03-01-2004, 02:14
Greenhome
Introduction
Background:
Some of a repressed people rebelled from a communist nation (the name of the country is not known) in 1863. The communist regime had been based on the principle that the land belonged to no man, only to the government. Therefore, Greenhome was founded on the principle that everyone deserved his or her own land. After a brief war in 1904 Greenhomes land was nearly doubled, and now Greenhome was no longer land locked. The people of Greenhome took to the ocean immediately and now produce some of the best naval vessels in the world.
Geography
Location:
On the continent of Nordland, bordering the Misty, Blue, and White mountains on three sides and the Islen Ocean on the last.
Geographic
Coordinates:
45 00 N, 55 00 W
Area:
total: 497,563 sq km
land: 467, 563 sq km
water: 30,000 sq km
Area-
Comparative:
Coastline:
Maritime claims:
territorial seas: 12 NM
Climate:
temperate, no tropics what so ever, subarctic in the White Mountains. Low winter temperatures, with warm summer temperatures. Weather mostly comes from the north or east.
Elevation
extremes:
lowest point: Depth of the Green Vale -4 m
highest point: Camless Peak in the Misty Mountains 18,987 m
Natural
resources:
iron, timber, silver, copper, natural gas, bauxite
Land use:
arable land: 52.2%
other: 47.5
permanent crops: 0.3%
Natural hazards:
flooding in the deepest part of the Green Vale, tornados in the southern part of the country, hurricanes on the east coast.
Environment-
current issues:
almost no issues due to strict laws protecting the environment, some slight pollution due to run off from pesticides and fertilizers in the middle of the country. Slight air pollution near the southern mountains due to steel mills.
Environment-
international
agreements
People
Population:
6,135,981
Age structure:
0-14 years: 21.5% (male 647,745; female 671,491)
15-64 years: 66.4% (male 2,000,477; female 2,073,814)
65 years and older: 12.1% (male 364,545; female 377,909)
Median age:
total: 35
male: 33.2
female: 36.9
Population growth
rate:
.592% (est.)
Birth Rate:
16.04 births/ 1,000 population
Death Rate:
9.35 deaths/ 1,000 population
Net migration
rate:
1.63 migrant(s)/ 1,000 population
Sex Ratio:
Overall: 0.96 males/ female
Infant mortality
rate:
Overall: 8.12 deaths/ 1,000 live births
Life expectancy at
birth:
total population:75.46 years
male: 71.84 years
female: 78.95 years
Nationality:
noun: Greenhomer(s)
adjective: Greenhomish
Ethnic Groups:
white 83.1%, black 11.8%, Asian 1.9%, other 2.2%
Religion:
Protestant 74.2%, Roman Catholic 17.4%, Jewish 4.1%, other 2.3%, none 2%
Languages:
English and German (spoken by a substantial minority)
Literacy:
definition: age 14 and older that can read and write
female: 96%
male; 94%
Government
Country name:
conventional long form: The Commonwealth of Greenhome Vale
conventional short form: Greenhome
abbreviation: CGV
Government type:
Constitution based “New York Times” democracy
Administrative
divisions:
2 Counties; Greenvale County, Eastdale County
Independence:
Area was originally unsettled, people broke from an unknown nation on March 26, 1863.
National holiday:
Freedom day, March 26 (1863)
Constitution:
11 November 1863, effective 1 January 1864
Legal system:
Based on English common law; limited judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction.
Suffrage:
3 years of full citizenship. (Naturally born citizen gain full citizenship at 18 after military citizenship. Full citizenship can be lost if the person commits a crime.
Executive Branch:
chief of state and chief of government: Governor Karm Messner (since 1 January 2004) and Lt. Governor Craig Smith.
Elections: Governor and Lt. Governor are elected on the same ticket by majority vote.
Legislative
branch:
there is only one Congress, the “County” Assembly. The term congress is now obsolete because Greenhome now has two counties, but is kept never the less. The terms are for 4 years and all of the Assembly is elected at once.
Judicial branch:
National Court (7 justices elected by popular vote for life), County Courts, City Courts.
Political Parties:
Farmers Party, Freedom Party, Environmental Party.
International
organization
participation:
Flag description:
a realistic tree in the middle of the flag, representing the love of nature the people of Greenhome have. Below the flag is the national motto, “Our land is our home”. On the right of the flag is the word freedom and on the left of the flag is the word honor. These words represent the highest virtue of the people of Greenhome. Freedom, which all people deserve and honor, honor to ones family, friends, neighbors, and allies.
Economy
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $126 billion
GDP – real growth
rate:
2.1%
GDP per capita:
purchasing power parity - $21,000
GDP composition
by sector:
agriculture: 12%
industry: 33%
services: 55%
Population below
poverty line:
3.6%
Inflation rate
(consumer
prices):
4.9%
Labor force:
3,190,710
Labor force-by
occupation:
managerial and professional 25%, technical, sales and administrative support 24%, services 11%, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and crafts 28%, farming, forestry, and fishing 12%.
Unemployment
rate:
5.4%
Budget:
revenue: $18.9 billion
expenditures: $18.4 billion
Industries:
Greenhome’s major industries are farming, steel manufacture, automobile manufacture, ship building, and timbering.
Industrial
production
growth rate:
3.6%
Electricity
production:
62.3 billion kWh
Electricity
production
by source:
hydro-electric power: 39%
wind power: 29%
fossil fuels: 24%
solar power: 18%
Electricity
consumed:
60.1 billion kWh
Oil-production:
125 million bbl/day
Oil-consumption:
205 million bbl/day
Oil- exports:
None
Oil- imports:
Needed
Oil- proved
reserves:
1.5 billion bbl
Natural gas-
production:
150 billion cubic meters
Natural gas-
consumption:
95 billion cubic meters
Natural gas-
exports:
50 billion cubic meters
Natural gas-
imports:
none
Natural gas-
proved reserves:
1 trillion cubic meters
Agricultural
products:
wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; forest products; fish
Exports:
$14.2 billion
Exports-
commodities:
Natural gas, automobiles, raw materials, capital goods, agricultural products
Exports- partners:
?
Imports:
$14 billion
Imports-
commodities:
Oil, raw materials, consumer goods, capital goods
Imports- partners:
?
Debt- external:
None
Economic Aid-
donor:
2.5 million
Currency:
Landchit (GLC) (1 GLC = 1/3000 acre of land)
Exchange rates:
1 USD = 1.47 GLC
Fiscal year:
5 January to 4 January
Communications
Telephone- main
lines in use:
2.79 million
Telephones-
mobile cellular:
3.98 million
Telephone
system:
general assessment: Up to date technology wise in the major cities and towns, but outdated in rural areas.
domestic: Cities use mostly fiber optic cable and modern technology. Rural areas use out of date communication cable. All areas are well equipped with cellular towers, making almost complete national coverage.
international: An out of date system consisting of 3 underwater cables, and 1 communication satellite, shared with several other nations.
Radio broadcast
stations:
120 AM, 130 FM, 100 shortwave
Television
broadcast
stations:
about 150 including 100 associated with the 2 major networks GVTV and EDN. Only 3 cable networks
Internet country
code:
.gh
ISP(s):
5
Internet users:
1 million
Transportation
Railways:
total: 25,000 km
standard gauges: 1.25 m
Highways:
total: 900,000 km
paved: 450,000 km
unpaved: 450,000 km
Waterways:
8,560 km
Ports and Harbors:
Firstport, Opportunity, Freeport
Merchant Marine:
total: 225 ships
ships by type: vehicle carrier 11, roll on roll off 40, etc.
Airports:
350 total (mostly unpaved)
Heliports:
2
Military
Military Branches:
Army (Home Defense, Expeditionary Corp, AA Defense Corp), Navy (Home Fleet, Explorer Fleet, Marines), Airforce (Home Defense (Navy has our small attack elements))
Military manpower-
military age:
19
Military manpower-
availability:
males aged 15-49: 1,587,000
Military expenditures-
dollar figure:
3.654 billion
Military expenditures-
percentage of GDP:
2.9%
Transitional Issues
None yet!
Feel free to comment!
Introduction
Background:
Some of a repressed people rebelled from a communist nation (the name of the country is not known) in 1863. The communist regime had been based on the principle that the land belonged to no man, only to the government. Therefore, Greenhome was founded on the principle that everyone deserved his or her own land. After a brief war in 1904 Greenhomes land was nearly doubled, and now Greenhome was no longer land locked. The people of Greenhome took to the ocean immediately and now produce some of the best naval vessels in the world.
Geography
Location:
On the continent of Nordland, bordering the Misty, Blue, and White mountains on three sides and the Islen Ocean on the last.
Geographic
Coordinates:
45 00 N, 55 00 W
Area:
total: 497,563 sq km
land: 467, 563 sq km
water: 30,000 sq km
Area-
Comparative:
Coastline:
Maritime claims:
territorial seas: 12 NM
Climate:
temperate, no tropics what so ever, subarctic in the White Mountains. Low winter temperatures, with warm summer temperatures. Weather mostly comes from the north or east.
Elevation
extremes:
lowest point: Depth of the Green Vale -4 m
highest point: Camless Peak in the Misty Mountains 18,987 m
Natural
resources:
iron, timber, silver, copper, natural gas, bauxite
Land use:
arable land: 52.2%
other: 47.5
permanent crops: 0.3%
Natural hazards:
flooding in the deepest part of the Green Vale, tornados in the southern part of the country, hurricanes on the east coast.
Environment-
current issues:
almost no issues due to strict laws protecting the environment, some slight pollution due to run off from pesticides and fertilizers in the middle of the country. Slight air pollution near the southern mountains due to steel mills.
Environment-
international
agreements
People
Population:
6,135,981
Age structure:
0-14 years: 21.5% (male 647,745; female 671,491)
15-64 years: 66.4% (male 2,000,477; female 2,073,814)
65 years and older: 12.1% (male 364,545; female 377,909)
Median age:
total: 35
male: 33.2
female: 36.9
Population growth
rate:
.592% (est.)
Birth Rate:
16.04 births/ 1,000 population
Death Rate:
9.35 deaths/ 1,000 population
Net migration
rate:
1.63 migrant(s)/ 1,000 population
Sex Ratio:
Overall: 0.96 males/ female
Infant mortality
rate:
Overall: 8.12 deaths/ 1,000 live births
Life expectancy at
birth:
total population:75.46 years
male: 71.84 years
female: 78.95 years
Nationality:
noun: Greenhomer(s)
adjective: Greenhomish
Ethnic Groups:
white 83.1%, black 11.8%, Asian 1.9%, other 2.2%
Religion:
Protestant 74.2%, Roman Catholic 17.4%, Jewish 4.1%, other 2.3%, none 2%
Languages:
English and German (spoken by a substantial minority)
Literacy:
definition: age 14 and older that can read and write
female: 96%
male; 94%
Government
Country name:
conventional long form: The Commonwealth of Greenhome Vale
conventional short form: Greenhome
abbreviation: CGV
Government type:
Constitution based “New York Times” democracy
Administrative
divisions:
2 Counties; Greenvale County, Eastdale County
Independence:
Area was originally unsettled, people broke from an unknown nation on March 26, 1863.
National holiday:
Freedom day, March 26 (1863)
Constitution:
11 November 1863, effective 1 January 1864
Legal system:
Based on English common law; limited judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction.
Suffrage:
3 years of full citizenship. (Naturally born citizen gain full citizenship at 18 after military citizenship. Full citizenship can be lost if the person commits a crime.
Executive Branch:
chief of state and chief of government: Governor Karm Messner (since 1 January 2004) and Lt. Governor Craig Smith.
Elections: Governor and Lt. Governor are elected on the same ticket by majority vote.
Legislative
branch:
there is only one Congress, the “County” Assembly. The term congress is now obsolete because Greenhome now has two counties, but is kept never the less. The terms are for 4 years and all of the Assembly is elected at once.
Judicial branch:
National Court (7 justices elected by popular vote for life), County Courts, City Courts.
Political Parties:
Farmers Party, Freedom Party, Environmental Party.
International
organization
participation:
Flag description:
a realistic tree in the middle of the flag, representing the love of nature the people of Greenhome have. Below the flag is the national motto, “Our land is our home”. On the right of the flag is the word freedom and on the left of the flag is the word honor. These words represent the highest virtue of the people of Greenhome. Freedom, which all people deserve and honor, honor to ones family, friends, neighbors, and allies.
Economy
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $126 billion
GDP – real growth
rate:
2.1%
GDP per capita:
purchasing power parity - $21,000
GDP composition
by sector:
agriculture: 12%
industry: 33%
services: 55%
Population below
poverty line:
3.6%
Inflation rate
(consumer
prices):
4.9%
Labor force:
3,190,710
Labor force-by
occupation:
managerial and professional 25%, technical, sales and administrative support 24%, services 11%, manufacturing, mining, transportation, and crafts 28%, farming, forestry, and fishing 12%.
Unemployment
rate:
5.4%
Budget:
revenue: $18.9 billion
expenditures: $18.4 billion
Industries:
Greenhome’s major industries are farming, steel manufacture, automobile manufacture, ship building, and timbering.
Industrial
production
growth rate:
3.6%
Electricity
production:
62.3 billion kWh
Electricity
production
by source:
hydro-electric power: 39%
wind power: 29%
fossil fuels: 24%
solar power: 18%
Electricity
consumed:
60.1 billion kWh
Oil-production:
125 million bbl/day
Oil-consumption:
205 million bbl/day
Oil- exports:
None
Oil- imports:
Needed
Oil- proved
reserves:
1.5 billion bbl
Natural gas-
production:
150 billion cubic meters
Natural gas-
consumption:
95 billion cubic meters
Natural gas-
exports:
50 billion cubic meters
Natural gas-
imports:
none
Natural gas-
proved reserves:
1 trillion cubic meters
Agricultural
products:
wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; forest products; fish
Exports:
$14.2 billion
Exports-
commodities:
Natural gas, automobiles, raw materials, capital goods, agricultural products
Exports- partners:
?
Imports:
$14 billion
Imports-
commodities:
Oil, raw materials, consumer goods, capital goods
Imports- partners:
?
Debt- external:
None
Economic Aid-
donor:
2.5 million
Currency:
Landchit (GLC) (1 GLC = 1/3000 acre of land)
Exchange rates:
1 USD = 1.47 GLC
Fiscal year:
5 January to 4 January
Communications
Telephone- main
lines in use:
2.79 million
Telephones-
mobile cellular:
3.98 million
Telephone
system:
general assessment: Up to date technology wise in the major cities and towns, but outdated in rural areas.
domestic: Cities use mostly fiber optic cable and modern technology. Rural areas use out of date communication cable. All areas are well equipped with cellular towers, making almost complete national coverage.
international: An out of date system consisting of 3 underwater cables, and 1 communication satellite, shared with several other nations.
Radio broadcast
stations:
120 AM, 130 FM, 100 shortwave
Television
broadcast
stations:
about 150 including 100 associated with the 2 major networks GVTV and EDN. Only 3 cable networks
Internet country
code:
.gh
ISP(s):
5
Internet users:
1 million
Transportation
Railways:
total: 25,000 km
standard gauges: 1.25 m
Highways:
total: 900,000 km
paved: 450,000 km
unpaved: 450,000 km
Waterways:
8,560 km
Ports and Harbors:
Firstport, Opportunity, Freeport
Merchant Marine:
total: 225 ships
ships by type: vehicle carrier 11, roll on roll off 40, etc.
Airports:
350 total (mostly unpaved)
Heliports:
2
Military
Military Branches:
Army (Home Defense, Expeditionary Corp, AA Defense Corp), Navy (Home Fleet, Explorer Fleet, Marines), Airforce (Home Defense (Navy has our small attack elements))
Military manpower-
military age:
19
Military manpower-
availability:
males aged 15-49: 1,587,000
Military expenditures-
dollar figure:
3.654 billion
Military expenditures-
percentage of GDP:
2.9%
Transitional Issues
None yet!
Feel free to comment!