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'''Emerstari''' ([[Emerstarian language|Emerstarian]]: ''Emerige'', pronounced [ɛmerˈjɛ]), officially the '''Kingdom of the Emerstarians''', is a country and semi-constitutional monarchy situated primarily on the [[Molavan Peninsula]] in [[Arda en Estel]]. It also includes numerous overseas territories, notably in [[Markion]]. Emerstari proper consists of its mainland and 416 named islands, the largest of which are the [[Isle of Haller]] and [[Långehold]], which lie north of the mainland. The country is the northernmost and easternmost on the peninsula, sharing a border with [[Canaria]] in the south and [[Colane]] in the west. Its climate is generally temperate with four distinct seasons, hot summers, and cold winters. Maritime influence chills the north while it warms the south. The geography of Emerstari is characterized by many rivers and lakes, forests, and regions of mountains and plains. Emerstari's total area amounts to 644,050 km<small><sup>2</sup></small> (248,669 sq mi). Of that, water accounts for 62,928 km<small><sup>2</sup></small> (24,297 sq mi) or nearly ten percent.
'''Emerstari''' ([[Emerstarian language|Emerstarian]]: ''Emerige'', pronounced [ɛmərˈje]), officially the '''Kingdom of the Emerstarians''', is a country and semi-constitutional monarchy situated primarily on the [[Molavan Peninsula]] in [[Arda en Estel]]. It also includes numerous overseas territories, notably in [[Markion]]. Emerstari proper consists of its mainland and 416 named islands, the largest of which are the [[Isle of Haller]] and [[Långehold]], which lie north of the mainland. The country is the northernmost and easternmost on the peninsula, sharing a border with [[Canaria]] in the south and [[Colane]] in the west. Its climate is generally temperate with four distinct seasons, hot summers, and cold winters. Maritime influence chills the north while it warms the south. The geography of Emerstari is characterized by many rivers and lakes, forests, and regions of mountains and plains. Emerstari's total area amounts to 644,050 km<small><sup>2</sup></small> (248,669 sq mi). Of that, water accounts for 62,928 km<small><sup>2</sup></small> (24,297 sq mi) or nearly ten percent.


Emerstari has been inhabited by humans since the end of the last Ice Age, but the beginning of history in Emerstari coincides with the advent of urbanization along the [[Hrenshall River]] three thousand years ago. In the second century BC, the land of the Emerstarians was unified under a single political entity for the first time following its subjugation by the [[Marsine Republic]]. Christianity spread from in the country from the first to fifth centuries AD, during which time various petty kingdoms emerged as Marsia receded. In 1047, [[Erik Segersæl]] united these pretty kingdoms into a powerful yet decentralized feudal state. Dynastic conflict and land disputes plunged Emerstari into near continuous conflict from the mid-14th to mid-15th centuries, after which Emerstarian culture flourished, and the [[Emerstarian Empire]] arose as a colonial and mercantile power.
Emerstari has been inhabited by humans since the end of the last Ice Age, but the beginning of history in Emerstari coincides with the advent of urbanization along the [[Hrenshall River]] three thousand years ago. In the second century BC, the land of the Emerstarians was unified under a single political entity for the first time following its subjugation by the [[Marsine Republic]]. Christianity spread from in the country from the first to fifth centuries AD, during which time various petty kingdoms emerged as Marsia receded. In 1047, [[Erik Segersæl]] united these pretty kingdoms into a powerful yet decentralized feudal state. Dynastic conflict and land disputes plunged Emerstari into near continuous conflict from the mid-14th to mid-15th centuries, after which Emerstarian culture flourished, and the [[Emerstarian Empire]] arose as a colonial and mercantile power.
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==Politics==
==Politics==
[[File:Royal crown of Sweden.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The [[Crown of Georg I Erik]] is part of the [[regalia of Emerstari]] and is the crown used at the [[coronation of the Emerstarian monarch]].]]
The concept of Emerstarian sovereignty is derived from the theory that the [[List of Emerstarian monarchs|monarch of Emerstari]] is invested with {{wp|divine right}} by God to govern the [[Emerstarians|Emerstarian nation]] and thus, the physical country of Emerstari and the Emerstarian state. Indeed, the [[constitution of Emerstari]] even is empowered by the divine right of the monarch of Emerstari, currently [[Erik XII Georg of Emerstari|Erik XII Georg]]. The Emerstarian constitution, which is sectioned into three bills, does not so much regulate the monarch so much as it describes what he ought to do; it moreover forms the basis of the Emerstarian state, how it should operate and what the rights of the individual are compared with the rights of the state. The Emerstarian constitution divides the government into three branches: the {{wp|executive branch}}, the {{wp|legislative branch}}, and the {{wp|judicial branch}}, all of which are in theory under the jurisdiction of the monarch of Emerstari, but in practice, many legislative and judicial responsibilities are assigned to lesser officers of governance.
In his role as {{wp|head of state}} in the executive branch, the monarch of Emerstari is the foremost representative of the nation abroad, and he is responsible for the appointment of Emerstarian ambassadors to other nations and the receive foreign ambassadors to Emerstari. He is sole appointer of the officers of the [[Royal Court of Emerstari|Royal Court]], several of which administer the various departments of the Emerstarian executive branch, including: the [[Rikes Statsting|Department of State]], the [[Rikes Udtlandsting|Department of Foreign Affairs]], the [[Rikes Lagsdom|Department of Justice]], the [[Rikes Kassen|Department of the Treasury]], the [[Rikes Hændlingsting|Department of Trade and Labor]], the [[Rikes Postenting|Department of Post]], the [[Rikes Sykting|Department of Health]], the [[Rikes Hærsdom|Department of the Army]], the [[Rikes Luftflottesdom|Department of the Air Force]], and the [[Rikes Sjosflottersdom|Department of the Navy]]. Typically, the appointments to lesser offices within these departments are left to the officers which the monarch appointed to head the departments. The [[List of President-citizens of Emerstari|President-citizen of Emerstari]] is an officer of governance elected by the Emerstarian people in a {{wp|first-past-the-post system}} to be their personal advocate to the Emerstarian monarch. The Emerstarian monarch is the {{wp|commander-in-chief}} of the [[Royal Emerstarian Military]] and the head of religion in the [[Church of Emerstari]].
[[File:Throne of Sweden 1982.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The silver throne of the [[List of Emerstarian consorts|Emerstarian queen-consort]], originally made in 1627.]]
In his role as {{wp|head of government}} in the legislative branch, the monarch of Emerstari is closely involved with the affairs of the [[Herrers Hus]], which is the uppermost chamber of the Emerstarian federal legislature, the [[Førebundskongress]]. In the Herrers Hus, he may appoint and dismiss [[Peerage of Emerstari|peers]] and [[Gentry of Emerstari|gentry]] to 210 seats within the house at his leisure (unless the seat is revoked, it passes to the heir of the former holder on their exit from the house); he may also appoint one of the lords of the Herrers Hus to be his [[Herrers Hus#Regent in the Lords' House|Regent in the Lords' House]] to administer the chamber in his name. There are an additional 40 seats within the Herrers Hus, but they are reserved for clergymen appointed by the [[Bishop of the Synod]]. The monarch has considerably less impact on the middle chamber, the [[Sammråd]], and the lower chamber, the [[Folks Hus]], save for the fact that laws must be passed or vetoed by him; although, his veto may overruled by a two-thirds vote by the Sammråd. The monarch may also open and dismiss the legislature. Representation in the Folks Hus is based on the population of each [[Peerage of Emerstari|gravate]] of Emerstari, one representative for every  people as of 2035 (representation is realloted every census to account for population growth); representation in the Sammråd is equal for all provinces and territorial jursidictions of Emerstari, with each district receiving three representatives. The goal of the Sammråd is to check the Folks Hus, so large population centers do not overpower more rural districts with their votes, whereas the goal of the Herrers Hus is to protect the establishment and traditional hierarchy as well as {{wp|Christianity|Christian law}} and the Church within governance. Bills concerning taxation, the [[Emerstarian allotment system|Home Guard]], and the rights of the individual constitutionally must be started in the Folks Hus.
In his role as foremost judge in the judicial branch, the monarch of Emerstari may issue pardons and partake within the procedures of the [[First Court of Emerstari]], which is composed of seven judges. However, it is rare for the monarch to directly participate in the judicial process of the First Court. The first judge of the First Court of Emerstari is the [[Royal Court of Emerstari#Lord Sheriff|Lord Sheriff]] of Emerstari; below him are six lesser judges who serve for life and are nominated by the King and confirmed by the Folks Hus and the Sammråd. The First Court performs judicial review and interprets the Emerstarian constitution. Below the First Court are ducal courts, gravate courts, county courts, and local courts.
===Administrative divisions===
{{Largest Cities of Emerstari}}
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|- style="font-size:100%; text-align:right;"
! style="width:160px;"| [[Provinces of Emerstari|Province]] !! style="width:85px;"| Capital
! style="width:75px;"| Area  <br />(km<sup>2</sup>)
! style="width:75px;"| Population
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| [[Ålmapien]] || [[Koburg]] || style="text-align:right"|57,853|| style="text-align:right"|4,390,366
|-
| [[Ejerien]] || [[Odlarsby]] || style="text-align:right"|19,518|| style="text-align:right"|3,257,087
|-
| [[Inepolien]] || [[Midtenburg]] ||style="text-align:right"|35,097|| style="text-align:right"|8,267,755
|-
| [[Knurien]] || [[Slåssborg]] || style="text-align:right"|23,012|| style="text-align:right"|1,551,499
|-
| [[Kjorien]] || [[Ljund]] || style="text-align:right"|27,674|| style="text-align:right"|946,952
|-
| [[Kjormark]] || [[Sydenstrand]] ||style="text-align:right"|7,534|| style="text-align:right"|933,645
|-
| [[Marland]] || [[Eidfjord]] || style="text-align:right"|71,284|| style="text-align:right"|2,356,475
|-
| [[Nordhƿentii]] || [[Uppsalle]] || style="text-align:right"|11,829|| style="text-align:right"|1,999,504
|-
| [[Onørkien]] || [[Hønderstad]] || style="text-align:right"|32,701|| style="text-align:right"| 1,716,528
|-
| [[Osterkjorien]] || [[Kalamer]] || style="text-align:right"|3,579|| style="text-align:right"|2,903,977
|-
| [[Pallsejn]] || [[Mannsby]] || style="text-align:right"|15,405|| style="text-align:right"|2,288,738
|-
| [[Sjomark]] || [[Ynnesburg]] || style="text-align:right"|21,947|| style="text-align:right"|2,020,873
|-
| [[Sydhƿentii]] || [[Undersalle]] || style="text-align:right"|13,372|| style="text-align:right"|2,289,568
|-
| [[Valerige]] || [[Hjorring]] || style="text-align:right"|71,421|| style="text-align:right"|6,114,463
|-
| [[Vastra Vernien]] || [[Hojenfeld]] || style="text-align:right"|12,735|| style="text-align:right"|1,420,768
|-
| [[Vernien]] || [[Osterburg]] || style="text-align:right"|15,791|| style="text-align:right"|1,819,939
|-
| [[Erk]] || [[Erk (city)|Erk]] || style="text-align:right"|48,130|| style="text-align:right"|8,767,815
|-
| [[Kuingsholmer]] || [[Coronet, Emerstari|Køroenets]] and [[Rensulier|Rontseljere]] || style="text-align:right"|365|| style="text-align:right"|1,884,430
|-
| [[Emerstari]] || [[Coronet, Emerstari|Køroenets]] and [[Rensulier|Rontseljere]] || style="text-align:right"|644,050|| style="text-align:right"|61,201,281
|}
|}
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Emerstari is composed of [[Provinces of Emerstari|seventeen provinces]], which are collectively termed the ''Rikesprovinser''. The provinces' borders were drawn with the [[Constitution of Emerstari|Emerstarian constitution]] in 1756, each province being formed of one or more [[Peerage of Emerstari|duchies]]. Typically, duchies next to each other with the ducal house or inhabited by the same clan were put into the same province. Within duchies, there are gravates, then earldoms, then baronies, and then localities such as cities, towns, and villages. Under Emerstarian law, to be considered a city, or ''burg'', a town, or ''stad'', must receive a {{wp|letter patent}} from the [[List of Emerstarian monarchs|monarch of Emerstari]]. A town, or ''stad'', is a village, or ''by'', which has been recognized as such by its duke or provincial government. A ''by'' is a more broad term for any permanent settlement with a local government and defined borders. A hamlet, or ''hjemming'', is a small, unorganized settlement without defined borders. Emerstari proper is legally defined as the seventeen provinces and the Halleran Isles.
The provinces of Emerstari function mainly for purposes of representation and organization in the federal legislature, as well as for the purposes of the modern [[Emerstarian allotment system|allotment system]]; in contrast, the duchies within provinces serve  more of a local purpose and form an important part of Emerstarians' identities. There is currently a total of thirty-eight duchies in Emerstari. In addition to provinces and duchies, there is an additional layer of organization of division in Emerstari: within the [[Church of Emerstari]], there are [[Church of Emerstari#Bishoprics|bishoprics]] and parishes.
Outside of Emerstari proper, there are the [[Overseas Territories of Emerstari|Interior Territories]], or the ''Inrelander'', and the [[Overseas Territories of Emerstari|Exterior Territories]], or the ''Utrelander''. The Interior Territories are legally defined as the [[Mailes|Duchy of Mailes]], [[Northern Isles (Emerstari)|Northern Isles]], the [[Eastern Isles (Emerstari)|Eastern Isles]], and any other Emerstarian possession within [[Arda en' Estel]]. The Exterior Territories are legally defined as any Emerstarian possession outside of Arda en' Estel.
===Foreign relations===
[[File:Rektor ved Universitetet i Oslo, professor Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Karl Ludvig Engeherdt, Duke of Upper Kjorland]], the [[Royal Court of Emerstari#Lord Steward|Lord Steward]] of [[Erik X Gustaf of Emerstari|Erik X Gustaf]] who developed [[Engeherdtism]].]]
The foreign doctrine of Emerstari is currently based on a construction of {{wp|non-interventionalism}} formed by the [[Royal Court of Emerstari#Lord Steward|Lord Steward]] under [[Erik X Gustaf of Emerstari|Erik X Gustaf]], [[Karl Ludvig Engeherdt, Duke of Upper Kjorland]]; thus, the doctrine is known as [[Engeherdtism]]. Emerstari had previously held an {{wp|imperialism|imperialistic}} and {{wp|expansionism|expansionistic}} approach on foreign affairs. This former position began to change after 1763, with the [[Voedenvelt Accords]] with [[Marseile]]. Emerstari and Marseile generally act as the custodians of [[Scanian Peninsula|Scania]].
Emerstari is a member-state of numerous international organizations, several of which it was involved with founding, including the [[Venson Union]], formerly the Venson Pact, the [[Estelian Council]], and the [[North Scanian Interrelation Pact]], sometimes called the North Scanian League. Emerstari additionally is in the [[Allied Security and Assistance Force]], formerly the Coalition Defense Union, with its longstanding ally, [[Arcadia (Markion)|Arcadia]]. There are two major international economic organizations in which Emerstari is a part of: the [[Scanian Economic Cooperative]] and the [[Otsensted Monetary Union]]. Foreign embassies within Emerstari are located in the dual-capitals, [[Coronet, Emerstari|Køroenets]] and [[Rensulier|Rontseljere]].
Emerstari is often said to have a {{wp|special relationship}} with [[Soumeland]] and [[Canaria]], two nations with whom it had been in a longstanding {{wp|personal union}} for several centuries. Moreover, Emerstari has strong ties with [[Coelans]], Marseile, [[Saexeland]], and [[Rolech]]. Contrarily, Emerstari has tense relations with the [[Congress of the Green Union]], [[Eisengard]], [[Kaltura]], the [[Pacifican Republic]], and the [[United Renochesvian Socialist Republics]].
In 2035, [[Erik XII Georg of Emerstari|Erik XII Georg]] stated that he was looking to open up further relations with the nations of [[Aels]], including the [[Joseon–Vedoric Protectorate]] and [[Rhamos]].
===Military===
[[File:Nordic Battle Group ISTAR Training - Swedish Force Cmdr getting Briefed (5014822082).jpg|250px|thumb|right|Emerstarian personnel in a training excercise.]]
The armed forces of Emerstari are collectively grouped as the [[Royal Emerstarian Military]], of which the [[List of Emerstarian monarchs|Emerstarian monarch]] is {{wp|commander-in-chief}}. It comprises three executive departments and one independent office with five service branches. The [[Royal Emerstarian Army]] is under the jursidiction of the [[Rikes Hærsdom|Department of the Army]], the [[Royal Emerstarian Navy]] and [[Royal Emerstarian Marine Corps]] are under the jurisdiction of the [[Rikes Sjosflotterdom|Department of the Navy]], and the [[Royal Emerstarian Air Force]] is under the jurisdiction of the [[Rikes Luftsflottesdom|Department of the Air Force]]; the [[Home Guard of Emerstari]] is under the jurisdiction of the [[Hjemsvaktsbyrå|Office of the Home Guard]]. The Home Guard is a reserve force of land and marine units, organized via the [[Emerstarian allotment system|modern allotment system]], which can be merged into the Army or Navy during times of war or called upon in the wake of natural disasters. There are around 8,000,000 Home Guard levies, three-fourths of which are terrestrial and the rest are marine. In the regular branches, there are some 150,000 individuals employed by the army; some 59,000 individuals employed by the navy and marines; and some 41,000 individuals employed by the air force. The regular armed forces of Emerstari are purely voluntary.
Historically and in modern day, Emerstari's navy has been recognized as one of the foremost in the world. Today, the Emerstarian navy operates just over 250 ships, primarily throughout [[Arda en' Estel]] and [[Markion]]. The Emerstarian army, as well, is viewed as a leading force comparatively. The current annual Emerstarian expenditure on the military is 52 billion NSD. Emerstari does not maintain a known nuclear arsenal.
===Law===
[[File:Junikravallerna.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The first modern police organizations in Emerstari were founded in the early nineteenth century in cities. Pictured above are Emerstarian police arresting a man for public disturbance in 1924.]]
The system of law in Emerstari is known as [[Emers Law]], which is a hybrid of {{wp|civil law}} and {{wp|common law}} that developed upon ancient Emerstarian judicial practices. Private prisons are illegal under Emerstarian law, and the Emerstarian penal system is more focused on reparation and rehabilitation than on punishment. Still, {{wp|capital punishment}} is not illegal throughout any Emerstarian territory; although, for crimes such as {{wp|murder}}, a {{wp|weregild}} is oftentimes sentenced (in accordance with the reparation outlook of the Emerstarian penal system). {{wp|Corporal punishment}} is not illegal either in Emerstari, and for certain crimes such as {{wp|rape}}, there is a precendent for {{wp|castration}} alongside a fine similar to weregild. There is a murder rate of 0.77 victims per 100,000 persons in Emerstari, and in February 2035, there was a prison population of 69,721.
Law enforcement in Emerstari is the responsibility of police departments of several levels. The highest level is national police, or rikespolis. Rikespolis are divided into several agencies, including the ''Rikes Grænsvaktting'', the ''Rikes Fogtemåndeting'', the ''Rikes Undersøgingsting'', the ''Rikes Sakvaktting'', and the ''Rikes Hjemskyldingting''. The Rikes Grænsvaktting, or National Border Guard Department, is dedicated to enforcing Emerstarian border, customs, and immigration laws. The Rikes Fogtemåndeting, or National Sheriff Department, ensure the safety of courts and judges and transport and guard prisoners. The Rikes Undersøgingsting, or National Investigation Department, enforce federal laws and engage in law enforcement too large for more local police forces. The Rikes Sakvatting, or National Wares Department, enforces laws on drugs, weapons, and other controlled goods. The Rikes Hjemskyldingting, or National Shielding Service, protects Emerstari from foreign threats, criminal and terroristic.
The next level is provincial police; provincial police are primarily tasked with patrolling the [[National roads of Emerstari|highways]] of Emerstari outside of population centers. Additionally, provincial police provide security for public reservations, historical sites, and parks. Below provincial police are gravatial police, whose foremost task is to provide general law enforcement for rural areas within a gravate that may not have a police department and areas between towns. Local police, like gravatial police, provide general law enforcement but for a specific city or town.


==Economy==
==Economy==
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| Nominal {{wp|gross domestic product|GDP}} || 3.91 trillion NSD <small>(Q1 2035)</small> || style="text-align:right;"|
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| Real GDP growth || 1.5% <small>(Q1 2035)</small> || style="text-align:right;"|
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| {{wp|Consumer price index|CPI}} inflation || 0% <small>(January 2035)</small> || style="text-align:right;" |
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| {{wp|Employment-to-population ratio}} || 70.2% <small>(January 2035)</small> || style="text-align:right;" |
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| Unemployment || 3.6% <small>(January 2035)</small>|| style="text-align:right;" |
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| {{wp|Public debt|Total public debt}} || 412.21 billion NSD <small>(January 2035)</small> || style="text-align:right;" |
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| {{wp|List of countries by adult wealth|Median adult wealth}} || 63,887.55 NSD <small>(Q1 2035)</small> || style="text-align:right;" |
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Emerstarians enjoy a comparatively high GDP (63,887.55 NSD) along with a high standard of living. The Emerstarian economy is a {{wp|mixed economy}}. There is an unemployment rate of 3.6%, and 70.2% of the population age 15–64 are employed. No federal or provincial {{wp|minimum wage}} exists in Emerstari, but {{wp|trade unions}}, which find membership in 84% of Emerstarians in the workforce, negotiate wages and benefits for employees. In addition to unions among workers, most Emerstarian small business owners are engage in {{wp|guilds}}.
===Overview===


There are some sectors over which the Emerstarian state has large ownership, such as the {{wp|petroleum sector}} and the {{wp|nuclear power sector}}. Of Emerstari's 178 airports, 72 of them are owned by local governments and 106 of them are owned by the state-owned company, ''Emeriges Luftting''. Another state-owned company, ''Emeriges Tågvagting'', also owns the vast majority of Emerstarian train stations as well as the vast majority of the Emerstarian rail network. Emerstari has a merchant fleet of 1,691 registered vessels.
===Infrastructure and natural resources===


Despite significant public ownership in certain sectors, most of Emerstari's industry is privately-controlled. In the fourth quarter of 2034, the twenty largest (by profit) registered Emerstarian companies were [[Faroe]] (automobiles), Emeriges Oljeting (petroleum), Henrik Ljund (automobiles), Oster åg Vaster (airline), Finnssen (insurance), Erikssen–Strandmann (telecommunications), Marlands Trafabrik (paper products), Ingmar Ulf Borg Selskepp (energy), Holms (banking), Blå Sjo (shipping), Georg Ulfssen (automotive manufacturing), Niyborgs (banking), Vittra (paper products), Perssen åg Nordin (insurance), [[Jölker]] (firearms and sporting goods), Bjorns Ljus (utilities), Heller (mining), Ragnerssens Inkomme (telecommunications), Furst Lekern (pharmaceuticals), and Olskrone Stål (steel).
===Energy===


Emerstarian maintains a national currency, the [[Emerstarian skille]] (ESK); however, it is set to a {{wp|bimetallic standard}} with several other currencies per the [[Otsensted Monetary Union]]. In addition to the Otsensted Monetary Union (OMU), Emerstari is a member-state of the [[Scanian Economic Cooperative]], which promotes inter-Scanian trade. Accordingly, Emerstari's largest trade flows are with [[Canaria]], [[Coelans]], [[Marseile]], [[Rolech]], [[Soumeland]], and [[Saexeland]].
===Tourism===
 
===Resources, exports, and imports===
[[File:Halleran Sea Oil Fields.png|right|500px|thumb|Emerstarian (green) and foreign (red) oil fields in the [[Halleran Sea]].]]
Emerstari is the largest {{wp|crude oil}} producer in [[Scanian Peninsula|Scania]], followed by [[Coelans]] and [[Saurland]], as a result of its maritime territory within the [[Halleran Sea]]. The Emerstarian state-owned company, ''Emeriges Oljeting'', holds a {{wp|monopoly}} over the Emerstarian {{wp|petroleum industry}}; between 1962 and 2035, Emeriges Oljeting has opened 119 oil rigs, ten of which have since been retired and dismantled. The Aldvatten Oil Field is both the oldest Emerstarian operated oil field in the Halleran Sea as well as the oldest operated oil field in the Halleran Sea in general; it extracts some 170,000 barrels of oil per day. Oil reserves in the Halleran Sea are expected to last for sometime, but the future of the petroleum industry in the Halleran Sea is unsure, with various environmentalist movements throughout the oil-producing nations thereof.
 
In addition to petroleum, there is a large {{wp|fishing industry}} in Emerstari; although, many fishing companies throughout Emerstari are locally-based, mostly in the [[Halleran Isles]], [[Provinces of Emerstari|Marland]], [[Provinces of Emerstari|Valerige]], and the eastern coast. Fish products, primarily fresh fish, form nearly one-tenth of Emerstarian exports. Lumber and paper products, processed from primarily northernly forests of Emerstari, compose another important Emerstarian export. The {{wp|Norwegian spruce|northern spruce}} and the {{wp|Scots pine|redwood fir}} are two most prevalent and most important, in terms of production, trees in Emerstari.
 
Emerstarian mines have historically given abundant amounts of gold, copper, iron, and coal. Since the ability to mass produce steel in the mid-nineteenth century, however, much of the iron mined in Emerstari has been sent to [[Soumeland]], an Emerstarian possession until 1904, where it was smelted into steel. Today, large amounts of Emerstarian iron are sent to [[Saexeland]] as well.
 
===Infastructure===
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There are several levels of roads in Emerstari; of them, ''[[National roads of Emerstari|riksvågor]]'' are the highest tier. Riksvågor, or national roads, are upkept on a federal level, and they cover nearly 8,584 km (5,334 mi). ''Provinsvågor'', or provincial roads, upkept on a provincial level, cover an additional 13,007 km (8,082 mi) of Emerstari. Lesser levels of roads, known as ''burgsvågor'', or city roads, cover thousands more kilometers of Emerstari and are upkept by local governments. The Emerstarian rail network is 8,002 km (4,972 mi) long, and there are some 14,500 km (9,010 mi) of major lakes, canals, and rivers throughout Emerstari. There are 178 airports in Emerstari besides an unknown number of airstrips, private and public. All of the rail network throughout Emerstari as well as 106 of the airports of Emerstari are owned by the state-owned companies, ''Emeriges Luftting'' and ''Tågvagting''. The additional 72 airports are owned by local governments. The majority of ports are owned and operated by local governments. In all territories in Emerstari proper and the [[Emerstarian Empire]], there is right-hand traffic.
 
The oldest train station in Emerstari is ''Stor Tågsstad'' in [[Rensulier|Rontseljere]]. Construction on it began in 1869, and it was opened in 1872. Although the rail network in Emerstari is state-owned, the transport companies which operate on them or privately-owned. There are only two underground subway systems in Emerstari, one in [[Erk (city)|Erk]] and one in [[Kalamer]]. Several ferry lines operate domestically in Emerstari, most notably the ones which connect [[Hoonderstad]] and the [[Skergård Isles]], Erk and the [[Eastern Islands (Emerstari)|Eastern Isles]], and [[Olskrone]] and the [[Halleran Isles]]. The national road and rail systems are managed by the [[Gångsbyrå|Office of Transport]].
 
The [[Emerstarian postal system]] is administrated by the [[Royal Court of Emerstari#Lord Postmaster|Lord Postmaster]] and the [[Rikes Postenting|Department of Post]]. Postal service is provided throughout Emerstarian territories by the Department of Post via the state-owned ''Emeriges Postting'' company. The headquarters of Emeriges Postting is located in [[Coronet, Emerstari|Køroenets]], near [[Køroenets Allander Flygstad]]. Among the other [[Scanian Peninsula|Scanian]] national postal systems, it ranks third in speed of delivery after [[Roele]]'s and [[Saexeland]]'s postal systems.
 
[[Image:Copenhagen 2017-12-16 (39373542101).jpg|center|1000px|thumb|Hertogstågstad in [[Malmø]], Emerstari.]]
 
====Energy====
[[File:Sven Wingquist 1926.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Svøn Lorens Mannkvist]], an Emerstarian innovator of {{wp|ball bearings}}.]]
With the exception of the {{wp|petroleum industry}}, the energy market in Emerstari as well as the utilties of Emerstari are mostly privatized. The [[Rikes Folksrekningbyrå|Census and Statistics Office]] of the [[Rikes Statsting|Department of State]] of Emerstari reports that in 2034, the sources of energy were fairly diversified: petroleum (32%), hydroelectricity (30%), coal (29%), natural gas (20%), and other sources (9%). Despite a federal poll issued in 2024 showed results with a general support of nuclear power, there have been no new nuclear power plants built or opened in Emerstari since 1992. Currently, there are twelve active nuclear power plants in Emerstari, one of which is undergoing retirement. In 2021, the Emerstarian government announced its intention to see the expansion of the hydroelectric sector, taking advantage of the nation's expansive waterways.
 
====Science and technology====
[[Ervin III Karl of Emerstari|Ervin III Karl]] founded the [[Royal Emerstarian Academy]] in 1716, and a year later, the [[Royal Emerstarian Society of the Sciences]] was established in 1717. Many Emerstarian scientists and inventors were involved with or part of either one or both of these organizations, including [[Karl Olaf Meijer]], [[Gustaf Lorens Nordin]], [[Erik Benjamin Johanssen]], and [[Frederik Adulf Faroe, Earl of Logendal|Frederik Adulf Faroe]]. Karl Olaf Meijer is possibly the most prominent innovator to ever come out of Emerstari, pioneering many developments within the fields of agriculture and forestry. Gustaf Lorens Nordin and Erik Benjamin Johanssen were noted for their work in the mathematic fields, whereas Frederik Adulf Faroe considerably advanced the Emerstarian automobile, founding [[Faroe]] in 1907. The majority of the technological advances made in Emerstari today are still within the traditional fields such as engineering. Though there have been patents given by [[List of Emerstarians monarchs|Emerstarian monarchs]] to certain individuals since the Middle Ages, the [[Rikes Egendomsting|Emerstarian Patent Office]] was established in 1889, and since its establishment. In 2034, granted 62,081 patents and 37,910 trademarks.


==Demographics==
==Demographics==
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|1795 | 30984198
|1805 | 32058192
|1815 | 33027901
|1825 | 33991579
|1835 | 35389192
|1845 | 36378514
|1855 | 37105791
|1865 | 38048912
|1875 | 39212427
|1885 | 40489098
|1895 | 41248915
|1905 | 42084018
|1915 | 43209051
|1925 | 44089520
|1935 | 45080821
|1945 | 46184099
|1955 | 47304812
|1965 | 48609024
|1975 | 49887512
|1985 | 51290893
|1995 | 52608260
|2005 | 54082145
|2015 | 56121495
|2025 | 58446218
|2035 | 61201281
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The population of Emerstari proper, according to the 2035 census, is 61,201,281. The overall population density 95.02/km<sup>2</sup> (246.1/sq mi); although, there is variance throughout the country, especially away from population centers. About 33% of the Emerstarian population lives in an urban setting, whereas 27% of the population lives in a suburban setting and the remainder, 40%, lives in a rural setting. Emerstari's largest [[List of cities in Emerstari|city]] in terms of population is [[Erk (city)|Erk]], which has a population of 3,090,254; it is followed by [[Kalamer]] (2,690,657), [[Malmø]] (1,922,745), and [[Koppingburg]] (1,272,489), the three other cities with a population surpassing one million. The [[Coronet, Emerstari|Køroenets]]–[[Rensulier|Rontseljere]] metropolitan area, though, known as [[Kuingsholmer]], has a population of 1,884,430. [[Provinces of Emerstari|Erk]] and [[Provinces of Emerstari|Inepolien]] are the most populated provinces with 8,767,815 and 8,267,755 people respectively; they are followed by [[Provinces of Emerstari|Valerige]], which has a population of 6,114,463. The least populated Emerstarian province is [[Provinces of Emerstari|Kjorien]], with a population of 946,952. Kjorien is also the least densely populated province, with the majority of its populace living in [[Ljund]].
At the time of the 2035 census, Emerstari had a population of 71,042,576. Among developed nations, it continues to experience a relatively high annual growth rate of 0.7%, and natural births still account for the majority of its population growth. In 2035, there were 923,527 births in Emerstari, and the {{wp|total fertility rate}} amounted to 3.1 children per woman, well above the {{wp|replacement rate}} of 2.1 but below the all-time high of 4.41 in 1835, three decades after the Census Office began keeping track of fertility statistics. This percentage marks a flattening of a rise in the fertility rate following a recent low of 2.6 in 1995.


Between the 2025 and 2035 censuses, there was a 4.7% growth of the Emerstarian populace: 2,755,063. Approximately 276,000 children were born in each year between, with an {{wp|infant mortality rate}} of 2.1 deaths per 1,000 infants. Altogether, the {{wp|mortality rate}} per 1,000 persons in Emerstari between 2025 and 2035 was 9 deaths per 1,000 persons. Conversely, the {{wp|birth rate}} was 13.5 births per 1,000 women. The {{wp|total fertility rate}} of the average Emerstarian woman was 2.09 children between 2025 and 2035, this is over a {{wp|replacement rate}} is 2 children per woman.
Due to its comparatively high birth rates, Emerstari is not faced with the issues associated with an {{wp|population aging|aging population}} like other developed nations. At birth, {{wp|life expectancy}} is 82.8 with a difference of 2.8 years between men and women.


As of the time of the 2035 census, there was an average male to female ratio of 0.96 to 1, and the average age of an Emerstari was 38.2-years-old. The population is further distributed as follows:
Immigration contributes to Emerstari's population growth as well. Emerstari received 355,213 immigrants in 2035. As of that year, foreign-born individuals made up between two and five percent of the total population. This is down from an apex in the mid-20th century due to increased immigration from communist Phoenixia and former Emerstarian colonies.


* 0–14 years: 18.62%, 1.05 males (5,982,731 males; 5,412,947 females)
With an area of 644,050 km<sup>2</sup> (248,669 sq mi), Emerstari has an average population density of 110.4 people per km<sup>2</sup> (285.7  per sq mi). However, the distribution of Emerstari's population varies greatly with more than 20,000/km<sup>2</sup> (52,000/sq mi) in the urban area of [[City of Erk|Erk]] and less than 5/km<sup>2</sup> (1/sq mi) in rural parts of the [[Greater Marland Region]].
* 15–24 years: 13.12%, 1.03 males (4,135,248 males; 3,894,360 females)
* 25–54 years: 39.29%, 1 male (12,022,992 males; 12,022,992 females)
* 55–64 years: 12.94%, 0.99 males (3,920,126 males; 3,999,320 females)
* 65+ years: 16.03%, 0.78 males (3,088,584 males; 4,830,862 females)


The {{wp|life expenctancy}} for an Emerstarian is 80 and 84, for men and women respectively, giving a national life expenctancy of 82. Emerstari has an {{wp|human development index}} (HDI) score of 0.873, which remains steady from previous years. It is based upon the ten mandated years of primary and secondary education in Emerstari, the thirteen years of education that the average Emerstarian experiences, the average life expenctancy at birth (82), and the {{wp|gross domestic product per capita|GDP per capita}} (63,887.55 NSD)
===Ethnic groups===


===Immigration and naturalization===
===Immigration===
In 2035, there were a total of 601,390 foreign born persons residing within Emerstari at the time of that year's census. Of these, 129,719 had attained Emerstarian citizenship. Moreover, a further 179,091 were in the process of seeking citizenship. The remaining 292,580 were either residents of Emerstari or seeking residency in Emerstari, primarily for purposes of work or education. Under Emerstarian law, residency differs from citizenship in the fact that a resident may legally live and work in Emerstari, but they are not guaranteed certain rights which citizens are gauranteed. Additionally, residency often expires after a certain period of years. Residents are not considered Emerstarians. The [[List of Emerstarian monarchs|Emerstarian monarch]] may grant and revoke residency and citizenship; in 2035, [[Erik XII Georg of Emerstari|Erik XII Georg]] granted permanent residency to several thousand [[Rudons|Rudonic]] refugees.


[[File:Stauning i1920-erne.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Frederik Adulf Fjellborg, Duke of Fjellborg]] pioneered much of the modern Emerstarian naturalization process as the [[Royal Court of Emerstari#Lord Chamberlain|Lord Chamberlain]] of [[Erik X Gustaf of Emerstari|Erik X Gustaf]] in the early-twentieth century. He was a contemporary of [[Royal Court of Emerstari#Lord Steward|Lord Steward]] [[Karl Ludvig Engeherdt, Duke of Upper Kjorland|Karl Ludvig Engeherdt]], who devised the Emerstarian foreign doctrine, [[Engeherdtism]].]]
===Major cities===
Emerstari does not practice {{wp|jus soli}}, or birthright citizenship, in which you become a citizen of a country by being born within that country. Rather, Emerstari practices {{wp|jus sanguinis}}, or right of blood, in which you become a citizen of a country by having a parent who was a citizen. In Emerstari, the law of jus sanguinis extends to women as well as men; that is, to receive Emerstarian citizenship by birth, either your mother or father could have been a citizen. This law applies whether or not you were born within Emerstari, but if you were born outside of Emerstari, you must have had a grandparent who lived in Emerstari at some point in their life. Therefore, if you were born to Emerstarian parents in a foreign country, your child will be born an Emerstarian citizen as well, since their grandparents were born in Emerstari. If you had a great-grandparent who was born in Emerstari, you may return to Emerstari and become a citizen without subjection to naturalization (so long as you prove good moral character, show proficiency in [[Emerstarian language|Emerstarian]], and take an oath of allegience to the Emerstarian monarch) by the Emerstarian [[Lag om der Rettighedter fur Tilbaging ved Blod]] law. If your connection to Emerstari is more distant than a great-grandparent, then you may still return under that law, but you are thereafter subject to naturalization, albeit a shorter naturalization. Regardless of your connection to Emerstari, you must prove it by a documented family tree or a DNA test.


The Emerstarian naturalization process begins for one upon an acceptance of their request for a category of residency known as ''folksbyng'', or national residency. One may attain this at an Emerstarian consulate or embassy within their country of origin or at [[Inundrarnsø]], an island off the coast of Emerstari. Having attained a folksbyng, one must permanently live within Emerstari for three years (one year for ethnic Emerstarians returning by jus sanguinis). Afterwards, one is eligable to apply for citizenship. If one's application for citizenship is accepted, one must take the Emerstarian citizenship test under the supervision of an authorized immigration proctor. The citizenship test examines basic understanding of Emerstarian values and customs, of general history and government, and of the Emerstarian language. It is a verbal twelve question tests which selects questions from a bank of sixty questions, and if one answers at least three-fourths of the questions in each category correctly, the process culminates with an oath of allegience to the Emerstarian monarch, which goes as follows, in Emerstarian (the language in which it is recited) and {{wp|English language|English}}:
Emerstari is a highly urbanized country. Four metropolitan areas ([[Erk Metropolitan Area|Erk]], [[Kalamer Metropolitan Area|Kalamer]], Malmå or [[Malmå Metrapolitan Area|Three Cities]], and [[Hrenshallå Metropolitan Area|Hrenshallå]] metropolitan areas) encompass many of Emerstari's largest cities, including the cities of Erk (5,803,692 inh.), Malmå (4,492,748 inh.), Kalamer (3,703,718), and Hrenshallå (3,404,236).


<blockquote>Jeg svar med All Kraftfuld God som mine bevisser, at nar jeg ar en Emersk inmann, at jeg skal værer tro until Hans Majestet, Erik XII Georg, åg at jeg skal værer trofast until ham åg hans arvinger ved der lag. Jeg skal værer merdærover godt i Emerige åg årar hennes rettighedter, frihedter, åg hveder. Jeg skal vissedt kyndhedt until de Emersk folk, fur jeg ar nu lig dem, åg jeg bodt nu med dem. Amen åg halelyja.
Approximately 51.9% of Emerstarians live within the four metropolitan areas, while 40.9% of Emerstarians live in independent cities or towns, and 7.2% live in rural areas. Rural flight, a political issue for Emerstari from the late 19th to late 20th century, has leveled out. As much as 25% of the Emerstarian population still lived on farms in 1950. Some projections suggest growth in the rural population in the future.


I swear with God Almighty as my witness, that when I am an Emerstarian citizen, that I shall be true unto His Majesty Erik XII Georg and that I shall be loyal unto him and his heirs according to the law. I shall moreover be good in Emerstari and honor her rights, freedoms, and traditions. I shall show kindness unto the Emerstarian people, for I am like them now, and I live among them now.</blockquote>
{{Largest Cities of Emerstari}}
 
Emerstari allows the possession of {{wp|dual citizenship}} by Emerstarian citizens; however, it does not recognize the concept of dual citizenship, and one may lose Emerstarian citizenship if they, among other things: renounce allegiance to the Emerstarian monarch, in an oath or otherwise; ignore their obligations to Emerstari (such as paying taxes); or serve in a foreign military.
 
===Emigration===
[[File:LutherRose.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The {{wp|Luther rose}} is an important part of the [[Culture of Emerstari|Emerstarian identity]] among many [[Emerstarians|Emerstarians]].]]
As a result of the overseas expansion of Emerstari in the late sixteenth-century and into later centuries, up until the early-twentieth century, Emerstarians migrated elsewhere throughout the [[Emerstarian Empire]], creating numerous diasporas in regions that have since been released, such as [[Fyrland]] in the [[Green Union]] nation of [[Arasland]], [[Bavejska]] in [[Sjovenia]], and [[Öste]] in [[Phoenixia]]. While the diasporas of Fyrland and Baveska retain certain Emerstarian traditions such as {{wp|Lutheranism}}, the Emerstarians of Öste differ, in that they originate from a community of {{wp|Catholic Church|Catholic}} Emerstarians from [[Provinces of Emerstari|South Whentii]] and and [[Provinces of Emerstari|Erk]] along the east coast, who emigrated outside of the [[Emerstarian Empire]] to establish communities of their own. The Emerstarians of Öste emigrated between 1697 and 1709. There were not notable periods of emigration from Emerstari either during the nineteenth century, which was the period of the [[Emerstarian Golden Era]], or during the twentieth century as there are in various other countries.
 
As of 2035, the [[Rikes Folkrekningbyrå|Census and Statistics Office]] reports that some 700,000 Emerstarians citizens were abroad, for work, education, or residence. About 120,000 Emerstarians leave and return each year. The largest group of Emerstarian expats were in [[Canaria]], then [[Coelans]], [[Marseile]], [[Saexeland]], and [[Soumeland]].


===Language===
===Language===
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The [[Emerstarian language]] is the official language of Emerstari. It is a [[North Scania|North Scanian]] language, which is related to and holds a certain amount of {{wp|mutual intelligibility}} with [[Coelansish language|Coelansish]], [[Ermandish language|Ermandish]], and [[Saurish language|Saurish]]. Another North Scanian language with which Emerstari has less mutual intelligibility with is spoken in some far northern communities of the [[Halleran Isles]] and the [[Northern Isles (Emerstari)|Northern Isles]] as a whole as a regionally recognized language: [[Norðurmál]]. Linguists often suggest that there is the most mutual intelligibility between Emerstarian and Coelansish, then Ermandish, then Saurish, and then Norðurmál. All five languages descend from {{wp|Old Norse|Old North Scanian}}, which is descended from {{wp|Proto-Germanic|Proto-Rhenish}}. The Proto-Scanian language is ultimately descended from {{wp|Proto-Indo-European|Proto-Scanian}} and sister-languages with the {{wp|Proto-Slavic|Proto-Polusian}}, {{wp|Proto-Italic|Proto-Itric}}, and {{wp|Proto-Celtic|Proto-Caloudic}}.
Many among those born after 1970s, when additional languages began to be pushed in [[Education in Emerstari|Emerstarian schools]], have at least some knowledge in a language aside from Emerstarian, especially in languages also spoken around the [[Scanian Peninsula]]. A variety of polls and studies by various organizations assert that about 38% of Emerstarians can hold a conversation in an additional language, 18% can hold a conversation in two additional languages, and 8% can hold a conversation in three or more languages, while 36% of Emerstarians do not possess proficient knowledge of another language or cannot speak another language at all. [[Rhenish language|Rhenish]] is the most spoken second language in Emerstari, followed by [[Canarian language|Canarian]], {{wp|English language|English}}, [[Marseilian language|Marseilian]], and [[Soumish language|Soumish]].


===Religion===
===Religion===
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[[File:Cathédrale Saint-Front à Périgueux dd..jpg|left|250px|thumb|The Cathedral of St. Johann in [[Hrenshallå]], completed with its modern facade in 1156, is considered one of the most important churches in Emerstari]]
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|-
! Affiliation
! colspan="2" | % of Emerstarian Population
|-
| {{wp|Christianity}}
|align=right| '''{{bartable|96.1||2||background:darkblue}}'''
|-
| style="text-indent:15px;"| {{wp|Protestantism}}
|align=right| '''{{bartable|93.6||2||background:mediumblue}}'''
|-
| style="text-indent:30px;"| [[Church of Emerstari]] ({{wp|Lutheranism}})
|align=right| '''{{bartable|92.2||2||background:lightblue}}'''
|-
| style="text-indent:30px;"| {{wp|Pietism}} ({{wp|Lutheranism}})
|align=right| '''{{bartable|1.2||2||background:lightblue}}'''
|-
| style="text-indent:30px;"| {{wp|Religious Society of Friends}}
|align=right| '''{{bartable|0.2||2||background:lightblue}}'''
|-
| style="text-indent:15px;"| {{wp|Catholicism}}
|align=right| '''{{bartable|2.4||2||background:mediumblue}}'''
|-
| style="text-indent:15px;"| Other Christian denominations
|align=right| '''{{bartable|0.1||2||background:mediumblue}}'''
|-
| Other faiths
|align=right| '''{{bartable|1.1||2||background:darkgreen}}'''
|-
| {{wp|Irreligion}}
|align=right| '''{{bartable|1.6||2||background:purple}}'''
|-
| style="text-indent:15px;"| {{wp|Atheism|Atheist}}
|align=right| '''{{bartable|0.8||2||background:#A020F0}}'''
|-
| style="text-indent:15px;"| {{wp|Agnosticism|Agnostic}}
|align=right| '''{{bartable|0.4||2||background:#A020F0}}'''
|-
| style="text-indent:15px;"| Nothing in particular
|align=right| '''{{bartable|0.4||2||background:#A020F0}}'''
|-
| Don't know or didn't state
|align=right| '''{{bartable|1.2||2||background:purple}}'''
|-
|}
The ancient inhabitants of Emerstari until their Christianization practiced a religion known as [[Emerstrú]], which varied according to the region of Emerstari it was in. Overall, it was a {{wp|monotheism|monotheistic}} religion which [[Emerstairan folklore|Emerstarian tradition]] holds as descending from {{wp|Noah|Noahic}} religion. [[Saint Sigebert]], a [[Marseile|Marseilian]] bishop, arrived in Emerstari in AD 81 and converted [[Niel Gorma]], the chieftain of the [[Emerstarian clans|Hrudolfung clan]], who would emerge in history as Gorm of Flodland. The Christianization of Emerstari is generally seen to have been completed in AD 322, with the conversion of [[Bjorn of Haller]]. Emerstari was a {{wp|Catholic Church|Catholic}} nation until the [[Scanian Reformation]] in the mid-fifteenth century, when [[Georg I Erik of Emerstari|Georg I Erik]] converted to {{wp|Lutheranism}} and established the [[Church of Emerstari]].
 
Today, Emerstari is a predominantly Lutheran nation, wherein some 93% of Emerstarians profess the Lutheran faith. {{wp|Christians}} as a whole compose about 96% of the population. Other religious populations form around 1% of the population, and {{wp|nonreligion|nonreligious}} individuals form 2% of the population.


A study done by the [[University of Uppsalle]] in 2031 which consisted of 10,291 Emerstarians showed that
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* '''93%''' of Emerstarians believe there is a God.
* '''4%''' believed there is some sort of god, spirit, or life force.
* '''3%''' did not believe in any sort of god, spirit, or life force.


Another study by the [[University of Kalamer]] in 2034 had the following results:
Emerstari is a religious country in which the [[Church of Emerstari|Emerstarian Church]] is closely tied to public life. Freedom of practice is guaranteed to other religions, while the Emerstarian Church is recognized as having a special place and privileges. Approximately 86% of Emerstarians identify as Christians, of whom 79% are members of the Emerstarian Church, also known as the Theodorite Church for the "apostle to Emerstari," St. Theodoros. In the vicinity of Hrenshallå and Kronsborg, there is a notable community, primarily of [[Ashuarayan people|Ashurayan]] descent, that belongs to the [[Ashurayan Church]], which is in full communion with the Emerstarian Church. The remaining Christian population are mostly adherents of the Phoenixian or Hayerkian Orthodox Churches. A prominent Durranese Buddhist community exists in the city of Malmå.
* '''77%''' of Emerstarians considered themselves to "deeply believe" in religion.
* '''18%''' of Emerstarians considered themselves to "believe" in religion.
* '''5%''' of Emerstarians considered themselves to possess "doubts" about or "not believe" in religion.


===Health===
===Health===
[[File:Heiligen-Geist-Hospital in Lübeck.JPG|right|250px|thumb|Der Hellige Andes Sykhus in [[Koppingburg]] is the oldest hospital in Emerstari, built in 1534.]]


The national life expentancy in Emerstari is 82 years, from an average of 80 years for men and 84 years for women. Between the 2025 and 2035 censuses, there was a {{wp|mortality rate}} of 9 deaths per 1,000 persons, whereas there was an {{wp|infant mortality rate}} of 2.1 deaths per 1,000 infants. A {{wp|maternal morality rate}} of 2 deaths per 1,000 births exists in Emerstari. The [[Rikes Folkrekningsbyrå|Census and Statistics Office]] released a report in 2033 stating that the most prominent premature causes of death in Emerstari were diseases of the heart, diseases of the respiratory system, injuries, diseases of the nervous system, and diseases of the musculoskeletal system.
[[File:P1000514_Paris_XIII_Salpetrière_reductwk.JPG|right|250px|thumb|St. Rafael Research Hospital on the Campus of Duke's University in Erk is Emerstari's largest hospital]]


In Emerstari, the {{wp|pharmaceutical industry}} is subject to significant government regulation, and all non-medicative drugs are illegal in Emerstari. Nonetheless, {{wp|tobacco}} and {{wp|alcohol}} are accepted items of dependance. {{wp|Chewing tobacco}} is more widespread in Emerstari than {{wp|cigars}} or {{wp|cigarettes}}, partially as a result of [[Erik VI Georg of Emerstari|Erik VI Georg]]'s animosity towards the smell of tobacco when it was first introducted to Emerstari in 1530 from [[Markion]]. Despite various {{wp|temperance|temperance movements}} throughout Emerstarian history, alcohol poisoning remains a notable cause of death in Emerstari, more so than tobacco.
The Emerstarian health care system is a universal health care system largely financed by government health insurance. In 2035, health care accounted for a third of the Emerstarian government's expenditure, a sum equal to 7.3% of its GDP or 3,001 NSD per capita. Approximately 60% of health-related costs are covered. Generally, however, care is free for people affected by chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, or mental illness.


There is not national system of healthcare coverage in Emerstari; however, the [[Church of Emerstari]] manages the ''Sankta Margaret Sykting'', which works as a public healthcare bank. Moreover, there are various private equivalents throughout Emerstari.
There are 3.22 physicians for every 1,000 inhabitants in Emerstari.


===Education===
===Education===
[[File:Uppsala universitetshuset.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Uppsalle University]], founded per request of [[Georg I Erik of Emerstari|Georg I Erik]] in 1450, is a {{wp|Lutheranism|Lutheran}} public university and is the oldest in Emerstari.]]
[[Education in Emerstari|Pubic education in Emerstari]] is provided through local taxes; however, most primary and secondary schools require {{wp|tuition}} if you are not within their district. Primary and secondary education is federally-mandated in Emerstari and is divided into nine grades, which start at age six. Upon graduation, there is a 89% enrollment rate into public vocational schools known as ''gymnasjomner'' in Emerstarian. There are twenty-one different programs provided in gymansomner which are designed to prepare Emerstarians for specific fields of work or for entrance to college. Some 48% of Emerstarians conclude their academic careers after gymnasjomner, while 41% of Emerstarians go on to attend a college. The [[Rikes Folksrekningsbyrå|Census and Statistics Office]] released a figure in 2031, stating that in that year 54% of Emerstarian children attended public schools, 34% of children attended a private school, and 12% of children were home-schooled. Emerstarian public schools are affiliated with the [[Church of Emerstari]] and teach {{wp|theology}} in class.
There are 389 universities, colleges, and institutes in Emerstari, with the oldest of them being founded in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. [[Uppsalle University]] was founded in 1450, [[Rensulier University]] was founded in 1467, [[Duke of Ekkesburg's University]] was founded in 1502, and [[Malmø University]] was founded in 1531. The average annual tuition of an Emerstarian university in 2034 was 5,430.88 [[Emerstarian skille|ESK]], or 16,457.21 NSD, with public universities generally costing less and private universities generally costing more.


==Culture==
==Culture==
===Music===
[[File:FeleHel (2).jpg|right|250px|thumb|The ''[[Emerstarian language|fedel]]'', or {{wp|fiddle}}, is a traditional Emerstarian instrument.]]


A strong {{wp|folk music}} tradition prevails in Emerstari, with the use of {{wp|fiddles}}, {{wp|flutes}}, {{wp|frame drums}}, and {{wp|bagpipes|pipes}}. A sort of Emerstarian folk music known as ''feldsmusik'' also features the use of {{wp|guitars}} as well as some other less traditionally Emerstarian instruments. Emerstarian folk songs are prevalently ballads, often based upon poems from the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries.
===Art===


The [[Emerstarian Golden Age]] of the ninteenth century was the first time that many Emerstarian composers began to gain international renown, as opposed to [[Rhenish people|Rhenlanders]] or [[Marseilians]]. [[Villem Karl Stenhammer, Baron of Ebbstad|Villem Karl Stenhammer]], [[Frederik Lars Alfssen]], and [[Håkon Per Ljunden]] are some of the most influential Emerstarians, all of them finding royal patronage at some point or another. Ultimately, the popularity of {{wp|classical music}} declined after the [[Scanian Ten Years' War]], with the deaths and retirements of many of the Golden Age composers, but {{wp|swing music}} arose from it. Emerstarian folk music and swing music hold the majority of the Emerstarian music market today. Most {{wp|pop music|pop}}, {{wp|rock music|rock}}, and other genres of music aside from folk and swing come from foreign markets, first arriving in Emerstari in the late-1970s and early-1980s. There is generally a poor attitude among many Emerstarians towards genres such as {{wp|rap}} and {{wp|metal}}, which are sometimes seen as culturally invasive.
===Architecture===


===Literature===
===Literature===
The history of [[literature in Emerstari]] begins sometime after the Christianization of Emerstari, during which the [[Old West Scanian Script]] was introduced. The oldest still-surviving texts from before the AD 600s are often religious texts and short markings on stone tablets, but these are scare in number. By the AD 600s, however, the first written sagas began to appear across [[North Scania]], likely originating from previously oral traditions. [[Kveld's Saga]], an {{wp|alliterative verse}} {{wp|epic poetry|epic poem}} written sometime between 600 and 700, is often cited as being the greatest early piece of Emerstarian literature; although, it was originally written in the northern dialect of {{wp|Proto-Germanic|Proto-Rhenish}} spoken in present-day [[Coelans]], Emerstari, and [[Saurland]] which would become {{wp|Old Norse|Old North Scanian}}. In the following centuries, up until the end of the Middle Ages, many other Emerstarian sagas were written, most famously [[Kung Eirikr Segersællas Saga]], [[Vilhjalmr Silfurtonnas Saga]], and [[Aleifr Rauðas Saga]].
The next great era of Emerstarian literature commenced sometime after the establishment of the [[Emerstarian Empire]]. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, even into the late-nineteenth century, many Emerstarian books were written on the adventures of various individuals to various lands. An early example of this genre, known as {{wp|travel literature}}, in Emerstari is ''[[Frederik Kierke]]'', whereas a later example of it is ''[[Han's Besøging til der Valdes Underjord]]''. Beginning in the early-twentieth century, the {{wp|mystery genre}} replaced travel literature for some time as the dominant genre of fiction in Emerstari; however, by the mid-twentieth century, the {{wp|publishing industry}} experienced a surge in activity and grew much larger than it had been in previous centuries.


===Philosophy===
===Philosophy===
[[File:Erik Gustaf Geijer.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Gustaf Karl Geijer]] in 1818. He is sometimes called the "National Philospher of Emerstari."]]
Up until the [[Scanian Reformation]] and the establishment of the [[Emerstarian Empire]], much of the {{wp|philosphy}} coming out of the [[Scanian Peninsula]] had originated in [[Rhenland (region)|Rhenland]], [[Marseile]], and [[Itrisia]] to some extent as well. However, by the sixteenth century, and especially by the eighteenth century, numerous philosphers of note had come out of Emerstari, including [[Ingmar Henrik Riksborg]], [[Lars Villem Mann]], and [[Jakob Martin Gjordessen]]. Perhaps the most famous Emerstarian philosopher is [[Gustaf Karl Geijer]], who was active during the [[Emerstarian Golden Age]], and was an advocate of {{wp|Christianity}}, {{wp|evangelism}}, and {{wp|monarchism}}. A historian of Emerstarian history as well as an author, poet, and composer, his had great influence on the Emerstarian Empire in the second half of the nineteenth century and into the twentieth century. Geijer is known to have had influence on the [[Royal Court of Emerstari|court]] of [[Erik X Gustaf of Emerstari|Erik X Gustaf]], from which many modern Emerstarian processes of governance come, including [[Engeherdtism]]. He was, moreover, a mentor to another famed Emerstarian philoshoper, [[Olaf Anders Hogstrom]], who wrote extensively on {{wp|theology}} as well as {{wp|life}}, {{wp|folklore}}, and the {{wp|afterlife}}.


===Art and photography===
===Music===
[[File:Adolph Tidemand & Hans Gude - Bridal Procession on the Hardangerfjord - Google Art Project.jpg|right|250px|thumb|''På der Vernijsflod'' by [[Karl Johann Dal]], 1847.]]
Like {{wp|philosophy}}, {{wp|art}} in Emerstari was dominated by foreign influences, including [[Canaria]], [[Marseile]], and [[Rhenland (region|Rhenland]] in the case of art, for some time. The first memorable wave of Emerstarian artists came after the end of the [[Carolinian Wars]] in the early-eighteenth century, with an era of patriotism. The Emerstarian artists of this era, to the likes of [[Jakob David Engfeld]] and [[Lorens Olaf Erikssen]], were noted for their {{wp|portrait}} work, especially for their portraits of the Emerstarian [[Gentry of Emerstari|gentry]], [[Peerage of Emerstari|peerage]], and [[Royal Family of Emerstari|royalty]]. A second wave of Emerstarian artists came after the [[Scanian Wars of the Coalitions]], during the [[Emerstarian Golden Age]]. Artists from this era in Emerstari, such as [[Osvald Ragnvald Strom]] and [[Karl Johann Dal]], were prominently landscape artists, who painted the many fjords, rivers, mountains, and forests of Emerstari. With the end of the Emerstarian Golden Age, however, the second era of Emerstarian art is said to have ended. In present-day, [[Jakob Valdemar Karlssen]] is often recognized as Emerstari's predominent artist through his work as the royal portraitmaker beginning in the 1990s.


Photography has existed in Emerstari since the 1830s, and in the mid- to late-ninteenth century, there was a significant importance to photography with the rise of nationally-read newspapers. During the [[Scanian Ten Years' War]], [[Ulrik Lorens Sjomann]] gained prominence as a wartime photography; he is oftened remembered for his pictures of pilots during the war, many of whom were members of the lower nobility. In 1959, [[Ingmar Ludvig Njelssen]] become the first royal photographer in Emerstari under [[Erik X Gustaf of Emerstari|Erik X Gustaf]]. Modern Emerstarian photographers [[Jakob Bjorn Ljundburg]] and [[Astrid Klasa Johannssen]] actively participate in principal exhibitions through [[Arda en' Estel]].
===Cinema===


===Architecture===
===Fashion===
[[File:Nicodemus Tessin dy x Schröder D von Krafft.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Olaf Georg Meijer the Younger]] was the architect behind numerous Emerstarian palaces and churches.]]
As a result of Emerstari's many expansive forests, especially of {{wp|spruce}} and {{wp|pine}}, the earliest surviving structures and ruins in Emerstari are often woodwork. These include {{wp|motte and bailey castles}} as well as {{wp|stave churches}}, the oldest of which are suggested to have been built during the beginning of the Christianization of Emerstari. By the Middle Ages, though, stone became an increasingly common material for the construction of important structures. Some buildings of this era which still stand are [[Olskrone Castle]], the [[Old Castle (Rensulier)|Old Castle]] in Rensulier, [[Hjemgren Fortress]], and [[Koppingburg Cathedral]]. The base for Koppingburg Cathedral was originally set in 1227 in limestone; however, the building took until 1466 to finish. It is was building in Emerstari until [[Duke of Ekkesburg's University]] was founded in 1502. Both were later surpassed by [[Arhus Cathedral]] which was finished in 1603 and is 119 m (389 ft). Arhus Cathedral remained the tallest building in Emerstari until the rise of the {{wp|skyscraper}} in the mid-twentieth century.


After the era of the stave church, variations of the {{wp|Romanesque architecture|Itric architectural}} style dominated Emerstarian buildings of note in the Middle Ages until the early modern era, in which {{wp|baroque}} and {{wp|rococo}} architecture prevailed. Both [[Midtenland Palace]] and [[Rensulier Palace]], two residences of the [[Royal Family of Emerstari|Emerstarian royal family]] are built in the baroque style. After the [[Scanian Wars of the Coalitions]], with the [[Emerstarian Golden Age]], the {{wp|national romanticism|national romantic}} style came to prevalence in Emerstari. By the twentieth century, it came to evolve into the {{wp|Nordic classicism|northern classicism}} style, which is still implemented in Emerstarian construction in modern-day.
===Media===
[[image:Stockholms slott och Riksdagshuset 2012 pt.jpg|center|1000px|thumb|Construction for [[Rensulier Palace]] (right), the state residence of the [[Royal Family of Emerstari|Emerstarian royal family]], began in 1715 and concluded in 1721.]]


===Cuisine===
===Cuisine===
[[File:Gl. Humlebæk Kro (Humlebæk Old Inn).JPG|right|250px|thumb|An inn, as seen here, is typical of the Emerstarian countryside, where local men traditionally came together to drink and talk about regional news.]]
The [[Emerstarian cuisine|culinary traditions of Emerstar]] originate in the local produce and resources of the country, featuring many dishes with seafood, {{wp|vegetables}}, {{wp|berries}}, and {{wp|bread}}. Several dishes may be considered the national dishes of Emerstari, including: ''underbrod'' (an open {{wp|rye bread}} {{wp|sandwich}} with {{wp|salmon}} and a variety of vegetables on top), which is typical of Emerstarian light midday meals as a result of [[Church of Emerstari|Church]]-endorsed midday fasting; ''potatensskål'' (baked {{wp|potatoes}} with {{wp|meatballs}}, {{wp|pickled cucumber}}, and {{wp|lingonberry jam}}), which is typical of Emerstarian diners; and {{wp|gravlax|gravleks}} (salmon cured with {{wp|salt}}, {{wp|sugar}}, and {{wp|dill}}), another dinner meal. Commonplace ingredients in Emerstari include {{wp|venison}}, {{wp|rabbit}}, and {{wp|poultry}} for meats in the north, whereas in the south {{wp|beef}} and {{wp|pork}} are more prevalent. While {{wp|fruits}}, excluding {{wp|apples}} and {{wp|pears}}, are not traditionally consumed in Emerstari, berries, potatoes, {{wp|cabbage}}, {{wp|turnips}}, {{wp|cucumbers}}, and (since the eighteenth-century) tomatoes are all prevalent. {{wp|Dairies}} such as {{wp|cheese}}, {{wp|yogurt}}, and {{wp|milk}} form part of the Emerstarian diet as well; milk provides another north-south divide, where {{wp|goat}}'s milk is more common in the north and {{wp|cow}}'s milk in the south. {{wp|Alcohol}} has a special place in the [[culture of Emerstari]], and the nation is known for some of its beers which are brewed around [[Malmø]] and in the [[Halleran Isles]].
{{wp|Grocery stores}} generally don't exist in Emerstari outside of some of its larger cities; although, still in its cities, there is a tradition of regional farmers coming to market squares and selling their goods. As opposed to grocery stores, Emerstarians often will either produce their own food (especially, milk and eggs if not other things) or buy their food from local specialized tradesmen, such as a {{wp|dairy farmer}} or a {{wp|butcher}}. There is a farm culture in Emerstari, and foreign countries are sometimes looked down upon for their processed foods.
Large feasts in Emerstari typically take place during {{wp|Christian holidays}} to the likes of [[Christmas in Emerstari|Christmas]] and {{wp|Easter}}. The Christmas dinner is generally larger than the Easter dinner, but both are generally several-course meals with meat, vegetables, and breads. The Easter in Emerstari is sometimes distinguished for the consumption of alcohol that traditionally occurs during it.
===Dress and fashion===
[[File:James Hogg 7.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The [[Peerage of Emerstari|Duke of Osterland]] wearing his clan maud in an 1892 portrait by [[Johann Gustaf Armundssen]].]]
The [[Emerstarian dress|traditional dress]] of Emerstari is marked for the importance placed on representing your [[Emerstarian clans|clan]] and familial associations. Mådkladder, or {{wp|maud}} clothing, is the most formal level of traditional Emerstarian dress. For both men and women, it consists of wearing a maud with their clan patterns; for men, around the shoulders and the non-dominant arm, and for women, around the neck, clipped by a {{wp|brooch}}. Both men and women also wear hats with mådkladder, men wearing {{wp|Blue bonnet|Sallian bonnets}} and women wearing {{wp|Tam o' Shanter (cap)|Elsian bonnets}}. High-cut {{wp|tweed}} jackets and vests atop of white {{wp|dress shirts}} are common wear for men. For legwear, men will wear {{wp|trews|slektentrys}}, or clan trousers, which are high-waisted trousers with one's clan patterns on them. Additionally, they will wear belts with a {{wp|sporran}} on it. On men's left hands will be their {{wp|wedding ring|wedding}} and {{wp|signet ring|signet rings}}. Women often will wear red, blue, or white calf-length or ankle-length dresses with mådkladder. Both Emerstarian men and women will wear {{wp|brogues}}, but whereas men's are flat-heeled and closed, women's may be {{wp|high-heels|high-heeled}} and open. Less formal than mådkladder is ''flatsjakke kladder'', or flat coat clothing. Under that is ''degskladder'', or day's clothing, ''gångskladder'', or walking clothing, and ''lettskladder'', or light clothing.
Emerstarian clothing, similar to the [[Emerstarian cuisine|food of Emerstari]], is locally-made. Oftentimes, more simple items of clothing, such as {{wp|socks}}, {{wp|underwear}}, {{wp|sleepwear}}, and informal {{wp|shirts}}, {{wp|trousers}}, and {{wp|skirts}} or {{wp|dresses}} will be made within the family of the person who will be wearing it. More complicated, formal, and/or decorative items of clothing will be made by a local {{wp|seamstress}} or {{wp|tailor}}. Emerstarian clothing is generally made out of natural materials that are native to Emerstari like {{wp|wool}}, {{wp|linen}}, and {{wp|tweed}} as opposed to {{wp|polyester}}. Although non-native, {{wp|cotton}} has become more common in in Emerstarian clothing.
{{wp|Facial hair}} is somewhat prevalent among Emerstarian men, who often wear either a {{wp|beard}} or a {{wp|mustache}}. Traditionally, and still to some extent in the modern-day, {{wp|sideburns}} were also a prevalent style of facial hair. Emerstarian men often keep their hair somewhat short. Among women, hair is worn long, often generally simple styles, whereas elaborate styles, often where the hair is put up, are reserved for formal occasions.
===Holidays===
[[File:Intocht van Sinterklaas in Schiedam 2009 (4102602499) (2).jpg|right|250px|thumb|In Emerstarian depictions of {{wp|Santa Claus}}, or ''Sankta Nikolas'', he is shown as wearing a {{wp|mitre}} and [[Emerstarian folklore#Nikolasalver|elves]], who watch if children have been good or bad.]]
Aside from traditional {{wp|Christian holidays|Christian}} and {{wp|Protestantism|Protestant holidays}}, which are widely celebrated in Emerstari, there are number of national and cultural holidays which are celebrated in Emerstari. Among these, there is {{wp|Walpurgis Night}}, or ''Valborgas Nigte'', on 30 April and 1 May, which celebrates {{wp|Saint Walburga}}, a missionary who came to [[North Scania]], continuing the work of [[Saint Sigebert]], and {{wp|Midsummer}}, or ''Midsommer'', which celebrates the summer solstice, coming from a pre-Christian tradition. [[Eirik's Day]], which celebrates the life of [[Eirikr Segersælla]], the first [[List of Emerstarian monarchs|King of Emerstari]], is a uniquely Emerstarian holiday. It is celebrated on the date of his death, 21 July, and often consists of families coming together. The second of November is another unique Emerstarian holiday, ''Elgsdeg'', or Deer's Day, in which the deer, the national animal of Emerstari is celebrated; it is a crime to hunt deer on this day. [[Name Days in Emerstari|Name days]] are also prevalently celebrated in Emerstari, as are {{wp|birthdays}}.
The [[Christmas in Emerstari|Emerstarian Christmas]] season traditionally begins with {{wp|Saint Nicholas Day}} on 6 December, and it lasts until {{wp|Ephiphany}} on 6 January. Between, alongside Christmas Day and Christmas Eve, the day in which Emerstarian families usually gather to celebrate, there are several days for various saints, patriarchs, and other Christian figures which are recognized by Emerstarians.
===Media===
{{wp|Mass media}} in Emerstari goes back to a tradition of local men gathering at an inn to drink and discuss regional news. Sometimes innkeepers had apprentices who would write down recent happenings and post them outside of the inn. The [[Constitution of Emerstari|Emerstarian constitution]], ratified in 1756, guaranteed free press to Emerstarians, and in the following century, by the mid-ninteenth century, certain newspapers, especially those of major cities, had become nationally-read. Within towns and cities, there would often be printing apprentices calling the news and selling newspapers on the streets to businessmen and farmers who came in to sell their produce. In the following decades, some newspapers began to associate themselves with certain [[Political parties in Emerstari|coalitions in government]], certain {{wp|guilds}}, and certain {{wp|trade unions}}. Newspapers are still widely-read in Emerstari, especially local ones; though, the largest newspapers in the country are ''der Rontseljeres Kronikke'', ''der Kuingsblad'', ''der Ljunds Post'', and ''der Erks Tider''. Since the rise of radio and the rise of television throughout the twentieth century, several large broadcasting companies have arose in Emerstari. They typically operate under different stations and different names by region, but they are, by order of viewership, ''der Rikes Utsendingting'', ''Emeriges Folks Utsendingting'', ''der Osterlig Utsendingting'', and ''der Bjorn Ingmar Karlssen Utsendingting''.


===Sports===
===Sports===
[[File:Björn Borg2.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Emerstarian tennis player [[Einar Villem Holm]], regarded as the best tennis player in [[Scanian Peninsula|Scania]].]]
[[Sports in Emerstari|Sports]] and sporting events have been a core part of [[Culture of Emerstari|Emerstarian culture]] for thousands of years. Oftentimes, [[Peerage of Emerstari|dukes]] and other [[Peerage of Emerstari|noblemen]] will host regional fairs for several weeks during the summer in Emerstari, during which there are traditional Emerstarian games like ''{{wp|tug-of-war|repskraft}}'' (rope's strength), ''{{wp|caber toss|trabaring}}'' (tree carrying), and ''{{wp|hammer throw|bolkasting}}'' (ball throwing) are played. Other competitions such as for {{wp|archery}} and running, both {{wp|long-distance running|long-distance}} and {{wp|sprint (running)|sprinting}}, are held. In general, {{wp|handball}}, {{wp|rugby}}, and {{wp|bandy}} are popular team sports in Emerstari. {{wp|Golf}} is considered the national sport, and {{wp|badminton}} and {{wp|tennis}} are important traditions as well. {{wp|Derby (horse race)|Derbies}} are seen as one of the sports of the Emerstarian upper class; many of the horses participating are owned by the [[Peerage of Emerstari|peerage]] or [[Gentry of Emerstari|gentry]]. [[Erik XII Georg of Emerstari|Erik XII Georg]], the current [[List of Emerstarian monarchs|Emerstarian monarch]], is a proponent of activity among the Emerstarian population, and during his time as crown prince, he was on the [[Hastiludia Committee]] as the Emerstarian representative and went on an expedition to northern [[Fyrland]]. He has hosted and run in several long-distance races during his kingship.
The Emerstarian men's national bandy team, sometimes called the ''Tred Kroner'' for their logo, which is based off the arms of the [[House of Leijonhuvud]], is regarded as the best in [[Scanian Peninsula|Scania]]. It was won in the winter [[Hastiludia]] twelve times. [[Einar Villem Holm]] is an Emerstarian tennis player, who has won gold at the summer Hastiludia several times and is regarded as the best tennis player in Scania. Other Emerstarian athletes of note include [[Mikael Per Strandberg]], [[Andrea Sonja Erikssen]], and [[Olaf Thomes Frederikssen]]. Emerstari has participated in the Hastiludia since its conception and has hosted the 1915, 1931, 1936, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2011, 2017, and 2029 Hastiludias.
===Tourism===
According to the [[Venson Union]] Council on Tourism, Emerstari is the fifth most visited country in the [[Scanian Peninsula]], after [[Marseile]], [[Canaria]], [[Soumeland]], and [[Itrisia]]. Tourism to Emerstari's many historical sites, palaces, castles, and cathedrals is seasonal due to the Emerstarian climate; as a result of this, more than half of all tourists coming between the months of May and August. In contrast, though, tourism to Emerstari, especially its north, to see the natural landscape of Emerstari is often year-round. Ski resorts in [[Provinces of Emerstari|Marland]] are also a major attraction for some international visitors to Emerstari.


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Kingdom of the Emerstarians
Kongeriken dera Emerska
Hørnerflagge
Kørserflagge
Flag
State Coat of Arms of Erik XII Georg of Emerstari
Coat of arms
Motto: "Ævig Rettvis ok Tro"
"Ever Just and True"
Anthem: Frå Folla Fjellar
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Royal anthem: Kongssången
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Location of Emerstari Proper on the Scanian Peninsula
      – in Emerstari proper (dark green)
– in the Emerstarian Empire (green)
– in Arda en' Estel (green & dark grey)
Provinces of Emerstari
Regions of Emerstari
CapitalHrenshallå
LargestErk
Official languagesEmerstarian
Ethnic groups
Emerstarians
Religion
Emerstarian Church
Demonym(s)Emerstarian
GovernmentFederal parliamentary semi-constituional monarchy
Erik XII Georg
• Lord Regent
Georges Maria af Malmå
• Speaker of the Burgesses
Klas Lylborg
• Speaker of the Commons
Sœren Lambert
• Chief Justice
Mikæl Birger
LegislatureStorting
• Upper house
House of Lords
House of Burgesses
• Lower house
House of Commons
History
 

Timeline
• Civilization
2000s BC
• Christianization
AD 200s – 537
• Unification
1047
AD 1504
Area
• 
644,050 km2 (248,670 sq mi)
Emerstari proper
• Water (%)
9.87
Population
• 2035 census
71,042,576
• Density
110.4/km2 (285.9/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)2035 estimate
• Total
2.93 trillion NSD
• Per capita
41,212 NSD
CurrencySkille
(S) (ESK)
Time zoneEastern Seaboard Standard Time (EST+0)
• Summer (DST)
Eastern Seaboard Summer Timr (WST+1)
Date formatAD dd-mm-yyyy
Driving sideright
Internet TLD.em

Emerstari (Emerstarian: Emerige, pronounced [ɛmərˈje]), officially the Kingdom of the Emerstarians, is a country and semi-constitutional monarchy situated primarily on the Molavan Peninsula in Arda en Estel. It also includes numerous overseas territories, notably in Markion. Emerstari proper consists of its mainland and 416 named islands, the largest of which are the Isle of Haller and Långehold, which lie north of the mainland. The country is the northernmost and easternmost on the peninsula, sharing a border with Canaria in the south and Colane in the west. Its climate is generally temperate with four distinct seasons, hot summers, and cold winters. Maritime influence chills the north while it warms the south. The geography of Emerstari is characterized by many rivers and lakes, forests, and regions of mountains and plains. Emerstari's total area amounts to 644,050 km2 (248,669 sq mi). Of that, water accounts for 62,928 km2 (24,297 sq mi) or nearly ten percent.

Emerstari has been inhabited by humans since the end of the last Ice Age, but the beginning of history in Emerstari coincides with the advent of urbanization along the Hrenshall River three thousand years ago. In the second century BC, the land of the Emerstarians was unified under a single political entity for the first time following its subjugation by the Marsine Republic. Christianity spread from in the country from the first to fifth centuries AD, during which time various petty kingdoms emerged as Marsia receded. In 1047, Erik Segersæl united these pretty kingdoms into a powerful yet decentralized feudal state. Dynastic conflict and land disputes plunged Emerstari into near continuous conflict from the mid-14th to mid-15th centuries, after which Emerstarian culture flourished, and the Emerstarian Empire arose as a colonial and mercantile power.

Since the 16th century, the history of Markion has played an integral role in the history of Emerstari. Wars of succession at home and in neighboring countries marked the 18th century, and their closure commenced a second era of flourishing for Emerstarian culture during the first half of the 19th century. Colonial wars and the Ten Years' War, again, weakened Emerstari. In the beginning of the twentieth century, Erik X Gustaf made a decisive turn away from imperialism and towards diplomacy and non-interventionalism. His reign marked political renewal and liberalization in Emerstari with a view to Christian democracy.

Today, Emerstari remains a center of art, science, and philosophy. It is a developed country with a robust economy and high quality of life. Emerstari is a principle member of the Hrenshallå Commonwealth, alongside Ashuraya and Kophavien, a political, military, and economic union between it and former client states of the Emerstarian Empire.

Etymology

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History

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Overview

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Energy

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Demographics

At the time of the 2035 census, Emerstari had a population of 71,042,576. Among developed nations, it continues to experience a relatively high annual growth rate of 0.7%, and natural births still account for the majority of its population growth. In 2035, there were 923,527 births in Emerstari, and the total fertility rate amounted to 3.1 children per woman, well above the replacement rate of 2.1 but below the all-time high of 4.41 in 1835, three decades after the Census Office began keeping track of fertility statistics. This percentage marks a flattening of a rise in the fertility rate following a recent low of 2.6 in 1995.

Due to its comparatively high birth rates, Emerstari is not faced with the issues associated with an aging population like other developed nations. At birth, life expectancy is 82.8 with a difference of 2.8 years between men and women.

Immigration contributes to Emerstari's population growth as well. Emerstari received 355,213 immigrants in 2035. As of that year, foreign-born individuals made up between two and five percent of the total population. This is down from an apex in the mid-20th century due to increased immigration from communist Phoenixia and former Emerstarian colonies.

With an area of 644,050 km2 (248,669 sq mi), Emerstari has an average population density of 110.4 people per km2 (285.7 per sq mi). However, the distribution of Emerstari's population varies greatly with more than 20,000/km2 (52,000/sq mi) in the urban area of Erk and less than 5/km2 (1/sq mi) in rural parts of the Greater Marland Region.

Ethnic groups

Immigration

Major cities

Emerstari is a highly urbanized country. Four metropolitan areas (Erk, Kalamer, Malmå or Three Cities, and Hrenshallå metropolitan areas) encompass many of Emerstari's largest cities, including the cities of Erk (5,803,692 inh.), Malmå (4,492,748 inh.), Kalamer (3,703,718), and Hrenshallå (3,404,236).

Approximately 51.9% of Emerstarians live within the four metropolitan areas, while 40.9% of Emerstarians live in independent cities or towns, and 7.2% live in rural areas. Rural flight, a political issue for Emerstari from the late 19th to late 20th century, has leveled out. As much as 25% of the Emerstarian population still lived on farms in 1950. Some projections suggest growth in the rural population in the future.


 
Largest cities or towns in Emerstari
2035 census
Rank Name Region Pop. Rank Name Region Pop.
1 Erk Eastern Seaboard 5,803,692 11 REVISION Greater Malmå 1,386,025
2 Malmå Greater Malmå 4,492,748 12 Ålburg REVISION 702,481
3 Kalamer Greater Kalamer 3,703,718 13 Eidfjord REVISION 690,012
4 Hrenshallå Midlands 3,404,236 14 Stoghjem REVISION 630,458
5 Kronsborg Midlands 2,893,572 15 Hoonderstad REVISION 608,821
6 Hoonderstad Greater South 2,772,398 16 Olskrone REVISION 597,091
7 Strand Eastern Seaboard 2,405,533 17 Arhus REVISION 538,810
8 Kœpping Greater Malmå 2,062,731 18 Ekkesburg REVISION 512,762
9 Upsæl Eastern Seaboard 1,635,026 19 Koburg REVISION 442,478
10 Nyhœfven Eastern Seaboard 1,405,244 20 Undersalle REVISION 417,872

Language

Religion

The Cathedral of St. Johann in Hrenshallå, completed with its modern facade in 1156, is considered one of the most important churches in Emerstari

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Emerstari is a religious country in which the Emerstarian Church is closely tied to public life. Freedom of practice is guaranteed to other religions, while the Emerstarian Church is recognized as having a special place and privileges. Approximately 86% of Emerstarians identify as Christians, of whom 79% are members of the Emerstarian Church, also known as the Theodorite Church for the "apostle to Emerstari," St. Theodoros. In the vicinity of Hrenshallå and Kronsborg, there is a notable community, primarily of Ashurayan descent, that belongs to the Ashurayan Church, which is in full communion with the Emerstarian Church. The remaining Christian population are mostly adherents of the Phoenixian or Hayerkian Orthodox Churches. A prominent Durranese Buddhist community exists in the city of Malmå.

Health

St. Rafael Research Hospital on the Campus of Duke's University in Erk is Emerstari's largest hospital

The Emerstarian health care system is a universal health care system largely financed by government health insurance. In 2035, health care accounted for a third of the Emerstarian government's expenditure, a sum equal to 7.3% of its GDP or 3,001 NSD per capita. Approximately 60% of health-related costs are covered. Generally, however, care is free for people affected by chronic diseases such as cancer, diabetes, or mental illness.

There are 3.22 physicians for every 1,000 inhabitants in Emerstari.

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