Nevi'im

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Jewish Republic of Nevi'im
Motto"פֿרייַהייט און שלום פֿאַר די ייִדיש מענטשן"
AnthemNone
Capital
and largest city
Ketuvim
Official languages Yiddish
Recognised national languages Hebrew, Yiddish, Pidgin Hebrew, Judeo-Nevi
Demonym Nevish
Government Religious republic
 -  President Tzeitel Goldstein
History
 -  Established as a sovereign nation June 9, 1786 
 -  Current constitution September 19, 1949 
Area
 -  Total 48,473 km2
18,715 sq mi 
 -  Water (%) 6%
Population
 -  estimate 11,930,009
Currency Shekel ()
Time zone Western Standard Time (UTC+1)
Date format dd ˘ mm ˘ yyyy
Calling code +613
Internet TLD .nm

Nevi'im /Nəḇî'îm/, officially the Religious Republic of Nevi'im (Hebrew: נְבִיאִים, IPA), is a island country in Western Volodoyim Sea. It shares a land border with the smaller state of Hativkah, and it contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area. In its constitution Nevi'im defines itself as a Jewish and Democratic State; it is on of the few jewish-majority states in the world.

In may 1746, a group of Sephardi Jews founded a settlement on the island the later named Nevi'im. On June 9 1786, Sefer Israel, the leader of the Nevi'im colony, declared "the establishment of a Jewish state on the island, to be known as the Republic of Nevi'im," Nevi'im has since had a strong population growth fueled by Jewish immigration to a more safe and stable place to live for Jews. Nevi'im's financial center is Giv'at Ze'ev, while Ketuvim is the country's most populous city and its official capital, The population of Nevi'im, as defined by the Nevi'im Bureau of Statistics and Demographics, was estimated in 2013 to be 11,900,009 people, of whom 11,545,900 are Jewish. The country's second largest group are Christians, with 263,400 people. The great majority of Christians are Vecherdian Mennonites and Reformed Christians. The largest ethnic groups are Ashkenazim Jews, former over half of the Nevi'im population, followed by Sephardim Jews, Vecherdian Jews and Germanic converts to Judaism. There are also smaller numbers of Germans, Poles, Ciricissians Beta Israel and Arabs.

Nevi'im is a representative democracy with a parliamentary system, proportional representation and universal suffrage. The President serves as head of government and the Hagai serves as Nevi'ims unicameral legislative body. Nevi'im is a developed country and an JFTO member, Nevi'im has a highly technological economy. Nevi'im has the highest standard of living in the Volodymyr area, and has a middle to high life rating.


Demographics

Population

The population of Nevi'im was estimated to be standing at 11,954,500 inhabitants in December 2013. The population of Nevi'im has been growing relatively fast and steady since the late 17th century, the time of the last large epidemic in Nevi'im. The population has grown through high fertility rates and immigration.

The fertility rate of Nevi'im stood at 3.17 in 2012, boosted through high birth rates among orthodox and Haredi Jews, and the somewhat high birth rates among Jews in general.

Ethnic Groups

The largest ethnic group in Nevi'im is Ashkenazim, and they dominate the financial and political sectors.

In the 2013 census the ethnic groups were divided as following:

55.9% Ashkenazim 18.7% Sephardim 9.2% Germanic ethnic groups 5.8% Mizrahim 4.9% Vecherdian 1.8% Mountain Jews 3.7% Other ethnic groups

Religion

Judaism is the largest religion in Nevi'im and one of the few jewish-majority states in the world. In 2013, it was estimated that 96.78% of the population were Jewish by ethnicity or religion.

According to the 2013 census, the religious demographics were as following:

96.78% Jewish

54.5% Reformed Jews 14.9% Orthodox Jews 12.2% Conservative Jews 9.9% Haredi Jews 3.8% Liberal Jews 1.4% Other denominational Jews

1.95% Christian

1.01% Mennonite Christians 0.38% Quaker Christians 0.20% Lutheran Christians 0.14% Catholic Christians 0.22% Other denominational Christians

0.93% Pagan Religions

0.70% Navish Pagan Religion 0.19% Hinduism 0.04% Other Pagan Religions

Other religions 0.34%

0.14% Islam 0.10% Buddhism 0.03% Scientology 0.02% Zoroastrianism 0.024% Jainism 0.006% Druze 0.04% Other