Bredford
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Basic Facts:
Government Type : Union Goverment.
Capital : Bredford
Population: 601 million. (Capped)
National Animal : Bredford Lion.
Languages : English.
Ethnic Groups : 97.3% Bredfordians, 2.7% Other.
Major Religions : 100% nonreligious.
National Holiday : Union Day, Southshire celebrations, Battle of Bredford.
Internet TLD: .brd
Currency : BRD Credit. (equals 1.71 USD Dollar, Symbol : BRc)
Literacy rate: %99
Life expectancy: 81 years.
Infant mortality rate: 3.3 deaths/1,000 live births
HIV/AIDS: adult prevalence rate: 0.00
GDP per capita: 42,262 BRc
Median household income: 51,241 BRc
Unemployment: %2
Internet connections (per family): 2
Televisions (per family): 2
Computers (per family): 3
Newspapers (per family): 1
Provinces
Bredford, Jannisbury, Southshire, Bansbury, Oaktown
Ministers list
President: Lord Oliver Mosley IX
Minister of Defence: William Alberta
Minister of Transport: John Weckster
Minister of Science & Technology : William Chadwik
Foreign Minister: Lord Charles Hollan III
Minister of Commerce: Lord William Chabiot IV
Minister of Education: Duke James Lester V
Minister of Finance: Victoria Mackenzie
Minister of Health: Thomas Anthony
Minister of Interior: Stewart Mem
Minister of Enviroment: Elizabeth Merla
Minister of Culture & Sport: Henry Matfield
Minister of Justice: Marcus Haive
Minister of Energy: Robert J. Nux
Economy of Bredford
The economy of Bredford is mainly depedent on the sectors of automatic factories (Especially for Steel, Electronics, Arms, and Machinery), Consumer products and finances.
The BSM (Bredford Stock Exchange) is one of the biggest in Nova, and have a daily volume of 57 trillion BRc (97.47 trillion dollars), and by recent all-country poll it has been discovered that %94 of the people own some kind of stock, %87 own some kind of a bond, and %61 of the people own some kind of foreign currency.
In Bredford, the Median Household Income is, however this "hides the true". most of the people on the provinces of Bredford and Bansbury work for much higher wages then the national average, while around %46 of the people in Jannisbury, and %69 of the people in Oaktown work for much less then that, mainly in the agriculture or mining industries.
The unemployment is low (%2, 12.2 million people), and it is expected to drop in the future.
There is almost no industry that is not advanced in Bredford (Agriculture uses the newest tools, and factories are %90 automatic and their main workers are machine inspectors), as works that need alot of manpower are usually done in much cheaper countries (Alfegos, Weccanfeld).
Another growing sector is Aerospace (Civil & Military aircraft construction and development), which is mainly shared with other Novan countries (For example, the "Cornwall & Alfegos Aeronautical Alliance"), with the main companies in that sector are 'Cornwall Aviation', 'Crusader Civil Aviation', and 'Bredford Aerospace'.
Economic Information:
Bredford's GDP: 25.4 Trillion BRc.
Consumption: 15 Trillion BRc.
Currency: BRD Credit (equals $1.71 USD dollars)
Income Tax: %20 (State tax), %5-16 (Provincial tax).
Bredford export & import:
Bredford's main imports: Copper, Aluminium, Cotton, Timber, Rice, Cattle, Fish, Precious stones, Petroleum, Rubber.
Total import (in cash): $3.6 Trillion BRc.
Bredford's main exports: Soda, Iron, Corn, Chemicals, Steel, Vegetables, Fruits, Industrial & Agricultural Machines, Processed Food, Aircraft, Gas, Coal, Salt, Jewelry, Mineral Water, Plastic, Arms, Electronics.
Total export (in cash): $3.8 Trillion BRc.
Trade surplus: $0.2 Trillion BRc.
Loans given to Bredford: $1.8 Trillion BRc. (yearly interest %7, 126 billion BRc)
Loans given by Bredford: $2.2 Trillion BRc. (yearly interest %6.5, 143 billion BRc)
Resources: Uranium, Petroleum, Natural Gas, Coal, Iron, Salt.
Geography of Bredford
the nation of Bredford is made up from three isles.
the Bredford isle, which is the main isle and contains the capital and all the important cities. the Bredford isle is also very resourceful, as its big eastren part is made of rich soil, the north contains big amounts of Coal and Iron, and the western sea include many petroleum reserves. there is only one mountain range on the Bredford isle, the Southport mountains, which are located near the city of Southport. most of the big cities and the population are massed on the industrialized westren shore (Bansbury, Jannisbury, Bredford and their suburbs), and the eastren shore contains Port Hollan and Oaktown. the south contains the lone city of Southport, and big Uranium mines. most of the isle is big flat grasslands, expect from the hilly south side and its mountain range.
the Allertown isle, which is a isle annexed by Bredford in 1969. it contains one important town, Allertown, which is the capital of the isle. one of biggest industries in the isle is tourism, mostly concetrated in the beautiful southwest shore. Also big industry in Allertown is Rubber producing, however the production hasn't met with the demand in Bredford, which forced the nation of Bredford to import Rubber from the rest of Nova. the westren-north side of the isle is filled with Gas fields, but no population expect few small towns. Allertown has major mountain dividing the isle in twice in the center, the north area is hilly, but the south is completely flat.
and the last, the Pernu isle, Which has no population at all, and is owned by "Bredford International Commerce", who perform nuclear experiments (allowed up to level of 0.05 KT) on the isle.
