Nascent
30-04-2005, 19:02
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IC:
The Conservative Farming Society of Nascent
Map:
Unnumbered Map of Nascent
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v704/nascent/MapofNascent.png
Numbered Map of Nascent
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v704/nascent/NumberedMapofNAscent.png
Cities by Number
1. New Brittany
2. Charleston
3. Port Mayberry
4. Winding Fork River
5. Fort Billings (Army)
6. Richter Air Force Base
7. Hartopolis (Illiot Te Polla)
8. Percival
9. Fort Quinton (Army Reserve)
10. Jackson Naval Base
11. Little Winding Fork River
12. Fort Winding Fork (Army Reserve)
13. Harding
14. Fort Sifter (Army Reserve)
15. Newberry
16. Fort Yorkshire (Army)
17. Isaacville
18. Fort Treys (Army)
19. Plymouth
20. Victoria
21. Portsmouth
22. Newton
23. Newton Naval Base
24. Port Winchester
25. Charlottesville
26. Charlottesville Naval Base
27. Montgomery Air Force Base
28. Fredericksburg
29. Canton
30. Fort Canton (Army)
31. Fort Granbury (Army)
32. Laurelville
33. Columbia
34. Columbia Naval Base
35. Francisco Dantini Air Force Base
36. Hamptonshire
37. New Francisco
Background:
The island now known as Nascent was founded in 1512 by the Italian explorer, Francisco Dantini, who was working for the Spanish crown when the four ships of Dantini’s party were blown off course by a severe storm and eventually ended up near Nascent. Claiming the island for Spain, the soldiers set up a small settlement on the island, all the while fighting frequent raids by the natives and diseases such as malaria and dysentery. In 1513 a contingent of three hundred British marines landed on the north end of the island and, with the aid of the natives, drove southward toward the Spanish settlement there, eventually driving them off the island.
The island was renamed to New Scotland and remained a British Province until 1827, when the people of Nascent, keen on world events, pushed for the King of England to grant them their independence or else be faced with another revolution. Fearful of being humiliated even more so than the American colonies did in both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 the English Crown granted the people of the island their freedom.
Shortly thereafter a diplomatic convoy from the United States sailed across the Straight of Nascent and assisted with the drafting of a constitution. In the constitution there were provisions for a diplomatic government, a provision for changing the name of the nation to Nascent, its current name, and for the abolishment of the slave trade by 1850. The constitution was soon discarded by a powerful land owner from the southern tip of the island named Peter Oliver, who claimed to be the ruler of Nascent.
The Oliver family ruled up until 2004 when King Richard Oliver was assassinated by a woman claiming to be the fabled Cacifica the Bloody, the last tribal leader of the two largest clans that once resided on the island. Cacifica ruled for only four years when she vanished, leaving behind a draft of a constitution, which if passed by the people in their first democratic elections in nearly two centuries, will put into place a democratic government under the supervision of the United States and Great Britain.
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Geography
Location: Five hundred and sixty-three miles West by South-West of the Georgian coast of the United States, in the Atlantic Ocean.
Area:
Land: ~2,567,145 sq km (~1,594,197 mi)
Water: ~311,938 sq km (~193,714 mi)
Total: ~2,879,083 sq km (~1,788,250 mi)
Area – Comparative: Roughly one quarter the size of the United States
Coastline: ~6239 km (~3876 mi)
Land Boundaries: None
Maritime Claims:
Territorial Sea: 20nm
Contiguous Zone: 46nm
Exclusive Trade Zone: 150nm
Continental Shelf: Not Specified
Climate: Tropical summers, warm mild winters. Wet season August through March, dry season April through July.
Terrain: Flat lands dominate the landscape with a few small rolling hills in the north. Extreme south end is home to several large marshes and swamps.
Elevation Extremes:
Atlantic Ocean (0 km)
Unnamed hill (45 km)
Natural Resources: Timber, natural gasses
Land Use:
37.7% arable
12.35% non-arable
49.95% other
Irrigated Land:
187,000 sq km
Natural Hazards:
Hurricanes and flooding threaten the entire island.
Environmental Issues:
Air pollution resulting in acid rain from the US and Nascent; water pollution from runoff of pesticides and fertilizers.
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People
Population: 645,000,000 (2005 est.)
Age Structure:
0-15 years: 22.4% (Male: 76,574,400/Female: 67,905,600)
16-63 years: 65.5% (Male: 195,183,450/Female: 227,291,550)
64 and over: 12.1% (Male: 35,900,700/Female: 49,948,800)
Median Age:
Male: 33.45 years
Female: 31.23 years
Total: 32.34 years
Population Growth Rate:
0.82% (2005 est.)
Birth Rate: 12.7 births/1000 population (2005 est.)
Death Rate: 17.9 deaths/1000 population (2005 est.)
Net Migration Rate: .011/1000 population (2005 est.)
Sex Ratio:
At birth: 1.12 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
15 years and under: 1.12 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
16-63: .86 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
64 and over: .71 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
Total Population: .89 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
Infant Mortality Rate:
Male: 8.32 deaths/1000 births (2005 est.)
Female: 9.32 deaths/1000 births (2005 est.)
Total Population: 8.82 deaths/1000 births (2005 est.)
Life Expectancy at Birth:
Males: 67.4 years (2005 est.)
Females: 70.01 years (2005 est.)
Total Population: 68.71 years (2005 est.)
Total Fertility Rate: 1.57 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS Prevalence Rate: .7% (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS – People Living with HIV/AIDS: 1,546,700 (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS – Deaths: 26,300 (2005 est.)
Nationality:
Noun: Nascentian(s)
Adverb: Nascentian
Ethnic Groups:
[i]White: 67.3% (2005 est.)
Black: 24.6% (2005 est.)
Native Nascentian: 8.1%(2005 est.)
Religions:
Protestant: 68.25% (2005 est.)
Roman Catholic: 15.18% (2005 est.)
Islam: .4% (2005 est.)
Jewish: 3.5% (2005 est.)
Other: 8.52% (2005 est.)
None: 4.15% (2005 est.)
Languages:
English, Spanish*, Native Nascentian*
*spoken by a small majority
Literacy:
Definition: Age 15 and over are to be able to read and write
Male: 95.4% (2005 est.)
Female: 92.7% (2005 est.)
Total Population: 94.05% (2005 est.)
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Government
Country Name:
Conventional Long Form: The Conservative Farming Society of Nascent
Conventional Short Form: Nascent
Abbreviation: CFSN
Government Type: Constitution based Federal Republic
Capital: Hartopolis (Formerly known as Illoit Te Polla)
Administrative Divisions: 5 provinces divided by position on map: Northern Province, Southern Province, Eastern Province, Western Province Central Province
Dependant Areas: None
Independence: May 4, 1827 (from Great Britain)
National Holiday: Independence Day, May 4 (1827)
Constitution: Originally drafted on June 3, 1827, re-written on April 19, 2005
Legal System: Federal court system based on English Common Law. Each province has a uniform court system.
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Legislative Branch: Senate consists of fifty chairs, with each province being represented by ten elected officials. Every five years ten senate positions are eligible for election (2 seats per province)
Judicial Branch: National Court (its fifteen justices are appointed for life terms each) The National Court handles all cases brought before it from Provincial Courts. Provincial Courts (5 justices appointed by National Justices for one thirty year term each). The Provincial Courts handle all cases brought before them by the citizens of their respected provinces.
Political Parties & Leaders: Labor Party (Terrence Hollidae), Civil Party (Mariah Parkinson), Socialist Party (Nathan Mc Michaels)
Political Pressure Groups & Leaders: Corporations for a better Tomorrow (Zachary Atkins), Citizens Against Democracy (Vincent Pious)
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Economy
Overview: Nascent’s economy is dominated by the agricultural sector, but the recent population rise and the continued growth of major industrial and port centers has begun transforming Nascent into a technologically advanced center of commerce. While the majority of the technology used in production processes was acquired from the United States and other major Western European powers before their eventual collapse, researchers in Nascent have begun making several advancements in the agricultural sector as well as the industrial sector. The influx of technology in the production process has increased the average citizen’s style of living, but has also created job shortages as more and more production processes have become automated.
GDP: $6,350,988,058,494.26
GDP - Per Capita: $8,676.21
Unemployment Rate: 6.8% (2005 est.)
Budget: $4,122,590,745,240.00
Agricultural Products: Tobacco, Wheat, Rice, Peanuts, Cotton, Sugar; Pork, Beef, Dairy Products, Forest Products; Fish
Industrial Products: Food Processing, Chemicals, Timber, Consumer Goods
Currency: CFSN Eulik
Currency Code: NEU
Exchange Rates: 2.1579 Euliks = 1 dollar
Fiscal Year: 1 November thru 31 December
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Military
Military Branches: Air Force, Army, Marines, Navy
Military Manpower
-Military Age: 18
-Availability: Males age 18-50 55,936,872 (2005 est.)
-Fit for Military Service: Males age 18-50 N/A
-Reaching Military Age Annually: Males 1,298,704 (2005 est.)
Military Expenditures
-Dollar Figures: N/A
-Percent of GDP: N/A
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Trans-National Issues
Disputes-International: None
Illicit Drugs: Consumer of Cocaine shipped from South America and Caribbean, consumer of Cannabis, Marijuana (though both marijuana and cannabis has recently been legalized), and Methamphetamines from Mexico and the United States, consumer of high quality drugs from South-East Asia through Mexico and the United States; producer of Marijuana, Cannabis, Cocaine, Hallucinogens, Depressants, and Stimulants
IC:
The Conservative Farming Society of Nascent
Map:
Unnumbered Map of Nascent
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v704/nascent/MapofNascent.png
Numbered Map of Nascent
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v704/nascent/NumberedMapofNAscent.png
Cities by Number
1. New Brittany
2. Charleston
3. Port Mayberry
4. Winding Fork River
5. Fort Billings (Army)
6. Richter Air Force Base
7. Hartopolis (Illiot Te Polla)
8. Percival
9. Fort Quinton (Army Reserve)
10. Jackson Naval Base
11. Little Winding Fork River
12. Fort Winding Fork (Army Reserve)
13. Harding
14. Fort Sifter (Army Reserve)
15. Newberry
16. Fort Yorkshire (Army)
17. Isaacville
18. Fort Treys (Army)
19. Plymouth
20. Victoria
21. Portsmouth
22. Newton
23. Newton Naval Base
24. Port Winchester
25. Charlottesville
26. Charlottesville Naval Base
27. Montgomery Air Force Base
28. Fredericksburg
29. Canton
30. Fort Canton (Army)
31. Fort Granbury (Army)
32. Laurelville
33. Columbia
34. Columbia Naval Base
35. Francisco Dantini Air Force Base
36. Hamptonshire
37. New Francisco
Background:
The island now known as Nascent was founded in 1512 by the Italian explorer, Francisco Dantini, who was working for the Spanish crown when the four ships of Dantini’s party were blown off course by a severe storm and eventually ended up near Nascent. Claiming the island for Spain, the soldiers set up a small settlement on the island, all the while fighting frequent raids by the natives and diseases such as malaria and dysentery. In 1513 a contingent of three hundred British marines landed on the north end of the island and, with the aid of the natives, drove southward toward the Spanish settlement there, eventually driving them off the island.
The island was renamed to New Scotland and remained a British Province until 1827, when the people of Nascent, keen on world events, pushed for the King of England to grant them their independence or else be faced with another revolution. Fearful of being humiliated even more so than the American colonies did in both the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 the English Crown granted the people of the island their freedom.
Shortly thereafter a diplomatic convoy from the United States sailed across the Straight of Nascent and assisted with the drafting of a constitution. In the constitution there were provisions for a diplomatic government, a provision for changing the name of the nation to Nascent, its current name, and for the abolishment of the slave trade by 1850. The constitution was soon discarded by a powerful land owner from the southern tip of the island named Peter Oliver, who claimed to be the ruler of Nascent.
The Oliver family ruled up until 2004 when King Richard Oliver was assassinated by a woman claiming to be the fabled Cacifica the Bloody, the last tribal leader of the two largest clans that once resided on the island. Cacifica ruled for only four years when she vanished, leaving behind a draft of a constitution, which if passed by the people in their first democratic elections in nearly two centuries, will put into place a democratic government under the supervision of the United States and Great Britain.
_________________________________________________________________
Geography
Location: Five hundred and sixty-three miles West by South-West of the Georgian coast of the United States, in the Atlantic Ocean.
Area:
Land: ~2,567,145 sq km (~1,594,197 mi)
Water: ~311,938 sq km (~193,714 mi)
Total: ~2,879,083 sq km (~1,788,250 mi)
Area – Comparative: Roughly one quarter the size of the United States
Coastline: ~6239 km (~3876 mi)
Land Boundaries: None
Maritime Claims:
Territorial Sea: 20nm
Contiguous Zone: 46nm
Exclusive Trade Zone: 150nm
Continental Shelf: Not Specified
Climate: Tropical summers, warm mild winters. Wet season August through March, dry season April through July.
Terrain: Flat lands dominate the landscape with a few small rolling hills in the north. Extreme south end is home to several large marshes and swamps.
Elevation Extremes:
Atlantic Ocean (0 km)
Unnamed hill (45 km)
Natural Resources: Timber, natural gasses
Land Use:
37.7% arable
12.35% non-arable
49.95% other
Irrigated Land:
187,000 sq km
Natural Hazards:
Hurricanes and flooding threaten the entire island.
Environmental Issues:
Air pollution resulting in acid rain from the US and Nascent; water pollution from runoff of pesticides and fertilizers.
_________________________________________________________________
People
Population: 645,000,000 (2005 est.)
Age Structure:
0-15 years: 22.4% (Male: 76,574,400/Female: 67,905,600)
16-63 years: 65.5% (Male: 195,183,450/Female: 227,291,550)
64 and over: 12.1% (Male: 35,900,700/Female: 49,948,800)
Median Age:
Male: 33.45 years
Female: 31.23 years
Total: 32.34 years
Population Growth Rate:
0.82% (2005 est.)
Birth Rate: 12.7 births/1000 population (2005 est.)
Death Rate: 17.9 deaths/1000 population (2005 est.)
Net Migration Rate: .011/1000 population (2005 est.)
Sex Ratio:
At birth: 1.12 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
15 years and under: 1.12 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
16-63: .86 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
64 and over: .71 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
Total Population: .89 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
Infant Mortality Rate:
Male: 8.32 deaths/1000 births (2005 est.)
Female: 9.32 deaths/1000 births (2005 est.)
Total Population: 8.82 deaths/1000 births (2005 est.)
Life Expectancy at Birth:
Males: 67.4 years (2005 est.)
Females: 70.01 years (2005 est.)
Total Population: 68.71 years (2005 est.)
Total Fertility Rate: 1.57 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS Prevalence Rate: .7% (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS – People Living with HIV/AIDS: 1,546,700 (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS – Deaths: 26,300 (2005 est.)
Nationality:
Noun: Nascentian(s)
Adverb: Nascentian
Ethnic Groups:
[i]White: 67.3% (2005 est.)
Black: 24.6% (2005 est.)
Native Nascentian: 8.1%(2005 est.)
Religions:
Protestant: 68.25% (2005 est.)
Roman Catholic: 15.18% (2005 est.)
Islam: .4% (2005 est.)
Jewish: 3.5% (2005 est.)
Other: 8.52% (2005 est.)
None: 4.15% (2005 est.)
Languages:
English, Spanish*, Native Nascentian*
*spoken by a small majority
Literacy:
Definition: Age 15 and over are to be able to read and write
Male: 95.4% (2005 est.)
Female: 92.7% (2005 est.)
Total Population: 94.05% (2005 est.)
_________________________________________________________________
Government
Country Name:
Conventional Long Form: The Conservative Farming Society of Nascent
Conventional Short Form: Nascent
Abbreviation: CFSN
Government Type: Constitution based Federal Republic
Capital: Hartopolis (Formerly known as Illoit Te Polla)
Administrative Divisions: 5 provinces divided by position on map: Northern Province, Southern Province, Eastern Province, Western Province Central Province
Dependant Areas: None
Independence: May 4, 1827 (from Great Britain)
National Holiday: Independence Day, May 4 (1827)
Constitution: Originally drafted on June 3, 1827, re-written on April 19, 2005
Legal System: Federal court system based on English Common Law. Each province has a uniform court system.
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Legislative Branch: Senate consists of fifty chairs, with each province being represented by ten elected officials. Every five years ten senate positions are eligible for election (2 seats per province)
Judicial Branch: National Court (its fifteen justices are appointed for life terms each) The National Court handles all cases brought before it from Provincial Courts. Provincial Courts (5 justices appointed by National Justices for one thirty year term each). The Provincial Courts handle all cases brought before them by the citizens of their respected provinces.
Political Parties & Leaders: Labor Party (Terrence Hollidae), Civil Party (Mariah Parkinson), Socialist Party (Nathan Mc Michaels)
Political Pressure Groups & Leaders: Corporations for a better Tomorrow (Zachary Atkins), Citizens Against Democracy (Vincent Pious)
_________________________________________________________________
Economy
Overview: Nascent’s economy is dominated by the agricultural sector, but the recent population rise and the continued growth of major industrial and port centers has begun transforming Nascent into a technologically advanced center of commerce. While the majority of the technology used in production processes was acquired from the United States and other major Western European powers before their eventual collapse, researchers in Nascent have begun making several advancements in the agricultural sector as well as the industrial sector. The influx of technology in the production process has increased the average citizen’s style of living, but has also created job shortages as more and more production processes have become automated.
GDP: $6,350,988,058,494.26
GDP - Per Capita: $8,676.21
Unemployment Rate: 6.8% (2005 est.)
Budget: $4,122,590,745,240.00
Agricultural Products: Tobacco, Wheat, Rice, Peanuts, Cotton, Sugar; Pork, Beef, Dairy Products, Forest Products; Fish
Industrial Products: Food Processing, Chemicals, Timber, Consumer Goods
Currency: CFSN Eulik
Currency Code: NEU
Exchange Rates: 2.1579 Euliks = 1 dollar
Fiscal Year: 1 November thru 31 December
_________________________________________________________________
Military
Military Branches: Air Force, Army, Marines, Navy
Military Manpower
-Military Age: 18
-Availability: Males age 18-50 55,936,872 (2005 est.)
-Fit for Military Service: Males age 18-50 N/A
-Reaching Military Age Annually: Males 1,298,704 (2005 est.)
Military Expenditures
-Dollar Figures: N/A
-Percent of GDP: N/A
_________________________________________________________________
Trans-National Issues
Disputes-International: None
Illicit Drugs: Consumer of Cocaine shipped from South America and Caribbean, consumer of Cannabis, Marijuana (though both marijuana and cannabis has recently been legalized), and Methamphetamines from Mexico and the United States, consumer of high quality drugs from South-East Asia through Mexico and the United States; producer of Marijuana, Cannabis, Cocaine, Hallucinogens, Depressants, and Stimulants