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## Sankten

### Full name

The Kingdom of SanktenDā Sanktenie Kröwlowskej

Flag and Coat of Arms

### Highest peak

Alva mounain 543m a.s.l (Mainland)Pico de Los Marachues 2897m a.s.l (Kalmar)

### Internet TLD

.skt

**Sankten**, officialy *The Kingdom of Sankten* is a country located on the island of Sankten on the Baltic sea. It is divided into 8 provinces covering up the space of 47 301km2 , 57 132km2 counting the crown teritory of Kalmar. Sankten is home to a population of just over 5 milion. Gdynzyc is the capital city of the country, other major cities include Połowce, Jurmala and Pilseta.

The country firstly appeared on the map in the 13th century, after the area got settled by Baltic tribes. As a consequence of contineous pressure from the Teutonic Order and risking being a victim of a crusade, the elders of the island united and decided to elect a leader. Soon, the Sanktish duchy allied the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and formed a personal union. After the unions of Krewo in 1386 and Lublin in 1569, the duchy became part of the Polish-Lithuanian-Sanktish Commonwealth. As a result of the first and second partitions, the duchy broke free from the Commonwealth and shortly became a republic, til the arrival of the ex Polish king in 1795, when the country's constitution was written and Stanisław August Poniatowski crowned duke. In 1826 the duchy became a kingdom. Till this day the country is an elective monarchy with the descendants of Stanisław August still being on the throne today in the person of King Mateusz Ist. The kingdom has suffered the Erkesan uprising and risked a Russian invasion in the years 2020-2022.

## Etymology

The name "Sankten" originated from the 14th century, from the Teutons who invaded the island and made a colony called Sankten Island (Saint Island). The name was later accepted by its inhabitants and remained unchanged till this day.

## History

### Pre-historical times

The island was inhabited by humans during the Pomeranian glaciation. Oldest traces of humans can be found in the hills of Volyne.

### Early Medieval period

At the end of the 10th century, Baltic tribes started settling in today's Wisznicz. After reaching the island, they quickly spread throughout it, reaching Plisberg and Masurija by the 1000s. Sadly, we do not have much record of these times, as Sanktish ancestors did not read or write. The earliest mention of Sankten coes from 1220 and comes from a Lubeckan merchant - Albrecht:

> "The island of Fischt (Sankten), is inhabitated by strong men that speak a language similar to the Prus." - Mare Balticum dierum, c. 1220
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Around 1210, tribes united to form a country under the leadership of the council of elders, with each elder representing a tribe. By this time, Sankten was inhabitated by about 13 tribes (according to some historians - 15). Most densly populated was current Zijepomerania - 7 out of 13 tribes were located there.

### Teutonic period

In 1267, the first Teutonic ship arrived to the Sanktish shore. 6 knights and 70 servants landed near Wisznicz, where they built their first wooden fortified settlement. Later this year, further 20 knights and 600 servants arrived on the island and by 1268, the Teutons conquered the Wisznicz and Vildhofum penisulas. In 1274, the Sankten Land Master was appointed, with a seat in the castle of Warnberg (Wisznicz).

#### First crusade

The first major Teutonic crusade occured in 1279. Over 2000 soldiers, from which 1300 were Teutonic soldiers and 700 were knights from Western Europe. The crusade was succesful. In the first month, the tribe of žjuviś was conquered, after a decisive Teuton victory in the battle of the Babra river, however because of harsh weather conditions, the crusade stopped to advance in April. In June 1281, a treaty was signed, where the Sanktish tribes ceded lands of modern Odrowaz and Vildhofum districts to the Teutons.

#### Second and third crusade

Because of the sparse written sources, we know very little about the 2nd and 3rd crusades. Probably the number of Teutonic forces was smaller. The 2nd crusade happened from 1293(?) till 1296 and the third from 1301 till 1304. In consequence of the crusades, all of modern Zijepomerania as well as parts of Kurzemczew were under Teutonic control

### Union with Lithuania

As an effect of the crusades, the council of elders decided to elect a leader - a Valdove, who'd have power over the Sanktish tribes in times of war. The first valdove was Jasznibork (1260? - 1324). The Sanktish situation was not looking good, so Jasznibork decided to join forces with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and in 1318, a formal union between the two nations was formed. This sparkled the 4th crusade. 3000 Teutons invaded Santen and over 10 000 attacked Lithuania. In 1323, the Teutons reached the Sankwtornis forrest in Zvidrije, where they built a castle (from which the name of the forrest - red tower, comes from), but the failure of the crusade in Lithuania and the succesful defense of Kaunas caused the Teutons to move troops from Sankten to the Lithuanian front, leading to a victory of Sanktish troops over the weakened Teutons in the battle of Raudona Laukva. In 1326, a peace treaty was signed, forcing the Teutons to resign from Samagotia, but giving them lands in modern day Gdynzyc.

### Krewo

After the Union of Krewo in 1386, Sankten, together with Lithuania, joined a personal union with the Kingdom of Poland. In 1409, when the great war against the Teutons emerged, the latter were pushed out of most of the island, leaving them only with the Wisznicz penisula, which they succesfuly defended from the Sanktish forces. Sankten has sent 600 soldiers to the famous battle of Grunwald, where the Teutonic army was destroyed by the victorious Vladislaus II.

As a result of the treaty of Toruń, the Teutons had to resign from their Sanktish properties and cede all their lands on the island to the newly created Duchy of Sankten.

### The Commonwealth

During its time within the commonwealth, the island shared its history and culture with Poland and Lithuania. Thanks to the union, the island greatly developped. A big settling action started of which we can still see the results nowadays (the Polish, Lithuanian, German and Jewish minorities), together with a massive missionary action which effectively converted Sankten to Christianity by the end of the next century.

#### Cities

After the union, the country became more European. In 1423, German settlers founded the first merchant city of Lutzen. Many previous Baltic settlements were now filled with Polish, Jewish and German settlers. Big areas of land were bought by the noble Odrowaz family, who renamed and chartered the most important Sanktish town - Odrowaz.

##### Odrowaz gothic

As new cities were created throughout the island with settlers from different cultures, a special architectoral style was created - the Odrowaz gothic. At the time, Odrowaz became a center of medieval culture, as the diocesal college was found. Other cities with prominent medieval architure are: Isog (with a magnificient cathedral), Jurmala (with a castle) and Kristianstadt.

#### Christianity

A large christianisation campaign was launched throughout the island by the Polish clergies. The Odrowaz bishopric was founded in 1387 and the Jurmala one in 1392. The Polish king of Sankten founded many monastries in major cities, therefore practically eliminating paganism by the end of the 16th century.

#### Nationalities

Since the country didn't have cities, inhabitants of first cities were Poles, Gemans and Jews who spread all over the country. In the 15th century there was also a significant migration of Lithuanian and Ruthenian peasants who were searching for opportunities.

### Union of Lublin

In 1569, thanks to the Union of Lublin, Poland, Lithuania and Sankten merged into the Commonwealth of Three Nations. This event is also known as the start of the Sanktish 'Golden era', as during the renaissance, the country greatly developped. In 1574, the Odrowaz diocesal college became a royal university, which it is till this day. Renaissance architecture flourished. The iggest renaissance centers were Połowce (where we can till thid day find a UNESCO world heritage old town, fortifications and harbour), Roza and Grodek Jagellonsky.

After the union of Lublin, the same honours were established in Sankten as in Poland:

* The hetman, the commander of the Sanktish forces (Sanktenians had the most professional infantry units in the Commonwealth)
* The chancellor, the most important authority
* The treasurer responsible for the country's budget
* The marshal, responsible for the royal court
* Voivodeships, Sankten was divided into voivodeships and powiats like other parts of the Commonwealth

As a result of the Union of Lublin, Sankten was divided into voivodeships which borders (with the exception of Gdynzyc), haven't been changed since then:

* Północnopomorskie (Zijepomeranian)
* Kurzemczewskie (Kurzemczew)
* Pilsetańskie (Zvridrije)
* Czarnokamieńskie (Plisberg)
* Erkeskie (Erkes)
* Mazurskie (Masurija)
* Sastamalskie (Volyne)

### The Commonwealth of 3 nations

#### Livonian heritage

Sankten's strategic position became vita after the collapse of the Order of Livonian Knights. This event ignited the Polish-Russian-Danish-Swedish war. After the temporary Polish-Dannish alliance, sides changed and Danes after losing all Livonian islands attacked Sankten and took northern Masurija.

After Russians took the entirety Livonia, Polish king Stefan Batory attacked and completely destroyed Russian forces humiliating the Tsar Ivan IV, while Danes retreated from Sankten, worrying that Stefan Batory will attack them too.

#### Polish-Swedish war

When the king Carolus of Sweden invaded Sankten, it became the arena of dynastic wars between Sigismund Vasa and Carolus. After experiencing the Swedish invasion, the Sanktish parliament decided to fortify the country and even leave the Commonwealth in case of next invasion. In 1655, months after the Swedish invasion of the Kingdom of Poland, 14 thousand Swedish soldiers under the leadership of Jakob de la Gardie landed in Volyne, near Osog. After innitial success, the army Swedes met stubborn defence at the fort of Swieta Ostrzoda. The Swedes sent an offer to the Sanktish hetman - Vaclave Kestutis, to subdue his army to the Swedish army, which he refused. He reinforced his 4 thousand strong army (1k winged hussars, 500 pancerni cavalry and 2500 infantry) with 3 thousand infantry from the rich Zijepomeranian trading cities and over 2 thousand noble cavalry and in a brilliant campaign retook Osog by surprise, cutting the Swedes off. After learning that, de la Gardie lifted the siege and decided to front up with the weaker Sanktish army. Kestutis decided not to wait for the Swedish army but force marched south east to meet them. Both armies met near the town of Kristollun in Volyne. The Sanktish troops took defensive positions in the then larger Kurpia woods. The battle began at 4am. Weaker Sanktish forces had to fall back and the Swedes quickly gained initiative and were chasing the ill trained noble cavalry, thinking the Sanktish have been destroyed. In reality, the persuing in disorder Swedish troops were ambushed. 4 thousand infantry attacked the Swedes in the woods inflicting heavy casualties and cutting their way back to, whereas the front of the Swedish column with de la Gardie who realised his mistake, met the main forces on a deforrested plain, 23km away from the original battle. The demoralised Swedes unable to cover themselves were charged down by the winged hussars and soon started to flee in disorder, caught by the infantry in the forrests and the local peasants. This was a great victory for the Commonwealth and it ensured Sankten didn't get conquered by Sweden. A year later, after king Jan II came back from Silesia and joined forced with Czarniecki in Poland, the Sanktish forces under Kestutis embarked on ships, arriving in the Gdansk bay. They broke the siege of Gdansk and together with the Gdansk soldiers pushed south, isolating the fortress of Toruń and joining Poles and Lithuanians in the great battle of Warsaw which ended in total victory.

After the war, Sankten was heavily damaged by its costs. However, it was the least destroyed so the Commonwealth Sejm put heavy war reparations for most of reconstruction costs in completely ruined regions of the Commonwealth. Angry cities of Sankten made a confederation against the nobility and the Commonwealth Sejm under the lead of Odrowaz. The rebelion was later known as the Odrowaz war. The mostly infantry made army was defeated by the Polish-Russian army under the king Augustus II at Vildhofum and the rebellion died months after. To punish Odrowaz, the capital was moved to Gdynzyc.

### The end of the Commonwealth

The Commonwealth, destroyed after many wars and struggled by civil wars, started to get anarchist. Sankten wasn't much affected because it wasn't as bad as other parts of the Commonwealth. In 1772, after the first partition, the Great Sejm was founded and reforms were made. The Constitution of the 3rd of May was proclaimed. Sankten together with the whole commonwealth recovered its power. The good reforms ended in 1792 when Russia, worried about Poland getting away from its area of influence, invaded and despite of the heroic defence of the Polish military, defeated Poland. When the king suurendered, it caused a big displease in the Polish army which started to actually push back Russians). The Commonwealth was then disbanded and partitioned.

#### Sanktish independence

After the 2nd patition of the Commonwealth, on 9th of December 1792, the Sanktish sejmik gathered in Połowce declared the independence of Sankten in the *7 statutów niezalożnoścyjej sanktyńskie*, [7 statutes of the Sanktish independence]. The 7 statutes were

1. Sankten is an independent country
2. Sankten will be ruled by a free, elected and equal people's government
3. Everyone in the country is equal
4. All religion is equal
5. The legacy of the 3rd may constitution and of the French revoluton must be continued
6. The official languages are Polish and Sanktish
7. Sankten shall join forces with other republican countries

As a result of the Połowce act, the Sanktish sejmik turned into the Sanktish sejma, with first elections being planned for the 1st of April 1793, which was won by the Patriotic Assembly that got 20 out of 35 seats in the sejma. The patriots consisted mostly of the Polish bourgeoisie and noblemen with patriotic and republican virtues. Second came the Girondists with 8 seats, with the programme similar to their French counterpart. Third came the Revolutionary Commonwealth (3 seats), with more radical programs of completely eliminating the nobility and redistributing the landowner's lands amongst the people. Other members of the sejma were independent. Despite the difficult politicalclimate an constant pressure from Prussia and Russia, the government remained intact and with the exception of the Revolutionary Commonwealth, all parties seeme to cooperate fairly well. Diplomatic relations with France were established.

#### Kościuszko uprising

In 1793 the revolutionary Tadeusz Kościuszko, together with other reformists and army officers, started an anti Russian uprising in the Commonwealth. After defeating Russians in the Racławice battle, it ignited a full out independence war. The nobility freed peasants. The uprising was then harshly quelled with help from Prussia. After losing in 3 major battles and the massacre in the East Bank of Warsaw, Poland capitulated. The third partition was signed and the Commonwealth never returned. The king, the very next day together with Józef Poniatowski escaped from Grodno and went to Brześć Kujawski where they joined Dąbrowski with the remainings of the Polish army.

#### The escape of the king

The army consisted of 12 thousand soldiers and 3 thousand peasants with very low morals. Dąbrowski was surprise attacked by the Prussian Garrison in Bydgoszcz as they escaped to Pomerania. Prussians then sent 50 thousand soldiers to Gdańsk to make it impossible for the monarch to leave, but the citizens of Gdańsk started an uprsing and they took over the entire city and pledged loyality to the king of Poland. In only 2 hours, the monarch with 2 thousand cavalary troops escaped to Sankten, where he was welcomed by elated crowd. The sejma coronated him as prince of Sankten and declared war on Prussia. By then, the French Republic declared war on Prussia and Prussia had to concentrate its firepower on France, thus didn't invade Sankten.

### The Duchy of Sankten

At the conference of Vienna, the Duchy of Sankten was officialy recognized as an independent country thanks to the UK, which was worried about the increase of Prussia and Russia in the East. Sankten had to give away Gdańsk to Prussia.

#### The Sanktish kingdom

In 1826, Sankten became a kingdom. Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski was coronated as the first King of Sankten. During the Industrial Revolution, Sankten experienced rapid industrialization and saw its newly formed middle-class of Polish intellects. Sankten was the second country in Europe to have its own railway transport system. (Gdynzyc - Połowce)

#### Sankten and the "Polish issue"

Sankten didn't help Poles in the 1830 uprising or 1863 uprising because both uprisings occured inland, therefore Sanktish ships weren't able to help them. The government and especially the Polish elite were actively asking western nations to help Poland.

### World War 1

Sankten joined the Triple Entete and declared war on the Triple Alliance in 1917, after several Sanktish merchant ships were sunk by German U-boats. The Sanktish army attacked Gdańsk and Memel (klaipeda), and captured Samagotia, Eastern Prussia, Pomerania and Kuyavia. During the conference of Paris, Pomerania were given to Poland, while Eastern Prussia was returned to Germany and Samagotia with Memel were given to Lithuania.

### World War 2

In 1939 Sankten was invaded by Nazi Germany, Sankten successfully fought off the attempted invasion thanks to naval supremacy (assisted by allied submarines) and Swedish covert assistance. During the war the Sanktish economy crumbled as the majority of able-bodied men were fighting, leaving the industrial capacity severly limited, and thanks to the inability for export thanks to Kreigsmarine blockades.

### Cold war

Sankten maintained armed neutrality throughout the Cold War. It housed the non-communist Polish Army which was then integrated into the RSDF as well as the Government of the Republic of Poland in exile until 1990. During this period, Sankten joined the Non-Aligned Movement and maintained close ties with Sweden.

### Modern times

In 2020, the Sanktish government entered a deal with the Kingdom of Sweden and Lithuania, starting the construction of the Baltic tunnel linking Kalmar, Sweden with Klaipeda, Lithuania, through Gotland and Sankten.

#### Russian attacks

In 2020, Russia sent an ultimatum to Sankten, in which Sankten should choose wether to join the Commonwealth of Independent States or not. The PM of Sankten at that time, Jiatd, rejected the ultimatum, because Sankten would lose its freedom and the tunnel connecting Sankten with Lithuania and Sweden wouldn't have brought benefits. Russia started sending missiles to Sankten, causing 37 deaths and 1189 injured. The Sanktish government spent a great part of the defense budget in mobilising the citizens, purchasing weapons and resisting the attacks. Russia continued sending missiles, but Sankten didn't surrender. In the end, due to international pressure, mainly from the EU nd the US, Russia stopped the attacks. Russia was heavily sanctioned but Sankten suffered a 5% recession.

#### Erkes Independence Uprising

Just a year later, a separatist movement called the Erkes Independent Movement, led by Blake "Loyal" Britain with the help and support of No juuce and the support of the Russian Federation, began terrorist attacks and armed uprisings across the Erkes region. The Royal Sanktish Ground Force, unprepared and under-equipped, suffered more losses than expected during the insurgency, thus triggering a full reform and expansion. The EIM was quelled. Erkes then suffered an economic stagnation which has been solved.

#### XXI century protests

The Fascist Coalition of Sankten staged an uprising throughout the nation, attempting to abolish democracy and to establish a fascist dictatorship. The Fascist Coalition broke up after one of its member parties, the National Libertarian Party decided to surrender and join the Government. The FCS quickly collapsed.

## Geography

Sankten is an island located on the Baltic sea. Its southernmost point is the molo in Wisznicz (Zijepomerania) and the northernmost is in "Plisberg rocks" National Park. Sankten lies in the maritime, warm and temperate climate zone.

### Waters

The longest rivers in Sankten are: Vismen (347 km), Noestula (74 km) and Kaas (63 km).

Rivers (especially Vismen) are very important for Sankten, most of the Sanktish populace lives on the river banks and cities are usually located near rivers (such as Gdynzyc and Polowce).

The Noestula river is unique, as it created a big valley between Masurija and Erkes, making the whole area a huge swamp. This beautiful area together with one of the few primitive forests in Europe is now a national and cultural park - Kurpia National park. This area also has the only native pagan settlements in Europe; one village - Vlony was even isolated for 500 years. All that because of the inaccessibility of that territory.

### Terrain

Mainland Sankten doesn't have any mountain ranges. The most elevated part of the European Sankten are the Volyne hills, in Volyne, the highest peak being the Alva mountain (543m). Most of Sanktish Mainland is flat, the only place with a big difference of altitude is the Noestula Noestule bassin and hilly Erkes.

### Coast

Sankten is an island, the coastline measures 987km, mostly because of the numerous fiords and cliffs in Zijepomerania and Plisberg.

Beaches in most of the country are sandy, exept Plisberg and Zijepomerania, where the coastline is rocky (Plisberg rocks NP)

### Climate

Mainland Sankten lies in the climat temperate warm maritime. The average temperature is 9,2 degrees Celcius. The warmest months are june, july and august and the coldest - december, january, february. Since the warm air from the south is blocked by the Carpathian mountains, so the climate is mostly formed by the moist current of air from the Atlantic ocean, the cold current air from the North and partially by the continental air current from Russia, since Sankten isn't far from the mainland Europe.

### Flora and fauna

Sankten has a great biodiversity, whic unfortunatelly isn't the case of the Baltic sea ecosystem.The forest coverage in Sankten is 41%, which is a very high score. Most of the country is covered with meadows, from which 13% are in their natural form. Sankten is home to a primary forest - the Kurpia forest,which is listed in the UNESCO world heritage list, you can find there such animals as wolves, bears, lynxs and European bizons.

### Natural resources

Sankten has very little natural resources. In its EEZ lie small natural gas fields. In Volyne, we can find some iron ore and coal, but because of the natural valours of the region, together with the high costs of exploit caused by low developpment of the region and hilly landscape, it is not exploited.

## Economy

The Kingdom of Sankten is amongst the richest countries in the Baltic area, with a GDP per capita of $39 116 as of July 2022. The Sanktish GDP mainly relies on services, which contribute to about 80% of it. Due to the lack of natural resources and very late arrival of industrialisation, the industry nowadays contributes only to 13% of the GDP, the following 7% being contributed by agriculture.

### Trade

Sankten trades mostly with the EU - over 97% of its trade is with EU countries. The biggest trade partners of Sankten are:

Main import partners
 Poland
 Sweden
 Lithuania
 Latvia

Main export partners
 Poland
 Lithuania
 Germany
 Denmark

Most of Santen's export are the products of light industry - mostly expensive clothes, as well as wool.

### Corporations

There are a few important corporations in Sankten, such as N-Group, Sanktish Aeronautics Association, Royal Bank of Sankten, Sankten Transport Directory and S7 Corporations.

### Tourism

Government encouragement and commitment of local administrations of preserving or renovating historical and tourist attractions have turned Sankten into a new heaven for tourism. Sankten was visited by 18.1 million visitors last year, more than 3 times of its population. This contributed greatly to the expansion of the service sector.

#### UNESCO world heritage sites:

1. Old town in Gdynzyc
2. Renaissance bastion fortifications and harbour; old town in Połowce
3. Old town in Odrowaz
4. Castle in Jurmala
5. Meanders of Vismen in Plisberg NP
6. Kurpia cultural and natural reservate
7. Kalmar Peaks NP
8. Wooden villages of the Odrowaz county

### Energy

Sankten mainly gets its power from hydro and nuclear energy. The current administration of Sankten has built a few nuclear power plants to slowly replace fossil fuels as the main power source for the nation. More recently, the nation has been developing solar power and biomass energy.

### Transport

Most people usually travel in high-speed trains during long trips. Until recently, there has been only 3 highways that connect parts of the north and southern part of the island. A road system that consists of bridges and tunnels that reaches from Stockholm to Visby to Sastamalaa to Klaipėda was built under agreement of Sweden, Sankten and Lithuania, and contributes greatly to the exports/transportation of good between the countries.

Railway transport is the main means of transportation in Sankten. Sankten has one of Europe's most advanced and widest railway transportation systems, as well as having the second most oldest metro system. Most passenger transportation systems are operated and owned by the Sankten Transport Directory.

There are also multiple airports in Sankten, with the largest and Sankten's busiest international hub - Gdynzyc International Airport. There are 3 other airports, namely the Polowce International Airport, Prince Nodrowis Airport (Kalmar Int.) and Jurmala Airport.

## Politics

Sankten is a parliamentary monarchy. The legislative body, the Sejma, appoints a government by passing a majority vote. The government is responsible for the executive power. Sankten also has an upper legislative body - the Rada Korolevska, which is constituted by lifetime pears, appointed by the monarch.

### Sanktish elections

* 1st parliament
* 2nd parliament
* 3rd parliament
* 4th parliament
* 5th parliament
* 6th parliament
* 7th parliament
* 8th parliament
* 9th parliament
* 10th parliment
* 11th parliament
* 12th parliament
* 13th parliament
* 14th parliament
* 15th parliament
* 16th parliament

Elections in Sankten are held every 4 years. The people elect a representative from each constituency, as well as they vote for a party of their choice in a national electoral list. The representative is usually from a political party or is independent.

Regional MPs make 16/31 seats. The following 15 come from a nationwide proportional system.

## Administrative division

Sankten has 3 levels of subdivisions.

* Provinces (*skt. Provincyja*):
	+ Gdynzyc
	+ Zijepomerania
	+ Erkes
	+ Kurzemczew
	+ Masurija
	+ Zvidrije
	+ Plisberg
	+ Volyne
* Counties (*skt. starostva*)
* Communities (*skt. gminna*)

### Current government

After the 16th election, a government between the PPS (social democracy), CPS (libertarian communist), DCS (green politics) and SLP (social democracy) was formed under the leadership of prime minister Amir (PPS).

### Military

The Royal Sanktish Defence force is divided into:

* Royal Sanktish Ground Force
* Royal Sanktish Navy
* Royal Sanktish Air Force

Sankten is a part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), since the threat of Russian invasion in 2020. The Sanktish army currently enlists 20 000 active military personel.

### Law

New laws are being voted in the parliament (sejma) and need a simple majority to pass. Then, the vote can be voted once more in the Rada Korolevska, which is the upper chamber of the parliament, consisting of peers elected for life by the Sanktish monarch. The Rada (House of Lords), can put the bill to be voted once more in the sejma if the majority of it decides so. The supreme law is the Sanktish constitution, written in 2020. The juridicary power is in hands of courts. The highest court is the Supreme Royal Court, which consists of 2 judges which constituionaly are elected by the parliament, but de facto are chosen by the monarch. The monarch also has the highest juridicary power, but the actual king, Poland Ist, resigned from it.

## Demographics

Population of Sankten is currently 5 009 000 and it's slowly growing. In the past, it was stable but it went up since Sankten opened up to migration, accomodating thousands of immigrants mainly from Eastern Africa.

### Ethnic structure

Sankten is ethnically diverese, with large ethnic minorities. Surrisingly, the number of ethnic minorities isn't declining as in other European countries. The main ethnic groups in Sankten are Sanktish, Polish, Lithuanian, German and Jewish. Other ethnicities mostly arrived after ww2, since back then, it was one of the few not destroyed country during the war.

#### Racial composition

Racial composition
 Carribean
 Black

### Language

98% of Sanktish citizens speak Sanktish, from which for 68% Sanktish is the mother thongue. Arround 55% of Sanktenians can speak Polish, 9% can speak Lithuanian and 25% can speak German.

Mother thongue

### Religion

Sankten is ranked amongst the most religious countries. 83% of citizens declare they believe in God and 79% follows a religion. Arround 42% go to church every sunday and 3% every day. Sankten is also the only European nation with preserved pagan traditions in the Kurpia forests.

Religious structure of Sankten

#### Catholic church in Sankten

Most of Sanktish population is Roman Catholic. Arround 65% of Catholics regulary attend to church. The highest hierarch of the Sanktish church is the Archibishop of Odrowaz, currently abp. Jerzy Wojnillowicz. The histry of the Sanktish church begins in the 15th century, as back then, the Catholic missionaries from Poland arrived, creating the first Sanktish diocese in Odrowaz. Sanktish clerical division:

* Odrowaz archidiocese:
	+ Połowce diocese
* Gdynzyc archidiocese
* Jurmala archidiocese:
	+ Isog diocese
* Sastamala archidiocese
	+ Roza diocese

### Cities

The urbanisation rate in Sankten is 62% and cities are rather small. The biggest city and the Sanktish capital is Gdynzyc, which has 634 890 inhabitants. Most biggest Cities are all located in Zijepomerania/Southern Sankten.

1. Gdynzyc, Gdynzyc 793 045

2. Połowce, Zijepomerania 343 094

3. Jurmala, Erkės 101 543

4. Pilseta, Zvidrije 91 327

5. Kulaszne, Kurzemczew 85 367

6. Kristianstadt, Zijepomerania 82 543

7. Sastamala, Vølyne 79 907

8. Plunge, Plisberg 78 678

9. Brzana, Masurija 73 654

10. Odrowąż, Zijepomerania 70 086

### Health

The health service in Sankten is free, after a bill passed by Zander Fisch. The health system is well developped and every town has a clinic. After the healthcare system regress in the 8th term, it was near collapse but was thankfully saved by the 15th and 16th government, by prime ministers, respectively Sam (NDC) and Amir (PPS)

### Education

The current education system was created by LiQi, the chairman of PPS. Sankten has a highly developped education system and is ranked 11th in the international educational ranking. Sankten has a literracy rate of 100%.

% of people with

#### Universities

Sanktish universities:

Sankten hasa total of 11 universities (1 university per 455k), from which 6 is ranked in the top 400 uniersities in the world, 2 in the top 10.

## Culture

The Sanktish culture is very rich, as it wasn't destroyed in any world war. It's mostly influenced by the native pagan Balt culture, Polish culture and German culture, which means Sankten is culturally

### Architecture

#### Rural

Sankten has the highest % of traditional buildings in Europe and the highest % of wooden buildings. The traditional architecture patterns are very similar in the whole country excluding Plisberg and Zijepomerania.

The Sanktish traditional houses are very similar to those of Lesser Poland. They have one floor. The walls are made of wood. In some regions walls are also plastered white. The most decorative element are wooden shutters, painted in folk patterns. Traditional Sanktese houses have 3 rooms.

In Zijepomerania, dominate the half timbered walls. Houses are a bit larger than in the rest of the country, having usually 4-5 rooms.

In Plisberg, rural houses are mostly made of stone, because of the plurality of that material in that area. Architecture is similar to the one in Bretagne in France.

#### Urban

Sankten has a large number of very well preserved exmples of urban settlments dating back the middle ages such as Odrowaz (UNESCO site, Zijepomerania), Gdynzyc (UNESCO site, Gdynzyc), Połowce (UNESCO site, Zijepomerania), Kristianstadt (Zijepomerania), Isog (Volyne), Mala (Kurzemczew), Jurmala (Erkes) or Chandigaragh (Plisberg). Because most of Sankten wasn't destroyed during wars, many beatiful old towns are preserved till today.

In old urban houses, dominate the renaissance, gothic and baroque style. The most important building in the city is the town hall. It indicates the wealth of the city, so they're very large and beatiful. Many old towns have also well preserved fortifications.

#### Sacral

Sankten has a many churches, every village has one. In rural areas dominate baroque churches, frequently very large. In cities, there are also many monastries.

#### Sanktish architectoral styles

Sankten has developped some of its own architectoral styles:

* the Odrowaz gothic, which is a very early form of renaissance but still using gothic solutions
* the Gdynzyc classicim. After Sankten gained independence, many new official buildings such as libraries, schools, operas and the parliament building. The specific thing about those buildings is a magnificent pediment with paintings on it instead of reliefs.

### Holidays and traditions

Sankten has 2 secular national holidays:

1. 03.05 - the 3rd may constitution day, the anniversary of the first European constutution written by Sejm Wielki in the Commonwealth
2. 06.04 - king Poland's anniversary and also the independence day of Sankten

Sanktish citizens are also quite religious, so rekigious national holidays are:

1. Easter - 4 days off work
2. 15.08
3. 1.11
4. Christmas - 24.12 - 26.12

### Sport

The most popular sport in Sankten is football, the Sanktish football team is ranked 53rd in the FIFA ranking. The Sanktish football league is 1 liga, in season 2019/2020 is Vismen Połowce

### Media

Sankten biggest media concerns are

1. The Royal Courier, is the biggest media in the whole country. It belongs to the royal Family of Sankten and therefore is the most efficient and accurate Information outlet in Sankten.
2. the Sankten TV, radio - STVR, owned by a famous politician Nojus, the leader of the Erkes Consevative Party, which has 2 TV stations (STVR1 and STVR2) and radio programs. STVR is the third biggest media concern in Sankten
3. The "Gdynzyc times", a well known newspaper
4. The ZTB (Zijpommerian Television Broadcaster) is a television and radio broadcaster focused around Zijpommeria. It has 2 channels and 2 Radio frequencies, making it the biggest media concern in Zijpommeria and one of the biggest in Sankten.
5. The Sanktish Broadcasting System is a nationwide television network based in Gdynzyc.
6. The Kulaszne Broadcasting Corporation is a nationwide television network based in Kulaszne.

Individuals:

-King Poland I the based

-Jiatd

-Juuce

-Juraj

-Amir

-Zander

-Spain

-Prince Sir Nodrowis Poniatowski

-Woody

-zlatanic.politics

-Severus Hæfis

- Blake "Loyal" Britain

-"Andrej" Vlad Voiculescu

-Aleksander Sunwoo Park

Political Parties:

-Conservative Party

-Union for Progress

-Freedomites

Companies:

-Sankten Transport Directory

-OneИЕТ

-N-Group

-Royal Bank Of Sankten (BOS)

-Royal Airways

-ZTB

Locations:

-Odrowaz

-Połowce International Airport

-Erkės (province)

-Sankt Presslau

-Krïstianstadt

Organisations:

-Royal Sanktish Defence Forces

-Royal Sanktish Ground Forces

-Royal Sanktish Air Force

-Royal Sanktish Navy

-Royal Sanktish Marine Force

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