Kheion

Kheion

Flag of Kheion
Motto: Be all you can be.
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Region	Europe
Capital	Arden
Official Language(s)	English
Leader	PM Tom E. Hobbes
Population	135 million (after 10% rule)
Currency	Euro
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Geography

"The island jewel in the Southern Sea"

• In short

Kheion is a small island that is located in Southern Europe*. It lies in the middle of Southern Sea and the mouth of Varlden Straight. Western Kheion has dense forests and hills and a lowland of plains and low hills, that is covered with the largest population centres in the nation. Central Kheion is characterized with a highland, or a minor mountain range called the Mercadias. Eastern parts of the island mixture of hills and lowland of fertile soil and grasslands, a minor mountain range, a fertile coastline with beautiful beaches. Kheion's highest point is Mt. Ephesos at 3541 meters above sealevel and it's lowest point is Crystal Valley at -19 meters above sealevel.

• Natural resources

Small amounts of Iron, copper, silver, nickel and minor amounts of coal. Some oil and natural gas pockets have been found in the seabed in close proximity to the coast.

National Factbook

• People

Life Expentancy, Total population: 78.05 years

Total Fertility Rate: 2.16 children born/woman

Ethic groups: 92 % white, 8 % black, primary ethnicities are Anglo-Saxon and Nordic

Religions: 68% atheists, 26% protestants, 6% catholics

Languages: English

Literacy (people over 15), Total population: 99,99%

• Government

Country name: Long conventional form: Republic of Kheion Short conventional form: Kheion Abbreviation: RoK

Government type: Republic

Administrative divisions: Central administration controls the capital and the surrounding vicinity. The rest of the state is split into 24 other local administrations.

Independence: 15th of August, 1749

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch: Chief of state and head of government: Prime Minister Tom Hobbes.

Cabinet: Council of State (12 ministers), appointed by the Prime Minister and responsible to Parliament

Legislative branch: unicameral Parliament (250 seats; members are elected by popular vote on a proportional basis to serve five-year terms). Latest election results: percent of vote by party: The Free Right (FR) (43%), Enduring Development (ED, right-leaning liberal enviromentalists) (20%), The Rural Voice (RV) (a centrist party) (9%, in the opposition) , the Socialist Labour Party (SLP) (28%, in the opposition).

Judicial Branch: Supreme Court of Arden

Diplomatic representation in the European Affairs: Supreme Ambassador Kane Tienkim

• Economy

GDP - real growth rate: 4,1%

GDP – per capita: € 35000

GDP – composition per sector: Agriculture: 4%, Industry: 28%, Services: 68%

Population below poverty line: 10,1%

Unemployment rate: 3,5%

Budget:

Revenues: 55,5% of GDP

Expenditures: 55,3% of GDP

Industries: Military industries, industrial & construction and mining machinery, medical technology, biotechnology, ships, motor vehicles

Agriculture – products: Wines, fish, fruits, wheat, beef, pork

Exports: 25,6 % of GDP

Imports: 24,3 % of GDP

OIL

Production: 2.356,000 bbl/day

Consumption: 8.796,500 bbl/day

Proved reserves: 7,194 billion bbl

NATURAL GAS

Production: 37.6 billion cu m

Consumption: 37.33 billion cu m

Proved reserves: 1.006 trillion cu m

Imports: 1.5 billion cu m / year

Electricity production by source:

Nuclear: 66 %

Wind / hydro: 22 %

Natural gas: 10 %

Coal: 2 %

History, traditions and people

Ideologies

The face of Kheion

• Capitalism
• Liberalism
• Rationalism
• Responsibility
• Utilitarianism

Government

Small, centralized and effective

• Goals and ambitions - Be all you can be.
• Policies
• International Relations
• Ministries
• Personal biography of Prime Minister Tom E. Hobbes

Society

The community of individuals made true

• Local democracy independent from central government - the key to successful and effective management of the Society
• Parties - history and present
• Social sense of responsibility - superseding the bureaucratic and unflexible social welfare

Legislation

• The never-ending conflict of the liberalism of the Individual and the utilitarianism of the Society
• Characteristics

The Special Features of Kheion

Business in Kheion

The backbone of Kheion's success

• History
• Andersen Plan: Companies as legal persons - teaching businesses to behave responsibly
• Large businesses - Kheion's international impact
• Small and medium businesses as the foundation of national economy

• GEC - an international success story
• K24 - Kheion's leading media corporation
• Parker-Fulcrum Group - an example of innovative and daring business management

Kheion Defence Force

The military of Kheion

• Five branches of KDF
• The Pride of KDF: Air/Coastal Defense Network DefNet
• The Pitt Plan