Veterania

**Veterania** (pol., vet. *Weterania*) is a parliamentary-democratic republic (parliamentary monarchy until 1914) in Polenesia. It has 772 382 km² of area.

## Veterania

### Official languages

Veteranian (85%)
Polish (7%)
Portuguese (3%)
French (2%)
Spanish (1%)

### Population

73 million (milestone hit 18th October 2022)

## History

Around 4500 BC, the ancestors of the current Veteranians have started to exist, being a tribe started by 140 unknown people and only the 141st person, their sovereign Gryno I, being known. They were all from current Parthesia. They started travelling in 4000 BC and completed the travel in 3900 BC, living in Northeast Ivanowie. At the time, the tribe's population counted approximately 20,000. The cult's religion, Veteranian mythology, has its roots around 3000 BC, when they discovered writing. The religion was still used until approximately 1050, when they discovered christianity. The tribe fought for indepedence until 1803, when they got some land from Ivanowie and Parthesia. They were a strong empire, however, they were pacifist and took part in wars only if attacked or ally attacked. In 1914, Damian II got a surname and became a president rather than a king. Currently, it is considered one of the most modern countries in Polenesia.

## Veteranian rulers

### Kingdom of Veterania (1803-1914)

 Damian I
 Anguro I
 Greno II
 Makej I
 Damian II (changed name to Damian Üčány)

### Democratic Republic of Veterania (1914-1978) [1st era]

 Mikáu Śamki
 Mikáu Truski

### Republic of Veterania (1978-2003)

Greno Muso, alive in 9.03.1943-1.05.2003, ruled in 4.02.1978-1.05.2003.

### Democratic Republic of Veterania (2003-present) [2nd era]

 Makej Ćemny II
 Antoni Serny

## Holidays in Veterania

### Free from work and school

* January 1st - New Year
* January 2nd to 5th - Christmas celebration days
* January 6th - The Three Kings' Day
* January 18th - Indepedence Day
* between March and April - Great Thursday/Friday/Saturday, Easter Sunday/Monday
* May 1st - Work Day
* May 19th - National Peace Day
* Late May or early June - Corpus Christi
* June 1st - International Children's Day
* September 28th - Veteranian Day Of Equality
* November 1st - All Saints Day
* November 2nd - All Souls Day
* November 19th to 27th - Family Love Days
* December 24th - Christmas Eve
* December 25th to 26th - Christmas
* December 27th to 30th - Christmas celebration
* December 31st - New Year's Eve

### Free from school only

* January 15th/22nd to February 5th/12th - Winter break
* June 1st to September 16th - Summer vacation
* October 14th - Teacher's Day (Teachers are free from work as well)

### Not free from work or school

* January 20th - Grandha's Day
* January 21st - Grandma's Day
* January 22nd - Grandpa's Day
* March 8th - Women's Day
* March 9th - Intersex' Day
* March 10th - Men's Day
* May 26th - Mother's Day
* June 7th - Hather's Day
* June 23rd - Father's Day
* November 29th to 30th - St. Andrew's Days
* December 6th - St. Nicolas' Day

## Traditional Veteranian food

* Yanire - red pepper, carrot and pork with potatoes and duck blood soup served as sauce.
* Tomatine - Tomato soup served with potatoes, minced meat and basil leaves.
* Halan borscht - borscht served with potatoes, minced meat and baked nettle leaves.

## Biggest companies (according to sales in November 2022)

1. TW Inc. (897B hectotics)
2. Ultimate Software (891B hectotics)
3. VeterPetrol (850B hectotics)
4. Digital Wetersat, Inc. (812B hectotics)
5. Weteradio FM (798B hectotics)
6. Digit, Inc. (743B hectotics)
7. Grupa Maxi (741B hectotics)
8. WTK Group (730B hectotics)
9. HEV 29 (724B hectotics)
10. Positiv (722B hectotics)

## Anthem (lyrics translated to English)

The anthem is "Kohej swój kraj/Love your country" written by Jaruslaw Siek w 1837.

1.Love your country, when it needs help and when it doesn't

Love your country, like you love God

Love your family, they raised you here

In the beautiful country of Veterania

2.Love your country, whether it's war, whether it's peace

Love it like the world ended tomorrow

Love your home, it's placed in the area of

The beautiful country of Veterania

3.Love your country, love the people, love your family

Love the owl and the tricolor flag, too

Love your country, because you were raised in

The beautiful country - Veterania!

## Education

The school year in Veterania lasts from September 17th (or 18th, 19th or 20th) until May 31st (or 28th, 29th or 30th). Usually, students in grades 0-3 have 4 45-minute lessons daily from Monday to Friday, in grades 4-5 the number roses to 5, in grades 6-9 it roses to 6 and in grades 10-12 it roses to 8. The students are only taught things that are surely important according to the government.

### Rating

#### As of 1975

1. 0-24%, insufficient (20-24% is 1+ as of 2000)
2. 25-39%, permitting (25-27% is 2- and 36-39% is 2+)
3. 40-49%, mediocre (40-42% is 3- and 47-49% is 3+)
4. 50-59%, sufficient (50-52% is 4- and 57-59% is 4+)
5. 60-69%, good (60-62% is 5- and 67-69% is 5+)
6. 70-79%, very good (70-72% is 6- and 77-79% is 6+)
7. 80-89%, great (80-82% is 7- and 87-89% is 7+)
8. 90-95%, very great (90-91% is 8- and 94-95% is 8+)
9. 96-100%, excellent (96-97% is 9-)

#### Prior to 1975

1. 0-29%, insufficient
2. 30-59%, sufficient
3. 60-89%, good
4. 90-100%, excellent

### Grades

After you score above 40% in the 12th grader test, you can get a full-time job or continue studying in the college until you turn 20.

### Subjects

* Veteranian, math, English, religion (kindergarten-12)
* Artistic studies (music, art) (0-4)
* PE (1-12, as of 7th grade sexes are divided and have PE separately)
* History, geography, biology, social knowledge (3-12)
* Technic studies (3-6, continued in technic high)
* Informatics (4-12)
* Education for family life (4-9)
* Chemistry, Polish, physics (5-12)
* Spanish and/or French (6-12)
* Safety education (7-12)
* Career counseling (7-9, optional)

### Homework

Homework is scheduled usually to the next lesson, however, most schools prohibit scheduling homework to Monday if they were scheduled on Friday. Homework in grades 10-12 can take up to 2 hours, but sometimes it actually takes more than 3 to complete it.

## Fauna and flora

Plants that are most common in Veterania are roses, dandelions, daisies, oak trees, apple trees, pear trees, tomatoes, plum trees, oranges and potatoes.

Animals (sans humans) that are most common in Veterania are dogs, cats, foxes, wolves, owls, chinchillas and mice. Its national animal is an owl.

## Flags

 1901-1959
 1959-present

## Longest lived people

The average of death age in Veterania is 88 for males, 85 for hermaphrodites and 84 for females (noted April 30th, 2020).

## Trivia

* Veteranian factories of Coca-Cola and likewise beverages use a different recipe because of it containing phosphoric (V) acid.
* Veterania has the 3rd lowest crime rate per 10000 people in Polenesia, with only 4.21.
* Veterania prohibits killing an animal for a different reason than its meat.
* Veterania is one of the richest Polenesian countries. The average balance per a Veteranian was 105¹/₈₇₄₄ht.
* Veterania is the 5th most visited country in Polenesia.
* Veterania used to have inflation until January 2014; afterwards, deflation started. Currently, the inflation percentation is -12.5%, hence the country being really rich.