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Valinon: Profile on a Nation

Valinon
21-02-2004, 06:42
The United Star Empire of Valinon

Geography

Climate: Proxima Centauri: Mostly Temperate, Pholus: Mostly Temperate with Tropical Climate on Equatorial Island Archipelagos, Promixa Centauri III: Arid, Nessus Prime: Artificial Climate Inside Lunar Cities, Prometheus Centauri: Hot Jovian Artificial Climate Inside Orbital Cities and Facilities

Natural Resources: gold, uranium, iron, silver, mercury, zinc, copper, lead, coal, timber, oil, francium, et cetera

Land Use: Upper Urban: 18%, Lower Urban: 51%, Rural: 31%

People

Population: Approximately 5 billion and growing by approximately 40 million per RL day

Age Structure: 0-25 years: 19%, 25-75: 45%, 75 and Older: 36% Note the growing use of the prolong treatments means that more will fall into the first and second categories within the next 10-15 years.

Life Expectancy at Birth: Without Prolong: 103 years, With Prolong: 220-225 years, Prolong with Gene Bath Enhancement in Later Years 225-400

Nationality: noun form: Valinor, Valinon adjective form: Valinor

Ethnic Groups: Old Earth German: 44%, Old Earth British Islanders: 28%, Old Earth Japanese: 19%, Old Earth Great Russian/Slavic: 7%, Other Non-Terran: 2%

Religion: Roman Catholic: 48%, Anglican: 24%, Taoist: 19%, Orthodoxy: 4.2%, Other & Non-Practicing: 4.1%, Neo Reformation Movement & Affiliates: .7%

Literacy Rate: total population: 99%; male: 99%; female: 99%

Government

Conventional long form of Nation: The United Star Empire of Valinon
Conventional forms of Empire: The Centauri Empire, The Empire of the Twin Suns, The Empire of the Five Worlds, The Lion Empire, The Empire of the Valinor, The United Star Empire
Conventional short form: Valinon
Abbreviation: USEV

Government Type: Parliamentary Empire

Capital: New Köln, Proxima Centauri

Administrative Divisions: 4 planets: Proxima Centauri, Pholus, Proxima Centauri III, and Prometheus Centauri 1 Self-governing Moon: Nessus Prime

Former Forms of Government: Colonial Federation, Empire, Collective Communist State

Founding of the Second Empire
The Second Empire of Valinon was established when Emperor Penrod the Great (Emperor Penrod Alderman I) defeated the last remnants of the People’s Republic of Valinon. Penrod the Great laid out the Second Empire, which gave the Emperors of House Alderman broad and sweeping powers, but left the Imperial Diet, especially the Congress of Lords, with several checks on the Imperial power and prerogatives. The clear amount of national political power is vested in House Alderman and the Congress of Lords, while government at the local level and to some extend intra-national level is left to the Congress of the Commons.

Suffrage: 18

Executive Branch:
Emperor: Emperor Rowald Alderman I
Ministers and Directors of His Majesty’s Imperial Ministries:

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Emperor Rowald Alderman I


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Director Toni Vacit of His Majesty’s Special Liaison Service, Takan Civil War Era

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Director Vacit, Present Day

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Duke Leo Sterling, Minister of Imperial Affairs and Prime Minister of the Congress of Lords

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Count Viktor Leopold, First Minister for His Majesty’s Foreign Affairs

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Director Jack Ziegler, Director of the ESS

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Director Alexander Ivanovich, Director of the ISS

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Lord Karl Leander, First Minister for His Majesty’s Colonial Affairs

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Hidoshi Yomuri, Praetor Consul of the Ministry of Justice (Chief Justice)

Powers of the Emperor
1.) Appoints Minister of Imperial Affairs (typically leader of majority in Congress of Lords, but not always)
2.) Can actively deploy military for 6 months without declaration of war
3.) May dismiss the Imperial Diet for 3 months
4.) Supreme Consul of Justice for the Empire (Imperial Pardon, et cetera.)
5.) Can withhold signature of a decree unless a it is approved by three-fourths vote in Congress of Lords, or one half vote in Congress of Lords plus three-fourths vote in Congress of the Commons
6.) Direct control of the Imperial Sovereign Protectors and His Majesty’s Special Liaison Service
7.) Directly governs New Köln and the Imperial Province, as well as Imperial Crown Lands on the Five Worlds and in the Sol System
8.) Must approve of all treaties, alliances, pacts, etc.
9.) Can reappoint ambassadors, colonial magistrates, baron-administrators, justices, and officers of the Imperial High Command and armed force branches.
10.) May declare an Internal State of Emergency that cannot be reviewed for one year

Legislative Branch: The Imperial Diet, a bicameral legislatures consisting of the Congress of Lords and the Congress of the Commons. The Congress of Lords has a fluctuating membership based on new titles being awarded and no-hereditary titles dying out, but the Congress of the Commons has a firm membership of 438 Senators since the worlds of Proxima III and Prometheus gained full representation.

The Congress of Lords
Parties in the Congress of Lords
1.) Crown Loyalists-Duke Leo Sterling
2.) United Centrists-Lord Uther Göerring
3.) United Guilds-Baron Andrei Mironenko
4.) New Men Coalition-Sir Gunther Westmarch
5.) Parliamentarians-Lady Valorie de Laron
6.) Minor Parties
a.) Amazonian Free Lords
b.) United Trade Party
c.) Colonialists
d.) Outer Lords Coalition

Current Government: Coalition
Prime Minister: Duke Leo Sterling
Major Partners
1.) Crown Loyalists
2.) United Centrists
Minor Partners
1.) Amazonian Free Lords
2.) New Men Coalition
3.) United Trade Party

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Duke Leo Sterling, Prime Minister


Powers of the Congress of Lords
1.) Power of the purse (controls the Imperial Accountus)
2.) Prime Minister generally appointed Minister of Imperial Affairs
3.) Must declare state of war
4.) Can veto change of magistrates and some offices with majority vote
5.) Must approve of new taxes, tariffs, et cetera.
6.) Collects revenue through Imperial Accountus
7.) Move to review Internal State of Emergency early with two-thirds majority
8.) Legislates bills and holds primary legislative authority

Congress of the Commons
Parties of the Congress of the Commons
1.) Dominion Party-First Minister Davion Foust
2.) Outer Worlds Union-Senator Kakita Toturi
3.) Conservative Federation-Senator Leon Myland
4.) Fatherland Protectionists-Senator Adolf von Stuben
5.) Laborers Coalition-Senator Otto Camden
6.) United Libertarians-Senator Ryan Nowland
7.) Nessus Consortium-Senator Ayn Broden

Current Government: Single Party Majority
Dominion Party with 68% majority of seats
First Minister: Senator Davion Foust, Valprieza
Alliances:
1.) Conservative Federation
2.) Nessus Consortium
3.) Fatherland Protectionists

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First Minister Davion Foust

Powers of the Congress of the Commons
1.) Controls provincial and civilian administration on the Five Worlds
2.) Enforces commerce and industrial laws
3.) Can issue decree for action to the Congress of Lords calling for legislation on a particular issue or directly to the Emperor with a majority vote
4.) May combine a three-fourths vote with a majority vote of the Congress of Lords to overturn Imperial veto
5.) Issue decree to arms, the Commons calls for military action in the name of the people of the Empire, directly to the Emperor
6.) Can extend period of deployment without official declaration of war with a three-fourths majority

Judicial Branch: At national level judicial affairs are handled by the College of the Consuls of His Majesty’s Ministry of Justice, a body of currently 18 Consuls presided over by a Praetor Consul. The College of the Consuls can review all laws and decisions of the lesser courts brought before it, and a decision from the College of Consuls can be appealed to the Supreme Consul of Justice, namely the Emperor. Judicial affairs at the local level are handled by the Consul Magistrates and the Bursegs act as Consul-Governors for each of the Five Worlds.

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Hidoshi Yomuri, Praetor Consul of the Ministry of Justice (Chief Justice)


Economy

GDP per capita: $150,000

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 3%; industry: 52%; services: 45%

Population Below Poverty Line: 12%

Note: GDP is high because of the wealth of the upper class and nobility along with the considerable wealth of the Valinor middle class

Major Exports: Technology, Refined Materials, Raw Materials, Weapons, Star Ships, Terraforming Equipment, Fine & Luxury Goods, Artificial Intelligences

Major Imports: Technology, Orbital Construction Materials, Orbital Facilities, Automobiles, Fine & Luxury Goods, Foodstuffs, Weapons, Star Ships

Currency: Imperial Pound

Currency Code: ₤

Legal Ages

Driving/Flying: 18

Alcohol: 18

Smoking: 18

Suffrage: 18

Marriage: 18

Holidays

December 25: Christmas Day

January 1: New Year’s Day

October 12 : Day of Imladris celebrates the founding of the Second Empire and the forging of Imladris, the Sword of the Emperor

August 7: Landing Day, founding of Valinon by colonists from the Kingdom of Pholus

May 20: Day of Noirinon, return to space

Emperor’s Birthday: Government Holiday, changes depending on Emperor

Military Branches


1.) Supreme Commander of His Majesty’s Armed Forces and Emperor’s Champion–Lord Hanse Young
2.) First Star Lord of His Majesty’s Star Armada– Admiral of the Red Sir Quentin Forrest
3.) Grand Marshal of Proxima Centauri (senior Grand Marshal)–Baron Michael Vanderstein
4.) Marshal of the Sol System Protectorate Zone-Lord Reynard Adonis


Star Lords of His Majesty’s Star Armada
1.) First Star Lord-Admiral of the Red Sir Quentin Forrest
2.) Second Star Lord-Admiral of the Red Sir Daniel Trisdant
3.) Third Star Lord-Admiral of the Red Lady Katherine Adonis
4.) Fourth Star Lord-Admiral of the Red Sir Andrew Sarnow
5.) Fifth Star Lord-Admiral of the Red The Honorable Jordan Shepard
6.) Sixth Star Lord-Admiral of the Red Countess Frances de Vachel
7.) Seventh Star Lord-Admiral of the Red The Honorable Xavier Madramar


Grand Marshals of His Majesty’s Sardaukar
1.) Grand Marshal of Proxima Centauri-Baron Michael Vanderstein
2.) Grand Marshal of Pholus-Sir Byron Faulkner
3.) Grand Marshal of Proxima Centauri III-Lord Karl Vieldhelm
4.) Grand Marshal of Nessus Prime-The Honorable Pieter Erison
5.) Grand Marshal of Prometheus Centauri-The Honorable Davis Rienstiendt

Ranks of His Majesty’s Star Armada
1.) Admiral of the Red
2.) Admiral of the Green
3.) Vice Admiral
4.) Rear Admiral
5.) Commodore
6.) Captain of the List
7.) Captain Junior Grade
8.) Commander
9.) Lieutenant Commander
10.) Lieutenant
11.) Lieutenant Junior Grade
12.) Ensign
13.) Warrant Officer
14.) Chief Petty Officer
15.) Petty Officer First Class
16.) Petty Officer Second Class
17.) Leading Seaman
18.) Superior Seaman
19.) Seaman First Class
20.) Seaman Second Class

Ranks of His Majesty’s Sardaukar
1.) Grand Marshal
2.) Field Marshal
3.) Lieutenant General
4.) Major General
5.) Brigadier General
6.) Colonel
7.) Lieutenant Colonel
8.) Major
9.) Captain
10.) First Lieutenant
11.) Second Lieutenant
12.) Warrant Officer
13.) Master Sergeant
14.) Sergeant
15.) Corporal
16.) Lance Corporal
17.) Superior Private
18.) Private First Class
19.) Private Second Class

Ranks of His Majesty’s Imperial Sovereign Protectors
1.) Hauptmann General
2.) Leftenant General
3.) Kommandant
4.) Hauptmann
5.) Leftenant
6.) Superior Armsman
7.) Lesser Armsman

Planets

Proxima Centauri
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Imperial Palace, Imperial Center, New Köln

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Imperial Congressional Building, Imperial Center, New Köln, Seen from the Imperial Palace

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Landing Square, Commercia Sector, New Köln

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Commercia Sector, New Köln

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Commercia Sector, New Köln

Pholus
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Citadel of the Burseg, Kelanis, Capital of Pholus

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Citadel of the Burseg, Last Sunset

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Banking Sector, New Archangel

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New Archangel, Pholus

Proxima Centauri III
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Citadel of the Burseg, Near Radstadt,

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Radstadt, Capital of Proxima Centauri III

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Otosan Uchi, Former Capital of the Dominion of Outer Centauri, Major City on Proxima Centauri III

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Proxima Centauri III, the Great Ravines

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Proxima Centauri III, Alpha Centauri A Setting in Horizon

Nessus Prime
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Citadel of the Burseg, Government Sector, Febre, Capital of Nessus Prime

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Kulstein, Nessus Prime

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Hyperion, Nessus Prime

Prometheus Centauri
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Citadel of the Burseg, Central Sector, Saint John

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Orbital City of Saint John, Open City Blocks

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Orbital City of Saint John, Capital of Prometheus Centauri

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Orbital City of Shiro Shinjo Orbiting with Asteriod Being Mined

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Refinery and Processing Center, Orbiting Prometheus Centauri
Kwaswhakistan
21-02-2004, 06:55
ok, you people that play this game have officially way too much time.
Iansisle
21-02-2004, 07:13
(Aha! Very nice, Valinon! [tags madly])
Knootoss
21-02-2004, 12:52
#tags away#

vewy vewy nice. :wink:
Valinon
21-02-2004, 19:16
Thanks, and also a wee bump for other people to see. And does anyone have the URL for the list of factbook entries?
Tarasovka
21-02-2004, 19:29
CIA Factbook format? :?
Vernii
21-02-2004, 19:42
Tag, very nicely done.
Valinon
22-02-2004, 02:58
CIA Factbook format? :?

Vaguely. I used that as a minor basis, this is a combination of the CIA, Steel Butterfly, and some of my own additives.
Arenumberg
22-02-2004, 03:13
i love this, its excellent, if i continue to grow maybe we could talk on MSN or AIM (telegraph me for these contacts by finding me in the new aranamor region) and you could help me make one, thanks for the good read and eye candy :P
Tarasovka
22-02-2004, 03:22
CIA Factbook format? :?

Vaguely. I used that as a minor basis, this is a combination of the CIA, Steel Butterfly, and some of my own additives.

I believe I should make a thing based on such a format. My own 'illustrated and explained' is battled down by my extreme lazyness :(
Lunatic Retard Robots
22-02-2004, 03:37
Valinon, I don't mean to nag, but when will you post in the War of Alpha Centuari? Its been quiet lately.