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The Nordic Kingdom (SYAE)

Kopparbergs
23-01-2007, 19:08
The Nordic Kingdom – Factbook

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Country name
Country name, conventional long form: The Nordic Kingdom
Conventional short form: The Nordics


NS Facts
Updated jan 23, 2007
Population: Around 2.8 billion (Note: NS-population)

Claims w/ population
Sweden: 9.0 million
Norway: 4.6 million (incl. Svalbard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard), Jan Mayen Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Mayen) and Bouvet Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouvet_Island))
Finland: 5.2 million
Denmark: 5.6 million (incl. Greenland and Faeroe Islands)
TOTAL: 24.4 million

Area
Sweden: 449,964 sq km
Norway: 323,802 sq km
Svalbard: 61,020 sq km
Jan Mayen Island: 377 sq km
Bouvet Island: 49 sq km
Finland: 338,145 sq km
Denmark: 43,094 sq km
Greenland: 2,166,086 sq km
Faeroe Islands: 1,399 sq km
TOTAL: 3,383,936 sq km


Capital and other cities
STOCKHOLM: 1,500,000 (Capital)
Gothenburg: 800,000
Copenhagen: 1,200,000
Helsinki: 570,000
Oslo: 1,300,000
Torshavn, Faeroe Islands: 15,000


Maritime Claims
Territorial sea: 12 nm
Contiguous zone: 24 nm
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm


Government
King: King Carl Gustaf XXI
Secretary of Defense: General Carl Hamilton
Secretary of Finance: Joar Lundwall
Secretary of Foreign Affairs: Åke Stålhandske
Secretary of Trade: Patrik Winstell
Secretary of Justice: Anna Mannheimer
Secretary of Industry: George Lilja
Secretary of Tourism: Anton Sidengren

Government type
Monarchy.

National holidays
National Day, February 4
Midsummers Eve, June 21
Cristmas Eve, December 24
Cristmas Day, December 25
Cristmas Day II, December 26
Cristmas Day III, December 27



The Nordic Kingdom's Royal Military Service
2% of the total population is in the royal military service, with another 3% in the reserves.

488,000 men in total (2% of the population)
Reserve: 732,000 (3% of population), not very well trained. Mixed branches.

ROYAL ARMY: 250,000 men
ROYAL NAVY: 114,000 men
ROYAL AIR FORCE: 114,000 men
ROYAL ELITE FORCE: 10,000 men


International relations

Embassy listing
Embassies exchanged with the following nations
USA, The Nordic's Ambassador, Fredrik Grönberg.
The Low Confederation, The Nordic's Ambassador: Anders Ljunghed.
Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republics
United Empire of Kiwiland (Newer Kiwiland), The Nordic's Ambassador: Stefan Gröön
Republic of Iceland, The Nordic's Ambassador: Arne Sjögren
The Great Han Empire (Daehanjeiguk), The Nordic's Ambassador: Henrik Synnergren [Pending]


Current relations

Ally, or ally-like
x

Friendly
x Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republics
x United Empire of Kiwiland
x The Low Confederation
x Eastern European Union
x The Great Han Empire

Cold
x USA
x Eurasia

Hostile
x

No official contact
[All other nations]


The Nordic Kingdom's definitions of DEFCON levels
Defcon 1 = Highest level, country at war. Enemy troops are attacking our land.
Defcon 2 = Country at war, but has no enemy troops inside the borders.
Defcon 3 = The risk for war is high. Highest level on border patrolls and such. Closed borders. Planes circulating 24/7.
Defcon 4 = A higher level on border patrolls. Leaves may be cancelled.
Defcon 5 = lowest level, peace time.

Overall Defcon-level:
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DEFCON 5


Governmental policies
§1 The Nordic Kingdom does not have chemical and biological WMD's and will never get such either. Neither will we have nuclear weapons.

§2 We will never ever negotiate with terrorists.

§3 We want to keep neutral, and do not want to be a part of any military alliance.
Kopparbergs
23-01-2007, 19:09
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