Lachenburg
20-07-2007, 22:17
The Grand Duchy of Lachenburg
Großherzogtum Lachenburg
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"Marteau d'argent ouvre porte de fer" (French)
"Money is the hammer which opens the iron door"
I. Basic Statistics:
A. Georgaphy
Area:
Total: 3,547,941 km²
Land: 3,547,941 km²
Water: 0 km²
Area-comparative: Roughly twice the size of Alaska.
Coastline: 2,798 km
Maritime Claims:
Territorial sea: 12 nm
Contiguous zone: 24 nm
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Continental shelf: 200 nm or to edge of the continental margin
Climate: Mostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast.
Terrain: Vast interior plateau rimmed by rugged hills and narrow coastal plain.
Natural Resources: Gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, tin, uranium, gem diamonds, platinum, copper, vanadium, salt, natural gas
Land Use:
Arable Land: 12.10%
Permanent Crops: 0.79%
Other: 87.11%
Environmental Issues: Lack of important arterial rivers or lakes requires extensive water conservation and control measures; growth in water usage outpacing supply; pollution of rivers from agricultural runoff and urban discharge; air pollution resulting in acid rain; soil erosion; desertification.
B. Society
Population:
Total Census: 64,908,833
Density: 18/km²
Capital: Karlstaad [Pretoria]
Population: 1,884,046
Density: 856/km²
Largest City: Neu Braunschweig [Johannesburg]
Population: 3,225,812
Density: 1,962/km²
Nationality:
Noun: Lachenburger(s)
Adjective: Lachenburg
Ethnic Groups: European (German, French and Dutch-oriented), Black, Coloured
Religions: Lutheran, Dutch Reformed, Methodist
Official Language(s): German [Swabian & Plattdeutsch dialects], English
C. Politics:
Country Name:
Legal Version: Grand Duchy of Lachenburg (Großherzogtum Lachenburg)
Conventional Version: Lachenburg
Government: Parliamentary Democracy w/ Constitutional Monarchy
Independence: N/A
Constitution: 3 November, 1838 [Declaration of Rights & Property]
Legal System: English Common Law
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
The Executive:
Head of State: His Royal Highness, Nikolaus VII, Grand Duke of Lachenburg, Baron of Merenberg
Head of Government: The Right Honourable Wilhelm Albrecht von Wylich, Ministerpräsident of HRH Court, Graf von Burggrafschaft (T)
Cabinet:
Lord High Chancellor: The Right Honourable Georges Thilges (T)
Lord Privy Councillor: The Right Honourable Frederich Wilhelm Hausenbeck (N)
Second Lord of HRH Treasury: The Honourable Hubert Loutsch (T)
High Marshal of the Court: The Honourable Otto Strumgott (T)
Minister of Foreign Affairs: The Honourable Christian Vannerus (T)
Minister of the Interior: The Honourable Vendelin Jurion (N)
Minister of Health & Human Services: The Honourable Jean-Luc Depardie (T)
Elections: N/A; the monarchy is hereditary; following popular elections to the Chamber of Deputies, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the monarch
The Legislature: Bicameral
Lower House: Chamber of Deputies (564 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
Upper House: Chamber of Peers (92 seats; members appointed by Grand Duke to serve life terms)
Political Parties:
Conservative Party (T) [Moderate Authoritarian; Economic Liberal]
Liberal Party (W) [Moderate Libertarian; Economic Liberal]
Labour Party (L) [Moderate Libertarian; Moderate Socialist]
Socialist Democratic Union (S) [Moderate Libertarian; Socialist]
Classic Liberal Society (E) [Libertarian; Anarcho-Capitalist]
Workers' Revolutionary Party (C) [Authoritarian; Marxist]
Lachenburgian Nationalist Party (N) [Authoritarian; Economic Conservative]
The Judiciary: Chamber of Peers (highest court of appeal; twenty Lords of Appeal in Ordinary are appointed by the monarch for life); Supreme Courts of Lachenburg (comprising the Courts of Appeal, the High Courts of Justice, and the Crown Courts)
International Organization Participation: Interpol
Established Diplomatic Missions: N/A
Diplomatic Agreements: N/A
Administrative Divisions:
Provinces:
- Bechuanaland
- Cape Province
- Natal
- Orange Free State
- Rhodesia, East
- Rhodesia, West
- Transvaal
High Commission Territories:
- Basutoland
- Swaziland
D. Economy:
Overview: Lachenburg is a high-income, burgeoning market with an abundant supply of natural resources; well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors; a stock exchange that ranks among the largest in the world; and a modern infrastructure supporting an efficient distribution of goods to major urban centers throughout the region. However, growth has not been strong enough to remedy Lachenburg's staggering wealth disparity - especially among its disadvantaged minority groups. Lachenburgian economic policy is primarily laissez-faire in nature and fiscally conservative in practice but pragmatic focusing on targeting inflation and liberalizing trade as means to increase household income and socio-economic equality.
GDP [PPP]: $647.5 billion
GDP - per capita: $9,975
GDP - real growth rate: 5%
Labour Force: 32.02 million
Industries: Mining (Platinum, Gold, Chromium, Diamonds, Copper, Nickel, Tin), Automobile assembly, Metalworking, Machinery, Textile, Livestock Processing, Iron, Steel, Chemicals, Fertilizer and Foodstuffs
Unemployment: 2.41%
Currency: Schilling (S)
Inflation: 2%
ERM: S1 = $2.19
Subunit: Groschen [1/100]
Central Bank: Lachenburge Nationalbank
Reserves - Foreign Exchange & Gold: $28.62 billion
Revenue: $82.95 billion
% of GDP: 7.8
Expenditure: $82.67 billion
Administration: $1.45 billion [1.75%]
Social Welfare: $0 [0%]
Healthcare: $0 [0%]
Education: $19.01 billion [23%]
Defense: $12.95 billion [15.67%]
Law & Order: $12.88 billion [15.58%]
Commerce: $17.36 billion [21%]
Transportation: $11.57 billion [14%]
Environment: $7.44 billion [9%]
Current Account Balance: $280 million [+]
Fiscal Year: 1 April - 31 March
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Großherzogtum Lachenburg
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"Marteau d'argent ouvre porte de fer" (French)
"Money is the hammer which opens the iron door"
I. Basic Statistics:
A. Georgaphy
Area:
Total: 3,547,941 km²
Land: 3,547,941 km²
Water: 0 km²
Area-comparative: Roughly twice the size of Alaska.
Coastline: 2,798 km
Maritime Claims:
Territorial sea: 12 nm
Contiguous zone: 24 nm
Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
Continental shelf: 200 nm or to edge of the continental margin
Climate: Mostly semiarid; subtropical along east coast.
Terrain: Vast interior plateau rimmed by rugged hills and narrow coastal plain.
Natural Resources: Gold, chromium, antimony, coal, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphates, tin, uranium, gem diamonds, platinum, copper, vanadium, salt, natural gas
Land Use:
Arable Land: 12.10%
Permanent Crops: 0.79%
Other: 87.11%
Environmental Issues: Lack of important arterial rivers or lakes requires extensive water conservation and control measures; growth in water usage outpacing supply; pollution of rivers from agricultural runoff and urban discharge; air pollution resulting in acid rain; soil erosion; desertification.
B. Society
Population:
Total Census: 64,908,833
Density: 18/km²
Capital: Karlstaad [Pretoria]
Population: 1,884,046
Density: 856/km²
Largest City: Neu Braunschweig [Johannesburg]
Population: 3,225,812
Density: 1,962/km²
Nationality:
Noun: Lachenburger(s)
Adjective: Lachenburg
Ethnic Groups: European (German, French and Dutch-oriented), Black, Coloured
Religions: Lutheran, Dutch Reformed, Methodist
Official Language(s): German [Swabian & Plattdeutsch dialects], English
C. Politics:
Country Name:
Legal Version: Grand Duchy of Lachenburg (Großherzogtum Lachenburg)
Conventional Version: Lachenburg
Government: Parliamentary Democracy w/ Constitutional Monarchy
Independence: N/A
Constitution: 3 November, 1838 [Declaration of Rights & Property]
Legal System: English Common Law
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
The Executive:
Head of State: His Royal Highness, Nikolaus VII, Grand Duke of Lachenburg, Baron of Merenberg
Head of Government: The Right Honourable Wilhelm Albrecht von Wylich, Ministerpräsident of HRH Court, Graf von Burggrafschaft (T)
Cabinet:
Lord High Chancellor: The Right Honourable Georges Thilges (T)
Lord Privy Councillor: The Right Honourable Frederich Wilhelm Hausenbeck (N)
Second Lord of HRH Treasury: The Honourable Hubert Loutsch (T)
High Marshal of the Court: The Honourable Otto Strumgott (T)
Minister of Foreign Affairs: The Honourable Christian Vannerus (T)
Minister of the Interior: The Honourable Vendelin Jurion (N)
Minister of Health & Human Services: The Honourable Jean-Luc Depardie (T)
Elections: N/A; the monarchy is hereditary; following popular elections to the Chamber of Deputies, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the monarch
The Legislature: Bicameral
Lower House: Chamber of Deputies (564 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms)
Upper House: Chamber of Peers (92 seats; members appointed by Grand Duke to serve life terms)
Political Parties:
Conservative Party (T) [Moderate Authoritarian; Economic Liberal]
Liberal Party (W) [Moderate Libertarian; Economic Liberal]
Labour Party (L) [Moderate Libertarian; Moderate Socialist]
Socialist Democratic Union (S) [Moderate Libertarian; Socialist]
Classic Liberal Society (E) [Libertarian; Anarcho-Capitalist]
Workers' Revolutionary Party (C) [Authoritarian; Marxist]
Lachenburgian Nationalist Party (N) [Authoritarian; Economic Conservative]
The Judiciary: Chamber of Peers (highest court of appeal; twenty Lords of Appeal in Ordinary are appointed by the monarch for life); Supreme Courts of Lachenburg (comprising the Courts of Appeal, the High Courts of Justice, and the Crown Courts)
International Organization Participation: Interpol
Established Diplomatic Missions: N/A
Diplomatic Agreements: N/A
Administrative Divisions:
Provinces:
- Bechuanaland
- Cape Province
- Natal
- Orange Free State
- Rhodesia, East
- Rhodesia, West
- Transvaal
High Commission Territories:
- Basutoland
- Swaziland
D. Economy:
Overview: Lachenburg is a high-income, burgeoning market with an abundant supply of natural resources; well-developed financial, legal, communications, energy, and transport sectors; a stock exchange that ranks among the largest in the world; and a modern infrastructure supporting an efficient distribution of goods to major urban centers throughout the region. However, growth has not been strong enough to remedy Lachenburg's staggering wealth disparity - especially among its disadvantaged minority groups. Lachenburgian economic policy is primarily laissez-faire in nature and fiscally conservative in practice but pragmatic focusing on targeting inflation and liberalizing trade as means to increase household income and socio-economic equality.
GDP [PPP]: $647.5 billion
GDP - per capita: $9,975
GDP - real growth rate: 5%
Labour Force: 32.02 million
Industries: Mining (Platinum, Gold, Chromium, Diamonds, Copper, Nickel, Tin), Automobile assembly, Metalworking, Machinery, Textile, Livestock Processing, Iron, Steel, Chemicals, Fertilizer and Foodstuffs
Unemployment: 2.41%
Currency: Schilling (S)
Inflation: 2%
ERM: S1 = $2.19
Subunit: Groschen [1/100]
Central Bank: Lachenburge Nationalbank
Reserves - Foreign Exchange & Gold: $28.62 billion
Revenue: $82.95 billion
% of GDP: 7.8
Expenditure: $82.67 billion
Administration: $1.45 billion [1.75%]
Social Welfare: $0 [0%]
Healthcare: $0 [0%]
Education: $19.01 billion [23%]
Defense: $12.95 billion [15.67%]
Law & Order: $12.88 billion [15.58%]
Commerce: $17.36 billion [21%]
Transportation: $11.57 billion [14%]
Environment: $7.44 billion [9%]
Current Account Balance: $280 million [+]
Fiscal Year: 1 April - 31 March
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