Kegmenistan

Kegmenistan

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Motto: To Strive, To Seek, To Find And Not To Yield
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Region	Alliance of Honourable Peoples
Capital	St Dmitri City
Official Language(s)	Russian & English
Leader	Patriarch Vladimir Nerinsky
Population	4 billion
Currency	Kegro
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Overview

The Holy Empire of Kegmenistan is the largest nation located on the Western Continent of the Alliance of Honourable Peoples. It enjoys a world of great economic prosperity and wealth with many of it's citizens being the wealthiest in the world.

On the international stage Kegmenistan tends to keep itself seperate from the politics of others. This is not to say that it doesn't enjoy good relations with most other notable nations. If diplomacy should fail it can rely on the largest armed forces in the region to protect it from foreign agression.

The Holy Empire is covered in expansive deserts which are only broken up by the enormous spires of it's hugely populated city centres. These populated areas are growing at an unprecedented rate and as such the largest problem Kegmenistan faces in the near future will be the demand for a continuous supply of clean, fresh drinking water.

Kegmenistan has now been independent for over 1200 years after many years under foreign occupation. Little has changed in the formation of the nation since that time except for the continuous stretching outwards of it's national boundaries.

Kegmenistan has since it's foundation been a nation of religion. Within it lies the heart of Catholicism, one of the oldest established religions in the world. It is unsuprising then that religion has formed the basis of alot of public and government opinion.

The Empire is also one of few nations that is lead by a theocratic leader and the organised church. The Patriarch is the supreme sovereign within the nation and advice and guidance is provided by the Ecumenical Council which consists of 147 bishops from around the country.

The Culture

The people have three major cultural influences over their lives.

The first of these is the principle of individual responsibility. Kegmenistanis believe that what happens to them in life is simply what they make of it. Those that suceed are looked up to and respected. Those that fail, on the other hand, tend to be shunned by the rest of society. People tend to then take great pride in the richness of their lives, the possessions they own and their own status within the community.

The second major influence is that of the family unit. There is great strength to be found within the Kegmenistani family and members are fiercly loyal to one another. The younger generations can often be found caring for the older, extended family with an expectation that they will be shown the same respect and adoration in later life by their own offspring. Time with the family is one of the most important parts of a persons life and they cherish every moment of it. A person will often try to find excuses to throw huge family events, parties and celebrations.

The third and final influence is that of Religion. Most members of the public belong to the Catholic faith and practice regularly. It has a large effect upon their lives, dictating their beliefs and, as a consequence of these beliefs, the actions they take.

In Kegmenistan etiquette is of utmost importance. See: Kegmenistani Etiquette

The State

It has recently been explained to the people of Kegmenistan that the state as they know it now will not exist by the end of the year as a widespread revision of the system is about to take place. What follows is how the government has worked, and will work, up until the transition to a new form of government.

The state is a limited one where power is strongly centralised within, the almost mythical figurehead of, the Patriach. He enjoys free reign over all policy areas within Kegmenistan. A new Patriarch is selected at the death of the previous one by the Eccumenical Council of Bishops. No public vote is required for the introduction of a new head of state.

The Eccumenical Council is selected once during a Patriarchs lifetime and replacements are brought in as and when they are needed by those that remain in the Council.

The Public Sector is limited in size with public provision remaining at a minimum.

Healthcare and social welfare is provided for those without the means to pay. This does not mean however that the care provided is sub-standard but that elective surgeries and the such are not covered by the National Insurance Scheme. Those at the other end of the social scale are required to pay for their own private healthcare schemes.

Basic education (up to the age of 18) is run by the private sector with a few state sponsored schools for those less able to pay. Higher education is rare amongst Kegmenistanis with few owning a degree. This education is never provided by the state.

Transport has recently undergone a huge "U-Turn". Private transport is no longer allowed inside Kegmenistans borders. Instead a huge amount of funds has been poured into the already existent and highly efficient public transport system of trains and monorails. It is now possible to catch a high speed inter-city train every five minutes and an inner-city monorail every three. This ban on private transport has lead to a great improvement in the quality of air and big business has reported an improvement in the punctuality of its employees as fewer are regularly stuck in giant queues of traffic.

The Economy

The economy is the jewel in the glittering crown of Kegmenistan. With an estimated GDP of $260 trillion (K130 trillion) it stands as the largest and strongest economy in all the region. Due to very limited interference from the state business has been able to effectively regulate itself. This has allowed for great growth in private enterprise.

Major areas of growth for the Kegmenistani economy include information technology, energy resources, water utilities, arms manufacture and the general manufacturing industries.

Points Of Interest

There are a number of public days of celebration (though not all are necessarily national holidays) within Kegmenistan:

(days marked * are national holidays. Excludes public service sector workers.)

Workers rights legislation now means that for every 15 days of full work (based on 8 hour days) 1 day of paid holiday is required. Including National Holidays this means that most full time workers recieve a minimum 17 days of paid holiday.

Smoking has been banned in public in Kegmenistan for a number of years now as part of the legislation laid out in the Right to Health Act.

It is estimated that it would take 8,907,649,101 ping-pong balls to fill Boxfish Lake. No-one knows where the name Boxfish lake comes from. It does not appear that the crater was ever filled with water and if it was it certainly wouldn't have had boxfish living in it.

The latest piece of legislation passed was a widespread revision of the Food Standards Bill. Two major points the bill now addresses are limitations on the percentage of salt that can be present in foods and the requirement for the amount of water found within a product to be clearly visible on the label.

As a result of the ban on automobiles the Government has now had to fit canopies between all buildings within Kegmenistan due to the increase in citizens suffereing from dehydration and exhaustion whilst walking through the streets in high temperatures. There has also been an increase in public water points throughout the cities. Since private automobiles have been banned in Kegmenistan the underground system of highways are now in the control of the armed forces to aid in the easy mobilization of forces.

The government now requires that all tevision stations and radio stations broadcast their signals in a digital format. Telephony companies are also required to send and recieve signals through high speed fibre-optic cables and to replace all old cables with these new high-bandwidth versions.

The current official languages within Kegmenistan are Russian and Alliance Standard English. There is talk however of the introduction of a language currently only known as “Newspeak” to replace the official language of Russian. This has of yet been unconfirmed by the Emperor and as such remains but a rumour.

The national animal of Kegmenistan is the Pandinus imperator or the Emperor Scorpion which can be found in the countries many deserts.