Fredonia

Flag of Fredonia

Map of Fredonia

**Fredonia**, or in its formal name, the **Federal Republic of Fredonia**, is a country located in the west of the Lamatika continent. With a population of more than 100 million people in 2023, this country is pretty diverse ethnically. The main race in Fredonia are white people, they come from colonisation and immigration. There are the mixed people, they were mixed with natives and white colonisators mainly. And the third main race are the Natives. In term of physical geography, the country has a lot of arable land to grow crops. They possess mountains and forest in the north and a desert in the center. The flag of Fredonia has a golden bison (the National animal) it represents the wealth of the nation and the hospitality of the people, the dark blue represents the hope and the prosperous future of the nation and the red border represents the blood of the people that will protect the hope and wealth of the people.

## Political geography

Fredonia is a federation of several states. In total, there are 40 states plus one Federal District. These states have a certain autonomy for education system, certain laws and others,... However these states have an important control (that varies from the states) from the National District of Hartbrook, aka the Capital city.

The states are also different in term of culture, indeed the Fredes are more considered as a group of multiple cultures than a whole unified culture, but they are still some similarities between the Fredes.

The economic region of Fredonia is the state of Cherokia. With the largest Fredonian city of Takopa, this region is an important region in term of industry, finance, health care, services, sciences,... This region in the north east is also called the Heart of Fredonia, 50% of the Fredonian GDP is concentrated in this region.

Moreover, in term of the surrounding countries, Fredonia is bordering Murbonia in the north, Cascadia in the north east and Sedland in the east.

## Physical geography

Fredonia is a pretty green country with around 51% of its land that is arable and a forested area in the north of the country, however there is the desert of Mojarra that cut the country in the middle. Moreover Fredonia is very rich in ressources like coal, iron, phosphate, oil,... It represents an important part of their economy and make the country rich but not the regions exploited (you will see why later). In term of river system, Fredonia has four main rivers, in the north there are the Winnigo that flows into the Heart of Fredonia and the Minokota that flows into the east of the country; and there is two other main rivers in the south called the Yakota river and the Cluster river near the desert.

The agricultural region of Fredonia is the north east and east, thanks to the two rivers that give abundant nutrients to the soil, this region is an important powerhouse of agriculture. The desert is full of ressources too, mainly phosphate and oil.

The country has good natural defences on the north, west and south but on the east it is only flat terrain. Fortunately the neighbouring country on the east (Sedland) is a good ally of Fredonia.

## Economy

Fredonia has a free market economy. A good old capitalist country that has a capitalist system lol. So, Fredonia has a pretty diverse economy. First of all, Fredonia is an important agricultural power, they have a large plain irrigated by rivers to produce a lot of food like wheat, beef, potatoes, peanuts, corn,... This agricultural power allows Fredonia to have a certain auto efficiency in term of feeding its population. In term of industry, the country is pretty industrialised in the north especially. The Heart of Fredonia is an important industrial center that produces a lot of important goods like cars, tech, clothes,... And in term of services, Fredonia has a good tertiary sector thanks to its developed health care, science, transports,... However the country is not a total 1st class country, the nation has a lot of inequalities due to its segregationist past. Indeed the north is wealthier and more developed than the south. Some consider the north and south as two different countries. And the country also surfer from corruption, especially in the south where a part of the wealth produced go to a certain elite. But since the 1990s, the government started to make a cleaning of that problem.

In 2023, the GDP of Fredonia is about of 2,1T$. It is one of the biggest economies of the world but the GDP per capita is at around 21k$, this is reasonable enough but not enough to make Fredonia a first world nation. Famous enterprises in Fredonia are Okawokee Fried Chicken,...

Fredonia also have a lot of natural ressources like Phosphate, oil, iron,... These ressources are very useful for their industrial sector and they also export their ressources to others.

The main trade partners of Fredonia are Sedland (one of the closest nation to Fredonia), Ijian, Vulcania, Cascadia,... In general Fredonia is very close to its neighbour and tries to trade the most possible with them.

The country is more into soft power than hard power, indeed the country produce a lot of musics, athletes and artists in all genres. It represents a big part of their economy and a lot of these famous persons make the country shines at the international. Also, the gastronomy of Fredonia is very famous all around the world, dishes like friend chicken, bison steak or the corn bean squash are very famous all around the world.

The free market of this country allows a good competition between the enterprises that boost the productivity of the nation. The country is classified as an emergent economy that might surpass other countries economies in the following years. Indeed, the country has one of the most important growth of the region with around 10% to 15% every years. Taxes on enterprises are pretty low, so it allow a lot of freedom to create its own business.

## Demographics

Alarge part of the Fredonian population are from immigrant descent, they mainly come from Koswavia, Prussen, Chernan, Lethovia,... And there is a large part that come from colonisators that came in the 16th century (they are from Koswavian descant).

Moreover there is also a large minority of Metis people, they are a mix of Natives and migrants. Their number is pretty blurred due to a lack of knowledge about their ancestry and their assimilation to their surroundings that make them more migrants or native. The Metis people are more concentrated in the northern urban areas where the mix of people is often.
And there is the Natives, that come from a lot of different tribes.

In Fredonia, more than 74% of the population live in urban areas. The most populated city is Takopa, a large harbour city in the north of Fredonia.

### FREDONIAN SEPARTHEID

During the Industrial Revolution, the north of Fredonia was an important industrial region. Meanwhile, the south was rural and more into mining. While the north was a hope for migrants, the south was still under an oligarchy of Koswavian and other Grastican oligarchy. The local Fredes tribes were slaves of their masters. But fortunately after a revolt of workers in 1885, the Fredes gained their freedom. However, the Fredes were still very discriminated by the whites and this event will be called **Separtheid**. A lot of them migrated in the north during the early 20th century. Discriminations in the south were wages inequalities, privileges for the white, education access was difficult for Fredes,... So during the 1950s and 1960s a lot of protest occurred in the country. And after sabotages, strikes and violence sometimes. In 1967, the government decided to stop the discriminations by sanctioning the enterprises, landlords, bosses and others that discriminate the Fredes. Today separtheid doesn't exist anymore, however there are still a lot of legacies of this tragic past events, the south is generally less developed than the north.

## Culture

**The Strikes**

The Strikes is a very famous indie rock band formed by Juan Casablanco, they were formed in Takopa, their members come from very different origins like sakartian, nalians, fredes native etc… This band represents the Fredonian spirit: diversity and independence. They made their first album in 2001 called ‘This is it’. It was a big banger in Fredonia and Sedland and it even exported to Chernan.

**Jeffrie Sweet**

Born Jeffrey Marcelo Mantel in Nadihoven, Quaho back in October 30, 1970, Jeffrey was born to Alberto Mantel (Sept. 18, 1921-July 24, 2000) and Ma. Queenie Jessyam Mantel (Jan. 20, 1932-), a famous Fredonian actress.

He started acting at the age of 10 but stopped acting when he was a teen, going to Thyville to work, Jeffrey joined a band called ‘R.O.M / Reality Of the Magics’ in 1996, when his cousin invited him while the start of the band. They signed a record deal to ‘Wonder Records’  back in 1998 after its manager, John Luke Porcota was impressed by their gigs at the Dawnshine Bar. Their first hit as real musicians were ‘Dream’ in 1999, the following year another hit was released as ‘Tears from my heart’ their music was popular around Fredonia and his homeland of Quaho, but around May or June 2010, 39 year old Jeffrie was diagnosed with leukaemia, after 4 years of fighting the cancer, 44 year old Jeffrie Sweet died at the hospital.

## History

### QUICK SUMMARY OF FREDONIAN MODERN HISTORY

1790: The Fredonian colonies took their independence

There were six republics:

- Republic of Garota

- Republic of the Four Rivers

- Republic of Greater Kayenne

- Republic of Fezila

- Republic of Denosta

- Republic of the Dakson

1817: The Republic of Garota formed an union with the Republic of the four Rivers to form the United Republics of Fredonia

1827: Dakson joined the Union

1839: Kayenne, Fezila and Denosta formed the Republic of the Three Sisters

1841: Beginning of the war of unification

1845: Proclamation of the Federal Republic of Fredonia after the war of war of unification

1846: Beginning of Separtheid in the south

1857: War against Sedland to get a territory in the north

1860: The result of the Fredonia-Sedland war is inconclusive

1866: Inserruction of Natives in the desert against a mining company

1870s - 1900s: Clashes Natives against Whites in the south (stopped by an intervention of the army)

1916: Fredonia joined the World War One

1929: Economic crisis

1942: Fredonia joined World War Two

1950: Election of an extreme far right government to fight communism

1950s - 1960s: Return of the clashes Natives against Whites in the south

1967: End of Separtheid

1970: Liberal party is elected

1970s - 1980s: Economic growth

1990s: Lost decade of economic prosperity after a massive corruption in the government

2001: Economic crisis after the terrorists attacks in Sedland