Raingate

Afrikaans:	Reënhek
Japanese:	雨門 (Amemon)

Afrikaans:	Reënhek
Japanese:	雨門 (Amemon)
	Flag National Symbol
	Motto: "Let It Rain"
	Anthem: "Raining Diamonds"
	Location of Raingate in Outernatia
Capital	Solitude
Official languages	English; Afrikaans;
Ethnic groups	95.5% White; 3.8% Asian; 0.7% others;
Demonym	Raingatian
Government	Unitary parliamentary constitutional principality
• Prince	Louis Tomlinson
• Prime Minister	Karren Brady
Legislature	Order
Formation
• Grand State of Solitude	1750
• Princeland Realm	1801
• Principality of Raingate	13 March 1851
Area
• Total	261,625 km2 (101,014 sq mi)
Population
• 2015 estimate	10,562,333
• Density	40.13/km2 (103.9/sq mi)
HDI	0.925; very high
Currency	Raingate Pound (£) (RFP)
Time zone	RST (UTC+9)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Drives on the	left
Calling code	+55
Internet TLD	.rg

Raingate (Afrikaans: Reënhek) is a sovereign state. It is bordered by Lettuce in the north, Gandhara in the east, Frostfall in the south and by the Artemitic Sea in the west. It has a population of around 10.5 million people making it Outernatia's 12th-most populous nation, and has an area spanning 261,625 km² (101,014 sq mi).

Raingate is governed under a form of constitutional monarchy, with the current monarch Prince Louis Tomlinson as head of state. Although Prince Louis is a constitutional monarch, he wields substantial political power and influence. The country is officially bilingual at provincial level with the official languages being English and Afrikaans.

Raingate consists of 9 provinces; Princeland, Sunshine Coast, Auridon, Winterhold, Cambria, The Vale, Alik'r Desert, High Rock and The Rift. Its capital city Solitude, located in Princeland, is one of the most urbanised cities in western Outernatia and is an important global city and financial centre with an urban population of 1.5 million. Raingate also has three overseas territories; Queensland, Raingate Ocean Territory and Dawnguard & Duskfall.

Raingate ranks highly in many international comparisons of national performance, such as quality of life, health, education, protection of civil liberties, economic competitiveness, equality, prosperity and human development.

History

Grand State of Solitude

Princeland Realm

Principality of Raingate

The Principality of Raingate was established on 13 March 1851. The Winterhold Republic decided to remain in union and officially became part of Raingate. A monarchy was adopted after the Status of Raingate referendum in March 1851 which asked citizens whether Raingate should become a single republic or adopt a constitutional monarchy. Adopting a monarchy won the popular vote with 87% and Prince ??? was selected to become monarch and head of state as he was already an influential political figure who was passionate about the nation and was anticipated to be a unifying force for the country as social unrest was feared after the absorption of Winterhold.

Politics

The basic political system in Raingate is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary system with Prince Louis Tomlinson as the head of state. The monarch has "the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, and the right to warn". The Constitution of Raingate is "unwritten" and consists mostly of a collection of written sources, including statutes and judge-made case law, together with constitutional conventions and customs. As there is no technical difference between ordinary statutes and "constitutional law", the Raingatian Order can perform "constitutional reform" simply by passing Acts of Order, and thus has the political power to change or abolish almost any written or unwritten element of the constitution. However, no Order can pass laws that future Orders cannot change.

Government

Raingate has a unicameral government know as The Order and it meets in the Royal Chambers of Solitude, Princeland. All bills passed are given Royal Assent before becoming law. The position of prime minister, Raingate's head of government, belongs to the person most likely to command the confidence of The Order; this individual is typically the leader of the political party or coalition of parties that holds the largest number of seats in The Order. The prime minister chooses 8 members within their party and appoints each of them as a leader of one of the 9 provinces of Raingate. By convention, the prime minister is always the leader of Princeland Province. The prime minister and the appointed leaders in The Order are formally appointed by the monarch to form the government of Raingate. Conventionally, the Prince respects the prime minister's decisions of government and has never overruled laws passed by the Order.

The current Prime Minister is Karren Brady, who has been in office since Raingate's general election on the 15 April 2010. Brady is the leader of the Raingate Conservative Party. For general elections, each of the 9 provinces in Raingate are split into several constituencies each representing a seat in The Order. The total number of constituencies and therefore seats in the Order is 155. The people in each constituency elect a single Order Member (OM) by simple plurality. The party with an overall voting majority (more seats than all the other parties combined) following an election forms the government. If no party has an outright majority, parties can seek to form coalitions with other parties until an overall majority is achieved. General elections are called by the monarch when the prime minister so advises. The Parliament Act 2010 requires that a new election must be called no later than 5 years after the previous elections.

The Raingate Conservative Party is Raingate's main political party and represents the Raingatian values of socialism and civil liberalism. The other main parties include the Centre-Left Covenant, the Afrikaans Alliance, the Green Party, the Winterhold National Party and the National Front.

Political System

Legislative power is vested in the Order of the Raingate which consists of 101 members. Majority approval from members of the Order is needed to pass legislation.

The members of the The Order are elected every 5 years. The 101-seat Order is elected directly through the proportional representation system whereby each constituency elects a set number of members to represent them in the Order. The number of constituencies, and therefore order members, per province is determined by the population density within that province. For example, the most populous province of Princeland is split into 25 constituencies (or seats) in The Order, while the least populous province of The Rift 3 representatives in The Order in comparison.

Following the most recent general election in June 2015, the current prime minister is Karren Brady of the Raingate Conservative Party. The majority of The Order is made up of members from this party.



Party Name		Seats
	Raingate Conservative	54
	Centre-Left Covenant	26
	Afrikaans Alliance	10
	Green	5
	Winterhold National	3
	National Front	3
Total seats		101

Demographics

Provinces

Raingate is divided into 9 provinces each governed by a leader, who is appointed through the mutual agreement between the Price and prime minister of Raingate. Each province is further split into several constituencies which are run by local authorities who are in turn governed by the The Order of Raingate in Solitude. These local authorities work on local matters within their constituency and serve as intermediaries between the main governmental province leaders.

Province	Capital	Population	Area

Princeland	Solitude	3,005,581	44,598 km²
Sunshine Coast	Azure Bay	1,956,923	36,538 km²
Auridon	Florem	1,252,499	26,668 km²
Winterhold	Winterhold	1,242,411	47,087 km²
Cambria	Breton	912,476	29,846 km²
Alik'r Desert	Sentinel	799,413	21,393 km²
The Vale	Valenwood	751,145	33,175 km²
High Rock	Daggerfall	376,497	7,077 km²
The Rift	Riften	214,326	15,243 km²

Overseas Territories

Territory	Capital	Population
Queensland	Port Louis	51,062
Raingate Ocean Territory	Port Elizabeth	35,093
Dawnguard & Duskfall	Dawn Harbour	5,225

Languages

Raingate's official languages are English and Afrikaans. English is spoken by 98.7% of the population with an estimated 68.6% of those being monolingual English speakers. Afrikaans is spoken by an estimated 24.4% of the population. According to the 2015 census, English and Afrikaans are the first languages of 76.9% and 21.3% of Raingatians respectively. Over 98.8% of Raingatians have working knowledge of English while 30.1% have working knowledge of Afrikaans. Under the Official Languages Act of 2010, both English and Afrikaans have official federal status throughout Raingate, in respect of all government services, including the courts, and all legislation is enacted bilingually; although the use of English is far more common.

Japanese is recognised as a regional minority language. In the 2015 Census over 14% of the population said they had "some knowledge" of Japanese with 5% stating they are fluent. Alik'r Desert province has the highest concentration of Japanese language speakers with 29% of people stating they could speak Japanese fluently.

It is compulsory for pupils to study English or Afrikaans as a second language up to the age of 18 in Afrikaans and English languages schools respectively in Raingate.

Languages spoken fluently by population/province
Province	Total population	English	%	Afrikaans	%	Other languages	%
Princeland	3,005,581	2,981,536	99.2%	1,039,931	34.6%	93,173	3.1%
Sunshine Coast	1,956,923	1,939,310	99.1%	890,399	45.5%	91,975	4.7%
Auridon	1,252,499	1,249,994	99.8%	288,074	23.0%	26,302	2.1%
Winterhold	1,242,411	1,226,259	98.7%	265,875	21.4%	19,878	1.6%
Cambria	912,476	911,563	99.9%	267,355	29.3%	8,212	0.9%
Alik'r Desert	799,413	770,634	96.4%	140,696	17.6%	231,829	29.0%
The Vale	751,145	739,877	98.4%	130,699	17.4%	51,829	6.9%
High Rock	376,497	373,861	99.3%	58,733	15.6%	8,282	2.2%
The Rift	214,326	209,396	97.7%	31,934	14.9%	24,004	11.2%
Raingate	10,511,271	10,374,624	98.7%	2,564,750	24.4%	731,584	6.96%

Geography

Climate

Spring

Spring is generally a calm, cool and dry season, particularly because the Artemitic Sea has lost much of its heat throughout the autumn and winter. However, as the sun rises higher in the sky and the days get longer, temperatures can rise relatively high, but often tend to drop off again at night due to the cool oceans and the warm weather dependent solely on the sun. Thunderstorms and heavy showers develop quite frequently, particularly towards the end of the season. There is also a fair chance of snow earlier in the season when temperatures are colder and can even develop as late as mid-May over some areas of the country, such as in parts of Winterhold and High Rock Provinces.

Mean temperatures in Spring are generally influenced by longitude. Most of Winterhold and the mountains of High Rock and The Rift are the coolest areas of Raingate, with average temperatures ranging from −2 to 7°C. The western half of Raingate experiences the warmest spring temperatures of between 8 and 13°C.

Summer

Summer is the warmest and usually the sunniest season. Rainfall totals can have a wide local variation due to localised thunderstorms. These thunderstorms mainly occur in western and central Raingate and are less frequent and severe in the north and west. Rainy weather systems are not as severe in summer but increase both in severity and frequency towards the end of the season.

Climatic differences at this time of year are more influenced by longitude and temperatures are highest in western and southern areas and lowest in the east. Summer temperatures rarely exceed 39°C, but when this does occur it happens more frequently in Sunshine Coast and Florem Provinces than other parts of the country. Winterhold and High Rock have the coolest summers (average means: 10 to 17°C), while central areas such as Princeland and The Vale have warmer summers (average means: 18 to 21°C), and Sunshine Coast and Florem have the hottest summers (average means: 23 to 31°C). The record maximum is 41°C recorded in Azure Bay, Sunshine Coast.

Autumn

Autumn in Raingate is notorious for being unsettled as cool air moves northwards combining with the warm ocean air due to heating throughout the spring and summer, resulting in unsettled weather. In addition, when the air is particularly cold temperatures on land may be colder than the ocean, resulting in significant amounts of condensation and clouds which bring heavy rain to the country. Oceanic depressions during this time can become intense and winds of hurricane force can be recorded. Western areas, being closest to the ocean, experience these severe conditions to a significantly greater extent than eastern areas. As such, autumn is often the stormiest time of the year.

Coastal areas of Sunshine Coast and the western half of Cambria have on average the warmest autumns, with mean temperatures of 10 to 15°C. Mountainous areas of Winterhold and The Rift, and almost all of High Rock, experience mean temperatures between 3 and 7°C.

Winter

Winter in Raingate is generally cool and wet. Temperatures at night rarely drop below −15°C and in the day rarely rise above 11°C. Precipitation is plentiful throughout the season, though snow is relatively infrequent despite the country's varying longitude. The only areas with significant snowfall are in High Rock and The Rift, where at higher elevations a colder climate determines the occurence of snowfall. For a majority of the landmass snow is possible but not frequent, apart from the higher altitudes, where snow can lie 1–5 months or even beyond 6 months.

Snow falls intermittently and mainly affects eastern areas, high ground in Whiterun and Blackreach and especially the mountains of High Rock where the amount of lying snow is frequently high enough to permit winter sport activities. Frequently in the mountains potent depressions may move in from the south in the form of 'polar lows', introducing heavy snow and often blizzard-like conditions to parts of Raingate, particularly eastern areas. During periods of light winds and high pressure frost and fog can become a problem and can pose a major hazard for drivers on the roads.

Mean winter temperatures in the Raingate are most influenced by proximity to the sea. The coldest areas are the mountains of High Rock and The Rift, and eastern areas of Winterhold, averaging −10 to 3°C. Coastal areas in Sunshine Coast and Cambria, as well as Florem, experience the mildest winters, on average 5 to 8°C. The record low is -52°C recorded on Death Mountain, High Rock Province.

Music of Raingate

M FEST

Internatia Song Contest

Outernatia Song Contest

Internatia Second Chance Contest

Junior Internatia Song Contest

ISC -1

Internatia Classical Music Contest

References

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