Euro Republics

The Euro Republics (Euroland in German & Républiques Euro in French) is a country in Europe, it is located north of France, south of the UK, Lania, Autia and Ireland, east of Belgium and west of France, also.

Founding (1633-1878)
The country was founded on 29th October, 1633 by Welshman Henri Llyon on an expedition to find new land. Many expats from the United Kingdom and France, and later Germany, began fleeing to the new country.

U.K. ownership and split to independence (1878-1959)
The country was taken over by the commonwealth of the United Kingdom in 1878.

Throughout this era, various politicians campaigned against the idea of Britain having responsibility over what they thought was "their" country.

Eventually, in 1952, Jonathan Whitmore, then-prime minister and leader of the National party, announced he was to hold a referendum on splitting the Euro Republics from the United Kingdom. It was held on 3rd June, 1955, with 78% voting Yes.

The Euro Republics became it's own independent country on 30th November, 1959.

Independence (1959-1985)
Within the first decade, the Euroish Pound was founded, and was officially adopted in 1962.

Climate
The climate of the Euro Republics is typically cooler than most other European countries, with temperatures over 30°C often rather rare.

Languages
The country is trilingual, and the official languages of the country are British English, German & French. Despite the French name being a direct translation of the English name, the German name, Euroland, is wholly original. It was coined in the 1920's as an alternative, shorter name of it's former official name, Euro-Republik. Euroland became the official German name in 1942.

Whilst not officially recognised as official languages of the country, there are also significant Dutch, Swedish and Norwegian-speaking communities in the country,

Curriculum
The Euro Republics uses this system:


 * EY1: 3-4 year old children
 * EY2: 4-5 year old children
 * Primary 1: 5-6 year old children
 * Primary 2: 6-7 year old children
 * Primary 3: 7-8 year old children
 * Primary 4: 8-9 year old children
 * Primary 5: 9-10 year old children
 * Primary 6: 10-11 year old children
 * Secondary 1: 11-12 year old children
 * Secondary 2: 12-13 year old children
 * Secondary 3: 13-14 year old teenagers
 * Secondary 4: 14-15 year old teenagers
 * Secondary 5: 15-16 year old teenagers

In the Euro Republics, children begin education the September after their 3rd birthday. The system is comparable to the UK school year system.

Maths and English are seen as priorities and are required to be learnt for 200 minutes a week (40 minutes a day) in primary school and 150 minutes a week (30 minutes a day) in secondary school.

Schools are also required to teach physical education for an hour a week in primary school and 30 minutes a week in secondary school, As part of a commitment to to arts and culture made by the Labour government in their 2022 manifesto, IT, Music and Art are also required for an hour a week in primary and secondary school from the 2022-23 academic year

Weekly French and German lessons are required in all English speaking primary schools, whilst the rules regarding them in secondary schools are more lenient, allowing them to be rotated by term.

Hours
Most EY1/EY2 classes run in the morning - from 9.00 am, with a morning break with the day finishing by 1.00 pm. Some schools offer afternoon classes from 12.00 pm to 3.00 pm, but this is uncommon.

Most primary classes tend to begin at 8:45 am and end at 3:20 pm, though it is common to see variation, for example, some schools begin at 8:30 am and end at 3:00pm, whilst others begin at 9:00 am and end at 3:30 pm.

The majority of secondary schools have shorter hours, beginning at 9.00 am and ending at 3.00 pm, with earlier finishes on Friday afternoons, which can often vary, but often takes place around 2.30 pm or even after lunch break.

Holidays
The academic year in the country typically take place like this:


 * September-October: Autumn 1
 * late October-early November: Founders half term (2 weeks for primary, 1 week for secondary)
 * November-mid December: Autumn 2
 * December-January: Christmas half term (2 weeks for primary, 3 weeks for secondary)
 * January-February: Winter 1
 * February: half term (1 week)
 * February-March/April: Winter 2
 * late March/April: half term (2 weeks)
 * April-May: Spring 1
 * late May/early June: half term (2 weeks for primary, 1 week for secondary)
 * June-July: Summer 1
 * July-September: half term (6.5-7 weeks for primary, 7.5-8 weeks for secondary)

Overview
The Euro Republics is a parliamentary democracy based on the UK's constitutional monarchy. The people of the Euro Republics vote for members of Parliament to speak for them and implement new laws. The government - led by the Prime Minister - governs the country and appoints cabinet ministers. Since the February 2021 election, the Prime Minister is Thomas Brown of the centre-left to left-wing Labour Party, whereas Andrew Snell of the centre-right to far-right National Party is the Leader of the Opposition. Charles III reigns as the King of the Euro Republics.

Elections are typically held every four years, on a Thursday night in the third or fourth week of January - with the exception being the 2008 election, which was three years after the previous election and occured in September rather than January.

Economy
The Euro Republics has used the Euro currency (€) since 1st January 1999, and had previously used the Pound Sterling (£) until that point. The country is the second largest economy in the world and the biggest in Europe.

Music
Various artists are known from being from the Euro Republics. The country was the introduction of the dance-rock and synth-pop genre with the USA and the UK. The country was also the home of many early progressive rock artists such as Celestial Shower and the hard prog genre - which mixed heavy instrumentation with aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars - popularised by 70's band Lightning.

Media
The EBC is the country's publicly funded radio, television and Internet broadcasting corporation. It operates numerous television and radio stations in the country and its domestic services are funded by the media licence - a tax paid for by every Euroish citizen for usage of television, internet and radio, plus advertising - which goes towards light entertainment, and special government grants and viewer donations which are used to fund public service output such as news, religious, cultural, educational and factual content.

The EBC operates ETV, who own the two main Euroish television channels - ETV One and Network Two, and EBC Radio, which transmits a network of national and regional radio stations.

Another major player in the Euroish media landscape is EuroMedia, a commercial organisation, owners of TV3 - the country's largest and oldest commercial television channel, plus a line of radio stations and newspapers.

Newspapers printed in the Euro Republics include:


 * The Guardian
 * The Euroish Independent
 * i
 * Euroish World
 * The Castle
 * Daily Mail: Euroish Edition
 * Daily Post
 * The Herald
 * The Record
 * Today

People and trends

 * The Euro is the national currency of the Euro Republics.
 * The legal age to vote is 16, having previously been 21 until 1999, being lowered in an effort by the Labour party to give younger people a greater say in politics.
 * English, French and German are the official languages in the country.
 * There are two demonyms - Euroish and Euro Republican.
 * Same-sex activity and marriage was decriminalised in 1998 by the Labour party. Same-sex marriage was banned again by the National party in 2007 but were lifted two years later after heavy backlash from the Euroish LGBTQ+ community and Labour.
 * The legal age to drink is 18.
 * The legal age to drive is 21.
 * The legal age to get married is 18.
 * The legal age for sexual activity is 17.
 * The population of the Euro Republics is about 72.5 million people (as of 2021).