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[Wendel]

The Republic of Wendel

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Coat of Arms

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Motto: Faith. Hope. Love.

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Location

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Population: 23,954,650 (as of 2012)
-Density: 229.2/km²

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Capital and Largest City: Laurent City

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Official Language: Wendelli
Languages: Wendelli, Tagalog and Bisaya

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Demonym: Wendellian

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Dominant Religion: Christianity
Religions:
Christianity - 77%
Islam - 20%
Others - 3%

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National Animal: Eagle

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Government
- President: Richard Smith
- Vice President: Nicholas Bautista
- Senate President: Patrick Cronn
- House Speaker: Adrian Righly
- Chief Justice: Mary Faye

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Legislature: Congress
- Upper House: Senate
- Lower House: House of Representatives

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Land Area: 40,359 mile²
104,530 km²
Water Area: 830 km²
Water %: 0.21 (inland waters)

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Elevation
Highest Point: Mt. Wapo: 11,194 ft
Lowest Point: Galatheo Depth: -34,580 ft

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GDP (nominal): F$ 36.575 billion (2012 est.)
GDP (nominal) per capita: F$ 1,527

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Human Development Index (NS): 89

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Currency: Frel ( F$ )

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Time Zone: +8:00 GMT

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Drives on the: right

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Calling code: +640

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Internet TLD: .wd

Wendel is a country composed of five regions, namely Sison, Sto. Tomas, Panabo, Carmen, and Davao. Above its geographic location is Tagum, which is currently negotiating to form an alliance with Wendel. Wendel is currently a regional member of the Philippines and is a long time member of The World Assembly.

Wendel is a mountainous country, home of 23,954,650 people, with Mt. Wapo as its highest mountain. It has a land area of 104,530 km². Despite the rise of human population, it boasts its rich biodiversity of plants and animals resulting from the lush forests being protected by the government.

Wendel is known to be a neutral and pacifistic country. It solves international and domestic problems through diplomatic means. Its economy is one of the strongest economies in the world. As of 2012, Wendel has a Gross Domestic Product of F$ 36.575 billion. Its main industry is Tourism, boasting the beautiful landmarks and environment to the rest of the world. The government is primarily focused on education. This resulted to include Wendel to be one of those that have the smartest people in the region and of The World.

Contents
1 History

2 Geography

3 Demographics

4 Regions and Cities

5 Government

6 Foreign Relations

7 Military

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Wendel has a short yet rich history. It should be noted that Wendel is currently short of history records because of the challenges that Wendel faced since its emergence. Many books were burned during the wars with Maxtopia and Oxtopia. The records shown here are the known remaining records of Wendel's history. As known today, there are only five history records of Wendel, saved from the prying eyes of the destructive nations of Maxtopia and Oxtopia.

The Beginning
According to Theon Brad, known to be the first Wendellian historian, in his book, "Saving", Wendellians came from Oxtopia, a nation filled with hatred and pride. Oxtopia, at that time, disliked any form of religion. Any man or woman found praying, or mentioning any deity or any supernatural entity, or wearing any sacred thing or amulet, were killed immediately by Oxtopian loyalists. It was a decree ordered by their king, Fangs Vile, to kill any religious man. This happened when Fangs' son was killed and sacrificed by a priest of an occult group.

It was believed that The Saving started on 1500, Oxtopian year, 20 years later from the persecution, when Xhen Wendel, a devout Christian, experienced an apparition by our Lord. According to Theon, Xhen Wendel, at dawn, heard the Lord saying to him that they will be saved. A flash of images were shown to Xhen Wendel at that moment. For Theon, those images were the direction and places where they would go and find peace. Three days later, Xhen Wendel called a secret meeting with two Christian priests. Two days later, the priests called any religious sect they could find to inform them of the Saving. Unfortunately, none of the other religious leaders joined. Two days later at dawn, after the information had spread, there were about one hundred and thirty people gathered on the Zilon hill. However, after a few minutes, Oxtopian soldiers with horses charged their way to the gathering of the religious people. The gathered people ran away from the soldiers. Until, they saw white chariot horses with blazing armored men coming to their direction. To their surprise, the white armored men charged at the Oxtopian soldiers not them. Oxtopian soldiers were defeated and the white armored men were gone. After that, the "saved" people declared the day and event the Saving. They marched through a desert for two days until they reached a small village believed by Xhen Wendel to be the village that would help them get a ship. Truly, that small village offered a small ship to them. They sail for forty days through the sea. They experienced violent storms, yet alive. Until, they reached a beautiful land known now as Wendel.

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Area:
Total: 104,530 km²
Border Countries: Tagum
Climate: Tropical
Terrain: generally mountainous and heavily forested
Elevation Extremes:
Highest Point: Mt. Wapo: 11,194 ft
Lowest Point: Galatheo Depth: -34,580 ft
Natural Resources: Bananas, pineapples, coconuts, mangoes, rice, corn
Natural Hazards: Earthquakes, Volcanic eruptions, Typhoons, and Floods
Environment-Current issues: Illegal logging and flooding

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Population: 23,954,650 (as of 2012)

Population Growth Rate: 2.20 % annually

Major Cities-Population: 4.2 million

Major Infectious Diseases:
Degree of Risk: medium
Food or Waterborne Diseases: Food Poisoning
Vectorborne Diseases: Dengue
Animal Contact Diseases: Rabies

Drinking Water Source: Tap water

Sanitation Facility Access: Taken care by National Water District

Nationality
Noun: Wendellian
Adjective: Wendellian

Ethnic Groups: Ata-ata, Oxtrias and Badmao

Religions: Christianity and Islam

Languages: Wendelli, Tagalog, and Bisaya

Literacy: 98%
Male: 56%
Female: 44%

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Regions, Provinces and Cities with Governors and City Mayors:
Region 1: Sison (National Capital Region) - Gov. Adrian Righly (Liberal)

Laurent City* - Hon. Gwen Jackson (CMD)
Sealeng City - Hon. Robert Means (Lakas)
Rexol City - Hon. Wilbur Kingsbury (CMD)

Region 2: Davao

Catalunan Province - Gov. Wesley Howard (Liberal)

Sentil City - Hon. William Godbout (Nationalist)
Galiano City - Hon. Tracey Kargol (Liberal)
Tominhao City - Hon. Mark Fedo (Liberal)

Roxas Province - Gov. Anne Tadros (CMD)

Agutan City - Hon. Herber Cribbs (Liberal)
Kawitan City - Hon. Charles Lonewolf (CMD)
Bannangan City - Hon. Gus Rodolfo (Lakas)

Matina Province - Gov. Terry Lisa (Conservative)

Sampatan City - Hon. Dallas Winnet (Nationalist)
Capinonan City - Hon. Fabian Keth (Conservative)
Tipuso City - Hon. Gail Sudmer (Lakas)

Region 3: Panabo

Conrad Province - Gov. Robert Dowthy (Conservative)

Pandami City - Hon. Floretta Foster (Conservative)
Baracayo City - Hon. Quentin Aamot (CMD)
Bubuam City - Hon. Emil Hoaks (CMD)

Anelthy Province - Gov. Willie Fellows (CMD)

Tacasan City - Hon. Christopher Hibert (Conservative)
Quince City - Hon. Rigoberto Dinono (CMD)
San Pabio City - Hon. Efren Overby (Nationalist)

Benloy Province - Gov. Erica Stasko (Liberal)

Amangbangan City - Hon. Casey Forde (Lakas)
Cantajay City - Hon. Walter Busher (Liberal)
San Antonia City - Hon. Andrea Mattis (Nationalist)

Region 4: Carmen

Zeta Province - Gov. Cindy Cleary (Lakas)

Bangcuan City - Hon. Bert Alvares (Liberal)
Princesa City - Hon. Robby Ramas (Nationalist)
Nagoso City - Hon. Wilber Vans (Conservative)

Letuam Province - Gov. Darren Ebeling (Conservative)

La Loma City - Hon. Larry Garcia (CMD)
Batongitom City - Hon. William Hemmer (Conservative)
Tamulaya City - Hon. Fernando Silker (CMD)

Deave Province - Gov. Jay Piraino (CMD)

Tanusa City - Hon. Chad Stephens (CMD)
Capuyhan City - Hon. Myron Marelli (Liberal)
Gusa City - Hon. Orval Beutler (Lakas)

Region 5: Sto. Tomas

Aslam Province - Gov. Megan Nichols (CMD)

Sinamar Sur City - Hon. Adam Sumter (CMD)
Ligayen City - Hon. Harrisson Stride (Lakas)
Batasan City - Hon. Edmond Renny (Lakas)

Werty Province - Gov. Jeffrey Euler (CMD)

Magarao City - Hon. John Murphy (Lakas)
Baranca City - Hon. Hayden Dufraine (CMD)
Ganzon City - Hon. Walker Shoppel (CMD)

Veneele Province - Gov. Jerry Taft (CMD)

Olave City - Hon. Ann Lazar (CMD)
Dianao City - Hon. Abraham Colgin (Nationalist)
East Tambo City - Hon. Markus Garvick (Liberal)

* Capital City

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Country Name: The Republic of Wendel
Conventional Short Form: Wendel
Abbreviation: RW, WD
Capital: Laurent City

Government Type: Democratic Republic

Elections: June 15 of every two years
Positions: President, Vice President, Senators, Congressmen, Governors and Mayors

Executive Branch:
Head of State: Richard Smith (CMD) (2013 - present)
Vice President: Nicholas Bautista (CMD) (2013 - present)

Legislative Branch: Congress - Senate and House of Representatives
Senate President: Patrick Cronn (Lakas) (2013 - present)
House Speaker: Adrian Righly (Liberal) (2013 - present)

Judicial Branch: Supreme Court
Chief Justice: Mary Faye (2012 - present)

Political Parties: Christian-Muslim Democrats Party, Liberal Party, Conservative Party, Nationalist Party, Lakas Party

Political Pressure Groups: Makabayan, Bayan, Freedom, Life, Kalikasan

Seated Party Lists: Battle for Life, Nation Building and Wendellian Patriots

International Organization Participation: Organization of Filipino Nations (OFN) - Representative: Jared Bolton

Departments and Secretaries:

Department of Foreign Affairs:	Sec. John Jay Jadulco
Department of Finance:	Sec. Vina Soneta
Department of Justice:	Sec. Donnie Demina
Department of Interior and Local Government:	Sec. Marc Tajos
Department of Health:	Sec. Enrique Dos
Department of Agriculture:	Sec. Prudencio Vulcala
Department of Education:	Sec. Arthur Luistra
Department of Science and Technology:	Sec. Maria Montejo
Department of Tourism:	Sec. Romano Jimenez
Department of Trade and Industry:	Sec. Gregorio Dominguez
Department of Environment and Natural Resources:	Sec. Ramon Cajes
Department of Social Welfare and Development:	Sec. Cory Solivan
Department of Transportation:	Sec. Junmar Abada
Department of Communications:	Sec. Eugene Lopez

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Twelve Senators: Senate Pres. Patrick Cronn (Lakas), Hon. James Fynn (CMD), Hon. Daniel Gilchrist (Conservative), Hon. Sonya Walters (CMD), Hon. Ryan Brown (Nationalist), Hon. Cynthia Macias (Conservative), Hon. Stacey Boudin (Lakas), Hon. Oscar Marie (CMD), Hon. Katrina Hadix (Conservative), Hon. Scotty Rodriguez (Liberal), Hon. Odesa Ayala (CMD), Hon. Maurice Tuttle (CMD)

House of Representatives is composed of Congressmen elected from the 27 districts of Wendel and from the 3 party-list groups.
Each province is divided into 2 districts, with the exception of NCR where the region has 3 districts. Each district has one corresponding representative.
Additionally, there will be three elected Congressmen from the three party-list groups. One for each party.
All in all, therefore, Wendel has 30 Congressmen.

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The Department of Foreign Affairs manages any diplomatic relations with other countries. Its mission is always to have a friendly and peaceful communications and relations to other sovereign states.

The DFA strongly holds Wendel's principle of pacifism and neutrality.

Office of the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Update: Republic Act 3737, also known as Establishment of World Humanitarian Assistance Bureau Act of 2013 has been enacted.
World Humanitarian Assistance Bureau

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As of now, Wendel has no government funding for the Armed Forces of Wendel. This has been due to the law that has been passed by the previous Administration ordering the government to stop funding the military. Former Pres. Carlos Garci was an avid peace supporter.
However, currently, Pres. Richard Smith is persuading the Congress to rescind the law for the increase in national security.

OOC: I based this on the budget screen.



The Armed Forces of Wendel is currently only doing a humanitarian and relief works through out the country. Sometimes, they help the Wendel National Police.
The number of soldiers, currently, is declared confidential until the government takes over fully the AFW.