Lessau

Kingdom Of Lessau Lessau
Region		The East Pacific
Capital and largest city		Burdels
Official languages		N/A
Demonym		Lessaun
Government		Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
-	Queen/King	Maryian IV
-	Prime Minister	Essence Michelle
Legislature		Legislature Federal Parliament
-	Upper house	Senate
-	Lower house	Chamber of Representatives
History
-	Founding	1322
-	Conquered By Morstaybishlian Empire	October 4th,1699
-	Recognized State	April 19th,1839
-	Joins Gordic Union	January 1st, 1978
Population
-	2017 estimate	11,250,585
GDP (nominal)		estimate
-	Total	$508 billion Gorio
HDI		0.890 very high
Currency		Gorio (GO)
Date format		dd ˘ mm ˘ yyyy
Drives on the		right
Calling code		447
ISO 3166 code		KOL
Internet TLD		.KOL

Lessau,officially the Kingdom of Lessau, is a sovereign state in Southern Concord bordered by South Hills,Shango, New Leganes,and the Southern Concordian. It is a small, densely populated country and has a population of about 11 million people. Straddling the cultural boundary between Staynish and Gordic, Lessau is home to two main linguistic groups: the Staynish-speaking, mostly Staynish community, which constitutes about 59% of the population, and the Lessau-speaking, mostly Ladoom population, which comprises 41% of all Lessaun. Additionally, there is a small group of English-speakers who live in the West Cantons located around the High Verns area, and bordering South Hills .

Historically, Lessau and the state of Buena Vista were known as the Low Countries; it once covered a somewhat Large area group of states. From the end of the Middle Ages until the 17th century, the area of Lessau was a prosperous and cosmopolitan centre of commerce and culture. From the 16th century until the Lessau Revolution in 1830, when Lessau seceded from the Morstaybishlian Empire.

Today, Lessau is a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of governance. It is divided into three regions and 8 communities, that exist next to each other. Its two largest regions are the Staynish-speaking region of Gebies in the north and the Lessau-speaking southern region Of Balaru. The Lessau-Capital Region is an officially bilingual enclave within the Gebies Region. A Cranian-speaking Community exists in eastern Balaru.Lessau linguistic diversity and related political conflicts are reflected in its political history and complex system of governance, made up of six different governments.

Lessau participated in the Industrial Revolution and, during the course of the 20th century, possessed a number of colonies in Gondwanan. The second half of the 20th century was marked by rising tensions between the Staynish-speaking and the Lessau-speaking citizens fueled by differences in language and culture and the unequal economic development of Gebies and Vlorsk. This continuing antagonism has led to several far-reaching reforms, resulting in a transition from a unitary to a federal arrangement during the period from 1970 to 1993. Despite the reforms, tensions between the groups have remained, if not increased; there is significant separatism particularly among the Gebies; controversial language laws exist such as the municipalities with language facilities;and the formation of a coalition government took 18 months following the June 2010 federal election, a world record. Lessau is one of the six observing countries of the Gordic Council. Lessau a developed country, with an advanced high-income economy and is categorized as "very high" in the Human Development Index.

History

The Eighty Years' War (1568–1648) divided the Low Countries into the northern United Provinces. The latter were ruled successively by the Morstaybishlian and comprised most of modern Lessau.

In 1830, the Lessau Revolution led to the separation of the Southern Provinces from the Morstaybishlian and to the establishment of a Catholic and bourgeois, officially Lessau-speaking and neutral, independent Lessau under a provisional government and a national congress. Since the installation of Nestford I as king on 21 July 1831, now celebrated as Lessau National Day, Lessau has been a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy, with a laicist constitution based on the Nestford code. Although the franchise was initially restricted, universal suffrage for men was introduced after the general strike of 1893 (with plural voting until 1919) and for women in 1949.

The main political parties of the 19th century were the Catholic Party and the Liberal Party, with the Lessaun Labour Party emerging towards the end of the 19th century. Lessau was originally the single official language adopted by the nobility and the bourgeoisie. It progressively lost its overall importance as Staynish became recognized as well. This recognition became official in 1898 and in 1967 the parliament accepted a Staynish version of the Constitution.Lessau became one of the six Observer members of the Gordic Council.

Armed Forces

The Lessau Armed Forces have about 147,000 active troops. In 2010, Lessau defence budget totaled 27 billion (representing 1.18% of its GDP).They are organized into one unified structure which consists of four main components: Land Component, or the Army; Air Component, or the Air Force; Naval Component, or the Navy; Medical Component. The operational commands of the four components are subordinate to the Staff Department for Operations and Training of the Ministry of Defence, which is headed by the Assistant Chief of Staff Operations and Training, and to the Chief of Defence.