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The '''Imperial Kingdom of Great Morstaybishlia''', commonly known as '''Great Morstaybishlia''' (officially '''MSB''', but often informally abbreviated to the '''MBE''') is a [[wikipedia:unitary state|unitary]] [[wikipedia:sovereign state|sovereign state]] and [[wikipedia:transcontinental country|transcontinental country]] in [[Aurora]] and southern [[Cereneria]]. Great Morstaybishlia includes [[Staynes]], [[Kaltariezh]], [[Valeria]] and [[Jusdelva]], as well as other islands. Great Morstaybishlia shares land borders with seven countries (from left to right); [[Axdel]], [[Qayam]], [[Drakaland]], [[North Ethalria]], [[Blueacia]], [[Tivot]] and [[Marislia]], and neighbours [[Dewnania]] in the [[Filari Sea]]. Jusdelva shares no land borders except on one island with the [[Free Pax States]] and a district of Tivot, whilst neighbouring the [[The Oan Isles|Kohatu Isles]] by sea. The [[Morstaybishlian Sea]] lies between the north coasts of Staynes and Kaltariezh and the south coast of Jusdelva. The [[Caven Sea]] sits north of Jusdelva, and the [[Azure Sea]] sits south of Valeria. The [[Packilvanian Ocean]] starts at the left coastline of [[Staynes]] and the north-westernmost island in Jusdelva.
Great Morstaybishlia is a [[wikipedia:Constitutional monarchy|constitutional monarchy]] with a two-House parliament system. The current monarch is [[Lambertus VII]], who has reigned since 1991 and the heir apparent is [[Princess Rosamund|Rosamund]]. The capital is [[Sani Bursil]], a [[wikipedia:global city|global city]] and [[wikipedia:financial centre|financial centre]] with an urban area population of 50 million in 2019, the largest in Aurora, largest in the [[United Nations of the Auroran Continent]] and largest in [[Urth]]. Other major urban areas in Great Morstaybishlia include [[Rouanezkador]], Kirdintayos, Lamburtupol, Valeron, Redrugus, [[Fort Jubrayn]], Imbazdu, Fort Vitaryn and Kasidura. The nearby [[Eskomia]] and [[Necraties Islands]] are not part of Great Morstaybishlia, being Crown dependencies with the government responsible for defence and international representation.
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Great Morstaybishlia has the world's largest economy by nominal gross domestic product (GDP), and the second-largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). It has a relatively high-income economy and a very high human development index rating, ranking 6th in the world. It was the world's first industrialised country and the world's foremost power during the 19th and early 20th centuries, competing in the Auroran Space Race and beating [[Ethalria (Grand Matriarchy)|Ethalria]] and [[Salovia]] by landing four men on [[Olune]] in 1968. The MBE remains a superpower, with considerable economic, cultural, military, scientific and political influence internationally. It is a recognised nuclear weapons state and is first in military expenditure in the world.
Great Morstaybishlia has been a member state of the [[United Nations of the Auroran Continent]] since its formation in 2017; the successor union to both the [http://nswiki.org/index.php?title=Auroran_Continental_Assembly| Auroran Continental Assembly], where the MBE was a member state, and the [http://nswiki.org/index.php?title=Auroran_Union| Auroran Union]. The MBE's council representative of the UNAC is [[Fischan Rhye]] who was appointed in December 2017. Great Morstaybishlia is also a member state of [[IRSA]], the [[Morstaybishlian Economic Sphere]] and Morstaybishlian Commonwealth, as well as Special Member of the [[NSTO|North Shield Treaty Organization]], a Permanent Invitee to the [[OFAC]], and has Observer Status in the [[Alliance of Northwest Gondwana]] and the [[League of Novaris]].
== Etymology and terminology ==
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