Northford
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| Motto: "Together the Free liberate the Opposed" | |
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| Region | Haven |
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| Capital | Richmond |
| Official Language(s) | Northfordian |
| Leader | Alan Brookes |
| Population | 2 Billion |
| Currency | Northfordian Pound |
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Contents
Introduction
Early History
Modern History
Civil War
Legalities
Foreign Relations
Military
Economy
The fleeing from Northford had many drastic effects upon the country, and none was more pronounced than it's effects upon the economy. Before the Civil disobedience, and the short, bloody civil war that followed it, Northford had a modern Economy with Services at it's core, followed by a large high technology manufacturing sector, specialising in Military Hardware. In the fleeing, many died in Northford (estimates put it somewhere around 200 million) and in the consequent refounding in Haven, large swaths of the Workforce changed their role.
At present, around 25% of the workforce is connected to the construtction industry. There have been many effects upon the Market due to this shift, however most pronounced were the manpower shortage in the traditionally labour-intensive industries, as well as in the Land Based aspect of the Northfordian Military.
While Construction plays a dominating role in the Northfordian Economy at the present there are also a number of other large industries, mostly dominated by Northfordian and International Plc's. Tradtionally capitalist, Northford continues to benifit from it's liberal agreeing to free-trade treaties with other nations, notably Praetonia, Questers and The Silver Sky. While Northford is no longer an active member of the Global Alliance of Soverign Nations (GASN), it continues healthy trade relations with a number of countries from the alliance, notably Cravan and Rosdivan.
After Construction the other main industries in Northford are:
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Northfordians like to spend their money in a number of ways. Since the constitutional agreement with Questers, many Northfordians have made small-scale investing in the Questarian Stock Market (known as 'Hobby-vesting' colloquially) for both profit and as a sign of national solidarity with the newly-realised Motherland. Favourite companies for Northfordians to invest in include Northern Steel and Coal as well as the famous John Brown and Co .
A favourite recreational activity of many Northfordians is going on Holiday.
