Sainterre
Democratic Kingdom of Sainterre
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| Motto: "Pax, prosperitas, praegressus." "Peace, prosperity, progression." |
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| Anthem: "From Sea to Sky" | |||||
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Satellite Image of Sainterre and the Surrounding Countries.
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| Region | International Democratic Union | ||||
| Capital | Cavalry | ||||
| Largest city | Augusta | ||||
| Official languages | English | ||||
| Recognised national languages | English, Kinglish | ||||
| Demonym | Sainterran | ||||
| Government | Federal constitutional republic | ||||
| - | King | Nicholas VII | |||
| - | Chancellor | Jacob Varisty | |||
| - | Vice Chancellor | Edward Kotsiopolous | |||
| - | Speaker of the Senate | Philip Baerg | |||
| - | Chief Justice | Wyatt Leviston | |||
| Legislature | Royal Senate | ||||
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| - | Voyage of Varisty and White | 1745 | |||
| - | Consolidation as the Democratic Kingdom of Sainterre | 1769 | |||
| - | Water (%) | 5.2% | |||
| Population | |||||
| - | 2013 estimate | 323,298,031 | |||
| - | Density | 35.4/km2 91.7/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate | ||||
| - | Total | $208.4 trillion | |||
| GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate | ||||
| - | Total | $208.4 trillion | |||
| Gini (2014) | 0.210 low |
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| HDI (2014) | 0.9783 very high |
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| Currency | Sainterran Dollar (SP) |
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| Time zone | Sainterran Time Zone (UTC+2) | ||||
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy | ||||
| Drives on the | right | ||||
| Calling code | 19 | ||||
| ISO 3166 code | NDES | ||||
| Internet TLD | .sa | ||||
The Democratic Kingdom of Sainterre, commonly known as the Democratic Kingdom or simply Sainterre is country located the International Democratic Union. Sainterre is crowned republic composed of four ancient provinces, ten states, one capital district and two self-governing territories. The current monarch is King Nicholas VII and the current Lord Chancellor is Jacob Varisty. Sainterre is composed of three main islands, Saantair, Concordia, and Loceno. Sainterre has a population of 700 million and a land area of 3,198,093 square miles.
Prior to Western contact in 1676, Sainterre was composed of individual city states and because of the geographical tendencies of the islands, these city states never were in contact with each other. The Democratic Kingdom of Sainterre emerged from the four ancient provinces, Victoria, Borderia, Alexandria and The Palisades, after the Wars of Independence. These wars were provoked by the tyrannical rule of pirates and finally came to an end in 1769 by the signing of the Royal Treaty of Ft. McAllister. The first constitution, The Royal Charter on the Lands of Nation, adopted in 1769 in the capital city of Cavalry, established the form of government with the monarch, elected in a national election every eight years, as the head of state and government. However, after the Sainterran Revolution of 1791, the powers of the now-hereditary monarch became mostly ceremonial and the powers were then transferred to the newly established elected position of Chancellor under the Second Charter on the Lands of Sainterre, the constitution that is still in effect.
The Democratic Kingdom of Sainterre is a powerful country, both in terms of international influence and economic output. The Democratic Kingdom ranks highly in economic freedom and its arms manufacturing and book publishing sectors are among the best in the world.
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Etymology
"Sainterre" was first used by Lord Admiral Beckett Varisty, after conquering the islands he had discovered in 1745. The name, "Sainterre", comes from the French words, for "holy" and "land", "saint" and "terre", respectively. Before the adoption of the Royal Charter on the Lands of Nation in 1769, Sainterre had many differing names due to the spread out nature of the indigenous people. Such names included, Averoigne, Kolobia and Borderia. However, after the Wars of Independence, the name "Sainterre" was included in the Royal Charter and adopted by the 1st Royal Senate.
History
Pre-Contact Sainterre, Indigenous Populations
The first inhabitants of Sainterre arrived by way of boats approximately 15,000 years ago from an unknown land. Some of these indigenous people, like the proto-Cavalarians of the Blue and the People of the Southern Lords, developed grand and sophisticated societies despite being hundreds of miles away from each other. These civilizations, as well as the less developed city states spread throughout the mainland, thrived until the late 1600's when the first Westerners arrived.
