Nation/The Oan Isles

Realm of the Oan Isles
Realm of the Oan Isles Oareatu
	Coat of arms of Nation/The Oan Isles
	Motto: "Kia hoa a ro komotua" ("Continue Regardless")
	Anthem: 'God save the Emperor'; 'Loanu e taka' (The Boy and the Sea)
Region	The East Pacific
Capital	La Rochelle
Largest city	Port of the Rock
Official languages	Oan
Demonym	Oan
Government	Constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy
Legislature	National Assembly
Establishment
Area
Population
GDP (PPP)	2017 estimate
GDP (nominal)	2017 estimate
Gini (2017)	39.5; medium
HDI (2017)	0.835; very high
Currency	Oan Dollar (OAD)
Time zone	+11
Date format	yyyy/mm/dd
Drives on the	left
Calling code	+1275
ISO 3166 code	OAN
Internet TLD	.oan

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The Realm of The Oan Isles (Oan: Luounuatika ta Oareatu) is located in The East Pacific on the planet Urth to the east of Xiopothos, to the south of Konoa, to the north of Asian Pacific Islands and to the west of East Polynesia. It is the most densely populated nationstate on Urth. It is entirely urbanised; all wilderness has been covered with urban development. It has warm, rainy and humid climate. It has an area of 56,780km2. It has a population of almost 52 million people almost all of whom belong to the Oatunu ethnic group, speak Oalanu and write in the Sunami script. The Polynesian branch of Protestant Christianity is the largest religion.

The Oan Isles is a developed country with high rates of literacy, access to basic services and high rates of development. It has a diverse private-sector-led economy of approximately 2.08 trillion dollars (GDP PPP) reliant largely on services followed by manufacturing. It has high income inequality and uneven wealth distribution, and a rigid and stratified social order, built on family affiliation, called the Oan Clan System. The Oan Isles shares a ceremonial monarch with members of the Polynesian Union (who are also is closest allies and largest trade partners), the Emperor of Polynesia. It has separation of powers among three branches and a democratic political dispensation helmed by the Chief Councillor, Locklyn Le Roy.

History

Main Article: History of Polynesia

Pre Renaissance

The past 3,000 years are described as anthropological or recorded history. In the succeeding centuries, migration there was migration to the Oan Isles from Asian Pacific Islands. What is interesting is the differences between the people who left and the people who remained. The people who remained possess more distinct Asiatic facial features including a light skin color. Those who relocated to the Oan Isles had a particularly dark skin color. This variation in the genotype and phenotype of the groups that remained and left, suggest that there was a cultural split between the dark and light ethnicities.

The people spread across the islands gradually and slowly over a period of approximately a thousand years. They were challenged by four things: tricky geograpy, dense forests, distances between islands and changes in latitude. They gradually estabished settlements and developed social hierachies. Over time these hierarchies became more sophisticated and complex. They developed tribes with distinct political frameworks, beliefs and practices. Naturally, they competed over food ans water, sometimes violently.

There was no major upheaval for those years; few major battles took place. Between 2,000 and 1,200 years ago, slaves from Lokania came to the islands. They escaped from their captors. The desolate creatures attempted to introduce Buddhism. They proselytised their beliefs, but were quickly expelled and found a new home in the Asian Pacific Islands. The slaves did, however leave the Oans with innovations that propelled their technological, scientific and economic development. They left them with gunpowder and porcelain.

The Ianotunuyana tribe lived on the Rock Island. They lived on a plateau surrounded by high mountains. Their land was fertile and protected by nature. They used the tools that the Lokanians had equipped them with to build settlement that forms the basis of the beautiful city that stands in its place and is known by its French name: La Rochelle. They began spreading to other parts of the Oan Isles approximately 1,250 years ago, to spread their message of peace and enlightenment. One of their leaders was named after heaven: Oa.

Oa taught these people to focus on building industry and acquiring knowledge. He was extremely far ahead of his day. His opponents, led by a man named are grace, Noa, proliferated a contrary idea: naturalism and simplicity. Seeing that they were losing support and lacked a firm following in the south, they went to the north. Shaped by their own experiences and beliefs, they followed Noa. Each leader, Noa and Oa, rose to prominence in their own country so much so that their countries were named after them (Konoa and The Oan Isles respectively). Although their ideas different, they complemented one another and precipitated the West Polynesian Renaissance.

West Polynesian Renaissance

The West Polynesian Renaissance is a period of cultural development that lasted between 1200 and 1500 years ago. The Oan, Konoan and Islander people began travelling and exchanging ideas. They developed moveable type, porcelain and ceramics, cannons, compasses and the number "0" that opened a new world in Mathematics.

They even began settling on the Eastern Islands, which form a part of East Polynesia. They built small cities and towns, and lived in peace, alongside the Konoan and Islander people. By 1100 AD, the expansionist Oan government coerced the settlers to accept its rulership of those lands. The peaceable settlers acquiesced without much struggle. Some returned or were assimilated.

Tamateamic Wars

With the expansionism of the Oan government, they subdued this area and claimed it for themselves. It was not until 1175 AD that a major push was made into the interior. Led by Aiaroa, an adventurer af scientists, they discovered the Procyne people. They in villages, scattered throughout the dense coniferous forests. For about 100 years, the two species coexisted peacefully. They exchanged knowledge. The Procyne rapidly developed and advanced.

800 years ago there was a sharp increase in raids and so on between the Oans and Islanders. This grew into war, when an Oan boy took a statue of the Buddha without asking and lost it while playing in the river. There was lot of confusion, but it turned into a period of sustained fighting that lasted for two centuries with the largely Christian Oans and the largely Buddhist Islanders. There was no large scale war.

The Oan governor of East Polynesia was sufferring from labour shortages and began coercing some Procynes to sell their own in return for guns, fabrics, and livestock. The Procyne countered and repelled the Oans.

There was a two year long war. Tamatea the Merciful decided to grant mercy and spare the Procynes and let them keep their country. The wars were named after him, because he ended them. Humans were allowed to keep coming. They helped build East Polynesia and develop its economy.

Aotearoic Wars

Although the premise for these wars started 800 years ago, the actual Aotearoic wars only started 600 years ago, when the Oan Isles attempted its first invasion of the Asian Pacific Islands. The Oan Isles was ruled by their Defender, Aotearoa, after whom the wars are named. He was an intelligent king and cunning soldier. He attacked north API and occupied it for 50 years along with the East Islands and West Oan Gondwana.

There were wars that occured in that time. They unveiled new techniques in battle such as the pincer formation. He spread a structured judicial system and a stratified social order to these islands. It was quickly adopted by opportunistic warriors and wealthy men to cement their power. 40 years after his death, the Northern Islander Coalition was formed. It expelled the Oan soldiers and successfully got reestablished independence.

Annexation of East Polynesia

600 years ago, The Procyne King requested the help of the Defender of the Oan Isles against Rijelvian invaders. They defended themselves and pushed the Rijelvians out several years later. East Polynesia became an Oan protectorate. With an increase in the human population, they began to dominate the political and social structures. The country was eventually annexed into the Oan Isles. Although the Procyne were treated as second class citizens they experienced a period of rapid development and increasing affluence.

Annexation of Konoa

200 years ago, the Morstaybishlian Empire captured islands in the South West Pacific that lay near Konoa. A tribe of Konoans, the Wayanatunu, wanted to unite Konoa and duplicate the success of the Oans. They offered to sell Konoans and Oans as slaves to the Morsts in return for weapons to take the rest of Konoa. This began the notorious Trans-Caprian Slave Trade. It was named after the Caprian Sea between Konoa and Aurora. A Konoan faction asked the Oans to assist them. The Oans began attacking Konoa. They fought with the Morsts and Wayanatunu. A treaty was signed that gave Konoa to the Oans, who proceeded to annex it in 1900.

Present Age

There was peace for a century. The Oans quietly built their home and handled their own affairs. They were no isolated. They were merely reserved and distant. They joined the Auroran Continental Assembly which was formed at the end of The Auroran Imperial War in 1975.

They joined the Peacekeeping Forces of Urth in 2016. In late 2016 and early 2017, the Oans assisted the people of Latianburg against the terrorist organisation Al Jaheed. The fought alongside the North West Alliance in that war. There were several Al Jaheed crises around the world. The first was an incidentin Celannica. Although the Oan Isles was unaffected, it remained vigilant.

In May 2017, the Auroran-Pacific War broke out. There was a military coup in Xagrurg and the Dominion of Yor was attacked. The Oan Isles declared war on the entity that came to rule those countries. It was called the GXE. It formed an alliance with Ethalria called the Axis. It forced the High King of the Staynish-Caltharusian Empire to call a meeting of major states, The Oan Isles a member, to declare war on the Axis. The Oan Isles fought in Yor. A ceasefire was declared and quickly terminated in July 2017. The Oan Isles began a campaign to economically and psychologically weaken Xagrurg.

In August 2017, Konoa and East Polynesia ceded from the Oan Isles. The Oan Isles assisted the Asian Pacific Isinnds in the Islander Civil War that lasted from 2015 to 2017. Having acted as a mediator, Prince Oaloanu was made their head of state (and the head of state of Polynesian countries) in September 2017.

Geography

Main Article: Geography of the Oan Isles

The Oan Isles is an archipelago in the southwest Pacific Ocean. It has an area of approximately 56,780km² (21,900 sq. mi.). It lies between 15° and 30° latitude and 155° and 160° longitude. It was formed from volcanic activity and forms part of a submerged mountain range. It has an average elevation of a few metres above sea level. Its highest natural elevation is a ridge called Blackstone Ridge that rises 100m above the sea. The islands' mineral content is comprised largely of igneous rock and lacks mineral resources such as ferrous metals.

The islands have a tropical monsoon jungle climate. It is generally hot, humid and rainy. There are three seasons: hot, dry, monsoon. Massive storms characterised by powerful winds and torrential rains, with the to cause floods and landslides, occur at the height of monsoon season. Earthquakes and the large waves they cause, are cause for concern and occur sometimes. Through policy, infrastructure and technology such as early warning systems and mandatory emergency drills and first aid training, the effects of disasters, however frequent, are significantly reduced.

The ballooning population and growing Oan economy have made difficult demands of the natural environment. Ultimately the natural forests that once covered the islands and the indigenous plants and animals that lived here are extinct. Urban sprawl covers almost every part of these islands and in fact additional land has been reclaimed from the sea. Although policies have been adopted and technology has been developed to mitigate the effects of pollution and have been successful in that regard, the appetite of the people and the economy for space and resources has caused irreversible and inescapable air and water pollution, soil erosion and undersea sedimentation. For the past decade, the state has introduced the "Greenification" policy. Disused infrastructure was demolished and old landfills were covered up and new parks and wildlife sancturies were established. Throughout the country, thousands of trees have been planted. Although the effects of deforestation have not been solved, nature has slowly crept back. The Oan Isles is one of the few countries to enter the current century with more trees than it had in the preceding one.

Politics

Main article: Politics of the Oan Isles

His Imperial Majesty, Emperor of Polynesia and head of the Polynesian Union, Oaloanu

The politics of the Oan Isles take place in the framework of a centralised parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy. The Constitution divides the power to make, execute and enforce laws among the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the government respectively. The Crown of Polynesia is the source from which the power and authority to govern emanate, yet the Emperor of Polynesia exercises this power by and on the advice of elected officials. He is subsequently renderred with little legal power and he is considered a ceremonial figurehead. Although a democratic government exists, it is heavily influenced by powerful and wealthy families. Through his leadership of the wealthiest and most powerful family in the land (the Ulua clan) and its vast portfolio of assets and businesses, the current Emperor, Oaloanu, has a large amount of personal rather than political power and influence on the government and national politics.

The National Council forms the executive branch. It is elected by the National Assembly. It js chaired by the Chief of the National Council. The National Assembly is elected by the people every four years through single member constituencies. It has 225 seats, an alliance of the Greens and the Pacifists makes up the majority. It is seated in La Rochelle. With free, fair and regular elections, rule of law, free press and an independent judiciary, The Oan Isles is considered a full democracy.

The judicial system follows common law and the adversarial system. A single professional judge adjudicates a case. The highest court in the land, the last court for appeals and the only court for judicial review is the National Court. Provincial Courts form the lower tier of the appeals level of the judicial system. Regional and Local courts tackle trials. The right to an attorney, freedom from double jeopardy and from self incrimination are guaranteed. The judiciary is free from interference. Civil rights in general after the "Partition of The Oan Isles" were curtailed eg. rescinding of gay marriage, illegalisation of marijuana and abortion etc. Although Provincial, Regional, Local and Ward Assemblies exist to provide a platform for political debate, real power lies in the hands of elected Governors of provinces and Mayors of towns and cities.

Foreign Relations

The Oan foreign policy agenda is shaped by the country's recent history. The Auroran-Pacific War was a massive conflict between the Allies and the Axis powers that was precipitated by a coup d'etat in Xagrurg by an entity called the Greater Xagrurgian Empire, against whom the Oan Isles declared war. A clandestine usurpation of the Drugov regime in Statarin by former Procurator–General Mikhail Starikov, led to Stratarin's withdrawal from the Allies and subsequent joining of the Axis powers. Diplomatic friction eventually sparked open conflict. After months of conflict, the war ended, shaping the post–War peace for a very long time. The Oan Isles regards Stratarin, Ethalria and Xagrurg with disdain and hostility - maintaining almost no diplomatic and economic links. The Oan Isles as a former member and currently an observer in the Auroran Continental Assembly and regards its members with warmth, especially Staynes, Caltharus, Tuvaltastan, Kostoria-Obertonia and Blueacia among others.

Further afield the Oan Isles has friends and even allies, the greatest of whom are from the continent of Atlantia: The Atlae Isles, Mexregiona, Kuthernburg and Tretrid. Atiland, Nacata and Latianburg which together form an alliance helmed by Kuthernburg and the Gordic countries (who form the Gordic Council) consisting of Crania, Kasmiyland and Subrovenia are considered close partners. The Oan Isles has strong ties to Furnifold in Yasteria. It has an icy relationship with Packilvania, Free Sylvin and Fortuna. In spite of mutual interaction and aid, insurmountable ideological differences have led to lukewarm relations with Celannica. In general the Fire Pact Alliance is regarded with neutral, but vigilant peace. The dissolved South East Pacific Coalition was considered a foreign policy obstacle and debacle, loathed by the Oan state.

The Oan Isles' primary focus is the Polynesian Union. It shares a close legal, political, cultural, economic and social bond with the other member states. This close link is most visible in the sharing of a monarch with the other three members called the "Emperor of Polynesia". It regards Konoa, Asian Pacific Islands and East Polynesia as its strongest allies. The Oan Isles further forms a part of the Staynish Commonwealth, a international forum for dialogue among former colonies of the Morstaybishlian Empire. The Oan Isles also participates in the Peacekeeping Forces of Urth, an international organisation focused on post-war peacekeeping and reconstruction and pre-war conflict prevention, and disaster relief and other efforts.

Military

Main Article: Military of the Oan Isles

The Oan Defence Service forms the military of the Oan Isles. The Emperor of Polynesia is the commander-in-chief. The Head of Defence, a Member of the National Council, oversees the political direction and daily administration of the armed forces. The National Assembly is responsible for declaring war and making peace.

The Oan Defence Force is made up of three branches. Maritime Defence Service (M.D.S.), the Terrestrial Defence Service (T.D.S.) and the Aerial Defence Service (A.D.S.). Each branch has a role. Together they are primarily responsible for defending Oan territory, protecting her allies and advancing her goals and interests. They take on other roles as well. As a part of the Peacekeeping Force of Urth, they provide, among other things, humanitarian aid and peacekeeping. They also provide disaster relief, search and rescue, counter piracy and anti poaching.

The O.D.S. has 150,000 active soldiers and 500,000 reserves. It does not practice conscription. The T.D.S. has 70,000 men. The M.D.S. has 50,000 men. The A.D.S. has 30,000 men. Basic training lasts 2 years. The M.D.S. is a green watet navy. It can project power in its region. This is the area around the continents of Aurora and Gondwana, and primarily the southern Pacific Ocean. It has replenishment at sea capability. It has 50 commissioned ships, 15 submarines and 15 auxiliary ships.

The Oan Defence Service has existed in some form since the year 800 A.D. It participated in the exploration and annexation of East Polynesia. It participated in the annexation and war for Konoa, against the Morstaybishlian Empire between 1850 and 1900. It participated in the Auroran-Pacific War in 2017. It destroyed a large part of the Imperial Xagrurgian Navy on 6 August 2017. It participated in the 2017 terrorist conflict in Latianburg.

It was supplied by Stratarin and Xagrurg before the 2017 wars in Aurora. It worked with Kuthernburg since 2000 A.D. to produce (Wikipedia:Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles|drones]] through a joint company called the Kutheroa Aerospace Defence Corporation. It is domestically supplied by the Metatron Corporation (before it was split up), the Oan National Motor Corporation, the Oan Arms and Munitions Corporation, the Oan Shipwright Corporation and the Oan Aerospace Corporation.

Economy

Main article: Economy of The Oan Isles

The Oan economy is diverse. Three quarters of the economy are made up of services, and a quarter is made up of manufacturing. The largest industries of the services sector are banking and insurance, reexport, shipping and logistics, telecommunications, software development and information technology, tourism, entertainment and hospitality, real estate and construction. The largest sectors of the manufacturing sector are automotive and aircraft assembly and reassembly and shipbuilding, and the production of robotics and electronics, solar panels, industrial transformers and converters, optic fibres, microchips, convection systems, water filtration and management technology, and chemicals and pharmaceuticals, textiles and weapons. The largest imports are made up almost entirely of raw materials: water, energy, automotive parts, aircraft parts, wood, sand and cement, salt, petroleum, petrochemicals, raw plant fibre, raw metals and alloys, grain, fish, fruits, dairy and meat. Although the Auroran Pacific War reduced economic output, the post war economy achieved a positive trade balance. importing 589 billion dollars and exporting 624 billion dollars.

The GDP is around 2 trillion dollars and GDP per capita is around 40,000 dollars. The average household income is 100,000 dollars per annum. There is a great degree of uneven wealth and income distribution. The top 5% of the population own 60% of the nation's wealth and earn over 10 times as much as the lowest half of the population. There is, however, a large and prosperous middle class. The least financially affluent portion of the population benefit from allowances, subsidies, free education and healthcare and tax cuts. The country has a massive debt of 5.250 trillion dollars, absorbed largely by the massive corporations, wealthiest families and the government. The country has a relatively high portion of small and medium-sized enterprises, with 1 per 20 people, yet the larger companies such as Cafe Net, the Metatron group of companies and the Standard National Bank are dominant forces in their respective industries – in fact they are some of the biggest companies in Aurora.

The Bank of the Oan is the central bank of the country, regulating the banking industry and money supply and issuing the national currency: the Oan Dollar. The free floating currency trades at 7 OAD for 1 SHD. The Oan Isles has 340 billion dollars in reserves. The Oan Isles has a free trade arrangement with nations of the Polynesian Union, the Atlantian Coalition, the Gordic Council, the Staynish Commonwealth and Veikayun Union, whom it counts as its largest trade partners. State dominance of the economy has been significantly reduced from a staggering 75% of GDP to 25% of GDP, raising 700 billion dollars in capital gains from wealthy families. The annual budget (with a focus on health, housing and infrastructure, welfare and subsidies, education and small business support), takes up 78% of GDP with most revenues raised from capital gains and taxation, for the first time in 25 years, avoiding a deficit.

Demographics

Main article: Demographics of The Oan Isles

The Oan Isles has population of 58,900,500 people. It has an approximate population density of 2045 people per square kilometre. It is the most densely populated nationstate on Urth. The "one-child" policy replaced the "two-child" policy in 1990. After the first child (or set of children in the event of twins and so on), a mandatory tubal litigation is performed on the mother and a vasectomy is conducted on the father. Should the child (or set of children) die before the age of 18, the procedure can be undone if the parents want another child. Additionally, other contraceptive methods are easily available and openly encouraged, although abortion (except in the case of danger to the mother's health) is forbidden. Immigration is heavily discouraged and emigration is high. The population growth rate is very low. A third of the population is made up of children and two thirds are made up of adults. Gender distribution is almost even. The life expectancy is 90 years of age. A tenth of the population is above the age of 60.

The Oan Isles is homogeneous. 95% of the population is made up of ethnic Oatunu, with the rest coming from other Polynesian countries. Almost everyone speaks Oalanu. Codexian is spoken by some members of the elite. The Polynesian branch of Protestant Christianity makes up two thirds of the population while Polynesian traditional religions (including Ainuism) make up the remaining third of the population. All people live in urban areas. The largest city is the Port of the Rock, followed by La Rochelle. All adults can read and write. All people have access to education, shelter, sanitation, healthcare, clean water and healthy food. Narcotics consumption is virtually non-existent. Violent crime is virtually non-existent. Although polygamy is legal, monogamy is universally adhered to. Homosexual marriage is illegal. Homosexuals are almost non-existent. Divorce is extremely low. Alcohol consumption is high, with an average 8 litres per capita.

Culture

Main article: Culture of The Oan Isles

Further reading: Oan Clan System

The Oan culture forms part of the Polynesian family of cultures. It shares similarity with other Polynesian cultures. Oalanopapo is the official script. It is derived from a very early form of the script used in Ziseshouwei over 12,000 years ago. It developed entirely around the Oan language. It resembles a mosaic of dots and lines. Although the age of majority is 18, initiation is required to be recognised as an adult within Oan custom, the culmination of which is a tattoo. Tattoos are often added with ones feats and are considered a symbol of achievement. Family plays an important role in society. Different clans (and by extension their members) are ranked in a rigid hierarchy of wealth and social status called the Oan Clan System. Opposition to the collective interests of the clan is considered disgraceful. Manners and protocol are determined by social status ranging from greetings to personal conduct. The old are to be honoured and the wealthy are to be respected.

Fish is widely consumed. In fact most people will eat their body weight or more every year in fish. The staple grain is rice. An expensive tea made from the Firerose plant and a meal prepared with the edible wood of the Spicewood tree are considered delicacies. Beef and lamb are considered luxuries. Oan fashion is totally different from modern "Western" fashion. Traditional frocks or skirts are popular and are worn by both men and women. Oan clothing tends to be highly revealing, with the freedom to expose a lot of skin including ones buttocks. Visual arts are made up of the Māoric school of art: using geometric monochromatic patterns or allegories with rigid symbolism on clothing, ones domicile or even skin to describe the owner thereof and identify their place in the social order. Musical genrae entirely native to Polynesia; foreign influence is almost non-existent. Prose and poetic skill are lauded. Chord, percussion and woodwind instruments are widely used. Theatre is more popular than film and television. The more widely available "street theatre" is a social gathering and a source of entertainment while the highly lauded, "Firelight" theatre is a staple of the rich and powerful.

Sports are extremely popular. The most popular indigenous sports are traditional forms of wrestling, bodybuilding, pentathlon, field and track athletics - singular sports used to decide prowess. Sports evolved as a peaceful means for the wealthy or for clans to determine superiority. Team sports are also popular such as Puta-puta where two teams push against each in feats of strength. The most popular imported sport is rugby (both union and sevens), with Oan players (and the Oan national team) regarded among the best in the world and the Oan rugby competitions regarded among the highest calibre in the world. Oans have a love for culture and for live experiences such as attending concerts, going to museums and cinema and going to sporting matches.

There are 20 public holidays. Oans are considered some of the hardest working people on Urth, working an average 45 to 50 hours a week. Holidays are used to give them rest. Almost all of them, however, are used in some form or other to commemorate events such as battles, birthdays, popular movements, rituals and ceremonies, and religious celebrations. The 26th of October is the Emperor's birthday. The Oan Isles uses the Māoric calendar, which is used throughout Polynesia. It has twelve months based around the movement of the moon, although it uses the Gregorian calendar's BC and AD, delineation of eras and years. The Oan Isles has a rich history of symbols: the Spix macaw is the national bird, the Katuna is the national animal, the Butterfly orchid is the national flower, the Spicewood is the national tree, the Five Colour Banner is the national flag and the epic "Loanu ne taka" is the national anthem.

Infrastructure

The Oan Isles is almost entirely urbanised. Infrastructure is excellent.

50% of water is imported from the Asian Pacific Islands and Konoa. 50% of water is desalinated. Rain water is not collected due to its acidity. Levees, walls, dykes and storm drains prevent and/or mitigate destruction and flooding caused by sea waves and rain storms. In fact, Kuthernburg invested 18 billion dollars in infrastructre for the Oan Isles. The national grid provides 75% of Oan energy needs. Independent systems such as generators and batteries make up the other 25%. Fuel (gas imported from East Polynesia, oil imported from Staynes and alcohol imported from Dragonia) provides a third of Oan energy needs. Electricity imported from Konoa and Asian Pacific Islands provides a third of Oan energy needs. Nuclear power (using uranium imported from East Polynesia) provides the remaining third of Oan energy needs. Although the Oan Isles is a world leader in the production of solar technology, the development of solar power for widespread commercial is hampered primarily by a lack of space, rain and humidity. Some independent systems use solar power.

The Oan Isles has 170,000 kilometres of roads and 75,000 kilometres of railways. A quarter of all roads and railways are underground. The half of commuters use public transport. Car ownership is low. 60% of car users use rented cars. There is universal broadband internet access and fast public WiFi. Communication and broadcast is entirely digitised. There is universal access to basic services. A quarter of property is owned by the state, a quarter is owned by businesses, a quarter is owned by or in trust and a quarter is owned by private individuals. 75% of businesses rent or lease property instead of owning it. 98% of adults do not own property personally. They rent or lease property, live in state owned public housing or live in family-owned properties.

Social programs

Welfare

The Oan Isles exudes many characteristics of a socialist economy, but it is more accurately a welfare state. The Oan government has provided free healthcare to its citizens (which will be discussed more extensively under the section health) and free education (which will be discussed under the section education). There are social programs whicu will be discussed herein.

People who get married for the first time, have a single child or buy an apartment or house for the first time receive an allowance. People who are disabled or above a particular age, suffer from chronic illness, adopt a child, are injured out of their own accord or engage in charity work instead of actual labour, and single mothers and women who have been raped receive an allowance or compensation from the state. Their needs and circumstances are assessed according to a complex matrix of formulae to pay them a necessary amount.

Essential foods such as fruits and vegetables, staples such as bread or rice, and milk are subsidised by the state. Poorer families, in fact receive free food (except for meat and nonessential items). Transport costs especially for the poor or low income earners, the elderly or disabled, are subsidised by the state. Fuel and electricity costs especially for the worst off citizens, are subsidised by the state. Medical costs for essential surgery or treatment are subsidised by the state. Education is compulsory and free while the costs of tertiary education for able and willing learners are subsidised. People who work in essential industries such as emergency, medical, defence, education or police services receive an allowance. Essential research is funded by the state.

Education

In the Oan Isles, primary and secondary education is free and compulsory. Schools are built and managed by provinces, governed by parents and their content is determined by universities, while their assessments and the system in which they are taught is controlled by the national government. Oans have a relatively low tertiary education compared to most developed countries. This is attributed to the fact that there is a strong emphasis on preparing students for their careers during their primary and secondary education instead of tertiary education, allowing many to practice and work without additional or tertiary schooling.

School starts from the age of 7, rather late by most comparisons. At Level 8, with each level being a year long, students are diverted into their careers. They are grouped into one of three faculties: Humanities, Science and Technical. They take additional practical training as apprentices under a working professional ovet several months for five years, earning an additional qualification along with their "Matriculation Certification" at the end of their schooling: "The Apprentice Certification". They are subsequently qualified to work in many fields. More specialist careers such as medicine, physics and law, require further education. This is often accomplished at one of our distinguished universities.

The Oan Isles has several universities. The most distinguised is the University of La Rochelle and the largest is the National University of The Oan Isles. The National University is an open learning distance education university enrolling 1 million people mostly diploma courses or short courses. The University of La Rochelle is research focused. It's School of Science is renowned for its R&D, with several patents including carbon fibre tech used in cellphones, developed with its close partner, the Metatron Corporation. The University of Serenity is the host and operator of the Oahuana II Large Particle Collider, in which the graviton was discovered, in collaboration with the National Science Council of The Oan Isles. The University of Crystal Island is renowned for hosting one of the highest large telescopes in the Aurora-Gondwana area: The Stargazer Telescope Array, rising 2,000 metred above the sea. The University of Heavenly operates the massive Medical School Academic Hospital, with close to 5,000 beds, responsible for innovations in hydro colon therapy and gastrointestinal disease treatment and prevention. The University of Tranquility and Harmony is a new addition and has the largest overall reach, servicing students at campuses and through open distance learning in The Tranquility and Harmony Provinces, and the Oan Gondwana and Pacific Territories. The UTH is slowly being split up, however.

Health

The Oan health system is regarded as of a high quality. It has a large number of hospitals and clinics, equiped with the necessary materials and machines, and staffed by competent doctors and nurses. In the Oan Isles, healthcare, for citizens is mostly free. The state pays for most essential surgeries and treatments for chronic and non-chronic conditions. Prescription spectacles are free, immunisation, especially for young children is free. Non essential surgeries and treatments such as sex-change are not covered by the state.

Oans have a life expectancy of 90 years. The oldest man currently alive is 130 years old. The Oan Isles' citizens benefit from healthy and abundant food, clean air and water, access to medical and sanitary facilities or amenities and frequent exercise, and safe working conditions. The Oan Isles is focused on disease prevention ranging from lifestyle choice to immunisation against communicable diseases such as tuberculosis and measles. The Oan diet is characterised by a large amount of vegetables and fish. Meat and oily foods are often expensive, thus diabetes, heart disease and high/low blood pressure are not major health issues. The deadliest disease, among prevalent fatal diseases is cancer, killing 1 out of 20,000 people each year.

--The Oan Isles (talk) 23:14, 18 March 2017 (EDT)

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