Poivere

Poivere is an island nation in the north Pacific Ocean. It is a liberal-conservative parliamentary democracy and unitary republic. Its current president is Angelina Mermen. It has a population of around 50 million people, as of 2022. Poivere had no known Indigenous (pre-European) inhabitants. In the 1700s it was discovered by a number of differnet British explorers, but none claimed the island for Britain, due to its isolation, lack of useful raw materials (aside from trees and copper)-or so it was thought-and abundance of dangerous megafauna. However, in 1849, French explorer Rene Dudon came upon it again and decided to claim it for France. The first boat full of French settlers came in 1853. Over the next 50 years, around 500,000 more also came. Poivere's early period was one when it was trying to figure out its national identity. In the early 1900s, the idea first emerged to turn Poivere into a pan-Latin nation, welcoming Frenchmen, Spaniards, Portuguese, Italians and Romanians, while keeping the French language and politcs dominant. This idea proved to be popular, so it was implemented. Only immigrants from Latin-speaking countries (France, Belguim, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Romania) were allowed to immigrate to the country, but Poiverean officials did fish around a lot for immigrants from those countries.

By 1930, the country had a population of around 10 million people. It gained its independence when France partially became a part of the German Reich and partially a puppet state of Nazi Germany in 1941. A constitution was established for the new country and it gained international recognition, siding with the allies in WW2. By this point, it had a population of about 20 million people. It continued the selective but liberal immigration policy throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. In 1985, it opened up to also Slavs and Americans. It was only in 2018 that the country adopted a non-discriminatory immigration policy. Throughout all of this time, it remained a liberal, if rather conservative for a Western country, democracy. From the 1970s onwards, it became known for its large welfare state and social democratic economic policies. Its Latin identity remains to have a strong hold on the country, as an important part of its identity.

Geography

Most places in the country are classified as having a Cfa (humid suptropical) climate. There are also small, mostly mountainous area with the Cfb climate, and even smaller areas with the Cfc one, universally on a high altitude. The natural vegetation of most of the island is temperate broadleaf forest.

Politics

The country is a unicarmel parlimentary democracy and a republic, with a President as both the Head of State and the Head of Government. The house of parliament, known as the House of Representatives (French: Chambre des Dnéputés), has 200 Representatives in it. They are elected every two years in the Representative Elections. The President is elected every five years, in the Presidental Elections. Each political party puts forward a candidate for President in those elections.

Demographics

10% of the population is an immigrant. The majority of the population identifies as Catholic Christian, with smaller minorities of Orthodox Christians, Buddhists, and Gnostics. There are additionally small Muslim and Jewish communities in the country.

Specifically:

Religious Demographics

72.4% Catholic Christianity
-65.4% Roman Catholicism
-5.2% Eastern Catholicism
-1.8% Traditional Catholicism
10.2% Orthodox Christianity
2.4% Buddhism
1.1% Gnosticism
0.7% Other Religion
13.2% No Religion

Culture

The country's chief culture is mostly a mix of French, Spanish, Italian, Romanian and Russian influences.

Core Values

Latin identity
Communalism
Family
Conservatism
Politeness and Tolerance
Responsibility
Pride
Intellectualism

Art

Much of Poiverean art has been heavily influenced by Art Noveau, Fauvism, Futurism and Dada. Most of early Poiverean art (from the time of the island's first settlement to around 1930 or so) was in a style similar to Art Noveau, with some being Neoclassical. The Neoclassical Poiverean artists, such as Francis Lamber, Alphonse Desrosiers and Tomlin Allar, were renowned for the photorealism of their art.