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The Reresurrected LoD Superpower of Nanakaland
Region: The Kingdom of the Midlands Alliance: Legion of Defense Motto: "The people get their freedom here!" Map: (Description here) Official Language: English Capital: Nanakapolis Largest City: Port Nanaka Other Cities: Nanakan Labs; Ostotaure Population: 2.2 billion Currency: Nanakan (NN) National Animal: Nanakabird Leader(s): President: Michael J. Smith (thought dead); Acting President: Nalonis Major Political Parties: Centrist, Military, Green, Libertarian Government Makeup: Executive Branch (President, Vice President, Beaurocracy); Legislative Branch (Senate); Judicial Branch (Supreme Court, etc.)
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The Reresurrected Superpower of Nanakaland

The Reresurrected Superpower of Nanakaland has been through a lot as a nation and will go through much more. Founded in March 2003, it has ceased to exist, been resurrected, been non-existant again, and then reresurrected recently. It has had many different types of government and has been in many different alliances. With over 2 billion people, many allies, and a good economy, it is a powerful nation. To understand it better, one needs to read its history and more details about it.

History

(See Also Michael Smith)

The Nanakan Empire (The Ancient Age)

The Nanakan Empire was an era in which Elven kings ruled Nanakaland and its surrounding lands. After a rebellion and a very costly war, the empire collapsed. The elves lived quiet lives in the Nanakan Forest and the humans became humble farmers. The population declined to one-eighth of the empire's population and they lived in isolation for years until the next age.

The Colonial Days (The Revolutionary Age)

The Nanakan people built the Government Castle in Nanakapolis and changed their language from Nanakan to Latin. They created a Senate, in which the sign still is there above the Senate Chamber - SENATVSNANAKVS (which is literally Nanakan Senate in classical Latin). However, famine, which decreased its population to half of what it was, led to the British invasion and subjugation of the Nanakan peoples after just seven years of the Nanakan Republic. The loyalists to the republic fled to the Nanakan Forest to live with the elves for decades to come.

In the early 19th century, the British Empire was weaker and they could no longer provide the human resources needed to manage the Nanakan Dominion. Loyalists to the senate surrounded Government Castle and the British fort across the street (later renamed to Fort Nanaka). The British surrendered without an actual conflict. More national disasters and the first two world wars stopped Nanakaland from becoming a mainstream nation. However, some of the benefits from the British were the English language and the Christian religion, two of the things that shaped Nanakaland.

The First Age of Nanakaland (The Democratic Age)

[RL Time: March - June 2003]

The Nanakans' homeland was abandoned, but refugees created a Republic of Nanakaland in the Black Sea region and joined the Black Sea alliance (a force that helped cause World War 4). Nanakaland moved around regions and alliances during the actual WW4 until it was crippled and collapsed.

The Second Age of Nanakaland (The Resurrected Age)

[RL Time: November 2003 - June 2004]

Brought back later, the Second Age was Nanakaland's most glorious one. The Nanakan people returned to the ancestral homeland and repopulated the nation. Nanakaland grew a lot and formed many alliances with other nations (and made a defensive organization called the Legion of Defense). Port Nanaka grew from a small town to a bustling city. Nanakaland was in the Kingdom of the Midlands region and prospered until it was suddenly destroyed by an accident of a mad scientist, thus ending Nanakaland's longest era.

The Third Age of Nanakaland (The Reresurrected Age)

[RL Time: November 2004 - Present]

Nanakaland was frozen and became a giant glacier. However, it recently melted and the Nanakan people are prepared to have a new election. The Underground, not frozen during this period, is a group of people who lived underground in bunkers through the years when Nanakaland was frozen and now think that they should try to secretly rule Nanakaland. President Michael Smith is assumed dead after an "accident" lighting the bunker on fire during a briefing [though he is secretly alive, no one knows (yet)]. Nalonis, an elf, is the interim President who is running for the Centrist Party in the upcoming election. A civil war may be on the horizon and after that, no one knows what will happen to the nation, but the Legion of Defense (LoD) was brought back and a regime change is on the horizonª.

Reintroduction RP

ªPresident Michael Smith is a war hero from the early days of the First Age of Nanakaland. He is part-elvin and is immortal (can't die of old age, hard to kill, but not 100% immortal). He has been President, winning elections (most of them in landslides) since the later days of the First Age. He has finally decided not to run again this election (just before the bunker accident), so this upcoming election will be close.

More than history to come later. More detailed history to come later.

The First, Second, and Third Ages were actually RPed in NationStates, all the others are fictionally made up. The Second Age and possibly the Third Age had a parallel with Future Tech.

Language, Races, Religion and Currency

Language

The language of the Nanakan people has changed greately. It was originally Nanakan, an ancient language which had some Elvin influence (after all, when the language was at its height, elves ruled Nanakland). Much about this ancient language has been forgotten. Few speak this old langauge.

Latin was the second language. It was brought from traders during the time of the Nanakan Empire, but it only took effect after its fall. Although it had a relatively short time as the main language, Latin was a far more influential language on the Nanakan people. In the first republican form of government, the Nanakan people spoke this langauge. Many historic documents in Nanakaland are written in this ancient language.

English took affect during the British subjugation. While Latin remained an important language for some time, eventually Latin faded out and today English is favored (even to the Roman Catholic populations). English is very much a global language and Nanakaland is one of the nations that uses it.

Races

The Nanakan people identify themselves as Nanakan, nothing more or less. However, the racial breakdown of Nanakaland is as follows:

73% White; 12% Black; 5% Elvin; 10% Other

All of that is general, as many Nanakans are mixed. Nanakans are very tollerant of others' racial backgrounds and tend to identify themselves as Nanakan, not of any race in particular. Minorities have equal rights.

Religion

Nanakaland is a devout country. Church attendance is high and even the non-devout people tend to call themselves Christian.

77% Christian (33% Protestant, 32% Catholic, 12% Nondenominational/Other Christian); 5% Elvin Religions; 10% Other; 8% Athiest/Agnostic

Dispite a Christian majority, Nanakans are very tollerant of others' religious affiliations and all religions are treated equally. There is no state religion because it would discriminate against the others.

Currency

The official currency of Nanakaland is the Nanakaland Nanakan. It used to be shared with its colonies, but before the reresurrection, all colonies dissolved.

National Description

National description more updated at the nation's page.

The Reresurrected LoD Superpower of Nanakaland is a massive, devout nation, notable for its barren, inhospitable landscape. Its compassionate, hard-working, intelligent population of 2.225 billion have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it devotes most of its attentions to Defence, with areas such as Healthcare and Commerce receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 86%. A powerhouse of a private sector is dominated by the Automobile Manufacturing industry.

Motorists must pay to enter inner-cities during peak hours, the automotive industry soaks up huge government handouts, gambling addicts regularly lose their families' nest eggs at Native Nanakalandite casinos, and billions of Nanakaland Nanakans are being blown on orbital weapons development. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Nanakaland's national animal is the nanakabird, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the Nanakaland Nanakan.

The barren, inhospitable landscape they are referring to is the wastelands and desert (see map and landscape), which makes up roughly half of the nation. What they mean by devout is over half of the country has a religion. The rest is pretty much obvious for one to decipher.