Post by North Eumerica on Jul 23, 2012 15:02:43 GMT -5
People and culture
Official Language: English
How its citizens are known/referred to (IE, Americans): Eumericans
Population (As per NS): 116 Million
Major Cities: Bowerstone (20 million), Bradsville (17 million), Liz City (13 million)
Life Expectancy: 45 yrs old
Economy
Currency: Tacos
NS Economy Ration: 1 Taco = $.50
Major industries: Tropical Foods and Agriculture
Government
Capital: Bradsville
Government Type: Monarchy
Ruler type and name of ruler: King Brad IV
Legislative Body: Royal Cabinet
Geography and Environment
Climate (if different in different areas of the country (IE, the United States), specify: Tropical like the Phillipines with a year-round temperature of 86 degrees
Military:
200,000 members in each of the 5 branches of services that compose our military
Branches include: NEA(North Eumerica Army), NEAF (North Eumerica Air Force), NEM (North Eumerica Marines) NEN (North Eumerica Navy)and NECG (North Eumerica Coast Guard)
King Lucien II (r. 1874 - 1906) of the House of Molyneux, which had ruled over Eumerica for over a century, was increasingly concerned about the growing power of the nobility and his kingdom's shortage of modern machinery and technology. By the late 1880s, he launched a nationwide campaign of industrialization and modernization, on the model of the similar monarchy of Zipang. To his dismay, however, the nobility did not weaken; rather, it was strengthened and complemented by the rise of a bourgeois class.
King Lucien II died in 1906, succeeded by his son King Logan (r. 1906 - 1936). King Logan instituted land reforms and tried to slash the power of the nobility, earning him a number of enemies in the nobility but gaining him supporters in the middle and lower classes. This support continued through the country's entry into the First Global War as well as the period of prosperity after it. However, this was overshadowed by the 1915 Lionhead Conspiracy in the midst of the war, in which a number of pro-Alman nobles attempted to assassinate King Logan.
King Logan's popularity plummeted with the crash of the world stock markets in 1929, despite his numerous efforts to rejuvenate the economy. Unemployment reached 28% in 1933, leading to the rise of numerous anti-capitalist far-rightist and far-leftist parties. On August 16, 1936, a group of noblemen led by Lord Duncan Gates launched a coup d'etat and assassinated King Logan. Shortly after, the Bowerstone Army, consisting of supporters of the House of Molyneux, marched on the capital and defeated the noblemen, placing the young Prince Bradford on the throne....
Current State of the Nation:[/u]
The United Kingdom of North Eumerica is a very large, genial nation, remarkable for its complete lack of prisons. Its compassionate, cynical population of 116 million are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Defence. The average income tax rate is 59%, and even higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.
Military geniuses responsible for brilliant campaigns are drummed out because they have close same-sex friends and an interest in interior design, the study of medicine is popular throughout North Eumerica, pharmacies close down as medicinal drugs are sold freely by the government, and the fastest growing demographic of porn viewership is twelve to seventeen. Crime is totally unknown. North Eumerica's national animal is the Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Taco.
(This is all I have right now as far as what's happened or going on with my country. I am a newbie at this whole thing so some help would be great. Thank You!)
Official Language: English
How its citizens are known/referred to (IE, Americans): Eumericans
Population (As per NS): 116 Million
Major Cities: Bowerstone (20 million), Bradsville (17 million), Liz City (13 million)
Life Expectancy: 45 yrs old
Economy
Currency: Tacos
NS Economy Ration: 1 Taco = $.50
Major industries: Tropical Foods and Agriculture
Government
Capital: Bradsville
Government Type: Monarchy
Ruler type and name of ruler: King Brad IV
Legislative Body: Royal Cabinet
Geography and Environment
Climate (if different in different areas of the country (IE, the United States), specify: Tropical like the Phillipines with a year-round temperature of 86 degrees
Military:
200,000 members in each of the 5 branches of services that compose our military
Branches include: NEA(North Eumerica Army), NEAF (North Eumerica Air Force), NEM (North Eumerica Marines) NEN (North Eumerica Navy)and NECG (North Eumerica Coast Guard)
The Foundation of North Eumerica:
[/center]King Lucien II (r. 1874 - 1906) of the House of Molyneux, which had ruled over Eumerica for over a century, was increasingly concerned about the growing power of the nobility and his kingdom's shortage of modern machinery and technology. By the late 1880s, he launched a nationwide campaign of industrialization and modernization, on the model of the similar monarchy of Zipang. To his dismay, however, the nobility did not weaken; rather, it was strengthened and complemented by the rise of a bourgeois class.
King Lucien II died in 1906, succeeded by his son King Logan (r. 1906 - 1936). King Logan instituted land reforms and tried to slash the power of the nobility, earning him a number of enemies in the nobility but gaining him supporters in the middle and lower classes. This support continued through the country's entry into the First Global War as well as the period of prosperity after it. However, this was overshadowed by the 1915 Lionhead Conspiracy in the midst of the war, in which a number of pro-Alman nobles attempted to assassinate King Logan.
King Logan's popularity plummeted with the crash of the world stock markets in 1929, despite his numerous efforts to rejuvenate the economy. Unemployment reached 28% in 1933, leading to the rise of numerous anti-capitalist far-rightist and far-leftist parties. On August 16, 1936, a group of noblemen led by Lord Duncan Gates launched a coup d'etat and assassinated King Logan. Shortly after, the Bowerstone Army, consisting of supporters of the House of Molyneux, marched on the capital and defeated the noblemen, placing the young Prince Bradford on the throne....
Current State of the Nation:
The United Kingdom of North Eumerica is a very large, genial nation, remarkable for its complete lack of prisons. Its compassionate, cynical population of 116 million are ruled with an iron fist by the dictatorship government, which ensures that no-one outside the party gets too rich. In their personal lives, however, citizens are relatively unoppressed; it remains to be seen whether this is because the government genuinely cares about its people, or if it hasn't gotten around to stamping out civil rights yet.
It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Social Welfare, and Defence. The average income tax rate is 59%, and even higher for the wealthy. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising ten-year-olds selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.
Military geniuses responsible for brilliant campaigns are drummed out because they have close same-sex friends and an interest in interior design, the study of medicine is popular throughout North Eumerica, pharmacies close down as medicinal drugs are sold freely by the government, and the fastest growing demographic of porn viewership is twelve to seventeen. Crime is totally unknown. North Eumerica's national animal is the Dog, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Taco.
(This is all I have right now as far as what's happened or going on with my country. I am a newbie at this whole thing so some help would be great. Thank You!)