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The Kingdom of Fylkirvegr | Overview

Kingdom of Fylkirvegr


Flag



Royal Coat of Arms


Motto: "Honor, Duty, Valor"



Location


Population: 136,000,000,000
-Density: 913,364/km2


Capital: Valhalla
Largest City: Yggdrasil City


Official Language: Old Norse



National Language: Old Norse, Danish, Norwegian


Demonym: Fylkirvegrian

Government: Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- Monarch: Freedomanica
- Prime Minister: Anishopolis
- Deputy Prime Minister: Ecolaria
- Speaker of The House of Chiefs: Fritt Norge
- Chief Justice: Vacant


Legislature: Alþingi
- Upper House: Senate
-Lower House: House of Chiefs


Establishment: from Ragnarök
Independence: June 12, 2020


Land Area: 92,526,460 mile²
148,900,000km²
Water Area : 361,200,000 km²
Water %: 71%


Elevation
Highest Point: Hnitborg (15 000 m)
Lowest Point: The Deceased Canyon (-45 000 m)


GDP (nominal): §27.4 quadrillion
GDP (nominal) per capita: §147,586


HDI (2020): 66.55 Very High


Currency: Bllêque (§) (BQ)


Time Zone: (UTC-8 to -6)


Drives on the: Right


Calling code: +9


Internet TLD: .fylk

Fylkirvegr
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The Kingdom of Fylkirvegr commonly called Fylk, is a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy located in the holy tree of Yggdrasil. It is bordered on the north by Balder, on the south by Yggdrasil, by the east by Frjalsfjord and on the west by Niamark. Fylkirvegr covers 148,9 million square kilometers and has has an estimated population of 136 billion. Fylkirvegr is a federation and thus comprises of 15 provinces.

Fylkirvegr was first inhabited by Odin, Vili and Vé during the creation of the world, when they created the land of Asgard on top of the plains of Idavoll. From this, would start a long term of fruitfulness and was the start of the Æsir Gods. In 1478, a war broke out between the Vanir and the Æsir known as the Æsir-Vanir War, however, in the end this would have resulted in the unification of the gods into a single pantheon, which was a major turning point for Fylkirvegr. In 2019, a major war broke out between the now unified Æsir Gods and the evil powers which many know today as Ragnarök. The war led to the total destruction of the world and only a chosen few humans and the Æsir god of air, Freedomanica survived the aftermath along with other Gods at the time. After Ragnarök, the universe was created again and Yggdrasil came back to life and all the realms were recolonized and Fylkirvegr was firmly established and emerged as a great power.

Fylkirvegr is now a developed country with an extremely high national GDP of §27,4 quadrillion with a §147,586 GDP per capita. Even though these statistics are rather ranked highly in the world, the country still exercises slavery and peasantry as a result of the Viking life of Thrall within the State of Midgard primarily which the international community mainly stands against the practice. The economy is benefitted greatly by the abundance of trees which are a great deal of wood and source most of the economies income, however, deforestation becoming a common practice. The nation is also known for its fisheries and seafood in which is a great amount of income. The region follows socialism with industry owned by the Government in a state-planned economy. The region is currently a member of the United Regions Alliance (commonly known as URA) and is a verified member region of the World Assembly (commonly known as the WA) since having our assigned WA Delegate as the ambassador to the organization.

Etymology

Fylkirvegr is derived from Old Norse with “Fylkir” meaning King and “Vegr” meaning Way, thus meaning “King’s Way” and was decided after the recolonization of Yggdrasil that the Monarch shall always live forever in tribute to Odin’s legacy after being swallowed by the wolf Fenrir during the apocalypse of Ragnarök and was originally called The United Kingdom of Asgard, Midgard, Alfheim, Svartalfheim, Niflheim, Vanaheim, Helheim, Jotunheim and Muspelheim, however, realizing that was too long, was shortened to “Fylkirvegr” as said above, in tribute to Odin and his divine wisdom.

The standard way to refer to a citizen of Fylkirvegr is as a “Fylkirvegrian”.

History

Fylkirvegr was originally inhabited by various multi-species across nine major worlds in which back at the day, was referred to as “Realms” and each Realm had its own organization with many realms having their own single ruler/s. Of the time, most of these multi-species were deities such as Frigg and Thor, and giants of many shapes and sizes. At the time the Gods despised the Giants due to the Giants resembling chaos and destruction in which contrasts to the order of the Gods and sought refuge mostly within a Realm called “Jotunheim”, however, a minority went to a fiery realm called “Muspelheim” where they were referred to as “The Fire Giants” and there one giant named, “Sutr” instated himself as ruler of Muspelheim while Jotunheim had no real authority at all. Whereas on the other hand, the Gods made Asgard their home and the major deity, Odin declared himself ruler of Asgard and the Gods before the fleeing of the giants to Jotunheim and Muspelheim.

While Odin was ruler he made the realm of Midgard, the home of his wonderful creation, humans. The first humans ever made was a male named Ash and a female named Embla and together they would form the generations of humans to come, however, knowing the threat the giants could cause to the humans, Midgard was originally surrounded by a huge lake that was impassable, but for extra protection, a huge sea serpent occupied the waters and was called the Midgard Serpent. Even though it seemed to be only Gods and giants, there were also Dwarves that chose to inhabit Svartalfheim and Hreidmar was instituted as King of Svartalfheim until his assassination later on. The dwarves were great friends of the Gods and gave Odin many wonderful gifts and sought-after treasures such as the spear of Gungnir. There were also Light Elves that soon inhabited Alfheim and was near Asgard right up near heaven. The Gods sent Freyr to rule and the realm reigned prosperous under her rule. The light elves were considered the “Guardian Angels” and minor gods of nature and fertility; they helped humans with their knowledge of magical powers. The elves are known for inspiring poets in art and music.

There was a argument between the Gods in terms of how combat should be handled and war broke out between themselves and was called the “Æsir-Vanir War”, this was because the Aesir fought by the rules of plain combat, with weapons and brute force, while the Vanir used the subtler means of magic. Freya, Freyr, and Njord of the Vanir went to the Aesir, and Hoenir and Mimir went to the Vanir after peace wad established by the two with the Vanir first indicating this by Freya, Freyr and Njord’s movement back to Asgard while the Asgardians followed with some going to Vanaheim which would be the home of the Vanir to escape the conflict before the war initially broke out in full force.

In the realm of Helheim, humans who die of old age or disease, and those not killed in battle, go to Helheim while those who die bravely on the battlefield go to Valhalla in Asgard. The God, Hel was sent by Odin to rule Helheim, the land of the dishonorable dead due to her countless interactions with dead entities within Asgard. Whilst in the realm of Niflheim, there was no clear sign of authority like that of Jotunheim, however, a mystic spring, called Hvergelmir “bubbling boiling spring” is located in Niflheim and was protected by a huge dragon called Nidhug.

Initially all the States, despite some hating each other, lived in peace, but tensions were rising between the Gods and the Giants and Odin feared that his vision of the end of the world shall come true after experiencing visions and dreams and the Gods and Giants knew that the ancient notion shall come true and before Ragnarök, the Gods and giants prepared for the apocalyptic war and at the time of war, Loki and his daughter, Hel attacked the Gods at Vigrid while Sutr lead his Army of Fiery Giants with him while the Giants from Jotunheim came rushing in alongside the Midgardian Serpent while Odin used all the noble warriors of Valhalla and the Gods and Goddesses to attack when the final horn of Heimdall was blown.

Many battles took place, one of them would be Odin and Fenrir, Odin will be swallowed by Fenrir, but Vidar will kill Fenrir by stepping on the jaw of Fenrir and split it all the way down through his tail. Thor would then challenge the feared Midgardian serpent Jormungandr and initially Thor would have killed Jormungandr, but then he died from his wounds and the poison after taking nine steps. Garm and Tyr would have a major fight with Garm biting off his other hand and him bleeding out, but not before he gives Garm a mortal wound, which does kill him. The guardian of the Biföst, Heimdall, would then fight Loki, God of mischief, both would have inflict fatal wounds on each other, but Loki refused to die until he saw the destruction of the worlds which happened soon after. They both died next to each other. After this, these gods die, Surtr alit the world aflame, until a flood finally covered the world.

The catastrophic event then fully ended the world, for good, however, before the event, Odin tasked the God of Air, Freedomanica as the next ruler after Ragnarök and assigned the God, to recruit humans in order for afterwards, the human race shall begin again and was given a special seed that was encased by an orb which could only be handled by the next King, as seeing this was Freedomanica, it was only be handled by him. Using the orb, Freedomanica replanted Yggdrasil and restored the nine realms of Fylkirvegr, this would be known as “Odin Reborn” and Freedomanica created a new nation that would encompass the whole of Yggdrasil and was designed to be federal to preserve the rulers of the past whilst being a constitutional monarchy to live out Odin’s legacy whilst learning from the mistakes of the past. Fylkirvegr then emerged as a middle power until progressing slowly to a superpower.

Geography

The current land area of Fylkirvegr is 92,526,460 mile² (148,900,000km²) and is an archipelago of nine islands. Hnitborg, the Fylkirvegr and the World’s highest mountain lies within the Himinbjorg Mountain Range and is known for its many tributaries mainly leading to the ocean in Midgard where the Midgardian Serpent was located. The Great Freyr Plains is located in Alfheim and is known for the extreme fertile soil within the region and is known as the main countryside of Fylkirvegr. Alongside The Great Freyr Plains lies the Knowledgica Rainforest, the World’s second largest rainforest and the birthplace of Yggdrasil is located both in Alfheim and Vanaheim, a large river passes through the rainforest and is called Gudenå, this river separates Alfheim and Vanaheim and passes through Yggdrasil City in between the two States. The Fairy Sanctuary in Svartalfheim is a lush forest with many species such as fairies, bugs and animals. The Fairy Sanctuary is the only area where you will find the National Land Animal, the White Hart. The Deceased Canyon is the World’s deepest Canyon and is located inland of Helheim and is very difficult to get to. There are no Coral Reefs along the shores except for Alfheim, having a very medium-sized reef with little to no wildlife, however. The Knowledgica Rainforest, The Fairy Sanctuary and The Deceased Canyon are the only officially recognized World Heritage Sites in Fylkirvegr

Fylkirvegr has a Mediterranean climate across the Northern and Eastern coasts of Midgard and a more Southern and Eastern area for most coasts of States except for Muspelheim and Niflheim. Asgard and Midgard have a humid sub-tropical climate inland, however Asgard has a Highlands Climate along the Himinbjorg Mountain Range at Bifröst while Vanaheim and Alfheim have a Moist Subtropical Climate while Niflheim only has a Polar Climate due to its formation in Ginnungagap while Helheim and Muspelheim are the only Dry Climates

Extreme weather is located only in Niflheim due to the constant tornadoes and floods and within the State and Muspelheim due to the extreme temperature in heat and frequent volcanic eruptions. Overall, Fylkirvegr is rather abundant in rainfall and is ranked 19th in the world for most rainfall after Balder.

The highest point in Fylkirvegr is Hnitborg with a total height of 15 000 m high and the lowest being The Deceased Canyon with a total height of -45 000m.

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Left: Viking image of Fylkirvegr
Right: The Fairy Sanctuary with rare White Hart

Demographics

Population Age Distribution
In Fylkirvegr

Source: Wikipedia

Fylkirvegr has a total estimated overall population of 136 billion people ranking 250th in the recognized NationStates regional world. A census is taken every 20 years with the first one in the first year of its founding, 2020. As of now the birthrate being merely 50 out of 1000 and the mortality rate being 5 out of 1000. The region has moderate policies on immigration with 75 out of 100 people being accepted into the country on average. Emigration has been little to no activity with a small percentage of the population emigrating to other countries; this was initially calculated with 10 out of 1000 fully-recognized citizens on average emigrating to other countries. A large portion of ancestry groups include Norwegians, Icelanders and Swedes.

English is considered the de facto language of Fylkirvegr with 65% of the population currently speaking English with Old Norse the de jure language in the nation. In total the nation has four languages, Old Norse, English, Danish and Norwegian. The total population with only 20% of native speakers and 15% speaking other languages.

Majority of Fylkirvegr’s population is Ásatrú with a total population of 85%. Second most being Christianity with 10% of the population with Catholic taking 65% of Christians and Protestants with 35% mainly being Anglicanism. Judaism taking third spot with 3% of the population being Jews, 1% following Hinduism and 1% being other religions and atheists. All Citizens of State have the right as established in the Bill of Rights within the Constitution of Fylkirvegr to possess religious freedom and may be any religion whatsoever, however, the de jure religion being Ásatrú and other forms of Heathenry.

A survey was conducted by the Department of Research that indicated that Ásatrú, Catholic and Hindu Citizens are the most devout with a discovery that 75% of the overall population stating that they take religion very seriously and professionally. The research also suggests that other forms of Heathenry or Germanic Paganism as popularly stated among Fylkirvegrian Citizens and Jews have somewhat less attendance to religious services than majority. A said to be shocking statistic from the Research Department also states that atheism is decreasing at a fast rate due to the irrelevance and “frowning upon” of such among Fylkirvegrian Citizens.

Largest Cities

Rank

City

Metro area population

State

1

Yggdrasil City

10,474,583,174

Niflheim

2

Asgard

9,584,282,175

Asgard

3

Valhalla

8,937,927,373

Asgard

4

Drathalon

5,943,595,405

Alfheim

5

Idavoll

4,393,284,668

Midgard

6

Breidablik

2,494,303,393

Asgard

7

Byrgir

595,494,192

Midgard

8

Fensalir

486,393,192

Vanaheim

9

Utgard

394,494,294

Jotunheim

10

Hvergelmir

219,492,195

Niflheim

Yggdrasil City

Asgard

Valhalla

Drathalon

Government

Palace of Gladsheim

The United Kingdom of Fylkirvegr is a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy, in which rule by majority is mixed with minority rights by law. The Fylkirvegrian Constitution is the upmost supreme law of the land, and closely models the US, UK and Canadian Constitution in which it was inspired.

The Citizens of Fylkirvegr are subject to three levels of Government: Federal, State and Local.

Local Government: Responsible for delivering a broad range of services in relation to roads; traffic; planning; housing; economic and community development; environment, recreation and amenity services; fire services.

Provincial Government: Prescribes policies on commerce, taxation, healthcare, education.

Federal Government: Headquartered in Valhalla, Asgard, the federal government can regulate interstate and foreign commerce, declare war and set taxing, spending and other national policies. The Federal Government also guarantees and protects people’s civil rights as vested in the Fylkirvegr Bill of Rights.

The Federal Government is composed of the following three branches in which it has been structured efficiently:

Executive: Headed by the Prime Minister of Fylkirvegr. Can appoint Cabinet members, advises the Monarch on the appointment of a Chief Justice, allocates posts to members within the Government; and is the presiding member and chairperson of the Cabinet.

Legislative: Made up of the House of Chiefs and the Senate. Makes federal laws and grants federal funds.

Judicial: Made up of the Supreme Court and lower federal courts which are referred to as High Courts. Has the power of judicial review, and is the highest legal authority after the Constitution.

Foreign Relations and Military

World Assembly Headquarters

Fylkirvegr has taken an active participation in Foreign Relations with being a signatory and somewhat significant member of the World Assembly. Fylkirvegr has generally been extremely active in the diplomacy scene ever since its Founding and has been criticized as not having been truly established and many fear that the region will fail long-term stability, however, was ignored by the Government and have negotiated with many regions in which majority were successful such as The Communist Bloc and Europeia. In military matters, the country currently has an independent alignment with more activity in defense rather than attack.

Total spending of Fylkirvegrian weaponry and general military funding in 2021 was 25 billion, more than a 5% of Fylkirvegr’s annual budget. Statistics on Fylkirvegr’s military funding is currently being conducted by the Department of Research.

The Monarch serves as the Commander-In-Chief of the Fylkirvegrian militia, which is headed by the Department of Defense and Military Veterans. The militia is currently unified and has only one: the Royal Navy. All of these branches serve professionally, and have no other occupation. In the event of a war, the Fylkirvegr Royal Navy is to be reestablished and made up of volunteer troops.

Economy

Economic Indicators

Rank: 7 251st
Currency: Bllêque (BQ)
Fiscal Year: December 1 - November 28
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GDP (nominal): §27.4 quadrillion
GDP (nominal) per capita: §147,586
Labor Force: 73.452 million
Unemployment: 2.10%

Fylkirvegr operates under communism or sometimes known as socialism; a political and economic practice of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole. About 84% of the economy is state owned with the rest being Government industry, taking the last 16% of the total economic pie. Unemployment is currently at 30%, this is mainly due to the strict employment regulations throughout the country.

The country is one of the world’s leading exporters of with a total estimated trade surplus of §15.8 quadrillion. Fylkirvegr’s leading trading partners is New West Indies being first, afterwards Thaecia, The East Pacific, The Free Nations Region and Force.

Information Technology is the country’s leading industry following Arms Manufacturing, general Manufacturing and Book Publishing. Furniture Restoration and the Agricultural sector being other two important drivers of the economy as calculated by the Department of Research.

Culture

Fylkirvegr is home to a moderate amount of different cultures and traditions resulting in a moderate-strict immigration policy with factors such as criminal records and health records coming into place, however, are still very liberal in terms of other factors that come into play. The nation originally considered Norse Germanic from a historical point of view with a high percentage of Fylkirvegr’s culture being derived from that. Fylkirvegr also has large Swede and Inuit populations within the country. Like many European nations, Fylkirvegr is described as having a limited amount of burst of diversity of cultures, but is very fond of foreigners and love to share their own culture more than taking note of others.

Fylkirvegrians have been described as manual laborers with an astounding work ethic way more than some of the best Industrial countries in the world and are noted for being extremely devout and somewhat ignorant and stubborn. This has resulted to tolerant but yet strict economic style with thriving productivity and a liberal, socialist government. This has somewhat made an influx of tourists interested in the nation due to its tendency to share its culture. However, due to the past teachings of social classes of Thralls, Karls and then Jarls. Tourists are considered Thralls and are lowest in the social hierarchy in which the government is trying to abolish psychologically as it negates true equality.

Food

Armand Duplantis, World
Record Holder and
Golden Medalist in the
Pole Vault

Fylkirvegrian cuisine is very similar to that of Icelandic dishes and restaurants basis on average, however, also shares similar tastes of that of French and Mexican culture which was deemed “somewhat unusual” by the scientists in the field at the time. Fylkirvegr is mainly known for its signature dish of plain, pure water, meat on the side alongside fish with sustainable and environmentally friendly fisheries being one of Fylkirvegr’s main exports. Fylkirvegr’s “straight-to-the-point” reputation has been derived from this. Fylkirvegr are also known for their “formal and iron heart” reputation when coming to dining due to to their Viking-related ancestry.

Sports

Fylkirvegr’s market for professional sports is as of now §984 billion. The most popular sport within Fylkirvegr definitely is association football especially women's association football, however, netball and athletics are also common prominent sports within Fylkirvegr. Due to Duplantis’ example as World Record Holder, also has pole vault an uprising sport in Fylkirvegr alongside Gridiron and skiing. Fylkirvegrian athletes have won more than 5 golden medals and 15 silver medals over the past Championships. Other small, but still mentioned Fylkirvegr sports include rafting and darting. The Department of Research also suggests that extra-curricular activities especially sports within schools is extremely popular with ice hockey being most popular among pupils and fellow classmates. The country is not particularly fond of tennis, cricket and basketball, however is watched more frequently than most sports due to the rarity in availability of these type of sports.

Infrastructure

Personal transport is all done by automobiles which is exercised on a length of 10,848,393 miles of roads. Fylkirvegr has one of the best uprising automobile industries in the world. Bicycle lanes are also used on both sides of the roads which is popular among locals.

Fylkirvegr utilizes road railways in the centre of public roads for easy access upon tourists and Citizens alike being the most common use of transport with a special license obtained when wanting to operate these systems. A small portion of public transport is based on taxis being used holding only a small amount due to passed legislation prohibiting vehicles larger than 750kg to accommodate Citizens and foreigners.

The aviation industry is mainly regulated by Government and is not State owned with each airport being legally under the Government’s responsibility. The Valhalla International Airport being the most famous as the headquarters of Fylkirvegr Airways, Fylkirvegr’s national airline carrier as well as being a great location to sight the Valaskjalf Royal Palace and the Palace of Gladsheim. The Airline not only operates for Fylkirvegr, but for Niamark as well and is currently negotiating with Balder and longs to have it at Yggdrasil.

Energy

Fylkirvegr does not consume much electricity only taking one third of the total amount of electricity available each day per capita. Fylkirvegr mainly makes use of coal in the use of energy with 75% of electricity within Fylkirveyr being coal. The coal is abundant in Fylkirvegr, however, is rapidly decreasing and thus more environmentally-friendly initiatives have been taken such as utilizing Fylkirvegr’s somewhat reoccurring wind in wind-powered turbines and hydroelectricity in the nation’s crystal-clear abundance of dams.

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