North Bardonia

Kingdom of North Bardonia Kingdom oz Nöord Bardonia
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: March of Bardonia
Capital	Carthiada
Largest	Kharibad
Official languages	Hansan, Claycian
Recognised national languages	Khari Kieran Arabic
Ethnic groups (2023)	Bardi Khari Hansan⠀Ofrusian⠀ Other
Religion (2022)	The Old Faith (official) Matheists Sulism
Demonym(s)	North-Bardonian, Bardonian
Government	Semi-Constitutional Monarchy
• King (Monarch)	Erich Leftenson
• Minister-President	Alastair Korlaw
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	Chamber of the Notables & Chamber of the Senate
• Lower house	Chamber of Commons
Area
• Total	811,310 km2 (313,250 sq mi)
• Land
Population
• 2024 estimate	51,400,000
• 2019 census	51,393,892
GDP (PPP)	estimate
• Total	1,029.5 Billion
• Per capita	20,087
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	683.42 Billion
• Per capita	12,274
Gini (2021)	49.9 high
HDI (2024)	0.712 high
Currency	Royal Shekel (RS)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Driving side	left
Calling code	+899
Internet TLD	.nb

The Kingdom of North Bardonia (Kingdom oz Nöord Bardönia) commonly known as the North-Bardonia, is a country located in Magnaterra neighboring the TBD State to its southwest and the Commonwealth of Haverade to its North across the Straits of Aria and the Penitusian which surrounds the nations on three sides. To its south lies the vast Barican] Desert which consumes much of the southern provinces. The nation has 8 provinces that make up the Kingdom. At 500,805 million square kilometers the nation is of moderate size and dominates all of the Carthian Peninsula. With a population of over 32 million. The national capital is Carthiada and the most populous city is Khariabad. The Kingdom is a federal semi-constitutional monarchy headed by King Erich Leftenson.

The current iteration of the monarchy was restored to power in 2019 after nearly a century in exile after aIron Putsch exiled the royal family, the Leftensons. In modern times North Bardonia partook in the Great War as a power aligned against Hansa after a war of independence thirty years prior but more recently North Bardonian dueled with the Papalanians resulting in the April Coup restoring the monarchy and its ascension into the Vabasian Union.

North Bardonian has owed much of their wealth to its massive oil reserves, and it state owned sovereign wealth fund which the oil money has gone into. the oil wealth has been generously invested into state in order to maintain the economy of the nation and the infrastructure that is tied to it. Currently North Bardonia remains dependent on its natural resource reserves but has slowly shifted towards Tourism and Manufacturing since 2019.

North Bardonia is classed as a Newly Emergin Economy with the (TBD) largest economy in the world and the (TBD) largest economy in Magnaterra. North Bardonia is a member of the VU, MEC, DODM, BASO, and INTC

Etymology

The name of North Bardonia comes from the Hansan Colonizers. Using the Artevenian word for ‘valuable’ Burdoni came the Hansan word Bardonjia, many Hansans explorer's thing that the lands south of the peninsula would be valuable they named the land were they first colonized (now called the Syclaian Coast) Nord ov Bardonjia (North of Value). This would evolve into, as the Hansan-Carthiadan traders would say Nord Bardonjia. Once receiving independence from Hansa after nearly two hundred years of being under Hansas foot and its ties to the resources of the east that name of Nord Bardonjia would stick. Evolving into to its modern Claycian name of Nörd-Bardönia.

History

North Bardonia is a land of empires, from Kharistani Sultanate to the Hansan Empire, the peninsula has been dotted with major powers and their infamous rivalries. North Bardonia was also considered as a beacon of knowledge and power in the aftermath of the formation of Carthiada and her empire spanning large swaths of the Penitusian. Conquered by the expanding Hanseatic empire North Bardonia was the first to successful break away from the empire marking the slow decline of Hansa to a minor power as see in this modern age. Post revolution and after it dabble in the Great War North Bardonia would falter and decline eventually leading to a civil that would result in an ultraconservative government dominated the peninsula for much of the latter half of the 20th century. In the aftermath of a violent conflict with the Vasbian Union in previous years the nation has bounced back after a royalist coup and recently joined the Vasbian Union.

Prehistory and Ancient History

A settlement on the coast dated around 4500 BCE to 4000 BCE, specifically on the Northern Sycilian Coast

Beginning roughly 160,000 thousand years ago the people of the East Magnaterra naturally moved west for more land. This ‘Slow Migration’ eventually to the nomadic Kowri people to settle in the North of North Bardonia continuing a nomadic lifestyle over the vibrant lands. Around 100,000 years ago another group of people coming instead from the west begin the ‘Second Slow Migration’, these people called the Bedouin which continues to roam in the south to this day chose the western coast to settle. Yet again nearly 50,000 years ago another group coming from the east escaping persecution arrived in a ‘Third Slow Migration’ to take over the over all parts of the Western Coastline. During this time early settlements have been noted dotting around the coast, the oldest of which, known as ‘Mothbridge’ is dated to around 32,000 years ago.

In more recent history around 800 B.C.E. The first Old Faith settlers fleeing from persecution in the north crossed the Straits of Fate in the nation of what’s known known as Jaredistan and Tribia where a short passage allowed for small rafts to cross the Penitusian allowing many peoples to travel into the region of Western Magnaterra. These settlers chose to move east and eventually discovered themselves in the ‘Carthia’ (Promised) River Valley. Here, where the Carthia meet the sea, they built a dozen towns in the delta (ada) of the river and began using agriculture and aquaculture naming this area the Promised Delta (Carthiada). Slowly as Carthiada expanded the people within it would be divided into towns where each town would via for food, land, trade and weapons.

Carthiada

Around thousand five hundred years the settlement was established a group of northern Kowri people raided Carthiada, destroying many of the towns and settlements and in combination with major flooding the following year much of the towns and crops were destroyed. In order to counteract the events of the previous year and with the supposed coming of a saint of the knowing, Saint Martin of the Water, the city build walls surrounding itself and built large scale farms going up the river. St Martin helped build the first lighthouse and then became the city’s first Archpriest and built the Cathedral of Carthiada (also known as the Cathedral of St Martin of the Water). Following the completion of the dock in 500 BCE Carthiada began rapidly expanding and conquer surrounding areas as well as becoming a trading empire in the eastern Penitusian Sea. This age of rapid expansion would grow under the Hegemony (and its Hegemons) with its connection to Biggonia in the city of Chabendar in 150 CE. This age was overseen by the greatest General of North Bardonia and Carthiada, Polemarch Ispilheous Draka. This great age would last for thousands of years. The slow collapse of the Carthiadan Empire from the 3rd century to the 12th century first major action would be the Great Slave Revolt of 283 where slave leader Bel Mosualy would lead the slaves of Carthiada in a major slave revolt, Follow major military defeats in the subject states of Carthiada to it west it would begin the age of piracy to supplement lack of trade. These raids would pester much of the Penitusian coast and were a principal part of the downfall of Carthiada as a trade power. As the nations around it grew more aggressive and the once mighty Carthiadan fleet was depleting after loses and lack of wood to restore the fleet.

It was here in the early 850’s that a Plutocratic Oligarchy would form, led by the Polemarch, a once meaningful position as the leader of the armies now lowered to a state of de jure leader of the state. The Council of State (Cöincil oz Stadt) was the real power behind the collapsing and deteriorating state of Carthiada. Across its peninsula was the only major Carthiadan controlled port not located in the Carthia Sea (Promised Sea) was Krondor (Crowns Gate). Krondor in 862 would declare independence and form its own republic establishing itself as a trading port much like Ancient Carthiada.

20th Century

First Edvarkian Era

During the first year's post Independence the new kingdom began forming the codes and systems that would make up the bulk of the government over the first three years post-independence. King Edvark, the first truly independent ruler of the whole peninsula, also began playing the game of diplomacy by strengthening the alliances he already had, such as with Buchbach, to maintain the sovereignty of the Kingdom. As a part of this defensive plan for the first three years around 40% of the state coffers flowed into the military, with a small fleet and a decent sized, well trained and equip, army (and by 1911 a small Airforce).

After the conclusion of this 'interim' government a general election was held to fill the halls of the newly constructed parliament and to turn the absolute monarchy into a constitutional one, following the Idaina system of Tayichi. That general election of 1899 saw the election of Paulus Claasen as Minister-President of the Liberal Party (221 seats) with the opposition being formed by the Conservatives (149) and the Farmer-Labour Party (35) and a dozen other smaller parties (45). The Claasen Administration had embarked on a series of land reforms and suffrage reforms that gave all men aged 18 and above the right to vote. Many of these action and political maneuvers were all to help industrialize the nation. By 1909 (End of the Classen Administration) the urban growth had helped boost the population by three million (a feat which occurred again in 1919).

The flag of the Feminist movement in North Bardonia, a symbol of progress it continues to be the flag of the North Bardonian Feminist movement.

In July of 1908 King Edvark Leftensons health would rapidly deteriorate with His Majesty having suffered a stroke and doctors began fearing for the worse. By the tenth of July the Kings condition had fallen to such a state that the medical technology of the time could no longer help His Majesty and by the twelfth Edvark had died. Immediately his son Crown Prince Edvark ascended to the throne, but his coronation only occurred in October of the same year.

Second Edvarkian Era

The conclusion of the Classen Administration in 1909 also saw the right for women to vote. The female suffrage movement which had started in 1899 had fought for a decade and won their vote under this logic: “While the men were fighting to keep the country free, we we’re feeding them and keeping the books in check”.

In 1909 the electorate choose to elect a more conservative government, the Liberal Party (129) was the opposition with the Conservative Party (171) aligned with the Matheist Party (30), the rest of the opposition was carried by the Farmers Labour Party (101) and other minor political groups (19). This government was headed by Sir Phillip Hyde (a Hansan colonist) and began a more frugal approach to governance. The Hyde Administration oversaw the ‘Golden Age’ of the Arts, Literature, and Drama. The culture of North Bardonia flourished and thrived under the short-lived Hyde Administration.

Phillip Hyde’s conservative government would come crashing down after a General Strike (The Dockworkers Strike of 1913) and lead to the Farmer-Labour government of 1914-1923. The General Strike that caused the collapse of The Hyde Administration was started by the Minimum Wage Act which would have lowered the minimum wage by 0.50 Krowns. This and another round of monopolizations that lead to the laying off and lower of wages of around 10,000 dockworkers, rail workers and other industrial laborers lead to the General Strike that forced the governments hand and created a sympathy for the workers.

So, in 1914 the Farmer Labour Party (243) became the governing party with the Liberals (102) again becoming the opposition and the Matheist Party (45) and the Conservatives (50) controlling the opposition with again a minority of other parties (10) caring the rest of the Parliament. The Farmer-Labour Government was headed by former Labour Minister Sir Jon Halmant. The Halmant Administration immediately began passing labour reforms benefiting the people and continued the economic growth of the previous Administration.

In 1921 an incident in the wooded terrain of North Bardonia an incident involving a bee would lead to the downfall of King Edvark II. Edvark was known for his love of the outdoors and after a long hunt King Edvark was exploring a patch of flowers where he was suddenly stung by a bee that was in the flowers. By night fall Edvark had died by allergic reaction and was announced dead on the eleventh of June. His eldest son Clemont was placed on the throne in October of 1921.

Clemontian Era

The early Clemontian Era saw Clemont become slowly dissuaded of “Democratic” governance and he would also partake in ludicrously expensive parties. Whilst the Government and his brothers would attempt to reel in his expenditures and escapades his disassociation with politics would be a reason for later actions.

Halmant also began the process of breaking the Trade Monopolies that had dominated industry for the last decade. The Fair-Trade Commission (an organization that remains to this day) investigated and dissolved major monopolies in the coal, dock, steel, rail and other industries. With fair trade secured by 1919 the FLP was re-elected. During the early twenties the popularity of the Farmer-Labour Party would slowly decline with a period of economic stagnation. In 1923 the FLP was forced out by a motion of no confidence leading to a joint Conservative-Liberal-Matheist-National (a new political party formed in 1917 and won 12 seats in 1919). This interim government was forced to last far longer than the expected date. The reason: the Great War.

The Great War

See also: The Great War (1923-1939)

With the Great War beginning the Grand Coalition of all political parties was formed with each party gaining a respective ministry and control of a government office. This led to a very unstable coalition that was seen as a necessary government for the Great War.

In 1923 only a few months after the formation of the Grand Coalition King Clemont was dissatisfied by the results of this government and their inability to follow his command to prepare and then declare war on Hansa and gain the spoils of war. So, with allies in the Military he orchestrated a coup on April 15th. The coup was quick and bloodless and over the next month North Bardonia prepared for war.

On May 4th of 1924 North Bardonia would be at war with the Hansans and Clemont would prepare for his grand offensive. The prelude to this declaration was innumerable in papers and plans for the conflict. The War Plans Commission had devised two military plans for the War with Hansa. War Plan Blue: which outline for an invasion of Hansan Vabas, and War Plan Orange; the plan for the inevitable Hansan Invasion from the Straits Settlement of Cordo Fa and other settlements on the states.

Clemont chose to visit his growing army and navy in Uiortel, a decision that would cost him his life. On May 5th while driving through the streets of Uiortel, a member of the Republican militant group the Brothers of the Republic with Anarchist political views stepped out of the crowd and shot Clemont thrice, all shots hit, and he was rushed to the hospital. The assailant was 23-year-old Elian Kalmim, a university student and an anarchist, he would flee and instead of being captured would, on a bridge in the center of the city, shoot himself after yelling “Long Live the Republic”. Clemont would die the next morning and his brother, Edmund, would ascend to the throne.

Edmundian Era

The Iron Putsch

See also: North Bardonian Civil War

Early Republic (1933-1962)

Post Iron Putsch Recovery (1933-1944)

After the violent and disastrousIron Putsch North Bardonia was in a precarious financial, socio, and physical state but managed to begin recovering in by selling weaponry to various nations during the Great War. During the first three years post-Civil War the Republic heavily relied upon the armaments industry until 1936 when oil was discovered in the Southern Desert

In the aftermath of the conflict and the subsequent economic, social, and political collapse of North Bardonia the National Salvation Party formed by National Republicans with the aim and goal of establishing a national Republican government and nation. They aligned themselves selves with the Freikorps and other political parties such as the Mathesit Democratic League and pro-republican industrialists to form a so-called ‘Sanitation Government’ before the 1936 Election. The phrase of ‘Sanitation Government’ would become synonymous with the National Salvation Party and National Party governments which ruled from 1933 to 1962.

The Sanitation Government was a coalition of various parties and organizations with the goal of ‘sanitizing’ the country and retiring order, stability and prosperity and over the many years the Government would be divided into different factions, mainly three major ones: the Sanitation-Right, formed of the nationalistic, right wing, and religious groups with the government’ the Sanitation-Centre, formed of the majority of three National Salvation Party and embodied National Republicanism; lastly the Sanitation-Left was made up of reformists, moderates and those in favor of Marklyian Economics (an inheritance libertarian and non-interventionist economic strategy).

Thought the mid to late 30’s the economic stabilization of the country will lead to the Sanitation-Centre and National Republicanism evolving into a sort of Cult-of-Personality around the first President of North Bardonia Alexios Demantus and confirmed to his ideological basis which formed in the trenches of Lughansk during the Great War. His economic policy was more based on centralization and state control, he would form several state-opened companies to operate his economic policy. Some of these companies such as North Bardonian Petroleum, Etsyani-Minerals and National-Electricity (NatElec)are still import players in modern North Bardonia.

In the early 40’s the economic prosperity that North Bardonia had seen halted with the global economic depression following the Great War hit North Bardonia. Much of the depression was caused by the lack of global trade and the crash in oil prices. By 1943 unemployment had climbed to 17% and a drastic change was needed. Negotiations began with the newly formed Magnaterran Economic Community (M.E.C.) and with corporations to change from a resource-based economy to a production based one. In 1944 North Bardonia would join MEC and inflation, unemployment and poverty reduced, and the 1944 Election saw the NSP win another round of record number of seats.

Oil Boom (1936)

Beginning of Drilling in the Southern Surdic Oil Field in 1937

The discovery of Oil in Surdistan, Krondor and Carthiada in 1936 would change the face of North Bardonia permanently. The oil was discovered accidentally in Western Surdistan near the settlement of Anwar by Alexander Herios of the Suridistan Economic Board (Herios was shortlisted to be the Minister of Industry after the 1936 General Election and was a proud member of the NSP). Herios was exploring Western Surdistan for underground aquafers when they accidentally hit black gold. Herios rushed back to the capital and quickly bought up land in Southern Surdistan and forming a state backed corporation, North Bardonian Petroleum (NBP was three quarters owned by government and a quarter by the public).

Geography

North Bardonia is mainly a peninsula, comprising a large area of coastline running along the penitusian yet boxed into the territory by the dunes of the Barican Desert, roughly [TBPIL] across and [TBPIL] wide the nation is sizable and runs the course form the equator southwards leading to a diverse climate and biological range going from rainforests to deserts. North Bardonia is also defined by a mountain chain riding up the center of the peninsula towards the city of Uiortel, this range peaks at 2 kilometers.

Climate

North Bardonia is a rather arid to the south of the country where the southern plains are mainly covered in sand and rock. This region borders Eshallia to its west and

Carthiada
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     82     43 25     79     43 25     62     42 24     24     40 23     18     37 20     12     34 18     8     34 17     10     35 18     23     37 20     35     40 22     52     41 24     72     42 24 Average max. and min. temperatures in °C Precipitation totals in mm
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     3.2     109 77     3.1     109 77     2.4     108 75     0.9     104 73     0.7     99 68     0.5     93 64     0.3     93 63     0.4     95 64     0.9     99 68     1.4     104 72     2     106 75     2.8     108 75 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation totals in inches

this region receives roughly 29.3 millimetres of rainfall per year during the winter months of July and August. An aspect of the climate of North Bardonia is the reversed seasons with summer occurring during December to March and Winter from June to September.

Climate Map

The Central parts of North Bardonia, to the North of Carthiada is still arid but is more vibrant in life with the Rivers Carthia and Parthia maintaining a booming range of wildlife. This central area is home to a large variety of species and is home to the Bush (a large savanna that flows into a steppe as we move closer to the equator. The ecological growth of this region is full of both flora and fauna.

Topography

Topographic Map

Physical Feature

(From Top Left going clockwise to Bottom Left), Savannah of Northern North-Bardonia, Carthia River, Cordo Fa Rainforest Park, Southern Desert, Eastern Steppe, Fjords of Uiortel.

Demographics

Population

Population pyramid 2023
%	Males	Age	Females	%
0.2		85+		0.3
0.6		80–84		0.5
1.1		75–79		0.9
1.3		70–74		1.2
1.6		65–69		1.8
2.0		60–64		1.9
2.2		55–59		2.4
3.3		50–54		3.2
3.9		45–49		4.1
3.4		40–44		3.6
2.9		35–39		3.0
3.4		30–34		3.2
3.8		25–29		3.9
4.0		20–24		3.8
3.6		15–19		3.5
4.6		10–14		4.5
5.2		5–9		5.1
5.3		0–4		5.3

The Population of North Bardonia is on the smaller side compared to other nations in Finterra with only 39 million inhabitants. Like many developing nations in Magnaterra and around Finterra, North Bardonia is experiencing rapid urbanization. A significant portion of the population now resides in major cities, leading to challenges such as urban sprawl and infrastructure strain.

Historical population of North Bardonia
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1900	9,321,573	—
1910	14,121,012	+4.24%
1920	17,843,123	+2.37%
1933	19,242,482	+0.58%
1940	20,974,232	+1.24%
1950	24,543,873	+1.58%
1960	27,835,212	+1.27%
1970	29,923,922	+0.73%
1980	31,343,565	+0.46%
1990	34,646,932	+1.01%
2000	43,829,232	+2.38%
2010	48,712,673	+1.06%
2020	51,323,892	+0.52%

North Bardonia is home to a diverse range of ethnic groups, each contributing to the nation's rich cultural tapestry. With most people predominately of the colored Bardonian ethnic group followed by the white Hanseatic group then the darker Kharistani ethnic group. Similar to its ethnic diversity, North Bardonia is a multi-religious nation. With the Old Faith taking up a balk of believers followed by Matheism, Sulism and other smaller faiths. North Bardonia is undergoing a period of economic transition, with a focus on industrialization and service sector growth. This economic development has had a significant impact on population distribution and migration patterns. Access to quality education is a key factor in the nation's development population development in recent years. The government has made significant strides in expanding educational opportunities. The nation's young population presents a significant opportunity for economic growth and development. Investing in education, skills training, and employment opportunities for young people will be essential for realizing this potential.

Ethnic Groups in North Bardonia (2020 Census)
Ethnic Groups			percent
Bardonian			46%
Hansan			24%
Kharistani			15%
Domlandian			7%
Haveradian			6%
Other			2%

Provinces

Province	Population	GDP	Density
Carthiada	7,983,683	168 Billion
Kharistan	7,912,923
Lughansk	5,529,832
Krondor	4,203,832
Uirotel	2,583,834
Bayita	2,189,232
Surdistan	2,428,232
Argendow	1,658,432

Language

Stuff

Religion

See also: Religion in North Bardonia

  Old Faith (33%)

  Protestantism (17%)

  Pontificalism (11%)

  Orthodoxy (3%)

  Sulism (24%)

  Taeatanism (6%)

  Irreligous (1.2%)

  Other (0.8%)

  Domlandian Faith (4%)

Religion in North Bardonia has always been a conscientious topic, with innumerable wars fought over Faith. Even in modern times faith affects politics and economic standing. Alongside countless other issues Religion is one the presents a major challenge to overcome. However North Bardonia has one official religion, the Old Faith, with Matheistism and Sulism recognized as Official Religions of the Kingdom. Other religions with large percentages of followers are the unnamed Domlandian Faith and Taeatanism, both account for roughly 10% of religious people in North Bardonia.

According to the 2020 census the largest religious group in North Bardonia is the Old Faith with 33% of the nation following the religion, the second largest denomination is Matheistism which is split into three main subgroups, Protestantism, Pontificalism, and Orthodox. The third largest faith is Sulism, with most followers in Kharistan.

Health & Welfare

Healthcare

Healthcare in North Bardonia is handled by the Department of Health and it affiliated Ministries in the Provinces. The DoH operates all General Hospitals and supplies equipment whilst the ministries hire the staff for the GH’s and provided staff for clinics.

The DoH has allowed privatisation for Apothecaries, Clinics, and large hospitals with North Bardonia. Currently the DoH operates three Medical Colleges (one in Carthiada, one in Khariabad and one in Coulthel), these medical colleges teach nurses and doctors to fill the DoH’s General Hospital’s. The DoH in total runs 486 General Hospitals with and additional 34 under construction.

The private sectors currently operate 28 total General Hospitals with large amounts of small, licensed Apothecaries. These privatization efforts had been started in the late 80s and continue to be a nation able bodied system for healthcare and continue to expand. Medicine and Drugs are managed by the DoH’s Registration and Licensing Office and prescriptions are required for some medication.

Changes to the healthcare system to prevent striking has been implemented (Bill W-1) after the disastrous consequences of the 2017 Solidarity Health Union Strikes. The DoH is currently working to reform much of the healthcare apparatus to improve its quality of service for all North Bardonians.

North Bardonians leaps in medical care have always been prevalent, and one of the finest of these achievements have been the development of the first Heart transplant in 1967 at the University of Carthiada Amerston Medical Collage by Doctor Bernard Christfeldt. This medical milestone was encouraged by the North Bardonian Government which wanted to develop the medical standing of North Bardonia.

Welfare

Unemployment:

The Government doesn’t provide direct unemployment support and benefits for individuals and instead offers Unemployment Insurance as a way to balance concerns of businesses, citizens and the government's budget.  

The main agency responsible for providing unemployment insurance and insurance for many aspects of North Bardonian life (mainly healthcare and other welfare services) is the North Bardonian National Insurance & Care Corporation (abbreviated to: InsurCareNB). This corporation was established in 1915 by the Farmer-Labour Party as a way to alleviate North Bardonias Labour Unions major concerns over unemployment that had occurred after several major strikes and form companies laying off workers due to wage hikes.

Education

Education in North Bardonia is handled by the Department of Education and its subsidiary Ministries in the Provinces of North Bardonia. The educational North Bardonia is both within Private and Public domain with Charter Schools (Also known as private schools) allowed to operate with a permit and inspection from the DoE) in addition with Private Universities. The school year for all North Bardonian students begins on the second Monday of January until the third Friday of November. The school year is divided in quarters with Term 1 going until mid-March, Term 2 going from the start of April to late June, Term 3 goes from mid-July to late September and Term Four goes from early October to November. Most Government examinations occur in early October.

Preschool

Preschool (Ages 2 and a half to 4) and Daycare (Ages 6 Months to 2 and a half) are not provided by the government but can be provided by provincial government ministries but nationwide the government will not provide pay for cost of Preschool and Daycare.

Junior

Primary Education: Primary Education is universally covered by the Government; primary school is giving to children aged 5-9 going from Year 1 to Year 5. Classes are normally made up of 18-22 student. The grading system for Primary Education is:

Level 1: No Understanding

Level 2: Shows Comprehension

Level 3: Meeting

Level 4: Exceeds Expectations

Level 5: Masters

The subjects taught in Primary School is Claycian, History, Geography, Maths, Music, Science, Physical Education, Home & Life Education (HLE), Art, Computer Science, and Library Lesson. The BASIC Curriculum allow people with certain brackets of understanding be aiding in advancing (see above grading system) to the next bracket and beyond within school. Homework is not assigned in this year.

Senior

Secondary Education: Secondary education is universally covered and is made up of two stages, Junior (10-13) and Senior (14-18).

In the Junior Stage (Year 6-8) students focus on all primary subjects but if they can do Advanced Maths and Advanced Sciences if their comprehension of those subjects in the previous years were high.. In addition the study Khari (compulsory) and a choice of either Hansan or Ofrusian are given to students in addition with Design & Technology, Business and Entrepreneurial Studies and HLE becomes Home, Life and Sex Education (HLSE).

The second stage (Senior) of Secondary Education focuses in the upcoming a CORE Exams, you will take two CORES, one at the end of Year 10 and one at the end of Year 12. In the first CORE Claycian, Maths, and Science are mandatory with a smaller variety of subjects (all subjects listed above) so as to narrow down options and in the second you have your pick of a wide variety of subjects. These subject include; Claycian, Khari, Hansan, Ofrusian, Daresin, Advanced Math, Math, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Combined Science, Geography, History, Art, Music, History of the Arts (Theatre, Music, Art) Design and Technology, Business and Economics, Debating and Drama, Computer Science, and Psychology. CORES are grading differently to all other test going from 1-10:

Level 1: Fail

Level 2: Improve Working

Level 3: Showing Comprehension

Level 4: Working Well

Level 5: Meeting Expectation

Level 6: Surpasses Expectations

Level 7: Exceeds Expectations

Level 8: Excels all Expectations

Level 9: Mastering

Level 10: Mastered

Universities are divided into three ‘sets’ nationwide, Technical Schools, Colleges, and Universities. These are perimeters for joining each individual School, College or University decided by The University Board. Universities are run by provinces, cities, or private organizations and provide Loans and Scholarships for entering but these aren’t provided by the government. College is also provided by private, provincial, or city level and are provide loans and scholarships but are normally cheaper. Technical Colleges are government funded institutions which are overseen by a Board, students will have to pay small tuition fees for entry.

University

University	Province	City	Established
University of Carthiada	Carthiada	Carthiada	122
UnIversity of Lughansk	Lughansk	Lordsfountain	1821
University of Lordsfountain	Lughansk	Lordsfountain	1901

Politics

Political Divisions

The Kingdom of North Bardonia is a Federal Parliamentary Semi-Constitutional Monarchy lead by a tricameral legislature with a Minister-President as Head of Government and a monarch as Head of State. The Legislature is made out of three separate houses, the Chamber of Notables, the Chamber of the Senate, the Chamber of Commons.

The country has a democratic index rating 0f 7.8

Provinces:

There are provinces in the Kingdom of North Bardonia. Each province has its own legislative assembly and Head of Government and a Head of State (normally either a Nobel House or Provincial President).

Provinces and Dominions of North Bardonia

Province	Capital	Largest City	Head of State	Head of Goverment	List of Seats in the Senate
Duchy of Lughanks	Lordsfountain	Cordo Fa	Duke Phillip Leftenson	First Minister: Laura Retzinger (Lughansk Social Democratic Party)	13/85
Duchy of Carthiada	Carthiada	Carthiada	King Erich Leftenson	Premier: Tomas Symerion (Liberal Party)	15/85
Principality of Kharistan	Kharibad	Kharibad	Prince Hamadan III Ju’jamesh	Visar: Sulimar Rashid (Kharistan Order Party/AKP)	15/85
Principality of Krondor	Krondor	Krondor	Prince of Krondor (Vacant)	Premier: Ahmed Rashi (Liberal Party)	12/85
Duchy of Uiortel	Uirotel	Uiortel	Duchess Clarrisa Buchbach-Leftenson	First Minister: Aya Halmon (LUDAS)	9/85
Province of Surdistan	Cel Or	Cel Or	Govoner Ian Badaran	Premier: Tommen Qualtforth (Surdish People’s Democratic Movement)	6/85
Province of Bayita	Clarafort	Kalidara	Governor Gearld Plinf	Archeon: Felix Acros (United Conservative Party)	7/85
Duchy of Argendow	Kelhar	Montefort	Duke Fredrik Telmaran X	Chanceller: Alina Qanter (LUDAS)	8/85

Parties and Elections

Legislature

The Parliament of North-Bardonia (Parliämentar oz Nörd-Bardönia) is made up three body’s; Chamber of the Senate, Chamber of Commons, and Chamber of Notables. The tricameral status of North Bardonia allows for a balance of power between the People, States, Clergy, Nobility and the King. The Commons, as it called is headed by the Minister-President (Ministerat-Prezidant) who is the head of the largest Party and the Government.

The Commons is the largest body and has the most legislative power passing bills, acts, and laws without much oversight from the two other houses. This is unless of course the King wishes the Senate to review a law in which a vote is called in the Senate (and for amendments and legislation involving the provinces) which is then passed to the Notables (also for amendments). The King has the most important role in the Notables and enforces the influences the votes in the Notables.

Parliament Building of North Bardonia showing the Interior of the Chamber of Commons.

The building were the Parliament is based in is the Parliament Building which started being constructed in 1898 and was completed in 1903. The building contains all three chambers of Parliament and also is home to offices of the Members of Parliaments. A large water pool was added onto the structure in 1935.

Interestingly the Constitution ignores the succession of females to the throne and instead only refers to the monarch as “King” which lead to a Male Primogeniture being enshrined as law.

Elections

Election are held every 5 years with the notable exception of when a snap election is called, in which case the metaphorical clock on the election doesn't reset. Snap Elections are called due to Hung Parliments and allow for whatever reason they were called to elevate a major political problem in the Commons. Meanwhile the Senate doesn't have Snap Election and instead is forced to wait for a General Election.

North Bardonia uses a combination of First Past the Post and Proportionate Electoral System to decide its Commons and a FPTP for its Senate. For the Commons 650 Seats are decided by people directly from their respective electoral district and 101 divided amongst the provinces using the Proportionate a system.

Parties

Under the present system establish under the Electoral Amendment of 2018 rectifying the 1899 Constitution, North Bardonian Elections are operated under a mixed system with 650 seats reserved for municipalities which run a First-past-the-post voting system whilst the remaining 101 Seats are decided by a Proportional representation based on the national popular vote in the Commons. And for the Senate a Regional First-past-the-post system is used to decde the 80 seats. The second half of the electoral system was only added in 2018 as a part of Electoral Reforms to help with the transition to constitutional monarchy and to present a more progressive face on the politics in North Bardonia. The current ruling Government in both Senate & Commons in the Liberal Party.

Major Parties

Liberal Party:

The Liberal Party is by far the largest political party within North Bardonia, originally founded in 1899, and then re-founded again in 2018 after it was dissolved into the Democratic-Liberal Party (which was far more left leaning and pro-republican) the Liberals are most likely the most influential political group in North Bardonian History. The party has historically attracted intellectuals, industrialists and bourgeois classes and argue for liberal economic policies such as the support of the free markets, lower taxes on Small-to-Medium Enterprises (SME) and new proposals for land reform. However, the party remains relatively conservative on social issues such as abortion, education & centralization leading to it being classed as a Centre-Right political party. Historically the party attracted voters from both middle and upper classes and urban populations, religiously most voters are either Matheists or Old Faithers. They remain the most dominate political party in the country with strong majorities in all three chambers since their thrust into power in 2019.

Constitutional Democrats

The Constitutional Democrats are the second largest political party in North Bardonia and the largest right wing political party with rightwing economic and social policies such as mass privatization. The Constitutional Democrats is one of the oldest parties, having been founded in 1911 but recently the party gained new life as a coalition of a number of political parties such as the Law Order & Justice Party, the Young National Party and the National Farmers Union (NFU). The party itself retain much of its support in Farmer and Rural Areas and the upper class in urban areas and many members of the middle class in smaller cities. the CD is the fourth party in the history to call itself the head of conservatives nationwide. The party remains a good track record in provincial legislatures for balanced budget, but they still have controversial policies such as Anti-Vabasian Union and Anti-Hooserian and fiercely socially conservative.

LUDAS

The Laborers, Unionists, & Democrats Alliance for Socialism is the third largest political party in North Bardonia and the Liberal Parties leftist counterpart. Founded in 1968 by the Labour Party, Democratic Unionist Party, Socialist Party, Sturmist-Democratic Movement, and leftist elements in the Democratic-Liberal Party the coalition block was the first attempt, and a successful one, at leftist unity quickly becoming the third-largest party in North Bardonian throughout the 70's & 80's and then becoming a coalition partner under the DLP in the early 2000's before becoming the leading party from 2002-2012 dealing with the financial crisis of North Bardonia and brough up reforms in the healthcare and education system. Described as either Democratic Safralist or Social Democratic with elements of pure Safralism and Sturmism thrown in the party is defiantly a big tent leftist organization grabbing voters from the lower classes & urban areas, especially in Kharistan. However, the party remains very divided over ideology and is fractured into political groups such as Green Solidarty & Action! on the center-left of the party and the Sturmist Alliance and the Workers Solidarity faction on the far left. The party is the official opposition party.

Minor Parties

National Syndaclist Party

The National Syndaclist Party is a far-right political party established in 2006 by several rightwing theorists who had studied in Tussia and had shared political views with prominent politicians in Tussia. The party has only gained seats in the modern times with them gaining seats in 2019 and then again in 2020. Much of the political party's support coming from the voter of the former Young National Party and even some from the Constitutional Democrats. The party remains fierily nationalistic but with socialist leaning on the economy such as state control of critical industries but overall, they follow the ideology of National Syndicalism. Much of the NatSynds voters come from young voters disillusioned with the status quo in both urban and rural areas. According to recent polling much of these voters are both men and don't have a university education.

Green Party

The Greens as they are affectionately called is a left-wing political party founded in 1984 by a student's group at the University of Krondor. The party first gained a seat in the 1992 election and stayed in the National Assembly until 2008. In modern times the party remains left wing with a heavy focus on green politics and a clamp down on Enviromental pollution and emissions and a focus on workers right. Its overall ideology seemingly blends with LUDAS faction, Green Solidarty and several MP's have deserted The Greens to join LUDAS as their electoral Proformance slipped in a recent by-election. Much of its support originates from young voters in urban areas.

Kharistan Unity Front

The Kharistan Unity Front is a united political organization made up of several regionalist and autonomy focus political parties such as the Independent Khari Workers Party, the Kharistan Peoples Union and the Democratic Party of Kharistan are examples of member parties. Established in 1952 as a bloc of Pro-Kharistan parties it was quickly banned in 1952 until 1996. The party is abstentionist and refusing to participate in politics unless its main objective, that of Kharistani Independence or further devolution unto Kharistan being de facto independent. The Party however is still in the minority and its support from Kharistani Nationalists dwindles as many join either LUDAS's Kharistani Workers Party.

Party of Bardonian Safralism

PBS is the main Safralist party of North Bardonian, represented at the Interpatrial and is a classed by many as a puppet of Hooseria and as the only 'far-left' party in North Bardonia the party remains relatively fringe with its support mainly from educated urban youth. The party founded in 19XX by Hooserian-Bardonian immigrants in Krondor the party remained in the fringe until modern times due to its support from politically leftist and pro-Vabasian politicians. The party is firmly safralist and remains socially and economically to the far left. Today the party is partially responsible for organizing protests and wildcat strikes nationwide to cripple the economy in order to advance their own agenda.

Law

The legal system of North Bardonia is a complicated web of interwoven institutions and articles that align to form a legal framework of North Bardonia. Courts are chosen by an independent guild that also anoints High Court members with the Kings Approval (The Kings Seal). With this independent guild the legal system is established around it. The government has to major legal offices that influence the courts: The Prosecutor-General and the Inspector-General. The former organizes trials alongside the guild and orders the beginning of investigations (through the Inspector-General) and is the only office that may authorize arrest of Parliamentarians. The latter office is responsible for the investigation of crimes and gathering evidence and works closely with the constabulary. It also operates its own federal investigative service: The Inspection Office.

Courts normally assign one Judge, two Attorneys and a Jury alongside legal counsel to both sides. The courts are very long in most cases and inquire large legal fees which the guild uses to pay for trials and other procedures. Interestingly the courts are not paid by tax dollars instead by the legal fee’s and ownership of the property of the Courthouses.

Another office of power is that of the Attorney-General which is responsible for ensuring the punishment and enforcement of the verdict and post and pre court proceedings to ensure the defendant and prosecution are prepared for court and follow the verdict by contacting different offices within the government.

Woman’s Rights

Womens rights in North Bardonia has fluctuated throughout the many centuries and many nations that have occupied the peninsula. The first token appreciation towards women in North Bardonia was in Carthiada where women could technically vote and take part in government, but this vote was extremely difficult to obtain as the requirements were constricted by the Carthiadan Senate.

In the early years of the Kingdom of North Bardonia a campaign for woman’s suffrage and universal suffrage would take the rights of women back to new heights where modern women where treated nearly equal to men at that time and during the Great War would become key parts of North Bardonia Industry. This shortlisted spree of Women’s Rights would end in 1933 with the formation of the Republic of North Bardonia.

In the 1960’s & 1970’s the suffrage movement returned with the Civil Rights Act of 1968 lead by the Democratic Liberal Party and other liberal political movements. The return of Civil Rights to women in 1968 would also lead to other civil reforms in the 70’s. Domestic Violence though in regions such as Surdistan and Kharistan is very common.

Human Rights

In modern North Bardonia Human Rights abuses have been common and been documented heavily. Domestic violence and assault is common in many regions specifically those where Surdic and Khari people occupy land. Additionally the federal government has, on multiple occasions, conducted raids, operations and full scale conflicts with minority groups with North Bardonia. Most recently the Royal Goverment in 2021 invaded Vrejemland after secessionist took control during the Electoral and Political crisis of 2021. In the past the National Goverment of President Symon Haldbert invaded Kharistan and on multiple occasions events of mass murder was document, this all took place during the Kharistan Emergency.

LGBT+ Rights

In modern North Bardonia the rights of the LGBT minority still remain in a hot topic. It is legal for homosexuals to marry in a civil service and a few Matheist organization will conduct a ceremony but the Old Faith and a majority of Matheist groups don't recognize the marriage. Transpeople are unfortunately not recognized and any doctor or medical personal who work with Transpeople to give them the necessary procedure do have their licenses revoked. Though there is still much debate on the topic the rights of these individuals the Government has refused to acknowledge the existents of this group.

Free Speech

Today freedom of speech is one of the most well documented, and well protected rights of North Bardonians. Currently the government guarantees freedom of speech, and guarantees the legality of obscenity, criticism of the government, blasphemy and defamation (in most cases with exclusions to defamation that is used in a 'political arena and within the tools of industry"). However, Hate Speech remains in the center of a new legal debate as it is currently legal under the Freedom of Speech Laws but is still legal, censorship is also still legal in some cases and sedition remains illegal under government statue.

Foreign Relations

See also: Foreign relations of North Bardonia

North Bardonian Foreign Office located in the Old City of Carthiada, home to The Foreign Office & Trade Department

The Kingdom of North Bardonia contains a large Foreign and Diplomatic Office with numerous subdepartments for the many nations North Bardonia is diplomatically tide too. North Bardonia has also had the pleasure of membership in numerous diplomatic, economic and military alliances over the ages. In modern times North Bardonia has joined the Vasbian Union (2020) in the aftermath of the Papalanian-Bardonia War (2018). Another economic alliance that North Bardonia has been a member of is the Magnaterran Economic Community since it's joining the organization in 1944. North Bardonia as a monarchy has also maintained the usage of marriages to strike political matches; one of the longest of such is the match making between Bardonia and Buchbach with several matches having been made over the last century culminating in a close relationship between the two. Another major organization North Bardonia is a member of the Directorate of Oil Developing Market since 1976 and is a member state of the International Council. Another Alliance that North Bardonia remains apart of is BASO, a member since January of 2023 North Bardonia is its most recent member state and remains a close ally to other regimes in the Borealian-Amnisian Security Organisation (BASO) like Tussia, Biggonia & Terra Argo.

Modern relations between Biggonia and North Bardonia were established in 1895 during the War of Independence. Following the capture of several important cities from Hansa in 1895, the Biggonian Confederation officially recognised North Bardonia as a sovereign state and sent small sums of military equipment and advisors to aid the North Bardonian forces. Since the Biggonian kingdoms retained their nominal sovereignty in 1895, recognition actually took place between October 8th-12th, with Talland being the first to recognise and Kudestadt being the last. However, only a single embassy was opened due to their co-operation in foreign affairs, with the embassy being opened after the liberation of Carthadia in 1896. The Biggonian Empire assisted North Bardonia during the Great War, dispatching <------> soldiers from the Imperial Army to fight on the Bardonian front. Despite a temporary weakening of relations during the late Kingdom, they rebounded during the North-Bardonian republican period, with them becoming one of Biggonia's closest partners during their international isolation of the latter 20th century. Biggonian agents helped to organise the Freikorps during the Sanitation Period to quell socialist revolt. During the Biggonian spring of 1975-1997, North Bardonia was the first overseas country Emperor Josef II visited and was the first time a reigning Emperor had gone overseas since 1941 in 1978. In response to the Biggonian invasion of Domlandia in 1997, North Bardonia was one of the few to not openly condemn Biggonia despite public backlash. This led to Biggonia granting unparalelled access to Old Faith missionaries for charity, with many visiting during the Biggonian occupation to adminster charity and gain converts amongst the desperate people. Despite this causing some controversies and individual missionaries being arrested during the period, relations remained strong and diplomats were never expelled from either nation throughout the period of 1997-2019. The coup d'etat in 2019 resulted in a temporary pause in diplomatic relations, as Biggonia was initially unwilling to accept the far more moralistic Kingdom which was more confrontational about Biggonian human rights abuses. Thanks to pressure from the VF and Papalania Biggonia recognised the Kingdom as the legitimate government in late November 2019. Empress Ricardina's first reign in 2021 marked the high point of relations between North Bardonia and the Biggonian Empire, largely due to the closeness of the two rulers. During the Biggonian interregnum andIron Putsch, North Bardonia frequently aided dissidents such as providing temporary residence to Ricardina after she was forced into exile. Despite disagreements over North Bardonia's closeness with the Domlandian Social Republic, the modern Biggonian Commonwealth currently enjoys a cordial relationship with North Bardonia. Both nations share membership of the INTC, VU, and DODM. In 2024 Empress Ricardina and King Erich became engaged.

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Visa, Foreign Relations and Trade Status

Country	Visa	Trade	Embassy	Relationship Established
Tayichi	No-Visa	No Trade Agreement	Active	1900
Buchbach	No-Visa	Free Trade	Active	1896
Biggonia	No-Visa, Travel Advisory	Free Trade	Active	1895
Papalania	No-Visa	Free Trade	Active	1922
Domlandian Social Republic	Reconsider Travel	No Trade Agreement	Establishing	2024
Domlandian State	Reconsider Travel	No Trade Agreement	N/A (Recognition Limited)	N/A
Thauto	Visa	Free Trade	Active	2000
Hansa Federation	Visa	Free Trade	Active	1897
Dolplandia	Heavily Restricted	No Trade	Closed	1945
Deims Kir	Visa	Free Trade	Active	1910
Pantsville	Visa	Free Trade	Active	1942
Singhapala Bisaya	Visa	No Trade Agreement	Active	1956
Ethniopa	Heavily Restricted	No Trade	Closed	1999
Vabasian Federation	No-Visa	Free Trade	Active	1920
Qilia	Visa	No Trade Agreement	Active	1900
Terra Argo	No-Visa	Free Trade	Active	1911
Pais-Sukoku	Visa	No Trade Agreement	Active	1918
Saellue	Reconsider Travel	No Trade	Closed	1982

Government Finance

Budget

Year	Planned	Actual	Deficit
2022	85 Billion	89 Billion	-14 Billion
2023	82 Billion	90 Billion	-18 Billion
2024	84 Billion	92 Billion	-8 Billion

Government Ministries and Departments

List of Ministries

Ministery	Minister	Budget
Finance
Infastructure
Agriculture
Education
Welfare
Healthcare

List of Departments

Department	Secratary	Ministery	Budget
Debt		Finance
Taxation		Finance

Military

Army

The Army of North Bardonia has very much shifted throughout the numerous centuries it has operated in. From the ancient Armies of Carthiada commanded from the backs of war elephants to the modern columns of tanks commanded from the safety of a military bunker. In a modern case of the existence of a professional fighting force for the nation dates back to the volunteer armies of the North Bardonian Confederacy and of the early kingdom. Now in the modern era the Kings Armies are split into two; the Landheer, a regular infantry, armored and motorized arrangement of military forces compared to that of the Legions which are a more professional specialized force. At the moment there are 250,000 active servicemen and women and 100,000 reservists and 50,000 support staff in the North Bardonian Army. Of the current standing 250,000 there are a total of 100,000 in the Legionaries Service (10 legions) and 150,000 in the Landheer (15 divisions), of these forces 50,000 are currently deployed in foreign theaters, 30,000 in Dolplandia (1 legion and 2 Landheer divisions) and 20,000 in Domlandia (2 Landheer divisions in the DMZ).

Navy

The North-Bardonian Navy Size

5 cruisers

24 submarines

6 light cruisers

12 frigates

5 destroyers

1 aircraft carrier

12 transports

38 Heavy Ekranoplans

42 Light Ekranoplans

Air and Space Force

Airforce Size

252 4th Generation Fighter

121 4th Generation CAS

59 4th Generation Bombers

National Guard

Stuff

Law Enforcement and Crime

Some large criminal organizations include the Biggonian Mafia, The Mob, Triads and the numerous Gangs that are scattered around North Bardonia. Each of these criminal organizations have large activities in major cities and operate an illicit drug trade which has been crippling the nation since 2018. A majority of the drugs traded include Cocaine, Heroin, Opioids and Peyote. A special task force within the Royal Constabulary has been tasked with dealing with drugs (Royal Constabulary Drug Task Force).

The Royal Constabulary operates in association with Local Constabulary departments as an organization above the local level with jurisdiction nationwide to pursue criminals. Local constabulary departments are headed by Chiefs whilst city/county constabulary are headed by Chief-General. Head of Law Enforcement nationwide is headed by the Constable-General but reports to the Home Secretary. Criminal after trail is sent to prisons nationwide wide which are handled by Royal Constabulary, additionally all criminals are mandated to go to therapy and parole for as many months as the Judge deems necessary.

Economy

The North Bardonian economy has, in recent years, been defined by explosive growth followed by economic stagnation. Here we see the construction of towers near the Kalidara Port in 2021, Kalidara is one of the newly emerging financial hubs since its designation as a Free Zone in 2019.

North Bardonia has a market economy with some influence of a mixed system, a legacy of the autarky of the 30's & 40's and the planned economy of the 70's and governmental guidance in both the 2000's and the late 2010's. This mixed system is defined by a growing diversification of the economy away from oil and towards services and industry and government involvement in stimulating the economy via tax cuts and special economic zones to help grow the economy in the aftermath of the Papalanian-Bardonia War. For the later part of the 20th Century North Bardonia was elevated from a relatively obscure economic power to a newly emerging and rapidly growing economy.

North Bardonia economy however still remains primarily secondary with 39% of laborers in the secondary sector followed closely behind it by tertiary and service sector with 37%. Primary Sector employment fills out the rest at 23.7% and Quaternary employment coming in at 0.3%. Over the past two decades North Bardonia's economy has shifted away from industry and resource exploitation towards services such as tourism. North Bardonia is one of the world's largest producers of Wheat and one of the largest exporters of Petroleum.

In 2020 North Bardonias Economy was on the road to recovery in the aftermath of the Papalanian-Bardonia War and the recession it brough on and the 2000's Economic Crisis's. North Bardonia remains a major export driven nation with Petroleum, Agricultural Products, and cheap industrial goods making up a majority of international exports. North Bardonia is a major importer of industrial scale mechanical products like tractors and other machines necessary for heavy industry.

The diagram shows the North Bardonia's GDP from 1900 to 2024

Under the economic policy of Autarky which was adopted in the aftermath of the Iron Putsch has left both its scars and its wonders in plain sight. Under the Autarky government played a major role in guiding the economy to rebuild after theIron Putsch and the Great War; the autarky policies were pasted included nationalization and large public works, the largest of which is the National Highway System, it also included militant anti-social suppression tactics against socialist, trade unionist and politically left-wing activists who were seen as enemies. Under several acts of the time the government was granted unprecedented economic power to the executive and legislative branch of North Bardonia. These powers did help repair the Economy of North Bardonia and give it some of the best GDP and GDP Per Capita growth of any nation during the Great Depression, a trend that would last until the 1960's when the autarkic policies began crippling foreign trade number and began isolating the North Bardonian Economy.

Eventually most isolationistic economic policies would be repealed by Symon Haldbert who oversaw the restructuring of the North Bardonian Economy and began paving the way to further privatization. Before North Bardonia could fully recover the Kharistan Emergency occurred causing a collapse of foreign trade and the loss of some of the most productive industrial areas of North Bardonia further crippling the economy. In the 1990's the CDP's turn further towards market economics helped North Bardonia quickly recover from the 1998 Borealian Financial Crisis before the 2000's. However, in the 2000's a socialist lead government effort to return power to the workers and bring about economic equality accidently led to both a housing and economic bubble which burst in 2008 and then again in 2010 bringing millions into poverty and unemployment, a cycle of stagnation which would be further hampered by the Papalanian-Bardonia War fully collapsing the economy and losing nearly 80 Billion Pounds in GDP over a three mounth period.

In the 2020's economic recovery was brough about by a mixed-market scheme with government involvement limited to public works with the aim of boosting employment and lowering poverty, projects like the Northern Rail & Sea Link (NRSL) and other large-scale infrastructure projects. Other than state goals the Government utilized tax breaks and Public-private partnership to help develop the nation and help return GDP to its highs in 2006. The 2020's were also a tense time for laborer-employer relations with the 2021 General Strikes, which demand a wage increase for all laborers, resulting in panic selling on the Carthiada Exchange before the Government negotiated a minimum wage increase of 1.00₤ (from 4.50₤ an hour). In 2024 the laborers went on strike again for a decrees in the working week (from 70 to 55 hours maximum). Overall, the early 2020's were a good one for North Bardonia.

Taxes are collected by the Royal Revenue Service led by Lord Treasurer, TBD as of 2024, though tax collection is mainly a provincial responsibility with revenue being split 30-30-40 (40% to local areas, 30% to provincial and 30% to Federal Government).

The Carthiada Stark Market is the oldest in North Bardonia with it opening in 1897 by King Edvark I. Alongside stock investments North Bardonia remains one of the few nations with a Sovereign Wealth Fund, the National Investment Fund of North Bardonia (shortened to Noordvest).

Economic Groups & Companies

One of the most influential economic groups in North Bardonia is North Bardonian Petroleum (NBP),a state-owned petroleum company (Public-private mix with 51% Government Control) headquartered in Carthiada.Established in 1936, NBP was founded with the primary objective of harnessing the vast petroleum resources within the west of North-Bardonia and leveraging them to fuel the nation's economic growth, by the 1960's many of the inland oil fields were running dry leading to the development of offshore drilling technology leading to the exploitation of the oil fields in the Carthiada Gulf and eventually in the Penitusian. Thanks to NBP North Bardonia is a member of DODM and produces 4.9 million Barrels Per Day on average, additional thanks to Capital derived from NBP North Bardonia has greatly increased economic output thanks to the autarky of the 1940's which exploited petrol prices and used profits to invest in North Bardonia and into a sovereign wealth fund.

Agriculture

The North Bardonian Agricultural Sector accounts for 9.82% of the North Bardonian Economy as of 2022 and accounts for 29.4% of the nation's exports. The main exported foodstuffs include the likes of Wheat, Barley and other wholegrains which are sold and shipped internationally, and leading to its nickname as the "Breadbasket of the Penitusian". In millennia past the "fertile belt" was located far farther south in and around the Surdish coast, Carthia River Vally and Krondor Basin however it has slowly migrated Northwards becoming located in a crescent with its south-western edge being in and around Kalidara and its north-eastern due being in Isamir.

Tourism

Main article: Tourism in North Bardonia

With 29 international travelers' visiting North Bardonia in 2024, and that number to grow to 35 million by 2030, North Bardonia is one of the world's top tourist destinations. And as North Bardonia shifts to the service sector and advocates for additional tourists to visit North Bardonia. The sights that attracted the most visitors were (annual visitors) the Carthiada Heritage District (9.1 million), Lughansk Coast Region (8.8 million), Krondor Heritage Sight (3.2 million), Arafvyet National Park (2.8 million), Kharistan Cave Cities (2.2 million), Anasthal Bay (1.5 million) & other sites (1.4 million). The tourism industry brings in about 48.9 billion Pounds for the North Bardonian Economy contributed nearly 15% of its GDP.

Most tourists come from either Vabasa (32%), Amnis (25%), Borealia (23%), Juzania (12%) and other (28%).

Andator Hannha, a historical sight in the Arafvyet National Park, is one of the last [Insert Zoroastrian Faith] temples intact. This site is located in central Bayrita.

North Bardonia, especially the cities of Krondor & Carthiada, is famed for their historical sites, such as the Library of Krondor, the Old City of Carthiada, the Arafvyet Historical Region home to the ruins of the Arafvyet Empire, and the Kharistani Cave Cities all of which attract nearly 15 million tourists each year.

The second largest attracter of tourist in North Bardonia is the Lughansk Coastal region, which lies from the northwestern shore of North Bardonia to its Northeastern shore alongside the Penitusian attracting millions for its white sand beaches and its hanseatic-local style architecture and cuisine. The area is also one of the superyacht capitals of the world with hundreds of Finterras uberwealthy migrated to North Bardonia for its low tax rate and favorably weather.

With on average 2 million tourist per year the Kharistan Cave Cities is one of the smaller, yet still significant tourist sites in North Bardonia. The site itself was heavily damaged during the Kharistan Emergency where insurgents lay in wait in parts of the Cave Cities. Nowadays the site is far safer and far better preserved than other historical sites in Kharistan and in the past.

Most tourists either come in from Carthiada (CRT) or Kharibad (KHT) airports and take local airlines, cars, or even the rail network to get to their final destination. North Bardonia has heavily campaigned for tourists to visit as a part of the Economic Plan 2030, the slogan of the country is "the Heart of Barica".

Science and Technology

Stuff

Infrastructure

Transportation

Main article: Transporation in North Bardonia

A high-speed EMU passing over a viaduct in the Uiortel Special Economic Zone border with Cordo Fa, the train is a North Bardonian NBSR HST2010 capable of speeds of up to 300 kmph (186 mph).

North Bardonia rail network, which spans 11,675 kilometers (7255 miles) of passenger and cargo track as of 2022, is a hodgepodge of private transport lines and government owned rail lines operated on hundreds of kilometers of track. The four largest rail operators in North Bardonia are the state-owned North Bardonia State Rails (NBSR), the public-private mix owned Penitusian Cargo Rail Bardonia (PCRB), the Carthiada Metropolitan Rail Union, a state-owned company entierlly operated by Carthiada making use of PPP's for track development, and High-Speed Lines Bardonia, known as Beeline, a Public-private partnership. Beeline and NBSR operate North Bardonias high speed network (with all trains average speed being 230 kmph (143 mph), which totals at 7 lines (4 operated by NBSR, 3 by Beeline with 3 more lines planned by Beeline for 2026). More recent high-speed lines include the Uiortel-Cordo Fa Express, which runs at 270 kmph (168 mph), the fastest in North Bardonia which opened in January of 2024.

Under recent legislation, the Rail Development Act of 2019, North Bardonia has deregulated private rail lines and have actively encouraged cities to build intercity connections and metropolitan connections via tax breaks and government funding. In 2020 Kalidara, Couthal, Krondor and Clarafort announced the construction and renovation of major train stations and rail lines running between them with the goal of finishing a High-Speed Rail line (in partnership with Beeline between the three cities by February of 2025. This rail line should reduce housing prices in Krondor and Kalidara making the west oast cheaper to live on and wealthier over time. Alongside above ground rail North Bardonia has large amounts of light rail and metro line services in major cities with Carthiada being one of the largest by far in the region with XX lines and XXXX kilometers (XXXX miles) of track.

There is also approximately 142,000 kilometers of serviceable road in North Bardonia, one of the largest in the area. The Kharistan and Carthiada regions are both very dense with the number of roads & highways in their regions, which connect major city's like Kharibad, Isamir and Halamanat in Kharistan and the economic hub of Carthiada with major ports in Surdistan and Krondor. North Bardonian roads also handle international traffic coming from Asteristan and even traffic from Haverade, via ferries, where many tourists and trade go either way across the

Newly built H-4 connecting Clarafort to Cordo-Fa in 1952, built under the second National Highway Scheme in 1943

straits every day. North Bardonia also handles a large number of containers taking goods north-south and east-west along major highways such as the H-1 (Cordo Fa-Carthiada via Uiortel and Kharibad ) and the H-2 (Krondor to Cel Or via Carthiada). North Bardonia also has a large number of Tollways operated by Public-private partnership which had originally allowed for the development and expansion of Noth Bardonias highway system. The new car market in North Bardonia is dominated by many foreign companies, like TBD, TBD & TBD, but North Bardonia also has its own car brands like Carthiada, United, & Krondor-West. Automobiles likes cars, busses and tracks that are powered by diesel or petrol are a large cause of North Bardonians emissions and greenhouse gasses.

The National Highway System of North Bardonia began construction in 1922 as one of the many short-lived visions of King Clemont I, however in the mid 30's and early 40's, after the H-2 and H-2 provided proof of concepts and the success of the Carthiada Krondor Tollway the Sanatation Government passed two acts, the National Highway Development Act of 1938 and the National Highway Development Act of 1943 creating two highway schemes, the NHS1 built Highways 1-3 and the NHS2 built highways 3-12 (evens denote East-West Axis and odds denote North-South Axis highways). In 1961 the passage of the Highway & Regional Roads Designation Act the National Highway System now had to maintained by the federal government and regional roads and regional highways (designated by the RH status). The speed limits on these roads however remained very different with Federal Highways have a minimum speed of 80 kmph and a max of 140 kmph and Regional Highways having a max of 120 kmph.

There are a total of 345 designated Airports in North Bardonia, over half (198) are rural airports operated by farmers and their crop-dusters, 110 are regional airports with no international flights and the remaining 37 are international airports with regular scheduled international flights. The two largest airports in North Bardonia are Carthiada International Airport (CRT) and Kharibad-Halamanat International Airport (KHT), both taking well over 20 million passengers a year. CRT is located in the vicinity of downtown Carthiada along the River Carthia and is the oldest, busiest and largest airport in North Bardonia with flights going to nearly every major city in Barica and Amnis and with daily intercontinental flights to Borealia, Forsia and Falakia. North Bardonia Airways, the national carrier operates a full terminal and alongside Libertas Air take up 60% of daily flights in and out of the airport.

Port of Cordo Fa-Penitusian (CordoPen) in January of 2022

North Bardonia, as positioned in the center of the Penitusian is a major hub for international trade, North Bardonia having 11 major ports is thusly a crux of the pan Penitusian trade North Bardonia has some of the largest port facilities in the world. The largest of which in North Bardonia is located just to the east of Cordo Fa, the Port of Cordo Fa-Penitusian (CordoPen) which opened in 1911. Alongside Cargo shipping North Bardonia also has a large passenger shipping industry with the largest North Bardonian cruise company, Penitsusian-Bardonian Lines, operates out of major North Bardonian cities like Carthiada, Uiortel, Cordo Fa, and Krondor alongside minor cities like Symons Port and Kalidara. In the North of the country ferries and catamarans cruise between Vabas and the Commonwealth of Haverade connecting Haverade, and the VU by extension to Inyiza and other islands in the Aria Strait to North Bardonia. these ferries, run under several companies' names like Penitusian Ferry, take thousands of people across the straits every day and is a part of a larger trade network linking the Continental VU to North Bardonia.

Badhan Ashar Nuclear Power Station in Kharistan is the longest operating Nuclear Power Station in North Bardonia with its twin reactors having started work in 1983.

Energy

See also: Energy in North Bardonia

  Nuclear (32%)

  Solar (4%)

  Coal (25%)

  Oil (24%)

  Gas (6%)

  Wind (2%)

  Hydro (4%)

  Other (3%)

North Bardonia is one of the largest producers of energy in Finterra, with a major North Bardonian export being that of Petroleum. However domestically North Bardonia relies on a wide variety of energy sources such as Nuclear, which provides the most energy, coal and oil following shortly behind that of Nuclear. However North Bardonia itself primarily relies on off of fossil fuels for power that that is quickly changing with the North Bardonian Ministry of Energy now heavily investing in alternative sources of energy such as onto Nuclear, Solar or Hydro power instead of Coal, Oil or Gas. Currently North Bardonia has 11 nuclear powers stations which provides 32% of the countries 1,500 terawatt hours of electricity that the country uses per year.

Due to a bulk of North Bardonias power coming from domestically produced coal, oil and natural gas North Bardonia has been rarely hit by petrol scares such as the 19XX Oil Crisis but still the Government has attempted to move away from its reliance on fossil fuels. Thanks in part to the 2000-2012 LUDAS coalition government North Bardonia began investing in Hydroelectric and wind power as a renewable energy source for the country however both sources only account for 6% of national energy production. Renewables only account for roughly 11% of national production although Government goals suggest that renewables should account for 15% by 2026 and 20% by 2030 with hopes of phasing out non-renewables by 2050 in accordance with the TBD Climate Accords. Alongside phasing out non-renewables North Bardonia has invested significantly into alternative power research, in the late 2000's the LUDAS-DLP Government spent millions in Solar power research and now in the modern Kingdom in collaboration with MEC's Insitute of Advanced Physic Research to develop Fusion Power with a test-reactor set to complete construction in 2026 and other tests still being conducted at the IAPR Center near Carthiada.

Culture

Literature & Philosophy

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Cinema

A North Bardonian cinema in 1942, as a part of the early years of film in the country.

The North Bardonian cinema scene is dominated by the two cities of Cordo Fa and Uiortel. Both host annual Film Festivals with Cordo Fa in August and Uiortel in January that bring numerous filmmakers and film stars from around the world to the two cities. Several large studios own large film locations in the Uiortel Range and within the two cities. The ‘home grown’ film industry had recently exploded with innumerable smaller studios taking up home in Uiortel and Cordo Fa. Interestingly Cordo Fa and Uiortel are home to two contrasting film styles. Cordo Fa is a hub of animation and CGI whilst Uiortel is a hub of live action. Even in genres Cordo Fa proves to prefer child friendly and the more traditional film genres whilst Uiortel is more centered towards adult genres such as action, thriller and horror.

The films industries golden age in North Bardonia would be from 1970-1990 with dozens of filmmakers produces classical films that would be huge successes to foreign audiences intrigued by the new style of filming appearing in many Bardonian films of "One Shot" films were, to the viewer, the whole film would appear as one, never-ending shot following one character during the event, such as the classic Star of the Sea (1984). Other genres also saw hiatus such as the animation scene with Prominet North Bardonian filmmaker Malros Leftenson, a filmmaker for much of his life, creating the historical drama The Winds of Fate. A classically film released in 1999 by the Cordo Fa Filming Company. Numerous films have come out of Cordo Fa and many are greatly appreciated in the wider world.

Sports

In North Bardonia sports depends a lot on where you were born. Inland and in major cities the most popular sports are Baseball, Football, and Tennis. Baseball completions have been held since the 19th Century and had helped created a unique North Bardonian Cultural Identity whilst under Hansan Occupation. Football gained a presence in the 1940’s during a time of economic growth, tennis as a sport of the elite has also been around since the 19th Century. On the coast Sailing, Golfing, and Water Polo take prevalence. Sailing is one of the more popular water sports in North Bardonia with lots of funding by private groups going into Sail North Bardonia (SNB) and the newly reformed Royal Sailing Authority (RSA). Numerous youth programs are sponsored by the RSA and the National Sailing team is sponsored by both RSA and SNB.

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Public holidays & festivals

North Bardonia, as a multireligious, multiethnic nation, celebrates a diverse array of religous holidays.

Date	Local Name	Name	Observation
1st January	TBD	New Years Day	Beginning of the Pontifical calendar year
TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
12th August	Vryheidsdaag	Liberty Day	Celebration of the independence of North Bardonia
13th August	Anayasa Daag	Constitution Day	Celebration of the Constitution and democracy of North Bardonia
25th December	TBD	Christmas	Celebration of the birth of TBD
31st December	TBD	New Years Eve	End of the Pontifical calendar year