Prybourne

Constitutional Democracy of Prybourne
Motto: Democracy is Non-Negotiable
Anthem: Prybourne National Anthem
Capital		Duron
Largest city		Freemont
Official languages		N/A
Demonym		Prybournean
Government		Constitutional Partial Represetational Athenian Democracy
-	President	Andrew Cardigan
-	Vice President	Scott Vires
-	Speaker of Congress	Gordon Tetsion
-	Chief Justice	William Ferguson
Legislature		Prybourne Congress
Independence from Canter Republic
-	Declared	May 22nd 1890
Area
-	Total	475,442 km2 183,568 sq mi
-	Water (%)	1.3
Population
-	2013 estimate	75,000,000
-	2013 census	75,423,267
-	Density	39.7/km2 102,8/sq mi
GDP (PPP)		2011 estimate
-	Total	$45 billion
-	Per capita	$2,257
GDP (nominal)		2011 estimate
-	Total	$25.759 billion
-	Per capita	$1,230
Gini (2001)		44.6 medium
HDI (2010)		0.810 very high · 150th
Currency		Pente (PNTE)
Time zone		CST (UTC+1)
-	Summer (DST)	not observed (UTC+1)
Drives on the		right
Calling code		+201
Internet TLD		.prb

The Constitutional Democracy of Prybourne is a large, cultured nation consisting of 12 States with a population of around 1,384,423,267 located in Anteria. Led by a President, it was founded in 1890 by the Canter Republic rebels from the Canter Uprising, as a conservative Constitutional Democracy. Prybourne is also a member of the PenteZone and former member of the Esquarium Union. Prybourne also maintains the largest Naval presence in all of Anteria.

History

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Demographics

Language

Many languages are used, or historically have been used in Prybourne. The most commonly used language is Roleet. There are also many languages spoken in Prybourne; languages brought to the country by colonists or immigrants from Kilowatt, Hellandia, or other parts of the world make up a large portion of the languages currently used; several languages, including creoles and sign languages, have also developed in Prybourne. Approximately 245 languages are spoken or signed by the population, of which 176 are indigenous to the area. thirteen languages formerly spoken in the country's territory are now extinct.

Different languages use different terms for citizens of Prybourne who are known in English as Prybourneans. All forms of English refer to these people as "Prybournean's", derived from "Prybourne", but there is some linguistic ambiguity over this due to the other senses of the word Bournean, which can also refer to people from the former Canter Republic. Other languages, including Spanish, Rymoreese, Portuguese, French, Dutch, Chinese, and Russian, use cognates of "Prybournean" to refer to people from Prybourne. There are various other local and colloquial names for Prybournean.

People

Prybourne has a racially and ethnically diverse population.The census officially recognizes four ethnic and racial categories: United Prybournean, Canter Prybournean, Rymoorian Prybournean, and Kilo Prybournean. The Prybourne Census Bureau also classifies Pryboureans as "Paulite" and "Not Paulite", which identifies Paulite Prybournean as a racially diverse ethnicity that composes the largest minority group in the nation.

Religion

Various religious faiths have flourished, as well as perished,in Prybourne. Religions that span the country's multicultural immigrant heritage, as well as those founded within the country, have led Prybourne to become one of the most religiously diverse countries in the world. A majority of Prybourneans report that religion plays a "very important" role in their lives, a proportion unique among developed nations.

As of 2012, the majority of Prybourneans (73–76%) identify themselves as Christians and about 15–20% have no religious affiliation. According to the Prybourne Religious Identification Survey (PRIS) (2008) 74% of the Prybourne adult population identified themselves as Christians, of which 13% identified themselves as Catholics (the largest single subgroup). The same survey says that other religions (including, for example, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism) collectively make up about 4% of the adult population, another 15% of the adult population claim no religious affiliation, and 5.2% said they did not know, or they refused to reply. According to a 2012 survey by the Pew forum, 36 percent of Prybourneans state that they attend services nearly every week or more.

Despite a high level of religious adherence, only 9% of Prybourneans in a 2008 poll said religion was the most important thing in their life, compared with 45% who said family was paramount in their life and 17% who said money and career was paramount.

Family Structure

In 2007, 58% of Prybournean age 18 and over were married, 6% were widowed, 10% were divorced, and 25% had never been married. Women now work mostly outside the home and receive a majority of bachelor's degrees.

The Prybourne teenage pregnancy rate, 15 per 1,000 women. Between 2007 and 2010, the highest teenage birth rate was in Newley, and the lowest in Limwick. Abortion is illegal throughout Prybourne besides in extreme cases where the mother is at risk. While the abortion rate is falling, the abortion ratio of 943 per 1,000 live births and abortion rate of 45 per 10,000 women aged 15–44 remain higher than recent past years. In 2011, the average age at first birth was 25.6 and 40.7% of births were to unmarried women. The total fertility rate (TFR) was estimated for 2013 at 2.07 births per woman. Adoption in Prybourne is common and relatively easy from a legal point of view.

Same-sex marriage is legally permitted in all 12 states. Polygamy is illegal Throughout all of Prybourne.

Geography

The continental Prybourne contains three harbor indented coasts of several thousand miles from which well watered coastal plains rise to two mountain ranges between which is an arable plain overlaid by thousands of miles of interconnected and navigable rivers. The Woodland continental crossroads, the southerly deserts, and the basin and range country of Morwall and Bysummer complete the picture. The combination of rivers navigable thousands of miles inland, running throughout virtually all of the largest contiguous area of farm land in the world, has helped to make Prybourne the world's breadbasket and wealthiest nation by far. Considering both the natural features and the political unity of the states of the region of the Great Plains, contrasted with the river systems and political disunity of Rymoore as an example, nothing quite like it exists anywhere else in the world. the Freemont, Brent, Roy, Gee, and Telamon River make up the river system of Prybourne.

Country-wide Prybourne has a varied topography. A broad, flat coastal plain lines the South border to the West border. Areas further inland feature rolling hills and temperate forests. Great Lakes are located in the North portion of the country. The southeast of Prybourne contain subtropical forests and varied wetlands. The Midwest consist largely of rolling hills and productive farmland, stretching east to the Eastern Coast.

The Great Plains lie west of the Roy River and East of the Telamon River. A large portion of the country's agricultural products are grown in the Great Plains. Before their general conversion to farmland, the Great Plains were noted for their extensive grasslands with elevation rising gradually from less than a few hundred feet near the Roy River to more than a mile high in the High Plains. The generally low relief of the plains is broken in several places with the he Great Plains come to an abrupt end at the Telamon River.

The Prybourne Mountains form a large portion of the Eastern Prybourne and stretching nearly to Its Western border. The Prybourne Mountain region is the highest region of Prybourne by average elevation. The Prybourne Mountains generally contain fairly mild slopes and wider peaks compared to some of the other great mountain ranges. The tallest peak is Mount Leonard at 15, 350 ft. The Prybourne Mountains contain some of the most spectacular, and well known scenery in the world. In addition, instead of being one generally continuous and solid mountain range, it is broken up into a number of smaller, intermittent mountain ranges, forming a large series of basins and valleys.

West of the Prybourne Mountains lies the Reese Plateaus (also known as the Intermountain West), a large, arid desert lying between the Lazo Mountains and the Morwall and Bysummer ranges. The large Western portion consists of salt flats, drainage basins, and many small north-south mountain ranges. The Southwest is predominantly a low-lying desert region. Overall, Prybourne is considered to have some of the most spectacular scenery in the world.

Climate

Due to its large size and wide range of geographic features, Prybourne contains examples of nearly every global climate. The climate is temperate in most areas, warmer weather in the North and cooler templates to the South. It's comparatively favorable agricultural climate contributed (in part) to the country's rise as a world power, with infrequent severe drought in the major agricultural regions, a general lack of widespread flooding, and a mainly temperate climate that receives adequate precipitation.

The main influence on Prybourne weather is the polar jet stream, which brings in large low pressure systems from the north. The Prybourne Mountains pick up most of the moisture from these systems as they move eastward. Greatly diminished by the time they reach the High Plains, much of the moisture has been sapped by the orographic effect as it is forced over several mountain ranges. However, once it moves over the Great Plains, uninterrupted flat land allows it to reorganize and can lead to major clashes of air masses. In addition, moisture from Kilowatt is often drawn northward. When combined with a powerful jet stream, this can lead to violent thunderstorms, especially during spring and summer. Sometimes during late winter and spring these storms can combine with another low pressure system as they move up the East Coast where they intensify rapidly. These storms often bring widespread, heavy snowfall to the South and Central lands. The uninterrupted flat grasslands of the Great Plains also leads to some of the most extreme climate swings in the world. Temperatures can rise or drop rapidly and winds can be extreme, and the flow of heat waves or Arctic air masses often advance uninterrupted through the plains.

Government and Politics

The government of Prybourne is the federal government of the constitutional republic of twelve states that constitute Prybourne, as well as one capital district, and several other territories. The federal government is composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive and judicial, whose powers are vested by the Prybourne Constitution in the Congress, the President, and the federal courts, including the Supreme Court, respectively; the powers and duties of these branches are further defined by acts of Congress, including the creation of executive departments and courts inferior to the Supreme Court. The full name of the republic is "The Constitutional Republic of Prybourne". No other name appears in the Constitution, and this is the name that appears on money, in treaties, and in legal cases to which it is a party. The terms "Government of Prybourne" or "Prybourne Government" are often used in official documents to represent the federal government as distinct from the states collectively. In casual conversation or writing, the term "Federal Government" is often used, and the term "National Government" is sometimes used. The terms "Federal" and "National" in government agency or program names generally indicates affiliation with the federal government. Because the seat of government is in Duron, "Duron" is commonly used as a metonym for the federal government.

The federal government is composed of three branches:

Legislative: The Congress, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives, makes federal law, declares war, approves treaties, has the power of the purse,and has the power of impeachment, by which it can remove sitting members of the government.

Executive: The president is the commander-in-chief of the military, can veto legislative bills before they become law (subject to Congressional override), and appoints the members of the Cabinet (subject to Senate approval) and other officers, who administer and enforce federal laws and policies.

Judicial: The Supreme Court and lower federal courts, whose judges are appointed by the president with Senate approval, interpret laws and overturn those they find unconstitutional.

The House of Representatives has 344 voting members, each representing a congressional district for a two-year term. House seats are apportioned among the states by population every tenth year. States roughly have 20-28 representatives.

The Senate has 23 members elected at-large to six-year terms; one third of Senate seats are up for election every other year. The president serves a four-year term and has no limit to how many terms he can serve. The president is elected by indirectly by a modified system of the Electoral College. The Supreme Court, led by the Chief Justice of Prybourne, has nine members, who serve for life.

The state governments are structured in roughly similar fashion; Newley uniquely has a unicameral legislature. The governor (chief executive) of each state is directly elected. Some state judges and cabinet officers are appointed by the governors of the respective states, while others are elected by popular vote.

The original text of the Constitution establishes the structure and responsibilities of the federal government and its relationship with the individual states. Article One protects the right to the "great writ" of habeas corpus, The Constitution has been amended 13 times; the first 10 amendments, which make up the Bill of Rights, and the Fourteenth Amendment form the central basis of Prybourne's individual rights. All laws and governmental procedures are subject to judicial review and any law ruled in violation of the Constitution is voided.

Elections

Prybourne uses a modified system of the electoral college that elects the President and Vice President of Prybourne every four years. The President and Vice President are not elected directly by the voters. Instead, they are elected by "electors" who are chosen by popular vote on a state-by-state basis. Electors are apportioned to each state, but not to territorial possessions of Prybourne, such as Rymoore and ISSP.The number of electors in each state is equal to the number of members of Congress to which the state is entitled.In total, there are 536 electors, based on there being 512 representatives and 24 Senators.

Electors are pledged to particular presidential and vice presidential candidates, though unpledged electors are possible. In all states, except Newley and Esterash, electors are elected on a "winner-take-all" basis. That is, all electors pledged to the presidential candidate who wins the most votes in a state become electors for that state. Newley and Esterash use the "congressional district method", selecting one elector within each congressional district by popular vote and selecting the remaining two electors by a statewide popular vote. Although no elector is required by federal law to honor a pledge, there have only been very few occasions when an elector voted contrary to a plegde or oath.

The candidate that receives an absolute majority of electoral votes for the offices of President or Vice President is elected to that office. If no candidate receives a majority for President, then the House of Representatives will select the President, with each state delegation (instead of each Representative) having only one vote. If no candidate receives a majority for Vice President, then the Senate will select the Vice President, with each Senator having one vote.

Political Parties

Throughout most of its history, Prybourne politics have been dominated by a two-party system. However, the Prybourne Constitution has always been silent on the issue of political parties; at the time it was signed in 1900, there were no parties in the nation. Indeed, no nation in the world had voter-based political parties. The need to win popular support in a republic led to the invention of political parties in the 1790s. Prybourne were especially innovative in devising new campaign techniques that linked public opinion with public policy through the party.

Political scientists and historians have divided the development of Prybourne's two-party system into five eras. The modern two-party system consists of the Builder Party and the Clockwork Party.Several third parties also operate in Prybourne and from time to time elect someone to local office. The largest third party since the 1980s is the Pente Party followed by the Goldfinch Party.

Since the 1930s, the modern Prybourne political spectrum and the usage of left–right politics have basically differed from the rest of the world. For example, among the two major parties, economic liberalism and classical liberalism's central principle of limited government is generally supported by modern Prybourne Conservatism and the right-leaning Clockwork Party, rather than modern Prybourne Liberalism and the left-leaning Builder Party.

Infrastructure

Transportation

Personal transportation is dominated by automobiles, which operate on a network of 13 million roads, including one of the world's longest highway systems. About 40% of personal vehicles are vans, SUVs, or light trucks. The average Prybourne adult (accounting for all drivers and non-drivers) spends 74 minutes driving every day, traveling 48 miles. Despite this, URW only has 7 auto companies nation-wide. Prybourne instead gets most of it's vehicles imported from abroad with the leading supplier being Arkorne.

Mass transit accounts for 9% of total Prybourne work trips. While transport of goods by rail is extensive, relatively few people use rail to travel, though ridership on RoTram, the national intercity passenger rail system, grew by almost 37% between 2000 and 2010. Also, light rail development has increased in recent years. Bicycle usage for work commutes is minimal.

The civil airline industry is entirely privately owned and has been largely deregulated since 1934 while most major airports are publicly owned. The three largest airlines in the world by passengers carried are Prybourne-based; Prybourne Air is number one after its 2013 acquisition of Prybourne Airways. Of the world's 30 busiest passenger airports, 14 are in Prybourne.

Energy

The Prybourne energy market is 29,000 terawatt hours per year. Energy consumption per capita is 3.8 tons of oil equivalent per year, the 10th highest rate in the world. In 2001, 10% of this energy came from petroleum, 10% from coal, and 30% from natural gas. The remainder was supplied by nuclear power and renewable energy sources.

For decades, nuclear power has played a limited role relative to many other developed countries, in part because of public perception in the wake of the Russatrovan Artox Incident. In 2007, several applications for new nuclear plants were filed. Prybourne has 27% of global coal reserves and is the world's largest producer of natural gas and crude oil.

Economy

Prybourne has abundant natural resources, a well-developed infrastructure, and high productivity. It has one of the highest per capita GDP. Prybourne is one of the largest producer of oil and natural gas. Though Prybourne's economy mainly comes through its large tourism industry. It has been one of the world's largest national economy (not including colonial empires) since at least the 1900s. As of 2010, the country remains one of the world's largest tourism destination, representing a fifth of the global tourism output. Of the world's 500 largest companies, 13 are headquartered in the Prybourne. The country is one of the world's largest and most influential financial markets. About 60% of the global currency reserves have been invested in the Prybourne Pente, while 24% have been invested in the Lira. The Duron Stock Exchange is the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization. Foreign investments made in Prybourne total almost $2.4 trillion, which is more than twice that of any other country. Prybourne investments in foreign countries total over $3.3 trillion, which is almost twice that of any other country. Consumer spending comprises 45% of Prybourne's economy in 2013.The labor market has attracted immigrants from all over the world and its net migration rate is among the highest in the world.

Military

The United Prybourne Armed Forces are the military forces of the Prybourne. They consist of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard. Prybourne has a strong tradition of civilian control of the military. The President of Prybourne is the military's overall head, and helps form military policy with the Prybourne Department of Defense, a federal executive department, acting as the principal organ by which military policy is carried out. The DoD is headed by the Secretary of Defense, who is a civilian and Cabinet member. The Defense Secretary is second in the military's chain of command, just below the President, and serves as the principal assistant to the President in all DoD-related matters.To coordinate military action with diplomacy, the President has an advisory National Security Council headed by a National Security Advisor. Both the President and Secretary of Defense are advised by a seven-member Joint Chiefs of Staff, which includes the head of each of the Defense Department's service branches as well as the chief of the National Guard Bureau. Leadership is provided by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Commandant of the Coast Guard is not a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

All of the branches work together during operations and joint missions, under the Unified Combatant Commands, under the authority of the Secretary of Defense with the exception of the Coast Guard. The Coast Guard falls under the administration of the Department of Homeland Security and receives its operational orders from the Secretary of Homeland Security. The Coast Guard may be transferred to the Department of the Navy by the President or Congress during a time of war. All five armed services are among the seven uniformed services of Prybourne; the others are the Prybourne National Guard and the Prybourne Reserves.

From the time of its inception, the military played a decisive role in the history of Prybourne. A sense of national unity and identity was forged as a result of victory in the Canter Uprising

The Prybourne military is one of the largest militaries in terms of number of personnel. It draws its manpower from a large pool of paid volunteers; although conscription has been used in the past in various times of both war and peace, it has not been used since 1972. As of 2013, Prybourne spends about $554.2 billion annually to fund its military forces, and appropriates approximately $88.5 billion to fund Overseas Contingency Operations. Put together, the Prybourne constitutes roughly 43 percent of the world's military expenditures. The Prybourne Armed Forces as a whole possess large quantities of advanced and powerful equipment, along with widespread placement of forces around the world, giving them significant capabilities in both defense and power projection.

Law Enforcment

Law enforcement in Prybourne is primarily the responsibility of local police and sheriff's departments, with state police providing broader services. Federal agencies such as the Prybourne Federal Investigation Administration and the Prybourne Marshals Service have specialized duties. At the federal level and in almost every state, jurisprudence operates on a common law system. State courts conduct most criminal trials; federal courts handle certain designated crimes as well as certain appeals from the state criminal courts. Federal law prohibits a variety of drugs, although states sometimes pass laws in conflict with federal regulations. A complete list of banned substances was made by the Prybourne Controlled Substance Act.

The smoking age is generally 18, and the drinking age is generally 21. The school leaving age is set by states and is usually in the range 16-18. The driving age in Prybourne is generally 16, younger than in most other countries. Abortion on demand is legal throughout the Prybourne. Abortion remains a highly controversial political and public issue. Prybourne is one of few developed countries to retain laws against adultery. Adultery remains illegal in only 3 states, although these laws are rarely enforced and are largely believed to be unconstitutional.

Among developed nations, Prybourne has above-average levels of violent crime and particularly high levels of gun violence and homicide. v has one of the highest documented incarceration rate and total prison population in the world. At the start of 2008, more than 2.3 million people were incarcerated, more than one in every 100 adults. The current rate is about seven times the 1980 figure, and over three times the figure in Hellandia. the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) country with the next highest rate. Terran males are jailed at about six times the rate of Hellan males and three times the rate of Paulite males. The country's high rate of incarceration is largely due to sentencing and drug policies. In 2008, The state of Woddell had the highest incarceration rate, and Newley the lowest.

Capital punishment is sanctioned in Prybourne for certain federal and military crimes, and used in 7 states. While there are 7 states which include capital punishment within their sentencing statutes, some states (such as Newley and Wildespell) have yet to execute anyone since 1976, as demonstrated by the lack of any executions by these states out of the 1317 total executions which have taken place as of December 5, 2012. No executions took place from 1967 to 1977, owing in part to a Prybourne Supreme Court ruling striking down arbitrary imposition of the death penalty. In 1976, that Court ruled that, under appropriate circumstances, capital punishment may constitutionally be imposed; since the decision there have been more than 1,300 executions, a majority of these taking place in three states: Woodland , Bydale, and Bysummer. Five state legislatures in the modern era have abolished the death penalty, though two of those laws (in Morwall and Limwick) were not retroactive. Additionally, state courts in Vertcoast and Springlea struck down death penalty statutes and their legislatures took no action in response.

Industry

The technological and industrial history of Prybourne describes Prybourne emergence as one of the most technologically advanced nation in the world. The availability of land and literate labor, the diversity of climate and a large easily accessed upscale and literate free market all contributed to Prybourne's rapid industrialization. The availability of capital, development by the free market of navigable canals, rivers, and coastal waterways, and the abundance of natural resources owned by businesses facilitated the cheap extraction of energy all contributed to URW's rapid industrialization. Fast transport by the private railroad networks, developed in part by Federal grants of land and guaranteeing of bonds, and later the Prybourne Interstate Highway System all contributed to URW's rapid industrialization. Government's adoption of the Prybourne Constitution and its limits on government and the rights of individuals along with strong protection of property rights, the rule of law and contracts and intelligent land development laws and the admission of states on an equal right basis.

The early technological and industrial development in Prybourne was facilitated by a unique confluence of geographical, social, and economic factors. The relative lack of workers kept Prybourne wages nearly always higher than corresponding Hellandia and Terran Cohort workers and provided an incentive to mechanize some tasks. The Prybourne population had some semi-unique advantages in that they were former Canter subjects, had high Prybornean literacy skills, for that period and had strong Canter institutions, with some minor Prybourne modifications, of courts, laws, right to vote, protection of property rights and in many cases personal contacts among the Prybournean innovators of the Industrial Revolution. They had a good basic structure to build on. Another major advantage, which the Canter people lacked, was no inherited aristocratic institutions. The northern seaboard of Prybourne, with a great number of rivers and streams along the Western seaboard, provided many potential sites for constructing textile mills necessary for early industrialization. . A vast supply of natural resources, the technological knowledge on how to build and power the necessary machines along with a labor supply of literate workers, often unmarried females, all aided early industrialization. The broad knowledge of the Industrial Revolution and Scientific Revolution by many literate people helped facilitate understanding for the construction and invention of new manufacturing businesses and technologies. A limited government that would allow them to succeed or fail on their own merit helped.

Science, technology, and industry have not only profoundly shaped Prybourne's economic success, but have also contributed to its distinct political institutions, social structure, educational system, and cultural identity. Prybournean values of limited government, meritocracy, entrepreneurship, and self-sufficiency are drawn from its legacy of pioneering technical advances.

Media

Media of Prybourne consist of several different types of communications media: television, radio, cinema, newspapers, magazines, and Internet-based Web sites. Prybourne also has a strong music industry. Many of the media are controlled by large for-profit corporations who reap revenue from advertising, subscriptions, and sale of copyrighted material. media conglomerates tend to be leading global players, generating large revenues as well as large opposition in many parts of the world. With the passage of the Prybourne Media Act of 1996, further deregulation and convergence are under way, leading to mega-mergers, further concentration of media ownership, and the emergence of multinational media conglomerates. These mergers enable tighter control of information. Currently, six corporations control roughly 90% of the media. Critics allege that localism, local news and other content at the community level, media spending and coverage of news, and diversity of ownership and views have suffered as a result of these processes of media concentration.

Newspaper

The first newspaper in Prybourne, the Duron Times, was founded in 1890, In 1895, the Prybourne Citizen began publication; it was renamed the Duron Mail Register in 1900. In 1902, the Register merged with the Freemont Leader, a descendant of the Duron times, to become the Daily Duron Register and Leader. In 1903, banker Jim Dowes, Sr. purchased the Register and Leader; the name became The Daily Duron Register in 1915. Under the ownership of Dowes Media Company, the Register became Prybourne's largest and most influential newspaper, eventually adopting the slogan "The Newspaper Prybourne Citizens Depends Upon." Newspapers were distributed to all four corners of the state by train and later by truck as Prybourne's highway system was improving. The Register employed reporters in cities and towns throughout Duron, and it covered national and international news stories from an Prybournean perspective. During the 1960s, circulation of the Register peaked at nearly 250,000 for the daily edition and 500,000 for the Sunday edition–more than the population of Duron at the time. In 1935, the Register & Tribune Company founded radio station URNB-AM. In 1955, the company, renamed Dowes Communications some years earlier, founded Duron's third television station, URNT-TV, which was renamed URDS after the radio station was sold in 1974. Dowes eventually acquired other newspapers, radio stations and television stations, but almost all of them were sold to other companies by 1985.

In 1906, the newspaper's first front-page editorial cartoon, illustrated by Carl Newgood, was published; the tradition of front-page editorial cartoons continued until December 4, 2008 when 25-year veteran cartoonist Andrew Carter was let go in a round of staff cuts. In 1943, the Register became the first newspaper to sponsor a natiowide opinion poll when it introduced the Prybourne Poll. Sports coverage was increased under sports editor Alan Gracey in the 1920s.

In 1985, faced with declining circulation and revenues, the Dowes family sold off its various properties to different owners, with the Register going to Marshall. At the time of sale, only The Rymoore Times had won more Pulitzer Prizes for national reporting. In 1990, the Register began to reduce its coverage of news outside of the Duron area by closing most of its Prybourne news bureaus and ending carrier distribution to outlying counties, although an "URW Edition" of the Register is still distributed throughout most of the state. Many of the Register's news stories and editorials focus on Duron and its suburbs. The Register opened a new printing and distribution facility on the south side of Duron in 2000. The newspaper's offices are located in downtown Duron. June 1, 2005, the Register launched a weekly tabloid publication, Juice, which features entertainment and lifestyle stories targeted at the 25 to 34-year-old demographic.

After 95 years in the Daily Duron Register Building at 715 Wess Street, the Register announced in 2012 that they would move to a new location in 2013, settling for Freemont Square three blocks to the east. Overnight on Friday, June 14 into the early morning hours of Saturday, June 15, 2013 The Register moved to its new location on the 4th & 5th floors of Freemont Square with no interruption in service, design, reporting, circulation, or any other operations. The old building is currently still being cleared and is for sale.

Education

Prybourne public education is operated by state and local governments, regulated by the Prybourne Department of Education through restrictions on federal grants. In most states, children are required to attend school from the age of six or seven (generally, kindergarten or first grade) until they turn 18 (generally bringing them through twelfth grade, the end of high school); some states allow students to leave school at 16 or 17. About 12% of children are enrolled in parochial or nonsectarian private schools. Just over 2% of children are homeschooled.

Prybourne has many competitive private and public institutions of higher education. According to prominent international rankings, 13 or 15 Robloxian colleges and universities are ranked among the top 20 in the world. There are also local community colleges with generally more open admission policies, shorter academic programs, and lower tuition. Of Prybournean 25 and older, 84.6% graduated from high school, 52.6% attended some college, 27.2% earned a bachelor's degree, and 9.6% earned graduate degrees. The basic literacy rate is approximately 99%. The United Nations assigns Prybourne an Education Index of 0.97, tying it for 12th in the world.

Culture

The culture of Prybourne is primarily a Western culture, but is also influenced by Rymoorian, Kilo, Hellandian, ISSP, and Haldisian cultures. A strand of what may be described as Prybourne culture started its formation over 10,000 years ago with the migration of the Eastern Canterians from the Canter Republic, as well as from Hellandia and The Slavic Countries of Northern Europe, into the region that is today the continental Prybourne. Prybourne has its own unique social and cultural characteristics such as dialect, music, arts, social habits, cuisine, and folklore. Prybourne is an ethnically and racially diverse country as a result of large-scale migration from many ethnically and racially different countries throughout its history as well as differing birth and death rates among natives, settlers, and immigrants.

Sports

The market for professional sports in Prybourne is roughly $7 Billion Pente, significantly lower than most Esquarium nations. Baseball has been regarded as the national sport since the late 19th century, while Prybournean football is now by several measures the most popular spectator sport. Basketball and Hockey are the country's next two leading professional team sports. These four major sports, when played professionally, each occupy a season at different, but overlapping, times of the year. College football and basketball attract large audiences. Boxing and horse racing were once the most watched individual sports, but they have been eclipsed by golf and auto racing, particularly ROCAR. In the 21st century, televised mixed martial arts has also gained a strong following of regular viewers. While soccer is much less popular in URW than in many other nations in Esquarium, it is played widely at the youth and amateur levels; even so, the men's teams plan on being in the next Esquarium Coup and the women are #1 in the women's continental rankings. Tennis and many outdoor sports are popular as well.

Cuisine

Canterian colonization of Prybourne yielded the introduction of a number of ingredients and cooking styles to the latter. The various styles continued expanding well into the 19th and 20th centuries, proportional to the influx of immigrants from many foreign nations; such influx developed a rich diversity in food preparation throughout the country.

Arts and Literature

Visual art of Prybourne art encompasses the history of painting and visual art in Prybourne. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, artists primarily painted landscapes and portraits in a realistic style based mainly on Western painting and Hellandia arts. A parallel development taking shape in rural Prybourne was the Prybournean craft movement, which began as a reaction to the Canter civil war.

During its early history, Prybourne was a series of Canter Republic colonies on the eastern coast of the present-day Terran Cohort. Therefore, its literary tradition begins as linked to the broader tradition of Canter literature. However, unique Prybournean characteristics and the breadth of its production usually now cause it to be considered a separate path and tradition.

Holidays

For constitutional reasons, Prybourne does not have national holidays in the sense that most other nations do, i.e. days on which all businesses are closed by law and employees have a day off. Pursuant to the Constitution, the Prybourne federal government only has constitutional jurisdiction to establish holidays for itself, for certain federally-chartered and regulated businesses (such as federal banks), and for Duron ; and pursuant to the Constitution, neither federal, state nor local government can require any business (other than those mentioned) or individual to observe any holiday. Otherwise, constitutional authority to create public holidays is a power reserved to the states. Most states also allow local jurisdictions (cities, villages, etc.) to establish their own local holidays.

Important Documents

Alliance of Grote Partijen

Constitution of Prybourne

Prybourneans with Disabilities Act

Controlled Substances banned in Prybourne

Prybourne Controlled Substance Act