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GENERAL INFORMATION
- CAPITAL: Rening (largest city: Izyhíqan)
- LANGUAGE: Lahoan (language isolate)
- DEMONYM: Lahoan(s)
- GOVERNMENT: Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- HEAD OF STATE: HM the Queen of Lahoa, Ziane IV of the House Fatótzen
- HEAD OF GOVERNMENT: The Rt. Hon. Prime Minister Ngunni Átxi
- LEGISLATURE: Parliament (lower house: House of Commons, upper house: Senate)
- FORMATION: 3 November 1666
- INTERREGNUM: 15 March 1903
- CURRENT SYSTEM: 3 April 1932
- AREA: 361,728 sq. km.
- % WATER: 4.12
- POPULATION: 14,469,120 (2012 census)
- DENSITY: 40/sq. km.
- CURRENCY: siste[r] (ß, LHS) (subdivision: 100 ceine[r] (ç))
- TIME ZONE: UTC-10:00 (DST not observed)
- DRIVES ON THE left
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ECONOMY of Lahoa
note: all data listed in NSD (unless explicitly listed as ß, the siste) and dating back to 2012 (IC)
Economic structure: Mixed market. Private ownership is the dominant force in the economy, but there is a degree of government regulation to ensure a lack of extreme highs and lows prevalent in a laissez-faire system.
Gross domestic product (nominal): $370,344,297,788 (estimate)- GDP per capita: $25,595.50
Population below poverty line: 16.5%
Unemployment rate: 17.1%
Income tax rate: Flat 17.5% tax rate.
Inflation rate: 2.5%
Labour force: 12,646,011
Central government budget: ß68,934,524,952.90
Energy resources:- Coal: 13.5%
- Natural gas: 12.5%
- Oil: 15%
- Hydroelectricity: 18%
- Solar power: 10.7%
- Wind power: 22.3%
- Other: 8% (esp. hydrogen fuel cells)
Currency: siste® (ß, LHS)- Subdivision: 100 ceine® (ç)
- Currency exchange rate (to NSD): ß1 = $1.0821
- Currency exchange rate (from NSD): $1 = ß0.9241
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MILITARY of Lahoa
note: all data as of 2012
Lahoan Army- Size: 74,857 active, 37,541 reserves
- Commandant: Land Marshal Balin Banrjy
Lahoan Navy- Size: 85,258 active, 19,611 reserves
- Commandant: Sea Marshal Gliéxzu Zezibna
Lahoan Air Force- Size: 40,217 active, 11,410 reserves
- Commandant: Air Marshal Keangóv Tanalia
Total statistics- Standing military: 200,332
- Reserve military: 68,562
- Total military: 268,894
- Expenditures: $65.94 billion (8.8% of budget, 1.8% of GDP)
- Commander-in-chief: Secretary of Defence Adm. Liva Sancok
- Pct. of people eligible for military duty: 2.3%
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GOVERNMENT of Lahoa
note: all statistics as of 3 January 2013
Full country name: The Democratic Monarchy of Lahoa- In Lahoan: Kié-Kuoseri aox Ukhabar Lahoay
Capital city: Rening
Government type: Unitary parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy- Head of state: HM the Queen of Lahoa, Ziane IV
- Head of government: The Rt. Hon. Premier of Lahoa, Ngunni Átxi
Administrative divisions: 12 provinces (aci[r]), subdivided into counties (mýpuaz[er]) and then municipalities (ngav[er]). Each have some power afforded to them (and so the country is de facto a federal state), but all powers are delegated by the central government.
Major cities: Izyhíqan (pop. 2,615,159, 2012 census), Zaow (pop. 1,158,554, 2012 census), Rening (pop. 659,120, 2012 census), Ewvu (pop. 412,105, 2012 census), Varúxo (pop. 394,570, 2012 census).
Formation:- House Fatótzen: 1322
- Unification of Lahoa: 3 November 1666 (celebrated as a national holiday)
- Republican Interregnum: 15 March 1903
- Reinstatement of monarchy: 3 April 1932 (celebrated as a national holiday)
Legal system: Common law.
Suffrage: Universal to all citizens 18 years or older.
The monarch: Not even nominally an executive officer. A purely ceremonial figurehead.
The Premier: The chief executive officer, whose powers are shared with the Cabinet that he appoints with Senate approval. He himself is elected by the House of Commons after that body is elected, and appointed by the outgoing President.
The Parliament: A bicameral legislature. Termed Qrajl.- The House of Commons: Lower house. Termed Éizez Ukhabars ("House of the People"). 138 members (one per county), elected by county-wide instant-runoff voting for four-year terms.
- The Senate: Upper house. Termed Éizez Mijotu ("House of the Monarch"), a term dating back to before the unification for the monarch's court. 100 members, elected by party-list proportional representation with modified D'Hondt method for four-year terms.
The judicial branch:- The Supreme Court: Tries constitutional matters, and is the highest court of appeal. Termed Aswé Eqapese ("Court of Supremacy"). Thirteen members (1 per province and an additional Justice for Rening); provincial members appointed by provincial governments, Rening justice appointed by Premier for life terms. Appointments confirmed by special council of judges from lower levels, randomly selected by the Ministry of Justice.
- The Court of Justice: Tries civil and criminal matters; rulings can be appealed to the Supreme Court. Termed Aswé Bálúzée. Five members; members appointed by Premier, appointments confirmed by similar council of judges for life terms.
Political parties:- Government: Progressive Party (social liberalism, progressivism); Socialist Party (democratic socialism, green socialism); Greens of Lahoa (green liberalism, social liberalism). 78 members (35 Progressive, 31 Socialist, 12 Greens) in House of Commons, 49 members (22 Progressive, 19 Socialist, 8 Greens) in Senate.
- Opposition: Conservative Party (social conservatism, fiscal conservatism); New Liberal Party (progressive conservatism, libertarianism); Lahoans for Lahoa (national conservatism, ethnic nationalism); 2 independents. 60 members (32 Conservative, 20 New Liberal, 8 for Lahoa) in House of Commons, 51 members (22 Conservative, 21 New Liberal, 6 for Lahoa, 2 independents) in Senate.
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DEMOGRAPHICS of Lahoa
(note: all data as of 2012 census)
Total population: 14,469,120
Age structure:- Age 0-14: 6.2%
- Age 15-24: 11.9% (74% of this group aged 18 or older)
- Age 25-34: 27.5%
- Age 35-44: 20.8%
- Age 45-54: 15.2%
- Age 55-64: 8.3%
- Age 65 or older: 10.1%
Median age: 31 years, 8 months
Population growth rate: 1.9% between 2007 and 2012 (avg. 0.38% per year)
Life expectancy at birth:- Male: 71 years, 10 months
- Female: 75 years, 3 months
Demonym: Lahoan(s)
Ethnic groups:- Lahoan: 97.9%
- Geisins: 0.3%
- Other: 1.8%
Religions:- Protestant Christianity: 44.2%
- Irreligion (atheism and agnosticism): 34.9%
- Sunni Islam: 6.2%
- Roman Catholicism: 6%
- Other: 8.7%
Languages (first language):- Lahoan (official): 98.5%
- Geisin (official in two counties): 0.2%
- Other: 1.3%
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