Altland

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Kingdom of Altland (Kenigrik Altland, Reyalma d'Alterra)

People: Population: approx. 31,200,000. Average Density: 125.8 per sq. mi. Nationality: noun - Altlander(s); adjective - Altlandic. Ethnic Groups: 55% Teuten; 37% Romanci; 5% diverse unassimilated newcomers; 3% Altu (aborigines). Languages: Teutsprek (60%), Romança (37%); Altuan (2%); other (1%); Latin was the language of law and diplomacy until the beginning of the last century, when Ingallish replaced it (70% can now speak, and 85% can now read, Ingallish). Religions: 85% Western Orthodox Cruisian (Church of Altland), 10% Reformed Cruisian, 3% Federist, 2% other. Literacy: 95%.

Geography: Location: Island in southern hemisphere of the Old Continents of Vexillium occupying the area from 37° to 43° S and from 37° to 47° E. Area: approx. 196,050 sq. mi. Major Cities (national and provincial capitals): Midlburgh, Jergendol (capital), 1,681,826; Flores, Orlandia, 954,987; Grethavn, Havnkyst, 576,660; (Cita) Sperança, Sperança, 502,186; Sigesburgh, Norrik, 387,583; Niumarkt, Estgorth, 146,957; Montmajor, Montemar, 99,693; Sant'Anselmo, Anselmia, 82,520; Belvil, Belterra, 80,279; Calopia, Lucidia, 67,819; Konstans, Suthbirg 64,667; Komdn, Nijmork, 56,227; Karlsbyrg, Riksfildar, 45,830; Laculia, Verdania, 32,654; Silvia, Altasilva, 25,007; Kristcirc, Swonferd, 20,320; (the population of these cities equals only 16% of the whole; another 8% live in smaller urban centers and suburbs; 76% are "rural," although not all of these are engaged in agriculture).

Government: Type: Monarchy, limited by custom. Constitution: Unwritten amalgamation of common law, established custom, judicial precedent, and The Book of Precepts. National Holiday: The King's Birthday, 30 July. Head of State: King George II Victor, for the past 47 years (two — 297-9 — in exile). Structure: Executive: The king acts as chief of state, head of government (the office of Arch-Chancellor now having been left vacant for most of the past 33 years), and supreme commander of the armed forces, assisted by four chancelleries -- for diplomatic relations, the exchequer, the forces, and the common weal -- and numerous specialized vice-chancelleries and departments, each headed by a chancellor, vice-chancellor, or president, and serving at the royal pleasure; provincial administrations serving at the pleasure of the lord of each province; local authorities constituted and functioning according to local custom; Legislature: tricameral -- House of Nobles, House of Delegates, Popular Assembly -- each legislating alone or in conjunction with one or both others depending on the specific areas of their legislative competence; provincial legislatures constituted according to the customs of each province; Judiciary: four branches -- appellate, civil, criminal, and ecclesiastical -- operating at three levels: national (royal), provincial, local.

Economy: Monetary Unit: Pende (¶), pegged to the Christianan Crown at the rate: ¶1/0.0 = CC 2.40; the Pende is divided into 24 scillings (/); each scilling, into 10 pennigs (.); Chief Crops: grains, garden vegetables, wine grapes and other fruits, olives, flax, hemp. Livestock: Goats, sheep, pigs, cattle, horses; Natural Resources: coal, lumber, iron, gold, nickel, sulfur, tin, precious and semi-precious gemstones, copper, silver, lead, granite, marble, limestone, tufa, and fine potters' clay; Major Industries: fishing, agriculture, mining, textiles, leather working, pottery and porcelain manufacture, metal working, construction; Labor Force: 14,832,000 (60% of the population) . Exports: Textiles, clothing, leather goods, cured fish, grains, pottery and porcelain, alcoholic beverages, wrought iron, jewelry, works of art; Imports: petroleum products, machines and tools, tropical foodstuffs, pigments and dyes.

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