Is the following thing canon in BN?

[Sanghyeok]

Yes, in 2005 our currency (Unit) was pegged to 10 Euros (or about 11USD). Originally it was going to have a fixed exchange rate with Yen at 1 to 1000, but eventually the Euro was chosen.

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BN is a parliamentary democracy.

[Nacrad]

We're a semi presidential democracy.

BL is a figurehead

[Western Fardelshufflestein]

In a way; Allie is the hereditary monarch, but his illness has rendered him completely incapable of doing his job at present. Marie and other members of the Royal Family, as well as the cabinet, are picking up his slack. They do hope he gets better and returns to his job, even if they are mad at him for what he's done. But they also understand how sick he is. It's complicated.

BN's military is weak.

[Synne Industries]

That is a very simple question surrounding many very complex things. A military isn't simply "weak" or "strong". Different nations' defense forces will excel at some things and be flawed in others and with modern military structures and combined arms tactics being taken into account, you get this spider web of inter-branch support that doesn't exactly form a clear picture of it all. In the Sverse, Synnia is a very militarized country for the universe's standards and has a long history in weapons design and operation. Long-range strikes are Synnia's thing but the country has invested heavily into self-propelled munitions which are more susceptible to interception when compared to say, Silra's equally long-range coilgun strike doctrine. Synnia has all the fancy tools and gadgets but ultimately they don't have the same warring experience as the two giants in decline, Sverse America and Russia. Synnian missile defenses are capable, yes. But it's still outshined by the literal fortress of a country Zaytsev. Overall does Synnia have a good matchup against foreign militaries? Yes. Can it be stalled, weakened, or even beaten back with the right tactics and equipment? Also yes. Have I spent too Goddamn long on this response and overthought a simple question? Of course.

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BN has a dedicated military branch to the launch and/or interception of long-range missiles.

[Vardocalifar]

BN's Missile Corps have a dedicated stockpile of over 150,000 ICBMs. The missile corps also manage a nationwide missile interception system consisting of multiple high-frequency lasers that blow up missiles as soon as they enter BN airspace.

Does BN have a state-owned military equipment/weapons manufacturer?

[Pulsroth]

Not canon. Pulsroth's largest weapon manufacturer by far is Paris Theodore Armaments, and they're a private company.

The BN's population lives overwhelmingly in urban areas.

[Western Fardelshufflestein]

Most of it, yes.

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BL likes to eat lipstick.

[Mountainus]

NO! Absolutely not!

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BL has served in the military.

[El-Sallia]

Yes, on the frontlines.

BL speaks at least 2 languages.

[Quartia and Karafuto]

BL speaks at least 2 languages.

Canon: Quartian, Japanese, and Burmese.

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BN was at one point considered "unclaimed land" that could be colonized.

[Baizou]

BN was at one point considered "unclaimed land" that could be colonized.

Seeing as Baizou has been colonized three separate times, I suppose the answer is necessarily yes, canon. Though strictly speaking, it only applied the first time. Japanese settlers viewed Baizou as "virgin land," though they naturally didn't have or use that turn of phrase. The discovery of Po-Usikwa shortly after didn't do much to change that outlook except that it was dialed from "the whole island is unclaimed!" to "okay, MOST of the island is unclaimed, surely they don't need that much of it?" Which itself eventually becomes "Let's just 'share' the island by controlling all of it."

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BN has robust public transportation.

[El-Sallia]

And bloody proud of it!

At least one official language in BN is not a real-world language.

[Montanity]

Yes!


BN has been a colony before

[Clan Fainedubh]

Yes!


BN has been a colony before

Incorrect. We did not used to be a colony, we still are a colony. At no point did we stop being a colony.

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BN has at least one instance where the local government completely supersedes all national laws.

[Sanghyeok]

No, our nation is almost completely unitary.

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BN's parliament is about to dissolve.

[El-Sallia]

No, an election was held some time back.

Scientists from BN have been involved in some kind of major discovery.

[The English White Elephant Company]

BN's parliament is about to dissolve.

Interestingly enough, not canon. Although there have been concerns that either the White Elephant Company or the English Crown would do something to either the Noble Court or the Citizen's Court, the very opposite is fated: in the interest of drawing power away from Former King Hirotsuga's throne, later on during the colonial era the Noble Court will be (rather forcibly) reorganized into a Parliament of Nobles, a semi-elective body of peers with new powers that go beyond merely advising the former-king-now-sovereign of Baizou. This probably happens during the nineteenth-century New Imperialism of the British Empire (which I guess is a little late for 'about,' but... ^^; ), as it can claim it is "civilizing" Baizoans by "giving" them democracy. While later generations of Baizoans will be mildly grateful for the (miniscule) progress made toward democratic government, they will not be grateful for the colonialism used to "achieve" that (especially when it was merely a ploy to destabilize Baizou and expand British power—thankfully only partially successful).

Ninja'd.

Scientists from BN have been involved in some kind of major discovery.

They will in a few hundred years when they invent editable magnetic tape computing and CARRIE, but for now Baizou is known more for its poetry, culture, and raw material for mercantilism than it is for the hard sciences.

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BN's fine art is beloved the world over.

[Alternate Gallifrey]

Yes. Gallifreyan Art (especially art created by the Patrexes Chapter) is considered exceptionally beautiful but ultimately "useless".

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Non-government institutions hold an exceptional amount of sway over BN's society to the point that they are just as influential in daily life as the government itself.

[Sanghyeok]

Not exactly. Independent organisations number in the thousands, and some of them do have incredible influence such as political movements and unions. However, most of them associate themselves with a particular political party or have closely influence government policy despite being mostly non-governmental, so perhaps not. One example is the One Sky Movement, a feminist organisation which started as grassroots movement but eventually became a political party in parliament itself.

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BN's legislative organ has multiple names . For example, our legislative assembly is called Parliament, meets in the Parliament Building and representatives are named MPs, but each meeting is called a National Assembly, and each election cycle results in the election of a "People's Congress".

[CBG Palisade]

Canon for the interim military government; the Committee for State Security is just a rebranding of the Confederacy's Admirals' Board after those that wanted to ducked out or met unfortunate accidents on the way to retirement. In popular parlance it's known as alternatively the Committee, the Board, or a number of derogatory terms not suitable for reproduction here.

of course you won't find that in my factbooks because i haven't written it yet :p

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BN is governed under a decentralized authoritarian system- i.e., "the governors have direct control", satrapies, or some other sort of system where provincial authorities have absolute rule over their local area, but answer to someone higher up the food chain.

[Wexas]

It depends how you define 'absolute control'. Technically speaking, no, as the King is the supreme authority and can legally do whatever they want (such as remove a noble because he/she had a disagreement with the King or because they're cruel to their people). However, the political ramifications of removing a lord for personal reasons, tyrannical reasons, or simply because they don't like their face, has made it so Lords have a lot of De Facto control over their own territory, meaning they'd have to screw up big time for them to be dethroned from higher forces. Because peasants rebellions still exist.

TL;DR: Well no, but actually yes.

Edit: I read that wrong. The answer to that is still technically no, but actually yes. This is because - in theory - everyone in Wexas is equal except the royal family who is above all. However, in practice, nobility, clergy, and burghers control most of society and have varying levels of control ranging from village heads to Counts and Dukes (though the King holds both Duchy titles).

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BN's ideology combines aspects of multiple ideologies while at the same time remaining unique and realistic enough to float on its own. 'Funni Wacki' ideologies don't count.

[Middle Barael]

Not really, MB is mostly just a standard Social Democratic Welfare State, except that it stresses Environmentalism a ton and is very pacifist


BN has some sort of rigid social hierarchy, such as feudalism or a caste system

[Gemeanwealth of Man]

Kind of. There is the species-based hierarchy, with humans being more privileged that other species in Commonwealth Space, but outside of that -and alongside it- there is a tiered citizenship. The lowest of the low are those who haven't served in the military (or an appropriate civilian equivalent) at all, while higher tiers are based on service to the state. Obviously, it is only at the same tier that humans become superior to their non-human counterpart (so an alien in tier III would be superior in rank to a human in tier II, but not one in tier III).

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The line between where the state ends and the society begins is blurry and not easy to figure in the BN.

[Reaper Squadron]

Well, we're just a rogue squadron of mech pilots.
So...

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BN isn't technically a nation.

[Kiu Ghesik]

The only nation of mine that fits that category is OA. Space weed includes nations but only about half of the powers listed in the factbook are nations, M22 is a spess station, and the Kiu is an alliance of clans. Making Ari a Khan, technically.

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BN is a spaceborne nation that doesn't really bother with colonizing planets as its main territory, preferring instead to keep the majority of its population in orbiting habitats and drifts.