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The Parthians Factbook

The Parthians
30-08-2004, 05:16
People:

Population:
Total Population: 1,309,000,000

Age structure
0-14 years: 20.8%
15-64 years: 66.9%
65 years and over: 12.4%

Median age
male: 34.7 years
female: 37.4 years

Population Growth Rate
0.92%

Birth Rate
15.6 births/1,000 population

Death Rate
8.44 deaths/1,000 population

Sex Ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate
total 4.23 deaths/1,000 live births
male 4.68 deaths/1,000 live births
female 3.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total 78.42 years
male 75.46 years
female 81.55 years

Total Fertility Rate
4.37 children born/woman

Nationality
noun Parthian(s)
adjective Parthian


Religions
Zoroastrian (Official)- 90%
Christian- 5%
Atheist/Agnostic- 3.2%
Other- 2.8%

Ethnicities-
Persian 62%, Azeri 24%, Kurd 7%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%, other 1%

Languages
Farsi (Official), Avestan, English

Literacy
definition age 15 and over can read and write
total population 99.5%(2004 est.)
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Government

Country name:
Conventional longform name: The Plutocratic Shahdom of The Parthians
conventional short form: Parthia

Government type:
Absolute Monarchy

Capital:
Persepolis

Administrative divisions:
6 Provinces- Persia, Ctesiphon (Iraq east of the Tigris), Afghanistan, Balochestan, Arabia (Parts of Oman and the UAE), and Egypt (A band of territory from the eastern banks of the nile to the Suez and south to Sudan).

Independence:
677 CE- Sassanid Dynasty restored

National Holiday:
Restoration Day- 10th of December

Legal System
Based off a combination of Roman and Persian law, arbitrary and determined by the Shah and enforced by Judges.

Suffrage
18 years of age

Executive branch
Shah Khosru III, The Shah has the powers of all three branches

Legislative branch
Council of Satraps- A 30 seat unicameral congress whose members inherit their postion. They are all nobility. All descisions of the Council can be overturned by the Shah.

Judicial branch
Supreme Court, Judges appointed by Shah.


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Economy

GDP- $55,458,961,450,760.15

GDP per Capita- $42,367.43

1 Parthi = $1.9158

Unemployment rate- 3.5%
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