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Revision as of 19:36, 16 February 2007
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| Motto | Illico perfectum | ||
| Anthem | The Last In Line | ||
| Capital and largest city | Barentsburg | ||
| Languages | English, Nordwaie | ||
| Government | Absolute monarchy | ||
| Monarch | King Háfrey I | ||
| President of the Royal Council | Alina Rein | ||
| Establishment as monarchy | AD 1590 | ||
| Population - Total (2006 estimate) |
6,500,000,000 | ||
| GDP - Total (2006 estimate) - Per capita (2006 estimate) |
$276 trillion $41,700 | ||
| National animal | White-tailed Eagle | ||
| Currency | 1 koru (NKR) = 100 sent 1 NKR = 2.00 USD | ||
| International abbreviations | NK, NOKU | ||
| Internet TLD | .nk, .noku | ||
| Calling code | +1411 | ||
| CHDI score | 0.743 (medium high) | ||
| PDAS rating | B | ||
The Kingdom of the Northmen (Nordwaie: Nordwaie Kungreis) is a large nation, situated on a lone island group in the middle of an ocean known as Black Sea (Nordwaie: Karmare).
Contents
History
Geography and nature
Administrative divisions
Demographics
Government and politics
The Kingdom of the Northmen is a de jure absolute monarchy, with the monarch reigning supreme, although in the last decades the Royal Council and the Royal Parliament have taken over most of the decision-making, effectively turning the nation into a de facto constitutional monarchy.
Corruption and nepotism are, as in the entire culture of the Kingdom, very common in the political circles.
Monarch
Royal Parliament
The Royal Parliament is a single-chamber parliament of 300 seats. The members are elected for a six-year term by direct popular vote under a system of proportional representation. The monarch appoints the leader of the majority party as Speaker of the Parliament, a largely ceremonial position.
After the latest parliamentary elections, the seats were divided among six parties as follows:
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Royal Council
The Royal Council is a six-member executive council, which constitutes the government of the Kingdom. All members of the Royal Council are voted by the Royal Parliament for a six-year term, while the President of the Royal Council is appointed by the monarch. The monarch also has veto powers over the Royal Parliament's vote.
Each of the Royal Councillors heads a department of the government. Following latest elections, the members of the Royal Council are:
- Alina Rein, President of the Royal Council, Department of Foreign Affairs
- Markus Iwers, Department of Home Affairs
- Krista Heiden, Department of Defence
- Simeon D'Angelo, Department of Law and Justice
- Janina Fiennes, Department of Energy, Environment, Transport and Communications
- Charles Sherin, Department of Finance
The President of the Royal Council is, after the monarch, the highest-ranking official in the Kingdom. The President presides over Royal Council meetings and carries out representative functions. In urgent situations where a Council decision cannot be made in time, the President is empowered to act on behalf of the whole Royal Council. Apart from that, the President is a primus inter pares, having no power above and beyond the other five Royal Councillors.
Industry and economy
Energy
The majority of the nations electricity is generated through nuclear power, while coal, oil and wood (byproduct of the pulp and paper industry) are also important. The nation is relatively flat in terrain, consequently the Kingdom doesn't have much hydropower capacity. Long and dark winters considerably reduce the effectiveness of solar power, while wind turbine power plants suffer from lack of favourable locations. Nevertheless, there are a few offshore wind farms, providing about 2% of the nations electricity.
Transportation
Rail transport
The Kingdom has invested heavily into its extensive mass transit network. Most cities are linked by high-speed railroads, while intra-city travel is facilitated by subways and suspended monorails in larger cities, and trams in smaller ones. The railroads themselves are operated by the Royal Railroad Authority, but operating on them are a number of private companies, RailOn as the largest of them.
Roads
The road network in the Kingdom is well developed and adequately maintained. Main roads can be divided into three classes, the A-class, highways with at least a total of eight lanes plus an emergency lane, B-class, highways with at least a total of four lanes plus an emergency lane and C-class, highways with at least four lanes. All highways have a speed limit of 140 km/h. Roads in the Kingdom are clearly marked, the background colour of the sign indicating the type of the road. A-class highways are marked with red, B-class with green, C-class with blue, and standard roads (speed limit of 80 km/h or less) with white.
Some of the most busiest highways are:
A1 A-class highway from Barentsburg to Vega.
A2 Outer circumferential A-class highway around Barentsburg.
A7 A-class highway from Barentsburg to Derby.
B92 Inner circumferential B-class highway around Barentsburg.
Major corporations
- Aerospace
- Excelsior AeroIndustries (commercial, corporate and military aircraft, aircraft components and systems)
- Financial services
- Herlen & Rein (insurance, investment managing)
- Manufacturing
- Reger (large marine diesel engines, marine propulsors)
- Private security
- Athena Protection Services (guarding, alarm systems, cash handling, airport security)
- Shipbuilding
- Triestad Yards (cruise ships and ferries, offshore and specialized vessels)
- Telecommunications
- NSW-Electronics (mobile multimedia devices, wireless networking devices)
- Transport
- Northavia (airport operations and services)
- RailOn (passenger and freight rail services)
Culture
Religion
Religious affiliations of Northmen according to a private study (Mengel et al., University of Derby, 2006).
- Christian – 53%
- Lutheran – 35%
- Orthodox – 9%
- Roman Catholic – 7%
- Other Christian – 2%
- Other Religions – 8%
- Jewish – 2.5%
- Muslim – 1.5%
- Hindu – 1%
- Buddhist – 0.5%
- Sikh – 0.5%
- Others – 2%
- Refused to answer– 4%
- No religion – 35%
Media and communications
Military
The Royal Armed Forces (Nordwaie: Kungleit Makht Arma) is split into three branches:
- Royal Navy (Nordwaie: Kungleit Marin)
- Royal Air Force (Nordwaie: Kungleit Makht Aeria)
- Royal Army (Nordwaie: Kungleit Armei)
Miscellaneous facts and figures
- Domestic electrical power voltage, plugs and sockets:
- Voltage: 240V AC, 60 Hz
- Power plugs and sockets: ECSR4/P (earthed, symmetrical, live/neutral reversible, four pin) plug and ECSR4/S socket
- Date format: DD.MM.YYYY
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