Veskaland

Veskaland
Region: Reformed Oceania Motto: From error to error one discovers the entire truth. Official Language(s): Rihannsu Capital: Titan Population: NS: 3,774,000,000 RP: Several Trillion Currency: Veskan Credit Leader: Gavin Young
Stats: NSEconomy Pipian XML

Geography

Location

Planet Titan, Sector 66, Spatial Grid 165, Wrendas Galaxy

Primary Landmass Area

total: 252,628,360 sq km land: 249,238,460 sq km water: 3,389,900 sq km

Primary Landmass Area – comparative

Approximately 20 times larger than America.

Spatial Territory holdings

21 Sectors separated into 2,100 spatial grid squares (100 squares per sector). Each square is 1,000 light years in width and 1,000,000 square light years. Thus making each sector 10,000 light years in width and 100,000,000 square light years in size. Totalling all the Rian spatial territories as 2,100,000,000 square light years.

Coastline

19,000,000 kms

Maritime Claims

Territorial sea: 2,000,000 nm Contiguous zone: 30,000,000 Continental shelf: not assessed.

Climate

Unlike most places on Earth, Titan has three seasons, each season lasts for thirteen months. (one Titanian Year: 39 months) Tuaq: The cold dry season. Temperatures reach only as high as 15 degrees Celsius, but can reach as low as -30 degrees. Urhik: The cool wet season. Temperatures reach a maximum of 25 degrees, and a minimum of about 5 degrees. Rain prevails and storms are a common sight. Mhia: The hot dry season. Temperatures reach into the high 30’s away from the equator, but up to 50 at the equator.

Terrain

Mainly plains surrounded by tall snow-capped mountains. Many lakes, rivers and seas.

Elevation extremes

Lowest point: Paetha Hiudh (Veskan: Depressed Area) 20,000 feet below sea level. Highest point: Mt. Verelan (Mount Graceful) 24 kms above sea level.

Natural resources

Iron, Tin, gold, silver, platinum, oil, gas, uranium, rubber and others yet to be tapped.

Land use

arable land: 7.89% permanent crops: 3.66% other: 88.45%

Irrigated land

5,080,000

Natural hazards

Acid rain caused by nuclear fall out from “The Experiment”. Mt Verelan is a volcano. Earthquakes, freak floods and bushfires.

Environmental - current issues

Acid Rain and nuclear fall out.

Environment - International agreements

None.

People

Population

Veska City: 3,774,000,000 Total Republic: 955,254,636,731,000,000

Age structure

0-14 years: 39% 15-64 years: 47% 65 years and over: 13%

Median Rihannsu age

Total: 37.32 Male: 35.09 Female: 39.55

Population growth rate

2.57%

Birth rate

23.77 births/1,000 population

Death rate

15.66 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate

12 migrants/1,000 population

Sex ratio

At birth: 1 male/female Under 15 years: 1.10 male/female 15-64 years: 1.01 male/female 65 years and over: 0.96 male/female Total population: 1.01 male/female

Infant mortality rate

Total: 4.43 deaths/1,000 live births Male: 4.94 deaths/1,000 live births Female: 3.89 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth

Total population: 89.85 Male: 88.9 Female: 90.8

Total Fertility Rate

12.663 babies/woman

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.02%

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

64,760,000

HIV/AIDS - death

758,433

Nationality

Noun: Rian Adjective: Veskan

Ethnic Groups

99.9% Rian, >1% Za’aan

Religions

Holy Church of the Divine Za’aan Lords 98.8%, Pagan 1.2%

Languages

Rihannsu

Literacy

Definition: Age 15 and over that can read and write Total population: 97.60 Male: 99.72 Female: 95.17

Government Structure and Politics

Country Name

Conventional long form: The Rian Republic of Veskaland Conventional short form: The Rian Republic, Veskaland Abbreviation: RRV

Government Type

Benevolent Dictatorship/Monarchy Capital Titania Centre Administrative divisions 69 Provinces; divided into 769 Segments National holiday

Constitution

unwritten, partly statutes, partly common law

Legal system

no judicial review of legislative acts

Suffrage

restricted to Citizens at age 21

Executive branch

emperor, praetor, proconsuls

Legislative branch

unicameral Imperial Senate

Judicial branch

Imperial High Court

Leaders

Chief of State and Head of Government: Supreme Overlord Gavin Young

Military Commander in Chief: Supreme Overlord Gavin Young

International organization participation

None

Economy

Economy - overview

A centrally planned economy geared to support of the military and Law and Order. Efficient replicator-based economy provides almost all goods. Food and medicine are still agriculturally produced.

GDP

$89,420,232,942,482.25

GDP - real growth rate

+0.6%

GDP per capita

$27,615.88

GDP - composition by sector

Agriculture: 15% Industry: 60% Services and misc. sectors: 25%

Population below poverty line

1.83%

Unemployment rate

2.74%

Household income or consumption by % share

Lowest 10%: 0 Highest 10%: 0

Inflation rate

2%

Labour force

616,137,651

Budget

Expenditures: $88,939,636,097,810.42

Agriculture - products

Wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; forest products; fish

Industrial production growth rate

+3.6%

Electricity - production

70 Trillion kWh

Electricity - consumption

65 Trillion kWh

Electricity - exports

2.2 Trillion kWh

Electricity - imports

None

Oil - production

200.13 million bbl/day

Oil - consumption

50.89 million bbl/day

Oil - exports

100 million bbl/day

Oil - imports

none

Oil - proven reserves

100 trillion bbl

Natural gas - monthly production

100 billion cubic cm

Natural gas - yearly consumption

10 billion cubic cm

Natural gas - exports

None

Natural gas - imports

100 billion cubic cm

Natural gas - proven reserves

100 trillion cubic cms

Exports

$11,380,062,052,736.83

Exports - commodities

Capital goods, automobiles, industrial supplies and raw materials, natural resources, agricultural products

Exports - partners

Imports

$10,899,465,208,065.00

Imports - commodities

Consumer goods, chemicals, textiles, machinery

Imports - partners

Rotovia Ham-o

Debt

Debt - external

None

Economic aid - donor

None

Currency

Veskan Credit

Currency code

₪

Exchange rates

1 Veskan Credit = $1.5468

Fiscal year

13 months

Communications

Telephones - main lines in use

5.6 billion

Telephones - mobile cellular

7.8 Billion

Telephone system

General assessment: a large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system Domestic: : a large system of fibre-optic cable, and domestic satellites carries every form of telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile telephone traffic throughout the country

Radio broadcast stations

AM 3,942; FM 7,513; Shortwave 29

Television broadcast stations

2,398

Internet country code

.rrv

Internet hosts

115,311,958

Internet users

640,000,000

Transportation

Railways

1,201,160 Standard Gauge: 1,201,160 1.435-m gauge (all electrified.)

Highways

Total: 15,304,440 Paved: 15,302,440 Unpaved: 2,000

Waterways

424,080 km

Pipelines

None

Ports and harbours

Titania City, New Corsica, Arcana.

Merchant Marine

26,560 ships

Airports

308,740

Heliports

18,460

Military

Military branches

Galae (Starfleet), Army, Navy, Air force, Marines, Centurions, National Guard, Tal'Shiar (CIA), Efk'Khelh (FBI), Police Force, Coast Guard (opperates from the Navy).

Military manpower - military age and obligation

Can volunteer for service at age 16 and 17 months. Age for conscription is 19 and 10 months.

Military manpower - availability

2,621,862,349

Military manpower - fit for military service

2,621,862,349

Military manpower - reaching military age annually

400,000

Military expenditures - dollar figures

$24,013,701,746,408.82

Military expenditures - percent of GDP

27%

Transnational Issues

Disputes - international Military Build up on Veska City/Loishland Border on Earth.

Illicit drugs

Very large exporter of illicit cocaine.