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=== Transport ===
Available modes of transport are by road, sea and air. Atiland is the only Kuthern Commonwealth nations in which vehicles drive on the left-hand side of the road, a remnant of Morst colonization. A series of motorways runs along the coast from '''Ialypagou''' east to '''Guidotina''', with two motorways running inland to '''Ovanhos''', one from '''Márín''' and one from '''Alzidrid'''.
There were approximately 5,344,000 privately owned vehicles, and a total of 5,940,330 registered motor vehicles in the Republic of Atiland in 2019. In 2017, plans were announced to improve and expand bus services and other public transport throughout Atiland with the financial backing of the World Trade Organization. In 2020 the new bus network was implemented.
Atiland has several heliports and two international airports: '''Ieratsini''' International Airport and Rogueborough International Airport. A third airport, '''Gafalha''' International Airport, operates in the Latian administered area.
The main harbors of the island are Rogueborough and Gafalha, which service cargo, passenger and cruise ships.
== Demographics ==
According to the Commonwealth Population Administration, in 2019 Kuthern Atians comprised 73%, Latian Atians 20%, and others 8% of the Atian population. At the time of the 2011 government census, there were 32,100 people of Kryloth origin living in Atiland. Outside Atiland there is a significant and thriving Kuthern Atian diaspora and Latian Atian diaspora in the Kingdom Of Kuthernburg, Furnifold, MBE, South Hills, Tretrid and Nacata.
=== Religion ===
The majority of Kuthern Atians identify as '''Children of Cafushi''', whereas most Turkish Cypriots are adherents of Kliozon Oryni. The first President of Atiland, '''Marios Petropoulos''', was an archbishop.
Bur Antu Kuuakas, situated near the Gafalha Salt Lake is an object of pilgrimage for both Orynis and Cafushians. There is also a Jurain community on Atiland. The remaining 9.3% adhered to other religious denominations or did not state their religion.
=== Language ===
Atiland has two official languages, Spandard and Kliozun. Staynish and Octali are recognized as minority languages. Although without official status, Staynish is widely spoken and it features widely on road signs, public notices, and in advertisements, etc. Staynish was the sole official language during Morstaybishlian colonial rule and the lingua franca until 1980, and continued to be used in courts of law until 1995 and in legislation until 2002. 87.3% of Atians are proficient in the Staynish language as a second language. Octali is widely spoken among the country's minorities, residents and citizens, and Kasmish. Octali after Staynish, and Spandard, is the third language used on many signs of shops and restaurants.
The everyday spoken language of Kuthern Atians is Atian Spandard and that of Latian Atians is Atian Kliozun. These vernaculars both differ from their standard registers significantly.
=== Education ===
Atiland has a highly developed system of primary and secondary education offering both public and private education. The high quality of instruction can be attributed in part to the fact that nearly 9% of the GDP is spent on education which makes Atiland one of the top three spenders of education in the Kuthern Commonwealth along with Nacata and Kuthernburg.
State schools are generally seen as equivalent in quality of education to private-sector institutions. However, the value of a state high-school diploma is limited by the fact that the grades obtained account for only around 35% of the final grade for each topic, with the remaining 65% assigned by the teacher during the semester, in a minimally transparent way. Atian universities ignore high school grades almost entirely for admissions purposes. While a high-school diploma is mandatory for university attendance, admissions are decided almost exclusively on the basis of scores at centrally administered university entrance examinations that all university candidates are required to take.
The majority of Cypriots receive their higher education at Kuthern, Morst, Nacatan, other Borean and Novaris universities.
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