Northern Colonies
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| Motto: "Defending the cause" | |
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| Region | Reformed Oceania |
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| Capital | Freedom City |
| Official Language(s) | English |
| Leader | Jonathan O'Brien (Head Of State), John Anderson (Head of Government) |
| Population | 1.478 billion |
| Currency | NC Dollar |
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Introduction
The land now known as the Federation of Northern Colonies was once inhabited by aborigines know has the Zog. Although the exact year is hard to tell, it is suspected that between 30,000 BC and 20,000 BC, the Zognians used boats to sail to the Northern Colonies. In the Year 1688 A.D, the British colonised Zognia and proclaimed it the Northern Colonies. Initially Northern Colonies was used as a dumping ground for Prisoners, but soon new settlers arrived. The settlers were treated extremely harshly, and soon tensions rosed between the Colonial Administration and the settlers. Soon the tension became the Colonial War of Independence. While the settlers were still fond of the British culture, they despised administration. Independence was declared at the year 1798 and the Colonies became the Federation of Northern Colonies.
Geography
Location: Reformed Oceania, next to Rotovia-
Geographic coordinates: 27 00 S, 133 00 E
Area: total: 2,167,686,850 sq km
Land: 2,167,617,930 sq km
Water: 68,920 sq km note: includes St. John Island and Macquarie Island and the Colonies of New Freedom and Salvation Island
Land boundaries: 0 km
Coastline: 50,654 km
Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
Climate: Generally temperate
Terrain: Mostly flat, although a mountainous range can be found toward the East.
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Lake Adamson -15 m
highest point: Mount Adamson 2,229 m
Natural resources: Gold, uranium (New Freedom), nickel, lead, zinc, natural gas, petroleum
Land use: arable land: 10%
permanent crops: 3.3%
other: 86.7% (2005)
Irrigated land: 24,000 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards: Forest fire amongst the mountainous area, Cyclones on the Eastern Coast.
Environment - current issues: Industrial development, urbanization, clearing for agricultural purposes threatens the natural habitat of many unique animal and plant species
Government
Country name: conventional long form: The Federation of Northern Colonies
conventional short form: Northern Colonies
Government type: Parliamentary Democracy
Capital: Freedom City
Administrative divisions: 6 states and 2 territories: Freedom State, Carnegie, New Asia, The Prince's End, West Colonies, South Colonies (previously Zognia)
Dependent areas: St. John Island and Macquarie Island, New Freedom and Salvation Island
Independence: 30 January 1798
National holiday: Colonist Day, 30 January (1798)
Constitution: Enacted on the 1 January 1799
Legal system: based on English common law
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and compulsory
Executive branch: head of state: Supreme Governor of the Colonies Jonathan O’Brian. (since 11 March 2000) head of government: Prime Minister John Anderson (since 11 March 1996); Deputy Prime Minister Peter Brown (since 6 July 2005) cabinet: prime minister nominates, from among members of Parliament, candidates who are subsequently sworn in by the Supreme Governor of the Colonies to serve as government ministers elections: Supreme Governor of the Colonies appointed by the prime minister which is then voted by the parliament. Two-Thirds of each party must agree on the selection and a referendum held before the Supreme Governor of the Colonies is sworn in; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or leader of a majority coalition is sworn in as prime minister by the Supreme Governor of the Colonies
Legislative branch: bicameral Federal Parliament consists of the Senate (50 seats - 7 from each of the six states and 1 from each of the two territories; serves a 3 year team before election) and the House of Representatives (500 seats; members elected by popular preferential voting to serve terms of up to three-years)
Elections: - last held 9 October 2002(next to be called no later than November 2006) election results: Senate; 20 seats Democrats; 15 seats Labor; 5 seats Greens, 1 seat Family Salvation Party; 9 seats Independent . House of Representatives: 200 seats Labor; 190 seats Conservative; 50 seats Commerce Party; 20 seats Greens, 20 seats Family Salvation Party; 10 seats Independent.
Judicial branch: High Court (the chief justice and six other justices are appointed by the Supreme Governor of the Colonies)
Political parties and leaders: Colonial Conservatives [John W. BUSH]; Colonial Greens [Bob Dole]; Colonial Labor Party [John Anderson]; Family Salvation Party [Steve Baker-Smith] ; Colonial Commerce Party [George Smith]
Flag description: Blue represents the oceans around the Colonies, the Green, the states, and the black line represent the joining of part
Economy
Northern Colonies has an enviable Western-style capitalist economy with a per capita GDP on par with the four dominant West European economies.
GDP: $39,005,948,271,750.77
GDP - per capita (PPP): $14,000.70 (2005 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 4%
industry: 26.4%
services: 69.6% (2004 est.)
Labor force: 1.68 Billion (2005 est.)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture 3.6%, industry 21.2%, services 75.2% (2004 est.)
Unemployment rate: 5.2% (2005 est.)
Population below poverty line: NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2%
highest 10%: 25.4% (1994)
Budget: revenues: $40,981,513,494,480.02
expenditures: $39,752,068,089,645.62 (2006
Agriculture - products: wheat, barley, sugarcane, fruits; cattle, sheep, poultry, fattest pig
Industries: mining, food processing, chemicals, book publication
Exports: $4,181,769,444,345.31 (2006 est.)
Exports - commodities: gold, meat, wool, wheat, books
Imports: $4,757,401,479,153.75 (2006 est.)
Imports - commodities: machinery and transport equipment, computers and office machines, telecommunication equipment and parts; crude oil and petroleum products
Trade Deficit $575,632,034,808.44
Currency (code): Northern Colonies dollar (NCD)
Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June
Communications
Telephones - main lines in use: 2.66 billion (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular: 2.48 billion (2006)
Telephone system: general assessment: excellent domestic and international service
domestic: domestic satellite system; much use of radiotelephone in areas
of low population density; rapid growth of mobile cellular telephones
Radio broadcast stations: AM 262, FM 345, shortwave 1 (1998)
Television broadcast stations: 200 (1997)
Internet country code: .nc
Internet hosts: 5,351,622 (2005)
Internet users: 2,600,654,544 (2005)
Transport
Airports: 500 (2005)
Airports - with paved runways: total: 368
over 3,047 m: 10
2,438 to 3,047 m: 12
1,524 to 2,437 m: 133
914 to 1,523 m: 140
under 914 m: 13 (2005)
Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 142
1,524 to 2,437 m: 18
914 to 1,523 m: 110
under 914 m: 14 (2005)
Heliports: 0 (2005)
Roadways: total: 1, 811,601 km
paved: 1,316,524 km
unpaved: 495,077 km (2002)
Military
Military branches: Colonial Armed Forces (CAF): Colonial Army, Northern Colonies Navy,
Northern Colonies Air Force
Military service age and obligation: 16 years of age for voluntary service; women allowed to
serve in Army combat units in non-combat support roles
(2001)
Manpower available for military service: males age 16-49: 10,000,000 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service: males age 16-49: 1,454,543,564 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $4,749,789,636,787.11 (2005 est.)
