Fourland

Federal Republic of Fourland Ferderl Rebublic Ferl
Flag of Fourland Flag
Motto: Dios, Unión, Libertad "God, Union, Liberty"
Anthem: Tasenersher Tarls (Ten Thousand Years)
Capital and largest city	Camansh
Official languages	Fourlandish
Religion (2021)	32.1% Belism 24.5% Christianity 43.4% Other or No Religion
Demonym(s)	Fourlandish, Fourlandian
Government	Unitary constitutional presidential republic
• President	Noé Elías Melendez
• Vice President	Victoria Eva Montdero
Legislature	National Assembly
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	Chamber of Deputies
Independence from Spain
• Declared	September 15, 1821
Area
• Total	465,316 km2 (179,660 sq mi) (53rd)
Population
• 2022 census	27,327,407
• Density	58.7/km2 (152.0/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2022 estimate
• Total	$1.543 trillion (23rd)
• Per capita	$56,511 (23rd)
GDP (nominal)	2022 estimate
• Total	$771 billion (23rd)
• Per capita	$28,213 (38th)
Gini	32.1 medium (41st)
HDI (2022)	0.939 very high (12th)
Currency	Guadajaran escudo (Ǥ) (GJE)
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)
Date format	mm-dd-yyyy (CE)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+214
Internet TLD	.gj

Fourland, officially The Republic of the Fourlandian Isles is a nation made up of four islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It is generally considered to be part of the continent of Oceania. It has no land borders excepting those which it technically shares with Chile and Argentina/the United Kingdom through its Antarctic territories. It has a population of about 56.4 million, making it the 26th largest country in the world.

It has been inhabited for over 9,000 years, since the Ice Age began to end. The first inhabitants were from the region of modern-day Southern Chile. In about 2500 BC, people on the North-East Island discovered farming, of the cereal tenshen, which is distantly related to maize. However, not all of the tribes on the island adopted the agricultural way of life, some continued as hunter-gatherers in the rainforests of the region. In about 1000 BC, many of the tribes united to form a Vez, which formed an empire, slowly, covering most of the temperate, northern regions of the North-East Isle.

In around 200 BC, the great Vezes (King/Emperor) began his rule. During this period was the Golden Age of Fourland, where the island made many achievements in things like art and philosophy, which would help lay the basis for the culture of Fourland to come. A number of religious and theological traditions were also founded at this time, which contine to have adherents today. The largest of these was Belism, declared the official religion of many sub-national areas in the Vez.

The empire of the Vez started to slowly collapse in about 1000 AD. While it kept its core territory, all of its imperial holdings (e.g the descendants of the tribes which had not wished to join the Vez) became independent between that year and around 1500 AD. One significant thing which happened during this time was the invention of a boat capable of traveling to Peru. It met with the Inca civilization there, and brought back some goods which did not grow natively in Fourland.

In 1774, James Cook discovered the island. His contact brought many diseases to the civilisation which its people had no immunity to-smallpox was the most devastating of these. The population was reduced by over a third, bringing it from approximately 30 million to 10 million. The Vezes there did not want to be conquered by the British, but instead wanted to establish his Vez as an international player in its own right. With the help of the British, he annexed all of the parts of the North-East Island that were not in his Vez, into his Vez. He led the country to become quite rich, trading with the European powers strategically. He also converted to Catholic Christianity, and attempted to convert large portions of his country to it as well.

The Vezes began to hold a more important role than he had before, in the early 19th century. He became at least essentially equivalent to the European King. In 1819, the Vez conquered the South Island of the Fourlandish group, and then the East Isle. A loosely federal system was established during this time, to pacify the different ethnic groups of the islands. The country was generally not allied particularly closely to Britain, instead doing what they thought to be best for them and their own interests.

Demography:

Ethnicity:

89.6% Fourlandish

10.2% European

0.2% Other

Religion:

32.1% Belism

24.5% Christianity

43.4% Other or No Religion

Belism is a religion which revolves around the worship of the god Gar. There are said to be three Gods: Bel, who created the other Gods and the universe and is neither good nor evil, instead having "his own motivations", Ger, or Sem, who is evil demiurge of the universe who created humans, and Can who "only partially exists, or exists in a different way to everything else" and is the one who all adherents of the religion must worship "with abandon, to create order in the inherent chaos of the world created by Ger". Only Fourlandish people can follow the religion, if anybody else does, they must be put to death. As well, all people whose parents (both) followed the religion genuinely must also follow the religion, if they do not, they are disgraced and it is a great shame. It is said the values of honesty, bravery and honour are very important for men to follow. For woman, love and kindness are more important. However if there are not enough woman who exemplify the virtues of love and kindness, a separate class, or category, of men, called Amanshez, is created, made up of men who are inclined towards being loving and kind and are dedicated to those. Aside from that, all Belists must also, in general, follow the rule of "treat others like you would like to be treated"-Belists and non-Belists, Fourlandians and non-Fourlandians alike. There is also a list of Ten Great Laws, or commandments/sacraments, which must be followed by all Belists. It is very important but much more specific than the general rules of behaviour and not exactly about morality or ethics, although they are obligations.

There are about 700,000 Fourlandish people (sometimes called Fourlandians), either of heritage of citizenship, living overseas. Three quarters of these live in the United States, while most of the rest live in either Australia, New Zealand or Argentina.