Nova Hope
23-09-2004, 22:46
Ooc: Third edit. Include the information for my colonial acquisitions as well. Always looking for comments to improve, things to add et cetera.
IC:
The CIA world fact book has just updated it’s entry on Nova Hope to as follows.
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Background:
Nova Hope’s recent history has been one of political isolation. Left to its own vices Nova Hope has created a free nation based on personal accountability and an efficient, while socially responsible, government system. Previously Nova Hope had been a colony of a much larger monarchal pan-pacific empire, which doesn’t exist today as it splintered into many small principalities and one larger nation. Nova Hope was the predominant principality and began organizing the other principalities into, what was then, a confederal system. A slow transition took place with more emphasis being placed on the federal level and the amalgamation slowly turned into a federal system with a strong authority within its own jurisdictions. Now a pseudo presidential system with parliamentary checks Nova Hope is becoming more active in the NationStates world.
Geography
Location: A large Island chain in the Pacific referred to as The Directorate Nova Hope occupies the largest Island in the chain and several small satellites.
Area:
Total: 73,647,248.5 sq km (Omitting colonial maratime claims)
Comparative area: about the size of Australia, though slightly larger, counting maritime claims. Colonial claims on the Manium continent are inconceivably large.
Coastal border: 32 650 km
Land Border: 38 695 km
Border country:
Transnapastain: 3,432
Nailiak: 2,888
McClellen: 11, 375
Hamptonshire: 7,700
Vastiva: 4,550
Nycton: 2,275
South Augustin: 5,775
RomeW: 700
Maritime Claims:
All water between it and its satellite islands to the East and twenty nautical miles beyond that land. Also reserves the right to make claims further than that, into the sea lanes that are frequented by those who use the Panama Canal.
Claims are also made on the water directly offshore its holdings in Manium. The ‘Inland River Canal’, also on Manium, is partially claimed; though it maintains its right to claim the entirety of the river.
Climate: Tropical. It has frequent balmy nights and many tropical depressions in area. While the continent of Manium holds a full variety of climates and ecosystems.
Terrain:
Has one large mountain range running through its west side. It runs from north to south making a gradual ninety degree turn to the east running into the ocean. This creates a rain trapping effect in the NE of the country and a lush jungle is pervasive. The entire southern part of the nation, separated by the mountain range, is a barren coastal desert with sparse oasis.
The Manium holdings are predominantly plains; though a plentiful marshland and forest can be found east of the rolling hills that run through the centre of it. The north east of the colony sports a great forest and large cliff face.
Highest point: Yakamota Mountain 5.2km
Lowest point: Freeform Inc. stripped mine area 900m below sea level
Natural Resources: Are very varied and plentiful but with the large private sector very little is exported raw, most of it is processed domestically.
arable land: 1.06%
permanent crops: 0.03% (.025 of it is non edible crops)
other: 98.93%
Natural Hazards: Tropical depressions, Tornados, monsoons, occasional floods, severe drought (southern regions only)
Current environmental issues: industrial development, urbanization, The human population consumes more food than the country is able to produce, heavy oil development offshore as well as in the southern desert, the urban centres have expanded to the edge of the jungle and now any increase in the area of living space for the population results in the clear cutting of an endangered jungle. This aside large quantities of jungle are being cleared for cattle grazing regardless of urban development.
People
Age structure:
0-14 years 22.5%
15-64 years 65%
65 and over years 12.5%
Life expectancy at birth:
Male: 77.68 years
Female 82.3 years
Avg: 79.99 years
Nation Origins %:
Japanese 16.4
Chinese: 13.5
Korean: 10.5
Dutch: 14.5
English: 17.3
American: 11.8
French: 7.5
Arab: 2.7
Transnapastani: 2.2
Spanish: 3.6
Religions:
Shinto: 6.30%
Buddhist: 3.60%
Baptist: 5.50%
Anglican: 8.50%
Presbyterian: 4.70%
Roman Catholic: 18.20%
Islam: 12%
Taoist: 4.30%
None: 13.50%
Jewish: 0.12%
Asatru: 2.95%
Druidism: 5.82%
Wicca: 10.94%
Goddess Worship: 4.70%
Satanism: 0.87%
Languages spoken:
English
Japanese
French
Korean
Dutch
Mandarin
Cantonese
Literacy: Everyone over eight years of age is literate.
Government
Country Name: Nova Hope
Long form: The Dominion of Nova Hope
Adjective: Noviet
Government type: A pseudo presidential system with a parliamentary check
Capital: Nova Hope City
Administrative divisions: Nova Hope City, Borden, New Kyoto, Regalia, Nieuw Rotterdam, Titanous, Peking, Free Seoul, Westen, Prima, Sasson, Passion Rock, Digby, Laramie, Orton, Minto, Chigy, Dets, Parched Junction, Bible Hill, Abbeyton, Chengdu, Princeville, New Houston, Kanku, Hopping Island, New Rotterdam Island, Mi’amo, Pyonog, nieuw Dordrecht, Nouveau Quebec, Reedorow
National holiday: Conglomeration Day March 26 (2004)
Constitution: March 26 2004, The articles of con-Federation
Legal system: Taking American and English influence a common law system based on precedence
Suffrage: Any citizen who passes the voter registration process which includes an IQ test and several problem solving tests and a history test of the nation.
Chief of State: President Eric Lincoln
Elections: Yes when the other two branches call it
Head of Government: Prime Minister Tatsui Isobe
Elections: Yes when the house is reelected the leader of the majority becomes the PM
Legislative branches: Nova Hope has both a congress, designed after the American system. And a house of commons, lead by a prime minister, tailored from the English system
For a motion to pass in the government two of the three bodies need to approve it. If the PM, speaking for the House of Commons, and President are in agreement then congress need never see the bill. If they cannot agrees congress breaks the tie. A piece of legislation can be introduced by any of the three branches of government.
Political Parties within;
The Green Party- Advocates a reduced pollution and pro environment
NHCB (Nova Hope Communist Bloc) – Advocates a communal co-operative society to absolve the rich-poor divide at the expense of personal economic freedom.
Loyalist Party – Promotes a return to the feudal empire that once dominated the continent
Neo-Liberal Party – Promotes a hands off economic style of government that would leave only defense and highways in government hands.
Noviet National Party – Advocates the betterment of the state and encourages the individual to give up for the communal better
Noviet Socialist party – Advocates a ‘watered down’ form of communism. Mainly serves to split the communist vote.
Traditionalist Party – Advocates economic freedom while curtailing personal freedoms to protect what they see as the ‘right way’. Has a heavy basis in Catholicism.
NHUWFABT (Nova Hope Union of Workers for a better tomorrow) – Advocates the increase of the minimum wage, increased healthcare etc
The Noviet Fourth Reich – Preaches a master race philosophy, although diverging chapters argue as to the nationality of the master race.
NHBA (Nova Hope Business Associates) – Preaches corporate welfare and a trickle down economy, you must have 10 million in liquid assets to join this party.
The Scholars’ Party – Promotes free education and knowledge above all else
The Gun Club – Promotes the military period.
[size=+1] Economy [/size=+1]
An affluent technologically advanced nation Nova Hope engages in many modern practices like automobile construction and arms manufacturing. The nation’s main economic worry is that the majority of the food they consume comes from foreign markets. The primary exports of the economy are manufactured goods while the imports are foreign luxuries and food.
Showing good futures with the recent acquisition of new land the country is poised to become entirely self sufficient on its own resources.
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 2.3%
industry: 35.5%
services: 62.2% (2001 est.)
Population below poverty line: 6.8%
Unemployment rate: 0.8%
IC:
The CIA world fact book has just updated it’s entry on Nova Hope to as follows.
“
Background:
Nova Hope’s recent history has been one of political isolation. Left to its own vices Nova Hope has created a free nation based on personal accountability and an efficient, while socially responsible, government system. Previously Nova Hope had been a colony of a much larger monarchal pan-pacific empire, which doesn’t exist today as it splintered into many small principalities and one larger nation. Nova Hope was the predominant principality and began organizing the other principalities into, what was then, a confederal system. A slow transition took place with more emphasis being placed on the federal level and the amalgamation slowly turned into a federal system with a strong authority within its own jurisdictions. Now a pseudo presidential system with parliamentary checks Nova Hope is becoming more active in the NationStates world.
Geography
Location: A large Island chain in the Pacific referred to as The Directorate Nova Hope occupies the largest Island in the chain and several small satellites.
Area:
Total: 73,647,248.5 sq km (Omitting colonial maratime claims)
Comparative area: about the size of Australia, though slightly larger, counting maritime claims. Colonial claims on the Manium continent are inconceivably large.
Coastal border: 32 650 km
Land Border: 38 695 km
Border country:
Transnapastain: 3,432
Nailiak: 2,888
McClellen: 11, 375
Hamptonshire: 7,700
Vastiva: 4,550
Nycton: 2,275
South Augustin: 5,775
RomeW: 700
Maritime Claims:
All water between it and its satellite islands to the East and twenty nautical miles beyond that land. Also reserves the right to make claims further than that, into the sea lanes that are frequented by those who use the Panama Canal.
Claims are also made on the water directly offshore its holdings in Manium. The ‘Inland River Canal’, also on Manium, is partially claimed; though it maintains its right to claim the entirety of the river.
Climate: Tropical. It has frequent balmy nights and many tropical depressions in area. While the continent of Manium holds a full variety of climates and ecosystems.
Terrain:
Has one large mountain range running through its west side. It runs from north to south making a gradual ninety degree turn to the east running into the ocean. This creates a rain trapping effect in the NE of the country and a lush jungle is pervasive. The entire southern part of the nation, separated by the mountain range, is a barren coastal desert with sparse oasis.
The Manium holdings are predominantly plains; though a plentiful marshland and forest can be found east of the rolling hills that run through the centre of it. The north east of the colony sports a great forest and large cliff face.
Highest point: Yakamota Mountain 5.2km
Lowest point: Freeform Inc. stripped mine area 900m below sea level
Natural Resources: Are very varied and plentiful but with the large private sector very little is exported raw, most of it is processed domestically.
arable land: 1.06%
permanent crops: 0.03% (.025 of it is non edible crops)
other: 98.93%
Natural Hazards: Tropical depressions, Tornados, monsoons, occasional floods, severe drought (southern regions only)
Current environmental issues: industrial development, urbanization, The human population consumes more food than the country is able to produce, heavy oil development offshore as well as in the southern desert, the urban centres have expanded to the edge of the jungle and now any increase in the area of living space for the population results in the clear cutting of an endangered jungle. This aside large quantities of jungle are being cleared for cattle grazing regardless of urban development.
People
Age structure:
0-14 years 22.5%
15-64 years 65%
65 and over years 12.5%
Life expectancy at birth:
Male: 77.68 years
Female 82.3 years
Avg: 79.99 years
Nation Origins %:
Japanese 16.4
Chinese: 13.5
Korean: 10.5
Dutch: 14.5
English: 17.3
American: 11.8
French: 7.5
Arab: 2.7
Transnapastani: 2.2
Spanish: 3.6
Religions:
Shinto: 6.30%
Buddhist: 3.60%
Baptist: 5.50%
Anglican: 8.50%
Presbyterian: 4.70%
Roman Catholic: 18.20%
Islam: 12%
Taoist: 4.30%
None: 13.50%
Jewish: 0.12%
Asatru: 2.95%
Druidism: 5.82%
Wicca: 10.94%
Goddess Worship: 4.70%
Satanism: 0.87%
Languages spoken:
English
Japanese
French
Korean
Dutch
Mandarin
Cantonese
Literacy: Everyone over eight years of age is literate.
Government
Country Name: Nova Hope
Long form: The Dominion of Nova Hope
Adjective: Noviet
Government type: A pseudo presidential system with a parliamentary check
Capital: Nova Hope City
Administrative divisions: Nova Hope City, Borden, New Kyoto, Regalia, Nieuw Rotterdam, Titanous, Peking, Free Seoul, Westen, Prima, Sasson, Passion Rock, Digby, Laramie, Orton, Minto, Chigy, Dets, Parched Junction, Bible Hill, Abbeyton, Chengdu, Princeville, New Houston, Kanku, Hopping Island, New Rotterdam Island, Mi’amo, Pyonog, nieuw Dordrecht, Nouveau Quebec, Reedorow
National holiday: Conglomeration Day March 26 (2004)
Constitution: March 26 2004, The articles of con-Federation
Legal system: Taking American and English influence a common law system based on precedence
Suffrage: Any citizen who passes the voter registration process which includes an IQ test and several problem solving tests and a history test of the nation.
Chief of State: President Eric Lincoln
Elections: Yes when the other two branches call it
Head of Government: Prime Minister Tatsui Isobe
Elections: Yes when the house is reelected the leader of the majority becomes the PM
Legislative branches: Nova Hope has both a congress, designed after the American system. And a house of commons, lead by a prime minister, tailored from the English system
For a motion to pass in the government two of the three bodies need to approve it. If the PM, speaking for the House of Commons, and President are in agreement then congress need never see the bill. If they cannot agrees congress breaks the tie. A piece of legislation can be introduced by any of the three branches of government.
Political Parties within;
The Green Party- Advocates a reduced pollution and pro environment
NHCB (Nova Hope Communist Bloc) – Advocates a communal co-operative society to absolve the rich-poor divide at the expense of personal economic freedom.
Loyalist Party – Promotes a return to the feudal empire that once dominated the continent
Neo-Liberal Party – Promotes a hands off economic style of government that would leave only defense and highways in government hands.
Noviet National Party – Advocates the betterment of the state and encourages the individual to give up for the communal better
Noviet Socialist party – Advocates a ‘watered down’ form of communism. Mainly serves to split the communist vote.
Traditionalist Party – Advocates economic freedom while curtailing personal freedoms to protect what they see as the ‘right way’. Has a heavy basis in Catholicism.
NHUWFABT (Nova Hope Union of Workers for a better tomorrow) – Advocates the increase of the minimum wage, increased healthcare etc
The Noviet Fourth Reich – Preaches a master race philosophy, although diverging chapters argue as to the nationality of the master race.
NHBA (Nova Hope Business Associates) – Preaches corporate welfare and a trickle down economy, you must have 10 million in liquid assets to join this party.
The Scholars’ Party – Promotes free education and knowledge above all else
The Gun Club – Promotes the military period.
[size=+1] Economy [/size=+1]
An affluent technologically advanced nation Nova Hope engages in many modern practices like automobile construction and arms manufacturing. The nation’s main economic worry is that the majority of the food they consume comes from foreign markets. The primary exports of the economy are manufactured goods while the imports are foreign luxuries and food.
Showing good futures with the recent acquisition of new land the country is poised to become entirely self sufficient on its own resources.
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 2.3%
industry: 35.5%
services: 62.2% (2001 est.)
Population below poverty line: 6.8%
Unemployment rate: 0.8%