The Republic of Petroburgh
Republiken Pederstaden ● Republikej ë Petroburgh
Foreign Ministry Offices at the Landsministri Building 9229 Haaroldslëg, Petroburgh | +473-(88)-8218-4719
About Petroburgh
The Republic of Petroburgh is a fledgling, socially progressive nation, renowned for its compulsory military service and irreverence towards religion. The democratic population of 24,049,725 Petroburghians enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct. The relatively small, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Welfare, Defense, and Education. The average income tax rate is 19.3%, but much higher for the wealthy. The Petroburghian economy, worth 239 billion krona a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Uranium Mining, Fisheries, and Information Technology. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is 47,844 krona, and evenly distributed, with the richest citizens earning only 2.2 times as much as the poorest. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown. The European Brown Bear, the national animal, is a protected species. THe official languages are Swedish and Petroburghian; however, Enlgish is spoken fluently by around 80% of the population
About Embassies
Embassies are physical representations of their respective nations abroad. In Petroburgh all embassies are granted extraterritoriality through agreement of recognition. As long as your nation continues to recognize us and us your nation, then we shall accept that your embassy is your sovereign territory. The only exceptions being our police, military, and emergency services may enter invited or not for emergency situations including medical emergency, hostage situation, etc. A nation may only have one embassy at a time but may have more than one consulate if there is also an embassy. Only the Ambassador and Deputy Ambassador are entitle to full diplomatic immunity under Petroburgh law which always excludes murder of any degree. Attachés and High Level Advisers and Secretaries are given partial diplomatic immunity. They cannot be given parking tickets or be cited for public complaints. If your nation wishes to open an embassy and relations with the Democratic Republic of Petroburgh please fill out the embassy form below.
About Consulates
There are three types of consulates: Honorary consulates, Consulate-Generals, and Consulates. Honorary Consulates are premises that have been given authorization by a recognized government to conduct diplomatic relations with the host country but are not entitled to extraterritoriality except within the bounds of the Honorary Consul's Officeroom and its personnel are not eligible for diplomatic immunity. Consulate-Generals are more like embassies but do not necessarily represent governments and are not entitled to full extraterritoriality or full diplomatic immunity. Consulate-Generals are authorized to solely exercise relations with the host nation on an entity's behalf. Consulate-Generals are used in place of embassies if relations between nations and/or entities is neutral, deteriorating, or if the represented entity cannot afford to run an embassy. Consulates are annexes or satellite offices of embassies and are considered part of the embassy. As such the Consul and the Deputy consul are entitled to full diplomatic immunity. All forms of consulate are generally located outside the capital, but Consulate-Generals and Honorary Consulates are allowed inside the capital. If you would like to open consulates please fill out the respective forms below.
Restrictions on diplomatic missions
- No more than 25 total personnel at an embassy and no more than 10 personnel at consulates.
- No automatic weapons of any kind, obviously no explosives, missiles and grenades.
- No military vehicles, armoured vehicles, bulletproof anything(Just say bullet resistant glass, its the only realistic thing close), or aircraft.
- No more than 9 security at Embassies, and 5 at Consulates.
- No more than 15 Attachés and High Level Advisers and Secretaries.
- All personnel must have vaccinations for Influenza and Polio, no exemptions!