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The Free Democracy of Korintar

Geography
Korintar is located on what some refer to as the mythical continent of Atlantis, or at least what's left of it after three magnitude 9.6 earthquakes and a super eruption coupled with subsequent magnitude 8 earthquakes destroyed 15% of the continent between 75,000 and 13,000 years ago.

It is bordered by the mountainous Apostolic Commune of Via Crucis to the north and The Incorporated States of Helini, located on a low, broad plateau, to the west. It is separated from Chazaka by a strait only five miles in length to the south.

The climate ranges from tropical on the southern coast to mediterranean towards the interior with a variable climate in the mountainous north. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, and flash floods are common hazards. Natural resources include large silicate, iron, graphite, and silver deposits.

The southern coast, where all the ports are located, is 2400km in length. The total land area 3,840,000 sq km, with Korintar occupying 55% of the territory, while Helini and Via Crucis claim 25% and 20%, respectively.

Population

Total Population: 2 billion
% male= 45.6%
% female= 53.4%
% undetermined= 1%

Nationality: noun= Korintari/Atlantean
adjective= Korintari/Atlantean/Atlantic
Atlantean or Atlantic are used either when it is known that is one's ethnicity or when it cannot be determined whether one is from Korintar, Via Crucis, or Helini.
Ethnic Groups: Atlantean* 62%, Jewish 17%,
Hispanic 8%, Arab 7.5%, W. African 3%,
NW European 2%, Other .5%
Religion: Christianity 79%, Jewish 13%,
Muslim 4%, Buddhist 3%, Other Religions .75%,
Atheist/Agnostic .25%
Languages: Alantolig, a modernized form of NE Atlantean, Korindo, an offshoot of a Doric/Ionian/Late Minoan creole of Greek, and Korintari standard, the official language of the nation. Educated individuals speak two of the following, as well: English, Chinese, French, Arabic, Hebrew, Spanish
Literacy: 100%

Life Expectancy: 112.3 yrs, female
109.5 yrs, male (urban); 98.7 yrs female
93.2 yrs male (rural)
Age Structure:
0-14yrs 37.1%
15-35yrs 24.4%
36-64yrs 17.6%
65-82yrs 14.1%
83-100yrs 6.1%
101+yrs .8%
Median Age: 20.3 yrs

Note: Atlantean stock is the indigineous racial group of Korintar. They are generally characterised as about 6' 6" tall and about 225lbs with brown to olive bronze skin. Their hair is either black or dark brown and slightly curly naturally. Facial features include bright, open silver eyes and thin upper lip with the lower jaw protruding only slightly. They are also characterised by a high sloping forehead. They are especially prone to IBS and melanoma when compared to other ethnic groups.

They are, in terms of culture, rather libertine, with complex marriage being a common practice in rural areas. There is a general sense of gender equality and harmony in the cultural traditions. Though concensus is encouraged in the culture, decisions can take a long time, as all sides are desired to be heard before coming to any sort of conclusions. This, when combined with a cyclical, infinite view of time can make them seem rather lazy or laidback to an outsider, but they do regard as stupid anyone who does not contribute and with the pareconist traditions already ingrained in some places, social striving is a frequent phenomena in the culture.

Governance and Politics
Name: The Free Democracy of Korintar (official, long) or FDK (official, short) or Korintar (common)

Mottos: old: Liberty and Honor for All current: Ius Gratiae Dei: Vita et Libertas et Parilitas

Government Type: Decentralized Socialist Democracy

Constitution:
Legal System: Torah with Socialist/Common Law hybrid; constitutional interpretation based upon precedent

Executive: Directory; heads of directorates meet as executive council with one serving as Senior Director. All are regarded as heads of states under the principle of primus inter pares. They are chosen by the bureaus selecting those who scored highest on the civil service exam battery. This list of typically 20 per Director are whittled down to the top five by the legislature. Then the general populace elects those they feel most qualified through the condorcet method. Odds of elections being too close to call have been calculated .001%. Elected every five years for up to three terms. Can be recalled or impeached at any time.

Legislature: Bicameral; People's Assembly and Senate. People's Assembly is the lower house chosen by allotment of the general population, about 100,000 members. Term is 2 yrs. Senate, each province gets ten senators chosen through direct election, uses proportional representation. Individual serve 5 yrs. terms, nonconsecutive, limited to two terms. Subject to recall.

Judicial: People's Court of the Inquisition is elected directly through non partisan elections. Pool of candidates are from lower courts. This supreme court has the authority to establish lower national courts and their jurisdictions and to order the arrest of high government officials. Also it has the right of judicial review concerning any law, regulation or plebiscite. Its decisions can be overturned by constitutional admendment initiative. Serves 30 yr terms, subject to recall.

Suffrage: No restrictions, except minimum age to vote in national elections is 21 yrs (also eligible for
any public office at that age). Locally, 16-21yr olds can vote in someplaces, typically as a half-vote. Voting is compulsory.

Freedoms and Responsibilities:
Freedom of Expression and Association
Right to protest or challenge government decisions in a peaceable manner
Right to trial by jury of one's own peers in civil, domestic, religious, criminal, and military matters
Freedom of travel
Freedom from undue punishment
Freedom of noncommercial press
Right to propose initiatives and vote on referenda
Right to propose and vote on recalls
Right to vote 'no confidence' in elections
Freedom of gleaning from the bounties of the land
Right to operate in a free market if an associate in the communes
Right to freely declare oneself an associate
The government shall make no law beyond age of consent regarding marriage, as the state recognizes that marriage is a sacred institution which, thus to be consistent with other rights and responsibilities, may only be regulated as far as religious institutions will permit.

Voting is compulsory
Everyone must try to maintain a balanced job complex
If an individual desires compensation, they must work if physically capable
Mandatory national service, can be non-military
Work in the co-ops (if a full member)
Respect the freedoms of others as they would respect thine own
Declare allegiance to dominion and nation
Honor the ordinances of the commune (if a full member)

National Holidays: Election Day- first day of the fourth month of the year (c Sept. 13)
Novitia- nine day leap week
Revolution Day- celebrated during the winter solstice (Dec 18-24)
New Year's Day- c June 21, summer solstice. Typically a three day celebration (June 20-22)

Capital Cities: Atenou (official seat of Directory and Senate), Mekrindiv (official seat of People's Assembly), Korintopoli (official seat of Supreme Economic Council and People's Court of the Inquisition).

Administrative Divisions:
12 dominions (bioregions)
-864 provinces (total); c 72 (per dominion)
-1000 communes (per province)
3 autonomous zones: Atenou and 8 surrounding communes,
Mekrindiv and 6 surrounding communes; Korintopoli and 13 surrounding communes

Major Cities: ports- (from West to East) Sapiso, Liostia, Uroi, Risaba, Tepari, Uliat; Korintopoli
trade and business-
NW= Kabil (N), Samri (E), Mekrindiv (C), Orindov (S); Abiktor (W)
NE= Atenou (SW), Exoita (N); Irukhan (E)
S= Adrin (NW), Septri (NE); all ports except Sapiso, Risaba, and Tepari
Forts- Mekrindiv, Sapiso, Risaba, Tepari, Korintopoli, Samri, Sorilun (N of Atenou); Urdea (between Orindov and Abiktor)

Factions:

Christian Communist Coalition- communitarian; states rights socialist, strong believers in cooperative economics and socially conservative, very religious and supporters of large welfare state.

Liberty Alliance- libertarian; wants government out of business matters and is secular. opposes welfare state measures.

Liberals For Life- believes that markets should dictate the economy but does see justification for a welfare state. Pro-Life to the extreme, thus they oppose abortion, support strict gun regulations, preservation of the enviroment, vegetarianism, and "ethical science".

Freedom Church- Christian anarchist, regarded as somewhat radical.

Egalitarian Nationalist Caucus- opposed to states' rights, militaristic, demands that the national government sieze control of all industry and put it under a bureacracy. Secular. Like Christian Communists, supports a large welfare state.

Korintari Fascist League- outlawed radical group. Atlantic racial supremacy and extreme militarism combined with corporatist economics are the key views of this ideological faction. Suspected that foreign nations fund this group which has been known to commit terrorist attacks and attempt coups. Also known as "Korintari Free Justice Legion". Bespin Tubari, a radical platonist, heads the organization.

Economy
Peacetime Structure: The Korintari economic structure is pareconist in nature. Thus the structure is that a system of nested worker's and consumer's councils make decisions about what should be produced and how. These councils are made up of the entire work force of Korintar. There is remuneration according to effort and sacrifice, thus hard work is rewarded. Furthermore we have balanced job complexes to stave coordinatorism. This happens to apply to our military, btw, as well. Concensus based decision making is key.

Wartime Structure: Wartime Economic Authority referendum states:
A) All civilian, consumer manufacturing must be defer to military manufacturing.
B) Directory proclamations take precedence and can rescind the decisions of the industrial facilitation boards
C) w/c councils are suspended until further notice.
D) All those not currently employed are to be pressed into service either as factory workers or military personel
E) 100hr minimum work week established.
F) Foreign corporations are to be expelled, by force, if necessary, from Korintar.
G) Protective tariffs not lower than 150% of the value of foreign goods are to be immediately established.
H) Anyone who chooses not to work will be impressed into military service.

Currency: Dinaros (pl Dinarin), historic; Labour Dollar, current
Exchange Rate: L$1.275=NS$1.000

Income Tax Rates:
bracket...............rate.....................................% of labour force
$5,000-$10,000= tax exempt; base welfare pay......... 2.7%
$10,000-$25,000=10%.......................................... 23%
$25,000-$40,000= 22%......................................... 19.1%
$40,000-$75,000= 35%......................................... 22%
$75,000-$100,000= 45%....................................... 17.9%
$100,000-$120,000(cap)= 60%.............................. 15.3%

Labour force: 1,122 million

GDP: L$62,357,930,000,000 (total); L$31,178.965 (per capita)

Gini Index: 36.9
Gender Equality ratio: 1.005:1.000
Unemployment Rate: 1%
% Discouraged Workers: c .9%
Population Below Poverty Level: 54 million
Externalities Cost: L$7,350,125 million

Industries: Information Technology, Education, Agriculture, Electronics, Super Conducting Materials, and Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing, Fishing; Tourism.
Agricultural Products: Wool, Grapes, Alcohol, Banannas, Cinnamon, Peppers, Rice, Marijuana (yes, it is legal in Korintar, but due to the fact that other nations may ban it, we do not export it), Beef, & Timbre.

Electricity Sources:
Cold Fusion- 36%
Fission- 23%
Tidal- 17%
Biomass- 10%
Geothermal- 10%
Solar- 2%
Wind- 2%

Mineral Resources: gold, silver, iron, uranium, silicon, srlanite, uldionite, spulidite, and elisrite
(srlanite, uldionite, spulidite, and elisrite are high temperature, malleable super conducting materials used in our power lines. It is these materials that make our maglev transportation system possible.)

Measures and Standards:
Korintar generally uses the metric system in foreign trade, but just to alleviate any confusion... here is Korintar's traditional measuring system:
linear-
1 grain (gr)=.8467 cm
1 cubit (cb)= 54 grains= 45.72 cm
1 antri (at)= 4 cubits= 216 grains= 1.8288 m
1 stado (st)= 1,000 antris= 4,000 cubits= 216,000 grains= 1.8288 km
mass-
1 grain (G)= 4.05844 g
1 vonto (vt)= 84 grains= 340.909091 g
1 antri (A)= 225 vontoi= 18,900 grains= 76.7045 kg
1 lepu (Lp)= 550 antri= 123,750 vontoi= 10,395,000 grains= 421,87.5 kg
volume-
1 ul (u)= 6 mL
1 liv (l)= 25 uli= 150 mL
1 abora (ab)= 20 livi= 500 uli= 3 L
1 gibora (gb)= 5 aboras= 100 livi= 2,500 uli= 15 L
time-
1 Korintari second= .8616 standard seconds
1 kilosecond= 1,000 Korintari seconds= 861.6 standard seconds or 14.36 minutes
100 kiloseconds= 1 day or 23hrs 56min
7 days= 1 week
4 weeks= 1 month
13 months= 1 year
leap year w/ Gregorian reconciliation: every leap year a nine day period is added to reconcile local calendar with international calendrical measurements, all businesses are closed for carnival. Zero year is set at 1688 A.D, the date of the Ecclesiastical Revolution.

Military
Branches:
Local Militia Forces (15 dominion armies) c. 15 million personnel, during peace time armaments: old fashioned hunting rifles or outdated machine guns, swords, nunchaku

National Army (MPK) 3 million personnel armaments: transitioning to M8A1s from locally produced machine guns.

Air Force (often a substitute for Navy) 12.5 million personnel
Defenders: Main military vehicles, armed with heat rays (currently in development by US mil, btw), jamming devices, laser and sonic weapons, along with conventional lethal weapons. Can be equipped to fire nuclear, biological (Ebola, Anthrax; Small Pox), and chemical weapons (primarily VX nerve agent). Has rotating shielding to protect against attack, but takes 1 hr to completely refigure. Crew of 150, top speed is Mach 3.7. Can reach altitudes of up to 75,000 ft.
Transports: Self explanatory as towards purpose. Armed with basic late MT+3 anti-aircraft weapons, beyond that it has minimal protection. Relatively slow; Mach 1.5 is the top speed. Can hold up to 200,000 soldiers plus needed equipment. Max altitude 35,000 ft. Not really fuel efficient, but improvements are always made.
Axex Helicopters: Think Apache helicopter in 2150 and you get an idea of what these vehicles are capable of. Often used to transport high-level diplomats, government officials, and rescue teams.

Space Defense Corps (natikodi) 2.5 million personnel(constant)
Ranks: Cadet, Regular, Officer, Commander, Supreme Commander, General, Admiral; Visser. Degrees: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; 10 degrees 6-10 denote commander status, 1-5 denote councillor status.
Divisions: all numbers are approximations
Unit= 5 soldiers, Regular
Century= 16 Units, Officer
Legion= 12 Centuries, Commander
Battalion= 5 Legions, Supreme Commander
Division= 5 Battalions, General
Force= 2 Divisions, Admiral
Principate= 2 Forces, Visser
Corps= 25 Principates, council of vissers

Navy (basically Coast Guard, for now...) 190,000 personel, destroyed recently... Korintar is in the process of rebuilding.

Military Service Age and Obligation: 18-21 yrs, obligatory for all. May enlist in the militias at age 15 provided that one has completed their secondary education satifactorily and has parental approval. Mandatory retirement at age 72.
Available Manpower: 800 million
Manpower Fit for Military Service: 520 million
Percentage of Total Population: peace time forces= 1.6595%, during wartime it can swell to 5%
Expenditures: L$7,071,157,319,000
Expenditures as % GDP: 11.33963%

Allies: United Workers' Republic alliance (The Northern Baltic, et al); Hierphil

Notes: First of all Korintar's military is mixed tech as not all branches developed at the exact same rate. The local militias, despite being massive, are armed with PreMT to MT weaponry, while our regular army is equipped with weaponry that is generally late MT to early PMT technology. Navy is basically MT, soviet quality, due to lack of development or use as the air force was developed sooner in Korintari history, but after its destruction in the last war it is recieving a serious update. The new fleet will be based upon a strategy of sea denial, although it will be equipped with advanced weaponry, including railguns. Air Force and Space Defense Corps are definitely PMT.

Secondly, the structure of the armed forces, with the exception of the natikodi, is very democratic, thus the lack of reference to ranks or divisions per se. It is democratic in the sense that each city has volunteer forces that train on a regular basis and those forces elect officers to facilitate discussion and moderate disputes. These officers can be recalled if they fail to do their duty. All the officers meet as a council to meet and discuss matters and to elect a senior officer that will supervise the meetings, this senior officer has no authority to command soldiers not under his direct charge and has the same role as other officers. Most ships have their own constitutions or charters for how the ship is governed. The navy is ultimately governed by a council of ten admirals which report directly to the Security Director. Air force bases act fairly independent of each other and coordinate activities with the Security Director acting as a facilitator. Furthermore interbranch activities are coordinated by the councils under the guidance of the Security Director.

Communication
Internet Country Code: .kr

# of Newspaper Publications: 80,000
# of Subscribers: 1 billion

# of Radio Broadcast Stations: AM- 16,557
FM- 12,830 sattelite- 14,000
# of Radios: 650 radios per 1000 people

# of Television Broadcast Stations: 5,500
# of Televisions: 400 TVs per 1000 people

# of Cellular Phones: 375 phones per 1000 people

# of Internet Users: 1.3 billion

# of transponders: 97 devices per 200 people

Transportation
# of Airports: 250

# of Maglev Terminals: 200
total distance of Maglev routes 135,000 km

Waterways: 27,350 km

# of Civilian Automotive Vehicles: 30 million
Fuel and Efficiency:
Ethanol- 100 km/litre
Hydrogen- 80 km/litre
Electric- at 75 km/hr, able to maintain speed for 10hrs. Battery is 4 kgs.

History I, Pre-Korintari Era
Prehistoric: From 74 mya to 22 mya the Cerymbasic and Atlantic continents were unified into one massive continent. During the mass extinction at the K-T boundary, medium sized reptiles that would later evolve into the Draconis family of reptiles in Atlantis sought shelter in the caves of the northern mountains. Around 22 mya the continents proceeded to split into two land masses, isolating the dragons from the outside world.

Ancient: After the great earthquakes finally severed Cerymbasia and Atlantis, early humans began to settle the continent 17,000 years ago. This early culture has come to be known, in the West, as Atlantis. Now Plato's description was a bit inaccurate for the Atlanteans were never, truly, unified into a single nation, nor was earthquakes and tsunamis the cause of their downfall. Instead, as these nations grew and developed they expanded into new territories seeking resources, and conquering native peoples. Then 5,000 years ago a prolonged drought occurred, cutting the population to a third of its size. Also due to hyperextension, their navy was obliterated by disgruntled natives from the Mississippi River valley to the Nile River in Egypt.

Dark Ages: for nearly 3,500 years Atlantis slipped into a "Dark Age" as little literature was produced and military might slipped. Atlantis split into several tribal regions and city-states. One of these was Korintar.

History II, the Rise of Korintar
Monarchy: The Kingdom of Korintar arose around 490 A.D. as a collection of six city states and 8 tribes unified under one ruler, King Smrikon I (491-537). By all accounts Smrikon I was regarded as a great leader who unified Korintar with Confederation of Psaduin in 501 A.D. He implemented a parliament, similar to the one used by Psaduin and removed the powerful nobles from the government, thus allowing the people to govern themselves on a local level. His son, Iruskao, continued his form of governance for 74 yrs. His brother, Karisul, succeeded him. Karisul's reign was one of terror and he was assassinated 15 yrs into his reign. Following him was Smrikon II, actually a young noble man. Under Smrikon II Korintar converted to Christianity. Though Smrikon II was a respected ruler during his reign, there has been much to suggest particularly violent palace intrigues. He ultimately abdicated his throne after 65 yrs. to Espuri, a weak man who could not command the respect his predecessors did. He ultimately committed suicide as the stress drove him to insanity, thus ending his 27 yr reign. To his benefit, it was during King Espuri's reign that dragons were first used in warfare by heavy cavalry, setting the stage for the modern Korintari airforce. Thus began a 248 year period of warfare. The peasants, seeing the intrigues of the nobility, grew agitated and overthrew their masters in the Revolution of Fire in 966 A.D.

United Socialist States of Korintar: After the Revolution of Fire the leaders of the communities realized that to avoid conquest by their neighbors a new government must be formed. Using the old monarchical government as a guide these bishops agreed that wealth based power led to intrigue, thus bad governance. As a result they established a socialist republic, the United Socialist States of Korintar in 987 A.D. This system involved a president elected by the state legislators and a Senate made up of the governors elected by the legislatures along with two representatives of the people to hold the Senate accountable. The right to initiative was given to the people, but tyranny was just around the corner.

coup- In 1437, it happened. A military coup ousted the USSK government and established a communist dictatorship. This government, run by Asapu Oriko, suspended the constitution and ramped up the armed forces and pressed every citizen into service, thus unifying the whole island under one government for 250 yrs.

restoration and secession- In 1688, the junta fell as its nationalized infrastructure began to crumble and people started protesting and resisting. Famines compounded the problem. Thus the USSK was restored as a result of the Ecclesiastical Revolution led by Bishop Myastik Uliz. Even though the country was restored the peoples of Helini and Via Crucis Mts grew restless and had chafed under the rule of the junta. As a result the Republic of Via Crucis was established in 1702, as an explicitly Christian Socialist state. Fighting erupted between the two nations which continued for 65 yrs. Helini, on the other hand remained a part of Korintar for another 120 yrs, until it too seceeded in 1867. Unlike the events surrounding Via Crucis' departure, the events involving Helini were suprisingly peaceful. In 1883 the three nations signed a mutual defence and priority trade compact, thus a sign of unity between three, often opposing, nations.

Free Democracy of Korintar: After so much unrest, it was realized in 1912 that a new constitution was needed as the old one was ineffective and allowed for too many power plays and too little freedom. The current constitution was ratified in 1946.

Rukmen-Korintari conflict, betrayal- Sabadin Mylxnori, Korintar’s former Security Director conspired to commit treason and seize control of the government. To do this he, working with a young Rukmen terrorist, promoted conflict between Rukmenistan. It should come as no surprise that this man was descended from Asapu Oriko. Mylxnori was ultimately executed by nitrogen asphyxiation and succeeded by T’blis Oltavi.

Mewsland Incident- This war, in which Korintar played a minor role, witnessed the end of one era and the start of a new era as Korintari Sr. Dir Zakir Myosin Sezadu III retired from public office and T’blis picked up Sezadu’s mantle as Director of International Affairs.

Grand World Order vs Stoklomolvi Conflict has been brewing between communists and fascists for quite some time now. It finally came to a head in the World War. Korintar was officially neutral in the conflict, however paranoia gripped the nation as it too prepared for warfare. By mere accident a Korintari merchant ship the Prosperity crossed into Chazakainian territory and it blew up over Chazakainian waters due to mysterious causes. Chazakain was allied with Grand World Order, a fascist nation, at the time, and Korintar recently joined United Worker’s Republic. Needless to say fighting ensued due to the fact UWR was a leftist organization that was backing Stoklomolvi. Though casualties were relatively few; it was the first time in Korintari history that Korintar had been attacked on its own soil by a foreign military.

Now open to comments and suggestions.

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Does your nation have a flag? if so post it.
You may wish to list any of your main (mining) resources.
May wish to expand the military information abit, what do you mean by democratic, what equipment does the common solider carry, anything that makes it unique should be expanded on.
Whats your nation's motto?

All in all its a good factbook, just needs abit more expansion in some areas, specially anywhere where Korintar is unique.

In the process of designing a unique flag. I asked Blast's Vexillogical Shoppe and they are busy, so that will take some time.

Education

Length of School Year: about 240 days long

Divison of School Year: Trimesters (first Trimester begins the first non Sunday after New Year's)

Compulsory Age: typically 5-17 yrs old, special circumstances can allow for 7-15 yrs, minimum (rarity).

Daily Schedule: Block Scheduling, most Korintari students have no more than five classes a day; each class is two to three hours length with average schoolday being about 8-10 hrs long.

Student/Teacher ratio: 15:1 (considered a large class in many schools)
can be as small as 5:1 in some schools' advanced courses.

Requirements for Graduation:
Language: ability to read, write, and speak fluently in the three main languages of Korintar, fluent is defined as the ability to pick up any novel or textbook in any of the three languages and be able to explain its contents in any of the three languages.

Mathematics Proficiency: understands order of operations; uses whole numbers and fractions properly; grasps concepts of prime factorization and mathematical postulates, and uses them to solve complex problems; understands basic logical operations and notation; and understands basic concepts of geometry and trigonometry.

Religion: Comprehends tenets of the three Abrahamic faiths; shows understanding of history of relationships between Islam, Judaism, and Christianity; is able to explain the role faith plays in politics, esp, at the local level.

Phys Ed: meet fitness goals for size, gender, and medical conditions, as described by the student's physician; mastery of basic health concepts (organ systems, structure and function; nutrition; importance of exercise; puberty; dealing with conflict; emotions; relationships; and hygeine); and understands one or more martial arts at a proficient level (in other words able to keep oneself alive) and can wield a knife or other weapon to defend oneself.

Civics: can describe characteristics of the following: Monarchy, Democracy, Imperial Republic (aka presidential/congressional republic), Parliamentary Democracy/Republic, Aristocracy, Anarchy, and Meritocracy; understands differences between confederacy, unitary, federal, and federacy structures; understands and can differentiate between the following economic systems: socialism, communism, social market/social democracy, capitalism, laissez faire, corporatism, participatory economics, syndicalism, mutualism, and cooperative economics. Can comprehend basic Atlantean geography (able identify capitals, major rivers, mountains, nations, climate, major cities, et al.) Can explain Korintari gov't, politics, and economics to others.

OOC: Verey good. I should get on this. I have a wiki page (which you may be interested in) and I have no information on it. Obviously, I wont reveal much as dictatorships often do not but I should get on it still. Btw don't forget to reply on the Talking of Change thread in hierphil.

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civil rights section added