Statisland

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The Federal Socialist Democratic Republic of Statisland
Motto: "Simul habemus omnia" Together, we have everything
Anthem: "Nineteen Eighty-Four"
Capital	Middleborough
Largest	Middleborough (pop. 500,000)
Recognised national languages	Codexian, Staynish
Recognised regional languages	Vistarian, Blueacian, Ethalrian
Ethnic groups	Human
Demonym(s)	Statistian
Government
•	The Main Consortium
Legislature	Consortia
Establishment
• Formation	1984
Population
• 2020 estimate	10,000,000
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	Ʉ 14,610,000,000
• Per capita	Ʉ 1,461
Currency	Ʉ (Uurwerk) (SLU)
Time zone	UTC-2
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+53
Internet TLD	.stl

Brief History.

The current Statisland is a fairly new nation. Despite having no ancient history, dating back for ages, one can say that its "history" is very special nonetheless. Its history started about 5 to 6 decades ago.

Statisland is a former province of Alva, located west of the metropolitan city of Urgabom in West Yasteria. Though Alva's population consisted mostly of elves, Statisland was a province that was mainly inhabited by humans. During the Great Frustration that started around 1974, the number of elves in Statisland diminished even further, as many of them moved to Alva to join their respective clans. It is also said that many were extracted from Statisland by Alvan secret forces, but apart from a few exceptions no evidence for that claim is found.

The people of Statisland, witnessing the evil and corruption of power and unevenly divided wealth in Alva and other nations in the region, became more and more attracted to the idea of forming a community based on peace and equality. At first, meetings were held in secret. All over the country, local debates were organised and mailing groups were established. After a while, local newspapers started reporting on the issues. People became more voiced and more and more people started chipping in. The idea grew and spread across the country. By the end of the seventies, there was a movement that appeared unstoppable by the regime at that time. After increasingly frequent international media coverage, like minded people came to Statisland to join the movement. At the same time, many people looking for power and excessive wealth left the country as it became clear they would not get the future they wanted for themselves. This included people from the regimes at that time. Statisland decided to build a society, for all Statistians and not just for the wealthy or powerful few. They wanted to build a society where possession or inheritance could not lead to classes or castes and where power would be spread evenly.

In 1984, a symposium was being held. During this event, a new constitution was drafted. The former regime, or what was left of it, transferred power to the people of Statisland. Statistians saw, all over Urth and during the entire history, that money (possession) and power are corruptive. But they established that every individual was born equal and that they are to be treated as such. Wealth and power would be distributed evenly over Statistians. The government would be formed by consortia, being groups of people that would be formed on a case by case basis. As some government would be necessary indefinitely, The Main Consortium was established, where people were voted in for a term of one year. Decisions by all consortia could always be overturned by the population. The one year term would ensure that policy-makers would be less corruptible. They can be re-elected after two years though. For describing their government type, terms like "fair communism" and "real communism" were dropped, as communism might still lead to the idea of a everything belonging to an institution (i.e. the state) instead of to the people. Also the term "people's republic" was coined and dropped, due to the fact that some known people's republics were perceived as in fact very oppressive and corrupted.

Since Middleborough is the largest city and because it lies very central in the country, it became the place where The Main Consortium most frequently came together. For these reasons it is internationally considered as the nation's capital. In 2009, the nation celebrated its 25-year existence.