New Amargosa
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| Flag of New Amargosa | |
| Motto: Discover Greatness in Yourself | |
| No Map Yet | |
| Region | Europe |
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| Capital | Atrus City |
| Official Language(s) | D'ni, English |
| Leader | Jeff of the Surface |
| Population | 7 million |
| Currency | New Amargosan Credit |
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General Information
The Commonwealth of New Amargosa is a small, socially progressive nation, remarkable for its burgeoning squee population. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 7 million 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.
The medium-sized government concentrates mainly on Defence, although Education and Healthcare are on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 18%. A large private sector is led by the Basket Weaving industry, followed by Information Technology and Furniture Restoration.
Voting is voluntary and military spending is on the increase. Crime is moderate. New Amargosa's national animal is the squee and its currency is the New Amargosan Credit.
New Amargosa is a member of the United Nations.
History
During a recent expedition to the ruined D'ni cavern, a group of 400 survivors had been located on an Age called Amargosa, linked to by a Book found in a secluded area on Ae'gura island. The expeditioners, having previously learned the D'ni language, planned with the survivors to make a new community where surface-dwellers and D'ni could co-exist, and the Art of Writing Ages could be passed on to a new generation.
The group settled in a small area of Europe and established thier new home: Atrus City. The new city grew at a rapid rate as fans of the Myst games and D'ni culture settled there. Eventually, the city became so large that new residents were forced to found new cities near the original. The city council of Atrus city decided to unite the nacent cities under a single government for their own mutual benefit. As a result, the Commonwealth of New Amargosa was born on Saturday, June 6, 2005 (Leebro 7, 9661 DE).
Description of the Flag
The Flag of New Amargosa was originally designed by Herat of Alsendar'en, winner of the New Amargosan Flag Design Contest. The following description of the flag's symbolism comes from Herat himself:
"My entry consists of a black D'ni letter 'ah' on a field of white. While this design may seem too simple, it contains symbolism appropriate to our new nation. The white field represents the white of the pages of our Linking Books, which are the basis of our culture. The black letter represents the D'ni written word, which both informs and describes."
Some critics have noted that the flag favors the D'ni minority while not representing the surface-dweller majority. However, these complaints are rare; most citizens of surface-dweller descent are content with the flag. The New Amargosan government has promised that if enough people become dissatisfied with the flag design, another contest will be held to choose a new flag.
