San Pedro
From Ipon
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| Motto: '"La paz para el Imperio"' | |||||||
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| San Pedro @ Simtropolis | |||||||
| Capital | Carife | ||||||
| Largest city | Santa Leon (unofficial) | ||||||
| Official language(s) | Spanish, Portuguese | ||||||
| Government Monarch
Prime Minister | Constitutional Monarchy Carlos IV Raul Olivares | ||||||
| Constitutional Monarchy Roman Colonization Moorish Invasion Independence from Kingdom of Seville Governmental Reforms | 123 BC 600 AD 1332 AD 1975 AD | ||||||
| Area • Total • Water (%) | 30,000 km² 70 | ||||||
| Population • 2007 est. • 2006 census • Density | 10,600,200 total () 700/km² () | ||||||
| GDP (PPP) • Total • Per capita | $1.310 trillion $33,700 | ||||||
| HDI | 0.820 | ||||||
| Currency | Corona (Cr)
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| Time zone • Summer (DST) | West Europe, East Coast standard (UTC) (UTC{{{utc_offset_DST}}}) | ||||||
| Internet TLD | .sp | ||||||
| Calling code | +351
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The Kingdom of San Pedro is a small nation in the Mediteranean near the Balearic Islands.
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[edit] History
[edit] Early History
The first sign of civilization is the colonization of San Pedro (then called Pedriona) by the Roman Empire in 123 BC. After the collapse of the Roman Empire, it was an independent Christian kingdom, half of which was slowly conquered by the Moors from Al Andalus.
After the reconquest of Spain, an army fleet from Aragon sailed to San Pedro and removed the Moors from San Pedro; then claiming the island for the crown of Aragon. After a couple of years a revolutionary group fought against the Aragonese rulers and the island went to war with Aragon. France intervened, believing the war to be against them, and the island "won." The royal family of San Pedro was then instituted and has been around ever since.
[edit] Pedrian Empire
In 1445, Ignacio Jimenez sailed with a fleet of ships towards a the New World. They intended to sail to Hispanola, but wound up at current-day Mesias. Since the land had not been claimed by the Spanish Empire yet, they claimed the area for San Pedro. The first Pedronese conquistadors were brutal and destroyed several ancient villages. Villagers were sold into slavery and women were raped, and those who didn't follow orders were killed. When these acts were revealed to the royal family and church hierarchy the conquistadors were expelled from San Pedro territory, although the only reason they were expelled was for their degeneracy. Later on a large influx of Jesuits were granted asylum in Mesias because they were expelled from Spanish territory. This would temporarily make the small colonial backwater of Santa Leon a capital for the Society of Jesus and thus skyrocketed local trade. This would also bring Mesias into contact with Tientsin-Fort Bayart, which was also a hub for the Jesuits.
When the Treaty of Tordesillas was signed in 1494, San Pedro was granted a large chunk of current-day Colombia and parts of Venezuela in addition to the already controlled Mesias. Initially Portugal wanted to gain control of San Pedro's Indian colony Guipos, but after much bickering between the two nations Pope Alexander VI allowed San Pedro to hold onto Guipos. However it would only be a couple of decades before San Pedro sold Guipos to Portugal in exchange for 500,000 ducats of gold.
With the recent influence of the Dominican friar Bartolome de las Casas, Pedronese colonists were required to follow certain criteria in order to preserve the local native population, which many today consider a huge milestone towards indigenous rights. Because of the friar's help in Mesias an entire city was named after him, San Bartolome de las Casas.(An additionaly flattering "saint" title was added to the city's name as well.)
[edit] Modern Day control of Mesias
San Pedro's political control of Mesias is extremely complicated. While Mesias maintains that it is a independent republic, the royal monarch of the nation is still the King of San Pedro. This has not been changed and continues to be unchanged because the king's influence is almost nonexistent in Mesias.
[edit] Demographics
The majority of people in San Pedro are Pedronese. The Pedronese people are very similar to Catalonians, however Pedronese people speak Spanish. The next largest ethnic group are Latin Americans, followed by North African Arabs, Indians and a small gypsy minority.
[edit] Religion
The constitution of San Pedro provides freedom of religion for all citizens, however Roman Catholicism is generally considered the "official" religion with royal affairs. The nation is home to at least 20 monasteries, most of which are Franciscan. Islam is the nation's second largest religion with about 8% of people adhering to the faith, almost entirely consisting of Sunnis. There are also very small Hindu and Jewish communities in Carife.
[edit] Major Companies
AeroPedro El Corte Veneciano Telesegundo
