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|religion = Catholicism | |religion = Catholicism | ||
|demonym = Puertegan (noun)<br/>Puertegan (adjective)<br/>Puertegans (plural) | |demonym = Puertegan (noun)<br/>Puertegan (adjective)<br/>Puertegans (plural) | ||
|government_type = Unitary | |government_type = Unitary Socialist Dominant Party Presidential Republic | ||
|leader_title1 = President | |leader_title1 = President | ||
|leader_name1 = Matthias Torres | |leader_name1 = Matthias Torres | ||
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|population_estimate = 85 million | |population_estimate = 85 million | ||
|population_census = | |population_census = | ||
|Gini = | |Gini = 52.2 | ||
| Gini_change = increase | | Gini_change = increase | ||
|HDI = 0. | |HDI = 0.670 | ||
| HDI_change = increase<!-- Increase/decrease/steady. --> | | HDI_change = increase<!-- Increase/decrease/steady. --> | ||
|GDP_nominal = {{increase}} $1.108 trillion | |GDP_nominal = {{increase}} $1.108 trillion | ||
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The '''People's Republic of Puertego''' commonly called '''Puertego''', is a {{wp|unitary state|unitary}} {{wp| | The '''People's Republic of Puertego''' commonly called '''Puertego''', is a {{wp|unitary state|unitary}} {{wp|Socialist}} {{wp|Presidential system|presidential}} {{wp|republic}} currently under the rule of President Matthias Torres the leader since 2008 though since the enacting of various capitalist policies the legitimacy of them calling themselves socialist has been questioned. Puertego shares naval borders with [[Cartadanians|Cartadania]], [[Pelaxia|Pelaxia,]] and [[Rumahoki]]. Puertego covers 350,710 square kilometers and has an estimated population of 85 million. Puertego comprises of 7 states and 1 federal district. | ||
Puertego was first a collection of tribes that inhabited its modern-day borders | Puertego was first a collection of tribes that inhabited its modern-day borders of the various islands in its territory until the first empire of the region came to be. Puertego was originally colonized by [[Caphiria]] under the nickname of Puerto Negro by anti-slavery advocates for the port being corrupted or evil because of the large number of slaves moving through and that were in the colony, things got better slowly when they were placed under Pelaxian control with the numbers of slaves slowly decreasing until the outlawing of slavery in 1798 where all of them were freed. However, after the abolition of slavery in the territory the rich landowner class who benefited from it were not happy with losing all their free labor along with the land reforms attempted to be put in place by Pelaxia made them begin to desire more autonomy over the region, this desire for autonomy kept growing and growing until they desired full independence from Pelaxia which they hoped to achieve by stoking fear of Pelaxia in the people of Puertego hoping they would revolt after provoking the Pelaxian government, they managed to achieve this after a civil war against Pelaxia letting them gain their independence in 1904. After independence the country fell into the sphere of influence of the Caphirians who installed multiple puppet dictators from among the landowners to run the country as a banana republic with conditions barely improving for the workers, corruption running rampant, and any industry that wasn't mining or agriculture going bankrupt. The country stayed like this until 1958 where multiple protests and revolts finally got the government to begin transitioning to democracy, however both Urcea and the Caphirians almost immediately became heavily dividing issues in the country's elections with the Puertegan Conservative Party and the Puertegan Labor Party cyclically taking power and cracking down on the other when they gained power until 1972 when the Caphirian government authorized a military coup where a fascist dictator took power, banning political parties until he was overthrown by a communist revolution in 1980 with the country being ruled as a one party state until 1992 where a civil war between the hardline Communist Red Flag party and the reformist Communist White Flag Party broke out ending in 1997 when the Communist White Flag party won and assumed control of the government. The Communist White Flag party is still the incumbent party in the nation's government and them having never lost either their majority in parliament or a presidential election for one of their candidates, President Matthias Torres has served as the President of Puertego for 22 years since 2008 as a member of the party and has taken large measures to liberalize the country's economy preventing stagnation. | ||
Puertego is considered a {{wp|developing country}} with a lower-middle income economy and as a {{wp|newly industrialized country}}, a large portion of their economy is made by natural resources and industry. The government of Puertego is considered an {{wp|authoritarian regime}} which maintains elections that are regular | Puertego is considered a {{wp|developing country}} with a lower-middle income economy and as a {{wp|newly industrialized country}}, a large portion of their economy is made by natural resources and industry. The government of Puertego is considered an {{wp|authoritarian regime}} which maintains elections that are regular though neither free or fair also having strong authoritarian powers such as the ability to crack down on freedoms such as speech, assembly, association, and the press with the country constantly being ranked one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists having at least 400 actively serving prison time for charges of trying to incite public disorder pressed on them by the government and having an extremely poor record with human rights including torture, arbitrary arrests, extrajudicial executions, and unfair trials among many others along with massive levels of corruption, environmental damages, and censorship. | ||
Puertego is a member of the [[League of Nations]]. | Puertego is a member of the [[League of Nations]]. The country tries to maintain a balanced policy in foreign affairs to try and keep trade good with all countries, making concessions to them without swinging too far to one side. | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The name Puertego comes from a combination of the Spanish words Puerto Negro the countries former nickname by anti-slavery advocates to mean that the country war corrupted or evil due to the large number of slaves that came from it and were moved through it, however after the Puertegan | The name Puertego comes from a combination of the Spanish words Puerto Negro the countries former nickname by anti-slavery advocates to mean that the country war corrupted or evil due to the large number of slaves that came from it and were moved through it, however after the Puertegan Red May party gained power in 1984 they changed the name of the country to its current name in order to avoid any former implication the nation could have had with slavery which they claimed was brought on by capitalism. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Early History=== | ===Early History=== | ||
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==Demographics== | ==Demographics== | ||
In 2030 Puertego has a population of | In 2030 Puertego has a population of 85 million living in the country with an additional 11,000,000 Puertegans legally working abroad. The population of Puertego is very young with it being estimated that around 30% of the population is 14 or younger and only around 4.1% of the population is 65+. Puertego has an annual population growth rate of around 1.4% with the growth mainly being for ethnic Puertegans a mix of Latins and native Puertegans while ethnically native Puertegans have experienced the largest loss losing 67% of their population in Puertego annually. Puertego has a median age of 27 with the countries fertility rate making this number seem like it will be fairly stable. | ||
===Ethnicity=== | ===Ethnicity=== | ||
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Puertego is primarily made up of 5 ethnic groups ethnic Puertegans, Pelaxians, Cartadanians, Latins, and native Puertegans. Ethnic Puertegans are a mixture of Puertegan natives and Latins with them forming the largest percentage of the populations while ethnic Pelaxians and Cartadanians form the second and third largest ethnic groups respectively and primarily arrived at Puertego during the country's years when it was colonized largely as wealthy landowners at the time, native Puertegans form the smallest ethnic group in Puertego and despite the Puertegan constitution officially stating that the government will not discriminate based on the grounds of race Puertegan natives are some of the most likely to have their land confiscated by the government without any compensation with up to 1.6 million having been displaced in this way. | Puertego is primarily made up of 5 ethnic groups ethnic Puertegans, Pelaxians, Cartadanians, Latins, and native Puertegans. Ethnic Puertegans are a mixture of Puertegan natives and Latins with them forming the largest percentage of the populations while ethnic Pelaxians and Cartadanians form the second and third largest ethnic groups respectively and primarily arrived at Puertego during the country's years when it was colonized largely as wealthy landowners at the time, native Puertegans form the smallest ethnic group in Puertego and despite the Puertegan constitution officially stating that the government will not discriminate based on the grounds of race Puertegan natives are some of the most likely to have their land confiscated by the government without any compensation with up to 1.6 million having been displaced in this way. | ||
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==Economy== | ==Economy== | ||
The economy of Puertego is considered a | [[File:R.png|thumb|An industrial zone owned by foreign companies who have outsourced their production to Puertego]] | ||
The economy of Puertego is considered a market economy and is heavily based on investments from abroad primarily superpowers and great powers in the world especially in the nation's two largest cities of San Lina and Mollave with Mollave relying primarily on Pelaxian and Caphirian investments and San Lina having a much broader range of investors. The model of the Puertegan economy has been rapidly changed throughout the years, for most of its history the economy of Puertego has been based on plantation agriculture with various other extraction-based industries such as mining and fishing also being a large part of the economy, however after the Red May Party's overthrow of the government a heavily centralized and planned economy was put into place with a focus on industrializing the country rapidly, while this was successful at first the country experienced industrial decline and deindustrialization in the later years of the regime. After the coup of 1999 the new government under the National Reinvestment Party underwent a period of {{wp|economic shock therapy}} privatizing state-owned enterprises, completely liberalizing prices, trade liberalization, and almost complete deregulation of the economy. This period of shock therapy made the country enter a very sharp recession with GDP falling by 60% and inflation almost hitting triple digits, caused by the temporary jump in prices with this stagnating the countries growth and dropping its output. This along with other factors caused the country to enter into its financial crisis of the early 2000's. Upon the arrival of Matthias Torres as president he began to nationalize many industries that had been privatized in the past with many companies having their contracts with the government ended and SOE's being created in their place with the government as the majority shareholder. However, to avoid flights of businesses the creation of SIZ's were implemented with multiple benefits being offered in order to encourage investment into these zones such as offering businesses introductory tax rates, temporary subsidies, tax free periods with buisnesses not needing to pay any taxes for the first year they are in Puertego, and tax shelters so that part of their income is not subject to taxation with these tax shelters also applying to many rich Puertegans. Puertego has been improving substantially in recent years on its Ease of Doing Business ranking however still stays at only a medium ranking with the main obstacles to doing business being the nations large and bloated bureaucracy which largely increases the time and expenses it takes to acquire the proper permits and forms for a business, the nation's bureaucracy is also responsible for fostering corruption and a lack of competition due to large companies often being able to bribe their way through dealing with the administration while smaller businesses and startups are more often than not unable to deal with it. | |||
The economy of Puertego is primarily made up of manufacturing on heavy industrial goods such as refined metals, steel, aluminum, chemicals, and cement along with manufacturing of textiles, natural resource extraction primarily mining and agriculture, and remittances from Puertegans living abroad primarily from the [[PROSPER Program]]. The government of Puertego has multiple SOE's in industries such as manufacturing, utilities, natural resources, and airlines and shipping with the government aiming to encourage and direct investment into these sectors by foreign investors by first developing them with the SOE then using foreign capital to further grow and develop it. The economic make up and employment in Puertego currently sits at 21% of the country's GDP and 27.5% of its employment coming from the primary sector, 33.5% of the country's GDP and 33.4% of its employment comes from the secondary sector, and 45.5% of the country's GDP and 39.1% of its employment coming from the tertiary sector. Puertego has an economy largely based on investments and exports with a trade surplus of slightly over $30 billion, Puertego has kept the trade liberalizations of the economic shock therapy period and has adopted a universal free trade policy in 2020 along with abolishing any restrictions on foreign direct investment in 2012. The private sector accounts for two-thirds of Puertego's GDP. | |||
The Central Bank of Puertego is responsible for developing the nations monetary policy for the Puertegan Damillo. The President of the Central Bank is appointed directly by the President of Puertego. The government of Puertego does not allow foreigners to own property in Puertego however it does allow them to rent land from the government and own anything built on the property with the government not being able to confiscate the rented land unless it is being used for illegal purposes. Puertego has very poor intellectual property rights and laws regarding copyright infringement with copycat and knock off products a common staple of Puertegan goods markets. | |||
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=== | === Informal Sector & Black Market === | ||
The informal sector in Puertego is a significant portion of the economy in Puertego primarily street vendors though many larger scale businesses also count as a part of the informal sector primarily in construction with it being estimated as many as 75% of construction companies in Puertego are part of the informal sector. The reasons for the large informal economy in Puertego have multiple explanations though which reason is the main one remains a topic of heated debate among scholars, many of the most common explanations are the widespread corruption in the Puertegan government, the high crime rate of Puertego, the bloated bureaucracy making starting a business difficult, so unemployment remains high among Puertegans, and poverty being widespread alongside many other reasons people point to. Puertego has become a large transnational shipping point for smuggled or contraband goods into countries primarily the illicit trade of weapons, drugs, and human trafficking with Puertegan cartels being the primary suppliers of illicit goods in many countries. It is estimated that the informal sector in Puertego is worth around 10% of the country's GDP. | |||
==Infrastructure== | ==Infrastructure== | ||
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===Transportation=== | ===Transportation=== | ||
In Puertego the government maintains a national highway system running to major cities and a few of the larger towns though most of rural Puertego has to rely on dirt roads since only 20% of roads in Puertego are paved, maintenance of the road system has always been rather patchy due to embezzlement by officials meaning that the road system is often peppered with potholes. The government provides free public transport in cities with its bus routes going through them, a large reason for this is the large cost of owning a car due to almost all of them having to be imported from other countries and there being a rather limited supply. The government spends around 2% of its annual budget on transportation and maintenance of roads. Puertego currently operates 62 airports including 4 international airports with an additional 6 international airports being planned to be built by the state-owned company, in addition to airports the country has 10 functioning | In Puertego the government maintains a national highway system running to major cities and a few of the larger towns though most of rural Puertego has to rely on dirt roads since only 20% of roads in Puertego are paved, maintenance of the road system has always been rather patchy due to embezzlement by officials meaning that the road system is often peppered with potholes. The government provides free public transport in cities with its bus routes going through them, a large reason for this is the large cost of owning a car due to almost all of them having to be imported from other countries and there being a rather limited supply. The government spends around 2% of its annual budget on transportation and maintenance of roads. Puertego currently operates 62 airports including 4 international airports with an additional 6 international airports being planned to be built by the state-owned company, in addition to airports the country has 10 functioning seaports with an additional 3 under construction. | ||
===Energy=== | ===Energy=== |
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