Great Morstaybishlia: Difference between revisions

|established_event2 = Ascendancy of the United KingdomMorstaybishlia over the <br /> [[Kormistazm|Kormistazmic Empire]]

|established_event3 = Secession of the [[Norograd|Norogradian principality]] from the <br /> United KingdomMorstaybishlia

The term "MBE" is often used as synonym for Great Morstaybishlia. However, it is sometimes used as a loose synonym for Great Morstaybishlia as a whole. GM and MBE are the standard country codes for theGreat United KingdomMorstaybishlia and are consequently used by international organisations to refer to Great Morstaybishlia. Additionally, Great Morstaybishlia's Olympic team competes under the name "Great Morstaybishlia" or "Team MBE".

TheGreat United KingdomMorstaybishlia has an area of 5,940,250km² (or 2,293,542 square miles). The mainland part of theGreat United KingdomMorstaybishlia is made up of Staynes, Caltharus and South Staynes which are collectively referred to as Morstaybishlia. Justelvard is an archipelago located in the Caven Sea that forms the metropolitan part of the UnitedGreat KingdomMorstaybishlia along with Morstaybishlia. This article will refer to the metropolitan part of the UKMBE unless it specifically refers to one, some or all of its numerous overseas territories.

TheGreat United KingdomMorstaybishlia has a climate that varies. Most of Morstaybishlia is temperate, with plentiful rainfall all year round. The temperature varies with the seasons seldom dropping below −5 °C (23 °F) or rising to 42 °C (107.6 °F) in the north, and dropping below -15 °C (5 °F) or rising to 24 °C (75.2 °F) in the south. South Staynes often has prevailing winds which bears frequent spells of mild and wet weather from the Azure Sea, although the midland parts are mostly sheltered from this wind since the majority of the rain falls over the southern regions and therefore the midland regions are the driest. Packilvanian currents, warmed by the Oceanus Stream, bring mild winters; especially in the west where winters are dry. Summers are warmest in the north of Morstaybishlia, being closest to the tropics, and coolest in the south. Heavy snowfall can occur more southerly in winter and early spring on high ground, and occasionally settles to great depth away from the hills.

The politics of theGreat United KingdomMorstaybishlia take place in the framework of a federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy. The government is divided into two branches with checks and balances between them.

The Parliament of the UnitedGreat KingdomMorstaybishlia forms the legislative branch of the government. It makes laws and ratifies treaties. The upper house is the Senate which apportions seats equally to the four constituent countries of the UKMBE and gives fewer seats to overseas territories. The House of Representatives is the lower chamber, elected by every adult citizen with seats apportioned to political parties according to their proportion of votes.

The power to make and implement laws is divided between the federal, state and territorial governments. The national government handles matters such as defence, currency, trade and treaties. The states handle such matters as property rights, public health care, education, and land management. There are four states who are also referred to as constituent countries of the UKMBE: [[Staynes]], [[Caltharus]], [[South Staynes]] and [[Justelvard]]. The territorial governments are restricted to issues such as housing, water, power, sanitation and local roads. The national government has a large degree of control over their internal affairs.

''The Royal Armed Forces of the Empire'' (''RAFOTE''), also known as ''His Majesty's Armed Forces'' (''HM's Armed Forces''), ''Morstaybishlian Armed Forces'' and the ''UKMBE Armed Forces'' form the military of the UKMBE and its Oversea Territories. They are made up of three branches: the Navy, Army and Air Force. The forces are managed by the Ministry of Defence and controlled by the Defence Council, chaired by the Secretary of State for Defence; currently Mikhail Sankuda. The Commander-in-Chief is the Morstaybishlian monarch, to whom members of the forces swear an oath of allegiance. The Armed Forces are charged with protecting Great Morstaybishlia and its overseas territories, promoting Great Morstaybishlia's global security interests and supporting international peacekeeping efforts. They are active and regular participants in the UNAC Defence Force. Overseas garrisons and facilities are maintained in [[Packilvania]], [[Blueacia]], [[Kuthernburg]], [[Axdel]], [[Mexregiona]], [[Lokania]], [[Assowolf]], [[South Yor|Yor]], [[Nacata]] and [[Atiland]], as well as in Overseas Territories of [[New Calth]], [[Louzaria]], [[Joralesia]], the [[Inuit Isles]], [[Frorkstolm]], the [[Morstaybishlian West Pacific Territories]], [[Detention Island]], [[Rosamund Island]] and [[Neptentia Island]]. The Morstaybishlian armed forces played a key role in establishing the Morstaybishlian Empire as the dominant world power in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. By emerging victorious from conflicts, Morstaybishlia has often been able to decisively influence world events. Since the comedown of the Morstaybishlian Empire, Great Morstaybishlia has remained a major military power.

Great Morstaybishlia has a partially regulated market economy. Based on market exchange rates, Great Morstaybishlia is today the third-largest economy in the world and the largest in Aurora. HM Treasury, led by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, is responsible for developing and executing the government's public finance policy and economic policy. The [[Kirib]], which is the legal tender, originated in the UnitedGreat KingdomMorstaybishlia. Historically, the Kirib was issued by the Auroran Bank in Sani Bursil, Staynes, but is presently issued by the Auroran Bank in Tarov, [[Tivot]], printed by the Staynish Bank Note Company and minted by the Royal Staynish Mint. The Bank of Staynes is the UKMBE's central bank and continues to act as a [[Wikipedia:Central bank|central bank]] in other respects such as regulating the banking sector, acting as a lender to banks and managing the nation's gold reserves. TheGreat United KingdomMorstaybishlia has gold reservedreserves of 172 billion KRB.

TheGreat United KingdomMorstaybishlia follows a free market model. Intellectual and physical property rights are respected. Businesses operate freely. There are some regulations to protect small businesses and poor households. Collective bargaining is legal. Overtime and leave days are guaranteed. There are laws to protect consumers from scams, unsafe products and excessive prices. There are taxes on the wealthy. There are some welfare programs to support the poor.

The UnitedGreat KingdomMorstaybishlia has a GDP of 16.6 trillion KRB. TheGreat United KingdomMorstaybishlia has a GDP per capita of 35.2 thousand KRB. The unemployment rate is at 8.6%, with the unemployment in South Staynes being a major concern, at 21.2%. The inflation rate is at 2.1%. The growth rate is at 1.8%. the UKMBE remains the top destination in Aurora for foreign direct investment at 412,650 million. The total value of investments made by the UnitedGreat KingdomMorstaybishlia to other nations is 345,150 million KRB. The UKMBE government recorded a government debt equivalent to 94.05 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product in 2017. Poverty is defined as people who are in relative low income (less than 60 per cent of the national median average, or 18,060 KRB). The poverty rate is 14.07% (with poverty in South Staynes at 35%). The Gini coefficient is 0.36 points.

The agricultural industry makes up 3% of the economy. The biggest sectors are grain, meat and dairy. The manufacturing industry makes up 17% of the economy. The biggest sectors are transportation equipment, industrial machinery, petroleum and petroleum products, electrical machinery, office machines and data processing equipment, power-generating machinery, organic chemicals, precision instruments, and iron and steel. The mining industry makes up 4% of the economy. The biggest manufacturer of electronics in the world, [[Primrose Inc.]], originates from [[Fort Staynes]] in theGreat United KingdomMorstaybishlia. The services sector makes up 52% of the economy. The biggest sectors are creative industries, education, health and social work, financial and business services, hotels and restaurants, public administration and defence, transport, storage and communication, wholesale and retail trade, real estate and renting activities and tourism.

The UnitedGreat KingdomMorstaybishlia has the biggest financial sector in the world, [[Sani Bursil]]. The second largest bank in the world, [[LabiaTurtle Bank]], originates from the UnitedGreat KingdomMorstaybishlia.

There were about 274.16 million females in Great Morstaybishlia in 2020. The number of men was 205.4 million. At age 85 and older, there were almost twice as many women as men (6.1 million vs. 3.3 million). People under 21 years of age made up over 101.66 million of the UKMBE's population (27.2%), and people age 65 and over made up 69.53 million (14.5%). The national median age was 38.2 years in 2020.

The Census Bureau projects a UKMBE population of 500 million in 2025, a (?)% increase from (?) ((?) million).

Since the mid to late 19th century and the early 20th century substantial immigration from the Gordic Council and the Kuthern Commonwealth, the Caliphate, and Overseas Territories has been a legacy of ties forged by the Morstaybishlian Empire. Migration from UNAC (formerly ACA) member states in Western and Eastern Aurora since 2017 has resulted in growth in these population groups, although some of this migration has been temporary. Since the 2000s, there has been substantial diversification of the immigrant population, with migrants to the UKMBE coming from a much wider range of countries than previous waves, which tended to involve larger numbers of migrants coming from a relatively small number of countries.

Ethnic diversity varies significantly across Great Morstaybishlia. Just over 26% (11 million) of Sani Bursil's population and 25% of Aternum's was estimated to be non-white in 2017, whereas less than 5% of the populations of western-Caltharus, north South Staynes and central Staynes were from ethnic minorities, according to the 2017 census. In 2016, 28.8% of primary and 26.4% of secondary pupils at state schools in Staynes were members of an ethnic minority. The 1997 census was the first UKMBE census to have a question on ethnic group. In the 1997 UKMBE census 92.8% of people reported themselves as being White Morstaybishlian or White Other with 7.2% of people reporting themselves as coming from other minority groups.

Great Morstaybishlia's de facto official language is Staynish, Calth, Jubliakese and Old Staynic. It is estimated that 94% of the UKMBE's population are multilingual Staynish and Calth speakers, with 20% being able to speak Old Staynic and 15% being able to speak Jubliakese. 6% of the population are estimated to speak languages brought to the UKMBE as a result of relatively recent immigration. Yasterian languages, including [[Packilvania|Packilvanian]], Wachovian, Codexian and Asendavian, are the largest grouping and are spoken by 2.5% of the UKMBE population. According to the 2017 census, [[wikipedia:Italian language|Axdan]] has become the largest non-Morstaybishlian-Auroran language spoken in Morstaybishlia and has 1.5 million speakers.

A government commission's report in 2014 found that privately educated people comprise 8% of the general population of the UKMBE but much larger percentages of the top professions, the most extreme case quoted being 70% of senior judges.

Healthcare in Great Morstaybishlia is a devolved matter and each country has its own system of private and publicly funded health care, together with alternative, holistic and complementary treatments. Public healthcare is provided to all UKMBE permanent residents and is mostly free at the point of need, being paid for from general taxation. The UNAC, in 2019, ranked the provision of healthcare in Great Morstaybishlia as best in Aurora and fourth in the world. Since 1975 expenditure on healthcare has been increased significantly to bring it closer to the highest world standards. The UKMBE spends around 7 per cent of its gross domestic product on healthcare, which is about one and a half percentage points lower than the average of the United Nations of the Auroran Continent.

Regulatory bodies are organised on a UKMBE-wide basis such as the General Medical Council, the Nursing and Midwifery Council and non-governmental-based, such as the Royal Colleges. However, political and operational responsibility for healthcare lies with four national executives; healthcare in Staynes and Caltharus is the responsibility of the Morstaybishlian Government; healthcare in South Staynes is the responsibility of the South Staynish Assembly, and healthcare in Justelvard is the responsibility of the Justelvardic Assembly.