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'''Yor''', officially the '''The Realms Of Yor Isles''', is a sovereign island nation in maritime Southwest Aurora. Located off the southern tip of the Asilica Peninsula, bordering the Straits of Sarentria to the North, the Absurdivani Islands to the south, and the Faethalria islands to the east. The country's territory is composed of 4 main island, 48 satellite islands and islets, and four outlying islet, the combined area of which has increased by 32% since the country's independence as a result of extensive land reclamation projects. The country is home to 5..2 million residents. Multiracialism is enshrined in the constitution, and continues to shape national policies in education, housing, and politics.
Although its history stretches back millennia, Modern Yor was founded in 1843 as a trading post of the Morstabishlian Empire. In 1851, Yor came under the direct control of Morstaybishlian. During the Great War, Yor was occupied by Ethalria but returned to the MBE control as a separate crown colony following Ethalria surrender. Yor gained self-governance in 1963, and in 1978 became part of the Sarentria. Ideological differences came to boiling point in 2017 sparking the Auroran-Pacific War, after which it became an independent country.
After early years of turbulence and despite lacking natural resources and a hinterland, the nation is rapidly developing to become one of the major auroran nations based on external trade, becoming a highly developed country; It is a major financial and shipping hub, Dorchester ranked the one of most expensive city to live in since 2019, and has been identified as a tax haven. Yor is placed highly in key social indicators: education, healthcare, quality of life, personal safety and housing, with a home-ownership rate of 83%.
=== Government & Politics ===▼
Yor is a unitary parliamentary republic & is widely regarded to have an incorrupt and meritocratic government, with a fair judiciary and strong rule of law. Yor is also a member of UNAC, World Trade Organization, Northern Shield Treaty Orgnization, and the MBE Commonwealth agremment.
[[File:York Govermental Plaza.jpg|200px|thumb|right|York Governmental Plaza was opened in 2019 and houses Congress, Senate, and Chambers of Deputies. The Prime Minister and President work from Tower II]]
Yor Isles has a left-right multi-party system. Following the upcoming 2017 parliamentary election, the biggest parties are the center-right Independence Party, the Left-Green Movement, and the IYorcelandic Pirate Party. Other political parties with seats in are the Progressive Party, the Reform Party, Bright Future and the Social Democratic Alliance. Many other parties exist on the municipal level, most of which run only locally in a single municipality.
=== '''Goverment''' ===
[[File:York Congress.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Congress meet at the New Governmental Plaza]]
The president of Yor Isles is a largely ceremonial head of state and serves as a diplomat, but may veto laws voted by the parliament and put them to a national referendum. The current president is Entsky Gotfrid. The head of government is the prime minister who, together with the cabinet, is responsible for the executive government. The cabinet is appointed by the president after a general election to the parliament; however, the appointment is usually negotiated by the leaders of the political parties, who decide among themselves after discussions which parties can form the cabinet and how to distribute its seats, under the condition that it has a majority support in the parliament. Only when the party leaders are unable to reach a conclusion by themselves within a reasonable time span does the president exercise this power and appoint the cabinet personally.
=== '''Administrative divisions''' ===
Yor is divided into regions, constituencies, and municipalities. The eight regions are primarily used for statistical purposes. District court jurisdictions also use an older version of this division. The constituencies for the parliamentary elections are the current four constituencies:
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74 municipalities in Yor govern local matters like schools, transport, and zoning These are the actual second-level subdivisions of Yor Isles, as the constituencies have no relevance except in elections and for statistical purposes. St.Delanor is by far the most populous municipality, about four times more populous than Dorchester, the second one.
=== '''Foreign relations''' ===
The foreign relations of Yor are Yor's relations with other governments and peoples. Xagurg was the chief foreign contact before APWII. Since then Yor's most important relationship is with Kuthernburg. However, Yor's governments have traditionally maintained active relations with other nations, mostly through multilateral organizations such as the UNAC, and the Northern Security Treaty Organization (NSTO).
Volcanism has been continuous on the Galápagos Islands for at least 20 myr, and perhaps even longer. Despite being in a sub-tropical region of the world, it doesn't have the same tropical heat as you would expect. In fact, the York Isles doesn't have a tropical climate, which means you can visit Yor Islands all year round, and enjoy the weather and the unrivalled wildlife. From the York Islands, you can take a York Cruise and view the island's unbelievable creatures only found here, including the famous York tortoise, the York sea lion, and the York batfish. Like its surrounding sub-tropical regions, the York Islands have two seasons. The wet season and the dry season. With the islands located in the Southern Ocean, the seasons are very much dictated by their surrounding currents, causing warmer and cooler spells for the islands. However, the differences in the seasons are most noticeable by the amount of rain, with lots more rainfall frequenting the Galapagos islands in the rainy season, rather than any significant change in the temperature.
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Lasting from June to November the dry season, sees the Xagurg current and Auroran undercurrent bring cooler air to the islands. The air and the ocean are both cooler than during the wet season. Even though it is called the dry season, like a tropical climate, light rain can fall across the islands during this time, particularly in the higher parts of the islands, where surprisingly the islands see more rain than during the wet season. You will find the general weather conditions will be cloudy, cooler, and the sun will be less intense, with average temperatures of around 22ºC. With the water temperature much cooler during the dry season, this season can be a perfect time of year for a cruise. During this season you will discover plenty of sea mammals and land birds on and off the islands.
=== '''York wildlife''' ===
These islands are volcanic in origin and were never attached to any continent. Wildlife arrived here in one of three ways: flying, floating or swimming. The giant Yorknese tortoise is one of the largest land animals on the islands, and due to the very few numbers of natural predators, the wildlife in the Yor is known for being extremely tame without instinctual fear.
=== '''Fauna''' ===
One of the best-known is the Yorknese tortoise, which lives on several of the islands. It has an average lifespan of more than 190 years.
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On the other hand, there are many mammal species, mostly sea mammals such as whales, dolphins and sea lions. A few species of endemic York mice the Santiago York mouse and the Fernandina York mouse - have been recently rediscovered. Along with a peculiar set of Red Deer that are derived from the mainland species and have become adept as well to aquatic life, York Devils, Sub-Tropical Wolverines, and Ocelots also inhabit the isles.
=== '''Flora''' ===
On the larger York Islands, four ecological zones have been defined: coastal, low or dry, transitional and humid. In the first, species such as myrtle, mangrove and saltbush can be found. In the second grow cactus, the incensé tree, carob tree, poison apple tree, chala and yellow cordia, among others. In the transitional zone taller trees, epiphytes and perennial herbs can be seen. The best-known varieties are the cat's claw, espuela de gallo. In the humid sector are the cogojo, Galapagos guava, cat's claw, Galapagos coffee, passionflower and some types of moss, ferns, and fungus.
The [[York Armed Forces]] (YAF) is the military component of the Ministry of Defence of the Realms of Yor Isles as part of the island's Total Defence strategy.
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=== Memorials ===
The economy of Yor is a developing mixed economy with state-ownership in strategic areas. Although sensitive to global business cycles, the economy of Yor has shown many areas for growth and development. Shipping has long been a support of Yor's export sector, but much of Yor's economic growth will be fueled by an abundance of natural resources, including petroleum exploration and production, hydroelectric power, and fisheries. Yor's modern manufacturing and welfare system will rely on a financial reserve produced by exploitation of natural resources, particularly Antarctic Ocean oil.
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Yor has banned cutting of trees , in order to prevent the air from being high in pollution. Crops, that are typically linked to forests' destruction are timber, soy, palm oil and beef. Yor depends totally on [[Furnifold]], [[Atiland]], [[Kuthernburg]] and [[Nacata]] for the delivery of Crops and other foods.
=== '''Resources''' ===
Export revenues from oil and gas have will be almost 50% of total exports and constitute more than 20% of the GDP.The government controls its petroleum resources through a combination of state ownership in major operators in the oil fields with approximately 62% ownership in YorOil and the fully state-owned YoTroliom, which has a market value of about twice of YorOil. Finally, the government controls licensing of exploration and production of fields.
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