Raingate
Motto: "Let It Rain" | |
Anthem: "Raining Diamonds" | |
Location of Raingate in Outernatia | |
Capital | Solitude |
Official languages | English |
Recognised regional languages | Japanese, Korean, Afrikaans |
Ethnic groups |
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Demonym | Raingatian |
Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional principality |
• Prince | Louis Tomlinson |
• Prime Minister | Karren Brady |
• Deputy Prime Minister | Kris Jenner |
Legislature | Order |
Establishment | |
• Principality of Raingate established | 11 April 2010 |
• Ascension Day | 11 April 2010 |
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 | Rainfall Pound (£) (RFP) |
Time zone | RST (UTC+9) |
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
Drives on the | left |
Calling code | +55 |
Internet TLD | .rg |
Raingate, officially the Principality of Raingate, is a sovereign state located in Outernatia. 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). The official language is English, although Japanese, Korean and Afrikaans are recognised as regional languages.
Raingate, as a principality, was established on 11 April 2010 after the dissolution of the Rainfall Federation. It is governed under a form of constitutional monarchy, with the current Raingatian monarch Prince Louis Tomlinson as head of state. Although Prince Louis is a constitutional monarch, he wields substantial political power and influence.
Raingate consists of 10 provinces; Princeland, Sunshine Coast, Florem, Cambria, The Vale, Whiterun, Blackreach, Winterhold, 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 four overseas territories; Dawnguard, Duskfall, Raingate Ocean Territory and Sealed Grounds.
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. It has formed a union with neighbouring nation Frostfall called the Rainfall Alliance and it is the founding member of the Outernatian Union.
History
Raingate Republic
Rainfall Federation (1945-2010)
The Raingate Republic, together with the Frostfall Republic, the Winterhold Republic and the Twilight Free State, formed the Rainfall Federation on 5 April 1945. Out of the 4 nations that made up the Federation, the largest in size and over half of the total Federation population was the Raingate Republic, which came to lead the union for its entire 65-year history.
Principality of Raingate
The Principality of Raingate was established after Frostfall peacefully declared independence from the Rainfall Federation in 2010. The Winterhold Republic and the Twilight Free State decide to remain in union and officially became part of Raingate. A monarchy was adopted after the Status of Raingate referendum in March 2010 which asked citizens whether Raingate should become a single republic once again or adopt a constitutional monarchy. Adopting a monarchy won the popular vote with 87% and Prince Louis was selected to become prince 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 dissolution of the Federation and absorption of Winterhold and Twilight Free State.
Politics
Raingate is a sovereign state run under a constitutional monarchy 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".
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 9 members within their party and appoints each of them as a leader of one of the 10 provinces. 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 rarely overruled laws passed by the Order.
The current Prime Minister is Karren Brady, who has been in office since Raingate's first general election on the 15 April 2010, with Kris Jenner standing as Deputy Prime Minister. Brady is the leader of the Liberal Labour Party. For general elections, each of the 10 provinces are split into several constituencies each representing a seat in The Order. The total number of constituencies and therefore seats in the Order is 101. 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 Liberal Labour Party is Raingate's main political party and represents the Raingatian values of socialism and civil liberalism. The other main parties include the Liberal Democratic Party, the Conservative Party, the Green Party, the Winterhold National Party and the Asian Front.
Political System
Legislative power is vested in the Order of Raingate which consists of 101 members. Majority approval from member 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 has is split into 24 constituencies (or seats) in The Order, while the least populous provinces of High Rock and The Rift has 5 and 4 representatives in The Order respectively.
Following the most recent general election in July 2015, the current prime minister is Karren Brady of the Liberal Labour Party. The majority of The Order is made up of members from this party.
The Order of Raingate | |||
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Party Name | Seats | ||
Liberal Labour | 54 | ||
Liberal Democratic | 26 | ||
Conservative | 10 | ||
Green | 5 | ||
Winterhold National | 3 | ||
Asian Front | 3 | ||
Total seats | 101 |
Demographics
Provinces
Raingate is divided into 10 provinces each governed by a leader, who is appointed through the mutual agreement between the Price and prime minister of Raingate. Each province is run by local governments which are in turn governed by the Parliament of Raingate in Solitude. These local governments work on local matters within their province and serve as intermediaries between the main parliament province leaders.
Flag | Province | Capital | Leader | Population |
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Princeland | Solitude | Karren Brady | 3,005,581 | |
Sunshine Coast | Azure Bay | Kris Jenner | 1,956,923 | |
Florem | Florem | Deborah Meaden | 1,252,499 | |
Cambria | Breton | Liam Payne | 942,411 | |
Whiterun | Darkwater | Thomas Daley | 812,476 | |
The Vale | Valenwood | Niall Horan | 799,413 | |
Blackreach | Dawnstar | Yunho Jung | 711,145 | |
Winterhold | Winterhold | Zac Efron | 512,664 | |
High Rock | Riverstone | 303,857 | ||
The Rift | Riften | Hilary Devey | 214,332 |
Overseas Territories
Flag | Territory | Capital | Population |
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Dawnguard | Port Louis | 31,608 | |
Duskfall | Port Harold | 19,454 | |
Raingate Ocean Territory | Queensland | 35,093 | |
Sealed Grounds | Arbiter's Grounds | N/A |
Largest cities or towns in Raingate
Source? | |||||||||
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Rank | Province | Pop. | Rank | Province | Pop. | ||||
Solitude Azure Bay |
1 | Solitude | Princeland | 1,005,552 | 11 | Darkwater | Whiterun | 127,844 | Anchorage Phon Coast |
2 | Azure Bay | Sunshine Coast | 544,955 | 12 | McQueen | Princeland | 111,431 | ||
3 | Anchorage | Princeland | 338,405 | 13 | Valenwood | The Vale | 99,462 | ||
4 | Phon Coast | Sunshine Coast | 329,688 | 14 | Dawnstar | Blackreach | 84,992 | ||
5 | Kingsland | Princeland | 277,655 | 15 | Winterhold | Winterhold | 65,554 | ||
6 | Great Bay | Sunshine Coast | 223,152 | 16 | Crystal Springs | Florem | 57,329 | ||
7 | Florem | Florem | 202,664 | 17 | Riverstone | High Rock | 33,661 | ||
8 | Maverick | Princeland | 167,047 | 18 | Victoria | Princeland | 32,616 | ||
9 | Oceanfront | Sunshine Coast | 152,621 | 19 | Summerdown | Sunshine Coast | 29,486 | ||
10 | Breton | Cambria | 129,453 | 20 | Riften | The Rift | 23,143 |
Languages
Raingate's de facto official language is English, which is spoken by 98.8% of the population with an estimated 93% of those being monolingual English speakers. Japanese, Korean and Afrikaans are also recognised as regional or minority languages. In the 2015 Census over 21% of the population of Blackreach province said they could speak Japanese fluently, and 12% said they could speak Korean. An increase from the 2010 Census (18% and 9% respecitvely). In the same census in The Rift province 10.4% stated that they had "some knowledge of Afrikaans". Overall 834,424 people in Raingate (just under 8% of the population) have some regional language ability.
It is compulsory for pupils to study a second language up to the age of 16 in Raingate. Japanese and Korean are the two most commonly taught second languages. All pupils in The Rift province are taught Afrikaans as a second language up to age 16.
Immigration
Country | Men | Women | Population |
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Frostfall | 359,822 | 312,486 | 672,308 |
Kimmystan | 151,531 | 132,468 | 283,999 |
Thorway | 28,392 | 21,843 | 50,235 |
Victoria | 7,827 | 19,384 | 25,124 |
Gandhara | 11,523 | 2,823 | 14,346 |
Jhe Freeh | 2,423 | 6,734 | 9,157 |
Lettuce | 3,346 | 2,856 | 7,723 |
Waticania | 3,283 | 2,694 | 5,977 |
Tikata | 2,534 | 2,019 | 4,553 |
Folkloria | 1,724 | 1,645 | 4,271 |
Total immigrant population | 572,405 | 504,952 | 1,077,357 |
In 2015, there were 1,077,357 inhabitants of foreign background and their descendants (foreign born and children of international migrants) composing around 10.2% of the Raingatian population. Around 1,072,804 or 95% came from Outernatia and 4,553 or 5% came from Internatia.
In 2016, with the total population being 10,562,333; roughly 5.4% of the population was born abroad, 3.8% of the population was born in Raingate to two parents born abroad, and another 7% was born in Raingate to one parent born abroad. Resulting in 16% of the Raingate population being of at least partly foreign descent.
Geography
Raingate is located on the eastern coast of the western island of Outernatia and covers a total area of 261,625 km² (101,014 sq mi). It features many different terrain types, including forests, highlands and mountainous regions. The eastern coastal areas and the south and central regions of the country are fairly low-lying, whereas the north features a high plateau know as the Blackreach Plateau that separates the north from the central areas. The west is dominated by highlands and mountainous areas. The highest point of Raingate is Death Mountain at 1,085 m (3,560 ft).
Climate
Raingate has a temperate climate, with plentiful rainfall all year round. The temperature varies with the seasons and rarely drops below −15 °C or rises above 35 °C. The prevailing wind is from the west and brings frequent spells of mild and wet weather from the Ocean, although the eastern parts, particularly High Rock and The Rift provinces, are mostly sheltered from this wind due to the majority of the rain falling over the western provinces; the eastern parts are therefore the driest. Continental windstreams however bring hot summers and mild winters to the western provinces of Sunshine Coast, Florem and Cambria. Whereas these windstreams bring milder summers and colder winters to the eastern provinces of Winterhold, High Rock and The Rift. High Rock is particularly prone to significantly cold winters due to the mountainous terrain shielding the warmer oceanic wind streams. Summers are warmest in the south-east of Raingate, particularly in the provinces of Sunshine Coast and Florem, the former of which is a popular tourist destination. Heavy snowfall can occur in winter and early spring on high ground, and occasionally settles to great depth away from the hills. Winterhold province is notorious in regards to fallen snow taking an excessive amount of time to clear due to the provinces expansive and low lying ground.
Music of Raingate
Outernatia Song Contest
Edition | Artist | Language | Title | Final | Points | Semi | Points |
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13th | Koda Kumi | Japanese | "EX TAPE" | Failed to qualify | 13 | 30 | |
14th | Delta Goodrem | English | "Wings" | 4 | 92 | No semi-finals | |
15th | Rita Ora | English | "I Will Never Let You Down" | 11 | 75 | 9 | 49 |
16th | The Vamps | English | "Wake Up" | 4 | 95 | 4 | 56 |
17th | Troye Sivan | English | "YOUTH" | Failed to qualify | 10 | 52 | |
18th | Benjamin | English | "Young and Restless" | 16 | 49 | No semi-finals | |
19th | Zayn | English | "PILLOWTALK" | 18 | 63 | 4 | 73 |
20th | Bobby van Jaarsveld | Afrikaans | "Een Vir Een" | TBA | Qualified | ||
21st | 5 Seconds of Summer | English | "Jet Black Heart" | TBA | TBA | ||
22nd | Brendan Peyper | Afrikaans | "Stop Wag Bly Nog 'N Bietjie" | TBA | TBA |
Internatia Second Chance Contest
Edition | Artist | Language | Title | Place | Points |
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21st | Auryn | English | "I'll Reach You" | 10 | 64 |
22nd | Lee Scott | Afrikanns | "Vir Ewig" | 2 | 74 |
23rd | Cheryl Cole | English | "Call My Name" | 7 | 59 |
24th | Taeyeon | Korean | "I" | 3 | 62 |
25th | MAX | Japanese | "Tacata" | 4 | 70 |
26th | Cheryl Cole | English | "Under The Sun" | 3 | 76 |
27th | Koda Kumi | Japanese | "No Man's Land" |