NationStates Jolt Archive

Geography
Location
Planet Titan, Sector 66, Spatial Grid 165, Wrendas Galaxy

Area
total: 252,628,360 sq km
land: 249,238,460 sq km
water: 3,389,900 sq km

Area – comparative
Approximately 20 times larger than America.

Coastline
19,000,000 kms

Maritime Claims
Territorial sea: 2,000,000 nm
Contiguous zone: 30,000,000
Continental shelf: not assessed.

Climate
Unlike most places on Earth, Titan has three seasons, each season lasts for thirteen months. (one Titanian Year: 39 months)
Tuaq: The cold dry season. Temperatures reach only as high as 15 degrees Celsius, but can reach as lock as -30 degrees.
Urhik: The cool wet season. Temperatures reach a maximum of 25 degrees, and a minimum of about 5 degrees. Rain prevails and storms are a common sight.
Mhia: The hot dry season. Temperatures reach into the high 30’s away from the equator, but up to 50 at the equator.

Terrain
Mainly plains surrounded by tall snow-capped mountains. Many lakes, rivers and seas.

Elevation extremes
Lowest point: Paetha Hiudh (Veskan: Depressed Area) 20,000 feet below sea level.
Highest point: Mt. Verelan (Mount Graceful) 24 kms above sea level.

Natural resources
Iron, Tin, gold, silver, platinum, oil, gas, uranium, rubber and others yet to be tapped.

Land use
arable land: 7.89%
permanent crops: 3.66%
other: 88.45%

Irrigated land
5,080,000

Natural hazards
Acid rain caused by nuclear fall out from “The Experiment”.
Mt Verelan is a volcano.
Earthquakes, freak floods and bushfires.

Environmental - current issues
Acid Rain and nuclear fall out.

Environment - International agreements
None.

People
Population
3,238,000,000
Age structure
0-14 years: 39%
15-64 years: 47%
65 years and over: 13%
Billions of years old: >1% (i.e. One person: Seska Armarosa.)

Median age (Not including Seska)
Total: 37.32
Male: 35.09
Female: 39.55

Population growth rate
2.57%
Birth rate
23.77 births/1,000 population
Death rate
15.66 deaths/1,000 population
Net migration rate
12 migrants/1,000 population
Sex ratio
At birth: 1 male/female
Under 15 years: 1.10 male/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male/female
65 years and over: 0.96 male/female
Total population: 1.01 male/female

Infant mortality rate
Total: 4.43 deaths/1,000 live births
Male: 4.94 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 3.89 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 89.85
Male: 88.9
Female: 90.8

Total Fertility Rate
12.663 babies/woman

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
0.02%
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS
64,760,000
HIV/AIDS - death
758,433
Nationality
Noun: Rian
Adjective: Veskan

Ethnic Groups
99.9% Rian, >1% Za’aan
Religions
Holy Church of the Divine Za’aan Lords 98.8%, Pagan 1.2%
Languages
Rihannsu
Literacy
Definition: Age 15 and over that can read and write
Total population: 97.60
Male: 99.72
Female: 95.17

Government Structure and Politics
Country Name
Conventional long form: The Rian Republic of Veskaland
Conventional short form: The Rian Republic, Veskaland
Abbreviation: RRV

Government Type
Benevolent Dictatorship/Monarchy
Capital
Titania Centre
Administrative divisions
69 Provinces; divided into 769 Segments
National holiday

Constitution
unwritten, partly statutes, partly common law
Legal system
no judicial review of legislative acts
Suffrage
restricted to Citizens at age 21
Executive branch
emperor, praetor, proconsuls
Legislative branch
unicameral Imperial Senate
Judicial branch
Imperial High Court
Leaders:
Chief of State and Head of Government:
Praetor (Deputy head of Government):
International organization participation
None
Economy
Economy - overview
A centrally planned economy geared to support of the military and Law and Order. Efficient replicator-based economy provides almost all goods. Food and medicine are still agriculturally produced.
GDP
$89,420,232,942,482.25
GDP - real growth rate
+0.6%
GDP per capita
$27,615.88
GDP - composition by sector
Agriculture: 15%
Industry: 60%
Services and misc. sectors: 25%

Population below poverty line
1.83%
Unemployment rate
2.74%
Household income or consumption by % share
Lowest 10%: 0
Highest 10%: 0

Inflation rate
2%
Labour force
616,137,651
Budget
Expenditures: $88,939,636,097,810.42

Agriculture - products
Wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; forest products; fish
Industrial production growth rate
+3.6%
Electricity - production
70 Trillion kWh
Electricity - consumption
65 Trillion kWh
Electricity - exports
2.2 Trillion kWh
Electricity - imports
None
Oil - production
200.13 million bbl/day
Oil - consumption
50.89 million bbl/day
Oil - exports
100 million bbl/day
Oil - imports
none
Oil - proven reserves
100 trillion bbl
Natural gas - monthly production
100 billion cubic cm
Natural gas - yearly consumption
10 billion cubic cm
Natural gas - exports
None
Natural gas - imports
100 billion cubic cm
Natural gas - proven reserves
100 trillion cubic cms
Exports
$11,380,062,052,736.83
Exports - commodities
Capital goods, automobiles, industrial supplies and raw materials, natural resources, agricultural products
Exports - partners

Imports
$10,899,465,208,065.00
Imports - commodities
Consumer goods, chemicals, textiles, machinery
Imports - partners

Debt - external
None
Economic aid - donor
None
Currency
Veskan Credit
Currency code
ℓ
Exchange rates
1 Veskan Credit = $1.5468
Fiscal year
13 months

Communications
Telephones - main lines in use
5.6 billion
Telephones - mobile cellular
7.8 Billion
Telephone system
General assessment: a large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system
Domestic: : a large system of fibre-optic cable, and domestic satellites carries every form of telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile telephone traffic throughout the country

Radio broadcast stations
AM 3,942; FM 7,513; Shortwave 29
Television broadcast stations
2,398
Internet country code
.rrv
Internet hosts
115,311,958
Internet users
640,000,000
Transportation
Railways
1,201,160
Standard Gauge: 1,201,160 1.435-m gauge (all electrified.)
Highways
Total: 15,304,440
Paved: 15,302,440
Unpaved: 2,000

Waterways
424,080 km
Pipelines
None
Ports and harbours
Titania City, New Corsica, Arcana.
Merchant Marine
26,560 ships
Airports
308,740
Heliports
18,460

Military
Military branches
Army, Navy, Air force, Marines, Centurions, National Guard, Tal'Shiar (CIA), Efk'Khelh (FBI), Police Force, Coast Guard (opperates from the Navy)
Military manpower - military age and obligation
Can volunteer for service at age 16 and 17 months. Age for conscription is 19 and 10 months.
Military manpower - availability
2,621,862,349
Military manpower - fit for military service
2,621,862,349
Military manpower - reaching military age annually
400,000
Military expenditures - dollar figures
$24,013,701,746,408.82
Military expenditures - percent of GDP
27%

Transnational Issues
Disputes - international
None
Illicit drugs
Very large exporter of illicit cocaine.