Region/Velyra
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| Exalted People's Union of Velyra | |||
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| Motto: "Merit, Sovereignty, Victory" | |||
| Capital and largest city | , District of Vesperia | ||
| Official languages | High Velyran English (OCC)a |
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| Demonym | Velyran | ||
| Government | Mixed System | ||
| - | Sovereign | Arius I of Velyra | |
| - | President | Darius Rosenchild | |
| - | Speaker of the Exalted People's Congress | Vacant | |
| - | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Velyra | Darius Rosenchild | |
| Legislature | Exalted People's Congress | ||
| History | |||
| - | New Atrosian Independence | OCC:March 13, 2013 | |
| - | Founding of the Exalted People's Union | OCC:December 22nd 2013 | |
| Currency | Velyran Florin ( VEƒ) |
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| Date format | dd ˘ mm ˘ yyyy | ||
Velyra is a minuscule region, inhabited by a sole nation.
In Velyra, denizens enjoy their civil rights, although not too much, or too freely. Denizens are flush with political freedom, although competing opinions often mean that political gridlock is the norm. The economy of the region is remarkably unremarkable, with members being neither powerhouses nor basket cases. The median tax rate of the region is 44%, but is frequently higher for the wealthy. The economies of nations in the region tend to be heavily weighted towards the public sector, with on average only 40% of the economy comprising the private sector. Commerce within the region is an irrelevant annoyance to governments.
Velyra values education extremely highly, and denizens compete for the largest number of university degrees and sprawling book collections. The region is a lawless wasteland, nations regularly being the subject of documentaries by brave filmmakers. Governments make no provision for law and order. Denizens have very well-funded, well equipped defense forces. Due to the lack of any Public transport, streets are packed with cars, bikes, and assorted noisy vehicles.
The administration departments of Velyra are all-consuming, soaking up budgets in aid of supporting a bureaucracy of millions, with an average of 16% of government budgets being devoted to Administration. Governments generally endow their healthcare departments with a large amount of funding, with an average of 7% of government budgets across the region being devoted to healthcare. The 'net through which none shall fall' in the region is more of a 'hammock on which all shall lie'. Governments in the region are avowedly atheist - no public funds are allocated to spirituality.
In Velyra, Social inequality is total, with wealth being held by a tiny fraction of the region's populace. The landscapes of the region are no longer recognizable as such, the atmosphere being unbreathable and the only jungles being made of concrete.
