Nation Name: The Grand Duchy of Adanir.
Nation Color: Black.
Nation Location: On the north-western coast of Corburn, with it's borders reaching towards the small desert of the continent.
National Flag: A flag divided into three vertical parts, with white in the middle and black on the outsides. Four black "bridges" cross over the white center and the emblem of the Arcenian Nobility is in the center of the right hand column.
[Reference image.]National Anthem: [Anthem.]Languages Spoken: Arcenian [96% - state language], Novain [67%], (placeholder) [17%], (placeholder) [13%].
Religious Inclination: Caritas Orthodox [82% - state religion], (placeholder) [12%], (placeholder) [8%].
Population: 81,770,900 at a density of 227/km
2 (583/mi
2).
Important Places: • Covăsânţ [Capital]
• Bucerdea Grânoasă [Major military city and location of Adanir Armed Forces Command]
• Moisei [Major trade port and economic hub]
Important People: • HM Queen Ernestina Bunting [Head of State as per Commonwealth agreement]
• HRH Grand Duke Virgil Adanir, AKC [Head of Government and Commander-in-Chief]
• HRH Grand Duchess Nora Adanir [royal family member]
• HH Prince Vasilica Adanir [heir presumptive]
• HH Princess Denisa Adanir [royal family member]
• HH Princess Marilena Adanir [royal family member]
• The Hon. Miron Dumitrescu MP [Minister for Foreign Affairs]
• Grand Marshal Dame Andra Ionescu, AKCA, AC [Chief of the Armed Forces]
Embassies: Pending.Allies and Enemies: Pending.Government Status: Absolute Monarchy.
In what may ultimately be considered a bastardized form of the Novan Commonwealth's government, there exists a parliament with a single chamber which functions much more like a modern royal court - with the nationalistic Grand Duke acting as both the speaker for the chamber and the final decision on any and all matters.
As of current, the major issue the country is facing is that of seceding from the Novan Commonwealth.
Representatives are elected and ministers are selected from said representatives by the nobility. The nobility reserve the right to remove any number of representatives from office at any time.
Approximately 82% of the nations citizens take one side or another in the debate, either in support of seceding in favor of recreating the former Empire which many citizens are so proud of, or in support of remaining by the Novan Commonwealth to stand by their proud roots.
Econonic Status: The country runs a government-regulated market with an array of legislation in place regarding which, such as anti-discrimination laws, labor laws, and taxation. The official currency is the Adanirian Dollar (AND) and generally fluctuates between 0.76 and 0.89 Yarn. The economy is solid but not thriving, with gradual improvement coming from government reforms and efforts to try and improve the economy. The current nominal GDP per capita sits at approximately 42,000 AAD, or 31,000 Yarn.
Social Status: In the country, it's a hard and fast rule that power is held by the wealthy and influential.
The ruling and upper classes of the nation are in the majority of cases afforded a great deal of luxury, even if it comes from their own back pocket - which is rarely short of money.
The middle and working classes live in conditions sufficient but defiantly lacking in a number of regards. Even with the zero-tolerance approach taken by law enforcement, crime is fairly common to compensate and sits somewhere in the gray between a means to an end and a means to gain in the eyes of the average middle-to-working class citizen.
Social services are developing using a model inspired by that of the Novan Commonwealth's social services, albiet with improvements as suggested by critics and politicians.
Education is passable by the modern standard, but nothing more. Having a higher education is mostly limited to the upper classes due to the cost and family influence required.
Military Status: The Adanirian Military, known as the Royal Adanirian Armed Forces, is coming to the cusp of a campaign to increase both in size and standard, running mostly parallel to efforts to boost the nations economy so that it may support such a force. The military is internationally significant and recent focused expansion to the military may be of concern to the international community.
Recruitment is by means of selective service. Active service members work full time as soldiers and are paid as such and reservists are required to train once a month plus exercises, and both are paid for their time. The military, for a hardy lower-class citizen, is an effective means to gain entry into the upper-classes, as military service both comes with an array of benefits and with cultural value.
The military sits somewhere between adequetly and well supplied and technological advancement generally sits around the modern standard. A number of designs are purchased from other nations for local production and generally with modifications, if not bought outright as complete units. The exception to this is with most Naval Technology, in which Adanir is a world leader.
The pride and joy of the Adanirian Military is its navy, which has been its focus for much of its lifetime. In most aspects, the Adanirian Navy and its ships are relatively superior to a number of international counterparts. Adanir is known to sell schematics and provide resources to close allies and when directed by the Queen, other members of the Commonwealth, but are mostly reluctant to share.
Military Structure: Under the ultimate command of the Grand Marshall as the Head of the Armed Forces, there is the Royal Adanirian Navy, Royal Adanirian Army, and Royal Adanirian Air Force in order of seniority, under the command of Admiral Nicușor Funar, General Toma Vasile, and Air Chief Marshal Mihăiță Lungu respectively. Each service is organized into a number of corps as required with each one generally carrying out a unique function, which is then organized downwards in bodies varying from service to service. Only the Army has reserves, and even then only in a select number of Corps - namely combat arms.
Military Deployment: Since the Corburn Plains War of 1972, the Adanirian Armed Forces has seen no major deployment. Deployment has been limited to officially limited to peacekeeping operations - a small collection of neighboring nations which the Duchy is at peace with have accused the Grand Duchy of conducting disruption operations but the Duchy has dismissed it as slander.
Total Manpower: Approximately 670,000 (536,000 active service members and 134,000 reservists.)
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