Saminorr
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| Motto: Sinuk nil Saminorr | |
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| Region | The Meritocracy |
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| Capital | Inuksuilat |
| Official Language(s) | Saminorr’s two official languages are Samiktitut and Kiriki. Legal minority languages are English, Inuktitut, Nunuquat and Aedrusii. |
| Leader | Ijivix kiriki |
| Population | hundreds of millions |
| Currency | New Merit and Saminite Pound |
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The Free Land of Saminorr is a medium formerly isolationist country, once located on the north of the Asshat Sea, in the Meritocracy. It was bordered by Bumpivania on the south east, the Asshat Sea in the south, and uninhabited wilderness in other directions. Due to its low population density, especially in the central plateau and far east, Saminorr is known as a peaceful, quiet and beautiful country. At the same time its large metropolises, especially Saminirik, are known for their wild night-life and excessive drug use. Saminorr was a founding member of the First SATO (Sea of Asshats Treaty Organisation), a member of MNM (Meritocratic Nations for Marijuana), and had a Senatorship in The Meritocracy.
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History
Ancient History
Saminorr has been inhabited by various hunter-gatherer tribes for thousands of years, notably the Saminirik, Inuit, Kiriki and Nunuquat tribes. Agriculture was developed in these four tribes as early as 300 BC and late as a 600 AD, and independently from neighboring cultures. Around 1000 AD cities started to develop, centered around the Asshat Sea and Lake Kiriki, which provided sources of nutrition and transportation.
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With these cities came complicated cultures and sophisticated societies. The Saminirik culture especially was very successful, trading with various other groups around the Asshat Sea and establishing trading outposts all over the area. Their cultural influence can still be seen today on islands which do not even belong to the nation of Saminorr.
Very few wars were recorded between the four cultures; they respected each other as People of the Snows and shared many aspects of their cultures. Except for a few instances of isolated pillaging, there was peace in the area for hundreds of years, and the cultures flourished.
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Colonial Age
In 1503 AD the first Aedrusii ships arrived. This was in Aedrus's golden age of imperialism when it controlled small cities, huge countries and vast empires all across the globe. Spotting an opportunity for conquest, the Aedrusii captain Sakarik Obilix returned to Aedrus and then came back to Saminorr with a huge military fleet which quickly subdued the Saminirik and Inuit. For 257 years the whole region was controlled by the Aedrusiix, except for sporadic warfare with the Kiriki in the north and the Nunuquat in the southeast.
During this period the native culture was brutally suppressed by the Aedrusiix. Whole cities in the mountainous interior were abandoned as their populations were forceably relocated to plantations in the south where the natives worked as slaves for the Aedrusiix. Eventually the Aedrusii armies came to control even the areas that had histroically fought the invaders, but resentment simmered among the enslaved society.
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Revolution
In 1750 the Marxist Saminite nationalist Ijivuin Saluit instigated a nation-wide revolt against the Aedrusii, which was widely succesful. Alarmed, Aedrus sent in the imperial armies to subdue the revolting slaves, but the Freeman's Army as it came to be known fought back with a vengeance. Due to a lack of strong leadership and a low morale among Aedrusii troops they soon began falling back south and concentrating in the cities on the Cannibis Coast. For a decade the bloody war raged.
In 1760 Aedrus finally gave Saminorr its independence; in the south it was called Asshat and in the north, Kiriki. In 1769 the two countries joined together to be called the Free Land of Saminorr, a democracy with a parliament, a Constitution, and a Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Politics
Saminorr has a 300-seat unicameral Parliament, located in the capital, Inuksuilat. The Prime Minister is the leader of the party with the majority of the seats in Parliament. Members are elected on the basis of proportional representation. The Constitution and Bill of Rights may only be changed with a supermajority (2/3+ support).
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| Parliament of Saminorr |
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The party currently in power is the Conservative Party with 37% of the vote. Other parties, in order of vote percentage:
- Marijuana Party of Saminorr/Green Party - 19.25%
- Anti-Isolationist Party of Saminorr - 17.75%
- New Democratic Party - 12.5%
- Liberal Party - 6.8%
- Libertarian Alliance - 6.2%
Geography
Saminorr has a temperate climate owing to its southern location, however since almost the entire country is elevated on the Saminite Plateau and the Inuit and Nijivit mountain chains, Saminorr has one of the lowest average temperatures in the Asshat region.
Saminorr’s coast on the Asshat sea is predominantly urban or agricultural, with the highest population density. The Januire region in the east is also mostly agricultural although large portions remain unexploited mountain or forest. The north-west, around the Kiriki lake region, is highly industrialized and has extremely low elevation. The north is mostly taken up by the Inuit mountain chain, which also extend down the center of Saminorr, as well as a small section of coast on the ocean to the north.
The east and west of the country are the fertile lowlands of the Extremost and Senavit rivers. The south is also mainly consisting of the Asshat Sea lowlands. However these lowlands are fairly small and do not extend deep into the interior, which is elevated almost everywhere.
Saminorr has sovereignty over no islands.
Altitude
The north-west, around the Kiriki lake region and the small section of northern coast, is highly industrialized and has extremely low elevation. The extreme north of the country is mostly taken up by the Inuit mountain chain, which also extend down the center of Saminorr.
The east and west of the country are the fertile lowlands of the Extremost and Senavit rivers. The south is also mainly consisting of the Asshat Sea lowlands. However these lowlands are fairly small and do not extend deep into the interior, which is elevated almost everywhere.
Because almost the entire country is elevated on the Januaire Plateau, the Inuit mountains, and the Nijivit mountains, Saminorr has one of the coldest average temperatures of the region.
Population Density
Above is a map showing the relative sizes and population densities of the 300 administrative districts of Saminorr. The highest population densities can be found around Lake Kiriki in the northwest and the mouth of the Senavit river in the southeast. Other high-density areas include the coast in the northwest and the cities of Sanutit, Saminirik (largest city in Saminorr) and Saburnine, all on the Asshat Sea.
The center, especially in the east, is not densely populated. Much of this area (the Januiare Plateau/Inuit Mountains) remain unexploited forest or sparsely populated farmland.
Political Divisions
Above is a map showing the eight provinces of Saminorr and their main cities. The provinces have a high degree of autonomy and each has a provincial capital.
List of Provinces and Capitals, in Rank of Provincial Population:
- Inuksuilat - Inuksuilat.
- Nunakut - Nunquit
- Savanuit - Nunalik
- Saminirik - Saminirik.
- Javinirik - Sanutit
- Nova Aedrus - Saburnine
- Nikinivit - Sinuvit
- Januire - Senuit
