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General InformationNation Name: Beoiria
National Demonym: Beoirians (basically Irish-Germanic)
Capital City: Portolius
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Short Description of National History: The Beoirians are a majority Catholic group that had settled on the untamed shores of the current land, having been rejected socially and politically by the Dolphiks for their Catholic views, and decided to send off to find untamed land during the period of exploration. After having adopted the land, their Catholic people (think Irish) claimed an area of land to call their own, with mountains being a land-barrier to the East, and an ocean border to the West. Having left on good terms, the people maintained a solid trading relationship with the people of Dolphikland at the time; just with a little extra breathing room for religious reasons in the early dawning days of Exploration.
Following The Great War, a few refugees that economically and ideologically opposed to facism sought refuge in Beoiria to avoid religious persecution, as well as to continue pursuits of technology, science, and innovation in a land of free trade, an elected government, and freedom of religious choice. The Catholics, seeing a religious, Christian minority, sought to bring in refugees.
Government
Government Type: Dual Parliamentary Republic; One house has a representative per 70,000 people; one house is divided among city or province (depending on whether the population of the city meets a minimum standard, other communities are lumped with their closest others in their province to meet minimum standard). Consul is elected by the Senate, President by General Election; both share equal power in an executive branch. Bills must be passed through both houses, unchanged from the beginning; and must be supported by both executives unless they are overruled by a 60% majority in their respective house (60% senate would overrule a Consul denial, 60% parliamentary house would overrule the President).
Head of State: Consul (elected by Senate)
Head of Government: President (elected by general election)
Economy
GDP: $560 billion NSD; GDP growth of 8.5% annual over 10 year (Comp is Ireland)
GDP per capita: $80,000
Economic System: Globalized Blockchain Capitalism
Currency Name: a) Quidbits; currency that’s mostly centrally controlled by the Republic Reserve. b) Marketbits; an international blockchain-based currency that uses a single-verification secured network (similar to Stellar Lumens in real life) that allows for the fastest secured network of moving foreign direct investment (FDI) in and out of the country to industries, financial institutions, and governments abroad.
Demographics and Culture
Population: 7 million
Official Language: English
List Regional Languages: English, some German
National/State religion?: None; Majority Christian (about 56% Catholic, 42% Protestant/Non-Denominational, 1% Muslim, 1% everything else)
Short Description of Culture: Due to the very small segments of groups (the local Catholic Beoirians and Protestant refugees of the Great War), both groups are eager to keep their religious backgrounds, having watched as the facists had sought to extinguish the political and religious minorities. Due to this, nearly all have kept their faiths and backgrounds.
Although there were some issues with language barriers, education to help onboard the Germanics was largely a success in helping the (equivalent) Germanics get acquainted with the English language workplaces.
Both cultures were also well aligned to create educations that were elastic to maintain a relevant workforce for the evolving economy, with standards and curriculums that changed dramatically to favor the jobs of the industrial revolutions that occurred.
The majority of the population that does not work in technology, high-tech mining, medicine, or engineering work in the high-margin industry of alcohol brewing, creating a sustainable middle class that also mirrors their historic cultures. Sports are incredibly important, and while being a small portion of the actual economy help boost the industry of alcohol to continue to be a sustainable driver for the less-educated to still maintain a comfortable middle-class status. Because of this, stability is high. Crime is very slightly higher than most countries, but most of it is minor crimes such as public intoxication.
Military
Active Personnel: 14,000
Reserve Personnel: 2,000
Total: 16,000
Military Spending as % of GDP: 1
