The Royal Stratocracy of Veceria Factbook
Welcome!
Welcome to Veceria, a nation full of lush jungles, white mountains and stunning meadows.
Our common name may be Veceria, but if you like to keep courteous, refer to us as the Royal Stratocracy of Veceria. Our citizens are called Vecerians, the single individual is the Vecerian. Our government is quite liberal, even if it is a mix between an Absolute Monarchy and a Stratocracy. Our Grand Archon, David Fenris (formerly called Ragnar Dracon, changed his name after his coronation) is also the supervisor of the Royal Armed Forces.
Veceria is divided into twenty-four so-called chapters, and our capital city is called Aeryn. Our national animals are usually the most successful predators of our fauna, the Shadow Eagle in the air, the Fenris wolf on the ground and the Tiger Manta in the water. The Black Lotus, with it's beautiful black blossom, is our national flower. Vecerians usually speak both German and English, with Russian being the third major language. Spoken elder languages include Latin (mainly used for mottoes) and Mand'alor, an old language mainly used by our military forces. Usually, we prefer Hard Rock and Metal over other music, but our national Anthem is more of the classical style. It is called "David, unser großer König", and the Lyrics can be found right below this text.Veceria prefers allies over enemies, and tries to get into any alliance with similar beliefs and plans. Thus, our current allies are Latnya and Lykosia, and we are a member of the COC, the FPA, the U.C.S.S. and theBrimstone Pact. We are quite intent on using environmentally friendly energy sources, our main power sources are Wind (41%), Water (26%), Solar (19%) and Geothermal (11%), but there are also several other alternatives (3%). Our beautiful environment also affects our main industries. Okay, not really, it just makes Tourism our main source of income. The tourism industry is regulated by the Vecerian National Tourism Agency. Other major industries are Arms Manufacturing (i.e. Fenris Arms National Arms), Car Manufacturing (Wyvvern Cars), Telecommunications (Coral) and Radio/TV Broadcasting, regulated by the VBS, the Vecerian Broadcasting Service.
We allow nearly any religious belief here (well, no radical ones), thus there are several different major religious beliefs here. Still, Agnosticism (37%) and Marshism (35%) are the main ones, followed by Agnosticism (8%), Christianism (6%) and Judaism (5%). Minor beliefs include Muslim (4%), Buddhism (2%) and Hinduism (1%), plus several other, even smaller ones (2% overall).
- by Chiarina Paget, Vice chief of the Vecerian National Tourism Agency
The Vecerian Species (fenris erectus sapiens)
The Vecerians are of a Near- Human species.
The average life expectancy of a Vecerian (both male and female) is double as high than that of an average human (~175 years), and their youthful physical appearance, and also their psychic stability doesn't change much from 20 to 140 years. As they age over 140 years, however, their external looks slowly start to age, too, but not as much as a human's appearance. The female Vecerian's physical appearance actually starts to age over an average age of 160 instead of the males' 140, so their looks don't change much till their death. The average age in Veceria is 32, and the oldest recorded is 232.
Vecerians have evolved other psychic and physical characteristics.
In example, because of the wild nature around, and often also in their cities and villages, the skirmishes against the Haegorian Rogues and their survival in uncommon and unfriendly territory and terrain, every Vecerian has at least a few signs of Athletic or slightly muscular body-build. Their slender athletic build masquerades their strength and improved agility and speed. Also, most male Vecerians got canine-like, or simply more-pronounced fangs, while female Vecerians do have an increased vision in darkness - the disadvantage of this feature being the light gathered making the eyes glow. However, males have slightly enhanced nightvision, too (but it gives them no advantages over humans) and females also have slightly more pronounced fangs. This natural nightvision is generally restricted to different shades of gray. These features are mostly because of their evolution out of the Vecerian Fenris Wolf, a both humanoid and canid predator. (page 137 for more informations about the canis fenris lupus)
Vecerians also have a few disadvantages, of course.
The major one is their low fertility. Usually, the fertility of females drop to 50% or even lower after they got their first baby, and to 10% after the second. Males have a usual fertility of 70%. Another disadvantage is their carnivorous nature. That means that their diet contains 90-100% meat, which may get quite hard to get while deployed. Too much vegetables may result in stomachaches, but funnily, fruits do not pose a problem to them. The third problem is their somewhat allergic reaction to nicotine and tobacco containing smoke. It usually gives them headaches, makes them cough and, if exposed too long to the smoke, even suffocation and vomiting blood. The fourth problem is their inability to dive to great depths. It is yet unknown why the species can't dive as deep as humans, making them faint when diving too deep due to high water pressure. As the Vecerian physical structure isn't that different to the human one, it may be because of some neural disability.
As stated above, Vecerians are usually slender, athletic and youthful. The majority of Vecerians got quite pale skin color and dark hair color, of course, very light hair color is not unusual, too. Females are averagely 1.60 to 1.70 meters in height, and weigh 50 to 59 kilos. Males are 1.65 to 1.75 meters high and weigh 58 to 65 kilos. Their are quite many differences between the northern, middle and southern Vecerians. Northern Vecerians are very pale, smaller than average and have a quite Nordic look. Vecerians from the middle areas are also quite pale, have an average height and look Nordic or Oriental. Southern Vecerians are larger than average, have darker skin colors due to the sunny climate and may look either Oriental, Arabic or even African.
Vecerian evolution:
canis fenris lupus - montis fenris lupus - vecrae fenris lupus - fenris habilis - fenris erectus - fenris erectus sapiens
- by Gregor Jespers, Vecerian Scientist
National currency
The Vecerian currency is called wolfpound, and abbreviated with the 'Ou', the Greek letter ȣ. It is made out of 100% high-quality cotton fiber, and quite many security features protect it from being copied and faked. There are eight different banknotes. The 0,5 ȣ note is 125x60mm in size, and features the ravens Hugin and Munin of the Nordic mythology. The 1 ȣ note is 130x63mm in size, and features the national flower, the Black Lotus. The 5 ȣ note is 135x65mm in size, and features the head of a Southern, small Fenris wolf. The 10 ȣ note is 140x67mm in size, and features the head of a Northern, big Fenris wolf. The 20 ȣ note is 145x70mm in size, and features the head of Alya Darken-Fenris, our beloved Queen. The 50 ȣ note is 150x73mm in size, and features the head of Joseph Daniels, the first Vecerian president. The 100 ȣ note is 155x75mm in size, and features the head of Nancy Carbon, the first Vecerian governor and founder of the former Armed Republic of Veceria. And lastly, the 200 ȣ note is 160x78mm in size, features the head of King David Fenris, our beloved leader. Usually, the market value of the wolfpound is quite high, due to our strong economy.
- by Kolya Amando, Vecerian numismatist
