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Ximea

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Motto: Love Long and Prosper
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Region	Atheist Empire
Capital	Xim
Official Language(s)	English
Leader	The Lord Commander Teflon Don
Population	589 million
Currency	Slinky
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World Factbook Entry for : Ximea

Location 

Atheist Empire

Name 

Conventional Long Form: The Free Lands of Ximea

Conventional Short Form: Ximea

Geography

Area

20,450,000 sq km

Maritime Claims 

Territorial Sea: 24 NM

Exclusive Fishing Zone: 200 NM

Geology

Ximea occupies the volcanic southern portion of a massive continent in the Atheist Empire. Most of the nation's territory is geologically active, and tremors, earthquakes, and minor volcanic eruptions are common. Three volcanoes, Vesuvius II, Alighieri Peak, and Mount Faustus, are in a continual state of low-level eruption. A thick layer of lava rock covers a granite and basalt continental mass.

Climate

Varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north. The southernmost areas of Ximea, South Island and the Tailbone (peninsula), tend to be very hot and humid, while the northern areas tend to be cooler and drier.

Precipitation can reach up to 270 cm annually.

Natural Hazards

• Flash floods can occur in the south throughout the tropical season. Other major risks include landslides, mudflows, earthquakes, tremors, tsunamis, typhoons, and volcanic eruptions.
• The dominant biomes of Ximea are rainforest and swampland, making overland travel hazardous.
• Numerous species of indigenous fauna are hazardous to humans (including the land lamprey, Ximea’s national animal), as are a few species of carnivorous flora.

Terrain

• Mostly rugged and mountainous; some plains, coastal lowlands. Large areas of rainforest, swamps, and wetlands in the south; deciduous forests, deserts, and grassland in the north.
• Lowest point: Lake Charon -905 m
• Highest point: Mount Kadath, 3,025 m

Population and Culture

Population 589 million

Average children per family 2.1

Life Expectancy at Birth

• total population: 79.68 years
• male: 76.75 years
• female: 82.81 years

Racial makeup

• Ximean 45%
• Caucasian 25%
• Black 14%
• Asian 12%
• Other 4%

Religions

• Nonreligious 76%
• Shinto Buddhist 13%
• Other Buddhist 5%
• Christian 4%
• Pagan 2%

Language

The official language of Ximea is English, though many citizens utilize Latin and Esperanto as second (and sometimes tertiary) languages. Japanese is common in the south; Italian and German are common in the north. Literacy is nearly universal in English in citizens over the age of 15.

Holidays

Bacchus Day, March 16th. A celebration of intoxication. This celebration usually involves the excessive consumption of wine, since beer is far less popular in Ximea than in most other nations where alcohol consumption is permitted. Bacchus Day actually extends until dawn of March 17th.

April Fools Day, April 1st. A day of jest and mild practical joking. Ximea’s newest national holiday, April Fools Day became “official” shortly after a joke circulated by email somehow reached the Lord Commander. According to the joke, atheists do have a religious holiday, April Fools Day. Since most of Ximea’s citizens are atheists, the Lord Commander made April 1st an official holiday, mostly for his own amusement, but also because “April Fools Day is the one day when we must exercise the most critical thinking. People who blindly believe whatever they’re told are liable to end up extremely confused.”

The Solstice Festival, December 21st. A secularized version of Christmas, the Solstice Festival is a time of merriment and goodwill. Gifts are exchanged at the end of the day and old grudges are dropped. As Ximea does not have any conifers, the “Christmas tree” is replaced by a “Solstice Cycad.”

Hot Springs Day, December 29th. No one is really sure why, but this is the most popular day for people to visit one of Ximea’s many hot springs. Eventually, the government officially recognized it as a holiday.

Government

Government Type: Elected monarchy; lifelong term.

Divisions of the Federal Government

• Ministry of Agriculture
• Ministry of Culture
• Ministry of Energy
• Ministry of Finance
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Ministry of Law
• Ministry of Industry
• Ministry of Resources
• Ministry of Science and Technology
• Ministry of State
• Ministry of Transportation
• Ministry of War

Capitol: Xim

Major Cities

• Bruno;
• Cape City;
• Cobalt Point;
• Fiorina;
• Old Iron Peak;
• Sif

Military Branches

• Air Force
• Army
• Navy
• Special Forces
• Strategic Forces
• BioSWAT (technically a branch of the Bio-Sciences Division of the Ministry of Science and Technology)

Industry and Technology

The information technology and biotechnology industries are the two dominant fields in Ximea, though mining and manufacturing are also represented strongly. Because of strong anti-monopoly, anti-conglomeration, anti-trust and consumer-safety laws, most companies in Ximea (but not all) are actually government-run, as are power and water utilities.

Ximea generates nearly 65% of its electrical power from nuclear energy, 27% from geothermal energy, and 8% from hydroelectric dams. Roughly 62% of fresh water comes from natural sources such as lakes, rivers, underground streams and aquifers, and 38% comes from desalinated ocean water. Sea salt is exported as a by-product of the desalination process.

Natural Resources

Uranium, iron ore, tungsten, titanium, copper, tin, platinum, nickel, lead, zinc, phosphates, basalt, granite, marble, pumice, sea salt, mineral water, and precious stones.

Massive geothermal power, moderate hydropower.

Commercial fish and shellfish.

Plant products, including medicines, foods, natural fibers, and lumber.