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The most common level of education in Puertego is a 6th grade education as most citizens drop out at this point to begin working, the literacy rate in Puertego is currently sitting at around 85% though for youths in the nation it has been reported at around 92% while for the elderly literacy rates were reported at just over 50%, the government made it mandatory in 2011 for all children to attend school though this law is often ignored in rural areas of Puertego where children are often tasked with working on plantations with their parents. Public schooling in Puertego is free and compulsory for all children to attend until 6th grade where they are allowed to drop out. | The most common level of education in Puertego is a 6th grade education as most citizens drop out at this point to begin working, the literacy rate in Puertego is currently sitting at around 85% though for youths in the nation it has been reported at around 92% while for the elderly literacy rates were reported at just over 50%, the government made it mandatory in 2011 for all children to attend school though this law is often ignored in rural areas of Puertego where children are often tasked with working on plantations with their parents. Public schooling in Puertego is free and compulsory for all children to attend until 6th grade where they are allowed to drop out. | ||
In Puertego there are only three universities and only an estimated 9.5% of the population has a degree from one of the universities. In Puertego university is free though due to a large percentage of the population dropping out after | In Puertego there are only three universities and only an estimated 9.5% of the population has a degree from one of the universities. In Puertego university is free though due to a large percentage of the population dropping out after 6th grade in order to work only a small percentage of the population in Puertego is qualified to attend. | ||
===Health=== | ===Health=== | ||
The average lifespan in Puertego is 74.8 years old with the average being | The average lifespan in Puertego is 74.8 years old with the average being 72.8 for men and 75.8 for women, this number has gone up from 64 years old in 2000 and has shown a steady trend upwards ever since. The government of Puertego has mandated that all adults and children in the nation must be vaccinated and has made the process free with parents who refuse the process being charged with child abuse, in 2030 the rates of Tuberculosis went down by almost half and there were only 17 reported cases of Polio alongside the sanitation campaigns the government rolled out and the infrastructure they built which have been credited for reducing cholera cases by two thirds. The infant mortality rate in Puertego was reported at 19.5 deaths per 1,000 down from 34 deaths per 1,000 in 2000, teen pregnancy stays a large issue in Puertego with the average age at a woman having her first child being 17.6, the main reasons attributed for this issue are the lack of sexual education in Puertegan schools, the lack of availability of abortion in the country with it only being available if it can be proven the mother would die from having the child, and the artificial inflation of contraceptives in Puertego with all forms of birth control for both men and women being subjected to a 75% sales tax. | ||
==Culture and Society== | ==Culture and Society== | ||
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Almost all of the energy in Puertego is provided by non-renewable sources with the nation being a large importer of oil, natural gas, and coal as well as a large extractor of these resources in its own borders, though it has been attempting to transition to more green methods of energy production with three nuclear power plants currently under construction in the country and expected to be fully operational in the next 3-4 years along with new hydro power being introduced for the first time in Puertego's history. Close to all the nation's electricity is provided by the state-owned utility company which provides electricity to the nation's citizens. The government has been trying to provide more of its citizens with electricity by building new infrastructure for it, but this has proven difficult for the government due to the large amount of shanty towns in Puertego's cities with it being estimated that as many as 54% of Puertegans live in a slum, currently only around 45% of Puertegan citizens have access to electricity in their home. | Almost all of the energy in Puertego is provided by non-renewable sources with the nation being a large importer of oil, natural gas, and coal as well as a large extractor of these resources in its own borders, though it has been attempting to transition to more green methods of energy production with three nuclear power plants currently under construction in the country and expected to be fully operational in the next 3-4 years along with new hydro power being introduced for the first time in Puertego's history. Close to all the nation's electricity is provided by the state-owned utility company which provides electricity to the nation's citizens. The government has been trying to provide more of its citizens with electricity by building new infrastructure for it, but this has proven difficult for the government due to the large amount of shanty towns in Puertego's cities with it being estimated that as many as 54% of Puertegans live in a slum, currently only around 45% of Puertegan citizens have access to electricity in their home. | ||
===Healthcare=== | ===Healthcare=== | ||
The constitution of Puertego specifically states that the government must offer free healthcare to all its citizens though the quality is notoriously poor with overcrowding meaning that often times patients have to share beds, unsanitary conditions, and long wait times, there is also lots of corruption in the government run healthcare with embezzlement being commonplace in the nation's hospitals and many patients reporting doctors demanding bribes to write prescriptions for them. However there have been attempts by the government to increase the quality by cracking down on corruption in the industry with much heavier monitoring of staff and administrators, additionally the government has begun building clinics in rural communities with no access to regular hospitals and also provides cheap clean drinking water and free vaccinations to all citizens with the latter being attributed to a large reason for the country almost eradicating certain diseases like Polio. The government spends around 7% of its annual budget on its healthcare system. In the nations hospitals there are | The constitution of Puertego specifically states that the government must offer free healthcare to all its citizens though the quality is notoriously poor with overcrowding meaning that often times patients have to share beds, unsanitary conditions, and long wait times, there is also lots of corruption in the government run healthcare with embezzlement being commonplace in the nation's hospitals and many patients reporting doctors demanding bribes to write prescriptions for them. However there have been attempts by the government to increase the quality by cracking down on corruption in the industry with much heavier monitoring of staff and administrators, additionally the government has begun building clinics in rural communities with no access to regular hospitals and also provides cheap clean drinking water and free vaccinations to all citizens with the latter being attributed to a large reason for the country almost eradicating certain diseases like Polio. The government spends around 7% of its annual budget on its healthcare system. In the nations hospitals there are 11 doctors per 10,000 citizens. | ||
===Technology=== | ===Technology=== | ||
Technology has long been an area where Puertego has struggled to make a large impact in with many innovations coming from Puertego being made in areas such as mining equipment, it is thought that a large reason for this lack of technological innovation is a general lack of education in the country with higher level education for the most part being reserved for the upper class in Puertego. For this reason, Puertego is a large importer of new technologies though in recent years the large numbers of foreign companies investing in Puertego has brought the nation's manufacturing and energy sectors up to scratch with the rest of the world thanks to the governments payments to them for a more modernized infrastructure though areas such as healthcare remain behind the rest of the world by 10 years according to some metrics. Military technology has also been one area where Puertego has been rapidly improving with the countries latest Type-22 Torres missile being considered fairly top of the line and the Type-45 Heavy Tank having made many large advancements to the countries previous models, these advancements in military technology have primarily been attributed to the government offering very generous payments to any foreigner who has had previous experience with the technology of other countries militaries to come and work on the Puertegan militaries technology. | Technology has long been an area where Puertego has struggled to make a large impact in with many innovations coming from Puertego being made in areas such as mining equipment, it is thought that a large reason for this lack of technological innovation is a general lack of education in the country with higher level education for the most part being reserved for the upper class in Puertego. For this reason, Puertego is a large importer of new technologies though in recent years the large numbers of foreign companies investing in Puertego has brought the nation's manufacturing and energy sectors up to scratch with the rest of the world thanks to the governments payments to them for a more modernized infrastructure though areas such as healthcare remain behind the rest of the world by 10 years according to some metrics. Military technology has also been one area where Puertego has been rapidly improving with the countries latest Type-22 Torres missile being considered fairly top of the line and the Type-45 Heavy Tank having made many large advancements to the countries previous models, these advancements in military technology have primarily been attributed to the government offering very generous payments to any foreigner who has had previous experience with the technology of other countries militaries to come and work on the Puertegan militaries technology. | ||