Raland, officially the Commonwealth of Raland, is a country in northern Aritonesia bordered to Haalis and Narthernee and has maritime borders with San Enrique. It is the fourth-largest country in Aritonesia. It has a GDP of $2.8 trillion, making it the largest economy in northern Aritonesia. The capital city of Raland is Kirato while the largest city in the country is Villamonte. Other metropolitan cities include Norikotoa, Leratreial, Iubenoa, Arix, Huvich and Rivakuton. According to the UN Human Development Index, Raland is the second most developed country in Aritonesia after El Kadsre.
Indigenous Ralanders have inhabited Raland since 5,400 BCE. Later, the largest and first kingdom, the Kingdom of Klipochyra, was established, with the Vhillurok, Hirhuwu, and Ruvim kingdoms being established after. Between 1868 and 1871, the four kingdoms were invaded and merged with Kapura, Haalis, Trayu and Engotu to form British Kapura. Later, the territory formerly part of Klipochyra, Vhillurok, Hirhuwu, and Ruvim was converted to the Autonomous Territory of Raland, annexing Kiparki in 1872 and becoming the Dominion of Raland. In 1947, Raland adopted the Statute of Westminster, severing all constitutional ties to the United Kingdom. Raland has since maintained a stable liberal democratic political system and wealthy market economy.
Etymology[]
Raland was named after the first two letters of the first name of the British colonial officer Randal Bartram, who went on to become the first prime minister of Raland.
History[]
Indigenous peoples[]
Before of the colonization of Raland, there was four kingdoms, Kliphocyra, Vhillurok, Hirhuwu and Ruvim.
The first kingdom that occupied Raland was Tefau, when they expanded their territory south in 573. Tefau was later then annexed by the Ahkmu Empire in 771, and then expanded further to the south in 1112. After the fall of Ahkmu in 1184, Kapura and Vhiwkik occupied the territory. Around the 13th century, a few kingdoms were formed neighbouring south of Kapura, which were Aras, Daditor, Tahmakel and Rewkepo. In 1253, Rewkepo annexed Aras, Tahmakel and Vhiwkik and renamed itself to Kliphocyra. In 1432, Hirhuwu was formed on the east of Kliphocyra.
Colonial era and federation[]
During the Conquest of Aritonesia, the British bought islands Erep and Urdu from New Japan for £2 million (£240 million in 2020 dollars) in 1866 and, between 1868 and 1871, invaded all four kingdoms, along with the neighbouring kingdoms of Kapura, Haalis, Trayu and Engotu.
Following the conquest, Raland annexed Kliphocyra, Vhillurok, Ruvim and Hirhuwu and Britain mostly unified the neighbouring Kapura with Haalis, Trayu and Engotu while forming the new seperate colony in south western Kapura called “Kipariki”. While Kapura remained a colony, Raland was made into a autonomous trerritory of the UK, complete with its own government. Raland later annexed Kipariki, a seperate British colony under the United Kingdom’s authorisation in 1872, and Raland got converted into a dominion in 1873 with the Treaty of Leratreial, signed by representatives of the British Crown, leaders from the indigenous communities of the former four kingdoms and by ethnic Japanese persons from Erep and Urdu. In 1886, Raland moved its capital from Huvich to Kirato.
20th century[]
In 1947, Raland adopted the Statute of Westminster, severing all consitutional ties between Raland and the United Kingdom.
In the late-1960s, an economic miracle began, and during the Vlokist period of the 1970s and 1980s, Raland had the largest economy of any of the non-Vlokist nations of Aritonesia. With the international success of RAMI, Lind & Co. and Manly, Raland also gained the fourth-largest automotive industry in the world. Raland's technological advances began to expand, with scientists and engineers from RCA-Rank's laboratory in Leratreial helping to develop the ANS-3212 and ANS-3214 power plug standards used by nearly all the Aritonazcan countries.
In 1973, a devastating earthquake struck Villamonte. It is arguable that, while the Vlokozu Union helped Raland rebuild Villamonte, the economic miracle it was undergoing helped the country recover quickly from the disaster.
In 1990, Raland and United Kingdom agreed to sign the Raland Act of 1990, which finally cuts all constitutional ties between the two countries. Also in 1990, Tegan Johnson was sworn in as Prime Minister, becoming the first female prime minister in Raland.
Modern era[]
On January 24, 2017, Keala Giffard was sworn in as Prime Minister at age 39, becoming the youngest Prime Minister at the time. Under his leadership, the country renationalized Ralecom, the country's largest telecommunications company.
Economy[]
Raland has a GDP of $2.8 trillion dollars, making it a biggest economy in northern El Kadsreian Islands, as well as the third largest in the El Kadsreian Islands, the second largest in the Commonwealth and the tenth largest in the world. Notable brands originated from Raland include Dicks Brands, Simmons, RAMI, Turonis, Naruse, Hanvey Foods, CapitalCo, Raland Dairy, Wimco and Budtech. Raland also serves as the headquarters of RCA's Aritonazcan branch, RCA Corporation EKI. Raland's largest automobile manufacturers are RAMI, Lind & Co. (part of the China-based Liuxing group), Manly, Potestas Motors (part of General Motors), and CG Auto.
Culture[]
Raland is known to have a biggest population of Sentanese people outside Sentan, as the majority of them fled to the country to seek refuge following the end of the Eight-Day War. Raland is currently the seat of the House of Asuka, as Emperor Shori's children Fuyuko, Sakichi and Shunta fled to Raland under fake names shortly before the rest of the House of the time were executed. Raland also has the largest population of Arab people in the El Kadsreian Islands, which originates from the mid-1960s when the first Arab emigrants to Raland, a group of Jordanians, arrived in Kirato to work for RAMI in Ramitown.
Education[]
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Sports[]
The most popular sports in Raland include association football, kolhii, cricket, fencing, baseball, basketball and rugby. Popular sports leagues include the Raland Premier League in association football, the Raland Baseball League in baseball and Raland Rugby Association in rugby.
Media[]
Raland’s television networks are RBC, RTN, RPN, KTV, Eight, TV3, Nova and CFN. Raland’s film industry, known as “Rallywood”, is the second largest in Aritonazca, behind El Kadsre. Film production companies based in Raland include National Film Studio of Raland (NFSR), KTV Films (Ralander film division of El TV Kadsre Films), RCA Pictures, Tribesman Pictures, Kliphocyra Pictures, Findlay Brothers Pictures (part of the Findlay Brothers entertainment group), HTV Films, Eight Films and Filmplex Film & Television.
Pay television providers in Raland include Cignal, RTC Broadband, Viasat, Vodafone Digital TV, DirecTV, RMC TV and KTV Digital. The national free-to-air television network is Freeview.
Raland's telecommunications providers include fixed-line broadband and telephone services are Telstra, Vodafone, and SoftBank.
Politics[]
Raland is a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy.
Charles III reigns as the King of Raland, with Judy Beasley as the Prime Minister of Raland.
Raland has many political parties, they include, but are not limited to, the Raland Labour Party (otherwise known as Labour), the Raland National Party (otherwise known as the Nationals), the Raland Socialist Party, the People for the People Party and the Raland Green Party.
Former Prime Minister Isamu Hashimoro has argued that Raland is a "non-Marxist classless society".