Miscellaneous Worldbuilding Thread

[Old Northwest]

Does your nation have a stock market?:
No.
If it does, what is the name of the index it uses?
No.
Who or what agency regulates the economy and financial sector?
Usually the State and associations of individuals. There is small private economy although it is discouraged and diminishing.
Where do your majority of businesses get their capital from when starting a business?
They don't. Individual producers have access to all the means of production they wish.
Does your country have a standardized accounting system for businesses to follow?
No.
What credit reporting agencies does your country use?
None.
Rate the importance the role your banking system plays in your economy
1/10.

[Old Northwest]

Are video games illegal?
Nope.
What is the most popular video game in YN?
Freeman.
How do they like to play it? (which platform do they play it on (e.g mobile))
Usually personal computers.
Do video games have negative or positive effects? If yes, list them here.
Usually positive. They tend to be more on the artsy side, like Firewatch.
What are the top 10 most played video games in your nation?
1. Freeman
2. Slave (sequel to Freeman)
3. Red II
4. Industrial Army
5. Floodfire
6. Red
7. The Killings
8. Folk Life
9. Awful Amaria
10. Percent Per Millions
What video games are banned in your nation, and why?
Not many. The only few are games supporting (not all instances of, just when the intent is to encourage these activities) unacceptable content (sexual assault, slavery, etc) or capitalism.
How many people play video games?
Around 44% or so.
What is the percentage of people in your nation are addicted to video games?
Few. 4% or so.

[Gandoor]

Law Enforcement Survey
Name of Country: The Democratic Republic of Gandoor
Does Law Enforcement exist in YN?: Yes
Does YN have police officers?: Yes
If so, are said police officers citizens, outsourced/mercenaries, slaves, robotic, or something else? Citizens
How is law enforcement organized in YN? What do the jurisdictions look like? Their is officially only one law enforcement organization in Gandoor, the National Gandoorese Police Force. However, the yon and city divisions generally operate independently (indeed, the right to manage their local police forces has been delegated to the yons by the Forum) while still being accountable to the nationally set minimum standards for police conduct and behaviour.
How are police officers chosen? Do they have to pass exams and stay in condition? Prospective police officers must attend and graduate from a police academy where they will be required to pass multiple exams, both written and physical ones, demonstrate a complete understand of their duties, and more. Physical tests must be retaken once a year for all officers.
How are police officers trained, and to what calibur? Police officers in Gandoor are trained to a high standard. They are trained and taught methods to bring down targets using non-lethal methods, with the understanding that firearm usage is situations where all other methods of subduing targets have been exhausted.
Do prisons exist in YN? Yes, although technically speaking the term 'prison' in Gandoor only refers to facilities that house people who have been sentenced to greater than 10 years are held. Facilities which house people who have been sentenced to less than 10 years are called 'rehabilitation centres'.
What are prisons like in YN? Are they focused on punishment or rehabilitation? Both rehabilitation centres and prisons are focused more on rehabilitation rather than punishment, a the primary goal of the system in our nation is to rehabilitate and assist people when they (hopefully) reenter society.
How are the police viewed in YN? They are viewed positively, for the most part.
What weapons does your average police officer carry on the job? Standard issue weaponry for a police officer in Gandoor include: Handgun, baton, taser, and pepperspray. In addition to weaponry, they also carry a bulletproof vest (Gandoor has an incredibly low, nearly non-existent rate of firearm crime, so this is only a precaution), two-way radios, handcuffs, and a first aid kit.
Is law enforcement public or private in YN? To what extent? All law enforcement is public. While private locations may hire private security guards, they do not have the right to enforce the law and may merely detain people until an official officer of the law arrives.
Anything you'd like to add?: N/A

[Pan-Asiatic States]

What is your country's national sport? : Interschool Debate. Baseball comes at a close second.
Who is your country's greatest athlete and sport? : As of now, for Debate, this is Mattie Tan, a Bagong Katagalugan High School graduate.
List other famous sports in your country: Basketball, Tennis, Floorball, Football and Misc. Traditional Games.

What is your country's best club and what sport are they in? : Bagong Katagalugan Debate Society
Does your leader play sports? If so, what sport? No. The Secretary-General is almost exclusively a military man when it comes to exercise.

[Pan-Asiatic States]

What music does your leader generally listen to? '50s American Dance Music, as it is quite nostalgic for him. Additionally, Guzheng and Eastern classical music.
Does your leader play an instrument? Yes.
If he/she does play an instrument, then which one? The acoustic guitar. He is also a rather talented electric guitarist.
If he/she does play an instrument, is your leader particularly skilled at it? Very much, as he has performed as a special guest at several conservatory congregations.

Anything noteworthy related to your leader and music: ---

[Vallermoore]

Are video games illegal?
No.
What is the most popular video game in YN?


Vallermoorian Warlord where you build an army and use it to conquer Vallermoore as it existed centuries ago.

How do they like to play it? (which platform do they play it on (e.g mobile))
Usually personal computers.

Do video games have negative or positive effects? If yes, list them here.

What are the top 10 most played video games in your nation?

1-Vallermoorian Warlord
2-Sim City 10
3-Changeling
4-Decepticons Attack
5-The Prince
6-Grand Theft Anything
7-Politico
8-Dragonslayer
9-Phario Kart
10-Mad Tex

What video games are banned in your nation, and why?


One was banned for peadophillia.

How many people play video games? 62%

What is the percentage of people in your nation are addicted to video games? 1%

[Stattle]

what do people in your nation typically wear?

[Destructive Government Economic System]

MREs in your country.

The Meal, Ready-to-Eat – commonly known as the MRE – is a self-contained, individual field ration in lightweight packaging bought by the U.S. Department of Defense for its service members for use in combat or other field conditions where organized food facilities are not available. While MREs should be kept cool, they do not need to be refrigerated. MREs replaced the canned MCI, or Meal, Combat, Individual rations, in 1981, and is the intended successor to the lighter LRP ration developed by the United States Army for Special Forces and Ranger patrol units in Vietnam. MREs have also been distributed to civilians during natural disasters. MREs are also adopted by most military forces.

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[b]Does your nation adopt MREs?[/b]:
[b]What are the contents of an average MRE?[/b]
[b]How often do your soldiers recieve rations?[/b]


Does your nation adopt MREs?: No. Food is not a necessity for denizens of the DGES.
What are the contents of an average MRE? N/A
How often do your soldiers recieve rations? N/A

[Vedastia]

Is the majority population indigenous to your nation? No. 55% of the population are Anglo-Vedasters, who descend from the peoples of the British Isles, primarily speak English, and do not descend from Anglo-Sbemailzilles who immigrated to Vedastia after independence. 19% are Hispano-Vedasters, who descend from Spanish colonists who arrived during the 16th century and chose to stay in Vedastia after Spanish forces were expelled. Hispano-Vedasters mainly live in the southeastern portion of the Vedastian mainland known as New Iberia. 7% of the population, including Sbemailzilles, belongs to other ethnic and racial categories.

If no:
Is there an indigenous group from the land your people inhabit?
Yes. Aboriginal Vedasters, who are descended from German and northern Italian crusaders who sailed to what would become Vedastia mistakenly on what they thought was a faster route to the Levant. They outnumbered and eventually absorbed the local Berber population, eventually assimilating Sephardic Jews escaping persecution later on. They currently make up 19% of the Vedastian population.
If so, have they been repressed by the majority?
The closest thing that aboriginal Vedasters have seen to oppression targeted specifically toward their ethnic group was during Spanish control of the Vedastian principalities that would eventually become known as New Iberia. The Spanish forced Vedastian Jews into ghettos, which most Vedasters did not approve of at the time because Vedastian Jews were assimilated into the local population and frequent intermarriage between Christians and Jews took place. As a result of this, as well as the Spaniards' promises to the princes for riches in exchange for timber and gold failed to materialize, most princes in the Spanish-dominated principalities converted to Calvinism and expelled the Spanish with the help of the English.
Have they been removed from their land?
No. They are spread throughout Vedastia, but mainly reside in the southern half of the Vedastian mainland.
Is there active resistance to the majority's rule over the indigenous population?
No, but a small minority of aboriginal Vedasters support the creation of the Paupulbeune (People's State), a country that would cover the southern portion of the Vedastian mainland, which is where a majority of aboriginal Vedasters live. Only a handful of aboriginal Vedasters who support the creation of the Paupulbeune are members of paramilitary groups willing to resort to violence.
Is there conflict between indigenous groups and the majority?
No. Aboriginal Vedasters had almost no conflicts between Anglo-Vedasters and Hispano-Vedasters on the basis of their ethnicity. New Iberians had frequent squabbles between each other before Vedastia's independence from the Sbemailzille Empire in 1963, but that was mainly a conflict over religion (between Catholics and assorted Calvinists) rather than a conflict between indigenous and settler-descended populations.
Overall, how much does your people's foreign heritage affect them, politics, and the nation in general?
Vedastia is a nation where English is the dominant language, with Spanish and Vedastian as secondary national languages. Almost every Vedaster speaks English, but not everyone speaks Spanish or Vedastian. Both Anglo- and Hispano-Vedasters think themselves native to Vedastia, and most aboriginal Vedasters consider them native to Vedastia, too, even most of those who support the creation of the Paupulbeune, simply because of how long the descendants of British and Spanish settlers have had a presence. Mass immigration to Vedastia, mainly from Sbemailzille, elsewhere in Latin America, and China, prompted a revival of aboriginal Vedaster culture and led aboriginal Vedasters to develop a strong national identity for the first time. This mass immigration also resulted in Anglo-, Hispano-, and aboriginal Vedasters entering a civil war known as the Vedastian crisis, followed by the rejection the old Whig-Tory Coalition and voting in the National Movement, which not only promised reducing immigration significantly and imposing tariffs on foreign goods, but promised aboriginal Vedasters a larger role in the decision-making process. However, these newly-invigorated aboriginal Vedasters felt that the National Movement was catering too much to Anglo- and Hispano-Vedasters, so the party known as Pur tei Vetaxtunerii (For the Vedasters) was founded and unseated NM's majority in Parliament, entering into a coalition agreement with them.

[Pan-Asiatic States]

Mine is in my sig. Might post more later.

[Kurmu]

Not sure if this is the place to ask this, but where would you begin for creating a FT nation for RPs?

[Kyrusia]

Not sure if this is the place to ask this, but where would you begin for creating a FT nation for RPs?

There are copious amounts of guides in the FT Advice and Assistance Thread. You may find these three on worldbuilding useful, as well as a general beginner's tutorial.

[Nyelu]

Is the majority population indigenous to your nation? Nyelu is 100% Indigenous

If yes:
Are they proud of their heritage? Yes

Has there been a history of their oppression or removal from their land? No. Every nation that has attempted to dare explore Nyelu has failed miserably. There are reports of explorers going there and never coming back. In some cases, unexplainable plane and ship crashes were the result of attempted exploration.

Have they ever conquered or colonized other nation's indigenous populations? no

Overall, how much does your people's indigenous heritage affect them, politics, and the nation in general?they are in control of politics.

If no:
Is there an indigenous group from the land your people inhabit?

If so, have they been repressed by the majority?

Have they been removed from their land?

Is there active resistance to the majority's rule over the indigenous population?

Is there conflict between indigenous groups and the majority?

Overall, how much does your people's foreign heritage affect them, politics, and the nation in general?

[Aigleun]

The islands which now make up the Republic of Aigleun were originally discovered in the late 17th century by European explorers. Unlike many other places in the Pacific, no power seemed interested in settling the islands as they were quite isolated, being located in the south Pacific. The rugged nature of the terrain, the ferocity of the native population and the fact that the island did not contain many valuable resources further deterred settlement. But in the late 18th century, vast deposits of mineral wealth were discovered by surveyors, beginning a wave of colonisation and settlement. The indigenous population was shortly thereafter wiped out by both conflict and disease, leaving the land ripe for the taking. In the 19th century, a single nation won out, having seized the rest of the islands from their rivals in a series of hard fought wars. However, these conflicts brought about a long and bloody civil war within that nation. In this chaos the small province of Aigleun broke free from the tyrannical yoke of their masters, and founded a Republic, led by a single leader who was capable of preserving this newfound independence. Two centuries later, this glorious Republic remains independent.

[Cykoslevinia]

Tsaritsyn, the capital of Cykoslevinia, has come into question of whether or not it should be the capital. Tsaritsyn is the historical and cultural capital of the Cykoslevines for over 5,000 years, and was named after the First Tsar of Cykoslevinia. Tsaritsyn's real problem is its relativley small size for a capital, being only half the size of the largest city in the nation, Nayezdnikograd. Tsaritsyn is a very old city, which makes it technologically weaker than most of the country. Tsaritsyn's final weakness is it's lack of good infrastructure. While Tsaritsyn dose have underground bullet train system, however this is its only infrastructure system other than the roads. The only other real options for another capital is Nayezdnikograd. What do you think the Capital should be?

[Pan-Asiatic States]

what do people in your nation typically wear?

Traditional garments, but usually in much more fashionable adaptations. Still, old districts in Neo-Tokyo still make Kimonos by hand weave, etc.

[Aigleun]

Tsaritsyn, the capital of Cykoslevinia, has come into question of whether or not it should be the capital. Tsaritsyn is the historical and cultural capital of the Cykoslevines for over 5,000 years, and was named after the First Tsar of Cykoslevinia. Tsaritsyn's real problem is its relativley small size for a capital, being only half the size of the largest city in the nation, Nayezdnikograd. Tsaritsyn is a very old city, which makes it technologically weaker than most of the country. Tsaritsyn's final weakness is it's lack of good infrastructure. While Tsaritsyn dose have underground bullet train system, however this is its only infrastructure system other than the roads. The only other real options for another capital is Nayezdnikograd. What do you think the Capital should be?

You should work on improving the current capital as it's the cultural and historical centre of your nation.

[Cykoslevinia]

Cykoslevinia is a nation about 8,352 years old, and was originally the Kingdoms of Cyko, Slevinia, Moravya, and Strasya. All of these nations agreed to form a Union, with an Austro-Hungarian kind of Dual Monarchy, with the kings of Cyko and Slevinia becoming these monarchs. Eventually, the Cykoslevines emerged, a race that was made of the old Cykans and Slevines. Very few Moravyas and Strasyas still exist, most of them eventually became Cykoslevines. Around this time, Cykoslevinia had its first Tsar, who was the Only Legal Monarch in the Empire. About 4 years ago, the First Cykoslevine Revolution occurred, and after Tsaritsyn fell, the nation became Socialists. Now the Second Cykoslevine Revolution (Now with Fascists) and the Second Kuetan War have plunged the Cykoslevine Economy and Military into disaster.

[Riakal]

Leader's Full Name: Eri
Leader's Full Title: Her Beauty, Immortal Empress Eri of the Riakites
Leader's Spouse: Emperor Awara (Deceased)
Children: Prince Auru
Languages Spoken:
Fluent: All
Conversational: All
Enough to Get Point Across: All
Hobbies: Real magic

[Rezmaeristan]

what do people in your nation typically wear?

It looks like a combination of traditional Pashtun/Tajik dress.

[Anarenthe]

How can you become a citizen of YN? (tick all that apply)
[X] Jus soli
[] Jus sanguinis
[X] Naturalisation
[] Other (describe):
How many people are citizens of YN? A little less than just enough.
Can you renounce citizenship? Yes
If so, how? Obtain another citizenship. Leave country. Apply at foreign embassy/consulate.
Does YN recognise dual citizenship? Yes
How many citizens of YN hold dual citizenship? 732
How many countries can citizens of YN travel to without a visa prior to arrival?
What colour are passports of YN? Blue
Do YN's citizens carry a national ID card? No. But they have one.

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What side of the road do your people drive on: Left

Do roads have speed limits: Yes
If so, where: Urban areas
What are the speed limits: Depends on the road.

Does your nation have freeways: Yes

Does your nation have numbered roads: Yes
If so, what system do the numbers follow: For the biggest ones, they have a single digit number representing the order of completion. For smaller ones, they are assigned a three digit number representing area.

Is it legal to do the following actions while driving?
Consume alcohol: Yes
Smoke: Yes.
Eat: Yes.
Texting: No
Phone calls: Yes, with headset.
Drugs: No

[Rhodevus]

Is the majority population indigenous to your nation?

If no:
Is there an indigenous group from the land your people inhabit?
Yes. There are many indigenous groups from Rhodevus. Rhodevus recognizes 27 different aboriginal peoples, clans and tribes across the country. Aboriginals account for 15% of the Rhodeve population (including those whom are half and quarter native)

If so, have they been repressed by the majority?
Not in the modern days. But, historically, indigenous peoples were repressed and had their rights taken away by the state. The only group that has not been repressed in the last 100 years was the Laaban tribe, which is considered a backbone to the Rhodeve cultural triangle

Have they been removed from their land?
Historically, yes

Is there active resistance to the majority's rule over the indigenous population?
Not anymore. Native peoples are much better treated than in the past and are equal and full citizens of the country

Is there conflict between indigenous groups and the majority?
No

Overall, how much does your people's foreign heritage affect them, politics, and the nation in general?
The country is very heavily effected by aboriginals and the aboriginals are effected by the foreign heritage and politics.
Most native peoples have their own reservations for those who do wish to keep to the historical native heritage.

[Royalist Liberation Army of Canada]

Leader's Full Name: Tim Buck
Leader's Full Title: Prime Minister Tim Buck
Leader's Spouse: Diana Buck
Languages Spoken: 3
Fluent: English, French
Conversational: Russian

[Old Northwest]

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[u][b]Mode of Production Survey[/b][/u]
[b]Does the state (or lack thereof) officially describe itself as communist, socialist, capitalist, or other?[/b]

[b]If so, is this describer accurate?[/b]

[b]Regardless of official describers, which mode of production or economic system dominates your society?[/b]

[spoiler=Communist]
[b]Does your nation have a state, or a class of people that hold power over the rest of the population?[/b]

[b]If so, is this state formed from the proletariat, a bureaucracy, a small group of conspirators, or something else entirely?[/b]

[b]If it is formed from the proletariat, how is this power exercised in practice?[/b]

[b]Are members of the state elected? Are they recallable?[/b]

[b]Is the society in your nation described as anarchist in nature?[/b]

[b]Does your nation possess money, property, a state, and/or classes?[/b]

[b]If yes, is the State (or lack thereof) dedicated to eventually abolishing them?[/b]

[b]Are there commodities (products that are created to be exchanged) in your nation?[/b]

[b]Does your nation adopt communist principles for scientific, utopian, or religious reasons?[/b]

[b]Does your nation seek to expand communism beyond its own borders?[/b]

[b]Please place an X in all boxes that describe your nations implementation of communism.[/b]
[]Communist
[]Scientific Socialist (also known as Marxism)
[]Anarchist Communism
[]Religious Communism
  -[]Christian Communism
  -[]Islamic Communism
  -[]Jewish Communism
  -[]Other Religious Communism (please specify)
[]Councilist
[]Marxist-Leninist
[]Stalinist
[]Vanguardist
[]Maoist
  -[]Mao Zedong Thought
  -[]Maoism
  -[]Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
[]Primitivism
[]Syndicalism
[]Other (please specify)

[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Socialist]
[b]Is property in your nation owned collectively in some fashion?[/b]

[b]Does your nation retain market mechanisms?[/b]

[b]Please place an X in the boxes that best describe your nation's socialist practices.[/b]
[]Market Socialism
[]Anarchism
  -[]Mutualism
  -[]Collectivism
  -[]Syndicalism
[]Religious Socialism
[]Utopian Socialism
[]Right-Wing Socialism
  -[]Corporatism
  -[]National Socialism
[]Syndicalism
[]Left-Wing Nationalism
[]Juche
[]Social Democracy
[]Marxism-Leninism
  -[]Maoism
  -[]Stalinism
[]Democratic Socialism
[]Libertarian Socialism
[]Ecosocialism
[]Other (please specify below)

[b]Is there a socialist party that holds political dominance?[/b]

[b]Is there a state at all?[/b]

[b]Do workers own and control their own workplaces?[/b]

[b]Does the nation seek to expand socialism beyond its own borders?[/b]

[b]Does your state have an interpretation of socialism that retains private property?[/b]

[b]Would you describe the nation as revolutionary, pacifist, or authoritarian/totalitarian?[/b]

[/spoiler]
[spoiler=Capitalist]
[b]Does your nation's economy operate on a market system with private property?[/b]

[b]Are economic and political concerns considered separate matters?[/b]

[b]Does your nation operate on a barter economy?[/b]

[b]Is the state dedicated to defending capitalism?[/b]

[b]Does the state wish to spread capitalism beyond its own borders?[/b]

[b]Does the state own any public industry, and if so, does it operate under the same market mechanisms as private property?[/b]

[b]Is the political system controlled by the bourgeoisie, a bureaucracy, democratic representatives, a monarch, or other group or individual?[/b]

[b]Is the nation generally described as anti-socialist or anti-capitalist?[/b]

[b]Please place an X in all boxes that describe your nation's interpretation of capitalism.[/b]
[]State Capitalism
[]Social Democracy
[]Laissez-faire
[]Corporatism
[]Liberal
  -[]Social Liberal
  -[]Classical Liberal
  -[]Market Liberal
[]Anarchist Capitalism
[]Minarchism
[]Monarchism
[]Fascism
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[Old Northwest]

Mode of Production Survey
Does the state (or lack thereof) officially describe itself as communist, socialist, capitalist, or other?
The State describes Old Northwest as in a transitionary period between capitalism and communism.
If so, is this describer accurate?
Yes, very much so.
Regardless of official describers, which mode of production or economic system dominates your society?
Lower-stage communism, majorly stained by capitalist mechanisms.
(I will answer both the Communist and Socialist section, because I feel like it.)

Does your nation have a state, or a class of people that hold power over the rest of the population?
Yes, although it will be abolished with the implementation of full communism.
If so, is this state formed from the proletariat, a bureaucracy, a small group of conspirators, or something else entirely?
The proletariat.
If it is formed from the proletariat, how is this power exercised in practice?
Workers' Council form the Congress of Councils, which exercises revolutionary violence. It also is performed through militias which enforce revolutionary policies.
Are members of the state elected? Are they recallable?
They are elected and immediately recallable.
Is the society in your nation described as anarchist in nature?
Not necessarily. The State does seek to abolish itself, as well as the proletariat as a class, but it does view a revolutionary state as necessary.
Does your nation possess money, property, a state, and/or classes?
All of these, although they are diminishing in importance.
If yes, is the State (or lack thereof) dedicated to eventually abolishing them?
Yes.
Are there commodities (products that are created to be exchanged) in your nation?
Yes, although the state recognizes that this is not communist and impossible to abolish until world revolution.
Does your nation adopt communist principles for scientific, utopian, or religious reasons?
Scientific Socialism is the vastly dominating form of communism.
Does your nation seek to expand communism beyond its own borders?
Yes. It is often hated because of this.
Please place an X in all boxes that describe your nations implementation of communism.
[x]Communist
[x]Scientific Socialist (also known as Marxism)
[]Anarchist Communism
[]Religious Communism
-[]Christian Communism
-[]Islamic Communism
-[]Jewish Communism
-[]Other Religious Communism (please specify)
[x]Councilist
[]Marxist-Leninist
[]Stalinist
[]Vanguardist
[]Maoist
-[]Mao Zedong Thought
-[]Maoism
-[]Marxism-Leninism-Maoism
[]Primitivism
[]Syndicalism
[]Other (please specify)

Is property in your nation owned collectively in some fashion?
Most, either through ownership by the Proletariat as a class exercised through the State, or cooperative ownership.
Does your nation retain market mechanisms?
In some areas, unfortunately so. There is a common plan that is followed.
Please place an X in the boxes that best describe your nation's socialist practices.
[]Market Socialism
[]Anarchism
-[]Mutualism
-[]Collectivism
-[]Syndicalism
[]Religious Socialism
[]Utopian Socialism
[]Right-Wing Socialism
-[]Corporatism
-[]National Socialism
[]Syndicalism
[]Left-Wing Nationalism
[]Juche
[]Social Democracy
[]Marxism-Leninism
-[]Maoism
-[]Stalinism
[]Democratic Socialism
[x]Libertarian Socialism
[x]Ecosocialism
[x]Other (please specify below)
Communism, scientific socialism, and revolutionary socialism.
Is there a socialist party that holds political dominance?
Not de jure, and parties are absent from the political process, but their are left-wing parties that most delegates are members of.
Is there a state at all?
Yes, until the complete abolition of all bourgeois elements in society.
Do workers own and control their own workplaces?
Yes.
Does the nation seek to expand socialism beyond its own borders?
Yes.
Does your state have an interpretation of socialism that retains private property?
No.
Would you describe the nation as revolutionary, pacifist, or authoritarian/totalitarian?
Revolutionary. Violence is frequent.