Laioria

Laioria (Finnish: Laiora, Icelandic: Laiorðigur, Hebrew: לאורא, Yiddish: לאַיאָראַ, Laiorian: Լաիորա), officially known as the Commonwealth of Laioria, is a city-state in the Kadersaryinan Islands within the continent of North America, closely affiliated with Dryicor and Daricajuce. It is also one of the countries in the Kadersaryinan Islands that never joined the Federal Union of the Kadersaryinan Islands.

Early Laioria: 593-800
The city was founded in 593 as a state. First Kingdom of Laioria was originally very prosperous and at one point in around 650 covered most of the Central Kadersaryinan Islands, some of the Western Kadersaryinan Islands and some of the Eastern Kadersaryinan Islands, until the empire started to fall in around 732 and decreased to just a quarter of the Island of Daricajuce, they believed that the Jewish settlers in the Central Kadersaryinan Islands were the cause of their downfall, especially from their raids and invasions in the Kadersaryinan Islands. Second Kingdom of Laioria only lasted until 800, when the land was annexed and divided up by Daricajuce, Khiarch, Mawakin, Trimaka, and Kharnazury, and the city of K'hals'si (now known as Laioria City) was destroyed and abandoned, cities that were built near the abandoned settlement were populated by Jewish settlers.

Laioria under colonial rule: 1550-1965
Originally colonized by Spain in 1550. alongside with Daricajuce and Bairan, control was handed to the UK in 1635 after and than an illegal occupation of Laioria by Germany in 1856, but it didn't last long and Germany fled from the settlement, Germany tried again during World War I and successfully did it, but after WWI ended as part of the, Germany had to return it to the UK as part of the Dominion of Daricajuce.

Independent Laioria: 1991-present
Laioria got its independence in 1991 after the Revolutions of 1989 in the Kadersaryinan Islands. The city of K'hals'si had been rebuilt and been renamed to Laioria City and it starts to get repopulated. Currently, Laioria is experiencing a constitutional crisis with Iprogne Ubajrifla, a right-wing civic biethnic ultranationalist  politician, backed by the CIA and the US government. He is the current leader of the Kadersaryinan Islands branch of QAnon. His second is Baungu'ul Vokal'lirk, a and a far-right Laiorian nationalist politician, and one of the stockholders and investors of the  and.

People/Trends

 * Percentages of the types of ownership in Laioria as of 2024 and the percentage change from 2017-2021:
 * 20% by 15%
 * 14% by 5%
 * 12% by 5%
 * 12% by 6%
 * 10% by 5%
 * 8.55% by 4.55%
 * 8% by 5%
 * 7.5% by 6%
 * 5% by 2%
 * 2% by 1.5%
 * 0.375% by 0.3%
 * 0.2% by 0.1%
 * 0.025%


 * The currency used is the Laiorian Kronor. Originally using a £sd-like system, the currency switched to a decimal system upon regaining independence in 1991. The general exchange rate is KR 1,00 = £0.82 = $1.14.
 * The life expectancy is 73.1 for men and 76.2 for women.
 * The drinking age is 16 in Laioria.
 * The driving age is also 16 in Laioria. Laioria drives on the left.
 * One must be 16 to gamble to a value above KR 10,00.
 * The marriage age is 16 in Laioria with the permission of one or more parents of each party to the marriage, and 18 without.
 * Homosexuality was decriminalised in 1977. Civil partnerships for same-sex couples have been allowed since 2004, and same-sex marriage was legalised in 2018.
 * Like Dryicorans, Laiorians prefer to keep their personal space, yet due to the local geography being close to the USA, jaywalking and strict organisation is less frowned-upon than in Dryicor, and trying to keep to personal space is not as rigorous as in the Nordic country.
 * Laiorians have a minimum wage of KR 12,50 ($14.25, £10.30). It maintains a Nordic-style social welfare system, having been put in place in 1995. The LNHS provides state healthcare to all Laiorian citizens.

Sport
is the national sport, whilst and  are popular too.

Laioria first entered the Olympics as a new nation at. It has received 3 bronze medals.

Languages
Laioria's main first language is Finnish, as many Finns have come to the country and settled over the years. Icelandic is also well-known, since Laioria successfully advertised itself as a good destination for Icelanders hit hard by the eruptions between 1783 and 1784. English is spoken as an official language, and it is estimated 95% of Laiorians can understand English and have a conversation. Hebrew and Yiddish are also spoken, and these languages are mostly spoken in the east of the capital city.