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'''The Crown Jarldom of Vakrestrender Isles''', more commonly referred as Vakrestrender; is an Crown State under the [[Norgsveldet]]. The realm is made up of a collection of islands located in the Pacific Ocean, far east to the [[Aurora]] mainland. Vakrestrender is an Jarldom under [[Norgsveltian Crown Realm]] and with a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional_monarchy Constitutional monarchy] using an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_system parliamentary system] framework as government. The current head of state being the Jarl [[Jørgen Bjørn|Bjørn the Vth]] ruling the lands under King [[Olav]]. The Prime Minister is the de-facto leader of the country and the Parliament being able to overrule Jarl by means of a vote, though historically this has never happened. The nation's population is 5,000,000 among the islands with the most dense population being the largest island of Bjørniszna where the capital is located. Vakkerhavfruebukt is the largest and the capital of the Jarldom, being the center for tourism for the region.
Vakrestrender has been center for media, entertainment and maritime trade between [[North Concordian Economic Forum]] and [[United Nations of the Auroran Continent]]. It is the seat for [[Akuan Development Bank]] and the [[Lotus Development Bank]], as well several important firms for entertainment such as [[Nordflix]]. The country is a headquarters for various media and news agencies outlets within the [[North Concordian Economic Forum]] such as
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== Economy ==
The island chain is dominated by four industries: Tourism, Entertainment Media, Maritime shipping, and financial services. The [[Bjørn Trust]], acts as the de facto sovereign wealth fund and operates as the largest investor into native Valkyr companies. Resulting in a majority of the Valkyr economy being owned fully or partly owned by the [[Bjørn Trust]]. The financial services sector, has been topic of some controversy for it's tax haven policies. Regardless of the policies, Vakrestrender is the heart of investments into Akuan countries and one of the world's largest investors into media in general. [[Lotus Development Bank]] acts as one of the main firms for media entertainment investment, though it is for more traditional media such as television stations. Vakrestrender hosts the world's largest mostly densely concentrated film and animation studios in the world, in particular the animation industry of Vakrestrender generally being regarded by critics as one of the if not the best animation studios outright. The Valkyr entertainment industry is heavily boosted by hosting a number of contests and film festivals such as [[Valkyr Media Arts Festival]], [[Ulvrikian-Auroran Film Festival]] and any other number of film festivals.
Tourism industry is a primary employer of the Valkyr people, with maritime shipping industry being a distant second. The tourism industry is spread across all isles of the Valkyr chain, which itself covers most aspects of the tourism industry such as nature or entertainment. The largest island of Vakrestrender, Bjørniszna is completely urbanized and accommodations millions of tourists each year. [[Bjørn Parks, Experiences and Resorts]], having several amusement parks, business professional resorts and hotels on the island, all of which is centered around the main island. Tourists come to Vakrestrender for any number of reasons, but the largest reasons such as amusement through the amusement parks, film, or any other leisure activities.
=== Tourism ===
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