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 October 29, 1633 by Welshman Henri Llyon and by 1956 had 4 million, now, 6 billion are residing in the country.

U.K. ownership (1878-1952)
The country was taken over by the commonwealth of the United Kingdom in 1878.

Climate
The nation's highest ever recorded temperature reached on the 25th of July, 2019, when temperatures as high as 40.7°C were reported. Despite this, the winters in the country are very cold, with temperatures as low as -12.9°C.

Languages
The country is trilingual, and the official languages of the country are 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.

Education
In comparison to most countries, the Euro Republics has much shorter school days, with the typical day lasting between 8:45 am & 2:30 pm for primary schools, and 9:30 am to 2:00 pm for secondary schools.

In the Euro Republics, schools do not do lessons on Fridays, and the choice to attend school on Friday is optional.

School holidays in the country are twice as long, with the December break for Christmas usually starting mid way through December, ending around the 8th-12th of January.

A special holiday celebrating Henri Llyon, Founders Day, is celebrated on October 29th, culminating with a two week school break, before schools return for one week, and the Novemberfest, a localised version of Thanksgiving, in late November.

Media
The Euro Republics is known for some of the world's most famous media conglomerates. The most famous of these is EuroMedia, which owns a wide range of media services around the world. 365 Media also has a significant interest in the French & German media.

Music
Various artists are known from being from the Euro Republics. The country was the introduction of the Dance-rock genre with the USA and the UK.

Television
See more: Television in the Euro Republics

The Euro Republics has had no analogue television since 2011. The main National Service Broadcasters (NSB) is made up of one chartered public broadcasting company, the EBG, which runs ETV, EF & TRE along many more franchised commercial television companies, (EuroMedia, 365 Media) specializing in entertainment, drama, culture, arts, nature, sports, comedy etc.

The EBG operates several television channels in the Euro Republics and abroad. The domestic services of the ETV are funded by the advertising and operates various channels in 3 languages. ETV's channels include ETV One, airing cultural programs, magazines, reports and news & Network Two, which runs more entertainment programmes. EF includes the 1st network EF eins, which airs films, series & sport, and the more serious EF2. TRE consists of a two-channel network, TRE 1 & TRE 2. In addition, numerous international television channels are available.

The commercial networks rely on advertising for their revenue, and are run as commercial ventures, in contrast to the public service operators. The largest English-language company is EuroMedia, which operates TV3, FOX, TMF, VH1, TV8 & Boing. 365 Media runs Prime Television & Channel 9.

Radio
Radio stations in the Euro Republics include the RER publicly-funded stations, along with the 3Radio stations.

Events

 * January 1 - New Year’s Day
 * Febuary 15 - Children’s Day
 * Last Sunday in May - Mother‘s Day
 * Late May/Early June to September - No School
 * First Sunday in June - Father’s Day
 * Late October to November - Founders Holidays’
 * Last Thursday in November - Thanksgiving
 * December 25 - Christmas