Antares

Antares is a country whose continental location is often disputed as being either Sondrian or Northulic. The country is a republic and Catalan is the widely-spoken language.
==Etymology==
The name adopted in 1901 comes from the historical leader of Catalan Nosghel, Joan Antares, of the Antares family, who ruled Antares until 1975.
==History==
===End of Monarchy and the adoption of communism===
By 1972, when Nosghel entered a period of martial law, Antares entered into a phase of turmoil. By December 1973, Antares was living a period known as the Great Depression (Gran Depressió) under which the economy was stagnating and the government was basically inactive. The communist movement Nou Antares took over in 1975. The former royal family moved away, most of the elements moving to Pancos Island in Nosghel.
===End of communism and start of the presidential democratic republic===
In 1990, the Communist regime was defeated and Antares entered a transitional year. In March of 1991, Antares celebrated its first democratic presidential elections.
==Government and politics==
Antares is a decentralized presidential republic in which the president takes the central functions, similar to Nosghel. However, the seven states have their "prime-minister", in which the capital's prime minister also serves as the prime-minister of the whole nation.
==Geography==
==Demographics==
==Economy==
==Infrastructure==
==Culture==
===Languages===
Catalan is the official language of Antares, being spoken by 75% of the population, of which 60% has it as its first language. The second national language it Taixo, a language spoken by over 200,000 inhabitants and is a Catalan-influenced version of the older Taiho language. The language is a Polynesian language and the orthography is mainly influenced from Catalan.
===Religion===
Historically, Antares has been an irreligious country. It's one of the fewest countries that aren't Ashtalaic in which a significan amount of the population doesn't profess any religion at all, encompassing 91% of the population. The closest thing to actual religion is the Antarian folk religion, a polytheistic system using elements from Lasgra and Polynesian cultures.
Religion is a minority, and the only known religions practiced in the country are Buddhism (5%), Siennan Catholicism (2%) and Islam (2%).
===Sports===
Football is the most-practiced sport.
==Media==
===Newspapers and magazines===
The government controls Diari de Notícies.
===Internet===
Internet is regulated by the Antarian Internet Board yet there is a lack of nornal regulations.
===Telecommunications===
The country's telecommunications infrastructure has experienced a growth towards the end of Communism in the country. Before then only few people had telephones because they were expensive. The system is not well developed.
The state enterprise Telecom Antares was founded in 2016 as the legal successor of the former CTA.
===Radio===
In Antares, there are two radio stations, both controlled by the government. Ràdio Antares is the main service, the second one being Antares Música.
===Television===
Television arrived in 1981. There are three terrestrial channels, two of which are privately-owned (Canal 3 and Canal 7) and one by the government (Televisió d'Antares). Cable and satellite networks are also available but the amount of channels available is limited and they are selected by the government. The current list contains 27 channels and is as follows:
*Televisió d'Antares
*Canal 3
*Canal 7
*Televisió del Parlament Nacional
*TNC Internacional
*TNC 24 Hores
*TV3CAT
*El Canal Nosghelià
*GMA Lasgra TV
*ANC
*Televisió Nosghelià
*FOX
*FOX Movies
*Discovery Channel
*Discovery Science
*Disney Channel
*Boomerang
*Nickelodeon
*ESPN
*ESPN 2
*MTV
*Warner TV
*DBS World
*THK World Premium
*Sondrian News Network
*Northulia Plus
*TVNM International