Northern Lunden Development Community

The **Northern Lunden Development Community** (French: *Communauté de Développement de Lunden du Nord*; German: *Nördliche Lunden-Entwicklungsgemeinschaft*) is an inter-governmental organisation headquartered in Kanstertur, Lunaland.

## Languages

The Northern Lunden Development Community specifies English, French and German as the official languages.

## Member states

* Akkiestan — official languages: German, Arabic; capital city: Al Hasadmi
* Ennisila — official languages: English; capital city: Belindaland
* Hailierland — official languages: French (in the north), English (in the south), capital city: Mahelville
* Jensonland — official languages: English; capital city: Serena
* Kampfland — official languages: German; capital city: Völknitz
* Lunaland — official languages: English, French, Chinese, Japanese, Korean; capital city: Kanstertur
* Malonland — official languages: English, Chinese; capital city: Chissie
* Nelliau — official languages: German, capital city: Bramweig
* Piechlow — official languages: English; capital city: Lillet
* Terrebleuvif — official languages: French; capital city: Ettermonde
* Valman — official languages: French, Arabic; capital city: El Qaria
* Yahlenland — official languages: Burmese; capital city: Kyaithada

While most countries of the Northern Lunden Development Community are capitalist, Yahlenland is the only communist country in the Northern Lunden Development Community (and Yahlenland joined in 2005). (Until 2000, Yahlenland's citizens followed the Stalinist strict zero emigration law.)

## Open borders

The Northern Lunden Development Community has built up an open borders area and a passport system that is similar to the European Union's Schengen Area in 2002. Thus, citizens of NLDC countries have freedom of movement between nations, including the communist country of Yahlenland (which joined in 2005).

## Transport

### Road rules, markings and signs

The Northern Lunden Development Community decided to unify road rules, markings and signages of the member states of the Northern Lunden Development Community. In the early 1950s, Malonland and Piechlow, two countries formerly part of the British Empire, had British laws including the basic principles of traffic and safety, Nelliau had road rules based on German traffic rules, and the former French colony of Terrebleuvif retained French laws on traffic and safety. In the middle part of the 1950s, a unified road rules program was currently under development, that is a mix of British, French and German traffic laws, and a bit of their own rules.

Most notable is the change of all countries' driving sides from a mix of left and right to driving on the left. Another change was the road marking: yellow lines that were used to mark parking restrictions in Malonland and Piechlow were replaced by a broken red line (unbroken red line is a no stopping line), with yellow lines delegated to mark bus or tram lanes, and school zones. Blue lines became lines for disc parking while broken blue lines became lines for metered parking. At country borders, yellow letters written on the pavement indicated the country's beginning point (E = Ennisila, L = Lunaland, T = Terrebleuvif, etc.), which is a single letter assigned to a country as defined by the Northern Lunden Development Community, which specifies single-letter country codes for the member states.

Road signage was even unified: Malonland and Piechlow still installed pre-Worboys style signs as late as 1965 and Valman still installed French-style signage as late as 1959. The new road signage system was based on the Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals, albeit with the signage colour being usually blue. Highway Gothic was selected as the official road signage typeface.

In 1969, the first version of Northern Lunden Development Community's Road Traffic Manual was approved as a standard. However, the first version was only adopted by the countries of Ennisila, Hailierland, Kampfland, Lunaland, Malonland, Nelliau, Piechlow, Terrebleuvif and Valman.

## House numbering

In the NLDC, the rule for house numbering is:

* Houses that reside on the kerbside solid yellow line have odd house numbers (1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, ...), while houses that reside on the kerbside solid blue line have even house numbers (2, 4, 6, 8, 10, ...)
* House numbers should be marked with reflective signs in addition to owner-supplied house number indications, with black numerals on yellow square for odd house numbers, and white numerals on blue square for even house numbers.
* Where buildings are later combined, one of the original numbers may be used, the numbers must be used as a given range, and cannot include those on the other side (e.g. "105–109", does not include even house numbers of 106 and 108).
* Buildings with multiple entrances must be identified with a unique ID for each entrance.