Nassland
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| Official | Nassian |
| Other | Riksmål, Low German, Finnish, Swedish, Russian |
| Major religions | Eerä (The Faith), Protestantism |
| Capital | Sëttikortu (swed. Vyborg, fin. Viipuri, russ. Selograd) |
| Important Cities | ... |
| Subdivisions | 39 counties (oppëkari) |
| Government type | Constitutional direct democracy |
| Head of state | Prime minister (Piru Rattaru) Sällömirü Tiitenissi Aromiroo |
| Head of government | Prime minister (Piru Rattaru) Sällömirü Tiitenissi Aromiroo |
| Area | 130 000 sq. miles |
| Population | 4,757,167 (2004) |
| Establishment | 1003 (kingdom), 1849 (state) |
| Currency | 1 sirtikä (S) = 3 köösetikää (X) = 60 pörönnikää (P) = 240 toolekää (D) |
| Neighbouring countries | (clockwise) Scandinavian Realm, Russian Federation |
| International organisations | Baltic League |
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Description
Nassland (NE) is land of rocks, lakes and forests (results in heavy turism). The nature in NE is still well kept, e.g. most widely spread animals are still elk, northern deer, bear, wild-boar, hare, squirrel, wolf; birds are wood-grouse, black-grouse, hazel-grouse, partridge.
Economically, NE is rich in mineral resources. More than 50 types of minerals are located in more than 400 deposits: iron ore, vanadium, molybdenum, lead, zinc, copper, titanium, diamonds, mica, construction materials (granite, marble, diabasis), graphite, clay, appatit-carbonate ore and asbest. Industry uses mostly local natural resources (forest, wood-processing, pulp and paper, ferrous metallurgy, construction materials industry, furniture, aluminum and textiles), and also imported raw materials (machinery making and non-ferrous metallurgy). Besides these, NE has also ship-building and repair yards. NE is also rich in resources of fresh water - 90 thousand cubic meters per citizen and year. Total resources of surface waters are 400 millions cubic meters. They are characterised by poor mineralisation and weak level of self-purification. Recently the water situation has been rather stable. For today the most important problem is purification of sewage waters from industry and communities. Power for industry is supplied by many short, rapid rivers.
Agriculture is generally hampered by cold climate and poor soil. The arable land occupies about 280 000 ha. Forested area is equal to about 60 % and water ca 30 % of the total area. Agriculture contributes to a considerable nutrient load, due to a high application rate of N/P fertilisers. Good agricultural conditions are only in the south, where wheat, rye, barley, oats, maize, potatoes, fodder grasses and vegetables are grown; dairy farming and livestock raising are also carried on.
A Short History
The Lake Land of Scandinavia was settled by Slavs during 2nd to 5th cc. First organised formations appeared ca in 8th century, it were four principalities. In 862, the principality of Novgorod turned hostile to other three and allied with Russians on South. The rest three principalities were further united in 1003 into Nassian Kingdom. That has created a tension between Finns on west and Slavs on south-east; Finns had allied themselves with Curs and in 1047 the kingdom split after defeat of Nassians.
The peak period of independent Nassian Kingdom was time between 1047 and 1532. Nassians withstood many attacks of Swedes (1240, 1280, 1348) and Russians/Novgorodians and started slowly to control the east Baltic area. The first written law apperared 1156. Nassina entered Hansa 1255 and became strong merchant state. Problems came in 1471, when tsar Ivan III. defeated unified armies of Novgorod and Nassland and NK was cut off Novgorod.
Successfull Swedish defeat of Nassland came in 1532. Then in 1550, the kingdom of Nassians was renewed as a protectorate of Sweden and was forced to leave Hansa. That lasted till 1809, when Nassian Kingdom gained again independence. During the Swedish protectorate, the country was developed well and the benevolence of Swedes in cultural matters resulted in continuation of individual Nassian culture. During the rule of Karl XII., when the Sweden was weakend by his adventures, Russia easilly defeated remaining forces in Nassland and occupied it 1713-1721. In the Peace of Nystad, Nassina lost some southern territories and Sweden everything on south Baltic shore. Nassina also became member of Baltic League 1721.
Co-incidentally, in 1808, new era started for Nassland. After deposition of Gustav IV. and during creation of Scandinavian Union, Russian tsar Alexander I. attacked Nassland. That time king Drovslav promptly contacted Napoleon and signed with him Treaty of Hospitality, focused primarily against Russia, but also against Scandinavia. After approval of re-casted version of this treaty (Scandinavian Peace Treaty) on Vienna Congress, Nassland became again independent.
During bourgeois revolution 1848, the kingdom was overthrown and republic was proclaimed. Neither Russia, nor Scandinavian Realm reacted immediately. New State of Nassians (Nasëku Eesemirü, NE) contacted Scandinavian Realm and after long negotiations, in 1849, Economical Association Treaty adapted relations between NE and SR. It took NE out of the Rigsfælleskab, but built an economical bond between them: sarstika is bound to Rigsdaler and Riksmål is the commerce language (NE is member of Scandinavian Economic Union); NE is not obliged by SR foreign policy, but is encouraged to consult all its steps on diplomatic scene; NE is not obliged by SR military policy.
NE escaped GW1 and after defeat of Bolshevik revolution, some of them fled to NE. During interbellum, Russia has created one of the first pro-SNOR satellites, Ladogian Republic, on the bones of crushed and occupied Ladogian Soviet Republic, just to provoke NE. GW2 was then national disaster. According to Lipov-von Korff Treaty, NE was in interest sphere of Russia, and was occupied after Ice War in 1940. The pro-SNOR regime (Slavic State of Nassland) was installed after merge of NE with Ladogian Republic, lead by Slavic Renessaince Party. In the middle of 1948, the uprise started supported quietly by SR and till end of 1948, almost all Nassian territory was under Nassian control. Congress in Visby approved independence of NE on Russia (without territory of former Ladogian Rep.). 1949, NE was restored under same regime and within the same extent as it was before Ice War.
After fiasco of current political system, the new system implementing direct democracy appeared in 1952. NE consolidated relation to its neighbours in Cooperation Treaty (1953) and also re-joined Baltic League (left 1940).
Constitution
In actual constitution, Novu Zakonu, administrative and legislative changes abolished status of representative democracy. Country was decentralised by division into election, court and police districts (oppëkari); the basic unit is community, then only state. Political parties were dissolved, 1/3 of parliament deputies are elected each 2 years, prime minister and ministers are elected by one-chamber Parliament (Ratta) of 101 deputies for 2 years (might be re-elected). Deputies are elected directly in twice two rounds. Each Parliament deputy is retractable by his electors /territorial principle, not secret ballot/, since decisions of Parliament are also not secret. The election campaigns are not conducted and the voting is compulsory, epistolary and includes so-called blank ballots. The prime minister is also the representative of the state on international scene; contemporary prime minister is Sälvömirü Tiitevänissi Aromiroo.
The Coat-of-arms
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Map of the NE
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External links
- Main page: < http://ark.wz.cz/conlangs/nashica.html >
- The state, history, etc.: < http://ark.wz.cz/ib/nasesk_vesemir.html >
- The language: < http://ark.wz.cz/conlangs/nasesk.html >
