Lasir

Confederacy of Lasir Liên minh Lasir
Flag of Lasir Flag
Capital	Bangkok
Largest	Saigon
Official languages	Vietnamese, Thai
Recognised national languages	Lasirian
Demonym(s)	Lasirian
Government	Anarchistic Confederacy
• Chairman	Chaisai Inchareon
Formation
• First tribes settle in Lasir	6000 BCE
• First petty kingdoms begin to form	234 BCE
• Formation of Viet-Thai Kingdom	1690
• Founding of People's Republic of Lasir	December 3, 1959
Population
• 1990 census	133,091,573
GDP (nominal)	1990 estimate
• Total	$100.44 billion
• Per capita	$755.19
HDI (1991)	.473 low
Currency	Kyat (MMK)
Time zone	UTC +6 to +7
Driving side	right
Calling code	+686
ISO 3166 code	.LS

Lasir, officially the Confederacy of Lasir (Vietnamese: Liên minh Lasir), is a country in Southeast Asia. It directly borders Songjiang to the north, Arakan to the northwest, and Tanah Naga to the south. Lasir is an anarchistic nation, with power almost exclusively vested in the factions and micro-states that make up it's territory. It is rumored that the idea of the Confederacy was made after reading a page on an obscure website about a fictional nation called McFreedomstan.

Economy

Energy

Blackouts are a common problem in Lasir, with underdeveloped energy infrastructure unable to keep up with increasing demands. Several large oil and coal plants operate in Bangkok and Long An province, while the Mekong River Dam in Lesser Cambodia province provides currently 43% of the countries' green energy. Plans to construct a wind farm in the mountains of Eastern Pattaya have been suggested, but no concrete plan has been brought forth. Poorer provinces like Battambang and Mao Xai experience frequent power outages and rely on excess energy from the coastal plains region.

Infrastructure

Infrastructure in Lasir varies by province but by comparison to Western countries it is severely lacking. Bangkok, Hanoi, and Long An are the only provinces to have designated highway systems that are paved, and collectively have 73% of all paved road in Lasir. More inland provinces have nothing more than dirt roads, with some towns having nothing more but a trail connecting them to the country. A plan to construct a 1400km railroad from Bangkok to Hanoi, with an additional 600km in branch lines connecting to other major cities, is currently being floated by TD Bank and Pam一 Corporation. Lasir hosts two international airports in Bangkok and Saigon, being Bangkok International and Gregory B. Braca International Airport.

Shipping

Lasir holds an expansive network of advanced ports that connect the country by sea. Almost every city along the coast has a port, with the largest being in Bangkok, Saigon, and Hanoi. In the isthmus of Lasir, a canal is being constructed to decrease the journey time taken to travel from Lasir's west coast to east coast. The canal, being constructed jointly by British Lancaster Industries, Songjiangian Wuxing Management Corp., and Japanese Z-Tech, has cost $20Bn and is expected to take five years to complete. The canal will also end Tanah Naga's monopoly on the Strait of Malacca, effectively controlling trade between Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Demographics

Education

Education varies by provinces. There is no public education funded at the national level, and provincial policy varies. Some provinces like Bangkok offer free public schooling from K-12, while also allowing private and parochial schools to function without government funding. East Pattaya, however, does not offer free schooling, and only allows parochial Islamic schools to function. The National Academy of the Sciences in Bangkok offers advanced courses, for those who can afford it, in a variety of scientific subjects ranging from ecology to theoretical astrophysics to biochemistry. The Vanguard School of Finance offers advanced courses in banking, accounting, and finance. Multiple corporations fund the education systems in their respective province, such as the Sony Bright Mind™ program which seeks to not only educate children in the required subjects (Science, math, and language) while also teaching them the necessary specialist subjects to make them valuable workers in society.

Religion

Lasir is a melting pot of different religious beliefs. Forty-three percent of the population practice a form of Buddhism, with 73% of all Buddhists practicing a form of Theravada Buddhism. 22% practice Mahayana Buddhism, and the last 5% practice Vajrayana Buddhism. An additional 27% of the population practices a sect of Islam. 9% of people are atheistic, and the last 9% is divided amongst Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, Sikhism, and Jainism. Lasir has no official religion, as the government lacks the power to formally enact a state belief. However, multiple provinces have instated their own provincial religions.