United States of Latland

The **United States of Latland** was a communist country that existed in the Lat continent from 1927 to 1987. During that time, it was the largest by size and it had 134 states.

## History

On 1 April 1927, the United States of Latland gained independence from the Portuguese, Russian, Latvian, Hungarian and Japanese empires, and implemented a Marxist-Leninist form of government. Initially, the United States of Latland had 110 states, which quickly expanded to 134 following the annexation of several other colonies.

In 1931, the United States of Latland earned the nickname "The Soviet Union of Lat".

## Description

### Languages

The People's Socialist Republic of the United States of Latland had 14 official languages: Portuguese, Hungarian, Russian, Latvian, Latian, Tamil, Turkish, Sinhala, Malay, Japanese, Uzbek, Mandarin Chinese, Korean and Welsh.

There were also 780 languages in Latland.

### Currency

The currency of the United States of Latland was Latian Rouse.

### Motto

The motto was "Workers nationwide, let us all unite!". The motto is inscribed on the seal of the United States of Latland in 14 languages.

* **Latian:** "Pêsuċi pankŭsmiko, obwêdiner vsâ vmĭstâ!" (Pronounciation: [pɛsut͡ʃi panˈkʏsmikɔ ɔbwedinɝ vsə vmæstə])
* **Portuguese:** "Trabalhadores em todo o país, uni-vos todos!"
* **Russian:** "Рабочие всей страны, объединяйтесь!" (Romanised: *Rabochiye vsey strany, ob"yedinyaytes'!*)
* **Hungarian:** "Dolgozók országszerte, fogjunk össze!"
* **Latvian:** "Strādnieki visā valstī, saliedējieties visi kopā!"
* **Mandarin Chinese:** "全国工人，让我们团结起来！" (Romanised: *Quánguó gōngrén, ràng wǒmen tuánjié qǐlái!*)
* **Turkish:** "Ülke çapında işçiler, hep birlikte birleşin!"
* **Malay:** "Pekerja di seluruh negara, marilah kita semua bersatu!"
* **Japanese:** "全国の労働者、みんなで団結しましょう！" (Romanised: *Zenkoku no rōdō-sha, min'nade danketsu shimashou!*)
* **Tamil:** "நாடு தழுவிய தொழிலாளர்களே, அனைவரும் ஒன்றுபடுங்கள்!" (Romanised: *Nāṭu taḻuviya toḻilāḷarkaḷē, aṉaivarum oṉṟupaṭuṅkaḷ!*)
* **Sinhala:** "රටපුරා කම්කරුවනි, සැවොම එක්වෙමු!" (Romanised: *raṭapurā kamkaruvani, sævoma ekvemu!*)
* **Welsh:** "Gweithwyr ledled y wlad, gadewch inni i gyd uno!"
* **Korean:** "전국의 노동자들이여, 우리 모두 단결하자!" (Romanised: *jeongug-ui nodongjadeul-iyeo, uli modu dangyeolhaja!*)
* **Uzbek:** "Umummilliy mehnatkashlar, barchamiz birlashaylik!"

## Planning and life in the United States of Latland

### Censorship

Censorship in the United States of Latland was very strict and pervasive, and was implemented by the Communist Party of the United States of Latland. For example, comics that do feature the scenes set in the United States or any other country in the West were banned outright, but any American works that trashed democracy were allowed, as it was in line with the ideology.

### City planning

In the United States of Latland, residential planning was run by the country's government-owned national passenger railway company, *The Ministry of Passenger Railways*. Residential planning for a new town usually included public housing estates, a school and a railway station.

### Cuisine

Cuisine of the United States of Latland was very distinct, every recipe book was based on restaurant car recipes, and was published by the national passenger railway company. A separate company run by the government, *The Ministry of Maid Cafes* (branded *Sladkaya Liniya*, Russian for "sweet line") operated a chain of more than 1,050 maid cafes and 810 maid cafe schools. As of 1978, the United States of Latland had the largest chain of maid cafes in the world and The Ministry of Maid Cafes was the United States of Latland's equivalent of Starbucks.