PopularFreedom
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| National motto: Life, Liberty, and Responsibility for all. | |||||
| HEARTLAND MAP COMING SOON | |||||
| Official languages | English, French | ||||
| Capital | Locke Harbour | ||||
| Largest city | Locke Harbour | ||||
| Government - Prime Minister |
Westerlake | ||||
| Nation Code | PFHL | ||||
| Area - Total - % water |
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| Population - Total (est.) - Density |
101,000,000 | ||||
| GDP (PPP) - Total |
$14,085 billion | ||||
| Establishment - Community of PopularFreedom - PopularFreedom Union of States |
March 1, 2005 January 1, 1954 | ||||
| Oldest City | Victory Union est. 1553 | ||||
| Religion | Christian | ||||
| Currency | Euro | ||||
| Currency Code | EUR | ||||
| Time zone | UPT +3 | ||||
| Internet TLD | .pf | ||||
| Calling Code | 1524 | ||||
| National game | Rugby | ||||
| National fruit | Apple | ||||
| National flower | Wild rose | ||||
| National animal | Wolf | ||||
| National fish | Halibut | ||||
Contents
Overview
The Community of PopularFreedom is located in the northeast district of The Heartland region on the northern portion of the island of Ratio. PopularFreedom is a massive, devout nation, remarkable for its compulsory military service. Its compassionate population of just over 100 million are highly moralistic and fiercely conservative, in the sense that they tend to believe most things should be outlawed. People who have good jobs and work quietly at them are lauded; others are viewed with suspicion.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, moralistic government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and Religion & Spirituality. The average income tax rate is 54%. A substantial private sector is dominated by the Arms Manufacturing industry.
The nation's space program is expanding, protests are prohibited from blocking traffic, the institution of marriage is held sacred and strictly enforced, and those found guilty of illicit affairs are jailed. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. PopularFreedom's national animal is the Wolf, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Euro.
PopularFreedom is ranked:
- 24th in the region and 13,956th in the world for Largest Soda Pop Sector.
- 32nd in the region and 21,900th in the world for Largest Mining Sector.
- 34th in the region and 16,247th in the world for Largest Arms Manufacturing Sector.
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Government
PopularFreedom is run by a democratically elected government.
There are 111 seats in Parliament along with a seat for the Speaker of Parliament. These seats represent the 12 major municipalities in the nation along with 100 seats which are alloted based on the percentage of the vote each party receives from the population. The 12 municipalities that get their own representative are those cities with a population of over 100,000.
The consititution of PopularFreedom does have provisions allowing that any future municipality that breaks the 100,000 population barrier will be permitted to elect an individual to represent them in Parliament.
Elections are held every 5 years on the 1st of March.
Current Government
PopularFreedom is currently run by the ruling Peoples Economic Party who held 85% of the national vote in the last election. The official oppostion is the Civil Party which holds 11% of the seats in Parliament. The remaining seats are held by the Economic Party who attained 4% of the vote in the last election.
The other 12 seats are represented by one individual from each of the following cities:
- Athens
- Base Victory
- Lenita
- Locke Harbour
- Loyalty Bay
- Magna Carta
- Peace
- Pearson Cliffs
- Stanislav
- Victory Union
- Viscount Bennett
- Workers Point
Transportation
The automobile industry took off very early in PopularFreedom (when compared to other nations), much of the development of PopularFreedom urban areas has taken place around the concept of creating cities and residential areas to suit the needs of road vehicles.
To link its vast territory, PopularFreedom built a network of high-capacity, high-speed highways, of which the most important elements are the PopularFreedom Highway System (PHS), and the PopularFreedom Municipal Expressways. The bulk of these highways were commissioned in the 1950s by Prime Minister Frank Hujar. There is also a transcontinental rail system, which is used for moving freight and passengers across the country.
Some cities provide usable mass-transit systems. The largest of them, Locke Harbour City State, operates one of the nation's most heavily used subway systems. The regional rail and bus networks that extend outside of the city state boundaries are among the most heavily used in the nation.
Air travel is the preferred means of travel for long distances. There are several major seaports in the United States; the three busiest are the port of Viscount Bennett, the port of Pearson Cliffs, and the port of Victory Union.
Sporting Activities
PopularFreedom has an extensive sporting culture. The national sports are hockey, and rugby. Locally different cities have additional sporting interests including auto racing in Athens, soccer in Loyalty Bay, and bareback bronc riding in Victory Union.
Auto Racing
The nation's sporting association has been recently working on a league that would travel the nation and region having race events with stock cars. Expect this league to be operational in 2006. Currently the largest municipal racing circuit is in the city of Athens known as the Athens Stockcar Racing League (ASRL).
Football (Gridiron)
The nation just began a gridiron football league this past 2005 season. With 9 teams in as many cities it was widely successful in its first season with the Magna Carta Extreme Eagles winning the Gridiron Cup in a thrilling overtime game in November.
Hockey
The PopularFreedom Hockey League (PHL) is the national hockey league across the country. It has teams in 10 cities. The current 2003-2004 champions are the Pearson Sharks. The league was shut down last season due to a lockout by the owners but is up and running this season.
Rugby
The PopularFreedom Rugby League (PRL) is the national rugby league across the country. It has teams in 9 cities. The current 2005 champions are the Lenita Legions.
The nation was also apart of the now defunct Rugby Premier League, which included the Camelot Wasps, Brunstone Avalanche, and Sacredicity Saints rugby clubs in this international competition.
Soccer
Soccer is primarily found in the northwest of the nation in the area in and around the city of Loyalty Bay. There are many premier teams though the two most prominent would be the North Beach Sharks and Pleasantview Ravens, both of which are located in the Bay Football League. These two teams have an extensive rivalry dating back for over a century now.
Other soccer leagues in PopularFreedom include the Pearson Cliffs Football Association located in the city of Pearson Cliffs, and the Capital Soccer Association located in the city of Locke Harbour.
Extreme Soccer
The Extreme Soccer League (ESL), has teams located in the PopularFreedom cities of Camelot, Victory Union, Viscount Bennett, Peace, Lenita, and Stanislav. This league combines the graceful art of soccer with the bone crushing action of rugby into a version of soccer referred to passionately by its followers as 'full-contact soccer'. The league was formed in 1994 and began play in 1995. Though extremely popular in the cities it is played in, it is shunned by the rest of the nation (along with the rest of the civilized world) as it is the only league for this sport in existence. In recent years however there has been interest in this sport in a few cities in the nation of Loveworld and as a result tournaments are held between cities in Loveworld and PopularFreedom on a sporatic basis.
