The Far Echo Islands
The Far Echo Islands is a safe nation. Noteable for its granting of dolphin rights, and strict enviromental laws. The nation is quite technologically advanced for its age.
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| Motto: War Does not determine who is right, but who is left. | |
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| Region | CATLANDATOPIA |
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| Capital | New St. Petersburg |
| Official Language(s) | Arkik, English |
| Leader | Grand Arbiter Grant Norse |
| Population | 189,099,712 |
| Currency | Ice Diamond |
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History
The Islands have been long debated as independent, the first attempt at revolt was an unorganized attempt about 75 years ago by the many tribes to rebel against the emperor, an idea that was unheard of until then, resulted in the ‘Tribal Wars’ but the rag-tag band of tribes could not overtake the numerous, well organized imperial soldiers. After the nearly world encompassing Sound Empire split into the Holy Sound Empire and the Echo Empire 47 years ago, the Far Echo Islands made their first vie for independence, but the region only got war torn by the fighting of the two great Empires over them. 23 years later when political corruption broke out into assassinations that killed almost all the leaders of the Echo Empire, which had won rights to the islands, this temporary confusion of who was in charge caused the revolutions of 17 nations that the Echo Empire had ruled; the Far Echo Islands was one of them. But the Holy Sound Empire came out of nowhere and re-conquered the archipelago. Five years later the still debated responsibility of the detonation of a nuclear device in the capitol of the HSE killed the leadership, and 4.3 million other people, and both the massive empires finally dissolved.
Current issues in the last decade of the Confederacy has been the debate over communism vs. democracy vs. anarchy, weather or not to tighten the regulations of industry and the economy, and the most international, the debates over the rights of dolphins.
Government
Official National Name: the Confederacy of the Far Echo Islands Accepted non abbreviations: the Far Echo Islands Accepted abbreviations: CFEI, FEI
Capital: New St. Petersburg in Northern Province of Arctica (formerly Neo Savannah)
Major Urban Centers: Neo Savannah, Carribbia Province; Olde Towne, Phillipian Province; Colombia, Colombian Province.
Form of Government: A Confederacy of individuals whom are concerned with the nation’s well being, based loosely off the government of the United States of America and the former Confederate States of America, with some influences from British and Canadian constructional monarchies with absolute separation of church and state. However, recent elections put into power the Socialist Party, who are looking to keep the democratic system but intergrate socialist ideals into it.
United Nations category: Inoffensive Centrist Democracy
Branches of Government: Judicial, Legislative, Executive
Political Parties: Republican, Socalist, Confederate, Liberal, Green, Independent
Heads of State:
Sectary of Defense: Luke Smit
Sectary of State: Gregor Mendel
Arbiter (President): Delpin Hyit (acting)
Grand Arbiter (detained in British Londinium) Lee Jackson Davis
Arbiter (VP): Kevin Delvin
Supreme Court Judge: Jason Kaver
Arch Domestic Relations Advisor: Jerry Niflet
Domestic Ambassadors: Kyle Cashton, Tricia Evers, Wally Konv
Arch Foreign Relations Advisor: Lucy Raven
Foreign Ambassadors: Raman Hender, Octavos Yongerson.
Arch Military Advisor: Major Luke Iris Secondary Military Advisors: Captain Karl Oneta, Lieutenant Commander Little Daufuskie
Additional Information of the Government of CFEI:
Suffrage: universal
Voting: voluntairy
Provinces: four
Territories: zero
Current calendar: 365 day Georgian solar modified so that the 1st day of August is the first day of the year. This is so because this is the day that the recognizing of dolphin rights, so the current year in the Far Echo Islands is 0 a.r. (after recognizing)
Military
There is complusory military service in the nation, at least one year, but many people make at least a short carreer of it. ROTC programs are requiered in every school.
Geography
The Confederacy of the Far Echo Islands is a medium sized nation in land mass and territorial waters; it is a long archipelago of islands that range in climate from arctic to temperate to sub-tropical.
The location of the Far Echo Islands is relative to that of Greenland in the northernmost Islands, and Cuba in the southernmost. The nation’s largest islands are quite far apart, but with the numerous small inhabited islands, which average out to be about 100sqkm in area, the nation has rights to many waters.
The highest point is Coledaze Mountain, its elevation is 5057m; it is part of the Yolanda Mountain Chain in the center of Glacia Island, the northernmost large isle in the nation. The lowest point is Olde Towne which sits 20m below sea level in the Phillipean Province on the California Island. The island is named for its westernmost point in the nation.
The largest natural hazard to the nation is the threat of tsunamis. With its many large coastal cities a tsunami is a threat to millions. And since most of the islands are formed out of volcanic faults, the threat is very real. A network of seismic seabed Richter scales so as to give warning and all cities of more than 1000 people must have evacuation plans, but the fact that faults lie less than 10 kilometers off shore in some cities it is impossible to completely defend against.
Another threat to the Far Echo Islands that is slower to onset, but could nearly wipe the nation from the map is global warming, in response, the Far Echo Islands has nearly zero greenhouse gas emissions and uses 99.9% ‘green’ power, which comes out to about 2% nuclear, 60% tidal, 11% solar, and 27% wind. Houses and businesses are built to be very energy efficient as well. Electric transport via trains is popular, and cars are powered by newly developed batteries and hydrogen fuel cells.
In keeping with this environmental sense, land use is regulated; the government keeps detailed maps of land claims and usage, and it is updated bi-annually, however the government is working on getting that to be quarterly. About 90% of the land remains pristinely untouched by human hands; the rest is devoted 85% to agriculture, 10% to cities and towns, 4% devoted to industry such as mining and lumber, and 1% to non farming homes. Distillation of salt water is the primary source of water for the nation, but a respectable amount comes from the nation’s many small rivers.
Natural resources vary from Uranium and gold to woodchips, all of which is carefully monitored for environmental impact.
