GLOBAL INFORMATION SURVEY
Please provide truthful answers. Where appropriate, please cite the relevant law or regulation to support your answer. You do not have to answer all the questions. Unless otherwise noted, all figures are assumed to be accurate as of 2016. Unless otherwise noted, all financial figures are assumed to be in Selenid Solidi. Examples are for reference only and should not be assumed to limit the range of possible responses.
A. OVERVIEW
1. Official Name: The United Empire of Noveaux
2. Short Name: Noveaux
3. Date of Foundation: May 11, 1788
4. Surface Area (km2): 954 158 km^2 with Lake Velaan, 925 065 km^2 without Lake Velaan -
5. Internet Top Level Domain: .nov
6. Capital City: Calien
7. Largest City: Calpheon
B. GOVERNMENT
1. Head of State: Kaizig (Emperor) Evander I Atlas
2. Head of the Imperial Government: Lord Regent Lukas Montcourt
2. Head of Government: Chancellor Raiden Sevar
3. System of Government: Constitutional Imperial Administration
4. Power Structure: Confederal
5. Name of Legislature (NA if not applicable): Imperistarium
6. Name of Highest Court (NA if not applicable): Supreme Court of Arbitration
7. Voting (Compulsory or Voluntary): Compulsory
8. Minimum Voting Age: 17
C. PEOPLE AND SOCIETY
1. Population: 46.872.182
2. Life Expectancy: 80.1
3. Literacy: 98.1%
4. Direction of Traffic: Right
5. Capital Punishment: Yes*
6. Abortion: Yes**
7. Religions: Novean Faith, Divine Cults, Alssahran Prophets, Occidental Orthodoxy, Neo-Lateranism
8. Marriage Equality: Yes***
9. Healthcare System: Private-Public (it's about half-half)
10. Languages Spoken: Wesser, Esser, Common Novean
11. Most Populated Cities (3): Calpheon, Belhaven, Calien
D. ECONOMY
1. Gross Domestic Product: 1.453T
2. GDP per capita: 31.000
3. Currency: Ahler (figures here are in Selenid Solidi)
4. Inflation: 1.7%
5. Unemployment: 5.4%
6. Poverty: 11.2%
7. Industries: Tourism, Banking/Investment, Pharmaceuticals, Aeronautical Engineering/Manufacturing, Viticulture, General Agriculture and Mining
E. MILITARY
1. Military Expenditure (% of GDP): 2%****
2. Conscription:Yes*****
3. Active Personnel: 180,000
4. Reserve Personnel: 288,000
5. Total Personnel: 468,000
6. Military Branches: Active (Reserve)
-Imperial Guard: 5.000 (15.000)
-Army: 150.000 (220.000)
-Navy: 5.000 (15.000)
-Air Force: 20.000 (38.000)
*Pending current legislation to change this aspect. Currently upheld by the Unification Charter for acts of Espionage, Treason and Terrorism.
**Legal in all cases and guaranteed as a right in 1933 by the 'Women's Act'. Doctors are allowed to refuse unless the mother's life is at risk.
***Never outlawed, guaranteed as a right in 1813 by the 'Natural Love Act'. Novean Faith is very accepting.
****Part of the Prosperity Alliance's Accords that all nations within the Alliance must meet the 2% spending requirement minimum.
*****Enshrined in the Unification Charter as necessary to the National Defense. Carried over from the realms who all had conscription in place at the time of the Unification.