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Election results: Percent of vote by party -- [[Danaan Nationalist Party|Nationalist]] 45%, [[Danaan Patriot Party|Patriots]] 16%, [[Danaan Liberal Party|Liberal]] 25%, [[Danaan Labor Party|Labor]] 14%; seats by party -- Nationalist 254, Patriot 91, Liberal 141, Labor 78 | Election results: Percent of vote by party -- [[Danaan Nationalist Party|Nationalist]] 45%, [[Danaan Patriot Party|Patriots]] 16%, [[Danaan Liberal Party|Liberal]] 25%, [[Danaan Labor Party|Labor]] 14%; seats by party -- Nationalist 254, Patriot 91, Liberal 141, Labor 78 | ||
Revision as of 23:41, 3 November 2005
Contents
- 1 Background
- 2 Geography
- 3 People
- 3.1 Population
- 3.2 Age structure
- 3.3 Median age
- 3.4 Population growth rate
- 3.5 Birth rate
- 3.6 Death rate
- 3.7 Net migration rate
- 3.8 Sex ratio
- 3.9 Infant mortality rate
- 3.10 Life expectancy at birth
- 3.11 Total fertility rate
- 3.12 HIV/AIDS-adult prevalence rate
- 3.13 Nationality
- 3.14 Ethnic groups
- 3.15 Religions
- 3.16 Languages
- 3.17 Literacy
- 4 Government
- 4.1 Country Name
- 4.2 Dependency status
- 4.3 Government type
- 4.4 Capital
- 4.5 Administrative divisions
- 4.6 Independence
- 4.7 National Holidays
- 4.8 Constitution
- 4.9 Legal system
- 4.10 Suffrage
- 4.11 Executive branch
- 4.12 Legislative branch
- 4.13 Judicial branch
- 4.14 Political parties and leaders
- 4.15 Political pressure groups and leaders
- 4.16 International organization participation
- 5 Economy
- 5.1 Economy Overview
- 5.2 GDP
- 5.3 GDP-real growth rate
- 5.4 GDP-per capita
- 5.5 GDP-composition by sector
- 5.6 Population below poverty line
- 5.7 Household income or consumption by percentage share
- 5.8 Inflation rate (consumer prices)
- 5.9 Labor force
- 5.10 Unemployment rate
- 5.11 Budget
- 5.12 Agricultural products
- 5.13 Industries
- 5.14 Currency
- 6 Communications
- 7 Transportation
- 8 Military
- 9 Transnational issues
- 10 Related links
Background
The Danaan High Kingdom of the Resurgent Dream is a rich, island nation. In addition to the main island of the Resurgent Dream, properly called Dana but usually referred to as the mainland or the Resurgent Dream proper, the Resurgent Dream claims numerous other islands immediately surrounding her as well as a large chunk of northwest Ambara, a small lunar colony, and four other disparate islands including Kagerlund in the Pantocratorian Archipelego.The Resurgent Dream is a diverse nation consisting of 22 principalities and three grand duchies. These different territories include many religions, languages, and ethnicities, including some non-human ethnicities. The Resurgent Dream is for granting ideological and philosophical factors a comparatively high importance in foreign policy, although material and diplomatic factors are hardly neglected. The great majority of the nation's people are devoutly religious. Many faiths are practised in the Resurgent Dream and there is no official state religion for the nation, although principalities and grand duchies are allowed their own established churches and the separation of church and state is not valued in the abstract.
Geography
Location
Northwestern Tareldanore, island chain roughly a thousand miles off the coast of continental Tareldanore, sub-tropical except for the tropical island of Pele, located in the South Atlantic
Northwestern Ambara, mainland
Luna, crater roughly forty km in diameter
Four other islands in neither Ambara nor Tareldanore
Area
Total: 8,166,849 sq km
Land: 8,166,849 sq km
Land boundaries
3,504,000 km
Coastline
3,055,198 km
Maritime claims
Territorial sea: 3 nm
Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
Climate
Subtropical to tropical; hot summers, mild winters
Terrain
Wildly variant, including vast temperate forests, swamplands, endless plains, towering mountains, and rolling hills. There is also at least one substantial polder created by a large dike on the southern part of the island.
Elevation extremes
Lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m, Pacific Ocean 0 m
Highest point: Agwenberg 4,908 m
Natural resources
Coal, silver, lead, zinc, bronze, gold, platinum, uranium, lumber, fish, seals, gryffons, elephants, oil, gossamer, silver, marble, uranium
Land use
Arable land: 49%
Permanent Crops: 30%
Other: 51%
Irrigated land
1,010,409 sq km
Natural hazards
Dragons, feral gryffons, quicksand (very rare), strong tides, elephants, typhoons, hurricanes, tsunamis
Environment-current issues
Preservation of the gryffon, safe waste disposal, preservation of the Polynesian way of life, clean air, clean water, fishing and hunting population management
People
Population
2,395,000,000 (October 2005 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years: 25%
15-64: 45%
65-100: 29%
100 and over: 1%
Median age
Total: 43 years
Male: 42 years
Female: 44 years
Population growth rate
0.42% (8 A.R. est.)
Birth rate
6 births/1,000 population (8 A.R. est.)
Death rate
4 deaths/1,000 population (8 A.R. est.)
Net migration rate
2 migrants/1,000 population (8 A.R. est.)
Sex ratio
0.6 males/female
Infant mortality rate
Total population: 4 deaths/1,000 lives births
Male: 6 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 3 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth
78 years
Total fertility rate
3.12 children born/woman (8 A.R. est.)
HIV/AIDS-adult prevalence rate
7.3/1,000
Nationality
Noun: Danaan
Adjective: Danaan
Ethnic groups
European 78%, East Asian 14%, South Asian 6%, Other 2% (No other above 0.5%)
Religions
Protestant 57%, Confucian 12%, Mormon 12%, Hindu 6%, Roman Catholic 6%, Buddhist 2%, Eastern Orthodox 2%, Unitarian 1%, no other over 0.5%
Languages
English (Official), various other languages used by the various Grand Duchies and Principalities
Literacy
Definition: Functional literacy in English
Total population: 100%
Male: 100%
Female: 100%
Government
Country Name
Conventional long form: The Danaan High Kingdom of the Resurgent Dream
Conventional short form: The Resurgent Dream
Local long form: As conventional
Local short form: As conventional
Dependency status
Independent, sovereign state with no history as a colony. However, the Resurgent Dream did consist of six semi-sovereign states with dependent status towards the central government until 8 R.A..
Government type
Constitutional monarchy with an elected Parliament
Capital
Tarana since 200 R.C.
Administrative divisions
25 states linked to one another and the national government in a federal system; Shieldcrest, Wintermore, Farinor, Fireforge, Bilbtoria, Holista, Pele, Corral, Selinia, Alekthos, Amalad, Amory, Carasia, Kager, Kar, Karoki, Legon, Nerise, Sanero, Saraben, Thorlund, Wyrnsk, Zeng, Zutern
Independence
Never had dependent status. The Resurgent Dream was founded in 1 R.T. and was fully consolidated into a federal system in 7 R.A.
National Holidays
New Year's (January 1), Labor Day (May 1), High King's Day (July 7), Remembrance Day (August 8), Thanksgiving (November 8), High King Timon's Birthday (December 8)
Constitution
February 8th 1 R.A.
Legal system
Appointed federal judges serve for life, Uasal Court is the last court of appeal and may judge the constitutionality of acts of Parliament, state courts vary
Suffrage
17 years of age; universal
Executive branch
Chief of state: High King Owain ap Cunedda(since 2005)
Head of government: Prime Minister Minerva Karamanlis (since 2005)
Cabinet: Appointed by the Prime Minister with the advice and consent of the Parliament
Elections: The monarchy is hereditary, prime minister (usually the majority or plurality party leader) is given a mandate by the High King to form a government
Legislative branch
Unicameral Parliament (364 seats; popularly elected representatives by county and one representative from the throne of each principality)
Election results: Percent of vote by party -- Nationalist 45%, Patriots 16%, Liberal 25%, Labor 14%; seats by party -- Nationalist 254, Patriot 91, Liberal 141, Labor 78
Judicial branch
Uasal Court, appointed federal courts, diverse state court systems
Political parties and leaders
Nationalist Party (Thomas Baxter), Patriot Party (Rhodri Llewellyn), Danaan Liberal Party (Minerva Karamanlis}. Danaan Labor Party (Abraham Goldfarb)
Political pressure groups and leaders
Danaan Association of Trade and Industrial Unions(DATIU)[ Mohammed Nazif ]
Order of Steel [Sir Abdallah al-Faisal]
Church of Amory [Archbishop Charles Blair]
Carasian Orthodox Church [Patriarch Girma Zenawi]
Church of Arrara [Archbishop Juliana Balkenende]
National Sentient Rights League (NSRL} [ Jan-Willem Zalm ]
Women's Association of the Resurgent Dream (WARD) [ Zahava Eitam ]
International organization participation
Economy
Economy Overview
The Danaan economy is a prosperous one, dominated by information technology. Retail and book publishing are also powerful industries and it is in the book publishing industry that the Danaan people take the greatest pride. Tourism is also encouraged. There is a large degree of specialization among the various Principalities.
GDP
Purchasing power parity -- $74,250,000,000,000
GDP-real growth rate
10% (8 R.A. est.)
GDP-per capita
Purchasing power parity -- $37,237.04
GDP-composition by sector
Agriculture: 28%
Industry: 49%
Services: 23%
Population below poverty line
21,208,000
Lowest 10%: 1%
Highest 10%: 40%
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
1.6% (8 R.A. est.)
Labor force
2,250,000,000
Unemployment rate
2.97%
Budget
Revenues: $10,617,149,240,880
Expenditures: $10,404,806,256,062
Agricultural products
Wheat, tobacco, cotton, oranges, apples, pork, beef, pears, peaches, cherries, hay, maize, fish, sheep, gryffons, shellfish
Industries
Book publishing, shipbuilding, aviation, tourism, handicrafts, food processing, mining, automobile manufacturing, entertainment, construction, information technology, retail, military hardware
Currency
Communications
Telephones-main lines in use
1,047,001,031
Telephones-mobile cellular
647,000,000
Telephone system
General assessment: adequate domestic and international service provided by satellite, cables, and microwave radio relay
Domestic: cables, microwave radio relay, satrllite
International: country code-650; satellite earth stations -- 18 Comstat, 7 Danintel
Radio broadcast stations
AM 6, FM 51, shortwave 6
Television broadcast stations
1 national publicly-owned station, 7 national privately-owned non-profit stations, 65 national privately-owned for-profit stations, numerous local stations; all national stations are cable-based
Internet country code
.rd
Internet hosts
58,000,000
Internet users
2,122,000,000
Transportation
Railways
Total: 147,000 km
Broad gauge: 97,000 km
Narrow gauge: 50,000 km
Highways
Total: 54,000,000 km
Paved: 53,999,846 km
Unpaved: 154 km
Waterways
905,000 km
Pipelines
Petroleum products 1,050,000 km; natural gas 1,051,000 km
Ports and harbors
Armonvale, Aby, Vounian, Cobhda, Naoley, Eiry, Kenron, Kerlea, Eirnaidh, Nay, Cavyn, Selinia, Heartanchor, Newlund
Merchant marine
Total: 724 (1,000 GRT or over) 72,500,212 GRT
By type: barge carrier 2, bulk 76, cargo 71, chemical tanker 77, combination bulk 2, combination ore/oil 2, container 171, gravitic freighter 12, multi-functional large load carrier 2, passenger 78, passenger/cargo 2, petroleum tanker 76, refrigerated cargo 2, roll on/roll off 71, short-sea passenger 2, vehicle carrier 78.
Foreign-owned: Menelmacar 40,New York and Jersey 36,Pantocratoria 28, Dominion 12, the C'tan 50
Registered in other countries: 431
Airports
Airports-with paved runways
Total: 11,669
Over 3,047 m: 400
2,438 to 3,047 m: 600
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5,000
914 to 1,523 m: 5,660
Under 914 m: 233
Airports-with unpaved runways
Total: 4,242
Over 3,047 m: 3
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3
1,524 to 2,437 m: 234
914 to 1,523 m: 2,001
Under 914 m: 2,001
Heliports
400
Military
Military Branches
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Royal Guard
Military manpower-military age and obligation
21 years of age for conscription, 17 years of age for voluntary service, conscription is by lottery and not universal, women are not subject to subscription at all
Military manpower-availability
1,757,000,000
Military manpower-fit for military service
20,000,000
Military manpower-reaching military age annually
8,715,000
Military expenditures-dollar figure
$2,121,205,465,579.20
Military expenditures-percentage of budget
20%
Transnational issues
Disputes-international
Some minor tensions with Pantocratoria over judicial cooperation, minor differences with Knootoss over interpretation of the VERITAS treaty, minor border differences with Marlund, minor fishing rights disputes with Pantocratoria
Refugees and internally displaced persons
Refugees: 12,001,042
IDPs: 22,041
Related links
Danaan History, Danaan Culture, Danaan Literature, Danaan Philosophy, Danaan Theatre, Danaan Cinema, Danaan Politics, Danaan Law