Nation/Vinland

Republic of Vinland and Markland Republik Vinland og Markland
Motto: Af Guds nåde (By the grace of God)
Location in North America
Vinland
Capital and largest city		St. Jansted
Official languages		Danish
Recognised national languages		French, English
Recognised regional languages		Norwegian, Montagnais, Inuktitut (All in Markland)
Demonym		Vinlander (Vinlænder or Vinlænding)
Government		Unitary Constitutional Parliamentary Republic
-	President	Stephen Schou
-	Chancellor	Annie Knudsen
Legislature		Rigsdagen
Independence from Denmark
-	English colony	1610—1696
-	Depopulation	November 1696 — April 1697
-	Treaties of Utrecht (Acquisition by Denmark)	1713
-	Treaty of Kiel	January 14, 1814
-	Kingdom	December 1, 1918
-	Republic	June 17, 1944
-	Reacquisition of Markland	July 1, 1962
Area
-	Total	405,720 km2 156,649 sq mi
-	Water (%)	7.7%
Population
-	2017 census	528,817
-	Density	1.39/km2 3.6/sq mi
GDP (PPP)		2011 estimate
-	Total	$26.304 billion
-	Per capita	$51,285.78
Gini		31.6 medium
HDI		0.920 very high
Currency		Vinlandic Krone (VKK)
Time zone		(UTC−3.5 to −4)
-	Summer (DST)	(UTC−2.5 to −3) (UTC)
Date format		yyyy.mm.dd AD
Drives on the		right
Calling code		+1
Patron saint		John the Baptist
Internet TLD		.vin

Vinland (Danish pronunciation: [ˈviːˀnˌlanˀ]), officially the Republic of Vinland and Markland (Danish: Republik Vinland og Markland, [ʁεpuˈblig ˈviːˀnˌlanˀ ˈʌ ˈmɑːgˌlanˀ]) is a country located in the northeastern part of North America. It comprises the island of Vinland and mainland Markland to the northwest, with a combined area of 405,212 square kilometres (156,500 sq mi). About 92% of the nation's 528,817 residents live on the island of Vinland (and its neighbouring smaller islands), of which more than half reside on the Avalon Peninsula in the southeast corner of the island.

Vinland is a multinational state, comprising noteworthy populations of various ethnic and linguistic backgrounds. Just over 80% of residents report Danish as their mother tongue. Vinland is also home to a unique variety of French and was historically also home to a now-extinct variety of Irish as well. The extinct Beothuk language was at the time of European contact the primary language on the island of Vinland. In Markland, local dialects of Montagnais and Inuktitut are also spoken.

Vinland's capital and largest city, St. Jansted, is home to almost 40 percent of the nation's population. St. Jansted is the seat of government, home to the Rigsdag and to the highest court in the nation, the Højesteret.

Originally disputed by England and France in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the territories Newfoundland and Labrador passed in possession to the crown of Denmark in 1713 following the Treaties of Utrecht as something of a pity-prize. The Danish government renamed the colonies to Vinland and Markland, in reference to the exploration of the land by Leif Erikson in the year 1000 AD. The territories were administered as a single colony until 1807, when Markland was split off from Vinland and placed under the authority of the Norwegian Government commission. As a result of this, Markland passed to Swedish rule in 1814 with Norway, while Vinland remained a Danish colony. In 1918, Vinland became an independent Kingdom of Vinland (1918—1944) within the Danish realm, which it remained until 1944 when the Monarchy was formally abolished and the nation became a republic. Markland remained a Norwegian possession until 1962, when it was transferred by Norway to Vinland as a result of the Nordic council's Helsinki Convention.