Sidestreamer
28-04-2005, 12:54
OOC: I'll add to this slowly but surely
Official name: The Holy Empire of Sidestreamer
Government form: Authoritarian, Theocratic Empire with local Democratic-Republican elements (late trends have been converting the empire into a more democratic state, but the Emperor's decisions are final and cannot be challenged by the Cabinet, the Reagents, nor the Judiciary)
Head of State and Government: Emperor Maximus IV
~General Information~
National Name: The Holy Empire of Sidestreamer
Short Name: Sidestreamer
Citizen: Sidestreamer or Sidestream ("He's a Sidestreamer," or "He's a Sidestream citizen.")
Property: Sidestream ("It's a Sidestream custom.")
Origins: Sidestreamish ("This Sidestreamish artifact....")
National Map:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/q0xl/NationStates/Screen00013.jpg
Official Language: Revived Latin (14% of population are proficient in oral Revived Latin, according to census)
Other languages (note: percentages add up to more than 100 percent due to some segments of the population being multi-lingual): English (94% of populace are proficient), Hebrew (8%), Italian (3%), Native Al-Pocalyptic (0.3%), Native Sidestream (<0.1%)
State Religon: Sidestream Catholicism (42%)
Other Religions: Orthodox Christans 23%, Southern Baptists 9% Methodists 2%, other Protestant faiths 7%, Jewish 8% (almost all of which are concentrated in the Isle of Jenova), Bhuddism 1% Other religions 7%
Capital City: The Altogether, Papalia (population: 2,581,578)
Largest City: St. Jude City, St. Jude (population: 7,537,982)
Other Major Cities and Districts: Belharva District, Isle of Jenova (population: 3,108,990); Freehold, Shraver Shores (population: 1,903,300); Yeshulam District, Isle of Jenova (population: 1,021,487); Emberlight District**Inside the city limits of The Altogether**, Papalia (population: 850,006); Trepidation, Vanhala (population: 822,824); Iversdale, St. Jude (population: 738,477); Northampton, Vanhala (population:701,489); Isle of Mann, Shraver Shores (population: 469,032); Perdition, Vanhala (population: 348,288); Vasteria, Papalia (population: 282,539); Shraver City, Shraver Shores (population: 275,838); Bellamy, St. Jude (population: 254,862); Easter Bay, Jonesland (population: 241,931); Phralla's Neck, Mons Mortuus (population: 123,592); Canterberry, Papalia (population: 221,102); St. Anthony, Shraver Shores (population: 209,355); Flourence, St. Jude (population: 203,530); Enterprise, Vanhala (population: 192,998); Chesterfield, Papalia (population: 128,927); Leedsberg, Mons Mortuus (population: 103,312)
Govermental Departments:
Ministry of the Spirit (social order, moral law, and liason for all Catholic churches and ministries. The Catholic churches in turn operate the public school systems and 9 of the 10 public universities) --Secretary of the Ministry, Cardinal Watts
Ministry of the Body (Interior resources, environmental affairs... considered corrupted by business interests and rendered powerless)
Minister: Jason Biggs
Ministry of the Law (police forces, jails, and civil and criminal judiciary)
Minister: Major Phillipaster
Ministry of the Wage (Commercial regulations... considered by outsiders to be virtually powerless and choked in corruption)
Minister: Jacoby Mires
Ministry of the Shield and Sword, or MOSAS (Defense department, responsible for all armed forces, national guard, national security and overseer of all intelligence operations. With Ministry of the Law, coordinates Federal Police Unit, or the FPU)
Minister: Admiral Pernicus
Ministry of The External (Also called the Ministry of Foreign Affairs): Public Relations between the Empire and other international government bodies, speaks for the Emperor on most foreign affairs. Also liable for all embassy allocations and establishments.
Minister: Archbishop Ambicus
---
Ambassador List
---coming soon--
Province Divisions
Papalia (provincial capital - Vastavia)
Mons Mortuus (provincial capital - Skivaphima (population: 41,381))
St. Jude (provincial capital - Bellamy)
Jonesland (provincial capital - Easter Bay)
Shraver Shores (provincial capital - Shraver City)
Vanhala (provincial capital - Perdition)
Isle of Jenova (provincial capital - Kippur's Square (population: 97,482))
The Enviroment: Sidestreamer's forrests have been deteriorating since the corporate juncta bought out Maximus's support and began uranium operations. A volcano lies in the center of the Isle of Jenova, while much of the rest of the country is grassland and hills, with a mountain ridge to the east of the region of Papalia in central Sidestreamer. A major river (The Papal River) runs from the Altogether to South bay.
Hazards: Floods (especially along the Papal River in Papalia), tornadoes (usually in Vanhala but they have been spotted all over Sidestreamer), volcanic eruptions (Isle of Jenova), blizzards (Vanhala, Jonesland, the northern third of Shraver Shores, the extreme northern part of Mons Mortuus, and the Isle of Jenova).
National Biography
The empire of Sidestreamer was formerly a democracy until the bloody crusade to overthrow the secular corporate government, lead by Maximus I, succeeded. Then-president Michael Frankfurt, a libertarian-leaning tycoon, was murdered in the Executive Office of Sidestreamer, which was burned down in the Catholic Crusade. Under Maximus I's orders, a mega-Church, which was known as the Temple of the Altogether, named from Maximus I's concept of taking "all parts and all teachings of the Christ under one house."
The Empire has digressed into a dctatiorship until Maximus IV took control. However, even today there is a tyrannical apporach taken against the Jews of the Isle of Jenova, who for years have attempted a separatist movement.
For the complete history of Sidestreamer, see the NSWIki entry.
~National Holidays~
Christmas - December 25 - Celebrated through special midnight masses, noon masses, and afternoon festivities marked by a traditional offering of bread from parents to children to symbolize the generosity and alturism of Christ. Santa Claus and the extravagant gift-giving that has been widespread in western cultures is seldom emulated in Sidestreamer.
Easter - (The first Sunday to fall after the first full moon following Sidestreamer's vernal equinox) - Usually observed in a fashion similiar to how it's observed elsewhere
Day of The Crusades - August 13 - Celebrates the beginning of the Catholic Crusade and the eventual overthrow of the corporate government.
~Diplomatic Information~
Founder and Chairman of the Moral Alliance
Founder and Director of the Gatesville franchise of Balmora Gatesville
Allies
All members of the Moral Alliance
All members of Gatesville and Balmora Gatesville
The Kingdom of Newkraine
The Armed Republic of Akulan Vengeance
Friendlies
Armany
FEEVA
The Region of Boston
Un-Friendlies
The Shadow Realm of Phalanix
The A O E Field Marshal of Coreys Land
The Incorporated States of Sarzonia
The Divine Reich of Tocrowkia
Whittier-
**The Secular Nations Union**
**-While the Holy Empire and the Moral Alliance has cooperated with the SNU in what the Emperor considered a "humanitarian war" against Coreys Land, the SNU by it's very charter is opposed to the international mission of the Holy Empire, and relations between the two, while not currently hostile (with the blatant exception of the Divine Reich of Tocrowkia), are nonetheless strained-**
Currently at War with:
The Divine Reich of Tocrowkia
Previously Warred with:
The A O E Field Marshal of Coreys Land
The Divine Reich of Tocrowkia
~Economic Information~
National Currency: The Metal Jacket
Government Priority: Catholic Indoctorination
Income Tax Rate: 18%
Major Industries: Arms Manufacturing, Beef-related Agriculture, Automobile Manufacturing, Information Technologies, Uranium Mining, Other agricultures
GDP Per Capita: $31,203
Total Output: $7,363,797,107,006
Private Consumption: $5,406,811,937,433
Black Market Economy (Estimated): 0%
Black Market Product (Estimated): $0
Consumer Confidence: 72%
Unemployment: 3.71%
Exchange Rate: 1 metal jacket = $1.66
~Goverment Budget Details~
Government Budget: $2,081,899,116,567
Administration: $136,988,961,870
Welfare Spending: $0
Healthcare: $0
Education: $136,988,961,870
Spirituality: $195,698,516,957
Defence: $645,805,105,959
Law and Order: $626,235,254,263
Commerce: $195,698,516,957
Public Transport: $0
Envirnment: $0
Social Equality: $0
Government Waste: $124,913,946,994
~Current Issues~
Project 1: Redouble on police spending and respond to a growing crime problem
Project 2: Defend Sidestreamer's shores from invading Tocrowkia forces and weather attacks until alliance can be built, then prepare a counter-invasion.
Official name: The Holy Empire of Sidestreamer
Government form: Authoritarian, Theocratic Empire with local Democratic-Republican elements (late trends have been converting the empire into a more democratic state, but the Emperor's decisions are final and cannot be challenged by the Cabinet, the Reagents, nor the Judiciary)
Head of State and Government: Emperor Maximus IV
~General Information~
National Name: The Holy Empire of Sidestreamer
Short Name: Sidestreamer
Citizen: Sidestreamer or Sidestream ("He's a Sidestreamer," or "He's a Sidestream citizen.")
Property: Sidestream ("It's a Sidestream custom.")
Origins: Sidestreamish ("This Sidestreamish artifact....")
National Map:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v447/q0xl/NationStates/Screen00013.jpg
Official Language: Revived Latin (14% of population are proficient in oral Revived Latin, according to census)
Other languages (note: percentages add up to more than 100 percent due to some segments of the population being multi-lingual): English (94% of populace are proficient), Hebrew (8%), Italian (3%), Native Al-Pocalyptic (0.3%), Native Sidestream (<0.1%)
State Religon: Sidestream Catholicism (42%)
Other Religions: Orthodox Christans 23%, Southern Baptists 9% Methodists 2%, other Protestant faiths 7%, Jewish 8% (almost all of which are concentrated in the Isle of Jenova), Bhuddism 1% Other religions 7%
Capital City: The Altogether, Papalia (population: 2,581,578)
Largest City: St. Jude City, St. Jude (population: 7,537,982)
Other Major Cities and Districts: Belharva District, Isle of Jenova (population: 3,108,990); Freehold, Shraver Shores (population: 1,903,300); Yeshulam District, Isle of Jenova (population: 1,021,487); Emberlight District**Inside the city limits of The Altogether**, Papalia (population: 850,006); Trepidation, Vanhala (population: 822,824); Iversdale, St. Jude (population: 738,477); Northampton, Vanhala (population:701,489); Isle of Mann, Shraver Shores (population: 469,032); Perdition, Vanhala (population: 348,288); Vasteria, Papalia (population: 282,539); Shraver City, Shraver Shores (population: 275,838); Bellamy, St. Jude (population: 254,862); Easter Bay, Jonesland (population: 241,931); Phralla's Neck, Mons Mortuus (population: 123,592); Canterberry, Papalia (population: 221,102); St. Anthony, Shraver Shores (population: 209,355); Flourence, St. Jude (population: 203,530); Enterprise, Vanhala (population: 192,998); Chesterfield, Papalia (population: 128,927); Leedsberg, Mons Mortuus (population: 103,312)
Govermental Departments:
Ministry of the Spirit (social order, moral law, and liason for all Catholic churches and ministries. The Catholic churches in turn operate the public school systems and 9 of the 10 public universities) --Secretary of the Ministry, Cardinal Watts
Ministry of the Body (Interior resources, environmental affairs... considered corrupted by business interests and rendered powerless)
Minister: Jason Biggs
Ministry of the Law (police forces, jails, and civil and criminal judiciary)
Minister: Major Phillipaster
Ministry of the Wage (Commercial regulations... considered by outsiders to be virtually powerless and choked in corruption)
Minister: Jacoby Mires
Ministry of the Shield and Sword, or MOSAS (Defense department, responsible for all armed forces, national guard, national security and overseer of all intelligence operations. With Ministry of the Law, coordinates Federal Police Unit, or the FPU)
Minister: Admiral Pernicus
Ministry of The External (Also called the Ministry of Foreign Affairs): Public Relations between the Empire and other international government bodies, speaks for the Emperor on most foreign affairs. Also liable for all embassy allocations and establishments.
Minister: Archbishop Ambicus
---
Ambassador List
---coming soon--
Province Divisions
Papalia (provincial capital - Vastavia)
Mons Mortuus (provincial capital - Skivaphima (population: 41,381))
St. Jude (provincial capital - Bellamy)
Jonesland (provincial capital - Easter Bay)
Shraver Shores (provincial capital - Shraver City)
Vanhala (provincial capital - Perdition)
Isle of Jenova (provincial capital - Kippur's Square (population: 97,482))
The Enviroment: Sidestreamer's forrests have been deteriorating since the corporate juncta bought out Maximus's support and began uranium operations. A volcano lies in the center of the Isle of Jenova, while much of the rest of the country is grassland and hills, with a mountain ridge to the east of the region of Papalia in central Sidestreamer. A major river (The Papal River) runs from the Altogether to South bay.
Hazards: Floods (especially along the Papal River in Papalia), tornadoes (usually in Vanhala but they have been spotted all over Sidestreamer), volcanic eruptions (Isle of Jenova), blizzards (Vanhala, Jonesland, the northern third of Shraver Shores, the extreme northern part of Mons Mortuus, and the Isle of Jenova).
National Biography
The empire of Sidestreamer was formerly a democracy until the bloody crusade to overthrow the secular corporate government, lead by Maximus I, succeeded. Then-president Michael Frankfurt, a libertarian-leaning tycoon, was murdered in the Executive Office of Sidestreamer, which was burned down in the Catholic Crusade. Under Maximus I's orders, a mega-Church, which was known as the Temple of the Altogether, named from Maximus I's concept of taking "all parts and all teachings of the Christ under one house."
The Empire has digressed into a dctatiorship until Maximus IV took control. However, even today there is a tyrannical apporach taken against the Jews of the Isle of Jenova, who for years have attempted a separatist movement.
For the complete history of Sidestreamer, see the NSWIki entry.
~National Holidays~
Christmas - December 25 - Celebrated through special midnight masses, noon masses, and afternoon festivities marked by a traditional offering of bread from parents to children to symbolize the generosity and alturism of Christ. Santa Claus and the extravagant gift-giving that has been widespread in western cultures is seldom emulated in Sidestreamer.
Easter - (The first Sunday to fall after the first full moon following Sidestreamer's vernal equinox) - Usually observed in a fashion similiar to how it's observed elsewhere
Day of The Crusades - August 13 - Celebrates the beginning of the Catholic Crusade and the eventual overthrow of the corporate government.
~Diplomatic Information~
Founder and Chairman of the Moral Alliance
Founder and Director of the Gatesville franchise of Balmora Gatesville
Allies
All members of the Moral Alliance
All members of Gatesville and Balmora Gatesville
The Kingdom of Newkraine
The Armed Republic of Akulan Vengeance
Friendlies
Armany
FEEVA
The Region of Boston
Un-Friendlies
The Shadow Realm of Phalanix
The A O E Field Marshal of Coreys Land
The Incorporated States of Sarzonia
The Divine Reich of Tocrowkia
Whittier-
**The Secular Nations Union**
**-While the Holy Empire and the Moral Alliance has cooperated with the SNU in what the Emperor considered a "humanitarian war" against Coreys Land, the SNU by it's very charter is opposed to the international mission of the Holy Empire, and relations between the two, while not currently hostile (with the blatant exception of the Divine Reich of Tocrowkia), are nonetheless strained-**
Currently at War with:
The Divine Reich of Tocrowkia
Previously Warred with:
The A O E Field Marshal of Coreys Land
The Divine Reich of Tocrowkia
~Economic Information~
National Currency: The Metal Jacket
Government Priority: Catholic Indoctorination
Income Tax Rate: 18%
Major Industries: Arms Manufacturing, Beef-related Agriculture, Automobile Manufacturing, Information Technologies, Uranium Mining, Other agricultures
GDP Per Capita: $31,203
Total Output: $7,363,797,107,006
Private Consumption: $5,406,811,937,433
Black Market Economy (Estimated): 0%
Black Market Product (Estimated): $0
Consumer Confidence: 72%
Unemployment: 3.71%
Exchange Rate: 1 metal jacket = $1.66
~Goverment Budget Details~
Government Budget: $2,081,899,116,567
Administration: $136,988,961,870
Welfare Spending: $0
Healthcare: $0
Education: $136,988,961,870
Spirituality: $195,698,516,957
Defence: $645,805,105,959
Law and Order: $626,235,254,263
Commerce: $195,698,516,957
Public Transport: $0
Envirnment: $0
Social Equality: $0
Government Waste: $124,913,946,994
~Current Issues~
Project 1: Redouble on police spending and respond to a growing crime problem
Project 2: Defend Sidestreamer's shores from invading Tocrowkia forces and weather attacks until alliance can be built, then prepare a counter-invasion.