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{{Infobox country|demonym=Ibomian|government_type=Unitary matriarchy, theocracy and parliamentary democracy under constitutional monarchy|GDP_PPP_year=2021|GDP_PPP=$ 2.052 trillion|GDP_nominal_per_capita=$18,000|GDP_nominal=$1.026 trillion|population_census=57 million|lower_house=Representative Council|upper_house=Legislative Council|legislature=National Assembly|leader_name2=Rufaro va Asanda|leader_title2=Grand Vizier|leader_name1=Rutendo III|leader_title1=Queen|religion={{unbulleted list|78% [[Akronism]]}}|area_km2=308734|ethnic_groups={{unbulleted list|98% Ibomian golden elves}}|official_languages=Ibomian|largest_city=capital|capital=Komodu|royal_anthem=''Mutenda marethu m'Chikidzi'' (Our mighty Queen)|national_anthem=''Mama mthe Iboma'' (Dear Mother Iboma)|national_motto=''"Mvura, hinna"'' ("May the rain fall")|native_name=''Lutendane la'Iboma''|common_name=Iboma|conventional_long_name=Queendom of Iboma|HDI_year=2021|HDI=0.834|today=|area_rank=|cctld=.ib|drives_on=right|date_format=DD/MM/YYYY|time_zone=Ibomian Standard Time (UTC -9)|currency=Ibomian rawa|currency_code=IRW|population_density_km2=184.62|GDP_PPP_per_capita=$36,000|image_coat=Coat of arms of Iboma.png|image_flag=Flag of Iboma.png|image_map=Map of Ibomba.png|map_caption=Political map of Iboma|image_map2=Location of Iboma.png|map_caption2=Location of Iboma}}▼
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▲{{Infobox country|demonym=Ibomian|government_type=Unitary matriarchy, theocracy and parliamentary democracy under constitutional monarchy|GDP_PPP_year=2021|GDP_PPP=$ 2.052 trillion|GDP_nominal_per_capita=$18,000|GDP_nominal=$1.026 trillion|population_census=
The '''Queendom of Iboma''' ([[Ibomian]]: ''Lutendane la'Iboma'') or simply Iboma is an independent island nation off the coast of southwest [[Novaris]]. Clockwise, starting from the west, it is surrounded by [[Lapinumbia]], [[Tretrid]], [[Dvalheim]], [[Tiervan]] and Dvergerland. Spanning slightly over 300,000 square kilometres (slightly over 119,000 square miles), it consists of 5 islands, the largest, by far, is Ibomanengwa. Highly biologically diverse and volcanically active, it has stunning scenery and attracts substantial foreign tourism.
Elvine habitation spans thousands of years, with evidence of stone and bone tools used for fishing, hunting and gathering suggesting that ancient elves originated 20,000 years ago. First nomadic, occasionally living in caves (as known by cave markings), they adapted to the temperate climate and the presence of good soil spurred the first signs of Agriculture about 10,000 years ago. Iron age civilizations emerged about 4,000 years ago, followed by bronze age civilizations 1,800 years ago. The industrial age followed in the early 20th century, with Iboma now having a population of 57 million people.
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== Geography ==
{{Main|Geography of Iboma}}
{{Further|Biodiversity of Iboma}}
Iboma is a middle-sized island nation surrounded by Tretrid and Lapinumbia to the west across the Tretridian Sea, the Veridian Union to the north-west, Dvalheim to the northeast, Tiervan to the east, Dvergaland to the southeast, and Bersaleria to the south. The nation spans an area of 308,734km² (about 119,203 square miles), with water comprising 3% of surface area and an exclusive economic zone of 120,500km².
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== Politics ==
{{Main|Politics of Iboma}}
[[File:Queen Rutendo III of Iboma in Royal Regalia.
The politics of Iboma take place in the framework of a multiparty liberal representative democracy under an elected constitutional monarchy whereby the Queen of Iboma (''muTendo mw'Iboma'') is the head of state, nominal chief executive and commander in chief of the armed forces. The Queen makes laws together with the bicameral National Assembly (composed of the Council of Peers and the Council of the People) and most of the daily running of the country is delegated by convention and statute to the Council of Ministers with the chair, the Chancellor (''muKanziliri''), being the ''de facto'' head of government as the leader of the largest party of the National Assembly. The judicial functions of the Crown have been fully delegated to the judiciary, at the head of which is the Supreme Chamber of Justice.
When the Queen's reign ends due to death, abdication or declaration of permanent incapacity by the Council of State, the Council of State holds the Crown and exercises most royal prerogatives. It appoints a Regent to rule the country and summons the Council of Electors to choose a new Queen. Once a new Queen is named, she must take an Oath to uphold the laws of the land and status of the [[Akronist Church of Iboma]] and rule according to the tenents of [[Akronism]]. By convention a member of the House of Mujaji, usually the eldest daughter or closest female relative of the preceding Queen. She is then invested with the symbols of monarchical and spiritual officials and subsequently becomes the Queen.
She can then dissolve and reconstitute the Council of State as she sees fit. The Queen can remove Electors and appoint new ones from among the nobility and clergy of Iboma. Currently, the Council of Electors consists of the heads of the Houses of Nandi, Makeda, Asantwa, Ndzinga, Zwaditu and Mujaji who all hold the rank of Duchess and the top 5 ranked clerics of the Akronist Church of Iboma of which the Queen is the Supreme Guardian. In the early days of Iboma as a unified country, the Queenship rotated among the major houses, but with the ascension of Queen Mujaji II of the House of Mujaji as the head of the family that formerly ruled and maintained aristocratic titles with respect to the capital and largest city Komodu, the Queens have all come from the House of Mujaji since 1721 making Iboma a ''de facto'' matrilineal primogeniture and proximity of blood hereditary system.
The reigning Queen is Queen Rutendo III, of the House of Mujaji who ascended at the age of 64 in 1998 and is the eldest daughter of the preceding Queen Makadzi II who passed away at the age of 101 and her heir presumptive is her eldest daughter Princess Liyana, the Duchess of Nkurunza and her consort is Lady Mutunde, Countess of Ntshimirara.The Queen can appoint and dismiss members of the Council of Elders as she sees fit, however she can only appoint as the Chancellor the leader of the largest party in the Council of the People on whose advise she appointed the members of the Executive Committee of the Council of Elders, commonly known as the Council of Ministers whose members have been delegated authority over the daily running of the country and collective decision-making and responsibility over most executive functions of government. Each member is known as a State Councillor and heads a national executive department known as the State Office of which the most powerful are the State Offices of Justice and Police, Finance and Economics, Defence, Homeland Security and Home Affairs.
The incumbent Chancellor and Head of Her Majesty's Government is Rufaro ng'Asanda, the President of the Iboma National Congress (INC, ''lwuKhongolose lwaMhumolwohe lw'Iboma''), the largest party in the Council of the People. Isabela ng'Fumanda is the Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition as the Federal Leader of the Iboma Democratic Alliance (IDA, ''lwuZambararohe lwuDemokratiki lw'Iboma''), second largest party in the Council of the People. The INC, is a centre left organisation that has run the country for a period of 50 years while the IDA has run the country for 40 years and is a centre right party. The other major party is the People's Freedom Front (''lwuFronti lwalwuYumbura lwaBhantfu'') which has run the country in as a leading coalition member for a total of 15 years and is led by the Central Command Leader Mhumiya ng'Shambari. There are many other parties that comprise the Council of the People but due to the first-past-the-post system of single member constituencies where district boundaries are drawn by the Electoral Committee of the Council of the People which heavily weights the two or three biggest parties, districts hardly change the main party.
When a vacancy arises in the Supreme Chamber of Justice of Iboma (''lwuZiko lwiNtshunengete lwalwuDjumburisha lw'Iboma''), including for the position of the Chief Justice of Iboma, currently Nushamba nga Sumaya, the Chancellor can receive nominations from the Judicial Committee of the Council of the People and advise the Queen on which of the nominations to appoint. Supreme Chamber is the last body to which judicial decisions can be appealed and it only listens to appeals. Beneath lies the High Chamber of Justice which both listens to appeals and deals with issues beyond the jurisdiction of lesser judicial bodies and consists of divisions distributed throughout the country. Justice is dispensed in Queen's name by judges who ascend to their positions by meritocratic appointment.
== Military ==
{{Main|Ibomian Armed Forces}}
The Ibomian Armed Forces (''zwiMbutfo zwamwuTendo mw'Iboma'' or informally ''zwiMbutfo zwamwuTendo'', directly: the Forces of the Queen of Iboma) comprise the military of Iboma. They are responsible primarily for protecting the country from foreign military aggression. Their secondary roles include protecting national key points from violent aggression, humanitarian aid, search and rescue, disaster relief and emergency response, border security, and law enforcement support. The Queen is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. This is a symbolic position because the Queen is required to follow the advice of the Chancellor regarding military matters including the declaration of war and making of peace. Thus, the civilian military control is exercised by the Chancellor and by extension the Council of Ministers and the State Councillor of Defence. The highest professional commander is General Shwimbara nga Hundini.
The Ibomian Armed Forces consist of the Royal Navy (''zwiMbutfo zwalwuNyondjera zwamwuTendo'', the Queen's Maritime Forces), Royal Air Force (''zwiMbutfo zwalwuHandwimba zwamwuTendo'', the Queen's Air Forces) and the Queen's Army (''zwiMbutfo zwalwuShintsa zwamwuTendo'', the Queen's Ground Forces).
The military has an annual budget of 51.3 billion SHD (5% of annual GDP and about 15% of the national budget). It has a total force strength of 2.1 million, about 1.6 million of whom are conscripted reservists, with 500,000 comprising the full-force. Men have only been allowed to serve since the 1990s and today only comprise less than 25% of the force. The nation imports military hardware largely from Novarian countries but also has a domestic arms manufacturing sector dominated by the state-owned Ibomian Arms Corporation.
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The economy of Iboma takes place in the framework of a mixed Socialist-free market economic model characterized by state regulation and control of key sectors alongside private property rights and free enterprise. As an upper-middle-income newly industrialized emerging economy, it has a GDP of 1.026 trillion SHD and a GDP per capita of 18,000 SHD.
Experiencing growth rates of
With the national currency, the Ibomian rawa (IRW) worth 58 IRW for 1 SHD, has a highly stable inflation rate managed by the Ibomian Reserve Bank. Unemployment remains incredibly low, but figures are obscured by high rates of seasonal agricultural labour and high rates of males who stopped looking for work due to domestic responsibilities. Due to the high purchasing power of the Ibomian currency and low cost of goods, people enjoy lifestyles comparable to those in matured industrialised nations.
== Demographics ==
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The annual population growth rate is around 2%. The average birth rate is 2.7 births per female. Infant mortality sits at 0.3 per 1000 births. The average life expectancy is 140 years. About 34% of the population is considered children, 58% is considered working-age adults and 8% consists of retirees. 98% of the population is literate, 95% completed formal education, 84% completed secondary education, 37% completed tertiary education.
98% of people have access to clean running water, 94% have access to a chemical or flush toilet, 88% have access to indoor plumbing and 85% have access to hot piped water. Although extreme or absolute poverty is non-existent, about 4% of the population live below the national poverty line of 300 SHD per month. Social programs such as government feeding schemes, public housing, food subsidies, and income grants alleviate the struggles of the poorest groups. [[Ibomian]] is the most widely spoken language with about 99.7% of the population able to speak it. About 67% have proficiency in a second-language especially Codexian, Tieresh, Tretridian and Norgsveldtian.
== Culture ==
=== Cuisine ===
Since both the laws of Iboma and the Akronist religion forbid the consumption of meat, people have been forced to develop creative approaches to cuisine. Coupled with the highly fertile soil and optinal weather conditions for growing crops, a highly diverse plant-based diet emerged. Thus, Iboma is a entirely vegan and vegetarian. Dairy and eggs, despite being animal-based are legal, yet because of the low domestic production and high import duties, they are considered luxury goods. Ibomian famous beverages include highly refined grape wine, palm wine, coconut milk, fermented grain alcohol, and fruit juice beverages. With a highly diverse variety of high-starch foods such as grains, gourds and tubers like sorghum, butternut, and yams respectively, the country enjoys a highly balanced and diverse diet. Coupled with legumes, beans, and peanuts, people are able to meet their protein needs. As a major producer of herbs and spices such as thyme, parsley, rosemary and many more, Ibomian food is highly flavourful and aromatic. Sugary treats and deserts are limited to dried fruits and corn-sugar-sweetened roasted nuts, warm light grain-based puddings and gelatinous treats.
=== Literature ===
The country has a very rich literary history that while spanning a broad range of art-forms, has prominently featured the long-form prose and poetry anthologies. As the earliest form of writing was in the form of painted murals and embroidered tapestries, the focus of writing was to convey simple but impactful lines. Thus, the 6-5-6 Syllabic Poem, the 5-count Rhythmic Poetry Form and many others emerged. With the rise of the printing press, long form prose emerged and poetic anthologies arose. Some of the earliest commercial novelists include Machiporo Nga Yambawuri, whose satire of misandrism was critically acclaimed, while Opano Nga Ndimiri was praised for the critical examination of the self. These two are among a litany of writers who include male poet, Dibira Nga Jezenge, who brought the role of the feminine male protagonist into the mainstream and whose passionate portrayal of gay love shook the Akronist establishment. The availability of printed books and the proliferation of tokenised digital literary works have resulted in high reading rates and book sales in the country relative to its income level.
=== Visual arts and fashion ===
As mentioned before, tapestry and Wall murals have been the mainstays of Ibomian art but sculpture and fashion have also grown. The proliferation of tapestry and embroidery eclipsed wall murals because the demand for domestic and personal decorative art grew substantially in the late 20th and early 19th centuries. Thus, fashion has also grown and cultivated a robust domestic and international following. With Iboma being famed for brightly coloured clothing with lots of metallic especially gold beads, bracelets and necklaces, Ibomian fashion has been a means of expression in a highly regulated and emotionally disconnected country. Isildora Nga Nojuguru was famed for her abstract geometric themes while Tsikinga Nga Vanda was a proponent of ultra-realism and brought sculpture into the social mainstay.
=== Performing arts and music ===
The performing arts are dear to Ibomians because they allow a level of self-expression that the society does not readily provide. The advent of the modern recording system and the growth of computer, led to the emergence of electronic dance music which has come to dominate the Ibomian music scene. Of note is the unique style of tribal house, Chinga and Masambo that has emerged from EDM. Traditional choral music emerged from the Akronist monestaries and is the hallmark of Ibomian classical music. Unlike the other Novaran music, there was a lack of instruments that led to the dominant role that harmony and rhythm played as opposed to melody in Classical Ibomian music.
==Society==
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Ibomian society is matriarchal i.e. dominated by women. This manifests in its political system where most political leaders are women and in economic life where women earn, on average, higher wages than men and occupy most senior corporate roles. Stemming in part from the physically larger character of women, Akronism built the idea of male impurity and aggression into the social fabric and femaleness as its counterbalance. Nevertheless, this society eschews many of the social values and norms displayed by other societies.
In intimate relationships, Ibomians are polyamorous with four types of legal and social relationships exist that are often filled by different people, with women playing a dominant role in each. Child-raising relationships are geared towards assisting one another in raising and providing for a child. Sexual relationships are purely for mutual physical intimacy and pleasure. Birthing relationships, whereby a mate is chosen on the basis of phylogenetic traits to optimize the characteristics of the child. Living partnerships consist of people sharing resources and space – this is usually the most emotionally intimate relationship.
Ibomian society exhibits three key social values: excellence, integrity and freedom. This society values hard work, studious attention to detail and outstanding quality, unfortunately to the exhaustion and social stigma of some. It also values being honest, disciplined and true to one’s self. Above all else, it values freedom and encourages people to express their personalities. Coupled with the fluidity in sexual practices and gender norms, the majority of the population is not exclusively attracted to a single gender and people often form emotionally and physically intimate relationships with several partners. Social interactions call for respecting complex social hierarchies, kindness and courtesy, but may seem distance as people do not like small talk or talking with strangers.
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