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The United Kingdom of Blozendland and the Grace Islands Het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Blozendland en Het Eilanden Genade
Motto: "Snel Stijgende" (National) "Contendunt nam Praestantia" (Royal)
Anthem: "Het Koninklijke Maart" "The Royal March"
Influence		Minnow ()
Map of Blozendland
Map of the Grace Islands
Region		International Democratic Union
Capital		Koningstad
Largest city		Jorkestad
Official languages		Dutch English
Recognised national languages		French Flemish
Demonym		Blozendlandic Blozendlander
Government		Constitutional monarchy
-	Monarch	Juliana II
-	Prime Minister	Louisa van der Gaarde
-	Ambassador to the IDU	Gertrude van Weer
-	Governor-General of the Grace Islands	Maarten de Aarhus
History
-	Founding	25 December 1815
-	Sovereignty Act	12 February 1816
-	Current Constitution	20 August 1926
Area
-	Total	750km2 km2 289.6 sq mi
-	Water (%)	26%
Population
-	2014 estimate	1,809,185,000
GDP (PPP)		2014 estimate
-	Total	B$ 39.6 billion
-	Per capita	B$ 4,955.93
Gini (2014)		0.392 low
HDI (2014)		0.913 very high
Currency		Blozendlandic bekronen(BBK)
Time zone		Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) (UTC+0)
Date format		dd/mm/yyyy
Calling code		+332
Internet TLD		.vk[1]
[1] .vk represents Verenigd Koninkrijk

The United Kingdom of Blozendland and the Grace Islands (often referred to as Blozendland) is a constitutional monarchy. The country is situated in the International Democratic Union, and is led by Queen Juliana II as Head of State and Luisa van der Gaarde as Prime Minister.

Founded on 25 December 1815, with an estimated land area of 289.6 square miles, a population of 10 million and an estimated gross domestic product of B$ 39.6 billion, Blozendland is a small power within the region.

Blozendland is a small diplomatic influence in the region. Blozendland is a member of the World Assembly, where it is a regular voter on issues. Blozendland is a developed country, with a thriving economy, which is dominated by the Public sector. Industry in Blozendland is centred on automobile manufacturing and television. Tax rates are high at 40%.

Political life is centred in Koningstad, the capital city. Blozendland is ruled by the Parliament, headed by the Prime Minister and his/her party; it is currently Luisa van der Gaarde and the Monarchist Party. Each government serves a term of four years before elections start. The most recent election was the 2014 General Election.

Blozendland fields a small, moderately funded fighting because Blozendland often tries solve international disputes with dialogue before resorting to conflict.

The Royal Family is very popular in the country, and recieve overwhelming support of the Monarchy. King Constantine has been on the throne since 26 June 2013, when his mother Queen Catharina abdicated in favour of her son.

History

Blozendland (Blozend meaning rosy in Dutch) was founded by Dutch nobleman Willem van Wilmijkbroeken and a group of political advisers after they left the Netherlands for new horizons in 1813. On 25 December 1815, Willem was created King of Blozendland along with his family becoming the Royal Family. On the same day, Blozendland was established as a nation with a population of 120,690. Most of the citizens were centred in the main city of Koningstad.

In 1873, Blozendland acquired the Grace Islands (Eilanden Genade), a set of three islands off the coast of the main country. Each island has its own devolved government. Collectively, the islands share a population of 28,532.

After the World Wars, both of which did not see any Blozendlandic involvement, Blozendland has seen a very steady and healthy growth in its public sector as the national gross domestic product has increased threefold over the past fifty years as the country consolidated foreign investment and saw an increase in total exports and therefore larger annual revenues.

Geography of Blozendland

Blozendland is a varied country, with mountains and countryside in the north, and a lot of he southeastern coastline is beach. While there are settlements all over the country, the larger towns and cities are in the central-south.

There are four main rivers in Blozendland, River Willem, River Schip, River Vrijestroom and River Volke.

Government

Blozendland has been a constitutional monarchy since 1815 and a parliamentary democracy since 1848. The Netherlands is described as a consociational state. Blozendlandic politics and governance are characterised by an effort to achieve broad consensus on important issues, within both the political community and society as a whole.

Monarchy

The monarch is the head of state, at present Queen Juliana. Constitutionally, the position is equipped with limited powers. The monarch can exert some influence during the formation of a new cabinet, where they serve as neutral arbiter between the political parties. Additionally, the Queen has the right to be briefed and consulted. Depending on the personalities and relationships of the king and the ministers, the Queen might have influence beyond the power granted by the constitution.

Parliament

The National Parliament is the official legislative body of Blozendland responsible for drafting and passing laws. The Prime Minister is chosen from among the members of parliament.

In parliament, there is the upper house: Heerenhuis and the lower house: Mensenhuis

Political Parties

In Blozendland, there is a main leading party and an opposing party, with smaller parties holding fewer seats. Currently, the main leading party is the Monarchist Party, led by Prime Minister Luisa van der Gaarde and the opposing party is the National Democratic League, led by Michael van Buren.

Demographics

City populations

Cities in Blozendland are governed under a mayor and council.

Below are the twenty Blozendland cities over a population of one million.