Plandis

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The Allied States of Plandis

Flag of Plandis
National motto:	Fidelitas (loyalty) Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno (One for all, all for one)
Coat of arms of Plandis
Map of Plandis
Region	New Liberalia
Capital	Alpa
Largest Cities	Bet, Gemon, Eton
Spoken Languages   Official   Unofficial	English, German French
Government	Direct democracy Federal parliamentary republic
Founded Independance Declared	13 BC 11th November 1577
Population  • 2009 census	2,736,000,000
Currency	1 Plander (Pl) = 100 Plias (as)
stats	NS-Dossier

The Allied States of Plandis (short: Plandis, sometimes abbreviated to ASP) is a fully sovereign nation that is situated on the east of the continent of Vedast. It consists of six federal states called cantons.

[edit] General reference

The short form is pronounced /'pland�ªz'/. There are two possible adjectives for Plandis: Either Plandonian or Plandian.

[edit] Geography

Plandis is bordered to the north by Northern Sushia and the Adritatic Sea, to the east by unclaimed land, to the west and to the south by the Timor Ocean. The territory of Plandis covers 65,725,606 km². The States are mostly influenced by a Mediterranean climate.

Plandis is a country, that is situated in the Eastern and both in the Southern and in the Northern Hemisphere. Its extreme points are in the north The Peninsula of Alpa, in the west the city of My, in the south the Ued-Peninsula and in the east the checkpoint Euserst.

Plandis is the home of 2,736,000,000 inhabitants. Consequently, It has a population density of 41,6 inh./km².

[edit] Environment

Plandis within its borders hosts many major climatic subtypes, ranging from Tropical rain forest climate over Tropical wet and dry or savannah climate and Maritime Temperate climates to Tundra climate.

Influenced by these big differences, the Flora and Fauna of Plandis differ from place to place. While the Kea parrot, marmot, Mountain goats, chinchilla, and pika live on the hilly regions of Plandis, lions, giraffes and antelopes prefer the savannah.
The Flora of the savannah includes:

• Acacia (Tree)
  • Loses leaves in dry season to conserve moisture
  • Leafy canopy in rainy season (flattened by winds)
• Baobab (Tree)
  • Stores water in trunk
  • Thick bark to protect it from fires in dry season
  • Long Tap roots to reach underground moisture
  • Few leaves to reduce water loss through transpiration
• Grass
  • Grow Quickly to 3 or 4 meters in clumps
  • Shoots die in dry season leaving only roots
• Low Shrubs
  • Drought resistant
  • Small
  • Thorns not leaves

The Rainforests of Plandis support a very broad array of fauna including mammals, reptiles, birds, and invertebrates. Mammals include primates, felids, and other families. Reptiles include snakes, turtles, chameleons, and other families while birds include such families as vangidae and Cuculidae. Dozens of families of invertebrates are found there.

[edit] Geographic features

[edit] Glaciers

There are only two glaciers in Plandis, but they cover 95% of the high mountain area:

• Is-Glacier
• San-Glacier

[edit] Islands

Plandis has five islands. Marylos, Tugela, Phaistos and Corsicus are also called The Corner Islands, while the fifth, Rachelina, is referred to as the Capital Island in the informal language.

[edit] Regions

[edit] Administrative divisions

[edit] States

The Allied States have six cantons:

Namely:

• Capitos
• Saxonia
• Grosio
• Mid-Palatinate
• Iosis
• Julis

[edit] Further subdivisions

The States are further divided into rural districts and urban districts.

The biggest city of Plandis is Alpa.

[edit] Demography

Although Plandis does not oblige its 2736000000 inhabitants the religion most people of Plandis are Atheists:

[edit] Government and politics

The Allied States of Plandis are a federal parliamentary republic whose capital is Alpa. The people of the ASP vote for the upper house called Nationaltag in a mixed-member system. That means half of the Members of the Nationaltag are elected directly from 299 constituencies (Instant-runoff voting), the other half on the parties’ Land lists (party-list proportional representation). Thus, each voter has to make an order of his three favourites, allowing voters to elect their local representatives to the Nationaltag as well as a vote for his preferred party.

At least 598 Members of the Nationaltag are elected in this way. In addition to this, there are certain circumstances in which some candidates win what are known as overhang seats when the seats are being distributed.

The 598 seats are distributed among the parties that have gained more than 3% of the second votes or at least 2 direct mandates. Each of these parties is allocated seats in the Nationaltag in proportion to the number of votes it has received (Sainte-Laguë method).

When the total number of mandates gained by a party has been determined, they are distributed between the Canton lists. The distribution of the seats of that party to the 16 Cantons is proportional to that party's second vote results in the Cantons. The first of the mandates allocated to each Canton go to the candidates who have won direct mandates in that Canton. The rest are assigned in order to the candidates on the Canton list put forward before the election.

Overhang seat: If a party has gained more direct mandates in a Canton than it is entitled to according to the results of the second vote, it does not forfeit these mandates because all directly elected candidates are guaranteed a seat in the Nationaltag.