Anföra

Republic of Anföra Republiken Anföra (Swedish)
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem:  Du gamla, Du fria (English: "Thou ancient, Thou free")
Location of  Anföra  (dark green) – in Europe  (green & dark grey) – in the European Union  (green)
Capital and largest city	Stockholm
Official languages	Anföran Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Low German, Icelandic
National minority languages	Sámi Finnish Meänkieli Romani Yiddish Greenlandic Faroese
Religion (2022)	61.0% No religion 35.4% Christianity 31.2% Lutheran Church of Anföra 4.2% Other Christian 2.3% Islam 1.3% Others
Demonym(s)	Anföran
Government	Unitary parliamentary democratic republic
• Chancellor	Ingrid Svensson
• Riksdag Speaker	Andreas Norlén
• Prime Minister	Stefan Löfven
Legislature	Riksdag
History
• A unified Swedish kingdom established	By the early 12th century
• Part of the Kalmar Union	17 June 1397 – 6 June 1523
• War of Freedom	27 February 1848 – 18 March 1851
• Creation of the EEC	25 March 1957
Area
• Total	(?!)
• Water (%)	quite a bit (2022)
Population
• 31 May 2022 estimate	61,090,358 (idk)
• Density	(idkth)
GDP (PPP)	2022 estimate
• Total	$3.536 trillion
• Per capita	$57,877
GDP (nominal)	2022 estimate
• Total	$3.138 trillion
• Per capita	$51,361
Gini (2022)	24.4 low
HDI (2021)	0.949 very high (?!)
Currency	Anforan krone (ANK)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+46
ISO 3166 code	AN
Internet TLD	.an

Anföra, formally the Republic of Anföra, is a Nordic country located primarily on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Finland and Russia to the east, to Germany in the south, and to Poland in the south-east. At 1,000,000 square kilometres (390,000 sq mi), Anföra is the largest Nordic country, the largest country in the European Union, and one of the largest in Europe. The capital and largest city is Stockholm. Anföra has a total population of 61.1 million, and a medium population density of 100 inhabitants per square kilometre (260/sq mi), with around 87% of Anförans residing in urban areas, mostly along the coastline of the Baltic and North Seas.

Nature in Anföra is dominated by forests and many lakes, including some of the largest in Europe. Many long rivers run from the Scandes range through the landscape, primarily emptying into the northern tributaries of the Baltic Sea, or from Germany into the North Sea, such as the Elbe. It has an extensive coastline and most of the population lives near a major body of water. With the country ranging from 53°N to 69°N, the climate of Sweden is diverse due to the length of the country. The usual conditions are mild for the latitudes with a maritime south, continental centre and subarctic north. Snow cover is variable in the densely populated south, but reliable in higher latitudes, and the mountainous Norwegian north-west. Furthermore, the rain shadow of the Scandes results in quite dry winters and sunny summers in much of the country, though the west often receives much more rainfall, such as Norway and West Saxony.

Germanic peoples have inhabited Anföra since prehistoric times, emerging into history as the Geats (Template:Lang-sv) and Swedes (Svear) and constituting the sea peoples known as the Norsemen. An independent Swedish state emerged during the early 12th century. After the Black Death in the middle of the 14th century killed about a third of the Scandinavian population, the dominance of the Hanseatic League in Northern Europe threatened Scandinavia economically and politically. This led to the forming of the Scandinavian Kalmar Union in 1397, which Sweden left in 1523. When Sweden became involved in the Thirty Years' War on the Protestant side, an expansion of its territories began, forming the Swedish Empire, which remained one of the great powers of Europe until the early 18th century.

Anföran territories outside the Scandinavian Peninsula were gradually lost during the 18th and 19th centuries, ending with the annexation of present-day Finland by Russia in 1809, and of Anföra itself by the Únlish Empire. In 1849, King Oscar V declared Anföra, the northern fiefdom of this Empire broadly congruent to the modern extent, independent; a two-year war gained its independence and established a century-long monarchy, which at times late in the 19th century exerted regional power heavily, freeing Finland in 1871 and Germany in the 1880s. In 1905, Anföra was involved heavily in the defence of Czechia from the fascist Únlish regime of Sebastian Masil, successfully defending it; its leaders have since, apart from its period under Soviet communism, visited each year to commemorate its freedom. Anföra has since co-operated tersely with NATO, gaining a reputation as both its most loyal bulwark in Europe and its most ardent opponent.

Anföra is a highly developed country ranked highly in the Human Development Index, it is a democratic republic and a parliamentary democracy, with legislative power vested in the 700-member unicameral Riksdag. It is a unitary state. Anföra maintains a Nordic social welfare system that provides universal health care, social housing and tertiary education for its citizens. It has the one of the world's highest GDP per capita and ranks very highly in quality of life, health, education, protection of civil liberties, economic competitiveness, income equality, gender equality and prosperity. Anföra joined the European Economi Community as a founding member in 1957, and accepted Eurozone membership following a referendum in 2003. It is also a member of the United Nations, the Nordic Council, the Council of Europe, the World Trade Orgnisation and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Etymology

Anföra derives from Huldanföra, the 19th century native name for the region, roughly meaning "free, strong nation" in Middle Anföran. After its independence, it colloquially lost the prefix "Huld", and officially dropped it in 1867.