria===
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| − | *''1510 - 1603'' - The island nation of Victoria grows tremendously, becoming a masive trading pub. In less than a hundred years the population booms from 5000 to 50,000. 3 large cities Victoria (the capital), Florence, and deAmor. Have sprung up across the island. The Victorian Queens have been slowly losing control of the island.
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| − | **''1598'' - Joseph Vincente' is born in Hornburg, Calmouth.
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| − | *''1620'' - Joseph Vincente' establishes the "Ferrouh Christians" and declares himself St. Vincent Josephel
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| − | *''1623'' - St. Vincent and some 200 hundred followers migrate to Victoria to escape prosecution. For the next two years the "Ferrouh's" grow from a few hundred to 12,000, becoming the second largest religion on the islands next to the free love relgion of the Queens, Victorian Freedom, which had 24,500 members.
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| − | *''1625'' - Queen Victoria LVI dies. She is the last Victorian Queen. After her death, the youngest generations of Victoria followers begin to lose faith and switch to Ferrouhism. When the older Victorians try to establish Victoria LVII as Queen. Protest sweeps the islands. Instead, the now 20,000+ Ferrouhs revolt and a short civil war ensues.
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