Nørdland

Nørdland (Noo-rd-lan-d) is a country situated in the north of Europe, it borders 4 countries; Norway, Russia, Sweden and Finland. It is the closest capital city to the North Pole said by the people of the country. It is ShyGuy's secondary nation.
== History ==
The territory of this nation was occupied by 4 countries at the same time before the country was established and was recognised. There is not a lot of history because the main history was all Norwegian and Scandinavian history with a bit of Russian culture. The main event was when Troms and Finnmark were given independence. They knew that they wouldn't survive on their own so they united to make Tromark. Tromark was respected by it's neighbours to be peaceful and they guaranteed the countries independence. It was 5 years after the country was born and Norway, Sweden and Finland gave the nation land for it's anniversary in 1988. The Soviet Union would still control Murmansk and the Russian region until 1990. When it collapsed. Tromark quickly took some land of Russia, this included Murmansk, and the people there were not angry of the move, and asked to change the name to a more agreeable name. So thus begun a referendum to change the name. 3 names out of the 29 suggestions were moved on to the referendum, there was also a referendum to change the capital from the old capital, Alta. The results came in on a cold, frosty, December 1992 morning and the results were shown on live TV.
Country Name	Suggested by 	Percent	Place
Nørdia 	Finn Oen 	34% 	2nd
Nørdland 	Paul Bjornson	36% 	1st
Nørdrus 	Ularets Rikov	30% 	3rd
Capital Name	Region 	Percent	Place
Alta 	Finnmark 	26% 	3rd
Tromsø 	Troms 	44% 	1st
Murmansk 	West Kola	40% 	2nd
The country name referendum was close, only 10,758 people or just about the population of Tuvalu had edged out the name for the nation while the capital changed from Alta to Tromsø after the new capital won by 21,516 people to make the new capital city to be Tromsø. Paul Bjornson went on to be the first president of Nørdland. The nation would then become to be a small but happy country and peaceful in the next decades.
== Military ==
Being quite small, the military of Nørdland is 1,382 soldiers, it's okay to have a small defence due to Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish armies to support them if they nation was unlikely invaded. The nation has 16 armoured vehicles, 4 tanks, 17 planes and 6 ships. Tromsø Lufthaven has been requested to have an add on to make a small air base so their air force can be spread out. Narvik is where ships are positioned.
== Sports ==
Nørdland may be cold and frosty, but that still doesn't stop them from playing sports. Football is the most played, watched and interested sport Nørdland has. With notable teams like Tromsø FK and Narvik United. The Premier Division consists of 8 teams, the other six being Murmansk Juniors, Alta FC, Svalbard, Murmansk SZ, Nørdhamer and Risia.
Nørdland play ice hockey and is the 2nd most played sport, notable teams are Murmansk Bears and Murmanse Stars. The nation only has 6 teams due to its small size and population, the other four being Alta Raiders, Swede Moose, Finnish Nørds and Tromsø Whales.
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