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| National motto: Peace Through Power | Pacis Per Vox | |||
| National anthem: [Vow To Thee My County] | |||
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| Region | New Liberalia | ||
| Capital | Evesham | ||
| Largest Cities | Whitby, Harrogate,Evesham, Fearnhead, and Ashchurch | ||
| Spoken Languages Official Unofficial | English Latagonian | ||
| Government Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Minister | Bicameral Constitutional Monarchy Nicholas Symonds Peter James | ||
| Heads Of State King
Queen | Aaron III Rachel II | ||
| Founded Independance Declared | 234 A.D. 9th November 1047 A.D. | ||
| Population • 2008 census | 8,198,000,000 | ||
| Currency | 1 Pound Sterling (P) = 100 Pence (p) | ||
| Constitution | None | ||
The offical name is The Constitutional Monarchy Of Forthampton, Terrington, and Windermere, however this is more commanly shortened to Forthampton. This nation is a fully soveriegn and independant nation found on and just off the eastern Tiberius Continent. The core of the nation, Forthampton, is an island just off the east coast of Tiberius formally known as Britainon and is surrounded by the Caspian Ocean, The Southern Seas, and The Terrington Strait. Off the southern tip of the island can be found the Peart Archipelgo, and just off the east of the island is the island of Skye. On the mainland of Tiberius, west of the island of Britainon is Terrington, extending inwards somewhat and sharing a border with Khorasan. To the north of this on the Windermere peninsular is Windermere, another of the constituent countries that form the greater Forthampton, and just off the eastern tip is the island of Madeira.
Forthampton is a union of three constituent countries: Forthampton, Terrington, and Windermere. Forthampton is a westminster style parliamentary democracy with its seat of government in Evesham, the capital, and a constitutional monarchy with Her Majesty Queen Rachel II, and His Majesty King Aaron III as the heads of state. Remnants of the Forthampton Empire, which at its height encompassed vast sections of the world's land surface and population, making it the largest empire in history. As a direct result of the empire, Forthampton influence can be observed in the language and culture of states such as Latagon, Govrama, Whitlamia, Zumaworks, Curiaistan, and Cheesyweesy, and other less globally influential independent states. Her Majesty Queen Rachel II and His Majesty King Aaron III remains the head of the Commonwealth of Nations and head of state of the Commonwealth realms.
Forthampton is a developed country, with the fourth largest economy in the world. Forthampton retains strong economic, cultural, military and political influence and is a nuclear power, with the second or third (depending on method of calculation) highest defence spending in the world.
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Geography
Topography
Climate
Cities
Demography
Population
Migration
Language
Religion
Government and Politics
Main Article: The Forthampton Government
History
Armed Forces
Economy
Currency
Education
Kings College, Whitby
Main Article: Forthampton Education
Forthampton is home to officially the best education system on Paradisia, and least to say one of the oldest and most well established. Overall, the Forthampton official literacy rate (99.8%) is above average by developed country standards. The Programme for International Student Assessment (P.I.S.A.), coordinated by the now defunct Council Of Nations, currently ranks Forthampton 1st in the world, being significantly higher than the P.I.S.A. average.
Education in Forthampton is the responsibility of the Forthampton Ministry Of Education, under which are the Secretary Of States for Schoold, Higher Education, and Children, though the day to day administration and funding of state schools is the responsibility of Local Education Authorities. Universal state education in Forthampton was introduced for primary level in 1734 and secondary level in 1847. Education is mandatory from ages five to eighteen. The majority of children are educated in state-sector schools, only a small proportion of which select on the grounds of academic ability. Despite a fall in actual numbers, the proportion of children in Forthampton attending private schools has risen to over 14%. Just over half of students at the leading universities of Evesham and Whitby had attended state schools. State schools which are allowed to select pupils according to intelligence and academic ability can achieve comparable results to the most selective private schools: out of the top ten performing schools in terms of GCSE results in 2006 two were state-run grammar schools. Forthampton has some of the top universities in the world with Evesham, Whitby, and Ashchurch ranked amongst the top 10 in the P.I.S.A. World University Rankings.
Infrastructure
Healthcare
Royal Hospital, Evesham
Main Article: Forthampton Healthcare
Forthampton, home to the NHS, can boast one of the top healthcare services in world according to the World Health Organisation established by the now defunct Council Of Nations. Offical statistics show that Forthampton citizens enjoy the third highest life expentancy in world, and the NHS is ranked 2nd for best quality of health provision. The Forthampton government take on both the role of suppliers of public healthcare and assessors of the quality of its delivery. Various regulatory bodies are organised on a Forthampton-wide basis such as the General Medical Council, the Nursing and Midwifery Council and non-governmental-based (e.g. Royal Colleges). Across Forthampton, there is a large number high quality of medical schools and dental schools, and a considerable establishment for training nurses and professions allied to medicine.
The NHS was set up by the National Health Service Act 1926 and came into effect on July 5th 1928. The Forthampton Minister for Health is answerable to the Forthampton Parliament for the running of the Department of Health and for the work of the NHS. The NHS is one of the largest cohesive organisations of any type in the world employing over 13 million people. Public sector healthcare delivery consists of very high quality primary (General Practice), secondary (district general hospital) and tertiary (teaching hospital) levels of service. There is considerable interaction and cross-flow between the various levels. In addition there are family practitioners and allied health professionals, including dentists, opticians and community pharmacists, who operate as independent contractors providing a range of services within the NHS in return for fees and allowances.
