The Milesian Technate

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The Milesian Technate
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Flag of The Milesian Technate
Motto: "Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of cancer"
Milesia
Region Milesia
Capital Mannin
Official Language(s) Milesian
Leader Neil ROBINSON
Population < 200 Million
Currency TMT Credit 
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Recent History

Milesia went through one of its most turbulent peacetime changes ever in the very recent past, changing from a Minarchy (Milesia) to a corporate based technocracy (The Milesian Technate) with the Proclamation of the Technate. This change was traumatic to say the least, though entirely peaceful and without bloodshed. The Technate has yet to recover her full economic strength but is in the unusual position of having a complex and very modern infrastructure as well as a highly skilled workforce and yet has quite low levels of production and income, at least in the short term, as there are still kinks to be worked out with economic co-ordination.

The Technate was helped hugely in its transition to a non-capitalist state by SeOCC and their ability to get an exemption from the IFTA to trade with The Technate and supply it with many goods which would otherwise have been unavailable to The Technate due to political reprisals from the nationalisation of the Milesian economy.

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: 1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 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
Novan 58%, Palari 36% other 6%
Religions
Irreligious 76%, monotheistic 14%, polytheistic 10%
Languages
Milesian enjoys official status (Novan and Palar long since having combined into one language) but other languages are spoken by minorities
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: M
Government type
corporation based technocracy
Capital
Mannin
Administrative divisions
Mannin, Atlantic, Connaught, Leinster, Ulster, Highland, Forth, Pennines, York, Mercia, London, Glenmorgan
Independence
didn’t exist as a unified entity till a union between Palar and Novan territories was signed at the Treaty of Atlantic 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
May 19th
Constitution
Being developed
Legal system
Palari Common Law, adversarial system but judges have discretion to call and question witnesses as they see fit, no jury system.
Suffrage
16 years of age; universal
Executive branch
head of state: Neil ROBINSON
head of goverment: Jo PAIGE
cabinet: None, as such. HoG is chosen by elected Representatives from their own ranks
elections: elected for a five-year terms via Single Transferable Vote
Legislative branch
Unicameral parliament.
36-person legislature devoid of party politics, split into oversight committees with responsibility of evaluating Departments
Judicial branch
Criminal Courts
Special Criminal Court (Panel of 3 Judges, tries the most serious of Offences Against the State)
Supreme Court (Panel of 3 Judge, tests constitutionality of Bills, final court of criminal appeal)
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
Ombudsman Court (1 Judge, hears of breaches of service by Technate Corporations)
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.