WIP - Biaeothanatia Factbook (General Overview) 2024

The Commonwealth of Biaeothanatia, commonly known as Biaeothanatia, is a country with its capital in NEVOEIRO. It controls several large islands, but is mostly spread across in-numerous vessels, floating trade posts, sea rigs, and small islands. The nation controls territory within or on the border of most large regions. Biaeothanatia covers a land area of 72,595 km₂ with an estimated population of 25 Million. It is named after the large volcanic island on which its capital resides, itself named from the latin word Biaeothanatus, meaning to come to a violent end, in reference to the volcanic nature of the island.

Biaeothanatia was formed as a result of decades long trade wars, corporate skirmishes, and global wars amongst large nations. The large islands home to the nations capital were originally unincorporated internationally neutral land, used mostly as resupply and trading ports by many larger trade fleets. Across history the populations of these islands had grown, as many refugees from global wars and harsh political regimes sought them out as a new home. The neutrality of the islands protected the people, and the trade fleets operating from them protected the islands. Refugees coming to the islands found jobs in industry, supporting the demands of the trade organizations that their children went to work at. However, during the end of the 20th century as political tensions rose around the world many of these trade fleets found themselves being forced out of international neutrality, this combined with the ever growing size of these conglomerates lead to high tensions between competing trade organizations. Tensions finally boiled over, leading to The Trade Wars of the 80s and early 2000s, rampant piracy, naval raids, and pillaging destabilized the accepted peace, larger organizations who controlled oil rigs and mining outposts built up huge navies to guard their fleets and to steal territory from smaller companies. The wars raged on for over 2 decades with massive casualties, crippling costs, lost goods, and little progress in favor of any one fleet. Eventually, peace was found in 2008, with the signing of the First Trader Alliance, binding several of the larger companies to mutual economic and military alliances, and dispersing their fleets amongst several smaller trade companies. In 2020, after several similar agreements had brought a new era of peace and cooperation it was decided that all the trade fleets would operate more efficiently united under one organizing body, and so The Allied Trade Fleet was created with a large elected body of representatives to govern the fleet in a more organized manner. It was decided that the capital would be the original trading port Angel's Rest, on the island biaeothanatus, and all the trading fleets would be united under this name. On March 19th 2024, the constitution was fully ratified by every participating fleet, thus creating the nation of Biaeothanatia as it stands today.

Biaeothanatia is a Confederal Democratic Republic defined by an elected council of Chief Exectutives, and an elected parliament with representatives from each major ship/tradepost/fleet to control central policy and international interaction. Many of the individual fleets and outposts are free to regulate themselves on most matters, with the central government primarily focused on issues of defense, trade, and foreign policy. Additionally, the government acts partially as a large corporation, controlling and organizing the motions of the fleet to ensure efficient and productive trades, as well as coordinating larger business deals with other governments and large corporations.

The Biaeothanatian economy is primarily socialist and is considered recently developed, its economy is potentially quite powerful with large resource reserves, strong trade ties, and massive production capacity, but it is weakened by disorganization and residual infighting amongst members of the fledgling nation. As it stands Biaeothantia is not a part of any large international organizations or unions, instead conducting most of its trade deals and diplomacy individually and behind closed doors with other nations.

Etymology
Main Article: Terminology of Biaeothanatia (WIP)

Biaeothantia comes from the latin word biaeothantus/biothanatus meaning "to die a violent death" the name refers to the active volcano on the island named Biaeothanatia by the Romans after and eruption blew the top off the island and took one of their settlements with it. Thankfully the volcano has calmed since then and is quite tame in modern times. The typical way to refer to a citizen of Biaeothanatia is as Biaeothanian, Biaeothan is also commonplace.

The coat of arms is comprised of 3 elements, a golden wave on a blue shield, a phoenix, and two interlinked arms. The golden wave represents gold flowing across the oceans, depicting the nation's historic ties to trade and its wealth. The phoenix represents the nation rising up from the ashes of the Trade War, united and stronger than ever. The interlinked arms represent the people of the nation working together, united under one name and one goal despite coming from countless and sometimes even opposing backgrounds.

History
Main Article: History of Biaeothanatia (WIP)

The nation of Biaeothanatia itself is freshly formed and thus does not have significant history, but the islands, fleets, and outpost its citizens reside on do. The main island of Biaeothanatia has been used as a trading outpost since before roman times and has inherited a diverse population of diaspora from hundreds of nations and empires that have traded in its ports or attempted to colonize it. In the 18th century several international trading conglomerates sprung up along its neutral shores, capitalizing on its unique position in international neutrality to prosper during the era of colonialism. These companies were often known to fund both sides during times of war and sell excess weaponry to pirates who would then raid their competitors, shady dealings like these were profitable but unstable, and few companies on the island lasted for long. Those that did endure the test of time grew to impressive size, rivaling the military power and influence of many great powers and shaping history. The overwhelming power and intense competition of these largest trade companies based out of Biaeothanatia primarily contributed to the devastating losses and bloodshed of the Trade Wars. These large corporations threw men and bullets at each other for years, but ultimately succeed in nothing more than destroying their own fleets and trade alliances. The Commonwealth of Biaeothanatia as it stands today was born from the remnants of these gargantuan fleets trying to piece themselves back together and reclaim their former territory and power as one united force.

Geography
Main Article: Geography of Biaeothanatia (WIP)

The majority of Biaeothantia's land area is concentrated in a cluster of 3 large islands, the largest of which being the island of Biaeothanatia itself, and the other two being Calamistria and Monte Veridia. These islands are mostly mountainous and forested with Monte Viridia being the most mountainous and most forested, hence its name "green mountain." The Mountains of Monte Viridia support a thriving manufacturing and mining industry, with deposits rich in coal, iron, uranium, and rare earth metals. Calamistria is the smallest of the three and is largely comprised of rolling hills and grassland, it contains much of the nations agricultural industry. Biaeothanatia is a medium sized, crescent shaped island, its skyline is dominated by the remnants of a large volcano and a black basalt mountain range. Much of the population of these islands is in densely populated cities along the coast and rolling foothills beneath the mountains, the shape of the island creates a natually protected bay that is home to countless bustling ports. The islands are host to a pleasant mediterranean climate for most of the year, but are also know for their vicious monsoon season. Together these three islands encompass 40,307 km² of the nation's 72,595 km², with the rest spread across small islands, sea rigs, and continental colonies.

Government
Main Article: Government of Biaeothanatia (WIP)

The Central Government of Biaeothanatia is comprised of three branches, an Executive Branch, a Parliament, and a Judiciary Branch. It oversees issues of national budget, trade, defense, and foreign policy for the nation and for its subsidiary states. The individual subsidiary states, known as Governmental Regions, are mostly free to govern themselves on most other issues, although they are encouraged to obey recommendations from central government agencies, and their courts are required to uphold justice and law as directed by the Judiciary Branch of the Central Government.

The Executive Branch is comprised of five elected Chief Executives, a Military Director, and a Cabinet of Ministers who help regulate and advise specific policies. The Chief Executives are elected on a 10-year offset cycle, where every two years the longest standing member is either re-elected or replaced with a new member. Using this system and assuming all elections result in a new Executive being appointed, the council completely cycles and refreshes every 10 years over the course of 5 elections, replacing one member each time. It is possible for an Executive to be re-elected and serve another 5-year term. These 5 Executives share their power equally and together share the highest military rank in the nation, the Military Director holds the second highest rank and is appointed by rising through the military ranks during service and passing various intense exams. The Military Director serves as a military advisor for the executive branch and is often considered the most experienced and knowledgeable officer in the nation. Both the Chief Executives and the Military Director have access to the most recent and highest security intelligence briefings from the Biaeothanatian Counter-Intelligence Office and the Biaeothanatian Security and Intelligence Directorate. The Cabinet of Ministers consists of several experts appointed by the Chief Executives and chosen from the most expert sources in the nation, to be appointed the must pass rigorous examinations and testing to ensure that their expert judgement is not clouded by politics. These Ministers operate as the heads of governmental agencies dedicated to their area of expertise, as well as serving as governmental advisors to the executive and parliamentary branches.

The Parliamentary Branch is divided into two houses, the Upper Senate and the Lower Council. The job of this parliament is to more directly represent the voices of the people in Biaeothanatia's 368 Governmental Regions (as of the most recent census). Governmental Regions are defined by the Central Government of Biaeothanatia as constituent states of the confederation composed of land regions, sea-rigs, and large vessels/fleets with population greater than 50,000. The minimum size for these regions is 50,000 citizens, but some are significantly larger. During census periods, applications can be submitted to the Central Government for the recognition of new Governmental Regions, or the partitioning/merging of existing regions. The Upper Senate is composed of 736 elected senators, two senators are elected to represent each major land region, sea rig, and large vessel/fleet in the union. Each region represented in the parliament can choose to appoint their senator as they see fit and as such there is a great diversity in the manor that these senators are appointed or elected to represent their region, but for the most part senators are appointed on a 10 year cycle. The Lower Council is comprised of 1500 elected councilors, the number of councilors representing each governmental region is apportioned based on population, with a minimum of one councilor per region. Lower Council reapportionment is performed during each census period, with the 1,500 seats being shuffled around and redistributed to each region based on their new official population, this happens every 5 years on average.

Foreign Relations and Military
Main Article: Foreign Relations of Biaeothanatia (WIP)
Main Article: Military of Biaeothanatia (WIP)

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Economy
Main Article: Economy of Biaeothanatia (WIP)

The economy of Biaeothanatia is largely centrally controlled by the government through a socialist system, many of the industries are controlled directly by the government or leased out to selected contractors. Almost all resource extraction and manufacturing industry in the nation is owned and operated by the government, and thus managed by the people via democratic control. Some notable exceptions to this are the business of the trade vessels themselves, and any gambling which happens in any Biaeothanatian jurisdiction. The trade vessels, whilst partially controlled by the government on official trade routes, are also allowed to conduct private business of their own (within reason and at the discretion of the government).

The GDP of Biaeothanatia is approximately $800 Billion and is growing steadily. The people of the country are not overtly rich, but they are not poor either, effective taxes and strong welfare programs have shrunk the wealth gap significantly to the point where the average income of the richest citizens is only 30% greater than the poorest. Very few citizens struggle for money and unemployed people can apply for countless government jobs building ships, infrastructure, and new housing. Homelessness is almost unheard of due to public housing projects and continuous new housing construction to support incoming migrants.

The nation's industry flourishes on trade, often working with other countries to move their goods or personnel from one place to another, for a fee. However the nation also has significant exports of its own, particularly in energy and fuels. Left over munitions factories from the trade war help supply the nations fleets, and make a nice bit of profit dealing weapons to other countries. Other significant industries include mining and agriculture on the nations islands and continental colonies.

Demographics

Population (Estimate): 25 Million
Immigrant Diaspora: 56.77%
Sea-born Biaeothanatian: 23.16%
Land-born Biaeothanatian: 15.06%
Other: 5.01%

Human Development Index (HDI) score: 0.7882
Life expectancy (years): 80.56
Men: 78.83
Women: 82.25

Net rate of population growth: 2.148%
Natural rate of population increase per 1,000 people: 9.299
• Replacement fertility rate: 2.625 births per woman
• Birth rate per 1,000 people: 16.840
• Mortality rate per 1,000 persons per year: 7.541
Net migration rate per 1,000 persons: 12.182
• Immigration rate per 1,000 persons: 15.476
• Emigration rate per 1,000 persons: 3.294

General miscellaneous statistics:

Population density (on land): 280 persons per km2
Median age (years): 31.925
Sex ratio (overall): 0.8775 males per 1.000 females
Manpower fit for service: 18,481,614

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Culture
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