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|image_map                = Consigahria-map.jpeg
 
|image_map                = Consigahria-map.jpeg
 
|region                  = Spiritus
 
|region                  = Spiritus
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|wa_member                  = WA Member
 
|national_motto          = "''Os Iusti Meditabitur Sapientiam''" (<small>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin Latin]</small>)<br><small>"[[The Mouth of Justice Meditates Wisdom]]"</small>
 
|national_motto          = "''Os Iusti Meditabitur Sapientiam''" (<small>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin Latin]</small>)<br><small>"[[The Mouth of Justice Meditates Wisdom]]"</small>
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|national_anthem          = ''[[Lilium]]'' (<small>Latin</small>)<br><small>"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTXr9RzXE_U Lilium]"</small>
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|national_anthem          = ''[[Lilium]]'' (<small>Latin</small>)<br><small>"[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92WzbJQroGc Lilium]"</small>
 
|official_languages      = English, Hebrew
 
|official_languages      = English, Hebrew
 
|national_languages      = English, Hebrew, Japanese, Consigahrian Sign Language
 
|national_languages      = English, Hebrew, Japanese, Consigahrian Sign Language
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|ethnic_groups              = '''94.8% Native Consigahrian'''<br>1.2% Gerenstran, 2.4% 10000 Islander, 1.4% Ceroulian, 0.2% Other
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|ethnic_groups              = '''40.8% Native Consigahrian'''<br>2.2% 10000 Islander, 24.04% Brasilistani<br>32.96% Other
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|demonym                  = [[Consigahrian people|Consigahrian]]
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|demonym                  = [[Consigahria#Culture|Consigahrian]]
 
|capital                  = [[Vermillion City (Consigahria)|Vermillion]], [[Capital Territory (Consigahria)|Capital Terr.]]
 
|capital                  = [[Vermillion City (Consigahria)|Vermillion]], [[Capital Territory (Consigahria)|Capital Terr.]]
 
|largest_city            = [[Tanahog (Consigahria)|Tanahog]], [[Vermillion Territory (Consigahria)|Vermillion Terr.]]
 
|largest_city            = [[Tanahog (Consigahria)|Tanahog]], [[Vermillion Territory (Consigahria)|Vermillion Terr.]]
 
|government_type          = democratic constitutional and parliamentary autocracy
 
|government_type          = democratic constitutional and parliamentary autocracy
 
|leader_title1            = [[Prime Minister (Consigahria bounce page)|Prime Minister]]
 
|leader_title1            = [[Prime Minister (Consigahria bounce page)|Prime Minister]]
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|leader_name1            = [[Cornelius Davis X|Prime Minister Keenen D. G. Hobbes Davis X]]
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|leader_name1            = [[Cornelia Chrysanthos Moshe Davis XV|Prime Minister Chrysanthos M. Davis XV]]
 
|legislature              = [[The First Legislature of Consigahria]]
 
|legislature              = [[The First Legislature of Consigahria]]
 
|upper_house              = [[Parliament of Consigahria|Parliament]]
 
|upper_house              = [[Parliament of Consigahria|Parliament]]
 
|lower_house              = [[Representative Assembly of Consigahria|Representative Assembly]]
 
|lower_house              = [[Representative Assembly of Consigahria|Representative Assembly]]
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|area_rank                = 3rd
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|area_rank                = 1st
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|area_sq_mi              = 8,806,709
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|area_sq_mi              = 23,485,614
 
|area_label              = Total
 
|area_label              = Total
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|population_estimate      = 16,033,000,000 (16.03 billion) <span style="color:green">▲</span>
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|population_estimate      = 27,159,098,333 (27.159 billion) <span style="color:green">▲</span>
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|population_density_sq_mi = 1,819.07 <span style="color:green">▲</span>
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|population_density_sq_mi = 1156.41 <span style="color:red">▲</span>
 
|population_estimate_rank = 1st
 
|population_estimate_rank = 1st
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|population_estimate_year = 2035
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|population_estimate_year = 2214
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|GDP_PPP                  = R$ 517.662 trillion <span style="color:green">▲</span>
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|GDP_PPP                  = R$9.221 quadrillion (NS$ 18.039 quadrillion) <span style="color:green">▲</span>
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|GDP_PPP_per_capita      = R$ 32,313.48 <span style="color:green">▲</span>
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|GDP_PPP_per_capita      = R$44,173.85 (NS$86,417.30) <span style="color:green">▲</span>  
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|GDP_PPP_year            = 2035
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|GDP_PPP_year            = 2216
 
|sovereignty_type        = Founded
 
|sovereignty_type        = Founded
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|sovereignty_note        = [[The Vermillion Treaty]]
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|sovereignty_note        = The Vermillion Treaty
 
|established_event1      = [[Federation of Consigahria]]
 
|established_event1      = [[Federation of Consigahria]]
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|established_date1        = November 6th, 1790 - June 20th, 1792
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|established_date1        = November 06, 1790 - June 20, 1792
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|established_event2      = [[Monocratification of Consigahria]]
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|established_event2      = Monocratification of Consigahria
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|established_date2        = September 11th, 1808
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|established_date2        = September 11, 1808
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|established_event3      = [[West Consigahria secession]]
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|established_event3      = [[History of Consigahria#West Consigahria and the Consigahrian-Gerenstran Civil War|Secession of West Consigahria]]
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|established_date3        = October 21st, 2007
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|established_date3        = October 21, 2007
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|established_event4      = [[Consigahrian-Gerenstran Civil War]]
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|established_event4      = [[History of Consigahria#West Consigahria and the Consigahrian-Gerenstran Civil War|Consigahrian-Gerenstran Civil War]]
 
|established_date4        = December 12th, 2008 - May 27th, 2011
 
|established_date4        = December 12th, 2008 - May 27th, 2011
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|established_event5      = [[Population Day]]
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|established_event5      = [[History of Consigahria#Population Day|Population Day]]
 
|established_date5        = December 03, 2012
 
|established_date5        = December 03, 2012
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|HDI                      = 0.956
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|established_event6      = [[Consigahrian-Brasilistani War]]
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|HDI_rank                = 3
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|established_date6        = April 01, 2135 - February 01, 2136
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|HDI_year                = 2035
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|established_event7      = The Great 2135 Recession
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|HDI_category            = <span style="color:#090;"> very high</span>
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|established_date7        = September 22, 2135 - December 6, 2135
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|Gini                    = 5.100
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|established_event8      = [[History of Consigahria#Brasilistan Acquisition|Acquisition of Brasilistan]]
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|Gini_year                = 2035
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|established_date8        = February 01, 2136
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|Gini_category            = <span style="color:brown">moderate</span>
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|established_event9      = [[History of Consigahria#2136 Earthquake and Tsunami|2136 Earthquake]]
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|established_date9        = June 23, 2136
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|HDI                      = 0.9855
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|HDI_change              = increase
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|HDI_rank                = 2,718
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|HDI_year                = 2216
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|Gini                    = 0.57807
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|Gini_year                = 2214
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|Gini_category            = <span style="color:blue">high</span>
 
|currency                = [[Ruice]]
 
|currency                = [[Ruice]]
 
|currency_code            = CNR
 
|currency_code            = CNR
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|calling_code            = +1 51
 
|calling_code            = +1 51
 
|footnote1                = ''This information is subject to change.''
 
|footnote1                = ''This information is subject to change.''
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|footnote2                = ''The current year in Consigahria is '''2035'''.''
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|footnote2                = ''The current year in Consigahria is '''2216'''.''
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|footnote3                = ''This article contains borrowed images of cityscapes, non-sexual frontal nudity, and religious symbols. Viewer discretion is advised.''
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|footnote3                = ''This article contains borrowed images of cityscapes and religious symbols.''
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|footnote4                = Average income tax rate: 24.0% (<span style="color:red">▲</span>)<br />Property tax rate: 3.0% (<span style="color:red">▲</span>)<br />Sales tax rate: 0.24% (<span style="color:green">▼</span>)<br />Unemployment rate: 4.11%<br />Exchange rate: $1 = CNR$0.65; CNR$1 = $1.55
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|footnote4                = Average income tax rate: 3.51% (<span style="color:green">▼</span>)<br />Property tax rate: 0.05% (<span style="color:green">▼</span>)<br />Sales tax rate: 0.7% (<span style="color:green">▼</span>)<br />Unemployment rate: 4.56% (<span style="color:green">▼</span>)<br />Corporate tax rate: 1.5%<br />Exchange rate: 1 R$ = NS$ 1.9563
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(<span style="color:green">▲</span>)
 
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''Please read the footnotes found in this article's infobox.''
 
''Please read the footnotes found in this article's infobox.''
  
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'''The Just Monocratic Commonwealth of Consigahria and the Vermillion Plantations''' (also known as '''the Just Monocracy of the Consigahrian Commonwealth''', commonly as '''Consigahria''', and colloquially as '''the Aria'''; formerly the Holy Dictatorship of the Consigahrian Principality) is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning '''democratic constitutional and parliamentary autocracy''' ruled by [[List of Prime Ministers of Consigahria|Prime Minister]] [[Cornelius Davis X|Keenen Drummond Garret Hobbes Davis X]] with an even hand. The Jewish nation has been ruled by the [[Davis Royal Family]] since [[Federation of Consigahria|its federation]]. World-renowned for its compulsory youth fighting academies, compulsory five-year military service, pristine beaches and public floggings, '''Consigahria is [[region/Spiritus|Spiritus]]' most populous nation, lead importer, and largest contributor to the gross regional domestic product.'''  Consigahria is most notable for its ubiquitous missile silos and [[Consigahria#Compulsory_public_nudity|compulsory public nudity]].
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'''The Just Monocratic Commonwealth of Consigahria and the Vermillion Plantations''' (also commonly known as '''the Just Monocracy of the Consigahrian Commonwealth'''; also known by its simple name, '''Consigahria'''; and known colloquially as '''the Aria''') is a world benchmark for its huge land area, its massive population, its internment camps turned monk-filled monasteries, its pristine black-sand beaches lined with vacation homes, and expansive range of environments, as well as its citizens' overt sexuality, civil versatility, and lush native cuisine.  Ruled by [[List of Prime Ministers of Consigahria|Prime Minister]] Moshe Gildas Chrysanthos Davis XVII with an even hand, the Jewish nation has been ruled by the [[Davis Royal Family]] since [[Federation of Consigahria|its federation]].
  
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Its crowded, primarily isolationist population of 16.044 billion [[Consigahria#People|Consigahrian]]s are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like (to a point). The blunt, compassionate, hard-working people are either ruled by a sleek, efficient government, or by a conglomerate of multinational corporations - it's difficult to tell which; and the government is taking steps to eradicate its corporate thumbnail to something more like home.
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A gargantuan '''democratic constitutional and parliamentary autocracy''', Consigahria is renowned in its region for its compulsory youth fighting academies, compulsory five-year military service, national health service, and its national police agency, '''Consigahria is the second biggest trade leader behind [[Pixelpark]], and largest contributor to the gross regional domestic product.'''  Consigahria is most notable for its ubiquitous missile silos which easily blend in to the cities which surround them, and for [[Consigahria#Lawful public nudity|its laws allowing public nudity but not public indecency]].
  
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[[File:Coaxie-island-vermillion-city.jpg|framed|left|The skyline of '''Coaxie''', '''Dixie''', and '''Phados''', boroughs of Vermillion City, Capital Terr., Consigahria. Foreground, center: the Coaxie Building. Background, left: the Dixie Building. Background, right, from left to right: the Cogswell Building, the Reese Building, the Staves Building; the Cratsk Building (white tapering top).]]
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Consigahria is a strikingly beautiful nation of clear skies and pristine beaches which gives one an overwhelming sense of healthiness due to the fairly heavy governmental contributions to the Environment. While Consigahria has not neglected its Defence budget completely, the army is frequently spotted picking up trash along the highways as school children are shuttled around in re-purposed personnel carriers. The Art of the Trade is a revered tome in Consigahria, where anyone and everyone from the government to the man on the street has something to buy, sell or trade in this nation dedicated to Commerce. Planes, Trains and Automobiles dominate Consigahria's well-funded Public Transportation system touted by many as some of the most reliable around.
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[[File:Base-of-the-building-water-day.jpeg|thumb|left|The pool at the base '''the Dixie Building''' in Dixie, Vermillion City, Capital Terr.]]
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It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vermillion. The average income tax rate is 21.1%, and much higher for the wealthy.
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In February, 2135, the government axed the federal mail system, lowering the income tax rate by 57.8% from 80.3%.  In March of the same year, the government temporarily repealed its two-week-old ban on hunting ravens under the condition that they would only be hunted with weapons which would cause instantaneous and painless death; and after droves of tanks were seen stalking ravens through the forest near suburban towns, and after a 59% tax hike, the ban was reinstated.  Two days later, it dropped back down to its original value.
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Its crowded, primarily isolationist population of 27.159 billion [[Consigahria#Culture|people]] are fiercely patriotic and enjoy some social equality; they have some civil rights, but not too many, and enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like (to a point).  The blunt, compassionate, hard-working people are ruled by a sleek, efficient government which has taken steps to eradicate its corporate thumbnail, while companies flee the nation rather than pay their fair share of taxes.  While living a healthy lifestyle is somewhat of a priority in Consigahria, it is not the only game in this nation where HealthCare receives only cursory funding.  
  
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Badminton is banned due to unacceptable violence inherent to the game, military spending is on the increase, artists are the pillars of society, oil executives can be seen reluctantly cleaning oil-soaked birds, raven hunting as a sport has been outlawed, the nation has welcomed its expats back with open arms, UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news, public nudity is compulsory, all-natural foods are becoming a major fad, and all beauty contests have been banned. Rag-wearing teachers are often mistaken for homeless people, reporters often lose their jobs over fact-checking errors, and heavy industry grinds to a halt as new equipment must be biked in. The state pays for care of easily preventable illnesses, Consigahria's first free elections in recent memory have been successfully concluded, Vermillion is a police state during international summits, and prospective parents are cheering on the streets as they no longer need a license to have children. Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Consigahria's national animal is the raven, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is [[Consigahria#Religion|Judaism]], and its currency is the ruice.
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[[File:Base-of-the-building-water-day.jpeg|thumb|left|The pool at the base '''the Dixie Building''' in Dixie, Vermillion City, Capital Terr.]]
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It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of [[Vermillion City (Consigahria)|Vermillion]]. Consigahria's national animal is the raven, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is [[Consigahria#Religion|Judaism]], and its currency is the ruice.  
  
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Consigahria is [[Region/Spiritus|Spiritus]]' leading importer and is generator of the largest chunk of the gross regional product.  In imports and exports, Consigahria generates R$4.9 trillion per month on average.
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Being home to over 2% of the regional population, '''Consigahria is the most populous nation in [[region/Spiritus|Spiritus]]''', ranking among the top 1% of nations in the world for largest populations.  
  
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Consigahria is ranked among the top 10% of world nations for most scientifically advanced, most average, most corrupt governments, nicest citizens, and most pacifist.
 
  
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Consigahria is ranked among the top 10% of nations in [[Region/Spiritus|Spiritus]] for most compassionate citizens, most corrupt governments, most cultured, most beautiful environments, healthiest citizens, longest average lifespans, lowest crime rates, and smartest citizens.
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== Recent News ==
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April 2216: An opal a day keeps the negative thoughts at bay, country folk are sent to obligatory boarding schools to learn how to be civilized, the nation's generous tax credits have brought all the film studios to the yard, and kids' party bags often contain candy and e-cigarettes.
  
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Consigahria is ranked among the top 5% of world nations for most compassionate citizens, most cultured, most eco-friendly governments, most beautiful environments, most godforsaken, most developed, healthiest citizens, longest average lifespans, lowest crime rates, highest police ratios, largest populations, largest public transport departments, safest, smartest citizens, most popular tourist destinations, and best weather.
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June 2212: Tourists flock to see the giant stone carvings of historical leaders at Mount Rushless, bread-gangs raid restaurant waste bins to stockpile uneaten rolls, and signs at the border tell international drivers where they can put their cars.
  
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Consigahria is ranked among the top 5% of nations in [[Region/Spiritus|Spiritus]] for most godforsaken, highest police ratios, and safest.
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July 2211: Citizens must pay to enjoy Consigahria's pristine beaches, stale 'yo mamma' insults have been replaced by 'your maternal DNA' insults, retirement apartments house giggling grannies who delightedly watch blank TVs all day long, and the government has officially clarified that "wee on your hands to save time" does not count as proper hygiene.
  
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Consigahria is ranked #1 in [[Region/Spiritus|Spiritus]] for nudest and largest populations.
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January 2200: Prime Minister Crysanthos Davis XV gave the Royal Crown to his nephew, Crysanthos Davis XVI on the date of January 1st.
  
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== Geography ==
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May 2136: Following a series of earthquakes, three tsunamis, and a large-scale oil spill along the southeastern coastline, almost all of Consigahria's water was piped into the country from abroad for exorbitant prices, and eminent domain was abolished.  It was illegal for police officers to carry out impromptu searches due to strict privacy laws, tourists were forbidden to enter Native Consigahrian lands, and belligerent citizens shot at passing clouds for 'violating their airspace'. Punitive tariffs were implemented to protect local industry, as the number of students attending university reached a record high.
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Consigahria is placed on the western coast of [[region/Spiritus|Spiritus]]' mainland, facing the [[Vermillion Sea]] and more westwardly the [[North Pacific Ocean]].  To its eastern border is [[Wuufu|the Federation of Wuufu]].  Across the ten-mile-wide [[Voya Straight]] to the south is [[Skanes|the Dictatorship of Skanes]].  Consigahria's mainland is about 6,200 miles from east coast to west, and about 3,500 miles from north to south, comprising 92% of its entire landmass.  The easternmost point on [[Buyou Island, Buyou Island Territory, Consigahria|Buyou Island, Buyou Island Territory]], is temperate forest, and [[Providence Island, Consigahria|Providence]] and [[Kaede Island, Consigahria|Kaede]] Islands in the same territory are renowned paradises. The basic outline of the mainland, save for its connection to [[Wuufu]] and the northern peninsula of [[Koyoumaru Territory, Consigahria|Koyoumaru Terr.]], is beach, and as you travel further inland, it gets sandier and sandier, but as it becomes more humid, the sand dissipates into hills and valleys of temperate chaparral and colder-atmospheric rocks.  Even further inland is the chilly [[Central Consigahrian Mountain Range]], or the CCMR, comprised of snowy hills and mountains.  The tallest mountain, most of which is covered in snow and glacial ice, is 30,560-foot-fall [[Mount Perseverence (Consigahria)|Mt. Perseverence]] in south central [[Pincock Territory, Consigahria|Pincock Terr.]], a dormant stratovolcano which hasn't erupted since 1634.
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[[Vermillion Territory, Consigahria|Vermillion]] and [[Haruji Island Territory, Consigahria|Haruji Island]] Territories are separated by a 75-meter riverbed that is the [[Seppuku (Consigahrian river)|Seppuku River]], which spans for only five or so miles, met at either end with the [[North Pacific Ocean]]. The southernmost peninsula of [[Vermillion Territory, Consigahria|Vermillion Terr.]] is [[Capitol Territory, Consigahria|Capitol Territory]], which is entirely comprised of [[Vermillion City (Consigahria)|Vermillion City]]'s numerous and diverse suburbs.  
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February 2135: The newly introduced [[Consigahria Automotive Racing Series]] draws millions of spectators annually, while those near the tracks complain about the noise. The government is rumored to hire body doubles whose full-time jobs are to cry at public events; Denali eagles with strange deformities like three eyes and tentacles have been seen prancing through the countryside where industrial waste is dumped; surrealist houses shaped like mushrooms and volcanoes dominate the wealthiest neighborhoods; and several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation following the decriminalization of animal experimentation.
  
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In order from largest to smallest, major public areas are [[Tanahog (Consigahria)|Tanahog]] ([[Vermillion Territory, Consigahria|Vermillion Terr.]]) (pop. 2.0714 billion), [[Soho City (Consigahria)|Soho City]] ([[Soho Territory, Consigahria|Soho Terr.]]) (pop. 1.6 billion), [[Vermillion City (Consigahria)|Vermillion City]] ([[Capitol Territory, Consigahria|Capitol Terr.]]) (pop. 1.2 billion), [[Enryuu (Consigahria)|Enryuu]] ([[Voya Territory, Consigahria|Voya Terr.]]) (pop. 82 million), [[Dockmackie (Consigahria)|Dockmackie]] ([[Pincock Territory, Consigahria|Pincock Terr.]]) (pop. 37 million), and [[Konomahamaru (Consigahria)|Konomahamaru]] ([[Koyoumaru Territory, Consigahria|Koyoumaru Terr.]]) (pop. 35 million).  Consigahria's smallest populated area is [[Parich Island (Consigahria)|Parich Island]] (pop. 1 person) off the east coast of [[Voya Territory, Consigahria|Voya Territory]].
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=== News Summary ===
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Public nudity is sometimes compulsory when the climate shifts in order to allow it; circumcision is frowned upon and outlawed; nontraditional matryoshka dolls are frowned upon; artists are the pillars of society; oil executives can be seen reluctantly cleaning oil-soaked birds; raven hunting as a sport has been outlawed; and UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news. All-natural foods are a major fad; and all beauty contests have been banned. Reporters often lose their jobs over fact-checking errors; the state pays for care of easily preventable illnesses; voting has become a way of life; Vermillion City is a police state during international war; and new parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list. Most of the nation's wealthy aristocrats are dentists; recruitment posters proclaim the army to be both fabulous and fashionable; and college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, while candy-slinging children as young as 8 years old can be found smoking tobacco and cannabis cigarettes in public in the ghettos of large cities.
  
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[[Vermillion Territory, Consigahria|Vermillion]], [[Soho Territory, Consigahria|Soho]], [[Pincock Territory, Consigahria|Pincock]], [[Koyoumaru Territory, Consigahria|Koyoumaru]], and [[Voya Territory, Consigahria|Voya]] Territories comprise the mainland; and [[Buyou Island Territory, Consigahria|Buyou]] and [[Haruji Island Territory, Consigahria|Haruji Island]] Territories comprise the [[Ryu'ujou Islands (Consigahria)|Ryu'ujou Islands]].  The Ryu'ujou Islands, except for [[Providence Island (Consigahria)|Providence]] and [[Kaede Island (Consigahria)|Kaede]] Islands, have enacted their own laws which restrict any non-Native Consigahrian from so much as entering the waters without medical necessity.
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When martial law was in effect from March 2136 to April 2200, due to recent legislation in Consigahria, there was over 48,000 military-related deaths, over R$17 million in property damage, and more than 7,000 arrests. As per regional law, CS and riot police patrolled all major streets by foot and all minor streets by helicopter; the number of thefts, murders, and arrests for public indecency skyrocketed; and due to cemetery overpopulation, cremation for the recently deceased became legally compulsory.
  
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[[Voya Territory, Consigahria|Voya]] and [[Koyoumaru Territory, Consigahria|Koyoumaru]] Territories compete for largest territorial landmass, but [[Koyoumaru Territory, Consigahria|Koyoumaru]] trumps its younger sister territory by 1,200 square miles.
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The government has instituted 'traveler reservations' across the country; and the government has restricted access to large areas of the nation, mostly forest.  New safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Consigahria to be bombproof; industries seem to be given tax breaks seemingly for no reason; the state pays for care of easily preventable illnesses; and while the mining industry has taken a hit from tighter environmental regulations, automobile manufacturing and other industries have seized the fleeting opportunity to take the national spotlight.
  
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Consigahria as a whole has 42 [[List of populated islands in Consigahria|populated islands]].
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Road rage is rarer but more terminal now that many people drive fully-operational battle tanks to work, the populace has developed a mortal fear of the woods, elected officials often serve for decades in a single term, and the "temporary replacement bus service" is now a permanent fixture.
  
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== Economy ==
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== Geography ==
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The powerhouse Consigahrian economy, worth a remarkable 1,100 trillion ruices a year, is driven entirely by government activity. The industrial sector is solely comprised of the Arms Manufacturing industry. In 2135, documented average income was 67,757 ruices, and fairly distributed, with the richest family earning 5.1 times as much as the poorest.  The average income an individual of the poorest 10% of the lower working class earned 28,253 ruices per year, and the average income of an individual of the richest 10% of the higher working class earned 145,312 ruices per year.  The economy is currently burgeoning, and a well-funded social safety net protects the financially unfortunate.
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[[File:Denali_National_Park_landscapes_mountains_wallpaper_1366x768.jpg|700x350px|framed|center|Consigahria's tallest peaks, in Denali National Park located in the center of the mainland, and its surrounding forest and meadows which stretch across five of eight territories.]]
  
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Consigahria is placed on the northwestern coast of [[region/Spiritus|Spiritus]]' largest island (Consigahria considers this island Spiritus' mainland), facing the [[Vermillion Sea]] and more westwardly the [[North Pacific Ocean]].  To its eastern border is [[Wuufu|the Federation of Wuufu]].  Across the ten-mile-wide [[Voya Straight]] to the south is [[Skanes|the Dictatorship of Skanes]].
  
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Consigahria's mainland is divided into nine provinces called '''territories''' which the government delineates by mostly straight borders.  They are named as follows from east to west, from north to south: [[Buyou Island Territory (Consigahria)|Buyou Island Territory]]; [[Haruji Island Territory (Consigahria)|Haruji Island Territory]]; [[Vermillion Territory (Consigahria)|Vermillion Territory]]; [[Capitol Territory (Consigahria)|Capitol Territory]]; [[Soho Territory (Consigahria)|Soho Territory]]; [[Pincock Territory (Consigahria)|Pincock Territory]]; [[Koyoumaru Territory (Consigahria)|Koyoumaru Territory]]; [[Voya Territory (Consigahria)|Voya Territory]]; and [[Brasilistan (Consigahrian territory)|Brasili Territory]].
  
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It's satellite colonies exempt, Consigahria's mainland is about 6,200 miles from east coast to west, and about 3,500 miles from north to south, comprising 29% of the nation's entire landmass.  The easternmost point on [[Buyou Island, Buyou Island Territory, Consigahria|Buyou Island, Buyou Island Territory]], is temperate forest, and [[Providence Island, Buyou Island Territory, Consigahria|Providence]] and [[Kaede Island, Buyou Island Territory, Consigahria|Kaede]] Islands in the same territory are renowned paradises.  Further west lies the basic outline of the mainland, which, save for its connection to [[Wuufu]] and the northern peninsula of [[Koyoumaru Territory, Consigahria|Koyoumaru Terr.]], is crowded beach; and as you travel further inland into [[Vermillion Territory, Consigahria|Vermillion Territory]], the landscape becomes sandier and sandier and the population sparser and sparser, but as it becomes less and less humid, the sand dissipates into rural hills and valleys of temperate chaparral and colder-atmospheric swamps and forests.  Even further inland is the chilly [[Central Consigahrian Mountain Range]], a large part of Denali National Park.  Devoid of permanent human residence, Denali National Park is comprised of flowery meadows, forests, and snowy hills and glaciated mountains, as well as small, sparse villages.  Further east in and past [[Soho Territory, Consigahria|Soho Territory]] are snow-capped peaks and hilly, mountainous landscapes, valleys, and plains which contain more concentrated populations.  The tallest mountain is 30,560-foot-fall [[Mount Perseverence (Consigahria)|Mt. Perseverence]] in south central [[Pincock Territory, Consigahria|Pincock Territory]]'s expanse of its [[Denali National Forest]], a dormant stratovolcano which hasn't erupted since 1634.
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''For a complete list of Prime Ministers in Consigahria's history see [[List of Prime Ministers of Consigahria]].''
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On November 6th, 1780, the Vermillion Plantations (the Consigahrian mainland), including most of [[nation/Wuufu|Wuufu]], a vast, world-renowned area notorious for its increasingly fertile lands and sturdy ecosystems, was seized by multiple groups including the once-powerful but now extinct [[Queendom of Geneva]] and the [[Francod Republic]]! Warfare between the nations burnt down multiple forests and killed more than 20% of the animals and plant life, including the now-extinct [[Cherfauna rhododendron]].  War between seven countries total, each of them currently extinct themselves, destroyed one mountain and activated another.  Two years passed before the warfare ceased and the wildfires were finally under control.  One June 20th, 1782, [[the Vermillion Treaty]] was signed and ratified, and '''the Holy Dictatorship of Consigahria and the Vermillon Plantations''' was formed in the [[region/West Pacific|West Pacific]].
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[[File:Coaxie-island-vermillion-city.jpg|framed|center|The skyline of '''Coaxie''', '''Dixie''', and '''Phados''', boroughs of Vermillion City, Capital Terr., Consigahria. Foreground, center: the Coaxie Building. Background, left: the Dixie Building. Background, right, from left to right: the Cogswell Building, the Reese Building, the Staves Building; the Cratsk Building (white tapering top).]]
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The [[Davis Royal Family]] has been in power since [[Federation of Consigahria|the nation's federation]], starting it off as a [[dictatorship]]. 37-year-old Dictator for Life [[Cornelius Davis I]] had [[Cornelius Davis II|a child]] in celebration of the nation's federation, founded a gold mine, instituted a currency called [[golden coin (former Consigahrian currency)|the golden coin]], and ruled for 16 years before being assassinated by his bodyguards in January of 1808. After the bodyguards were [[Cornelius Davis I's death controversy|killed for treason]], shortly after his 17th birthday, the Dictator for Life's son [[Cornelius Davis II]] proclaimed himself in the death and absence of his father the First President of the official Monocratic Democracy.
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[[Vermillion Territory, Consigahria|Vermillion]] (east) and [[Haruji Island Territory, Consigahria|Haruji Island]] (west) Territories are separated by the [[Seppuku (Consigahrian river)|Seppuku River]], which spans for only five or so miles (eleven at its highest on record), met at either end with the [[North Pacific Ocean]].  Vermillion (west) and [[Soho Territory, Consigahria|Soho Territories]] (east) are separated by a 130-meter riverbed that is the [[Penchariot (Consigahrian river)|Penchariot River]], which spans 120 miles short of the entire height of the nation, met at the southern border with the [[North Pacific Ocean]].  Domestically, the word "river" is removed from these rivers' titles, because they are so notorious for rising during flood seasons in excess of forty meters, physically dividing the nation.  The Seppuku has faded entirely several times in the nation's history, documented in ancient Consigahrian folklore, but this occurs sporadically and only during dry seasons, so it's awkwardly common for a citizen who doesn't live in proximity to it to live his entire life without ever seeing it as it flows.
  
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The southernmost peninsula of [[Vermillion Territory, Consigahria|Vermillion Terr.]] is [[Capitol Territory, Consigahria|Capitol Territory]], which is entirely comprised of [[Vermillion City (Consigahria)|Vermillion City]]'s numerous and diverse suburbs. Capitol Territory was the last territory to gain some political independence despite Vermillion City having been anchored there since the nation's antiquity--Vermillion City's downtown area, modern day towns of Coaxie and Phados, were the first towns to disambiguate themselves from the rest of Vermillion City by refuting the compulsory nudity law in 1918, a story yet to be told.  When Vermillion City was consolidated as a metropolitan area and partitioned into towns in 1922, the towns lost most of their political independence yet were allowed to remain clothed, because clothing proved to be a (somewhat) profitable industry.
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In his 86th year of life, year 1888, Davis II made a public announcement that it was he who had ordered his father's bodyguards to assassinate him, then committed a planned suicide in his home that night alongside his personal doctor, friends and family.  Davis II had two sons, one of whom died in early infancy and one of whom grew, and one daughter who also grew. Cornelius Keenen Samuel ([[Cornelius Davis IV|Davis IV]]), the 33-year-old youngest, would assume the throne on March 28th, 1888, after Davis II's death by natural causes, simply because Amelia declined.  Davis II's other son, [[Cornelius Davis III|Vincent Cornelius Davis III]], died at two months of age from a severe, unexplained chronic fever; and his daughter, [[Amelia Arsenoe Davis|Amelia]], would grow and marry to die at age 49 from a rather severe case of untreated schizophrenic depression and suicide.  In a nationwide address following Davis II's death, it was revealed that the President knew he would probably be forgiven, but would like to stress that he took a life, and no matter what the consequence he must give his own in order to be right with the Lord. His son was crowned the following day.
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In life, Davis IV married four times, and with all four marriages only had two sons who were legitimately his. His other three wives had prior children. Davis IV ruled benevolently for 91 years until his own death by old age at 124 years. He passed away on December 25th, 1979, giving the throne to his eldest son of Royal blood, [[Cornelius Davis V|Keenen Cornelius Key Davis V]].  40-year-old Davis V assumed the throne on Christmas Day of 1979, and would rule for exactly 20 years before his symbolic resignation to his own son.  21-year-old [[Cornelius Davis VI|C. Keenen Timothy Davis VI]] assumed the throne on Christmas Day of 1999 from his 60-year-old father and would "usher in the new millennium, a new age". Davis VI would rule for 13 years.
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With a population of over 1 billion, a Consigahrian [[Nation/Consigahrian Brasilistan|colony]] has founded its own nation within the confines of the islands seized by the Consigahrian federal government from Brasilistan during the war. However, as they are their own nation, while each citizen is automatically granted status as a Consigahrian citizen, they are not counted in the national population but are instead recognized as an autonomous, independent nation.  However, the islands claimed by Consigahrian Brasilistan are possessions of the homeland contractually for political and military reasons.  
  
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Davis VI and his wife gave birth to a healthy baby boy, [[Cornelius Davis IX|Keenen Timothy Davis IX]], in his third year of rule. When Davis VIII was just 10, his father was diagnosed with cancer and had to resign his position to his younger brother, Davis VIII's uncle, [[Cornelius Davis VIII|Keenen Timothy Davis VIII]], who ruled ruthlessly for two years and was assassinated by a bitter citizen. His 28-year-old son, [[Cornelius Davis IX|Keenen Drummond Davis IX]], took the throne shortly after his assassination, and ruled for three years.  Although Davis IX initially brought peace to the nation, he was seen as a pushover, and once the citizens began to push hard, the Prime Minister pushed back even harder with a harsh tax backlash. Another assassin consequentially attempted his life in November 2027, but failed, prompting the Prime Minister to resign to [[Cornelius Davis X|his 21-year-old younger brother]], a move that probably saved his own life. Davis X assumed the throne in late November 2027 and issued a new law in a public television address to the nation: "...any attempted and failed murder will be treated as treason and not attempted murder, meaning if caught or turned in, any Consigahrian alive who has tried to assassinate a Prime Minister will go to jail and stay there until they die; and any attempted and successful assassination will be treated far worse - the assassin will die that very day."
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With a population of 75 million, a Consigahrian colony has imperialistically founded its own nation about 270 miles east-northeast of the nation under treaties with the indigenous populations there.  The island nation the Chrysanthos Islands was founded in June, 2196. The Chrysanthos Islands are a crescent shaped volcanic island chain. The total land area of the new Consigahrian territory is 20,610,614 square miles.
  
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Consigahria's Brasilistani colony is divided into several provinces based on its seven major cities: Kratos Territory, Persephone Territory, Burokhest Territory, Murdoch Territory, Centralia Territory, Demetrius Territory, and Phados Territory.
  
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Consigahria's imperial colony is also divided into several provinces: Thanos Island Territory, the largest territory in the colony; Crete Territory; Troy Islands Territory; Milo Island Territory; Persephone Island Territory; Garland Keys Territory; and [[The Chrysanthos Islands#List of Territories|28 more]].
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Following the regional move to [[Region/10000 Islands|10000 Islands]], the western territories of Buyou and Haruji seceded on October 21st, 2007, becoming the United Dictatorship Republic of West Consigahria. They retained their status of independence for over a year. On December 12th, 2008, a massive [[Consigahrian-Gerenstran Civil War|civil war]] broke out between Consigahria and the Queendom of Gerenstra. Gerenstra tried to establish embargoes on Consigahrian export ships, and Consigahria warned them to stand down. "For our Majesty," claimed the seamen, "we will never stand down." West Consigahrian (The United Dictatorship Republic of West Consigahria) navy, without Consigahria's leader asking them to, blew the Gerenstran ships up, sparking the civil war. The leader of Consigahria was furious and "looked like he wanted to slap [[Sir Daily Retrove II|the Prime Minister of West Consigahria]] in the face," said a paparazzi member to the succeeding meeting. Apologetically, on December 27th, 2008, Retrove proclaimed that West Consigahria would rejoin its homeland to fight the war together.  Consigahria officially reannexed West Consigahria exactly a week later.
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[[File:Koto.jpg|thumbnail|left|Koto, Pincock Territory]]
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In order from largest to smallest, major public areas are [[Tanahog (Consigahria)|Tanahog]] ([[Vermillion Territory, Consigahria|Vermillion Terr.]]), [[Koto (Consigahria)|Koto]] ([[Pincock Territory, Consigahria|Pincock Terr.]]), [[Vermillion City (Consigahria)|Vermillion City]] ([[Capitol Territory, Consigahria|Capitol Terr.]]), [[Enryuu (Consigahria)|Enryuu]] ([[Voya Territory, Consigahria|Voya Terr.]]), [[Dockmackie (Consigahria)|Dockmackie]] ([[Pincock Territory, Consigahria|Pincock Terr.]]), and [[Konomahamaru (Consigahria)|Konomahamaru]] ([[Koyoumaru Territory, Consigahria|Koyoumaru Terr.]]).  Consigahria's smallest populated area is [[Parich Island (Consigahria)|Parich Island]] (pop. 1 person) off the east coast of [[Voya Territory, Consigahria|Voya Territory]].
  
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In early November, 2010, a major terrorist group from the North Pacific attacked thousands upon thousands of major businesses in [[Vermillion City (Consigahria)|Vermillion]]. Prime Minister [[Cornelius Davis VI]] dispatched troops to the foreign country whose name was withheld from the media (Gerenstra) the terrorist agency was from. Consigahria was now officially in war.  Citizens were baffled and furious at the sudden spike in taxes and the complete abolition of welfare and a few other public benefits instated previously by the government.
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[[Buyou Island Territory, Consigahria|Buyou Island Territory]] comprises [[Buyou Island, Buyou Island Territory, Consigahria|Buyou Island]], the Providence Islands ([[North Providence Island (Consigahria)|North]] and [[South Providence Island (Consigahria)|South Providence Islands]]), and [[Kaede Island (Consigahria)|Kaede Island]].
  
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On May 27th, 2011, the [[Consigahrian-Gerenstran Civil War]] ended with Consigahria as a collective temporarily united as the victors. Gerenstra had been overtaken as Consigahrian soil. Shortly after, on June 3rd, 2011, West Consigahria seceded for a final time in fraternity with its homeland, retaining its independence.
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[[Vermillion Territory, Consigahria|Vermillion]], [[Soho Territory, Consigahria|Soho]], [[Pincock Territory, Consigahria|Pincock]], [[Koyoumaru Territory, Consigahria|Koyoumaru]], and [[Voya Territory, Consigahria|Voya]] Territories comprise the mainland; and [[Buyou Island Territory, Consigahria|Buyou]] and [[Haruji Island Territory, Consigahria|Haruji Island]] Territories comprise the [[Ryu'ujou Islands (Consigahria)|Ryu'ujou Islands]].
  
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[[Voya Territory, Consigahria|Voya]] and [[Koyoumaru Territory, Consigahria|Koyoumaru]] Territories compete for largest territorial landmass, but [[Koyoumaru Territory, Consigahria|Koyoumaru]] trumps its younger sister territory by 1,200 square miles.
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On November 4th, 2012, the nation came to a standstill to allow incense and lanterns to be filled as is the tradition when something of this nature happens; at 5:36 AM, just at sunrise, the ever benevolent Prime Minister Cornelius Davis VI was declared dead by natural means. Having died prematurely at age 34 due to an aggressive cancer, he had lived a good life filled with responsibility, love for his family and friends, and an undying affinity for his country. He was buried in Majestic Manor Cemetery, where only Prime Ministers and family members of Prime Ministers may be buried after death. Halted in mourning, the nation continued to function with Davis' only legitimate son, [[Keenen Davis VII|Prime Minister Keenen Timothy Cornelius Davis VII]], age 16, in power.
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Consigahria has 42 [[List of populated islands in Consigahria|populated islands]] near its mainland. Following its 2136 acquisition of the island nation [[Brasilistan (Consigahrian territory)|Brasilistan]], the nation added to its total 1,241 islands.  Consigahria as a whole has 3,283 islands.
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"December 03, 2012 - We Finally Hit 11 Billion! Flags, banners and posters line the nation as the record population continues to climb at 11.003 billion on the morning of December 3rd, 2012!" Population Day has been proclaimed as an annual holiday occurring five days before [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanukkah Hanukkah], on which day all citizens are exempt from taxation for 24 hours. The country has officially recovered from the [[Consigahria#West_Consigahria_and_the_Consigahrian-Gerenstran_Civil_War|Consigahrian-Gerenstran Civil War]], and the previously abolished public benefits like welfare had been reinstated; but clothes had been outlawed except in cases of extreme cold (zero degrees celcius).
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'''Consigahria's mainland as a whole is 2,875,000 square miles in area.''' Including its islands, but not including its colonies or their satellite islands, Consigahria has a total landmass of 8,806,709 square miles. In total, Consigahria, its islands, its colonies, and protectorates comprise a land mass of 23,485,614 square miles.
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After Davis VI passed away, his son [[Cornelius Davis VIII|Keenen Timothy Garret Davis VIII, Esq.]], was crowned as Prime Minister.  Garret Davis would be imprisoned in his twelfth year for several attempted murder charges he couldn't refute, surrendering his role of Prime Minister to his younger brother, [[Cornelius Davis IX|Keenen Drummond Garret Davis IX]]. Drummond G. Davis took the crown in 2024, and would serve for three years with a ruthless iron fist before his attempted assassination and resignation. Drummond G. Davis thence retired to an undisclosed location, and because he hasn't been heard from since, he's presumed dead.  His younger fraternal twin brother, the youngest to ever take the throne, [[Cornelius Davis X|Keenen Drummond Garret Hobbes Davis X]] was crowned in 2027.
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Consigahria's most populous cities have, on average, 3,083.90 citizens per square mile.
  
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'''Consigahrian people''', also known as '''Native Consigahrians''', are a very loving, friendly, open, charitable, accepting Jewish people whose generations have resided in Consigahria since before its federation. The majority of Consigahrians are tan- or dark-skinned, while less than half are of Caucasian ancestry. Racism exists between the Caucausian and Black communities, and less between the Black and Latino communities.  People who are frugal are seen as corrupt and are generally put down in the media, although these are the country's most renowned civilians and business owners.
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The frighteningly efficient powerhouse Consigahrian economy, worth over an unmatched 9,205 trillion ruices a year, is driven mostly by government activity. The extremely specialized industrial sector is mostly comprised of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Manufacturing, Tourism, and Cheese Exports.
  
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Most Native Consigahrians have a milk- or dark-chocolate color to their complexions; are Jewish by conversion, are Jewish by marriage of a parent to a Jew, or are Jewish at birth; and are generally shorter than six feet.  The darker the complexion, generally, the wider the hips and kinkier the hair. Most are "skinny", fit, or muscular. They have three types of hair, and because of its thickness it tends to be kinky: black and straight, black and curly, or blonde and curly. Most Native Consigahrians are proud (and sometimes arrogant) people because of their belief to have royal bloodlines from ancient Egypt. Native Consigahrians as a race are attributed to modern nudism, and are generally seen by the rest of the world as egotistical, snide, bossy, manipulative, blunt, and overtly sexual.  Of course, this is part of the nation's charm.
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'''In January, 2137, the Consigahrian economy generated 78.07% of the entire [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRDP gross regional domestic product]''', ranking among the top 0.5% of the world for economies and top 3% of the world for economic output.
  
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Although public nudity is compulsory, sexuality exhibited in public is generally frowned upon in Consigahria, both by the government ''and'' the citizens. Children are taught at a young age that the most sexual touching a man is allowed in public by his spouse is a passionate kiss, but not a series of passionate kisses or anything more arousing than that. This is primarily because public nudity restricts the ability to hide sexual arousal.
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As of February, 2200, documented average income was an amazing R$273,247 ([[Ruice|ruices]]), and the gross domestic product was over R$617 quadrillion (NS$5.669 quadrillion), over half of the RGDP; but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,205,289 per year while the poor average 38,819, a ratio of 31.0 to 1.  The economy hadn't been this strong in over five decades.
  
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For gender roles etc., see [[Consigahria#Gender.2C_family.2C_and_social_roles|the section on gender, family and social roles]].
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As of April, 2200, average income is an amazing R$270,421, with an enormous disparity between incomes. The richest 10% of citizens earn R$1,664,833 per year while the poor average R$19,134, a ratio of 87.0 to 1. The gross domestic product is R$1.021 quadrillion, over 39% of the RGDP.
  
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People in large cities like [[Tanahog (Consigahria)|Tanahog]] and [[Vermillion City (Consigahria)|Vermillion]] are perceived as "pushier" than people in rural towns such as [[Kaito (Consigahria)|Kaito]]. The lower class tends to live either in apartments or single-story houses in very rural towns, or are clumped together in community buildings and skyscrapers in large cities' ghettos.  The middle class, or working class, tends to live in skyscrapers such as these, and those in this class who are more charitable generally are happier because they have more privileges, such as excess electricity or water to waste.  The high class (the self-proclaimed "top 2%" of society) live in large cities and are responsible for the normal high 65-80% average income tax rate, as they consume much of the country's goods for their own profit. The federal government is currently looking at stamping this out.  According to various economists, the projected average income tax rate would gravitate around 30-42% if the wealthy would give more, and in the long term, everybody would benefit.
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As of September, 2210, average income is 301,909 ruices, but there was an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,825,099 per year while the poor average 22,363, a ratio of 81.6 to 1.
  
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'''As of April, 2216, average income is an amazing 338,933 ruices, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,053,973 per year while the poor average 4,635, a ratio of 658 to 1.'''
  
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Most of Consigahria's populace is Jewish, as is much of its governmental staff. Judaism is a monotheistic religion, with the Torah as its foundational text (part of the larger text known as the Tanakh or Hebrew Bible), and supplemental oral tradition represented by later texts such as the Mishnah and the Talmud. Judaism is considered by religious Jews to be the expression of the covenantal relationship God established with the Children of Israel.  Judaism includes a wide corpus of texts, practices, theological positions, and forms of organization. Within Judaism there are a variety of movements, most of which emerged from Rabbinic Judaism, which holds that God revealed his laws and commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of both the Written and Oral Torah.  Judaism claims a historical continuity spanning more than 3,000 years. Judaism has its roots as a structured religion in the Middle East during the Bronze Age.  
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The history of Consigahria is a 436-year-old story of war, natural disaster, terrorism, and how a collective intelligence triumphed over its worst adversaries.  It goes through 16 Prime Ministers, a series of wars, two earthquakes and a tsunami, and deforestation of a second-generation forest.
  
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According to traditional Jewish Law, a Jew is anyone born of a Jewish mother or converted to Judaism in accordance with Jewish Law. American Reform Judaism and British Liberal Judaism accept the child of one Jewish parent (father or mother) as Jewish if the parents raise the child with a Jewish identity. All mainstream forms of Judaism today are open to sincere converts, although conversion has traditionally been discouraged since the time of the Talmud. The conversion process is evaluated by an authority, and the convert is examined on his or her sincerity and knowledge.  Traditional Judaism maintains that a Jew, whether by birth or conversion, is a Jew forever.
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Consigahria was confederated on the date of November 6th, 1780, by Cornelius Davis I and his crew. It began as a dictatorship, and slowly morphed into the parliamentary democracy we see today.  Three eras brought forth the weapons and tools of the nation's intelligentsia through no less than hard work and determination through failure.
  
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1808 brought the Era of Democratization, in which Davis II confessed to the murder of his father, and promised to bring peaceful reign to the sprawling nation.
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2007 brought the Feudal Era, in which Consigahria's western territories completely seceded from the nation, and then the two temporarily conjoined to do glorious battle. In 2014, West Consigahria fell to its knees.
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The Jews use the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirkei_Avot Pirchei Avot] (Ethics of the Fathers) and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mishneh_Torah Mishneh Torah] for moral guidance, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haggadah Haggadah] for ceremonial guidance, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talmud Talmud] for reference to civil and ceremonial law, and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanakh Tanakh] for authoritative scripture.
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The '''Pirchei Avot''' (פרקי אבות, Chapters of the Fathers) is a compilation of the ethical teachings and maxims of the Rabbis of the Mishnaic period, which Jews use as a template for their own behavior; and the '''Mishneh Torah''' (מִשְׁנֵה תּוֹרָה‎, Repetition of the Torah), subtitled Sefer Yad Hahazaka (ספר יד החזקה, Book of the Strong Hand), is a code of Jewish religious law which the Pirchei Avot is based on.
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2135 brought the Consigahrian-Brasilistani War. Brasilistan was decimated, and partitioned out to nations around the world. Consigahria, of course, got the largest slice of the proverbial pie.
  
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'''Haggadah''' is the text recited at the Seder on the first two nights of the Jewish Passover, including a narrative of the Exodus.
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And finally, 2148 brought about the Era of the Oligarchy, where everyone is experiencing the benefits from its economic boom.  In February, 2148, a controversial succession to the throne took place as Prime Minister Davis XI's eldest daughter filled his shoes as the first female Prime Minister in the nation's history.  Then, a series of riots boiled over and became a two-year civil war, which claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, and billions upon billions of ruices.  Later, in 2191, 64-year-old Prime Minister Davis XIV made history when she passed away to cancer.  Her son, named after her, inherited her crown.  Four summers later, he would have restored economic integrity to the nation, as well as peace.
  
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The '''Talmud''' is the body of Jewish civil and ceremonial law and legend comprising the Mishnah, the book's substance text, and the Gemara, commentary on the substance.
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'''Tanakh''', a list of books considered to be authoritative scripture of the original Hebrew Bible, is an acronym of the first Hebrew letter of each of the Masoretic Text's three traditional subdivisions: '''Torah''' ("Teaching"), also known as the Five Books of Moses, '''Nevi'im''' ("Prophets") and '''Ketuvim''' ("Writings") — hence TaNaKh.
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Modern versions of the Tanakh are the three subdivisions in one book, instead of three separate books considered the Tanakh as a collective, and so the term Tanakh is a singular noun in lexicon.
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== Culture ==
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'''Consigahrian people''', also known as '''Native Consigahrians''', are a very musical, loving, friendly, open, charitable, accepting Jewish people whose generations have resided in Consigahria since before its federation.  The majority of Consigahrians are tan- or dark-skinned, while less than half are of Caucasian ancestry. Racism exists between the non-mixed Caucausian and Black communities, and less between the Black and Latino communities.  People who are frugal are seen as corrupt and are generally put down in the media, although these are the country's most renowned civilians and business owners.
  
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Jewish ethical practice is typically understood to be marked by values such as justice, truth, peace, loving-kindness (חֶסֶד, chesed), compassion, humility, and self-respect. Specific Jewish ethical practices include practices of charity (צדקה, tzedakah) and refraining from negative speech. Proper ethical practices regarding sexuality and many other issues are subjects of dispute among Jews.  Rabbi Simeon ben Gamaliel taught: "The world rests on three things: justice, truth, and peace" (Avot 1:18).  Justice (משפט, mishpat), being God's must be vindicated, whether the object be of great or small value (Sanhedrin 8a). "Let justice pierce the mountain" is the characteristic maxim attributed to Moses (Sanhedrin 6b). Stealing and oppression, even if only in holding back overnight the hired man's earnings, are forbidden. Falsehood, flattery, perjury and false swearing are also forbidden. The reputation of a fellow man is sacred (Exodus 21:1). Tale-bearing and unkind insinuations are proscribed, as is hatred of one's brother in one's heart (Leviticus 19:17). A revengeful, relentless disposition is unethical; reverence for old age is inculcated; justice shall be done; right weight and just measure are demanded; poverty and riches shall not be regarded by the judge (Leviticus 19:15, 18, 32, 36; Exodus 23:3).  Transversely, peace (שַׁלוָה, shalom) is one of the underlying principles of the Torah, as "her ways are pleasant ways and all her paths are shalom" (Proverbs 3:17). The Talmud explains "the entire Torah is for the sake of the ways of shalom".
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Consigahria is operated entirely by its government, called the '''First Legislature of Consigahria''', or simply the '''First Legislature'''. The First Legislature has the power to create and enforce laws, but does not have the power to reverse a Prime Minister's veto or any past veto.   
  
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Simon the Just taught: "The world rests upon three things: Torah, service to God, and showing chesed" (Avot 1:2). Chesed is the core ethical virtue, closely linked with compassion in the tradition. Lack of compassion marks a people as achzar (אַכְזָר, cruel). The repeated injunctions of the Law and the Prophets that the widow, the orphan and the stranger should be protected show how deeply, it is argued, the feeling of compassion was rooted in the hearts of the righteous in ancient Israel.
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The First Legislature is divided into two groups which serve two different purposes.  One half, the [[Parliament of Consigahria|Parliament]], comprised of officials elected by the nation's voting population, controls lawmaking processes by determining constitutionality of individual justice's legal decisions. In other words, the entire Parliament can veto one justice's ruling unanimously, but they cannot override a ruling from the Prime Minister. The other half, the [[Representative Assembly of Consigahria|Representative Assembly]] (often abbreviated as RA), creates laws as necessary by individual trials, and each ruling is preserved until later challenged and reversed, or until stricken out by a Prime Minister.
  
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Friendship is also highly prized in the Talmud; the very word for "associate" is "friend" (כחבר, chaver). "Get thyself a companion" (Avot i. 6). "Companionship or death" (Ta'anit 23a).
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The [[List of Prime Ministers of Consigahria|Prime Minister]] has the power to create, destroy, and enforce [[Federal and territorial laws of Consigahria|laws]]; create, limit and destroy organizations of all kinds; and to regulate the Parliament and RA. The Parliament, a group of ten hand-chosen individuals elected from the territories, also has the power to create laws; but the [[Representative Assembly of Consigahria|Representative Assembly]], a group of 150 individuals hand-selected by the [[List of Prime Ministers of Consigahria|Prime Minister and by Prime Ministers past]], are responsible for amending laws which require amendment by unanimous vote. The [[List of Prime Ministers of Consigahria|Prime Minister]] does not have the right to directly influence tax rates or percentages as it pertains to the national monetary systems.  The [[List of Prime Ministers of Consigahria|Prime Minister]] has the right to declare war and civil war, and also has the right to execute anybody in his jurisdiction without trial or reason, though the [[Parliament of Consigahria|Parliament]] decided in 1901 that the [[List of Prime Ministers of Consigahria|Prime Minister]] must indicate a "proper reason ... before the execution takes place, or he may be [[impeachment|impeached]] and replaced."
  
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In addition to teaching caring for others, Jewish sources tend to teach that man is duty bound to preserve his life (Berachot 32b) and his health. Foods dangerous to health are more to be guarded against than those ritually forbidden. Jewish ethics denies self-abasement. "He who subjects himself to needless self-castigations and fasting, or even denies himself the enjoyment of wine, is a sinner" (Taanit 11a, 22b). A person has to give account for every lawful enjoyment he refuses (Talmud Yerushalyim Ḳiddesh iv, 66d). A person should show self-respect in regard to both his body, "honoring it as the image of God" (Hillel: Midrash Leviticus Rabbah 34), and his garments (Talmud Shabbat 113b; Nedarim 81a). According to Judaism, real life goes beyond the concept of breathing and having blood flow through our veins, it means existing with a purpose and connecting to God and others.
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Traditionally, Jews recite prayers three times daily, Shacharit, Mincha, and Ma'ariv with a fourth prayer, Mussaf added on Shabbat and holidays. At the heart of each service is the Amidah or Shemoneh Esrei. Another key prayer in many services is the declaration of faith, the Shema Yisrael (or Shema). The Shema is the recitation of a verse from the Torah (Deuteronomy 6:4): Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad—"Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God! The Lord is One!"
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Most of the prayers in a traditional Jewish service can be recited in solitary prayer, although communal prayer is preferred. Communal prayer requires a quorum of ten adult Jews, called a minyan. In nearly all Orthodox and a few Conservative circles, only male Jews are counted toward a minyan; most Conservative Jews and members of other Jewish denominations count female Jews as well.
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The approach to prayer varies among the Jewish denominations. Differences can include the texts of prayers, the frequency of prayer, the number of prayers recited at various religious events, the use of musical instruments and choral music, and whether prayers are recited in the traditional liturgical languages or the vernacular. In general, Orthodox and Conservative congregations adhere most closely to tradition, and Reform and Reconstructionist synagogues are more likely to incorporate translations and contemporary writings in their services. Also, in most Conservative synagogues, and all Reform and Reconstructionist congregations, women participate in prayer services on an equal basis with men, including roles traditionally filled only by men, such as reading from the Torah. In addition, many Reform temples use musical accompaniment such as organs and mixed choirs.
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The earliest existing codification of the prayerbook was drawn up by Rev Amram Gaon of Sura (Babylon) in circa 850 CE. Half a century later, Rav Saadia Gaon (also of Sura) composed a siddur in which the rubric is in Arabic. These were the basis of Simcha ben Samuel's Machzor Vitry (11th century France), which was based on the ideas of his teacher.  Another formulation of the prayers was that appended by Maimonides, who wrote the Pirchei Avot, to the laws of prayer in his Mishneh Torah. This forms the basis of the Yemenite liturgy and has had some influence on other rites. From this point forward, all Jewish prayer books had the same basic order and contents, but each would be compulsorily individualized.
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Two authoritative versions of the Ashkenazi siddur were those of Shabbetai Sofer in the 16th century and Seligman Baer in the 19th century, neither of which are now considered relevant. Siddurim have also been published reflecting the views of Jacob Emden and the Vilna Gaon, renowned ancient specialists in studies of the Talmud, or shisha siddurim (the "six orders" found in the Mishneh Torah).
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[[File:Kippah-001-300x270.jpg|thumbnail|left|A classical kippah, one variation of many.]]
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A '''kippah''' (כִּפָּה, plural כפפת '''kippot'''; Yiddish: יאַרמלקע '''yarmulke''') is a slightly rounded brimless skullcap worn by many Jews while praying, eating, reciting blessings, or studying Jewish religious texts, and at all times by some Jewish men. In Orthodox communities, only men wear kippot; in non-Orthodox communities, some women also wear kippot. Kippot range in size from a small round beanie that covers only the back of the head, to a large, snug cap that covers the whole crown.
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'''Tzitzit''' (Hebrew: צִיציִת) (Ashkenazi pronunciation: '''tzitzis''') are special knotted "fringes" or "tassels" found on the four corners of the '''tallit''' (Hebrew: טַלִּית) (Ashkenazi pronunciation: '''tallis'''), or '''prayer shawl'''. The tallit is worn by Jewish men and some Jewish women during the prayer service. Customs vary regarding when a Jew begins wearing a tallit. In the Sephardi community, boys wear a tallit from bar mitzvah age. In some Ashkenazi communities it is customary to wear one only after marriage. A tallit katan (small tallit) is a fringed garment worn under the clothing throughout the day. In some Orthodox circles, the fringes are allowed to hang freely outside the clothing.
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'''Tefillin''' (תְפִלִּין), known in English as '''phylacteries''' (etymologically from a Greek word meaning safeguard or amulet), are two square leather boxes containing biblical verses, attached to the forehead and wound around the left arm by leather straps. They are worn during weekday morning prayer by observant Jewish men and some Jewish women.
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A '''kittel''' (Yiddish קיטל), a white knee-length overgarment, is worn by prayer leaders and some observant traditional Jews on the High Holidays. It is traditional for the head of the household to wear a kittel at the Passover seder in some communities, and some grooms wear one under the wedding canopy. Jewish males are buried in a tallit and sometimes also a kittel, which are part of the '''tachrichim''' (burial garments).
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In order to adopt children or birth children of one's own, parents must pass an extensive test issued by government officials.  Parents must show that their houses are satisfactorily sanitary and that the children will be fed and housed appropriately. A child must be able to show comfort in his own house.  A family is allowed as many children and as many spouses as the patriarch and/or matriarch deems necessary or prudent. Rules governing how the family interacts with each other is defined by the individual patriarch and/or matriarch.
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In a typical Consigahrian patriarchal household, the patriarch dominates the house, and his wife shares in his wealth and in his authority. The patriarch (father) works daily nine- to twelve-hour shifts, or three daily three-hour shifts in different professions; the matriarch (mother) stays home to tend to the house and children who are aren't yet in school; the children who are in elementary school learn rudimentary mathematical and linguistic skills; the children who are in middle school learn advanced mathematical and linguistic skills; and the children in high school specialize their education how they see fit. In a typical matriarchal household, the same is true, but the father and mother roles are reversed.
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At home, no matter what the family's financial standing, the parents generally have a disciplinarian style of teaching. Children who steal learn quickly that thieves may lose fingers. In Consigahria, children who misbehave are spanked, and so children are generally more pleasant and less susceptible to be defeated in a fistfight than children in less-disciplined countries.  The parents generally raise their children according to the nationalized religious and largely nudist lifestyle.  Poorer families, officially classed "middle class" (32.39%) and "lower class" (39.6%) (72% of the population), are generally conservative, while richer families, officially classed "upper class" (28% of the population), are considered spendthrift.  Clothes are employed as either a punishment mechanism or as a means of warmth outside of the home; the most severe punishment legal to use on any person is to confine them in warm clothing within a room at no more than 112 degrees Fahrenheit for no more than two consecutive months, or three days without food and water.  However, the insubordinate are normally punished more bearably, for example by means of confinement to one's bedroom, confiscation of toys or other electronic or entertainment devices, and corporeal punishment (spanking on the butt, hands, and/or thighs by hand, belt, or paddle).  The utilization of melee weapons in corporeal punishment (defined as the use of anything other than the parents' own hand, belt, or paddle, and in any other location on the minor's body other than the butt, hands, or thighs) is an unlawful felony.
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At school, teachers are allowed to utilize corporeal punishment, but are not allowed to use their own hands or belts. They absolutely must use a paddle.  Normally, teachers don't corporeally punish students because time doesn't allow. In this case, the student is sent to a principal who specializes in assessment of breach of school rules and federal laws and punishment.  Some parents who don't want their children spanked by anybody other than themselves enroll their children in private schools.  Homeschooling is conceptualized but doesn't ever happen in Consigahria.  At school, students are generally happy, acquiescent, yielding, and kind to one another. Eye contact is paramount. Avoidance of eye contact is normally interpreted hostilely, and hostility is met with equivalent (reciprocal) hostility.  Public displays of violence are generally frowned upon and discouraged. If students must get violent, they are encouraged to either take their affair away from school grounds, or seek counsel from a trusted staff member or from parents without getting violent.
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Most families are Jewish by blood. 41% of Jewish families are Reform Jewish, 29% are Conservative, 18% are Unorthodox, and 12% are Orthodox. And so, the common family names of ancient times, kinui chibah (כִּנוּי חִיבָּה, pet names) are still used today.
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Schedule A Drugs are not illegal at the federal or territorial level, such as adrenocorticoids, fusion inhibitors, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors, protease inhibitors, benzodiazepines, lithium, disulfiram, epinephrine, antihistamines, Vitamin B-12, haloperidol, aspirin, capsaicin, adrenocorticoids, topical antifungals, divalproex, risperidone, ticlopidine, acetaminophen, dextromethorphan, osmotic laxative, insulin, miglitol, niacin, orphenadrine, dronabinol, tetrahydrocannabinol, hydroxyzyne, guanadrel, and hydrochlorothiazides. An adult may possess and distribute any of these drugs as he wishes, but he won't likely have a large profit since the [[List of national healthcare associations in Consigahria|national healthcare associations]] ("NHAs") distribute these drugs without charge. These associations also screen for Schedule B Drugs, and if any are present in an individual's system, the association helps them to quit the drug and assume a safer Schedule A Drug alternative.  Most NHAs employ legally binding paperwork which individual adults must fill out and submit, including a contract which prohibits the individual and any member of their immediate family from, for example, going to another NHA or lying to the NHAs, etc.
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In 1913, a federal law was passed which prohibited clothing worn in public, but not clothing accessories, except in cases of extreme cold. Prohibited clothing legally includes all blouses, shirts, pants, undergarments, skirts, "skorts" (skirt-shorts), and all other clothing garments, except all jackets, hoodies, socks, shoes, sandals, hats, caps, skullcaps, beanies, piercings, tattoos classified as "clothing" such as permanent make-up, and diapers if necessary.  Clothing which cover two body portions, such as one-piece pajamas and pantyhose, are specifically illegal to wear.
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In its 2021 reestablishment, prohibited clothing was redefined into a list of specific clothing, which basically reverted to the above in a bullet list format, and some other clothing items such as diapers were decriminalized.  After a few years, several people masqueraded as disabled people who compulsively defecated on themselves and claimed therefore they had to wear diapers, and after prosecution for breaking the compulsory nudity law, they countersued and lost. In the trials that ensued, it was established that diapers may only be worn in public if medically necessary. It was also established that fetishism, including manic fetishism, would not qualify as medical necessity.
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The law was repealed in 1918, reinstated in 2000, repealed again in 2005, reinstated again in 2021, repealed yet again in 2030, and reinstated permanently in 2031.  For each repeal, public schools operated by territories began to enforce uniforms on school grounds, while other schools merely began to allow students and faculty to dress to a modest extent however they pleased.
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The term "burial" has undergone some change since the nation's antiquity. Today, the term is generic and refers to the way the dead prefer their bodies to be treated after death. Some choose cremation; some choose to be buried in their physical body and tachrichim; while others choose simply to be left undisturbed until the detritivores are finished with it. Some prefer to literally be buried six feet under the ground; but most families would have to travel long distances to bury their loved ones, so the nationalized cremation movement is usually how the dead prefer their bodies to be disposed of.
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Consigahria is operated entirely by its government, called the '''First Legislature of Consigahria''', or simply the '''First Legislature'''. The First Legislature has the power to create and enforce laws, but does not have the power to reverse a Prime Minister's veto or any past veto.  The First Legislature is divided into two groups which serve two different purposes.  One half, the [[Parliament of Consigahria|Parliament]], controls lawmaking processes by determining constitutionality of individual justice's legal decisions. In other words, the entire Parliament can veto one justice's ruling unanimously.  The other half, the [[Representative Assembly of Consigahria|Representative Assembly]] (often abbreviated as RA), creates laws as necessary by individual trials, and each ruling is preserved until later challenged and reversed, or until stricken out by a Prime Minister.
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The [[List of Prime Ministers of Consigahria|Prime Minister]] has the power to create, destroy, and enforce [[Federal and territorial laws of Consigahria|laws]]; create, limit and destroy organizations of all kinds; and to regulate the Parliament and RA. The Parliament, a group of ten hand-chosen individuals elected from the territories, also has the power to create laws; but the [[Representative Assembly of Consigahria|Representative Assembly]], a group of 150 individuals hand-selected by the [[List of Prime Ministers of Consigahria|Prime Minister and by Prime Ministers past]], are responsible for amending laws which require amendment by unanimous vote.  The [[List of Prime Ministers of Consigahria|Prime Minister]] does not have the right to directly influence tax rates or percentages as it pertains to the national monetary systems.  The [[List of Prime Ministers of Consigahria|Prime Minister]] has the right to declare war and civil war, and also has the right to execute anybody in his jurisdiction without trial or reason, though the [[Parliament of Consigahria|Parliament]] decided in 1901 that the [[List of Prime Ministers of Consigahria|Prime Minister]] must indicate a "proper reason ... before the execution takes place, or he may be [[impeachment|impeached]] and replaced."
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The monetary system is highly monitored.  There is an undisclosed but specific amount of bills and coins that are supposed to be in circulation around Consigahria and in foreign trade. If at any point there's an inconsistency, it's recorded and tracked by a government agency and resolved legally.  The stock market and value of the ruice is monitored daily by '''the National Financial Association''', a corporation directly underneath the nation's Minister of Finance.
 
The monetary system is highly monitored.  There is an undisclosed but specific amount of bills and coins that are supposed to be in circulation around Consigahria and in foreign trade. If at any point there's an inconsistency, it's recorded and tracked by a government agency and resolved legally.  The stock market and value of the ruice is monitored daily by '''the National Financial Association''', a corporation directly underneath the nation's Minister of Finance.
  
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For the first time in the nation's history, Consigahria was in proverbial lockdown; martial law was in effect from February, 2136, to September, 2211.
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In December, 2031, 30.9% of income tax was spent on police funding, 26.1% was spent on public and private education, 17.5% was donated to official national environmental activist groups, 14.2% was spent on expansion of the national rail systems, 4.1% was spent on social legislation and policies, 3.4% was spent on welfare, 3.3% was spent on industry, and 0.5% was spent on the national guard to support the bombing of a terrorist nation.  In January, 2032, 32.2% went to education, 36.1% went to law and order, 17.6% went to environmental protection, and 14.1% went to public transport; and other government spending details concerning defense, welfare, and others was either eliminated or redacted.  
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Martial law in Consigahria is a period of great conflict within the nation's borders, such as riotous frenzy and civil war.  When martial law is in effect, all Territories lose their jurisdictions, or in other words, state law becomes null and void while federal law remains in effect. Some laws, such as police forces and federal agencies require search warrants to enter private property, are temporarily abolished.
  
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Because of the nation's previous alarmingly high 81% income tax rate, most of the working class (57.616% of the population) and half of all unemployed but able (5.61% unemployed) utilize the nation's underground, but highly efficient black market, which introduces technically-illegal drugs, counterfeited goods, illegal mining, logging, and other trades, school loan fraud, and tax evasion. The government either ignores it entirely or pretends it doesn't exist, believing that it will burn itself lower in due time.
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When martial law is in effect, the Operatives' Division and Corporal Service patrol city streets by horseback and car, while municipal, state and federal police monitor goings-on by helicopter.  Even during martial law, however, for the government to spy on civilians without proper cause is unlawful.  During this time, pulling a firearm in public will likely get you shot by patrolmen before the weapon is even ready to fire.  Theft, even minor theft, becomes a crime potentially punishable by death.  
  
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Citizens are allowed to leave their private property onto government- or state-claimed property to go to the store for necessities, such as means of sustenance and protection; to drive students to school; or to go to a workplace in which that person is employed. All buildings funded by the government, such as factories, most schoolhouses, prisons, and legislative institutions, are being monitored and patrolled by police and Corporal Service by foot and sky, and have orders to make sure all people are abiding by the law for security purposes.  The law is said to start at home: the parents make sure their children stay at home unless going to and from school, and while they're at school, the teachers and administrators are responsible for keeping the children where they're supposed to be at all times. Minors (citizens aged under 21 years) are specifically not allowed to roam public property unattended by an adult, nor without the specific purpose of going somewhere.  Police and CS are instructed to command halted parties to keep moving, to arrest those who don't obey repeated commands, and to shoot and kill anyone in violent opposition to the law.
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[[Royal Vizier (Consigahria)|Royal Vizier]] [[Cameron Kuntz (Consigahrian Royal Vizier)|Cameron Kuntz]].
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Royal Senior Chef [[Tammy Childer (Consigahrian Royal Senior Chef)|Tammy Brooks Childer]].
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Royal Cuisinier [[Xu Xa & Xi (Consigahrian Royal Cuisiniers)|Xu Xi]].
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[[Consigahria National Ministry of Defense#Head Minister|Head Minister of Defense]] Patrick Wood;
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[[Consigahria National Ministry of Public Transport#Head Minister|Head Minister of Public Transport]] Alfeo Novak;
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[[Consigahria National Ministry of Social Policy#Head Minister|Head Minister of Social Policy]] Giosuè MacCarrick;
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Politics in Consigahria are held on a very tight leash. The Prime Minister is presented with a few daily RA trials on which there are no legislation.  The Prime Minister helps to creates laws in this way; he decides what is best, and his decision is referenced in law forevermore, until a successor imposes a contradictory law which negates the previous.  As he does this, the [[Representative Assembly of Consigahria|Representative Assembly]] immediately nips unnecessary addenda in the bud.
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The decisions are generally made in either a father-knows-best decision-making process or one which benefits everybody in the long term. Prime Ministers Davis 2-9 have worked very hard to make Consigahria the place it is today through its extensive [[Federal and territorial laws of Consigahria|legislation]].
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Citizens are granted every ten years with official polls, called ballots, on which they indicate in pen which representatives they want representing their area in the [[Representative Assembly of Consigahria|Representative Assembly]]. The representatives which appear on the ballot are hand-chosen by the [[Consigahria National Ministry of Law and Order#Head Minister|Head Minister of Law and Order]].
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It began months before the [[Condefederation of Consigahria|nation's federation]], when some citizens rebelled violently against the dictatorial government and were executed on the spot for treason. After this act, Dictator for Life [[Cornelius Davis I]] was [[Cornelius Davis I's death controversy|assassinated in his personal chamber]] by his security guards, who were ordered to commit the act of treason secretly by [[Cornelius Davis II|the Dictator's son]].  The Dictator's successor promised one day elections would be widespread in the nation.
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[[File:Consigahria-citizen-too-many-cops.jpg|thumbnail|left|A Consigahrian citizen, identity masked, holds a sign that reads in red "too many cops - too little justice."]]
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The 4:1 police ratio in large cities leaves some families completely against them as a whole agency. Revulsion toward police officers has existed in Consigahria since its antiquity, when the police would burn houses down as punishment for harboring a fugitive of the law. Of course, today such arson is a [[Person felony (Consigahrian law)|person felony]].  The police ratio is abnormally high because 31% of the money the [[Consigahria National Treasury|Treasury]] earns through income tax, and because of that yearly allotment of over 96 trillion ruices, there are about 2.2 billion police officers across the nation policing the other 13-odd billion around.  A total revolt would be practically impossible to stop, if every citizen were to rise up against the government; and the Jewish government would simply step aside. But the Prime Minister would sooner have [[Consigahria National Bureau of Investigation|NBI]], [[Consigahria International Intelligence Agency|CIA]] and [[the Operatives' Division (Consigahria)|Division]] arrest whoever would try to take his throne from him.
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In 1906, there was a 12:1 police ratio, and 80% of homes in Vermillion City were burned and their residents shot for an attempted revolution, one that would have murdered seven billion more people, that [[The Operatives' Division (Consigahria)|Division]] didn't want to happen. With the Prime Minister's permission, these homes and lives were destroyed. The city was rebuilt larger and larger in symbolism of the prosperous relationship between the Consigahrian government and its constituents. In 2131, 17 million homes in [[Tanahog (Consigahria)|Tanahog]] were ransacked by police in search of a terrorist; 8.2% of its residential district was ravaged, leaving another three percent terrified.
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The '''Consigahrian National Armada''' (also known generally as '''Consigahria National Armada''' and '''Consigahria National Guard''', and known colloquially as '''the national armada''', '''the national guard''', and '''the NatArms''') is a broad term that generally refers to two entities, either the Consigahrian Royal Army or the Royal Navy; or specifically to the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines as a whole, a singular entity.
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When referred to as Consigahria National Guard or the national guard, it refers to a small fraction of troops from these groups as separate entities confederated against the public in times of riot. This has happened only once in Consigahrian history, resulting in the impeachment of a [[Prime_Minister_(Consigahria_bounce_page)|Prime Minister]], and it has been water under the bridge for decades.  The subject is considered taboo to bring up in haute or public company.
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As a nation, Consigahria is a mainly isolationist state which only militarizes against foreign offense forces.  In its entire history, the Consigahrian National Armada has only participated in two wars: [[Davis_Royal_Family#Sighting_Land|the war in which confederated forces who later formed the Consigahrian Dictatorship fought for rights to the Vermillion Plantations]], and [[Consigahria#West_Consigahria_and_the_Consigahrian-Gerenstran_Civil_War|the war in which West Consigahria and mainland Consigahria confederated to fight against Gerenstran military embargo ships]].
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The '''Corporal Service''', colloquially known as the '''CS''', is a federal intelligence and protection organization which is responsible for the protection of the [[Davis Royal Family]], their staff, and all their subordinates.  The CS is comprised of about 12,670 members who are trained to kill at the double, armed or not.  The CS is responsible for less than one percent of deaths every year in Consigahria, and all of these deaths were a direct result of an attack on the Royal Family.  CS and its sister agencies NBI and CIA often collaborate and act together.  Less often, the NBI and CIA will also work with the nation's Operatives' Division.
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The '''Central Intelligence Agency of Consigahria''', known mostly by its domestic names '''Central Intelligence Agency''' and the '''CIA''', is the nation's primary intelligence agency. Its 240,000-some employees operate from domestic, international, and regional embassies, and from many other locations around the world.  The staff of the CIA report to the Director of National Intelligence, who reports directly to the Minister of Defense.
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The '''Central Operations, Weapons and Technology Agency''' is a nationalized intelligence and weapons-monitoring agency which operates in Consigahria.  It employs around 15,000 agents who they specially train to fight with firearms and without.  The main purpose of the agency to make sure the black market stays within its quota limit as far as importation of guns, ammunition, drugs, and other weaponry and technology are concerned.
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To display a firearm in public, except in cases of defense of self, or in the case where a round is fired in close proximity to someone in their protection, is specifically illegal.  To display a firearm in any other case is a misdemeanor; and to fire a round in any other case is a felony.  The government stated very clearly in their public addresses, that it's perfectly legal to kill a burglar whom escaped the agencies patrolling the streets in defense of your property, your safety, or your family's safety; as well as to kill an armed assassin next door or across the street harming your neighbors, assuming he isn't killed by one of the agencies or the family in question first.  Prime Minister Davis X said, "If you believe someone's in danger and you can prevent any further suffering, then do it. If you can't do it in one good shot, do nothing. Do not leave your property. And if the police tell you to go inside, don't be a hero, obey. If something's going on, use common sense: if the police are handling something, and you suddenly burst from your front door holding a shotgun, you're probably going to get shot. ... The bottom line is, it's not likely for a crime to occur within your household coming from the outside, and not arouse suspicion of the patrolmen; but if that does happen, you have every right to defend yourself and your family."
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The population of Consigahria is almost dominated by a nationalized police agency, conveniently called the '''National Police Agency''', also known officially as '''NPA''' (abbreviated) and colloquially as the police, the cops, and similar vaguer terms.  Every territory's police officers answer directly to a single '''Territory Police Commander''', or TPC, who in turn answers directly to the Minister of Defense. Every territory has its own TPC. Every territory is subdivided into counties. Every county is operated by one County Sheriff, and many Deputy Sheriffs.
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The Just Monocratic Commonwealth of Consigahria
Motto: "Os Iusti Meditabitur Sapientiam" (Latin)
"The Mouth of Justice Meditates Wisdom"
Anthem: Lilium (Latin)
"Lilium"
"World Assembly Member"
Region Spiritus
CapitalVermillion, Capital Terr.
Largest city Tanahog, Vermillion Terr.
Official languages English, Hebrew
Recognised national languages English, Hebrew, Japanese, Consigahrian Sign Language
Ethnic groups 40.8% Native Consigahrian
2.2% 10000 Islander, 24.04% Brasilistani
32.96% Other
Demonym Consigahrian
Government democratic constitutional and parliamentary autocracy
 -  Prime Minister Prime Minister Chrysanthos M. Davis XV
Legislature The First Legislature of Consigahria
 -  Upper house Parliament
 -  Lower house Representative Assembly
Founded The Vermillion Treaty
 -  Federation of Consigahria November 06, 1790 - June 20, 1792 
 -  Monocratification of Consigahria September 11, 1808 
 -  Secession of West Consigahria October 21, 2007 
 -  Consigahrian-Gerenstran Civil War December 12th, 2008 - May 27th, 2011 
 -  Population Day December 03, 2012 
 -  Consigahrian-Brasilistani War April 01, 2135 - February 01, 2136 
 -  The Great 2135 Recession September 22, 2135 - December 6, 2135 
 -  Acquisition of Brasilistan February 01, 2136 
 -  2136 Earthquake June 23, 2136 
Population
 -  2214 estimate 27,159,098,333 (27.159 billion) ▲ (1st)
GDP (PPP) 2216 estimate
 -  Total R$9.221 quadrillion (NS$ 18.039 quadrillion) ▲
 -  Per capita R$44,173.85 (NS$86,417.30) ▲
Gini (2214)0.57807
low
HDI (2216)Increase 0.9855
very high · 2,718
Currency Ruice (CNR)
Time zone West Consigahrian Time Zone (WCTZ) (-1), Central Consigahrian Time Zone (CCTZ) (0), Eastern Consigahrian Time Zone (ECTZ) (+1) (UTC-1 to +1)
 -  Summer (DST) CDST (UTC-1 to +1)
Drives on the right
Calling code +1 51
Internet TLD .co.con.spr
1. This information is subject to change.
2. The current year in Consigahria is 2216.
3. This article contains borrowed images of cityscapes and religious symbols.
4. Average income tax rate: 3.51% (▼)
Property tax rate: 0.05% (▼)
Sales tax rate: 0.7% (▼)
Unemployment rate: 4.56% (▼)
Corporate tax rate: 1.5%
Exchange rate: 1 R$ = NS$ 1.9563 (▲)

Please read the footnotes found in this article's infobox.

The Just Monocratic Commonwealth of Consigahria and the Vermillion Plantations (also commonly known as the Just Monocracy of the Consigahrian Commonwealth; also known by its simple name, Consigahria; and known colloquially as the Aria) is a world benchmark for its huge land area, its massive population, its internment camps turned monk-filled monasteries, its pristine black-sand beaches lined with vacation homes, and expansive range of environments, as well as its citizens' overt sexuality, civil versatility, and lush native cuisine. Ruled by Prime Minister Moshe Gildas Chrysanthos Davis XVII with an even hand, the Jewish nation has been ruled by the Davis Royal Family since its federation.

A gargantuan democratic constitutional and parliamentary autocracy, Consigahria is renowned in its region for its compulsory youth fighting academies, compulsory five-year military service, national health service, and its national police agency, Consigahria is the second biggest trade leader behind Pixelpark, and largest contributor to the gross regional domestic product. Consigahria is most notable for its ubiquitous missile silos which easily blend in to the cities which surround them, and for its laws allowing public nudity but not public indecency.

Consigahria is a strikingly beautiful nation of clear skies and pristine beaches which gives one an overwhelming sense of healthiness due to the fairly heavy governmental contributions to the Environment. While Consigahria has not neglected its Defence budget completely, the army is frequently spotted picking up trash along the highways as school children are shuttled around in re-purposed personnel carriers. The Art of the Trade is a revered tome in Consigahria, where anyone and everyone from the government to the man on the street has something to buy, sell or trade in this nation dedicated to Commerce. Planes, Trains and Automobiles dominate Consigahria's well-funded Public Transportation system touted by many as some of the most reliable around.

Its crowded, primarily isolationist population of 27.159 billion people are fiercely patriotic and enjoy some social equality; they have some civil rights, but not too many, and enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like (to a point). The blunt, compassionate, hard-working people are ruled by a sleek, efficient government which has taken steps to eradicate its corporate thumbnail, while companies flee the nation rather than pay their fair share of taxes. While living a healthy lifestyle is somewhat of a priority in Consigahria, it is not the only game in this nation where HealthCare receives only cursory funding.

The pool at the base the Dixie Building in Dixie, Vermillion City, Capital Terr.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vermillion. Consigahria's national animal is the raven, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Judaism, and its currency is the ruice.

Being home to over 2% of the regional population, Consigahria is the most populous nation in Spiritus, ranking among the top 1% of nations in the world for largest populations.


Recent News

April 2216: An opal a day keeps the negative thoughts at bay, country folk are sent to obligatory boarding schools to learn how to be civilized, the nation's generous tax credits have brought all the film studios to the yard, and kids' party bags often contain candy and e-cigarettes.

June 2212: Tourists flock to see the giant stone carvings of historical leaders at Mount Rushless, bread-gangs raid restaurant waste bins to stockpile uneaten rolls, and signs at the border tell international drivers where they can put their cars.

July 2211: Citizens must pay to enjoy Consigahria's pristine beaches, stale 'yo mamma' insults have been replaced by 'your maternal DNA' insults, retirement apartments house giggling grannies who delightedly watch blank TVs all day long, and the government has officially clarified that "wee on your hands to save time" does not count as proper hygiene.

January 2200: Prime Minister Crysanthos Davis XV gave the Royal Crown to his nephew, Crysanthos Davis XVI on the date of January 1st.

May 2136: Following a series of earthquakes, three tsunamis, and a large-scale oil spill along the southeastern coastline, almost all of Consigahria's water was piped into the country from abroad for exorbitant prices, and eminent domain was abolished. It was illegal for police officers to carry out impromptu searches due to strict privacy laws, tourists were forbidden to enter Native Consigahrian lands, and belligerent citizens shot at passing clouds for 'violating their airspace'. Punitive tariffs were implemented to protect local industry, as the number of students attending university reached a record high.

February 2135: The newly introduced Consigahria Automotive Racing Series draws millions of spectators annually, while those near the tracks complain about the noise. The government is rumored to hire body doubles whose full-time jobs are to cry at public events; Denali eagles with strange deformities like three eyes and tentacles have been seen prancing through the countryside where industrial waste is dumped; surrealist houses shaped like mushrooms and volcanoes dominate the wealthiest neighborhoods; and several citizens have complained about scientists abducting their pets for experimentation following the decriminalization of animal experimentation.

News Summary

Public nudity is sometimes compulsory when the climate shifts in order to allow it; circumcision is frowned upon and outlawed; nontraditional matryoshka dolls are frowned upon; artists are the pillars of society; oil executives can be seen reluctantly cleaning oil-soaked birds; raven hunting as a sport has been outlawed; and UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news. All-natural foods are a major fad; and all beauty contests have been banned. Reporters often lose their jobs over fact-checking errors; the state pays for care of easily preventable illnesses; voting has become a way of life; Vermillion City is a police state during international war; and new parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list. Most of the nation's wealthy aristocrats are dentists; recruitment posters proclaim the army to be both fabulous and fashionable; and college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys, while candy-slinging children as young as 8 years old can be found smoking tobacco and cannabis cigarettes in public in the ghettos of large cities.

When martial law was in effect from March 2136 to April 2200, due to recent legislation in Consigahria, there was over 48,000 military-related deaths, over R$17 million in property damage, and more than 7,000 arrests. As per regional law, CS and riot police patrolled all major streets by foot and all minor streets by helicopter; the number of thefts, murders, and arrests for public indecency skyrocketed; and due to cemetery overpopulation, cremation for the recently deceased became legally compulsory.

The government has instituted 'traveler reservations' across the country; and the government has restricted access to large areas of the nation, mostly forest. New safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Consigahria to be bombproof; industries seem to be given tax breaks seemingly for no reason; the state pays for care of easily preventable illnesses; and while the mining industry has taken a hit from tighter environmental regulations, automobile manufacturing and other industries have seized the fleeting opportunity to take the national spotlight.

Road rage is rarer but more terminal now that many people drive fully-operational battle tanks to work, the populace has developed a mortal fear of the woods, elected officials often serve for decades in a single term, and the "temporary replacement bus service" is now a permanent fixture.

Geography

Consigahria's tallest peaks, in Denali National Park located in the center of the mainland, and its surrounding forest and meadows which stretch across five of eight territories.

Consigahria is placed on the northwestern coast of Spiritus' largest island (Consigahria considers this island Spiritus' mainland), facing the Vermillion Sea and more westwardly the North Pacific Ocean. To its eastern border is the Federation of Wuufu. Across the ten-mile-wide Voya Straight to the south is the Dictatorship of Skanes.

Consigahria-map.jpeg

Consigahria's mainland is divided into nine provinces called territories which the government delineates by mostly straight borders. They are named as follows from east to west, from north to south: Buyou Island Territory; Haruji Island Territory; Vermillion Territory; Capitol Territory; Soho Territory; Pincock Territory; Koyoumaru Territory; Voya Territory; and Brasili Territory.

It's satellite colonies exempt, Consigahria's mainland is about 6,200 miles from east coast to west, and about 3,500 miles from north to south, comprising 29% of the nation's entire landmass. The easternmost point on Buyou Island, Buyou Island Territory, is temperate forest, and Providence and Kaede Islands in the same territory are renowned paradises. Further west lies the basic outline of the mainland, which, save for its connection to Wuufu and the northern peninsula of Koyoumaru Terr., is crowded beach; and as you travel further inland into Vermillion Territory, the landscape becomes sandier and sandier and the population sparser and sparser, but as it becomes less and less humid, the sand dissipates into rural hills and valleys of temperate chaparral and colder-atmospheric swamps and forests. Even further inland is the chilly Central Consigahrian Mountain Range, a large part of Denali National Park. Devoid of permanent human residence, Denali National Park is comprised of flowery meadows, forests, and snowy hills and glaciated mountains, as well as small, sparse villages. Further east in and past Soho Territory are snow-capped peaks and hilly, mountainous landscapes, valleys, and plains which contain more concentrated populations. The tallest mountain is 30,560-foot-fall Mt. Perseverence in south central Pincock Territory's expanse of its Denali National Forest, a dormant stratovolcano which hasn't erupted since 1634.

The skyline of Coaxie, Dixie, and Phados, boroughs of Vermillion City, Capital Terr., Consigahria. Foreground, center: the Coaxie Building. Background, left: the Dixie Building. Background, right, from left to right: the Cogswell Building, the Reese Building, the Staves Building; the Cratsk Building (white tapering top).

Vermillion (east) and Haruji Island (west) Territories are separated by the Seppuku River, which spans for only five or so miles (eleven at its highest on record), met at either end with the North Pacific Ocean. Vermillion (west) and Soho Territories (east) are separated by a 130-meter riverbed that is the Penchariot River, which spans 120 miles short of the entire height of the nation, met at the southern border with the North Pacific Ocean. Domestically, the word "river" is removed from these rivers' titles, because they are so notorious for rising during flood seasons in excess of forty meters, physically dividing the nation. The Seppuku has faded entirely several times in the nation's history, documented in ancient Consigahrian folklore, but this occurs sporadically and only during dry seasons, so it's awkwardly common for a citizen who doesn't live in proximity to it to live his entire life without ever seeing it as it flows.

The southernmost peninsula of Vermillion Terr. is Capitol Territory, which is entirely comprised of Vermillion City's numerous and diverse suburbs. Capitol Territory was the last territory to gain some political independence despite Vermillion City having been anchored there since the nation's antiquity--Vermillion City's downtown area, modern day towns of Coaxie and Phados, were the first towns to disambiguate themselves from the rest of Vermillion City by refuting the compulsory nudity law in 1918, a story yet to be told. When Vermillion City was consolidated as a metropolitan area and partitioned into towns in 1922, the towns lost most of their political independence yet were allowed to remain clothed, because clothing proved to be a (somewhat) profitable industry.

With a population of over 1 billion, a Consigahrian colony has founded its own nation within the confines of the islands seized by the Consigahrian federal government from Brasilistan during the war. However, as they are their own nation, while each citizen is automatically granted status as a Consigahrian citizen, they are not counted in the national population but are instead recognized as an autonomous, independent nation. However, the islands claimed by Consigahrian Brasilistan are possessions of the homeland contractually for political and military reasons.

The Chrysanthos Islands labeled-bw.png

With a population of 75 million, a Consigahrian colony has imperialistically founded its own nation about 270 miles east-northeast of the nation under treaties with the indigenous populations there. The island nation the Chrysanthos Islands was founded in June, 2196. The Chrysanthos Islands are a crescent shaped volcanic island chain. The total land area of the new Consigahrian territory is 20,610,614 square miles.

Consigahria's Brasilistani colony is divided into several provinces based on its seven major cities: Kratos Territory, Persephone Territory, Burokhest Territory, Murdoch Territory, Centralia Territory, Demetrius Territory, and Phados Territory.

Consigahria's imperial colony is also divided into several provinces: Thanos Island Territory, the largest territory in the colony; Crete Territory; Troy Islands Territory; Milo Island Territory; Persephone Island Territory; Garland Keys Territory; and 28 more.

Koto, Pincock Territory

In order from largest to smallest, major public areas are Tanahog (Vermillion Terr.), Koto (Pincock Terr.), Vermillion City (Capitol Terr.), Enryuu (Voya Terr.), Dockmackie (Pincock Terr.), and Konomahamaru (Koyoumaru Terr.). Consigahria's smallest populated area is Parich Island (pop. 1 person) off the east coast of Voya Territory.

Buyou Island Territory comprises Buyou Island, the Providence Islands (North and South Providence Islands), and Kaede Island.

Vermillion, Soho, Pincock, Koyoumaru, and Voya Territories comprise the mainland; and Buyou and Haruji Island Territories comprise the Ryu'ujou Islands.

Voya and Koyoumaru Territories compete for largest territorial landmass, but Koyoumaru trumps its younger sister territory by 1,200 square miles.

Consigahria has 42 populated islands near its mainland. Following its 2136 acquisition of the island nation Brasilistan, the nation added to its total 1,241 islands. Consigahria as a whole has 3,283 islands.

Consigahria's mainland as a whole is 2,875,000 square miles in area. Including its islands, but not including its colonies or their satellite islands, Consigahria has a total landmass of 8,806,709 square miles. In total, Consigahria, its islands, its colonies, and protectorates comprise a land mass of 23,485,614 square miles.

Consigahria's most populous cities have, on average, 3,083.90 citizens per square mile.

Economy

Main article: Economy of Consigahria

The frighteningly efficient powerhouse Consigahrian economy, worth over an unmatched 9,205 trillion ruices a year, is driven mostly by government activity. The extremely specialized industrial sector is mostly comprised of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration, Manufacturing, Tourism, and Cheese Exports.

In January, 2137, the Consigahrian economy generated 78.07% of the entire gross regional domestic product, ranking among the top 0.5% of the world for economies and top 3% of the world for economic output.

As of February, 2200, documented average income was an amazing R$273,247 (ruices), and the gross domestic product was over R$617 quadrillion (NS$5.669 quadrillion), over half of the RGDP; but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,205,289 per year while the poor average 38,819, a ratio of 31.0 to 1. The economy hadn't been this strong in over five decades.

As of April, 2200, average income is an amazing R$270,421, with an enormous disparity between incomes. The richest 10% of citizens earn R$1,664,833 per year while the poor average R$19,134, a ratio of 87.0 to 1. The gross domestic product is R$1.021 quadrillion, over 39% of the RGDP.

As of September, 2210, average income is 301,909 ruices, but there was an enormous disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 1,825,099 per year while the poor average 22,363, a ratio of 81.6 to 1.

As of April, 2216, average income is an amazing 338,933 ruices, but there is a vast disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 3,053,973 per year while the poor average 4,635, a ratio of 658 to 1.

History

Main article: History of Consigahria

The history of Consigahria is a 436-year-old story of war, natural disaster, terrorism, and how a collective intelligence triumphed over its worst adversaries. It goes through 16 Prime Ministers, a series of wars, two earthquakes and a tsunami, and deforestation of a second-generation forest.

Consigahria was confederated on the date of November 6th, 1780, by Cornelius Davis I and his crew. It began as a dictatorship, and slowly morphed into the parliamentary democracy we see today. Three eras brought forth the weapons and tools of the nation's intelligentsia through no less than hard work and determination through failure.

1808 brought the Era of Democratization, in which Davis II confessed to the murder of his father, and promised to bring peaceful reign to the sprawling nation.

2007 brought the Feudal Era, in which Consigahria's western territories completely seceded from the nation, and then the two temporarily conjoined to do glorious battle. In 2014, West Consigahria fell to its knees.

2135 brought the Consigahrian-Brasilistani War. Brasilistan was decimated, and partitioned out to nations around the world. Consigahria, of course, got the largest slice of the proverbial pie.

And finally, 2148 brought about the Era of the Oligarchy, where everyone is experiencing the benefits from its economic boom. In February, 2148, a controversial succession to the throne took place as Prime Minister Davis XI's eldest daughter filled his shoes as the first female Prime Minister in the nation's history. Then, a series of riots boiled over and became a two-year civil war, which claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, and billions upon billions of ruices. Later, in 2191, 64-year-old Prime Minister Davis XIV made history when she passed away to cancer. Her son, named after her, inherited her crown. Four summers later, he would have restored economic integrity to the nation, as well as peace.

2196 brought the War of the Chrysanthos Islands, a piece of territory newly acquired on the date of June 22.

Demographics

Under construction.

Culture

Main article: Culture of Consigahria

Consigahrian people, also known as Native Consigahrians, are a very musical, loving, friendly, open, charitable, accepting Jewish people whose generations have resided in Consigahria since before its federation. The majority of Consigahrians are tan- or dark-skinned, while less than half are of Caucasian ancestry. Racism exists between the non-mixed Caucausian and Black communities, and less between the Black and Latino communities. People who are frugal are seen as corrupt and are generally put down in the media, although these are the country's most renowned civilians and business owners.

Government

Main article: Government of Consigahria

Consigahria is operated entirely by its government, called the First Legislature of Consigahria, or simply the First Legislature. The First Legislature has the power to create and enforce laws, but does not have the power to reverse a Prime Minister's veto or any past veto.

The First Legislature is divided into two groups which serve two different purposes. One half, the Parliament, comprised of officials elected by the nation's voting population, controls lawmaking processes by determining constitutionality of individual justice's legal decisions. In other words, the entire Parliament can veto one justice's ruling unanimously, but they cannot override a ruling from the Prime Minister. The other half, the Representative Assembly (often abbreviated as RA), creates laws as necessary by individual trials, and each ruling is preserved until later challenged and reversed, or until stricken out by a Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister has the power to create, destroy, and enforce laws; create, limit and destroy organizations of all kinds; and to regulate the Parliament and RA. The Parliament, a group of ten hand-chosen individuals elected from the territories, also has the power to create laws; but the Representative Assembly, a group of 150 individuals hand-selected by the Prime Minister and by Prime Ministers past, are responsible for amending laws which require amendment by unanimous vote. The Prime Minister does not have the right to directly influence tax rates or percentages as it pertains to the national monetary systems. The Prime Minister has the right to declare war and civil war, and also has the right to execute anybody in his jurisdiction without trial or reason, though the Parliament decided in 1901 that the Prime Minister must indicate a "proper reason ... before the execution takes place, or he may be impeached and replaced."

A decision made by Parliament and/or RA can be overturned with a majority vote by the voting population in a referendum.

The monetary system is highly monitored. There is an undisclosed but specific amount of bills and coins that are supposed to be in circulation around Consigahria and in foreign trade. If at any point there's an inconsistency, it's recorded and tracked by a government agency and resolved legally. The stock market and value of the ruice is monitored daily by the National Financial Association, a corporation directly underneath the nation's Minister of Finance.

For the first time in the nation's history, Consigahria was in proverbial lockdown; martial law was in effect from February, 2136, to September, 2211.

Martial law

Martial law in Consigahria is a period of great conflict within the nation's borders, such as riotous frenzy and civil war. When martial law is in effect, all Territories lose their jurisdictions, or in other words, state law becomes null and void while federal law remains in effect. Some laws, such as police forces and federal agencies require search warrants to enter private property, are temporarily abolished.

When martial law is in effect, the Operatives' Division and Corporal Service patrol city streets by horseback and car, while municipal, state and federal police monitor goings-on by helicopter. Even during martial law, however, for the government to spy on civilians without proper cause is unlawful. During this time, pulling a firearm in public will likely get you shot by patrolmen before the weapon is even ready to fire. Theft, even minor theft, becomes a crime potentially punishable by death.

Citizens are allowed to leave their private property onto government- or state-claimed property to go to the store for necessities, such as means of sustenance and protection; to drive students to school; or to go to a workplace in which that person is employed. All buildings funded by the government, such as factories, most schoolhouses, prisons, and legislative institutions, are being monitored and patrolled by police and Corporal Service by foot and sky, and have orders to make sure all people are abiding by the law for security purposes. The law is said to start at home: the parents make sure their children stay at home unless going to and from school, and while they're at school, the teachers and administrators are responsible for keeping the children where they're supposed to be at all times. Minors (citizens aged under 21 years) are specifically not allowed to roam public property unattended by an adult, nor without the specific purpose of going somewhere. Police and CS are instructed to command halted parties to keep moving, to arrest those who don't obey repeated commands, and to shoot and kill anyone in violent opposition to the law.

To display a firearm in public, except in cases of defense of self, or in the case where a round is fired in close proximity to someone in their protection, is specifically illegal. To display a firearm in any other case is a misdemeanor; and to fire a round in any other case is a felony. The government stated very clearly in their public addresses, that it's perfectly legal to kill a burglar whom escaped the agencies patrolling the streets in defense of your property, your safety, or your family's safety; as well as to kill an armed assassin next door or across the street harming your neighbors, assuming he isn't killed by one of the agencies or the family in question first. Prime Minister Davis X said, "If you believe someone's in danger and you can prevent any further suffering, then do it. If you can't do it in one good shot, do nothing. Do not leave your property. And if the police tell you to go inside, don't be a hero, obey. If something's going on, use common sense: if the police are handling something, and you suddenly burst from your front door holding a shotgun, you're probably going to get shot. ... The bottom line is, it's not likely for a crime to occur within your household coming from the outside, and not arouse suspicion of the patrolmen; but if that does happen, you have every right to defend yourself and your family."

If a federal or state agency comes onto a citizen's property, whether public or private property, it is a highly dangerous and unlawful act for the citizen to come to the door wielding a firearm or knife. It's likewise dangerous and unlawful for a federal or state agency to enter non-federal public property or onto private property without probable cause or a warrant of some kind. Interviews no longer happen within homes because of the risk factor; they happen at the front door. If going inside is necessary, the agency in question facilitates a weapons sweep before investigations begin. It is illegal to deny entry to a state or federal agency who have either a search warrant, an arrest warrant, or probable cause; and if a life is in danger, the crime is potentially punishable by death.

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