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Factbook:The Lion's Republic of Fradustanis

Fradustanis
29-03-2005, 12:42
Location: The North Pacific

Geography:

Area: total 2.556.439 sq Km
land 2.189.474 sq Km
sea 366.965 sq Km

Coastline: 355 Km

Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Climate: temperate; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow and fog; sunny summers with frequent showers and thunderstorms

Natural resources: petroleum,timber, natural gas, coal, iron ore, salt, arable land, hydropower, gold.

Land use: arable land: 40.82%
permanent crops: 2.25%
other: 56.93% (2005)

Natural hazards: earthquakes, most severe in south and southwest; geologic structure and climate promote landslides.

People:

Population: 3.475 billion (29.03.2005)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 16.2%
15-64 years: 69.4%
65 years and over: 14.4%

Median age: total: 36.1 years
male: 34.7 years
female: 37.5 years

Population growth rate: 0.11

Birth rate: 10.69 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 9.69 deaths/1,000 population

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate: total: 27.24 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 30.41 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 23.86 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 71.12 years
male: 67.63 years
female: 74.82 years

Total fertility rate: 1.35 children born/woman

Nationality: noun:Fradustanians
adjective:Fradustanians

Ethnic groups: Fradustanians 89.5 %, Romanian 6.6%, Germans 2.5%, Turkish 0.9%, other 0.5%

Religions: Eastern Orthodox 87%, Protestant 6.8%, Catholic 5.6%, other (mostly Muslim) 0.4%, unaffiliated 0.2%

Languages: English, Fradustanian (official), Romanian, German, Turkish.

Literacy:definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.4%
male: 99.1%
female: 97.7%

Government:

Country name: conventional long form: The Lion's Republic of Fradustanis
conventional short form: Fradustanis

Government type: Republic

Capital: Fradustanis City

Administrative divisions: 6 counties

National holiday: Unification Day (of West Fradustanis and East Fradustanis) 31 December (118)

Legal system: mixture of civil law system and communist legal theory;

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch: chief of state: Radu Alex
head of government: Prime Minister Nosmo King
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister
elections: president elected by popular vote for life.

Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of the Senate (137 seats; members are elected by direct, popular vote to serve four-year terms) and the Chamber of Deputies (332 seats; members are elected by direct, popular vote to serve four-year terms)

Judicial branch: Supreme Court of Justice (judges are appointed by the president on the recommendation of the Superior Council of Magistrates)

Political parties: Democratic Party, Humanist Party, Social Democratic Party, Greater Fradustanis Party.