Mardisia

Mardisia
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Motto: Extenditque se a mari usque ad mare (Latin) "Reaching from sea to sea"
Anthem: "O Mardisia" Royal anthem: "God Deliver our King"
Capital	Mattawa
Largest city	Vacquier
Official languages	Erealandian and Barborican
Ethnic groups	See below
Religion	See below
Demonym(s)	Mardisian
Government	Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• Monarch	Alexander I
• Governor-General	Aubrey McCrae
• Prime Minister	Aiden Cameron
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	House of Commons
Independence  from Erealand
• Confederation	June 26, 1871
• Statute of Westhoughton	December 11, 1937
• Patriation	April 8, 1982
Population
• Q4 2022 estimate	39,292,355
• 2021 census	36,991,981
GDP (PPP)	2022 estimate
• Total	$2.240 trillion (15th)
• Per capita	$57,827 (25th)
GDP (nominal)	2022 estimate
• Total	$2.200 trillion (8th)
• Per capita	$56,794 (11th)
Gini (2018)	30.3 medium
HDI (2021)	0.936 very high (15th)
Currency	Mardisian dollar ($) (MAD)
Time zone	UTC−3.5 to −8
• Summer (DST)	UTC−2.5 to −7
Date format	yyyy-mm-dd (AD)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+1
Internet TLD	.ma

Mardisia is a country in North Eurisia. Its eight provinces and three territories extend from the Athamera Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Polar Ocean, covering over ?? million square kilometres (?? million square miles), making it the Olipus' second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with Ibravia, stretching ?? kilometres (?? mi), is the Olipus' longest binational land border. Mardisia's capital is Mattawa is the national capital, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Vacquier, Montreal, and Vancouther.

Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Mardisia for centuries. Beginning in the 16th century, Erealandian and Barborican expeditions explored and later settled along the nation's Athameran coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, Barborico ceded nearly all of its colonies in Northern Eurisia in 1763. In 1871, with the Confederation of the three Erealandian North Eurisian colonies, Mardisia was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. Thus began a process of proliferation of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy from Erealand. This growing autonomy was emphasised in the Statute of Westhoughton of 1937, and culminated in the 1982 Mardisia Act, which dissolved the vestiges of legal dependence on the Parliament of Erealand.

Mardisia is a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy by Westhoughton tradition. The country's head of government is the Prime Minister, who holds office by virtue of their ability to command the confidence of the elected House of Commons, and is appointed by the Governor-General, representing the monarch of Mardisia, the head of state. The country is a Commonwealth realm and is officially bilingual (Erealandian and Barborican) at the federal level. It ranks among the highest in international measurements of government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic freedom, education, gender equality and environmental sustainability. It is one of Olipus' most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration, whilst the country's long and complex relationship with the United States has had a profound impact on its economy and culture.

A highly developed country, Mardisia has the ??th highest nominal per capita income globally and the ???-highest ranking on the Human Development Index. Its advanced economy is the eighth-largest in the world, relying chiefly upon its abundant natural resources and well-developed international trade networks. Mardisia is part of several major international and intergovernmental institutions or groupings including the Allied Nations, NATO, the G12, the OECD, the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Commonwealth of Nations, the Polar Council, the Organisation internationale de la Barbophonie, the Antaria-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, and the Organization of Eurisian States.

See also

• Index of Mardisia-related articles
• Outline of Mardisia
• Topics by provinces and territories