For millenia Kartar has stood as a leading light, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, in the practice of civilisation itself. For much of the population, living standards are extraordinarily high and room for personal choice is expansive, although political controls remain tight.
AKA: The important people have a great degree of freedom if they so choose, although the circumscribing of actions due to responsibilities and duties is accepted more often than not. And the un-important people, well…
Western Shores, bordering the Ambria, Horse Wilds, Northern Wastes, Zylistan. Covers much of the west(?) of the XXX continent
35 00 N, 105 00 E
Western Shores, XXX
total: 27,298,474 sq km
land: 24,326,410 sq km
water: 3,270,550 sq km
total: 22,117 km border countries: Ambria, 120 km, Horsewilds 576 km, Northern Wastes, 1200 km (est.), Zylistan 890 km
14,500 km
territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin Islands of Jian
extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north
mostly mountains, high plateaus, deserts in west; plains, deltas, and hills in east
lowest point: Allnegarde Break -1170 m
highest point: Mount Xiao-an 9,001 m (Everest is 8,850 km)
salt, coal, iron ore, petroleum, natural gas, mercury, tin, tungsten, antimony, manganese, molybdenum, vanadium, magnetite, aluminum, lead, zinc, uranium, hydropower potential (world's largest)
arable land: 15.4% permanent crops: 1.25% other: 83.35% Irrigated land: 2,525,800 sq km
frequent typhoons (about five per year along southern and eastern coasts); damaging floods; tsunamis; earthquakes; droughts; land subsidence
water shortages, particularly in the arid regions; water pollution from untreated wastes near major cities; deforestation; estimated loss of one-eighteenth of agricultural land to soil erosion and economic development; desertification; trade in endangered species
world's largest country; Mount Xian-an is the world's tallest peak ; the salt pans in Lan-Xu are the largest in the world, larger than some countries
843,200,812 (last census est.)
0-14 years: 21.4% (male 148,134,928/female 131,045,415)
15-64 years: 71% (male 477,182,072/female 450,664,933)
65 years and over: 7.6% (male 47,400,282/female 51,886,182) (est.)
total: 28.62 years
male: 26.87 years
female: 32.67 years
total: 32.23 years
male: 31.87 years
female: 32.63 years
total: 62.26 years
male: 41.87 years
female: 53.67 years
total: 32.26 years
male: 31.87 years
female: 32.67 years
total: 29.55 years
male: 28.12 years
female: 30.18 years
total: 32.26 years
male: 31.87 years
female: 32.67 years
Among Cheetahs
0.97%
Among Lions
0.89%
Among Tigers
0.72%
Among Jaguars
0.94
Among Other Races
0.0103
13.14 births/1,000 population (est.)
6.94 deaths/1,000 population (est.)
0.0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (off.)
at birth: 1.1 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.89 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.46 male(s)/female
total population: 0.62 male(s)/female
at birth: 0.62 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 0.78 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.25 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.02 male(s)/female
at birth: 0.11 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 0.11 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.08 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.01 male(s)/female
at birth: 1.01 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.78 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.23 male(s)/female
at birth: 0.32 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 0.23 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.18 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.01 male(s)/female
total population: 0.11 male(s)/female (est.)
at birth: 0.97 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.91 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.91 male(s)/female
total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (est.)
total: 13.3 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 14.11 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.5 deaths/1,000 live births (est.)
total: 23 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 28.61 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.4 deaths/1,000 live births (est.)
total population: 72.27 years
male: 70.65 years
female: 74.09 years (est.)
total population: 72.27 years
male: 70.65 years
female: 74.09 years (est.)
1.72 children born/woman (est.)
noun: Kartara / Kartaran (singular / plural) adjective: Kartaran
Feline 44.9%, (Cheetah 19.2%, Jaguar 17.1%, Lion 6%, Tiger 2.6%), Human 23.4%, Zylistani 8.8%
The feline religion is basically ancestor veneration, veneration of honour, and survival of the best.
Ancestor veneration 97%, Norse pantheon 1%-2%, Practicing Other 3%-4%
Ancestor veneration 42% Norse pantheon 39%
Standard Kartaran
High Kartaran
Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90.9%
male: 85.1%
female: 96.5%
total population: 40.9%
conventional long form: The Glorious and Eternal Empire of Kartar
conventional short form: Kartar
local long form:
local short form: Kartar
Imperial state
Pei-lei-gang
23 provinces (sheng, singular and plural), 5 autonomous regions (zizhiqu, singular and plural), and 4 municipalities (shi, singular and plural) : provinces: Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang : autonomous regions: Guangxi, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Xizang (Tibet) : municipalities: Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin
As long as the mythology exists. Over 3,000 years.
Day of Gratitude for the Ancestor's Blessing on the Great and Eternal Empire of Kartar with the Empress and her Honoured Family
Week of Unworthy Descendants Demonstrating Great Thanks to Glorious Ancestors
There is no written constitution. Instead there are conflicting traditions, stories of the past and power.
a complex amalgam of custom and statute coloured largely by the dictates of honour and correct behavious, largely criminal law; rudimentary civil code; continuing efforts are being made to improve civil, administrative, criminal, and commercial law. However, as the current powers like the system the way it is, these movements tend to be run by the young or disenfranchised.
None on a national scale. Heads of family and departments may advise the Empress.
chief of state: Empress ???
head of government: Empress ???
cabinet: The Heads of the Nine Great Torareichou Houses, and a representative from each of the other Banbutsunoreichou
Officially, there is no legislative branch outside the Empress and her adviors. Technically, many of the provinces have customary law of their own that, when interpreted by the local magistrate can create new law. All of the Great Houses also have some ability to legislate on their own lands. Finally, each of the non-tiger homelands have a limited traditional capability of legislating for their own people.
Each of the lands has a different ruling body, from the Lion's dictatorial head to the Leopard's absolute democracy.
Supreme People's Court (judges appointed by the Empress); Local Peoples Courts (comprise higher, intermediate and local courts); Special Peoples Courts (primarily military, maritime, and transport courts)