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The National Factbook of The New North Republic
National Flag:
Навсегда Соединенные мы стоим; Forever United We Stand.
Map of the NNR
Northwestern North America
Founded: Wednesday, March 11th, 2020
WA Delegate:
1st Term: March 11th, 2020 until September 11th, 2020
Population: 147,365,042
-Density: 22.11 people/Km 2
Capital: New Želňava
66.2624ºN, -125.1364ºW
Largest City: New St. Petersburg
65.9366ºN,-118.0332ºW
Official Languages: Russian, English, Mandarin
National Languages: Russian, English, Mandarin
National Religions: Roman Catholicism
Demonym: Pannonian
Government: Federal Republic
- Chancellor: Nora Pavlova (2015-present)
- Vice Chancellor: Emma Rossi (2015-present)
- Speaker of the National Senate: Cen Darach (2020-present)
- Chief Justice: James Revan (1994-present)
- Ambassador to WA: Ronald Li (2018-present)
Nora Pavlova (left) and Emma Rossi (right) are
the current Chancellor and Vice Chancellor of the NNR.
Legislature:
- Upper House: The High Senate (53 Senators)
- Lower House: The National Senate (200 Senators)
National Senate Seats:
Conservative Party: 92 Seats
Liberal Party: 65 Seats
Nationalist Party: 27 Seats
Labour Party: 16 Seats
High Senate Seats:
Conservative Party: 21 Seats
Liberal Party: 13 Seats
Nationalist Party: 11 Seats
Labour Party: 8 Seats
Establishment: from the United Kingdom and Canada
Independence: November 17th, 1831
Land Area: 6,105,603 km²
Water Area: 514,903 km²
Water %: 8.4%
Elevation
Highest Point: Denali, 20,310 feet (6,190 Meters)
Lowest Point: Britain Valley, -226 feet (-69 Meters)
GDP (nominal): $9.673 Trillion
GDP (nominal) per capita: $79,439.25
Human Development Index (NS Version): 0.935
Currency: The Nova (N)
Time Zone: UTC -9 to -7, ALST to MST
Summer DST: UTC -8 to -6, ALDT to MDT
(Daylight Savings time observed from third Sunday of March
until first Sunday of November, 244 days, or 2/3 of year)
Drives on the: Right
Calling code: +1 (Same as US & Canada)
ISO 3166 code 3: NNR
Internet TLD: .nnr
Alliances:
The sexy legged republic
Yeeter of gods
Japan 69
The ranch high council
Birb bois united front
Strawville
The Democratic Unionist Cool Kids
The dictatorship42069
Stephen curry
The united federation of the americas
Oldzealand
Stoned people
Bing chow 4
Greaseia
Government problems
West russian korea
The ssas
Tanks
Biggest daddy ever
Summitaria
Off brand factorio
Major Sports: Basketball, Soccer, and American Football
Measurement System: Metric System (1986-present)
Famous Past Leaders: Alex Adas, Jilan Kaas, Brian Malak,
Tyrone Phanius, Constantine Kaas, Henry Potter, Theodosius Bay
International Alliances: World Assembly, NATO,
Indo-Pacific Strategic Alliance (IPSA), NAFTA, World Environmental
Agency (WEA).
The New North Republic
The United Federative Republic of The New North Republic commonly called The NNR, (Новая Северная Республика in Russian), is a Democratic, Federal Republic in Northwestern North America. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the south by the United States, on the east by Canada, and on the west by the North Pacific Ocean. The NNR covers 6,105,603 square kilometers and has an estimated population of 147 Million people. The New North Republic comprises of 8 Provinces and the Federal District of New Želňava. The provinces alphabetically are: Arctica, Kazania, New Columbia, Nord Vest, Nord Alsika, Sud Vest, Sud Alsika, and West Victoria. Arctica and Sud Vest are relatively unpopulated and home to many national parks, while Nord Vest, West Victoria, and New Columbia are more populated states. Provinces in the southern part of the country have traditional English names while the northern provinces have more Russian names, symbolizing the colonial divide from 200 years ago.
The New North Republic is a highly developed and Western nation is closely allied with the United States, Canada, and Western Europe. It has always had close ties to the US, and was a crucial nation in installing nuclear weapons right near the Soviet Union. Since the Cold War, the NNR has built great relations with South Korea, Israel, and is one of the few nations to have official diplomatic ties with Taiwan. They help support African countries with over $20 billion of investments pumped into the Philippines alone in 2020 and pumps over $75 billion to developing countries each year. The New North Republic continues to be a huge player on the world stage to this day.
I. Etymology
II. History
III. Pre-Colonial History
IV. Russian/British Imperialism
V. Independence/Growth
VI. Industrialization and Immigration
VII. World War I
VIII. Interwar Period
IX. World War II
X. The Cold War
XI. The Contemporary Era
XII. Geography
XIII. Demographics
XIV. Population
XV. Language
XVI. Religion
XVII. Race
XVIII. Largest Cities
XIX. Government
XX. Foreign Relations and Military
XXI. Economy
XXII. Culture
XXIII. Sports
XXIV. Infrastructure
XXV. Energy
The New North Republic was originally called New Pannonian ever since the European settlers declared independence in 1831. The Pannonian's called their land New Pannonia up until the 1840s when the name fell out of use by the general public and in government.
So, in 1837, the New North Republic became the official name for the new country. So, that is how the NNR got its name, and it is commonly still called New Pannonia in some older historical documents. The New North Republic officially made its pre-title the Federative Republic, or Федеративная Республика of the New North Republic, in 1939 under Chancellor Henry Potter.
The standard way to refer to a citizen of The New North Republic is as a "Pannonian."
The modern-day country of the NNR was uninhabited by humans until 20,000 years ago, when the first humans arrived during the Ice Age. They crossed the Bering Land Bridge and crossed from Siberia into the modern-day NNR, Canada, United States, and the rest of the Americas.
Exodus began in 1639, and in
1641, the Dacian's reached
what is now New Želňava.
In 1274, the Dacian King Jilan Kaas called for the Dacian's to have their own land and own place to live. So, he suggested sailing into the ocean and let god decide where the Dacian people should go. The Dacian's only had around 10,000 members, and almost 1/5 of them decided to not make the journey to the west. So, with 8,000 people, Jilan Kaas and the Dacian people sailed west and hopped around small islands and land for two years looking for the perfect spot. In Newfoundland, they found a perfect plain with beautiful scenery. This settlement would be named Kaasia, after Jilan Kaas, and it would become the center of Dacian culture for four centuries. They would grow in numbers and nobody ventured outside of Kaasia, as it was too unknown and most people died days after leaving the settlement. They would remain undisturbed until 1497 when John Cabot, sailing under England, discovered the Dacian settlement and how they had been living there for two centuries undisturbed. The British and French would trade with the Dacian's, who had around 90,000 people living on the island of Newfoundland and lived in relative peace.
In 1639, the London Company, under the British Crown, demanded the Dacian's relocate West, so the Dacian's moved west over 3,000 miles. Their numbers by 1639 had increased to around 120,000, and there was very little breeding with the Native Americans, mainly since Newfoundland had very few Native Americans tribes. They started what was the Second Great Dacian Exodus, and took two years to reach the Great Bear Lake of the far north, and settled there, founding New Želňava. They would settle there in the Dromund River Valley, and begin the Second New Dacia there along the Dromund River.
In 1699, New Dacia would come under the occupation of the Hudson Bay Company after forced by the British to do so. The HBC were actually fairly light rulers, but the problem was the taxes they implemented onto the Dacian people. The taxes were substantial and made the HBC filthy rich back home in Britain, which led to lavish lifestyles and living for all of the company's members. However, starting around 1737, the Hudson Bay Company would start to lose money in droves after lavish spending got way out of hand back in the imperial heartland. In 1747, the HBC would declare bankruptcy and after the Act of Dromundia of 1744, Dromundia would officially become the Royal Colony of New Dacia. The British would directly control the region of New Dacia, and Dacian's would fight for the British Empire in the Seven Years' War from 1754-1763, and the American Revolutionary War from 1776-1783.
In 1795, both New Dacia and Canada gained Dominion status within the British Empire, and the British would become less centralized their control of the New Dacian Colony. Dacian Diplomats, under the British Dominion, were allowed to travel to the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Wallachia to further connect the region with Old Dacia, now called Romania. In 1805, Romanian became another official language of the Dominion, alongside English, and they standardized the Romanian language with the Latin Alphabet instead of the Cyrillic Alphabet like in Romania. This was a relatively peaceful time under the British as a dominion, and the people's standards of living were also improving with increased technology from the British Isles. Under the table, however, the Dacian's began to despise the British, as they began to send more and more troops and enforce new taxes on the dominion which were supposed to be lower.
New Dacia (1795-1831),
was the main governing
force over the Dacian people
while the British Empire
controlled New Dacia.
However, starting in 1826, the Dacian Revolution began, and started a five year long revolt against the Dominion of Canada and the United Kingdom. Figures such as Indigo Jackson and Constantine O'Brien began to rally Dacian's in support of a united and free New Dacia, free from all foreign and British rule. In 1828, O'Brien was hanged for treason against the royal government, and he was declared a martyr by the Dacian's and resentment continued to grow. In 1829, Jacob Lukas wrote a book titled "And of the Land, New Dacia," calling for the New Dacian people to have an identity and fight back against the British domination over their lands. On July 9th, 1829, New Dacia officially declared independence from Great Britain and the Dacian War of Independence began.
The war was a swift two year conflict that saw the Dacian's, alongside American forces led by William Henry Harrison, defeat the British and New Dacia becoming independent from the British Empire. The British tried to land 30,000 troops at the port city of Novo Bucharesta. However, they suffered a devastating defeat against 9,500 Dacian soldiers who fiercely defended the city and used the city to snipe and take out lone British soldiers while they tried to take the city. The British, after many years of fighting, decided that the war was taking too much of a financial burden on the nation, and decided to agree to peace and an armistice in June of 1831.
In the treaty of Amsterdam, Britain recognized the independence of New Dacia, and all taxes owed to the British would be paid off by the Dacian's by 1850. On November 14th, 1831, the treaty was ratified, and on November 17th, independence was officially achieved. The British were bitter about losing this war to American and Dacian forces, but Britain opted to turn its attention to Imperialist expansion abroad in Africa and Asia. Meanwhile, the American's and Dacian's would begin centuries of friendship between the two nations and continued to work towards a brighter future together.
Chancellor Constantine Kaas (1833-1840), helped to establish New Dacia into a respectable North American power. Kaas and U.S President Andrew Jackson were great friends, and New Dacia continued to build an economy linked with the United States. Kaas would also impose many controversial Native American policies, with most moving to Inutia north of New Želňava. The following Chancellor's would continue to build relations with the US, and would assist the US in the Mexican-American war of 1846-48. Relationships with France were very good around this time, and links were starting to open with Britain slowly over the 1840s. However, in 1849, under Chancellor Jack Hilton, New Dacia tarnished its relationship with Great Britain by executing Canadian criminals in the streets of Calgary, Alberta. In response, Great Britain wrote a formal letter to Jack Hilton requesting that the NNR submit to British rule and pay reparations, which Hilton refused.
In response, Great Britain declared war on New Dacia in 1849, and this was the beginning of the War of 1850 as its called in the NNR nowadays. Britain was able to capture Nowy Jerusalem in Noua Olanda, but they failed to capture Blackwater in the winter of 1850. In addition, the United States demanded the British stop fighting the Dacian's, which the British agreed to. In the 1851 Treaty of New York, the British and Dacian governments made the borders between Canada and New Dacia official, and Britain agreed to pay New Dacia compensation for losing 60,000 soldiers.
In 1861, the American Civil War broke out in the United States, and Chancellor Andre Balios wished for the nation to join on the side of the Union. This would be helped by the Tucker Affair of 1862, where Confederate diplomats openly mocked and insulted the Dacian people and their lack of slavery and "civilized nature." This insult was the final straw for New Dacia, who declared war on the Confederate States of America on July 1, 1862. New Dacia sent around 40,000 to the US to fight alongside Union troops. In 1863, General Ulysses S. Grant for the Union, and General Constantine Hazard of New Dacia successfully captured Vicksburg, the last major Confederate fort on the Mississippi River. The Dacian's also scored major victories in Santa Fe in June of 1864, and they captured the border city of El Paso on Christmas Day 1864. The NNR helped tremendously in the Western theater of the Civil War, and they would be rewarded with an official alliance with the United States and many sums of gold from the US.
Industrialization, Immigration, and International Affairs:
Over 13 million Russian
immigrants would flood into
New Dacia during the late 19th
and early 20th centuries.
The New North Republic continued to industrialize throughout the late 19th Century. New Dacia embraced many technologies, such as textile manufacturing, coal-powered steam engines, and especially railroads from the United States. The Railroad became revolutionary to Pannonian's life, as it provided the fastest form of transportation outside of horses. Most of the republic was filled with railroads by the 1880s, and the Trans-American Railroad Line would be completed in 1874, connecting America and the NNR by railroad.
New Dacia became a hot spot for European Immigration throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Early immigrants in the 1860s and 70s came from Germany and Ireland, two countries who were having extremely difficult back home. After 1880, most immigration to New Dacia would be almost exclusively Russian and Southern European. Over 13 million Russian immigrants flooded into New Dacia, and they would make up the most dominant European ethnicity to come to New Dacia. Italian's also came to New Dacia, especially when America started to restrict Italian immigration starting around 1905. Most Russian immigrants flocked to new industrial cities, mainly New St. Petersburg and Blackwater. However, so many Russian immigrants went to New Carthage that the city was officially renamed to New St. Petersburg in 1882. The New Dacian government under Chancellor Constantine Hansen, who was ethnically Ukrainian, encouraged mass immigration, and industrialization picked up immensely in the country.
1898- Dacian forces capture the
Philippines alongside American
and Filipino Revolutionary forces.
As New Dacia was developing back home, it began to project its power on the international scale. New Dacia would sign an official friendship treaty with the Russian Empire in 1875, and would sign an official alliance with the nation in 1890. Chancellor Phineas Adas and Tsar Alexander III were great friends, and they would yearly go hunting together in Siberia and Nord Alsika when visiting each other. Relations with Great Britain also started to improve. Canadian's were free to move into New Dacia and settle as farmers or workers in immigrant cities like New St. Petersburg. Great Britain officially invited the United States and New Dacia to the Berlin Conference of 1885, which was a very proud moment for Dacian's despite not receiving land in Africa.
In 1898, Ethan Chester sent 30,000 Dacian soldiers to assist the American's in the Spanish-American War, and General Harold Constantia was the leading general for Dacian forces in the Filipino-Pacific theater of the war. The Dacian Navy captured the island of Guam without any fighting in June of 1898, and in the subsequent Treaty of Paris, New Dacia would hold onto The Philippines and Guam. The Dacian's suppressed all revolts in the Philippines, and Guam was transformed into a major port for Dacian and American fleets in the Pacific.
General Alexander Wilson (55),
was the main Dacian general
who led New Dacia
throughout World War I.
At the outbreak of World War I in 1914, New Dacia originally tried to remain neutral. However, they slowly began supplying more and more equipment to the Russian and Japanese Empire's during the war. The population, consisting of mostly Eastern European immigrants, wished to join the allies, but Chancellor Brian Malak was hesitant. That was until March 12th, 1915, when Chancellor Brian Malak visited the Russian Empire and saw the devastation of WWI. He then called on New Dacia to join the war, which they did on May 1st, 1915. They would send around 500,000 soldiers to the
Western Front and 20,000 to German colonies in Samoa and Fiji in the Pacific.
Most Dacian soldiers did not arrive until early 1916, and around 3/4 of the troops were sent to the Western Front in Europe to fight alongside British and French troops in a deadlocked warfront. The Western Front was brutal for all who endured it. Germany constantly launched artillery strikes and shelling onto Allied troops throughout the war, and large Dacian forces were stationed near the French city of Verdun when the German's attacked. Dacian's would lose around 100,000 soldiers on the Western Front during World War I, and it forever impacted the way Dacian's viewed war. Meanwhile, some 50,000 troops moved into the Pacific to capture the Northern Mariana Islands and Samoa from Germany alongside Japanese troops. The Dacian's wanting to keep up good relations with the Japanese Empire, decided to give both to Japan in exchange for relinquishing its claim to the Philippines, which Japan agreed to.
In 1917, the United States joined the conflict and sent over 2 million troops to Europe. This American intervention would help swing the war towards the Allies favor, and the Allies finally were able to push back against Germany. Dacian forces under the command of future Chancellor and General Alexander Wilson successfully pierced the German front line and pushed to capture Antwerp in June of 1918. This capture of the port city of Antwerp was crucial for the Allies, and Germany and her allies would eventually be exhausted by the conflict. On November 11th, 1918, Germany official asked for an armistice and fighting ceased along the Western Front.
In 1919, New Dacia sent future Chancellor, James Bay, to Versailles to discuss the terms of victory for the Allies. While there, New Dacia was admitted into The League of Nations, and they became one of the founding members. New Dacia did not gain any substantial land in the result of WWI, but they did gain lots of money from selling arms and ammunition to European nations, mainly France and Great Britain. In addition, New Dacia gained the prestige of fighting in a European Conflict, and they successfully showed their military might, especially their naval superiority, to the rest of the world.
Chancellor Alexander Wilson, who was an outstanding general during WWI, continued to allow the Dacian economy to boom with more immigration and more technological advantages throughout the early 1920s. This period is usually called Annees Folles in the NNR, meaning peace and prosperity times. The economy boomed with new technological inventions such as the automobiles, clothes washers, automated farming, railroads, and radios appearing like rampant all over the country. During this time, Jazz became very popular, with famous players such as James Richardson and Yuri Brasov becoming very popular during this time. Dancing became very popular during the Annees Folles, and actors such as Mariana Dmitrisoff and Lily Henryk became household names and known throughout the world as extremely attractive Dacian's.
However, this cultural and economical growth came to a screeching halt in 1929, when the Wall Street Crash occurred and global economy fell into chaos. Although not hit as badly as Germany or the US, the NNR still had around 20% unemployment in 1934, and the economy failed to be revived by Chancellor William Westinghouse. Immigration also stopped around the mid 1930s, as the Soviet Union finally stabilized politically and Russian immigration was heavily restricted by the Soviet Government. Italian immigration also ceased because of the rise of Mussolini, who rallied the country around him and helped to revive the Italian economy by 1933. In 1935, in desperate need for change, the country elected Henry Potter, a young and charismatic leader who promised to make economic reforms and bring the NNR's economy back to its peak days in the 1920s. His reforms helped to drop the unemployment rate to around 12%, but the economy still could not be recovered during this time period. In 1939, the country official made Russian an official language, and since Romanian was essentially pointless outside of the Province's names, Romanian was scratched as an official language of the nation, however some elders would continue to speak it up until around the mid 1970s.
In September of 1939, Great Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany and World War II began in Europe. The New North Republic tried its best to stay neutral, and Henry Potter was heavily against going to war alongside the Allies. However, the war in Europe provided a golden opportunity for the Dacian economy, which began to skyrocket around 1940. The country began to produce vehicles, weapons, artillery, and ammunition for the Allies and began to supply them. The countries economy began to revive itself, with unemployment dropping to 4%, and food production skyrocketing due to new technological advancements in agricultural over the 1920s and 1930s.
Dacian and Canadian forces
successfully landed and captured
Juno Beach in Normandy, France
on June 6, 1944.
On August 30, 1940, almost a year after World War II broke out, a German Submarine would sink a Dacian civilian ship destined from Europe back to the NNR. This incident, called the Sinking of the Severin, resulted in the death of 451 Dacian civilians and crew aboard the ship. In response, Chancellor Henry Potter and the Senate almost immediately called for a declaration of war on Germany. On September 30, 1940, after one month of negotiations, The New North Republic joined WWII on the side of the Allies.
The NNR would send 5 million young men to Europe and Pacific fronts during the war. In 1941, the NNR was instrumental in the African Campaign, successfully holding back German and Italian Tank forces from reaching Egypt for over a year. In addition, the NNR would provide naval combat and air forces to the British forces throughout the year. However, once the United States joined the war and the NNR declared war on Japan, the conflict truly became a world war. Japanese forces would take the Dacian territory of Guam in 1941, and the Philippines would be taken in February of 1942 by Japan as well.
It wasn't until 1943 when Dacian soldiers engaged in extremely brutal fights across the world. In Europe, Dacian and American forces landed in Sicily to liberate the Italian Peninsula from Occupation. This offensive would be successful until the winter of 1943 when everything came to a standstill with the arrival of monsoon season. In Africa, Dacian and British forces helped to force the Axis Power's out of North Africa by late 1942, and Dacian tanks were sent back to Britain for later use. In the Pacific, Dacian forces, alongside Australian, New Zealand, and American forces began to push back against Japan in the Guadalcanal Campaign and the Island Hopping Offensive.
In 1944, Dacian forces would land at Juno Beach alongside Canadian troops to help liberate France from German occupation. The offensive was a massive success, and by October of 1944, France had been liberated by the Allies and they began to push towards Germany. In November of 1944, Dacian and American forces successfully captured the Philippines and Guam from Japanese forces, and the NNR was invited to the Yalta Conference of 1944 to discuss the end of the war with the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union. In 1945, the NNR continued to push with Allied forces in Europe and the Pacific, and the end of the war would come in September of 1945 with Japan's surrender.
The Cold War and Late 20th Century:
In 1947, Filipino independence uprisings began during and after World War II, and as a result, the NNR gave the Philippines to Birb bois united front as a sign of friendship. In addition, they sold Guam to the United States in 1949 for diplomatic and relationship reasons, but they were still allowed naval and air force bases on Guam. World War II devastated the NNR that Anti-Imperialist attitudes at home caused the country to sell Guam and give away the Phillipines to BBUF. Ultimately, the NNR believed that Imperialism was a hypocritical action because they themselves were exploited and colonized by the British. Today, the Philippines has no beef or hate for the NNR, and the two countries are on great terms and are popular for the two countries to vacation in each other.
During the Cold War, the NNR joined the United Nations (WA since 2008) in 1945, and the NATO Alliance in 1949, aligning itself with the United States and Western Europe. The NNR created a policy called Окружения, or encirclement in order to curb communist expansion in Latin America and Africa. In 1954, American and Dacian government officials overthrew the Nicaraguan Government in order to establish a dictatorship and stop communism in Central America.
Former Nazi scientist Frank
Gertburg would help the NNR
develop its first atomic weapons
and the Jupiter Space Program
until his death in 1991.
In 1960, the NNR signed the Moritz-Eisenhower Agreement, which allowed the United States to install nuclear weapons on Dacian territory, mainly near the Bering Sea very close to the Soviet Union. In addition, the NNR would develop nuclear weapons of its own in 1963 with the help of former Nazi scientists and American immigrants. The NNR became the fourth country, after the US, USSR, and the UK, to successfully develop its own nuclear weapons of mass destruction.
In 1965, the NNR would beginning sending Dacian soldiers to Vietnam to find alongside American and South Vietnamese forces. The Vietnam War would impact the lives of Dacian's all over the world. In the United States and the NNR, protesters and hippie movements became popular as anti-war sentiment continued to grow. In 1970, Constantine Lukas would be elected chancellor of the NNR, and he moved to pull all troops out of Vietnam, which he did by 1973.
In 1974, The New North Republic launched the Jupiter Program, with the goal of reaching the moon by 1987. The program was highly successful, with the NNR working with Soviet and American scientists to work on the endeavor. There were multiple setbacks, including the spacecraft Jupiter IV, which resulted in the death of three astronauts on their way to the moon. The astronauts: Lukas Jackson, Dmitri Bolislav, and James Baker, were all killed after Jupiter IV experienced a faulty rocket booster on its way to the moon. When approaching the Moon's surface, the rocket exploded with such a massive force that it immediately killed all three of them while they were all sleeping.
Astronauts Alexander Milisov
and Ronald Johnson onboard
the Jupiter V spacecraft
successfully landed on the
lunar surface on Thanksgiving
Day, 1986.
These setbacks were horrific, but the Jupiter Program would ultimately be successful. On Thanksgiving Day, 1986, Dacian astronauts Alexander Milisov and Ronald Johnson onboard the Jupiter V spacecraft successfully landed on the lunar surface. They would spend four hours on the lunar surface conducting experiments and recalling their events from their radios. The event was watched by over 200 million people across the world, and The NNR became the second nation to ever successfully land and return a crew mission to the lunar surface. Jupiter VI and VII would land five more astronauts on the lunar surface, and the program would be discontinued a year after Jupiter VII in 1991.
In 1979, the NNR would send troops to Afghanistan alongside American forces in order to fight against the Soviet backed Afghan government. The NNR would give about $2 Billion to the Mujahideen in their fight against the Communist Afghan Government throughout the 1980s. Around 10,000 Dacian soldiers were deployed to the country alongside American forces, but most were pulled out of the nation by 1986.
Around 1987, Chancellor Tyrone Phanius and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev began a policy called Открытость, or openness. The Soviet Union and the NNR began to open diplomatic links and Dacian companies such as Телефонная компания (TK), became major telephone companies within the Soviet Union in the late 80s and early 90s. In addition, Dacian and Soviet diplomats began to open official communications between the two nations, especially made easy by the Russian speakers of both nations. However, this came to a grinding hold in 1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed and became the Russian Federation.
The NNR would continue diplomatic missions across the world and relationship building on the international stage. In 1995, the NNR signed an official friendship treaty with the Russian Federation, and the two became very close culturally thanks to the large amount of Russian immigrants that came to New Dacia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Russian President Vladimir Putin and NNR Chancellor Alex Adas were good friends privately, and the two countries were linked economically and still are to this day. The NNR also continued to build relationships with The People's Republic of China. They officially recognized The PRC in 1975, and over 10 million Chinese immigrants flooded into the NNR after quota laws were lifted in 1971 under Chancellor Constantine Lukas. As a result, the two countries became very connected not only economically, but also socially as well. They officially switched to Simplified Chinese Characters in 1981, and they made Mandarin Chinese an official language in 1985.
Famous Dacian singer
Natalia Ceraini became
a household name during
the 1980s and 90s, and she
would forever be
remembered as the NNR
Queen of Pop.
In the Contemporary Era, The New North Republic has continued to be a prosperous and shining country that all strive to be like. The country has completely dismantled its military after 2005, and the country continues to move diplomatic relations around the world. The country still has a strong Naval prescence with 10 Aircraft Carriers in service, and has the second largest Air Force in the entire world, only the United States Air Force.
The NNR has continued to build strong ties with the United States, and officially signed the Frontier Border Treaty in 2006. This treaty allows Dacian, Canadian, and American citizens to travel between the three countries without any border control or border checkpoints. This is great for Canadian's and Dacian's as it allows them to trade and visit America freely, and American's have two easy great vacations in the summer or winter. In addition, Hispanic American's seeking to gain Dacian Nationalship in the NNR, can easily take transport and cross the border into The New North Republic.
Relationships with China and Russia also continued to improve as the NNR Government continued to promote the learning of these two foreign languages. Around 20% of Dacian's are ethnically Chinese, so Chinese was widely taught and is the #1 most taught foreign language in Dacian schools.
The geography of the New North Republic is incredibly diverse, with biomes ranging from frigid wastelands, boreal forests, and even temperate climates. The agricultural land in the entire country is located in the Dromund River Valley, which is now home to the capital city of New Želňava. The southern provinces of Nou (New) Columbia, Alberta, and Noua Olanda have temperate climates that are very ideal for farming wheat, corn, and soybeans during the summer months. In the middle provinces of Sud Alsika and Nord Vest, farming is difficult outside of the Dromund River Valley, and the economy is dependent on natural gas and grazing in these parts of the country. In the northern provinces of Nord Alsika, Yukon, and Arctica, the environment is very cold, and there are very few natural resources that far north. Wildlife and population is very scarce in the northern regions, with the exception of a few cities and national parks, such as Fort Jackson and the Gates to the Arctic National Park, both in Nord Alsika.
The beautiful Mackenzie River flows
straight through St. Luke's National
Wetland in Nord Vest, creating one
of the most beautiful river deltas in
the entire world.
The New North Republic is world famous for its natural parks and landscapes, including Banff National Park in Alberta, Winding Rivers in Noua Olanda, Brooks Range National Park in Nord Alsika, and St. Luke's National Wetland in Nord Vest. The New North Republic has more than 29 National Parks throughout the country, 54 State parks, and over 100 National Monuments and National Recreation Areas. The country continues to lead the world in environmental preservation and conservation, and it continues to be a top 10 cleanest country in the world to this day.
The New North Republic has many different climate regions throughout the country. The country has the rather temperate zones in the Dromund River Valley, Alberta, and Nou (New) Columbia. These are the overall best conditions for farming in the country, and maintain consistent temperatures and weather throughout the spring through fall. The higher latitude provinces receive significantly more snowfall in the fall and winter, and they experience almost 21 hours of darkness from the months of November to February.
Lights, or Aurora Borealis, are
a national symbol and very
prevalent in the winter night
sky of the NNR.
Due to the high latitudes of most of the country, the NNR is the most likely country to experience the Northern Lights in the entire world. This is called the Aurora Borealis or Аврора Бореалис in Russian. The Aurora is the most beautiful sight in all of the New North Republic, and is considered as a national icon and famous landmark of their nation. The Aurora Borealis is most commonly seen from the months of October to March, when the sun is mostly below the horizon for up to 20 hours a day, and the night sky is relatively clear for many months of the year.
The New North Republic annually receives the second most amount of snowfall of any country in the world, only behind Russia in average snowfall per day and per year. The NNR also offers a wide variety of ski resorts throughout the country, including Blackwater Ski Resort, New Brobing Ski Resort, and the most famous... Fairly Central Ski Resort in Alberta.
The New North Republic also has beautiful summers and falls, as the country is well known worldwide for its beautiful maple and aspen leaves falling during the early days of September through mid October. The New North Republic has also hosted one summer Olympic games, and that was in 2004 in New St. Petersburg, in which almost 45 million people from around the world came to watch the Summer Olympics, which is still a popular record to this day. The NNR ultimately took home 7 Bronze Medals, 9 Silver Medals, and 5 Gold Medals, including winning in the Marathon, 100 Meter Sprint, and the Pole Vaulting competitions.
Because of the country's world renowned winter months, the true beauty of the country is mostly overlooked, and that occurs in the fall and spring. The rivers of the NNR, mainly the Yukon, Mackenzie, Dromund, and Noua Olanda, only having very minimal sewage output points, which makes the waters of these rivers some of the purest in the world. This is why sometimes hikers will drink out of small creeks and streams, something that would be almost impossible in other countries like the United States and most of Europe.
The ethnically and linguistically diverse people of the New North Republic make the country what it is today. As of the 2020 Dacian Census, the population of the NNR is 147,365,042, which makes it the 8th largest country in the world in terms of population, larger then Russia, Mexico, and Japan, but remaining behind Bangladesh and Nigeria. This makes the New North Republic one of the few developed nations with a population over 100 million, as only the NNR, Japan, and the United States have populations of over 100 million among developed nations. The NNR always had stable rates of growth throughout its long history as a nation, but the highest growth rates percentagewise occurred in the early 20th century and the 1980s. During these times, immigrants had flocked into the NNR and started to have children, but the birth rate was incredibly high, almost 5 to 7 children among these European and Chinese and immigrants.
The population of the NNR since 1800 has increased dramatically. Back before European Colonization, the native Inuit people inhabited the country, and their numbers were around only 700,000. However, in 1840, the population of New Dacia was estimated to be around 8.1 million, around 75% of them being Native Dacian, 24% being British/Irish, and 1% being Native American. But, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the NNR's population climbed to over 45 million by 1920, and by 1960 it had reached 88 million. The country in 1980 officially hit 100 million, and has reached 147 million by 2020.
Hispanic Dacian's celebrating their
Latin American culture in the streets
of Novo Bucharesta as new immigrants
arrive into the country.
The population boomed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries thanks to European immigration, first from Germany/Ireland and then later from Eastern and Southern Europe, predominantly from the Russian Empire and Italy. However, after the Great Depression and World War 2, European immigration ceased in large numbers, and the strict quota laws on Asian's and Latin American's were finally lifted by Constantine Lukas in the 1970s. This allowed Chinese immigration to the NNR to surge as the country suffered politically and economically under the harsh communist regime in China, and millions flocked into the NNR looking for a better life. In recent years, it has been mainly Hispanic immigration from Central America and Mexico, and the NNR is continuing to push Hispanics to come to the NNR for economical and religious reasons, as the NNR is over 80% Eastern Orthodox and almost 90% of Hispanic immigrants are also Christian and follow Catholicism, which is extremely similar to Eastern Orthodoxy.
The New North Republic is a top 5 nation in the world when it comes to gender income equality, as men make around $91,000 a year, while woman make slightly less at around $87,500 a year. They also rank top 10 in the world in the Gender Human Development Index, or the GHDI, as women have an HDI of 0.935 in the NNR, placing the NNR 6th in the world. The overall fertility rate of the NNR is around 3.12 per woman, which is slightly higher than most developed nations. This is because the NNR is pushing population growth and is giving financial and social benefits to families with over 3 children, and many benefits with families over 5 children, which makes high fertility rates prevalent.
The New North Republic also places 9th in the world in terms of the Human Development index, having a score of 0.935. This means the NNR is highly developed and puts a lot of effort and care into the overall well being of their citizens. In fact, the NNR has encouraged immigration from Mexico, and even signed a deal with the United States that instead of deporting citizens back to Mexico, they would be sent to the NNR and be given National Citizenship, which is a lesser form of citizenship that is required for Dacian Citizenship. The Hispanics from Mexico also see the NNR as more tolerant than the United States when it comes to immigrants thanks to their past Chinese immigration in the late 20th century. In addition, Hispanics also see the NNR as more linked to Mexico culturally thanks to both nations being largely Christian, and the Hispanics see access to worship their religion as more welcoming in The New North Republic than in Canada or the United States.
The New North Republic ranks top 10 or top 20 in almost all health, education, and analysis maps that show analytics that benefit nations. The New North Republic only has an unemployment rate of around 3.8%, and the majority of citizens are working class individuals. Less than 1% of the total population is in poverty, and the lower class makes an average salary of around $45,000 доллоров ($Dacian Dollars) per year, while the upper 1% of the Dacian population makes an average of $450,000 Долларов. However, the middle class, consisting of 92% of the total population, is one of the most well off middle classes of any developed country, with the average Dacian making around $95,000 per year, higher than the United States and most European countries by over $30,000.
The New North Republic has a variety of languages and linguistic groups within the nation. Around 95% of the nation is bilingual, with 90% of that population knowing English and Russian, which are both mandatory in Dacian schools. Romanian used to be the dominant language at the turn of the 20th century, however the prevalent use of English began to take hold in country. In 1910, Chancellor Brian Malak made English a mandatory language on all signs and buildings alongside Romanian. In addition, Russian immigrants took a harsh stance against the Romanian language, and it was boycotted by the immigrants and their children. As a result, only 50% of the population spoke Romanian by 1939, so it was downgraded from an official language to a national language. However, in 1975, Constantine Lukas finally put the nail in the coffin for Romanian, and it was removed from the status of a national language, and made a "historical language." Around 35% of the population is trilingual, with most Dacian's learning Mandarin Chinese or Spanish as a third language once they reach 7th grade. Most people speak both English and Russian because it is required in Dacian schooling, and English was promoted by the government and have both been official languages of the country since 1939.
commence during the Mid-Autumn
Festival in October of 2020 in
Novo Bucharesta.
With a large East Asian minority in the New North Republic, its no wonder that 25% of the population is able to understand Mandarin Chinese. This is because of large immigration of Chinese people to the NNR from 1970-1990, and Mandarin Chinese has been commonly taught as a third language and the main language of choice for children learning a language in school. The Chinese language is written in simplified characters, and Mandarin Chinese is almost identical to the one made in China, as the two countries signed the Chinese Language Initiative Treaty, or CLIT, which encourages the language's building across the world. The NNR officially switched to Simplified Chinese in 1981, as the Chinese immigrants, mostly from Mainland China, wanted a writing system that was less complicated then Traditional Chinese. As a result, the NNR switched to Simplified Characters in 1981 and alongside Singapore and China, are the only countries with Simplified Chinese as their official writing system. In addition, the NNR is one of four nations worldwide with Mandarin Chinese as an official language, alongside Singapore, Taiwan, and of course, China.
After Romanian began to fall out of use in the mid 20th century, it was quickly replaced by Russian, becoming the co-language alongside English within the NNR. Large-scale immigration from the Russian Empire and the early Soviet Union caused the use of the language to explode within the country, and Chancellor Henry Potter encouraged the use of the language throughout his time in office. The Russian language within the NNR is almost identical to the Russian used in the Russia. The hard and soft signs, which show hard and soft consonants, are still used, and the characters of Я (ya) and Ж (zh), are both used in Dacian Russian. The Cyrillic Alphabet is used as well in Dacian Russian, but some have called for its removal in the past, especially in the 1980s under Tyrone Phanius, but it continues to be used to this day.
The English Alphabet consists of 26 letters, and it is written in the standard Latin format. However, spelling and grammar in the NNR is a mix of both British and American English, as they spell the word center with the American format, but they call gas stations within the country, petrol stations. This makes the country very unique within the English language, but most of the time they are clumped into the American Standard of English. Dacian's have an English accent that is very similar to Canadian's, and even possess the famous sorry or sorey pronunciation. The NNR officially adopted English as a regional language of importance at independence in 1831, as Chancellor Constantine Kaas realized the significance of the language. Kaas also wished to maintain good relations with the British and Irish immigrants as well as their British colonizers. As the NNR developed throughout the 19th and 20th Centuries and as English became more commonly used throughout the world, English was made an official language in 1885, further connecting the NNR to the British Empire and a rising United States.
Historically, religion played a huge role in the New North Republic, and although it is not as prevalent as it once was, it still plays a large impact on the country. Around 85% of the NNR's population is Eastern Orthodox, making the NNR one of the most Orthodox nations in the entire world as of 2020. However, the country has enacted several secular policies, including allowing abortions in most cases in the 1983 NNR Abortion Act. The Dacian's became Christian in the 2nd Century A.D, and decided to switch to the Orthodox faith under the Byzantine Empire in the 9th Century A.D. The country is headed by the Patriarch of New Želňava, who is the head of the Dacian Orthodox Church, currently it is Patriarch John Raliknovo. The Country has around 125 million Orthodox members, making the NNR the largest country in the Eastern Orthodox realm, with about 30 million more than the Russian Federation.
Saint Andrew's Cathedral in New
Pandemonium is the largest cathedral
in all ofthe NNR. Constructed originally
in 1720 and rebuilt after a fire in 1885,
this cathedral shows the true glory of
Eastern Orthodoxy within Dacian culture.
Another 5% of the population adheres to a multitude of different religions, including Lutheranism, Calvinism, Mainline Protestant, Baptist, and even a small minority of Mormon's who came to New Dacia in the 1880s wishing to continue with their practices surrounding polygamy. There are also small minorities of Muslims and Hindus who live in harmony together within mainly Novo Bucharesta in Nou Columbia. These two religions are very different from one another, but these people were originally Pakistani and Indian immigrants who came to the NNR in the 1950s and decided to live together in harmony in one of the most crime-safe communities in the country.
Despite 95% of the country claiming to be Christian in some form, there is an estimated figure of about 20% of atheists. This is mainly among some of the more recent Chinese immigrants as well as some of the younger generations who are starting to distance themselves from their religious lives. Around 20% of the NNR adheres to Christianity as well as the Chinese philosophies of Confucianism and Taoism. Confucianism involves approaching life as you would with your family, respecting everyone and continuing to work together for the future. Taoism involves managing and finding a balance between both the light and dark sides of life, sometimes called the Yin and Yang philosophy. These two are mainly practiced by the Chinese community, but it has become very popular among the younger generations as a way to live their life instead of adhering to a religion.
A large majority at around 63% of the population is ethnically white and from European descent. Most immigrants arrived from the Russian Empire in the late 19th Century, The German Empire, or Southern and other Eastern European countries.
Another 22% of the population is Asian in descent, mainly of Chinese descent. Most Chinese immigrants have come since 1970s, when in 1967, the NNR officially recognized the People's Republic of China as a sovereign nation. In 1975, they opened diplomatic relations, established an unofficial friendship, and allowing millions of Chinese workers and immigrants to move into the New North Republic. Since then, over 10 million Chinese people have moved into the country, and they constitute a large minority within the population.
Around 5% of the population is of African descent, primarily brought over as slaves from the regions of Congo and Niger in the late 17th and 18th Centuries. The NNR officially stopped importing slaves quickly after independence, stopping importing of slaves in 1838, and officially outlawed slavery in 1855 under Chancellor Andre Balios, but African-Dacian's still faced heavy discrimination and segregation for the next four decades. In the 1870s, blacks demanded civil and liberty rights. In the 1901 Equal Racial Treatment Amendment, or the 34th Amendment, the NNR officially gave equal rights to all races within the country. Since then, African-Dacian's have been a small minority group, but they embraced Dacian culture and ways of American Blacks as well, mostly converting to the Dacian Orthodox Church throughout the 1900s.
Since the 1990s, the NNR has allowed waves of Hispanics to come to their country, and they form a small minority of around 8% of the population. Another 1% is Native American, almost all of the Native Americans living on the Northern Archipelago Native Reservation, or the NAN Reservation. Most are descended from the native Inuit peoples who inhabited the New North Republic for thousands of years before European Colonization of the region. They hold onto distinct cultural features and maintain large amounts of autonomy in the Northern Territories.
Rank | City | Metro area population | State |
1 | New St. Petersburg | 24,561,324 | Nord Vest |
2 | New Želňava | 18,554,067 | Provincia Federală |
3 | Blackwater | 12,101,331 | Sud Alsika |
4 | Novo Bucharesta | 11,804,385 | Nou Columbia |
5 | Madisonia | 8,567,050 | Alberta |
6 | Nowy Jerusalem | 6,423,103 | Noua Olanda |
7 | Fort Jackson | 6,001,589 | Nord Alsika |
8 | Athabasca | 5,239,413 | Alberta |
9 | MacFarlane's Ranch | 4,396,135 | Noua Olanda |
10 | Nova Roma | 3,956,013 | Sud Alsika |
The government of the New North Republic is very unique from every other republic, and it differs in a lot of ways. Unlike the United States, and most other democracies, the NNR only has one building where it conducts all of its law processing. First, laws are created in the the National Senate, consisting of 200 senators from all ten of the provinces. Each region, no matter what the population is, gets 20 senators within the National Senate. They all meet up after their long recess on March 1st, and they stay in session until September 1st, for 6 months out of the entire year. In the National Senate, this is where laws are created and proposed. If a bill gets at least 35 Senators, then it is brought up for a vote in the National Senate Voting Session, or NSVS, which occurs twice per week on Monday and on Wednesday. If the bill gets at least 100/200 Senators, then it is passed up to the High Senate for further ruling.
where all of the country's
legislature and decision
making occurs.
The High Senate is in office for the exact 6 months that the National Senate is in, and the big dome within the building is called the Senate Floor, where both the National Senate and High Senate meet. The National Senate votes on bills only once per week, which occurs only every on Fridays. The High Senate consists of 53 Senators, five from each of the ten provinces, and three from the Capital District of New Želňava. The High Senate decides whether or not to pass emergency laws, whether or not to increase spending for the budget, declare wars on foreign nations, and whether or not to pass laws that passed in the National Senate. If a bill gets 27/53 Senators to pass the bill, then it is officially passed up.
Once the bill is passed in both the National Senate and the High Senate, it is passed to the Grand Office of the Chancellor. The Chancellor can veto the bill, and send it back for 3/5 voting majority, or he can sign the bill and officially make it law. Chancellor Andrea Medvedeva has passed a total of 23 laws since 2015, 21 of which were passed in both the National and High Senates.
The executive branch is headed by Chancellor Medvedeva who has the power to veto and overrule bills for 3/5 voting majority in the High Senate. In order to run for Chancellor one must fulfill these four requirements: 1. Be a Dacian Citizen (Born or not born in NNR), 2. Speak fluent English and Russian, 3. Lived in the NNR for at least 20 years, and 4. Must be at least 25 years of age. Chancellors serve for five years, but they can get reelected for one more term, which at maximum, can be 10 years in office. Elections always take place the first Wednesday of February on every
year with a multiple of 5, and the newly elected Chancellor is always sworn in on the Second Sunday of May. The last rule, must be 25 years of age, was changed from previously being 40 years old to 25 years old in 1995.
The government spending each year is approximately $950 billion, which is around 17% of the New North Republic's GDP. The government officially is legally entitled to allocate at least 22.5% of that $950 billion towards education, which is why the NNR ranks third in education, only trailing Finland and Norway. They spend around 4% on International Aid, mainly to the DR Congo and Ethiopia, and it allocates around 2.5% towards national parks, such as the largest national park, Brook's National Parks in North Alsika. It spends another 3% of Transportation, and spends 15% of the budget on healthcare, making the NNR only second to Norway in terms of Universal Healthcare. Another 14% is towards welfare for families, and another 17% towards administration and governing the country.
The New North Republic has always been extremely friendly and open towards negotiation. The New North Republic has always looked to have great neighboring relations, which is why their longest alliance is with the United States, standing since 1845, when the NNR fought with America in the Mexican-American War. The NNR also assisted America in 1898 in the Spanish-American War, 1915 in WWI, 1940 in WW2, and of course as a loyal NATO ally throughout the Cold War. Since the Cold War, the New North Republic has formed close alliances with The sexy legged republic, The ranch high council, and The Democratic Unionist Cool Kids.
in 2020 remains the largest
tourist destination for Dacian citizens,
and they are the closest ally of the NNR.
These nations have helped the New North Republic rise into a truly global superpower, and they each compliment each other very nicely. The sexy legged republic especially has been the biggest tourist destination for Dacian's, and has been a close ally ever since World War I. After the Cold War, the NNR formed close relations with the other two nations, helping them gain independence from Texas and Italy respectively.
The New North Republic continues to be the World's peacekeeper of sorts, as they do not seek to dominate militarily, but rather diplomatically and through loose sets of alliances that they propped up. They continue to be great peacekeepers after the Cold War, and they continue to maintain close alliances and relations with the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Israel.
The New North Republic in the past had one of the largest military's in the entire world. Up until 2015, the NNR still had a nation wide conscription program, but Chancellor Andrea Medvedeva officially dissolved it, bringing an end to the mandatory conscription of the Grand Army of the New North Republic. The GANNR was at one point the fourth largest military on Earth by the end of the Cold War in 1991, only trailing the Soviet Union, United States, and China. Since 1991, Chancellors such as Tyrone Phanius and Alex Adas would demilitarize the NNR, dismantling parts of the army, but deciding to keep strong naval and air presence. Especially Chancellor Adas continued the naval tradition of the NNR, as the country would expand from 2 aircraft carriers in 2002, to 10 carriers by 2010.
The Grand Army of the New North Republic was originally created back in 1833, as New Dacia would create a Royal Dacian Army, or the RDA, which would be the main fighting force during the Dacian war of Independence. The RDA remained the main fighting force for New Dacia until 1895, when it was replaced by The Grand Army of New Dacia, or the GAND. This was the main fighting force in the Spanish-American War and World War I for New Dacia. Famous generals such as Alexander Wilson and Harold Constantia would both serve in The GAND, with Constantia leading the charge for New Dacia in the Spanish-American War, and Wilson being the main general for New Dacia in WWI. The GAND was eventually replaced by The Grand Army of the New North Republic, or GANNR in 1927, which continues to be the main army force for the NNR.
WA Peacekeepers are made
up of mainly Dacian's, and
the NNR supplies around
75% of the WA's
peacekeeping missions
across the world.
The NNR had a mandatory conscription period of 6 months for all 18-25 year old Dacian citizens. However, in 2013, Millennials started to protest against the conscription laws that were put in place almost 60 years ago by their grandparents. With this, in 2015, newly elected Chancellor Andrea Medvedeva officially dismantled the conscription requirements of the GANNR.
The Nuclear Department of the NNR would remain strong throughout the period. This department was created back in 1954, when the New North Republic became the third country to successfully test and develop nuclear weapons, the third behind the United States and the Soviet Union. The NDR in 1984 at the height of the Cold War, contained around 2,400 nuclear weapons, including 750 ready to fire at the Chancellor's command, 15 Castle Bravo Nukes, and 1,500 Highly Advanced Nuclear Weapons, or HAN. However, in 1995, Chancellor Tyrone Phanius officially signed into law that by 2005, the NNR could only have 500 nuclear weapons. By 2005, the NNR only had 117 nuclear weapons, with the left over plutonium and uranium being used in new high tech nuclear power plants, fueling a majority of the NNR's power. In 2020, the NNR officially has only 21 nuclear weapons.
Rank: 3rd
Currency: Долларов ($Dacian Dollar)
Fiscal Year: January 4th-December 22nd
GDP (nominal): $8.673 Trillion
GDP (nominal) per capita: $89,439.25
Labor Force: 141,765,171
Unemployment: 3.8%
The economy of the New North Republic is worth approximately $8.673 billion, and is extremely diverse. Approximately 20% of the economy is generated from software development for major computer enterprises such as Apple, Microsoft, and Android. Another 20% is produced off of Petroleum and Natural gas exports, and this employs around 10% of the nation's workers, and in the past made the country extremely profitable.
One of the biggest industries within the country has actually been the tourism industry, which has been booming ever since Chancellor Andrea Medvedeva took office in 2015. The country's tourism industry since 2000 has grown a whopping 250%, growing from 10 million per year to over 50 million visitors each year, making the NNR the second most visited country in all of North America, only behind the United States. The New North Republic has been regarded as one of the best software producing nations in the entire world, with their software industry being world famous and being the primary programming country for most major companies since 1985.
The NNR joined the North America Free Trade Association, or NAFTA, back in 2016, with Chancellor Andrea Medvedeva pushing the NNR to jump start the economy, and it has been extremely successful by the Chancellor so far. In 2015, the NNR's economy was worth around $4.1 Trillion, but in the past five years, the economy has jumped over $4 trillion to $8.673 trillion. This made the New North Republic the third highest economy by GDP in the entire world, only behind the United States and China. The New North Republic has also made large trade agreements with the European Union, worth over $1 trillion in the next five years, greatly benefiting both sides of the agreement. They have also signed billion dollar trade agreements with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, and Ethiopia. These countries will benefit the NNR with new resources, and the NNR will pump billions of dollars into their development sector, a great agreement for both sides.
Christmas mass taking place in St. Nicholas'
Church in Blackwater, one of the
largest Orthodox Holidays throughout the
entire Liturgical year, second only to Easter
in importance.
The culture of the New North Republic is thriving and has a lot of holidays and beliefs systems that are associated with the NNR. Independence Day for the NNR is celebrated on November 17th, and it is by far the biggest celebration of the year. The second biggest holiday in the NNR is Christmas, which is the most popular for shoppers and retailers. The NNR celebrates Christmas because they adopted it in when the Dacian's converted to Christianity in the 2nd Century A.D, and they converted to Eastern Orthodoxy under the Byzantine Empire in the 9th Century A.D, officially aligning themselves politically with Constantinople and later Moscow rather than Rome. Other major holidays within the country include Thanksgiving, Chancellor's Day, New Years Eve, and Halloween.
One surprising fact about the New North Republic is that they celebrate the 4th of July as an official holiday, and they celebrate it like they are true Americans. Over 55% of the Dacian population comes from European descent through Ellis Island, New York, so they honor their heritage through the 4th of July celebrations. It is seen as the Second Independence Day by the New North Republic, and it further bonds the link between the NNR and the United States. During Christmas, most Dacian's follow American-Style principles of Christmas, and most holidays are based off American standards, not European or traditional Dacian. Santa Claus is still the major figure of Christmas within the NNR, and many Christmas movies such as The Polar Express and A Christmas Story are extremely popular within the country around the holiday season.
Easter, Saint Feasts, and Christmas are by far the most celebrated holidays throughout the Orthodox Liturgical Year. The Dacian Orthodox Church also uses the Julian Calendar for dates concerning religious holidays, meaning Christmas is always on January 7th and Easter can be as many as 5 weeks away from Easter in the Catholic Church. However, most holidays that are non-religious, such as independence day, are of course on Gregorian Calendar dates, and the average person in the NNR uses the Gregorian Calendar like the rest of the world uses.
Since the 1870's, the New North Republic has celebrated a holiday called Неделя мира, which translates from Russian to English with: The Week of Peace. This 7-day long event that lasts from May 25th to June 1st, is a week where the people of the New North Republic get together in church everyday and celebrate the coming of summer. It is called the week of peace because it has historically always had low crime rates and murder rates during this week, and that still holds true to this day. During Неделя мира, it is traditional for families of relatives to fly out the week before, or during the week, so that they can all get together for Вечер лета, the Supper of Summer.
Due to a large minority of Asian Americans within the NNR, Chinese New Year and the Mid-Autumn Festival are extremely popular holidays within the NNR. The Chinese New Year is celebrated predominantly by Asian Americans within the country, and it is not celebrated in large numbers by native Dacians or other ethnicities. However, the Mid-Autumn Festival, taking place from mid-September or early October, is widely celebrated across the NNR. Mooncakes and Lantern gatherings along rivers and lakes are extremely popular and apart of Dacian tradition and culture within the country for decades. Mandarin Chinese is spoken across the country during this time, and the government promotes the use of Simplified Mandarin Chinese throughout the NNR during Chinese New Year and the Mid-Autumn Festival. The country lights up with large amounts of red, huge dragons, large mooncakes in homes, and large amounts of Mandarin speakers, truly a great time of year in the NNR.
The New North Republic has a thriving sports industry that includes the likes of football (soccer), basketball, baseball, tennis, ice hockey, and even cricket. Football (soccer), is by far the most popular sport in the New North Republic, with the New National Soccer League, or NNSL, making over $6 billion in revenue in each year. The best team in the league over the past five years has been the Athabasca Bass's, and in the previous 54 game regular season, they finished with a league best 43-9 record, and winning the National Championship over the Fort Jackson Hurricanes.
Famous Dacian skier Anna
Chernenko won the gold medal
in Slalom Skiing the 2014 Sochi
Olympics in Russia.
Basketball is the second most popular sport in the NNR, grossing in over $4.75 billion each year in revenue, and being by far the most popular sport in the younger generations of the NNR. The New North Republic is officially apart of the National Basketball Association, and currently has ten teams within the NBA. They added all ten teams in 2004, and since the popularity of basketball has grown exponentially. In fact, in 2014, the North Alsika Falcons took home the NBA Championship, and they have consistently been a 50 to 60 win team, finishing the 2019-2020 NBA season with a 54-28 record, the second best in the Western Conference. The most popular players in the NNR include Nic Jacobson, who is averaging 25.3 points and 8.6 assists a game for North Alsika, James Reynolds, who is averaging 24.3 points and 9.5 rebounds for New Želňava, and Brian Lucaba, who is averaging 31.4 points and 12.1 assists for New. St Petersburg.
In international competitions, such as the Olympics, the NNR has had a very successful program. The NNR has had a great deal of success in the Winter Olympics, especially in their world-class Slalom and Bobsled teams. The New North Republic also hosted the 1970 and 1998 Winter Olympics, the 1970 Olympics were held in Novo Bucharesta, and the 1998 Olympics were held in Blackwater. The NNR ultimately was the best country in both of these Olympics, and they are ranked as a top 5 Winter Olympic country in the Daily Article's ranking back in 2018. Since 1896, the NNR/New Dacia has competed in all Olympic Tournaments, winning a total of 321 Bronze medals, 291 Silver medals, and 337 Gold medals. This is a grand total of 949, third all time, trailing the United States and Soviet Union, but remaining 100 medals ahead of Germany/W. Germany and Great Britain. In the Summer Olympics, the NNR has been decent, but nothing incredible. Famous Dacian runners such as Josie Lukashenko and Byron Jenkins have been very successful throughout their careers in the Marathon and 400 meter sprint respectively. However, the NNR in the 2012 Olympics in London and the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro have struggled in many running and field events.
Historically, the NNR has been solid in the realm of Soccer (Football), but their performances since 2000 have been disappointing. There first ever year was in 1950, and they finished in 5th place overall. In the 1974 and 1978 World Cup's, the NNR reached the World Cup Semifinals against West Germany and Ghana, but lost in both games. Their best year at the World Cup came in 1994 in the United States, where the NNR reached the World Cup Finals with the star duo of Leo Zhang and Hank Yelich, defeating Germany for the World Cup. Since 2000, the NNR has failed to reach the playoff bracket in every year except 2018. This has forced the Dacian Soccer Program (DSP) to rethink their strategy and become competitive again, which they have done recently. In the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the NNR finished in the Quarterfinals, but lost to Germany, who took home the World Cup that year.
Women's basketball is another very popular sport within the New North Republic, and it is the most popular sport among young Dacian girls under 15. The NNR joined 4 teams into the WNBA in 2005, Fort Jackson, Blackwater, New St. Petersburg, and New Želňava. All of these teams were very bad and unable to make the WNBA Playoffs for over five years. It wasn't until Katie Smith of New St. Petersburg carried her team to the WNBA Western Conference Finals in four consecutive seasons. Smith, despite being Australian and not at all Dacian, became a permanent resident and citizen of the NNR in 2017, and is currently a 12x All Star, 10x All-WNBA, a three time WNBA MVP, and a four time WNBA Champion. Katie Smith in the 2020-2021 WNBA Season is averaging 25.1 points, 7.1 rebounds, 9.1 assists, 2.8 steals, and 1.5 blocks for New St. Petersburg.
playing for Australia, became the
most popular women's basketball player
in the world, and she led the New St.
Petersburg Hawks to a 60-22 record
and a WNBA Championship in 2020.
Baseball is the third most popular sport, and the New North Republic is in league with Canada for baseball. The NBL, National Baseball League, is the second most profitable baseball league in the world, grossing in $2 billion in the 2019 NBL season. There are 25 teams in the NBL, scattered across Canada and the New North Republic, and baseball is second only to basketball in terms of growth last year. The NBL plays a 120 game regular season, 42 fewer than the MLB, due to the extreme temperatures in October and November in some NNR cities such as Fort Jackson and Winslow, both located in Alsika. The playoffs have a 16 team format, just like the NBA, and our continuing to expand to this day. The Calgary Wildcats were added last year, making the league contain 25 teams. The best team in the league last year was the Nowy Jerusalem Bridgers, who finished the 120 game regular season with a 94-26 record, the best in their franchise's history. However, they would lose in the Trans League Conference Finals to the Blackwater Knights, who would win the National Cup.
The New North Republic with over 147 million Dacian's, has a lot of infrastructure in place in order to support the well off citizens of this thriving, northern nation. The New North Republic's cities each have beltways around them in order to support the thriving automobile industry within the country. However, the main mode of transportation between cities has been Electric Bullet Trains, which travel at a whopping 195 miles per hour! This makes the NNR Bullet Train System or BTS the second fastest bullet train system in the entire world, only trailing Japan by 20 miles per hour.
in New St. Petersburg, the busiest
train terminal in the world
as of 2020.
The Grand Terminal in New St. Petersburg serves over 41 million people yearly, and is even busier than Grand Central Station in New York City, making the Grand Terminal the busiest train terminal in the entire world. With this maglev train system, Dacian's can travel from Blackwater to Novo Bucharesta in just three hours, outstanding for the NNR's development. The automobile industry has played a huge part in the country as well, with the second largest highway system in the Western Hemisphere, only trailing the United States. The New North Republic was built off of these highways in the 20th Century, but adopted maglev trains under Chancellor Tyrone Phanius in the 1990's, developing the second-best train system in the entire world.
The New North Republic has a wide variety of energy sources and many different ways it chooses to use that energy. The NNR has vast oil reserves, and is predicted to have the largest untapped natural gas reserves in the entire world. Approximately 20% of the world's natural gas and 15% of the world's petroleum are found in the New North Republic which is equivalent to billions of barrels in petroleum and natural gas. Approximately 85% of all the natural gas, and 65% of all the petroleum in the country is exported across the world, with 50% going to the United States and Mexico, and another 20% going to China.
The Hay River Nuclear Plant, located
in Sud Vest, is the largest nuclear
power plant in the entire NNR, and
second only to the Fukashima Nuclear
Plant in Japan.
The New North Republic runs off a large amount of renewable energy sources found throughout the country. Around 20% of the nation's power comes from hydroelectric sources on many rivers, such as the Hay, Yukon, and McKenzie. The NNR also receives most of its energy from nuclear sources, primarily from disarmed and dismantled nuclear weapons from the NNR government as well as the United States Nuclear Program. This accounts for around 70% of power production in the nation, making the NNR only second to France in nuclear energy power generated. With all of this renewable energy, around 45% of the world's Tesla's are located in the New North Republic, and around 15% of the world's electric cars call the NNR home, with over 120 million E cars, 100 million of which are Tesla's.
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