General data for Nyeland and its capital Verdensby
Historical certainties
It is said that Nyeland was created at the year 0.
At least that’s what everybody believes.
That’s around 350 years from the present day.
Verdensby is the central region of Nyeland, or else, as the rest of the world understands it, the capital city.
As the first grade geography book says:
Despite some rarely expressed uncertainty about Nyeland’s whereabouts, it is widely believed that it is located somewhere between Norway and Denmark.
No Nyelander has ever been to either, nevertheless, these are our neighbours, without any doubt.
Nyelanders’ consider their country as a place to celebrate social peace, ecological living and sustainability.
Verdensby is the central region of the country, or else the capital city. With a population of 420,000 ( year 285 ), it is expanding around the Dyphavet fjord , consisting of several peripheries.
Data Table
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Name
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Nyeland
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Capital ( and largest city)
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Verdensby
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Official language
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English
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Ethnic groups
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Mixed
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Government
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Federal State
Corporatism / Demarchy |
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Legislature
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Vedtak Huse ( Decision office )
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Modern Statehood
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March 25th 0: Union of Nyeland announced
March 1st 32: Sjø unison ( Unison of the Sea ) announced |
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Area
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16 square somethings
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Population
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525,000
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Currency
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Mynten ( μ )
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Drives on the
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Right
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ISO 3166 code
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ND
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Internet TLD
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.nd
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Calling code
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+422
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Language of Nyeland
Nyelanders’ say they don’t speak any specific language.
In reality, nearly all speak English. “At least the menus, around the buttons” as everybody says, without really knowing what that means. They just laugh a bit after that and chuckle some more. Then they have a beer at the local pub, spending some of their hard earnt Myntens, without thinking more about it.
Astonishingly, for no profound reason, they understand Norwegian, while around 5% of the population know Ancient Greek, 2% Runic, while some people claim to be able to speak the “language of the llama”.
Taxation at Nyeland
Taxes do exist in Nyeland, in a balanced manner. Everybody is taxed under a certain rate.
Many people say that in old times, "before these Rocks were formed", an annual ceremony called “Weakness Pays”, was taking place on the Summer Solstice day. Magically money appeared from the sky, into the city treasuries.
Nyelanders’ and especially Verdensby residents consider this a very humiliating practice.
Today, everybody is paying taxes, tolls, all money needed to keep Nyeland and Verdensby running. No cheat is allowed in Nyeland, except a national policy called "zoneria" that hides undeveloped zones from the visitor's eyes.
Education
Nyeland has a full educational system, from elementary schools to universities. Libraries also support education for older citizens.
International relations
Nyeland has no international relations. “International” is a meaningless word. Even if the libraries are full of stories for heroic kingdoms and far civilizations, which by the way scholars have tremendous appreciation for, it is a certain truth that Nyeland is floating somewhere, just like that. 16 squares in the middle of nothing. At least that’s what Nyelander’s believe.
A common saying is: "Who do we need when we have our 16 nice squares?"
The outer world
A progressive scientific programme, called “The Floating Llama Search” is attempting to see what’s out there, beyond the 16 squares.
First results are of extremely unexpected nature.
Scientists at Verdensby were able to receive radio transmissions which are suspected to be of other distant civilizations. More specifically, the first radio signal that was decrypted was a letter sequence:
HararSculmanatorCorsicaYan077ShutoEmpireTowerDudeWorldIlikeHot
DogALotUKVercelliAmerikanerBerlinKelistmacTrivordamDamastiusCastiana
IonIonIonTenements&RustTekindusTHyperboreaAverlivs
Scientists, after many years of research, are sure that these may be names of other glorious civilizations and their ancestors, somewhere out there.
After decrypting the message, they have announced the letter sequence is a list with each new word starting with a capital letter.So, list is:
Harar by Sculmanator
Corsica from Yan
077 from Shuto
Empire from Tower
Dude from World
I from Like
Hot from Dog
A from Lot
UK from Vercelli
Amerikaner from Berlin
Kelistmac from Trivordam
Damastius from Castiana
Ion ( 1 ) from Ion
Ion ( 2 ) from Tenement & Rust
Tekindus from T
Hyperborea from Avrelivs
Heavy criticism on this decryption has been raised by some scientists some days later.
More specifically, a “Floating Llama Search” scientist, called Nick, at a not at all Nyelandic style, could be heard screaming:
“How can a country's name be 'Dude'?
Other scientists were heard responding:
"This is it. You have to believe it. There is no way the list is wrong. It is like saying our world is not
consisted by 16 nice squares with something really nice on each”.
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