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The Milesian Technate

Flag of The Milesian Technate
Motto: "Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of cancer"
Milesia
Region	Milesia
Capital	Mannin
Official Language(s)	{{{language}}}
Leader	Anna Mendelson
Population	37 Million
Currency	TMT Credit
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General Information

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The Milesian Technate World Factbook Entry

Geography

Area:

total: 315,100 sq km

water: 4,620 sq km

land: 310,480 sq km

Land boundaries:

total: 0 km

Coastline:

13,877 km

Maritime claims:

territorial sea: 12 NM

exclusive fishing zone: 200 NM

Climate:

temperate maritime; modified by Western Milesian Current; mild winters, cool summers; consistently humid; overcast about half the time

Terrain:

Western island: mostly level to rolling interior plain surrounded by rugged hills and low mountains; sea cliffs on west coast

Eastern island: mostly rugged hills and low mountains; level to rolling plains in east and southeast

Elevation extremes:

lowest point: The Fens -4 m

highest point: Cnoc Nébin 1,343 m

Natural resources:

natural gas, peat, copper, lead, zinc, silver, barite, gypsum, limestone, dolomite

coal, petroleum, iron ore, gold, tin, salt, clay, chalk, potash, silica sand, slate, arable land

Land use:

arable land: 0%

permanent crops: 0%

other: 100%

Irrigated land:

n/a

Natural hazards:

winter windstorms; floods

People

Population:

37,270,720

Age structure:

0-14 years: 20% (male 3,906,185; female 3,547,959)

15-64 years: 64.91% (male 12,392,514; female 11,802,394) 24194908

65 years and over: 15.09% (male 2,530,868; female 3,093,283)

Median age:

total: 38.7 years

male: 37.6 years

female: 39.8 years

Population growth rate:

0.05%

Birth rate:

10.4 births/1,000 population

Death rate:

10.4 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate:

.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female

65 years and over: .8 male(s)/female

total population: 1 male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate:

total: 2 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 2 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 2 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 81.85 years

male: 80.8 years

female: 82.9 years

Total fertility rate:

2.1 children born/woman

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.05%

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

18,000

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

120

Nationality:

noun: Milesian(s), Milesians (collective plural)

adjective: Milesian

Ethnic groups:

Ventrians (43%), Drenai (30%), Gothir (23%), other (4%)

Religions:

Irreligious 76%, monotheistic 14%, polytheistic 10%

Languages:

Drenai and Ventrian both enjoy official status with the vast majority of the population being bilingual

Literacy:

definition: age 15 and can read and write

total population: 99%

male: 99%

female: 99%

Government

Country name:

conventional long form: The Milesian Technate

conventional short form: Milesia

abbreviation: TMT

Government type:

corporation based technocracy

Capital:

Mannin

Administrative divisions:

Mannin, Drenan, Gathuli, Lentria, Vagria, Dros Delnoch, Dros Purdol, Dros Cora, Capalis, Caphis, Cadia, Usa

Independence:

Milesia didn’t exist as a unified entity till a union between Ikeni, Ventria and Naashan territories was signed at the Treaty of Drenan in 1584. However the modern Milesian state is much more recent in that a bloodless social revolution in which Milesia changed from a Minarchy to a Statist corporate technocracy between the years 1996 and 2004 with the Proclamation of the Technate

National holiday:

Milesia does not celebrate any one particular national holiday

Constitution:

Being developed

Legal system:

Common law, adversarial system without juries, judges have discretion to call and question witnesses as they see fit.

Suffrage:

15 years of age; universal

Executive branch:

head of government: Anna MENDELSON

cabinet: Oversight Committee - 24-person board, split into committees with a responsibility for each Department,

elections: elected for a five-year term via Single Transferable Vote

Legislative branch:

None: all laws are derived from the constitution and interpreted by the Supreme Court, where necessary.

Judicial branch:

Criminal Courts

Court of Criminal Appeal (Panel of 3 Judges, advised by a forensic psychologist, not linked with original trial)

High Court (Trial court with 1 Judge, advised by a forensic psychologist, tries serious crimes)

Low Court (Trial Court with 1 Judge, tries minor crimes)

Civil Courts

Circuit Court (Deals with breaches of civil law and contracts, libel etc., 1 Judge)

Small Claims Court (Deals with smaller breaches of contract)

International organization participation:

CACE, IFTA

Flag description:

Bicolour: divided into 1/5th black (hoist side) and 4/5ths red.

A series of 5 pointed stars are located along the black/red border and on each side of it.

The 4 outside stars represent Life, Liberty, Humanity and Communal Welfare with the centre star representing the People.