Ostland

Ostland officially known as the Republic of Ostland (until 2010 was known as the Ostlandic Republic), is a country located in the North of Europa, specifically in Scandinavia. The Ostland's capital is Nordøstat. The calling code of Ostland is +49. Ostland has no terrestrial borders, but the Barents Sea (part of the Gulf of Ostland) is located 280km from the Norwegian Coast, Ostland is an active member of these following organizations, United Nations, European Union, NATO and The Nordic Council.

Prehistory (46th century BC - 1110)
The first ones to settle on the island were a series of Indo-Europeans, who were said to have come from Iceland, and some years later, some Norwegian explorers arrived on the island who settled on the island, and took the information from the "uncovered lands" to the Kingdom. Norwegian.

Norwegian Ostland (1112 - 1605)
After this, the Islands were massively populated by the Norwegian Vikings in the 46th century BC. The Island formed part of the Kingdom of Norway from this point and was withdrawn from it in the year 1700 by the Native Tribe of the Island.

Proto-Independence (1605 - 1800)
The Island was independent for a longer time; Although they had already established Norwegian as the predominant language on the island, the Tribe adopted Viking marketing tactics, being able to export their Red Fruits and Milk.etc to Portugal,Estonia and the United Kingdom.

Kingdom of Ostland (1891 - 1920)
In 1891, the Benningsdottir family, won people's support, then a Parliamentary Monarchy was established, were times of industrialization, development, wealth and a fairly stable democracy.

However, in 1918 the discontent towards the monarchical model that had been established in Ostland, began to grow, after the King Mikel Benningdotir eliminated the Parliament and discredited the Prime Minister, both were the main powers of the country (with the Royalty), and since they were eliminated, the power remained concentrated only on royalty.

A famous theory at the time was that the king was trying to "sell the Ostland territories" to the Weimar Republic for billions of dollars, something that could never be fully verified.

After that, a civil-military coup d'etat took place and the royal family was expelled from Ostland, the so-called Victory on March 6, where the Ostlandic people rebelled against the country's authoritarian regime.

British Protectorate of Ostland (1920 - 1921)
After the 1919 coup d'état, a diplomatic group sent by the UN and the United Kingdom arrived in Nordostat and created a provisional government, as a protectorate. The agreement was that after reaching an agreement with the military and political movements, and after the elections were held to elect a president. In the time of the provisional government, Parliament was also reinstated.

The British authorities left the Governement after a year after the coup d'état.

Republic of Ostland (1921 - current)
After the fall of the Kingdom, the economy had considerable ups and downs in the next two decades, due to instability among the working class, common social unrest, and corruption.

However, a series of reforms called the Aktiv Ostland Plan, which reformed social and economic laws and made great changes in the country's situation. To this is also added the Nationalization of the Petroleum Industry, since due to political instability, foreign companies ceased operations before the coup d'état, and that favored the country and the finally creation of the Ostland Petroleum and Mining Corporation, (today called State Hydrocarbons of Ostland Inc.).

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Geographical distribution
Ostland is composed of 6 main islands and a special Territory, called the Special Island of Saltinings.

Islands
The Islands are only symbolic and geographic divisions, since the first level of administrative division of Ostland are by Counties.

However, each island has a prefecture, it is a kind of small parliament to handle the affairs of each island. In each prefecture, the county governors meet every two weeks in a General Meeting.

Most Populated Islands

 * Ost Hovland, is the main island and also the largest island. In it is the capital, Nordøstat.
 * Mellerfield is the second most populated island, and the third largest in Ostland. The Capital of this Island is Ryerson. Its the Ostland's main source of income is the production of cotton and flowers.
 * Faretrav It is the fourth largest island in Ostland.
 * Biendig is the fourth island and one of the smallest in Ostland. The Capital of this Island is Ryerson. 

Less Populated Islands
The Island was ceded to Ostland, and the population of the Island began. There are currently 21,200 people living on the island; Most of them are farmers who grow organic fruits, flowers and livestock.
 * Rästrav is an Island of Ostland located to the northwest of Ostland Meinbyer and to the west of Norway. It is linked to Ostka Meinbyer through the Ferd Meller. Being so small, just a mountain north of the island and a small town called Lite mensker (In Ostlandic: Small Town).
 * Kolonsgrat is the smallest of the Ost Islands.The main source of income for this Island is Fishing and the cultivation of Blackberries and Honey. Its population is 575,061 people (according to a census made in 2017). Its capital: Lykenbyer, is the second cultural City of Ostland, here are the oldest remains of Norwegian explorers who came to the country.
 * Special Island of Saltinings: Before 1956, this island was an uninhabited territory administered by the Northern Ireland governorate of the United Kingdom, however the 35km island was claimed by the Ostlandic government from the United Kingdom.

Counties
The first level of territorial division is the counties. Some very small islands (like Saltnings) constitute their own county, due to various factors such as their special status or small size.

Language
"Main article: Ostlandic language"The main languages of Ostland are Ostlandic and Norwegian. The Ost was a Norwegian dialect until 1773, so until that year. After 1775, the Ostlandic was unified as an official language and one of the two "Necesary" languages to be able to drive through the Islands of Ostland.

As of today: Ost and Norwegian are the two main languages in the Ostland Islands. English is a tertiary language, used more than anything in the Capital, to receive tourists.

Television
"Main article: Television in Ostland"Ostland introduced Television in 1961, one year after its launch in Norway, an ally country of Ostland. The Television device used in the launch and the First Television in Ostland was brought from France (device that would arrive on November 20, 1960).

The First Channel to be broadcast was Ostsk Nacionalsk Lähetstoim, the Ostland´s national channel: Was be opened 4 hours after the TV launch, at the 13:30 hours at the Local Time.

Internet
"Main article: Internet in Ostland"The Internet came to Ostland in 1990: Arriving relatively late compared to other European countries that already had an Internet connection. It quickly became a sensation in the Country: It was something revolutionary that everyone wanted to have in their homes. The First Website opened in Ostland was nothing more and nothing less than the Cello Web Browser.

Websites Banned in Ostland
"Main article: List of websites banned in Ostland"Same Blockades have been occurring since 2007, in Pages that generated controversy between the Islands of Ost and / or that have received complaints of Minorities, Communities of Parents or Companies being Irregular or harmful to certain publics.

Ostland
The Etymology of the Ost comes from the Ost language itself: øst (Literally, east). It comes from a way of calling Ostland at the time of the Norwegian Ostland; The conquerors called Øst Lander (In Norwegian: East Lands) and from there, the diacritic accent in the O and the word was in Ost and from there was added "land", creating the name: Ostland (Literally, East Lands).

Nordøstat
The country's capital, Nordøstat, is a contraction of the word: nordøst (Northeast, in Norwegian and Ostlandic) and Stat (State, in Norwegian and Ostlandic): Literally, the capital could be translated as: Northeast-state.

Education
School days are Monday through Friday. The average school day is from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM. School Days in the Elementary Stage in Ostland is from 8:00 AM to 2:30 PM and School Days in the Secondary Stage in Ostland is from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM.

Students in Ostland are given vacation 4 times each school year, for religious celebrations, summer vacations or Christmas.
 * Students in Ostland receive a vacation for the first time each school year, for Christian Easter. This vacation lasts two full weeks (Almost away in April) and the students return to school 2 days after the last two weeks.


 * Students in Ostland receive a vacation an second time each School year, for the Summer Vacations. This vacations lasts Seven full Weeks (Almost always begins in July and ends in September) and the students return to school 4 days after ended the seven weeks.
 * Students in Ostland receive a vacation an third time each School year, for the Christmas Holidays. This vacations lasts Six full Weeks (Almost always begins in December and ends in January) and the students return to school 4 days after ended the six weeks.

Society
The Ostlandic society is known for being very open to the new and at the same time conservative; On the one hand they are very attached to religion, and the acceptance rates of the LGBT community amount to 46.3%, that defines the perfect moral contrast of the ostlandic society.

A problem in Ostlandic society is discrimination based on religion and culture, in which Asian immigrants are affected. However, each time the government and the Young Movement are ending this.

Laws

 * Law of Protection for the Sheeps: The National Animal of Ostland is the Sheep. So in 1980, the Ost government promulgated a Law for the Protection of these. The Law prohibits anyone inside the country from killing or extracting sheep's wool and leather. However, extracting milk from the sheep is allowed, as it is less painful for them.
 * Homosexual Marriage is legally and allowed in Ostland since 2006, although in the Islands it is rare to see couples of this type.

Trivia

 * The National Animal of Ostland is the Sheep. Since the primitive eras, the Ostlandics have had sheep on their islands, to the point that in 1980,4 of every 10 Residents of the Island had a sheep as a pet.