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The Levantx, officially the Unitary Republic of The Levantx, is a nation in the north west of the Ixnay Proper. Levantx shares borders with Palmeria, Urcean Dormanshire and Pauldustllah.

After years of political and religious instability, a civil war had broken out between the Palmerian and Sawrian people, lasted 2 years, the Republic of Palmeria was reorganized in 1929 and established the Federal Republic of Palmeria in the West, and in the East a new nation emerged as the Democratic Republic of Sawra. This Revolution state (Sawra) has been reorganized in 1995 as the Republic of The Levantx.

Geography and Climate
Levantx is located in the north east of the Ixnay Proper and shares borders with Palmeria, Urcean Dormanshire and Pauldustllah. The Levantx has a coastline and border on the Odoneru (Uijukin) sea. The Sahara Desert is situated in the South-East of the country. The climate is mainly mediterranean. In most of the inland northern and central regions, the climate ranges from dry subtropical to humid continental and oceanic. In particular, the climate of the Opwitch valley geographical region is mostly continental, with harsh winters and hot summers. The Northern Islands controlled by the Pauldustllah Empire are seen by the Levantian people as occupied territory. The Republic has no other overseas territories. Although the Republic sees the Northern Islands as occupied, relations with Pauldustllah are friedly.

Economy
Levantx market economy, identifying it as one of the TOP-25 major economies. It is a developed country with a high-income economy and is specialized in High-Technologie development and Informatic Industry.

The Former Republic of Palmeria had an economy that was one of the world's fastest-growing from the early 1960s to the late 1990s, and Levantx is still one of the fastest-growing developed countries in the 2000s, along with New Mumford, Palmeria, and UIF. The Levantx economy is heavily dependent on international trade and Transit country.

Thanks to the Font Monetary Zone, Font Union, combined Economy strenght with member states, the economy of the Levantx has been improved and still imroving, it finds a strong ans stable stock market. The Economic Union has shown in times of crisis as the Eorlingas crisis that it is matched against such conflicts.

Politics
Levantx is a Unitary Republic. The head of state is the President toghter with the Prime Minister who are elected by universal suffrage, they both rule for a period of 4 years. The National Parliamant or Assembly consists of national elected parliamentaries, who execute there office for 4 years. Elections of the President, Prime-Minster and the Legislative chamber are held on the same day.

National Politics
The current executive government elected in 2012, is leaded by Samuél Aka and Sara Noor as Prime Minster from the Islamic Democratic Party - and the Prime Minster from the Social Democrats. Being a left-winged oriented administration the focus is set on welfare and education. One of the other main issues to adress is the foreign politics, and especially the Ixnay Union.

Foreign Policy and Relations
Levantx holds good relations with United Islamic Federation, Pauldustllah, and Dorhaven, but has forced a very special relation with The Federal Republic of Palmeria with wich it has fusioned its economy, started with tthe PALSAW-Agreements, and later on evolved in to the Ixnay Union.

Font Union
The Font Union (FU) is a politico-economic union of currently 2 member states that are primarily located in Ixnay Proper. Although the Imperial Kingdom of Pauldustllah has special agreements that grants limited access to Free Movement, and the Empire of Dorhaven which also has is a member of the Font Area and has full access of Free Movemement in Font Union, the Empire has also signed an association agreement seen as a first step in a possible future membership of the State, such as the Federal Republic of Lexuw has signed. Important to know is that last three states are not yet member of the Font Union.

The FU operates through a system of supranational independent institutions and intergovernmental negotiated decisions by the member states. Institutions of the FU include the Councill of Member States (of the Font Union), the Font Assembly, The Union Central Bank, The Ixnay Human Aid Funds, and The Font Space Agency. The Font Assembly is elected by endorsment recieved by member states.

The FU has its own, the flag consist 12 white stars, stands for perfection and peace on a blue background that stand for harmony and diversity. The Union's anthem "We Write the Story" present the symbolic ideal of the unity of the member states.

The FU traces its origins from the PALSAW union, after signing the PalSaw-Trade-Agreements, formed by the Inner two countries, The Federal Republic of Palmeria and The Democratic Republic of Sawra (Levantx).

The FU has developed a single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states. Within the Font Area, passport controls have been abolished. FU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital, enact legislation in justice and home affairs, and maintain common policies on trade, agriculture, fisheries, and regional development.

The monetary union was established at the same time, and came into full force after the election of the Assembly. It is composed of all member states that use the font (F) as their legal tender. Through the Common Foreign and Security Policy, the FU has developed a role in external relations and defence. The union maintains permanent diplomatic missions throughout the world and represents itself at Regional Congress, the IMTO, and the OIC.

Constitutional nature
Further information: "Treaty on the Ixnay Union" The classification of the Font Union in terms of international or constitutional law has been much debated, often in the light of the degree of integration that is perceived, desired, or expected. Historically, at least, the FU is an international organisation, and by some criteria, it could be classified as a confederation; but it also has many attributes of a federation, so some would classify it as a (de facto) federation of states. For this reason, the organisation has, in the past, been termed 'sui generis' (incomparable, one of a kind), though it is also argued that this designation is no longer true.

The organisation itself has traditionally used the terms "community", and later "union". The difficulties of classification involve the difference between national law (where the subjects of the law include natural persons and corporations) and international law (where the subjects include sovereign states and international organisations); the term federation is equated with a sovereign federal state in international law; so the FU cannot be called a federal state or federation—at least, not without qualification. Though not, strictly, a federation, it is more than a free-trade association. It is, however, described as being based on a federal model or federal in nature. The Levantian Constitutional Court refers to the Font Union as an association of sovereign states and affirms that making the FU a federation would require replacement of the levantx constitution. Others claim that it will not develop into a federal state but has reached maturity as an international organisation.

Governance
The Council gives direction to the FU, and convenes at least two times a year. It comprises one representative per member state; either its head of state or head of government or secretary of minister of a certain branche. The Council has been described by some as the Union's "supreme political authority". It is actively involved in the negotiation of the treaty changes and defines the FU's policy agenda and strategies.

Councill of Member States
The Council gives direction to the FU, and convenes at least two times a year. It comprises one representative per member state; either its head of state or head of government or secretary of minister of a certain branche. The Council has been described by some as the Union's "supreme political authority". It is actively involved in the negotiation of the treaty changes and defines the FU's policy agenda and strategies.

The Councill of Member States uses its leadership role to sort out disputes between member states and the institutions, and to resolve political crises and disagreements over controversial issues and policies. It acts externally as a "collective head of state" and ratifies important documents (for example, international agreements and treaties).

The Councill of Member States should not be mistaken for the Ixnay Military Councill of the IMTO, an international Military organisation independent from the FU.

Font Assembly
The Assembly forms one half of the FU's legislature (the other half is the Council). The Members of the Assembly are directly elected by FU citizens on basis of endorsments recieved by member states. Each country has a set number of seats recieved by endorsment from other and one endorsment of the own country. How more endorsments recieved from other member states, how more seats the state will have in the Assembly.

The main power of the Assembly is the Internal policy of the FU, economy, security, cooperation, etc.

Legal system
The FU is based on a series of treaties. These first established the Ixnayean Community and the FU, and then made amendments to those founding treaties. These are power-giving treaties which set broad policy goals and establish institutions with the necessary legal powers to implement those goals. These legal powers include the ability to enact legislation which can directly affect all member states and their inhabitants. The FU has legal personality, with the right to sign agreements and international treaties.

Under the principle of supremacy, national courts are required to enforce the treaties that their member states have ratified, and thus the laws enacted under them, even if doing so requires them to ignore conflicting national law, and (within limits) even constitutional provisions.

Acts
The main legal acts of the FU come in three forms: regulations, directives, and decisions. Regulations become law in all member states the moment they come into force, without the requirement for any implementing measures, and automatically override conflicting domestic provisions. Directives require member states to achieve a certain result while leaving them discretion as to how to achieve the result. The details of how they are to be implemented are left to member states. When the time limit for implementing directives passes, they may, under certain conditions, have direct effect in national law against member states.

Decisions offer an alternative to the two above modes of legislation. They are legal acts which only apply to specified individuals, companies or a particular member state. They are most often used in competition law, or on rulings on State Aid, but are also frequently used for procedural or administrative matters within the institutions. Regulations, directives, and decisions are of equal legal value and apply without any formal hierarchy.

Foreign Relations
Foreign policy co-operation between member states dates from the establishment of the Community, when member states negotiated as a bloc in international trade negotiations under the Common Commercial policy or PALSAW-Agreements. Steps for a more wide ranging co-ordination in foreign relations have been set with the establishment of the CMS which created an informal consultation process between member states with the aim of forming common foreign policies. It was not, however, until the Jakerilia War when Ixnayean Political Cooperation was introduced on a formal CMS-foreign meeting.

The aims of the CMS-foreign meetings are to promote both the FU's own interests and those of the international community as a whole, including the furtherance of international co-operation, respect for human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. The CMS requires unanimity among the member states on the appropriate policy to follow on any particular issue.

The CMS determins the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, speaks on behalf of the FU in foreign policy and defence matters, and has the task of articulating the positions expressed by the member states on these fields of policy into a common alignment.

Besides the emerging international policy of the Union, the international influence of the FU is also felt through enlargement. The perceived benefits of becoming a member of the FU act as an incentive for both political and economic reform in states wishing to fulfil the FU's accession criteria, and are considered an important factor contributing to the reform of Ixnayean countries. This influence on the internal affairs of other countries is generally referred to as "soft power", as opposed to military "hard power".

Military
The Font Union does not have one unified military. The predecessors of the Union were not devised as a strong military alliance because IMTO was largely seen as appropriate and sufficient for defence purposes. All FU members states are members of IMTO while some member states follow policies of neutrality.

Humanitarian aid
The Ixnay Humanitarian Aid Funds or "IHAF", provides humanitarian aid from the FU to developing countries and countries in a state of emergency. The IHAF has also an medical compenent that can be deployed in coutries to help civilians in need. The IHAF is not only a financal donor, but also a medical and mobilized organization.

Font Area as Single Market & Costums Union
The FU has established a single market across the territory of all its members, better known as the 'Font Area'. all member states have also joined a monetary union known as the 'Fontzone', which uses the Font (F) as a single currency.

The single market involves the free circulation of goods, capital, people, and services within the FU, and the customs union involves the application of a common external tariff on all goods entering the market. Once goods have been admitted into the market they cannot be subjected to customs duties, discriminatory taxes or import quotas, as they travel internally.

The FU operates a competition policy intended to ensure undistorted competition within the single market. The Assembly and Union Central Bank as the competition regulator for the single market is responsible for antitrust issues, approving mergers, breaking up cartels, working for economic liberalisation and preventing state aid.

Fontzone as Monetary Union
The creation of a single currency became an official objective of the Font Economic Community. However, it was only with the advent of the Font Treaty that member states were legally bound to start the monetary union. On this date the Font was duly launched by all the member states of the FU.

The Font is designed to help build a single market by, for example: easing travel of citizens and goods, eliminating exchange rate problems, providing price transparency, creating a single financial market, price stability and low interest rates, and providing a currency used internationally and protected against shocks by the large amount of internal trade within the Fontzone. It is also intended as a political symbol of integration and stimulus for more.

The Union Central Bank or 'UCB' is the central bank for the Fontzone, and thus controls monetary policy in that area with an agenda to maintain price stability. It is at the centre of the Ixnayean System of Central Banks, which comprehends all FU national central banks and is controlled by its General Council.

Energy
The FU has a gross inland energy consumption. Around 46% of the energy consumed was produced within the member states while 54% was imported. In these statistics, Oil is treated as primary energy produced in the FU, of which less than 8% is produced in the FU.

The FU have legislative power in the area of energy policy; this has its roots in the original Coal to be ecofriendly. The introduction of a mandatory and comprehensive energy policy is still been debating on by the Assembly.

The FU has five key points in its energy policy: increase competition in the internal market, encourage investment and boost interconnections between electricity grids; diversify energy resources with better systems to respond to a crisis; establish a new treaty framework for energy co-operation with UIF and Yytuskia while improving relations with other energy-rich states; use existing energy supplies more efficiently while increasing renewable energy commercialisation; and finally increase funding for new energy technologies.

There are concerns that the Union's dependence on UIF energy is endangering the Union and its member countries. The FU is attempting to diversify its energy supply.

Infrastructure
The FU is working to improve cross-border infrastructure within the FU, for example through the Pauldustllah-PALSAW undersea Road Line. The developing Union transport policies will increase the pressure on the environment in many regions by the increased transport network.

The 'Numus' positioning system is a Levantian infrastructure project given to the FU. Numus is a proposed Satellite navigation system, to become under the Control of the Font Space Agency (FSA). The Numus project was launched to give more complete global coverage and allow for far greater accuracy, given the aged nature of the GPS system.[178] It has been criticised by some due to costs, and delays.

Military
The Military department of the nation is under the control of the national Government, Minister of Defence. However the President is the Commander in Chief. The Levantx is a nation known as a peaceful and tries to remain neutral, the defense budget is not that big as other Ixnay Countries.

The Levantx is member of the IMTO as a strategic defense measure. The National Army or called the Revolutionairy Armed Forces or 'RAF', is divided in 5 different components. It is de facto an professional army, because there is no compulsory military service. The National Army consists of the following components: Air Force, Naval Force, National Army, Special forces (or Paracommando), and a Medical Compenent.

Total Personell of all departments:
 * Military Personell: 284 000
 * Inactive Military Personell: 59 000
 * Reserves: 7 600

Organization of Islamic Cooperation
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation or 'OIC' is an international organisation composed of Islamic states or States with an Muslim Majority. The organisation states that it is "the collective voice of the Muslim world" and works to "safeguard and protect the interests of the Muslim world in the spirit of promoting international peace and harmony".

The Organization has been founded by the United Islamic Federation (former the Greater Islamic Republic of Absurrania) and the Republic of The Levantx in order to legalize the Islamic Union of Zimatis and Absurrania.

The Organization has at the moment two Observer States, the Federacy of Kirav, and the Federal Republic of Palmeria, Other states such as the Federal Republic of Urcea have recognized the importance of the OIC as the voice of the Muslim Community in Ixnay.

Culture
Levantx and Palmeria has developed a unique culture, shaped by a multitude of regional customs and local centres of power and patronage and its quite fusioned with the Dormanshire culture. The Main difference between Levantian (Sawrian) and Palmerian Culture is the religious background.

The Sawrian People ancestors came from the south of the continent, the current Absurrania state. These pilgrims traveling to the North to build a better life and settled in the north today PALSAW, forms the base of the Sawrian culture and independence.

History
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Demographics
Levantx has 32,037,009 inhabitants according to 1 January 2014 municipal records. Its population density, at 87/km², that means the country is very densely populated. However the distribution of the population is widely uneven, one of the reasons is the presence of the sahara desert. The most densely populated areas are the NorthEast and SouthWest (that accounts for almost a half of the national population) and the metropolitan areas of Sawra, Palmerius, Litoria, Bridge Harbor and in the SouthEast the Cities of Eorlinica and Yetotica while vast regions such as the Pauldust area and Urc village are still growing.

The population of Levantx stayed ralative the same in the 20th century. High fertility and birth rates persisted until the 1970s, after which they start to dramatically decline, leading to rapid population aging. At the end of the 2000s (decade), one in five levantians was over 65 years old. The total fertility rate has also climbed from an all-time low of 1.18 children per woman in 1995 to 1.41 in 2008. The TFR is expected to reach 1.6 - 1.8 in 2030.

Ethnic Groups
Ethnic Griups in the Country (2013) Sawranian	72% Palmerian	11% Pauldustllah 	07% Dormanshire	09% Others    	01%