Imagua and the Assimas
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Republic of Imagua and the Assimas | |
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Motto: Peace, liberty, order | |
| Land controlled by Imagua and the Assimas Land controlled by Imagua and the Assimas | |
| Capital and largest city | Cuanstad |
| Official languages | Estmerish, Etrurian |
| Recognised regional languages | Imaguan Creole |
| Ethnic groups (2011) | Bahio-Imaguans (60%) Euclo-Imaguans (30%) Other (10%) |
| Religion (2011) | Sotirianity (98%) Others (2%) |
| Demonym(s) | Imaguan |
| Government | Parliamentary republic |
| Edmondo Privitera | |
| Douglas Egnell | |
| Independence | |
• From Estmere | 2 December, 1946 |
| Area | |
• Total | 330,838 km2 (127,737 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2011 census | 1,306,505 |
• Density | 72.2510473/km2 (187.1/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | estimate |
• Total | $42,701,809,420 |
• Per capita | $32,684 |
| GDP (nominal) | estimate |
• Total | $21,221,560,715 |
• Per capita | $16,243 |
| Gini (2015) | 35.8 medium |
| HDI (2018) | 0.719 high |
| Currency | Imaguan shilling (ſ) (IAS) |
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy |
| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | TBD |
| Internet TLD | .ia |
Imagua and the Assimas (Etrurian: Imagua e Assimas), commonly referred to as Imagua (Etrurian: Imagua), is a sovereign state, located between Asteria Superior and Asteria Inferior on the Arucian Sea.
Inhabited by native Arucians and other indigenous peoples of the Asterias, Imagua and the Assimas were first discovered by Assim Asteris in the 1490s, and was settled by Caldians in 1503. However, in the 1560s, Ordennyan colonizers took the islands from Caldia and attached it to their colony in Eldmark.
Over the coming centuries, control of the islands bounced back and forth between the various Euclean powers, including (TBA), (TBC), and (TBD), until by the nineteenth century, it came under the control of Etruria, which controlled the Assimas Islands, and Estmere, which controlled the island of Imagua.
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Etymology
The name Imagua derives from the TBDian phrase for little middle place, which refers to the island of Imagua, as it is relatively small compared to Sanslumiere, which was situated in the middle of the Arucian Sea between Asteria Superior and Asteria Inferior.
The name of the Assimas refers to the Assimas Islands, which were named after Assim Asteris, who first discovered the two Asterian continents. The reason for this name was that the Caldish held the islands for a brief period of time from 1503 until 1560, when the Caldish lost the islands to (TBD).
History
Prehistory
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Early colonial efforts
After discovery of the area by Assim Asteris in the 1490s, Caldia made the first efforts to establish a colonial presence in what is now Imagua and the Assimas in 1503, when they established a settlement in present-day Cuanstad.
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In 1562, when Ordennya took over Eldmark, the decision was made by the Caldian administration to abandon the islands and give them to Ordennya. The Ordennyans subsequently attached the area to Eldmark, and it was governed from Hammarvik. During this time, while there was some activity on the islands, especially with the establishment of farms and settlements, the islands were generally
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Geography
Imagua and the Assimas is situated on the Arucian Sea, and is part of the larger (TBD). It is traditionally divided into two regions, the large island of Imagua and the smaller Assimas Islands.
The Assimas Islands comprise of three major islands west of the island of Imagua, in decreasing area: Avitabile Island, Ineweyu Island, and Guardia Island. The Assimas Islands, while of volcanic origin, have been extinct for millions of years, which have helped contribute to the small islands of the Assimas. The highest point of the Assimas Islands is Mount Pereramon, located on Avitabile Island, and at an elevation of 940 meters above sea level.
Imagua only comprises of a single major island, Imagua. Imagua is a volcanic island, with three volcanoes on the island: the highest volcano, Mount Apita, at 1,467 meters above sea level, which last erupted in 1972, Mount Guanara, at 966 meters above sea level, which last erupted in 1866, and Mount Morete, which is believed to be extinct, and is at 778 meters above sea level. Unlike the Assimas Islands, which are relatively flat, Imagua is a rugged land, with development only really possible either along the coast, or along several valleys, with the largest valley being the Glen Valley along the longest river, the Glen River, which empties out at Cuanstad.
Due to the rugged geography of Imagua, and the small size of the Assimas Islands, only 3.5% of the land in the country is arable.
Climatically, Imagua and the Assimas experience a tropical monsoon climate, with the yearly average highs being 32 °C (89.6 °F), and the yearly average lows being 20.5 °C (68.9 °F). The wet season is generally from May to October, while the dry season typically lasts from November to April, although the months of April and November receive more rain than any other month in the dry season. The highest recorded temperature in Imagua and the Assimas was at 38 °C (100.4 °F), recorded in TBD on 28 July, 1939, while the coldest recorded temperature in Imagua and the Assimas was at -2.7°C (27.2 °F) on the summit of Mount Apita on 19 February, 1911.
While there have been some apocryphal reports of snow falling on the peak of Mount Apita in 1694, 1768, 1796, and 1813, there have been no official records of snow being observed on Imagua and the Assimas since records began in 1873.
Economy
For most of the history of Imagua and the Assimas, well into colonial years, the economy of Imagua and the Assimas was based off of subsistence agriculture and from the fisheries.
With the colonization of the islands by Ordennya, the sugar industry was established, and the farmlands of Imagua and the Assimas became largely focused on producing sugar, as well as spices such as nutmeg. These industries remained the main pillars of the Imaguan economy well into the late nineteenth century, with heavy imports of slaves by colonial powers that all sought to take control of Imagua and the Assimas.
In the nineteenth century, industrialization started to take root, especially in the cities of San Pietro and Cuanstad, with the opening of many factories. By 1881, the manufacturing sector had overtaken agriculture as the most profitable industry, and it reached a peak in 1951, when the manufacturing sector employed around two-thirds of all employed.
Since the 1950s, the service sector began to develop, especially in Cuanstad, where the financial sector blossomed, as policies were made to make Imagua and the Assimas a tax haven. Tourism however became a major pillar of the economy, with jobs in tourism overtaking jobs in manufacturing by the early 1970s. Despite setbacks in the late 1970s and in the 1980s, the service sector has recovered in the 1990s.
As of 2016, the gross domestic product of Imagua and the Assimas is at $21,221,560,715 via nominal GDP, or $42,701,809,420 via purchasing power parity, which makes Imagua and the Assimas one of the wealthiest countries in the Arucian Sea. Imagua and the Assimas has a nominal GDP per capita of $16,243, or a PPP per capita of $32,684. It has a human development index of 0.719, and has an employment rate of 74.2% of the population, with an unemployment rate of 5.8%.
The largest part of the Imaguan economy are the service sector, with three-quarters of the economy being due to the service sector, and with two-thirds of all workers in the country working in this sector. The largest industries in that sector are the hospitality industry, retail, the financial industry, and the IT industry.
Besides the service sector, manufacturing comprises 15% of the nation's economy, and employs ten percent of all workers in the country. Contemporary manufacturing in Imagua and the Assimas largely focuses on the food and beverage industry. As well, agriculture, while still employing 2.5% of all workers, only contributes 1% of the national economy, with most production mostly focused on supplying the nation with food needs. Other economic sectors comprise the remainder of the economy, with workers employed by them.
There are very little natural resources on the island, apart from the fish surrounding Imagua and the Assimas, and the fertile soil.
Politics
Imagua and the Assimas is a unitary parliamentary republic, with the head of state being the President of Imagua, currently Edmondo Privitera, and the head of government Prime Minister of Imagua, currently Douglas Egnell.
A custom has emerged where the President and Prime Minister have to be from the two linguistic groups (i.e. if the President is a native Estmerish speaker, the Prime Minister must be a native Etrurian speaker, and vice-versa).
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Legislature
The legislative body of Imagua and the Assimas is known as the Parliament of Imagua and the Assimas (Etrurian: Parlamento di Imagua e degli Assimas), which is a bicameral body.
The lower house is the Lesser House (Etrurian: Casa minore), which comprises of seventy members, all elected using first-past-the-post every four years, although elections may be held earlier if the government loses confidence of the House. Since independence, it has been customary for the Prime Minister and his cabinet to be members of the Lesser House.
The upper house is the Senate of Imagua and the Assimas (Etrurian: Senato di Imagua e degli Assimas), which comprises of sixty members, all of whom are appointed by the President under advice from the Prime Minister to serve for life.
Legal system
The Imaguan legal system is based off of common law as applied to Imagua under Estmerish rule. While the Etrurian administered Assimas Islands used a legal system based off the Etrurian legal system, following the annexation of the Assimas into Imagua after the end of the Solarian War, Imagua imposed their common law on the Assimas.
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Administrative divisions
Imagua and the Assimas are divided into (TBD) parishes, with all but the Assimas parish being situated on the island of Imagua.
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Demographics
Ethnicity
As of the 2011 census, Imagua and the Assimas over 1.3 million inhabitants. The two main groups are the Bahio-Imaguans, comprising 60% of the population, or 783,903 people, and the Euclo-Imaguans, which comprise 30% of the population, or 391,951 people. The remaining 10% of the population, or 130,651 people.
The Bahio-Imaguans are descendants of slaves brought in from Bahia by the various colonizers which have ruled over the archipelago. Over the generations, the Bahio-Imaguans developed their own identity separate from their original identities back in Bahia, as they were shaped by the life in Imagua and the Assimas.
The Euclo-Imaguan population, on the other hand, is an umbrella term used to refer to the population of Euclean descent. The two largest Euclo-Imaguan groups are Etrurian-Imaguans, who are descended from Etrurian migrants, and comprise 15% of the national population (195,976 people), and Estmerish-Imaguans, who are descended from Estmerish migrants, who comprise 10% of the national population (130,650 people). The remaining 5% of the Euclean population (65,325 people) come from a wide variety of ethnic groups, with the most prominent of these being the Ordennyan population.
As of the 2011 census, only 0.5% of the population, or 6,532 people, are Island Caribs. The remaining 9.5% of the population belong to other ethnic groups, mostly deriving from immigrants from both Coius and the Asterias.
Religion
The most predominant religion in Imagua and the Assimas is Sotirianity, with 93% of the population, or 1,215,050 people reporting that they adhere to some form of Sotirianity as of the 2011 census.
The largest sects of Sotirianity in Imagua and the Assimas are the Catholics, comprising around 43% of the population, or 561,797 people. After the Solarian Catholic Church, 27% of the population, or 352,756 people, adhere to the Low Estmerian faith, followed by 14% being TBCians, or 182,911 people, and then 65,754 people, or around 5% of the population, adhering to the High Estmerian faith. The remainder of the Sotirian population follow other denominations.
Of the 7% of the population who are not Sotirians, 3% of the population, or 39,195 people, are irreligious, while the remainder follow a wide array of religions, such as Irfan and Atudism.
Languages
The two official languages of Imagua and the Assimas are Estmerish and Etrurian.
As of the 2011 census, around 73% of the population, or 950,153 people, speak Estmerish on a regular basis, while around 27% of the population, or 352,756 people, mostly on the Assimas Islands speaks Etrurian on a regular basis. Only 3,596 people do not use either official language on a regular basis.
However, the most commonly spoken language in Imagua and the Assimas is Imaguan Creole, an Ostisk-based creole. As of the 2011 census, around 82% of the population, or 1,071,334 people, use Imaguan Creole on a daily basis.
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