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The Protectorate of Starblaydia

Flag and Coat of Arms of Starblaydia
Motto (Latin): "Fides, Gloria, Sanguis" Translated (English): "Honour, Glory, Blood"
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Region	Atlantian Oceania
Capital	Jhanna
Five largest cities	Jhanna, Tabeck, Ionia, Penningworth, Farca
Spoken Languages  - Official  - Unofficial	English Aquil, Nemyan, Dwarven
Government  - Lord-Protector	· Autocratic Dictatorship · Capitalist military dictatorship Viannor Starblayde
Establishment  - as tribes  - as a Romanic Province  - as Jhanna-Sideria  - as a Britannican colony  - as an independant nation  - as a Protectorate	circa 1,000 BC circa 1AD circa 700 AD circa 1900 August 23rd, 1946 April 6th, 1972
Population  - Total (2006)	4,000,000,000+ (AO: 17th)
GDP   - Total (US$)   - GDP/capita (US$)	$135,626,000,000,000 $32,571
Currency	Starblaydi Credit (Ψ) (SCR)
Time Zone	AOTC +0100
International Abbreviation	STB
Naval Craft Classification   - Military   - Civilian	PNS (Protectorate Naval Ship) SCS (Starblaydi Civilian Ship)
National Anthem	Starblaydia Triumphant
National animal English name	Panthera leo krugeri White Lion
National flower English name	Laelia starblaydia Starblaydi Orchid
Patron saint	Saint George
Internet TLD	.sb
Calling Code	+187

The Protectorate of Starblaydia is a massive, economically powerful country, one of the older nations of the Atlantian Oceania region. It is located in the north-east of the region, on the continent of Calania, made up of a major coastal landmass and five islands of varying size.

It has a hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of over four billion people, its population being 17th-largest in the region and 10,700th-largest in the world by the last United Nations census. It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, corrupt, pro-business government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Defence, and Education, though is notable for its complete absence of social welfare. The average income tax rate is 78%, though is even higher for the wealthy. A robust private sector is dominated by the Uranium Mining industry. Starblaydia's national animal is the White Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, also home to the national flower: the Starblaydi Orchid. Its currency is the Starblaydi Credit, with 1Ψ worth around US$1.6.

Starblaydia is named after the legendary Starblayde sword weilded by the semi-mythical King Oberyn in ancient times.

History

Main article: History of Starblaydia

As a land, Starblaydia has always been populated in one form or another, from simple prehistoric tribesmen through thundering Medieval warlords up to the high-tech, stylish and modern present day. Starblaydia's ancient history is reflected in the culture of today, from politics to sport and everything in between. The nation itself, however, was only designated as 'Starblaydia' from the 19th Century on as an Imperial colony, but soon it emerged as from under that veil and took its first steps on the road to becoming a world power.

Geography

Country Name

Long Form: The Protectorate of Starblaydia
Short Form: Starblaydia
Country Code: STB

In Other Languages

• Esteresorlaride ('Starswordland') in Noterelenda
• Capassodistra or la Capasso d'Istra ('Blade of the Star') in Common/Formal Pacitalian
• Vaxiriva-ethana ('Star to split in two') in Rejistanian
• Kalonii Se Vega ('the Sword of the Star') in Vegan

Location

North-eastern Atlantian Oceania, North-eastern part of the Calania continent.

Land Boundaries

• Bordering countries: Nova Britannicus to the north-west, Legalese to the south, Footballia to the west.
• Coastline: Lake Bekk to the west, Nemyan Straights (open sea) to the north and east
  
• Neighbouring Islands: Casari to the south-east and ollieland to the north.

Nations bordering Lake Bekk (Starblaydia, Druida, Legalese, The Lowland Clans and Footballia) are known as 'Bekkside' nations, which in sports events produces Bekkside Derbies, a source of pride and spice to add to any occasion between these nations.

Maritime Claims

Territorial sea: 20 NM

Climate

Mostly temperate conditions, year-round snow in the western mountains

Terrain

Predominant grasslands, plains and gently-rolling hills across most of the nation, with West and South-Central mountain ranges, South-Western Valleys

Capital

Jhanna, Jhan Province

Provinces

With eighteen provinces, Starblaydia encompasses the territory formerly owned by the Holy Empire of Nemya to its east, as well as the island of Aquiliana. A Mountain-City of Dwarves also have residence in Starblaydia, in Karak D'Ragh, the 'City of Quiet Fire', in the Riegas Province.

• Basia
• Cedrus
• Fraxinus
• Giarista
• Gar-Hallad
• Hecia
• Jhan
• Neveheim
• Phraen
• Pineus
• Quercus
• Riegas
• Salicus
• Tournetas
• Ulneus
• Urjal
• Veles
• Victoria

People

Population: ±4,000,000,000

Life Expectancy at Birth:

• Human: 92.3 years
• Dwarf: 146.1 years

Nationality

Though most countries assume a person from Starblaydia is a Starblaydian, the correct term is Starblaydi.

Races and Ethnic Groups

Starblaydia is quite a melting pot of various cultures, as browsing the names on lists such as the Starblaydia All-Time XI nominations will prove. The different cultures all add to the unique, exciting and colourful mix of Starblaydi life, an experience not found anywhere else in the world.

• White 39%
• Hispanic 24%
• Dwarf 16%
• Black 8%
• Asian 5%
• Other 8%

Religion

The government of Starblaydia is avowedly aethist, something which has been stated and proven many times, but creates no official barriers to religious worship. It merely fails to encourage the spread of religion.

• Atheist: 74.7%
• Fam’dai: 12.3%
• Agnostic: 5.6%
• Christian Denominations: 3.4%
• Holy Church of Nemya: 3.1%
• Other: 0.9%

Languages

After the Britannic Empire's rule, English was in standard useage everywhere, replacing anything that had come before it. Though there is no official law to keep it in place, English is simply the de facto language taught and used throughout the country. Some thnic groups do retain use of their own languages, though this is never in an official capacity, as the number of speakers of these languages is relatively low.

• English
• Dwarven
• Some lingering Nemyan
• Some lingering Aquil

Literacy

Education is the third-highest priority on the government spending list, taking some 15% of the government budget, and this is shown in the high literacy rate for Starblaydis.
Definition: Ages 7+ can read and write
Total population: 99.5%
Male: 99.3%
Female: 99.7%

Government

Government Type

Autocratic Dictatorship

National Government

The Protectorate of Starblaydia is ruled by its Lord- or Lady-Protector, who is currently Viannor Starblayde. The Lord-Protector has absolute power over the land and its people, and he rules his nation with a select Council of Ministers. Upon nomination to the Council, the Councillor is immediately ennobled and titled Lord or Lady. One exception to this nobility-creation was the Dwarven King, who had no use for such a title. It is extremely unlikely for all twelve councillors and the Lord-Protector to be in session at any one time, as a number of them are usually away from the Council on various visits and missions for the greater good of Starblaydia.

Councillors

• Lord Isaac M.C. Chisoko, Foreign Minister
• Lord Howard Jiminez, Domestic Minister
• Lord Carlito Orfosi, Minister of Defence
• Lord Juan Bruntos, Minister of Finance
• Lord Ricardo Gomez, Minister of Comunications
• King Galhim Khazum-Kharad, Lord High Dwarf
• Lord Rikaard Van Honjiik, Minister of Sport and Double-Posts
• The incumbent Lord-Mayor of Nova Britannicus
• The Most-High Minister of the Holy Church of Nemya, His Holiness Philippou Tsalikassis
• Lord-Commander General Aerys Fyreskar, Head of Starblaydi Armed Forces, Chief of AORDO

Local Government

Though the Nation is ruled overall by the Lord-Protector, each Province has its own elected Governor, who is responsible for the more mundane day-to-day running of each of the twelve provinces. Though elected by the people, these Governors must accept the will of the Lord-Protector and operate within their defined boundaries. The local elections prompted the United Nations to categorise Starblaydia as having 'average' Civil Rights.

Politics

Main article: Starblaydi political parties

Though the varied political parties within Starblaydia all claim to have differing 'best' ways of running each province, in reality they are all part of the same political machine. All parties, candidates and policies must be registered and approved by the state. This means that, whoever is elected, they will all be 'appropriate' for the job as previously decided by the Lord-Protector. IT is a common joke that the maintainence of this political facade accounts for most of the Starblaydi government's wasted spending.

Suffrage

All citizens over the age of 18 are elligable to vote providing they have proof of the following:

• Age
• Current employment
• Lack of criminal convictions

As political 'extremists' - such as extreme Democracists and Communists - will often hold criminal convictions for belonging to illegal political organisations, their influence on the political process within Starblaydia is marginal at best.

International Organisations

AORDO

The respect commanded by Starblaydia's general and military standing in the region led General Aerys Fyreskar to be voted as the President of all forces under AORDO - the Atlantian Oceania Regional Defence Organisation. This also led to AORDO's Headquarters being located in the Bekkside Starblaydi city of Tabeck.

Olympic Committee

The Starblaydi Athletic Association holds a place on the 7-nation Olympic Upper Council, and also the general Olympic Council of the NSOC. It also held a spot on the old NSIOC, and entered Starblaydia into the Avid-Diord '04 AOlympics, the Kaza '08 Olympics and the Tyrellian Ylompics.

Strategic Alliance

Starblaydia, with Tiberius Starblayde in particular, was the driving force behind the creation of the Strategic Alliance of Autocratic States, and also drew up the initial Lavingrad Pact which all member nations have to sign up to. It aligned the Autocratic nations within Atlantian Oceania into one bloc for mutual defence, trade and the promotion of peace. The Strategic Alliance is largely recognised as the most-powerful independant international organisation in the region of Atlantian Oceania.

United Nations

Starblaydia, initially, were a member nation of the United Nations, but following the early massive support for the Banning of Nuclear Weapons resolution, Starblaydia withdrew from the organistation before their strategic deterrent was taken away from them. In the event, Benjamin Mackey's lack of faith in the UN's processes was proved inaccurate, as the resolution failed. Starblaydia has yet to re-apply for membership of the United Nations.

World Cup Committee

Starblaydia was given a place on the World Cup Committee after the honour of co-hosting the highly-successful World Cup 20 with Druida. Under the reformed WCC system, Starblaydia's previous hosting honour and #sport activity also placed them in the 'rapid-reaction' Emergency World Cup Committee.

Footballing legend Simeone Di Bradini was voted in as the World Cup Committee President to serve as President for World Cups 25 (which Starblaydia co-incidentally won) through 27. He was succeed for World Cups 28 through 30 by another Starblaydi hero: Giovanni Lopez.

Sport

Main article: Sport in Starblaydia

As a nation hugely motivated by sports and sporting prowess, Starblaydia leads the field in sporting achievements around the world. Competition and athletic ability are highly respected and promoted in Starblaydi society, as a way of keeping its population fit and healthy, as well as having a more-than healthy desire to win.

Starblaydia are one of the most famous nations in the world of sport, be it Football, Rugby, Ice Hockey or any number of a myriad of events. National teams have won the football World Cup and Under-21 World Cup once each and taken the regional AOCAF title a joint-record four times. The Ice Hockey Cherry Cup team also are the most successful in the world ever with five championships. Liga Starblaydia, the domestic football championship, is regarded as one of the top-three leagues in the world.

Military

Main article: Starblaydi Armed Forces

Starblaydia are the current President-Nation of AORDO and take an active role in that Organisation. Starblaydia maintains a marginally post-modern tech Military, and spends around a quarter of its GDP on the military, with another quarter on Law and Order.

A long history of a militaristic people dates back to ancient times and beyond, back to the days of mythical warrior-heroes who walked the land. Due to a long and distinguished culture of excellent cavalry forces, Starblaydia's overriding military doctrine is of highly-trained, lavishly equipped and well-supported forces striking quickly with precision and skill. Around 1.3% of the national population serve at one level or another within the military, currently some 50 million people.

Puppets

Nova Britannicus is Starblaydia's only active puppet, also used as a UN Puppet. Nova Britannicus itself is a semi-subservient nation to Starblaydia, relying in it for such varied items as protection, importance and a football league. The nation of Chicken Tikkastan however, has long been demolished, following a short-lived war with the Sess'uh Dominion of Diminix.

	The Protectorate of Starblaydia
Main article: Starblaydia Provinces: Basia, Cedrus, Fraxinus, Gar-Hallad, Hecia, Jhan, Neveheim, Phraen, Pineus, Quercus, Riegas , Salicus, Tournetas, Ulneus, Urjal, Veles, Victoria Major cities: Jhanna, Tabeck, Ionia, Vecchio, Penningworth, Corinth, Tournet, Nidola Sport: Sport in Starblaydia, Starblaydia national football team, Starblaydia Under-21s, Rayzors, Golden Generation, Liga Starblaydia, Simeone Di Bradini International Organisations: AORDO, Olympic Council, Olympic Upper Council, Strategic Alliance, World Cup Committee Miscellaneous: History of Starblaydia, Armed Forces, Starblaydi Credit, Political parties, Starblaydia Triumphant, Tiberius Starblayde, White Lion, Vegan

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Regional info: Atlantian Oceania Regional Defence Organisation, Atlantian Oceania Regional Free Trade Organisation, Atlantian Oceania UN Voting, Lake Bekk, Major airports in Atlantian Oceania

Sports-related: AO Bowl, AO Champions League, Atlantian Oceania Cup of Association Football (AOCAF)

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