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Eastarland is a Unitary Kingdom, consisting of 18 Crown Lands ('''Kronelandeter''') and Klausberg Metropolitan Region , Crown Lands can be divided into counties ('''Fylker'''), districts into cities and communities ('''Kommuner'''), some communities into urban areas ('''Urbanmrōder'''). The main units of local administration are communities. Below is a list of the crown lands. | Eastarland is a Unitary Kingdom, consisting of 18 Crown Lands ('''Kronelandeter''') and Klausberg Metropolitan Region , Crown Lands can be divided into counties ('''Fylker'''), districts into cities and communities ('''Kommuner'''), some communities into urban areas ('''Urbanmrōder'''). The main units of local administration are communities. Below is a list of the crown lands. | ||
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Revision as of 20:00, 7 March 2021
Kingdom of Eastarland Ostligjorden Kōninriket | |
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Motto: "Loyalty to the Crown and Fatherland" ("Lojalitet til Kronen og Fedrelandet") | |
Anthem: "Our glory is eternal!"
("Vyr oire er evig!") | |
Capital | Klausberg |
Largest city | Nortvik |
Official languages | Trondic |
Recognised national languages | Trondic |
Ethnic groups (2020) | Trondians (91%) Lusivecians (4.7%) Ykanjoans (2.1%) Scousers (1.4%) Other (0.8%) |
Demonym(s) | Trondians |
Government | Unitary Constitutional Parliamentary Monarchy |
• Monarch | Frederik XI |
• Prime Minister | Helena Hoffmann |
• President of the Senate | Arne Bakken |
• Сhairman of the Kōninstag | Emilia Orenstein |
• Chief of Justice | Roy Holand |
Legislature | States General |
Senate | |
Kōninstag | |
Foundation | |
• The beginning of the statehood of the Principality of Nedebrad | 1579 |
• Unification of the Kingdom of Eastarland | 1827 |
May 17, 1855 | |
Area | |
• Total | 612,097 km2 (236,332 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | 3.1% |
Population | |
• 2020 estimate | 97,428,353 |
• 2015 census | 95,117,901 |
• Density | 159.2/km2 (412.3/sq mi) |
GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | 4.971 trillion |
• Per capita | 51,022 |
GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | 3.783 trillion |
• Per capita | 38,829 |
Gini (2020) | 29.6 low |
HDI (2020) | 0.934 very high |
Currency | Golden Ducat (Đ) (EGD) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (East Time) |
Date format | yyyy.dd.mm |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | +346 |
ISO 3166 code | ETL |
Internet TLD | .etl |
Eastarland (Ostligjord [ostligiε:rd]), officially the Kingdom of Eastarland (Ostligjorden Kōninriket [ostligiε:rden kœninriket]) is a country on the eastern continent of Anteria. The area of the territory is 612,097 km2. The population as of December 31, 2020 is 97,428,353.
Located in the center of the eastern continent, it is washed by the waters of the World Ocean in the west, the Castarilian Sea in the east and has an inland sea of Gulthav Sea. It shares borders with Land2020 in the north, Castarilia in the east, Ykanjo in the south.
According to the state structure, it is a unitary state, it consists of 19 Crown lands (Klausberg (metropolitan region), Safeks, Lōwien, Koberfjord, Kiraikjord, Oldermark, Paringien, Egenland, Fōlstmark, Zudderhavn, Rogenfoll, Trynset, Dorhenhoff, Ōsallandet, Dōnolag, Lusivec, Nedebrad, Rjumark, Ōienvikket). The form of government is a constitutional parliamentary monarchy. The King of Eastarland since 3 August 2006 is Frederik XI from the Farenburg dynasty, since 2 July 2019 Helena Hoffmann has been the Prime Minister and Head of Government.
The capital is Klausberg. The largest city is Nortvik. The state language is Trondic.
Eastarland is a country with a dynamically developing economy. GDP for 2020 was 4.971 trillion ducats (about 51.022 ducats per capita). The monetary unit is the Eastarlandian ducat.
Etymology
The word "Eastarland" is not a self-name for either the Kingdom or its people. The word "Eastarland" is only an English translation of the word Ostligjord, which was formed during the colonial administration of the Castarilian Empire from the 1460s to 1576.
The word Ostligjord literally means "land in the east", and refers to the 1200s - 1250s, when, presumably, the first Irdemanians arrived from the southeastern part of the western continent of Anteria.
The first settlements and cities of violence were characterized by typical Nordic names: Svelvik, Lavrik, Horten. The very same word "Ostligjord" was used only to designate the entire territory occupied by the settlers.
For the first time Ostligjord is mentioned as the name of the state in 1827, when the remaining principalities united into one kingdom, it was decided to give the name to the state, which was given by the first settlers to the land on which it would be formed.
People living in Eastarland call themselves Trondians (Trōndmann). This name comes from the name of a Nordic tribe that lived in the southeast of the Western continent from the 9th to the 13th century. Between the 1200s and 1250s, they migrated to the Eastern Continent.
History
Geografy
Relief
The northern part of Eastarland is a low-lying plain formed during the Ice Age (North Eastarland Plain, lowest point Gulthav Sea, 0 m below sea level). The surface of the lowland has preserved traces of ancient glaciation - chains of low moraine ridges and hills. The western part of the lowland is occupied by swampy lowlands, the formation of which is caused by the subsidence of the platform. In the central part of the country, forest-covered foothills adjoin the lowlands from the south. The highest point is Hōldhopiggen Mountain, 3243
Rivers and lakes
A large number of rivers flow through the territory of Eastarland, the largest of which are: Ostelv, Glomelv, Kolymelven. The largest lake in Eastarland is Rysvant, with an area of 1140 km² and a depth of 630 m. The lake is connected by a narrow Estersunnet strait in the west with the Gulthav Sea, and in the east with the Strober strait with the Castarilian Sea.
Climate
In general, the climate is temperate, maritime, characterized by cool summers and rather warm winters. The average temperature in July is + 16 ... + 17 ° C, in January - about + 2 ° C on the coast and slightly colder inland. The absolute maximum air temperature (+ 38.6 ° C) was recorded on August 10, 1954 in Drasau, the absolute minimum (−27.4 ° C) was recorded on January 29, 1962 in Litburg. In winter, when anticyclones arrive, the temperature drops below 0 ° C, snow falls, and channels and lakes are covered with ice. Although there is an average of 650 to 750 mm of precipitation per year, rarely a day goes by without rain. There are often fogs, sometimes it snows in winter. Truly extreme natural events (severe droughts, tornadoes, storms, severe frost or heat) are relatively rare.
Demographics
Religion
According to the 2011 census, 34.5% of citizens do not identify themselves as belonging to any religion or church. In a 2019 survey, only 59% of respondents said they believe in God, 13% said they believe in some kind of natural or spiritual power, and 28% that they don't believe in any of this. The largest number of believers are Catholics (but only 44.1% of the total population as of 2019), the next largest group is Protestants (8.2%).
According to the amendment to the Constitution of the Kingdom of Eastarland, the Kingdom of Eastarland is a secular state with secular values and views. The church is separated from the state, and the schools from the church. There is also a ban on secondary education in parish schools.
In the Crown Land of Lusivec, the Orthodox Church is extremely widespread among a deeply religious fanatical population. It is the official religion of the region, but is semi-official in the Kingdom, meaning it does not receive any government funding. This led to the fact that over the past 130 years the number of Orthodox churches and cathedrals has decreased from 318 at the time of the annexation of the region, to 72 at the moment.
According to universal law, any kind of discrimination based on affiliation with any religion, incitement to wrongdoing, incitement to hatred, causing physical, psychological or financial harm is prohibited to freedom of religion, and is punishable.
Ethnicity
The population for 2020 is 97,428,353 people. The largest cities are Nortvik (3,336,187 people), Klausberg (3,170,613 people), Ongerhamn (3,149,700 people), Merhagen (2,925,059 people). The average life expectancy is 78 years for men, 86 for women. Age composition: from 1 to 17 years old - 21.1%, from 18 to 66 - 65.2%, over 67 - 13.7%. 20 million students. More than 40 million families. 55 out of 100 families own their own houses. Trondic is spoken throughout the country, although a small proportion of the population living in Lusicivec also speaks Lusivecian. Many Trondians are also fluent in English, especially in large cities and young people who are learning English in schools.
With an area of 612,097 km², according to data for 2020, Eastarland has a population density of 159.2 people per square kilometer. The most densely populated are 3 western provinces: Lōwien, Zūdderhafen and Egenland (the average population density is 440 people / km2 and more; the maximum indicators are observed in urbanized areas - over 600 people / km2). Largely due to this, Eastarland is one of the countries with the most developed transport and information infrastructure. 90.5 million people, or 93% of the country's population, use the Internet. Eastarland had over 10 million fixed telephones and 12.5 million mobile telephones in 2002-2003. More than 320 radio stations and 37 television stations (as well as 31 repeaters) operate in the country.
Ethnically, the population of Eastarland is very mono-ethnic. The largest ethnic minority in Eastarland are the Lusivecians, but of the total population of the country, their number is 4.7%, which is just over 4.5 million people. This nationality is located entirely in the northern Crown Land of Lusivec. The annexation of this region was preceded by a war between the Kingdom of Eastarland and the Principality of Lusivite. However, in the Kingdom they not only do not have a special status, but are also non-citizens (they have a passport of a non-citizen of Eastarland, which deprives them of the right to all political activities, such as creating or joining political parties, voting in elections at any level, participating in referendums).
Language
Eastarlandian state language (self-name - Trōndsk [trεnsk]) is one of the East Anterian languages that have survived to this day. The Trondic language is the only official language of the Eastarland, about 104 million people speak Trondians (most of them live in Eastarland).
Divided into two dialects: Upper Eastarlandian, Middle Eastarlandian. The modern literary Eastarlandian language is based on the Middle Eastarlandian dialect.
The first written monuments appeared in the 11th century. The modern Trondic Latin-based alphabet contains 31 letters.
The stress is fixed on the first syllable. By morphological structure, is an inflectional and synthetic language. The syntax is characterized by a relatively free word order, the basic one being the SVO order. The vocabulary is mostly primordial, Germanisms prevail among the borrowings.
Education
Education in Eastarland is compulsory from 3 to 16 years old. From 2020, studies between the ages of 16 and 18 will be compulsory (this can be education, employment or civil service). The basic principles of Eastarlandian education are: freedom of teaching (public and private institutions), free education, neutrality of education, secularism, non-religious education.
Eastarlandian legislation guarantees its citizens a universal secondary education (school attendance is not a prerequisite, and about 1200 children are homeschooled).
The school year lasts 188 days and the municipalities distribute them independently between the autumn and spring semesters; most often, the first half of the year lasts 89 training days, and the spring - 98. Classes begin in August and end at the end of May. Schools pay attention to ensuring the safety of children and the educational process.
The child goes to the school closest to home, but there is a tendency among parents to send their children to educational institutions that are more prestigious from their point of view. If the school is more than two and a half kilometers away, then according to the law, the student (up to the 6th grade) must be brought back and forth by taxi at the expense of the municipality. The school gives out textbooks and all stationery free of charge and teaches the Trondian language, mathematics, natural science, and home economics. Education in the basics of religion (Protestantism or Catholicism) occurs only with parental consent and in accordance with the religion. Atheists have the right to allow secular ethics to be taught to a child, and if objected, children are exempt from any of the courses. The library shelves are in the hallway and are freely accessible.
There are no grades in the lower grades; verbal gradation is used: excellent, good, changeable and “training required”. Starting from the 4th grade, grades are put in the range from 4 to 10 points. There are also grades for behavior - the ability to work in a group and alone, good breeding, and the desire to influence others for the better.
From grade 3, the first foreign language is added to the subjects - English. A foreign-speaking child (for example, from an immigrant family) is entitled to learn his native language from the first grade.
In the lower grades, subjects are combined (chemistry with physics and biology, language with literature) and home economics is taught to everyone, regardless of gender. They write a lot in the school: all kinds of essays are designed to teach the child to have his own opinion on each issue and to express it in literary language.
After graduating from school, a young person can continue his studies at a gymnasium, where his studies end with an examination for a matriculation certificate, or enter a secondary vocational educational institution.
As of 2013, 358 higher educational institutions operated in Eastarland: 174 universities, 180 specialized institutes (they study technology, business and economics, art), and 4 military academies.
Higher education, like primary education, is completely free for citizens of the country, as well as exchange students. For other groups of students, paid tuition has been introduced since 2016, the cost of which will be ~ 4 thousand ducats per year.
Largest Cities
Largest cities or towns in Eastarland
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Nortvik Klausberg |
1 | Nortvik | Zudderhavn | 3,336,187 | 11 | Holmvanstrann | Fōlstmark | 1,632,331 | Ongerhamn Merhagen |
2 | Klausberg | Capital City | 3,170,613 | 12 | Trynelag | Dōnolag | 1,520,596 | ||
3 | Ongerhamn | Dōnolag | 3,149,700 | 13 | Frynsvog | Egenland | 1,037,828 | ||
4 | Merhagen | Oldermark | 2,925,059 | 14 | Brennesberg | Lusivec | 1,019,594 | ||
5 | Flyrō | Flōstmark | 2,643,167 | 15 | Ussland | Safeks | 976,493 | ||
6 | Kongshelm | Lōwien | 2,489,359 | 16 | Maesund | Paringien | 719,219 | ||
7 | Sudsvoll | Zudderhavn | 2,064,065 | 17 | Haslōyn | Dorhenhoff | 654,111 | ||
8 | Brynefjord | Nedebrad | 2,028,763 | 18 | Eienfjord | Rogenfoll | 629,892 | ||
9 | Rostvik | Kiraikjord | 1,886,851 | 19 | Svitgaden | Trynset | 383,502 | ||
10 | Kristianshavn | Ōsallandet | 1,879,265 | 20 | Lynde | Ōienvikket | 307,875 |
State structure
Administrative division
Eastarland is a Unitary Kingdom, consisting of 18 Crown Lands (Kronelandeter) and Klausberg Metropolitan Region , Crown Lands can be divided into counties (Fylker), districts into cities and communities (Kommuner), some communities into urban areas (Urbanmrōder). The main units of local administration are communities. Below is a list of the crown lands.
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