Ye Olde France

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Ye Olde France
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Flag of Ye Olde France
Motto: "A Beacon of Light in a World of Darkness"
Region Equilism
Capital Ye Olde Paris
Official Language(s) English, French, Hebrew
Leader Markus E. Gladimus
Population over 1.81 Billion
Currency Ye Olde Euro 
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The Utopian Society of Ye Olde France is a large nation that resides in the Equilism Region. It has been on the forefront of the Aether Plains' political battles and wars. It was the opposition party to Alomogordo's Dictatorial reign over the Aether Plains. Later, after it lost the presidentail election due to a rigged election in which pro-Ye Olde French nations were barred from voting, Ye Olde France accepted to increase executive power to the same nation it fought so far in order to halt an invasion by Canadastania and its allies. Although the war was won, it came at the terrible cost of many nations being ejected to the rejected realms. This led to a massive death of most of Aether Plains' nations as their leaders lost interest and let their nations go to ruins. Ironically, Alomogordo and Ye Olde France alone remain to this day. The region was later abolished, with the two nations moving to equilism.

Geography

Location
Western Europe
Area
547,000 square kilometers
Climate
generally cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers along the Mediterranean coast; occasional wind known as mistral.
Terrain
Slightly rocky and mountainous in the southwest and southeast. Generally vast plains in the the rest
Elevation extremes
Highest point: Mont Blanc (4807 meters.)
Lowest point: Rhone River delta (-2 meters.)
Natural resources
coal, iron ore, bauxite, zinc, uranium, antimony, arsenic, potash, feldspar, fluorospar, gypsum, timber, FISH
Land use
Arable land: 33.53%
Permanent crops: 2.07%

People

Population
1,810,000,000
Growth rate
5%
Net migration rate
+3.77 migrants/1,000 people
Gender ratio
.9996 males/females
Infant mortality rate
.07 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy
85.02 years
Fertility rate
2.96 children/woman
Religions
Protestant 43%; Roman Catholic 26%; Jewish 18%; Muslim 3%; Buddist 2.5%; Hinduist 2.3%; Other 5.2%

Government

Country name
Conventional long form:The Utopian Society of Ye Olde France
Conventional short form: Ye Olde France
Government form
Civil Rights Lovefest- Constitutional Socialist Republic
Legal system
Based on English Common Law
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal
Executive Branch
Premier: Markus E Gladimus
Elections: Direct elections through the popular vote; term is three years in office (maximum of five terms in office)
2004 Election Results: Markus E Gladimus (Civil-Libertarian Party) 70%; All others (Liberty now; Communist; Republican) 30%
Legislative Branch
Bicameral Parliament consists of the National Assembly (100 seats, delegates serve four-year terms, alternating with Presidential elections), the National Convention (357 seats, delegates serve 2-year terms).
Judicial Branch
Supreme Court (nine members appointed for 15 year terms by direct electoral elections; Apellate Courts; District Courts; County Courts
International Organizations
UN Member; NATO
Flag description
One messed up version of the French Flag

Economy

Overview
Ye Olde France has a Well-Developed and powerful economy . Per Capita GDP is at 30,237$. Private enterprise is illegal, with the government producing goods neccessary for its citizens and exports in a mercantilist fasion. Althought the government attempts to stop trade imbalance, Ye Olde France has a growing trade defecit of over 100 billion. Economic Growth has been great in the book publishing and automobile sectors.
Economic growth
4.2% (Jan. 2005 estimate)
GDP - composition by sector
agriculture: 4.7%
industry: 35.3%
services: 60.0%
Population below poverty line
0.1%
Inflation rate
3%
Unemployment rate
2.3%
Currency
Euro
Exchange rates
1 Euro=1.25 U.S. dollars