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 * JANK (J.K.)The creation of JANK is taught throughout the school systems. JANK is best fit by The Divine Right Theory. This theory states that God created the state and that God had given those of royal birth a “divine right” to rule. The general population of JANK is protestant, so it is believed in out nation that the divine right theory is how our nation came to be. Many philosophers have tested this theory, but the JANK nation still believes that this theory is how their ruling came to be. ﻿﻿ ||

National Anthem- All of the lights by Kanye West ft. Rhianna and Kid Cudi Location— North East Africa Map it! On map- include Capital city and at least 5 major cities. Size— 1,000,152 sq. km. Climate : hot, dry summers and moderate winters Terrain - desert plateau, along with valleys and a delta Natural Resources: petroluem, iron ore, zinc, natural gas Environmental Issues- Flash Floods (Occur mostly in the far east side of the country along the border; Causes border farms to lose crops) Windstorms/Sandstorms ( Occur in the outskirts of the south western areas of the country; Causes most southern ares to be less populated than the northern areas of the country.) Mild Droughts (Mild Droughts are periodic and occur less often than most of the other enviornmental issues listed; They Happen Aproxx: Every 10 years) * Total Population: 75,569,457 *Average Age: Men: 45 Years of Age Women: 35 Years of Age *% of people in urban areas: 48.6% *Nationality: Jankanesse *Religion(s): 45% Protestant, 20% Catholic, 35% Islamic *Language(s): English and Jankanesse Traditional dress/clothing: media type="file" key="animoto_video.mp4" width="357" height="334" *Food (most popular meals for all meal sittings): Fried Chicken, Wild Rice, Wheat Bread and Vegetables.
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 * CHITALPA (TREE)[[image:Chitalpa_blossoms.jpg width="233" height="167"]] ||  ||
 * Lose Fitting and Thin clothing (Summer)[[image:loose-fit.jpg width="223" height="239"]] || Spandex Jackets and Bulky Pants (Winter)[[image:baggy_pants.jpg width="282" height="231"]] ||
 * Fried Chicken [[image:FriedChicken_-_group_38.jpg width="231" height="214"]] || White Bread ﻿[[image:bread_-_group_38.jpg width="273" height="212"]] ||  ||   ||

* Major National Holidays: Jankerian Festival - Is a holiday derived from ancestors of the Protestant and Catholic Religions started around 1875. Its is a Holiday were famlies throw parties on the last day of this holiday with about 10-25 people and they normally consist of; Food, Religious Music and Bibles. For a week every family joins a community prayer and sermon gathering a little after the evening time Inagma un Ibachi (E-Nog-Ma Un E-Ba-Chee) - This Holiday is celebrated with all the religions in the country created about 1665 by 1 Catolic, Potestant and Islamic to prove that all religions can celebrated together no matter the diverse beliefs. Around the time of this holiday people are out buying gifts for the kids and elders of their families. It is believed that the Elders are the wise and form the close death of life and the Kids are the young, curious and the new life. The elders tell stories to the young so that they will do the same when thery are old. Elders normally are gifted from the young pictures, books and/or poems. The Kids are normally Gifted from the Elders books, toys, sacred foods from the religion and stuffed animals. *Cultural Norms: Buying without paying (This is a somewhat common thing amongst store owners as a kind gesture) Kisses on the forhead ( This is a very common gesture of welcome and kindness among all people) Customs: Taboos: Drinking (This is a religion based Taboo, prohibiting most of the Islamic religion to drink) Photographing ( In some areas known as a violation of privacy; Allowed and Accepted in most areas and highly populated areas) DUE MARCH 17TH- 20 POINTS media type="file" key="JANK Group 38.wmv" width="527" height="442"
 * Wild Rice [[image:wild_rice_-_group_38.jpg width="220" height="192"]] || Vegetables[[image:vegetables_-_group_38.jpg width="269" height="195"]] ||

** *Overview: ** **JANK has one of the largest exporting industries known throughout the world. Their exporting industry helps to bring in over 30,000,000 jollars (1.2 million dollars) a year. With an overall GDP of 29.27 billion jollars) (11.9 billion dollars), JANK has slowly risen to the top of the economic standpoint. The economy has grown by a rate of 1.3% which is very good considering the previous years with the fluctuating economy. The JANK economic system is one that has a low unemployment rate and steadily increasing the flow of “jollars” in the system by the exports of the major food crop, the mango, as well as okra. Though the economy of JANK has improved slightly over the years, one problem in our economy is that JANK has not caught up with the technological advancements occurring in the market today. Since the creation of Microsoft, JANK’s overall employment rate increased but the flow of money supply in the country has decreased, due to many of the citizens making purchases outside of JANK. Also, the JANK government did not tax its citizens with a high enough rate because the money coming in from sales tax did not meet standards. So as the country began to decrease in earnings, the government created a change and discovered a taxing rate that was good for the citizens as well as the overall function of the economy. Today the system has grown from its previous mistakes and with its new leader the government plans to make some drastic changes to the economy to speed up the process of the JANK economic growth and overall system.** ***GDP:** ** 29.27billion jollars (11.9 billion dollars) **

** *GDP per capital: ** ** 3936.755billion jollars (1574.71billion dollars) **

*GDP growth rate: 1.3% ** (2009): -1.9% **  ** (2008): .5% **

***labor force by occupation: 30% agricultural 20% industrial 50% service)** ** *Unemployment rate: 8% **  ** *population below the poverty line: 10% **  ** *Income distribution: 15% - $100,000+; 65% - $30,000-$100,000' 20% - $30,000-to unemployment ** === *The Jank inflation rate is 2% annually. For example, in 2009, the average cost for a pack of gum was $2.24, but in 2010 this cost rose to $2.28 because of inflation. This decreases the value of our dollar. ===

*Exchange rate table:

 * === US currency === || === JANK currency === ||
 * === $1 === || === 2.5 jollars === ||
 * === $.25 === || === J === ||
 * === $.10 === || === A === ||
 * === $.05 === || === N === ||
 * === $.01 === || === K === ||

**DUE APRIL 10TH- 100 POINTS**


*Government type (must match economic system) When Jankanese government was established in 1896, the Jankanese felt that they should take on the government that the country that had helped get their freedom had (United States). The Jankanese government is **federal** because we wanted power to be divided among the country's national government, state governments, and county governments just as the United States' government.

*Parliamentary or Presidential? - Presidential *Subdivisions of Power (i.e. States/Providences/Parish)? States *Current Govenment established in? 1896 *Legal System- federal court system based on English common law. Meaning that each state has its own unique legal system, which is based on English common law. *Branches of Government? - Judicial, Legislative and Executive. Executive: *How the election process occurs: Citizens all gather at their local post offices to vote. Every Vote in the country of Jank counts as 2 votes per person and when all the votes are tallied it is divided by the number of canidates running in the election and the winner is declared. Judicial:
 * There are eleven positions in the judicial branch. There is the chief justice which is chosen by the President and ten judges which are chosen by the ten separated districts of JANK

Legislative: *Cabinet, if so who and what are the cabinet positions? - The Cabinet of JANK has very close similarities to the Cabinet of the United States. Currently we have 8 positions in the Cabinet in which they are all are in line of succession for the President's position if he were to die
 * House of Inagami: there are 23 states in Jank and in each 23 states there are 8 districts. The House of Inagami has 184 members based on the states times the number districts. Each district picks their own representative
 * House of Ibachi: each state has three representatives that represent the entire state. House of Ibachi had 69 members
 * Vice President - runs the country along with the President and is elected for the four-year term by the people. The Vice-President acts as the President of the legislative branch, meaning everything involving making laws is brought to him **(Currently the Vice-President is Omosa Imbecki)**
 * Jankasity Chief of Staff - he/she makes sure that everything in Jankasity runs smoothly and he is second in line of the President's succession **(Currently it is Sandra Weou)**
 * Chief of Budgeting Committee - makes sure that the President is tackling the federal budget correctly by making sure which agencies get so much money **(Currently it is Sade Jobi)**
 * Director of the Green Awarness Organization (GAO) - is responsible for making sure that the people of JANK become more aware of how they are treating the environment and is responsible for public broadcast announcements for such and environment protection laws (**Currently Mekasha Bach)**
 * Director of Trade- responsible with the importing/exporting of goods and makes sure that trade barriers, tariffs, etc. are enforced (**Currently Nekai Obu)**
 * Secretary of Peace - signs peace treaties with other nations and forms great alliances so no war is made **(Currently Aaliyah Nobeki)**
 * Administrator of Public Education - enforces the "every child will succeed" promise and creates budgets that are carried out by state/county public education **(Currently Kalani Meck)**
 * Secretary of Defense - head over all military affairs and armed forces; deals with wars and works together with the secretary of peace to settle conflicts **(Currently Jawan Moru)**

*What political party is currently in power?- Democratic Party Legislative: Republican Party *If there is a legislative body, detail what kind of house structure exists and what are total numbers and why of participants?- The mansion consists of 28 reprentatives and the villas have 36 representives. *What political party is currently in power? Democtatic Party *How many chambers? Two *How are the courts structured? There is a parlimentary court and a presidential court. *Is there a court that has more power than the other? There is a parlimetary court. Dont let the name fool you because there are no kings an queens involved in this. The parlimentarty court is where all cases beyond the control of the states and are more complicated to give a verdict to. Are there additional branches? If so- what are thy and how are they chosen? - N/A *Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian -Do a few dominate? - No, the Jankanese government makes sure that equality is practiced in our government, so we have voters take political test and try to average out the number of libertarians, republicans, and democratics that are in all three branches.
 * DUE APRIL 21ST - 100 POINTS**

*Express all in dollars *Tax Revenue (broken down by types of taxes) - Income Tax - 50% (10 billion jollars) - Most of the tax revenue comes from income tax because of the jobs that most Jank citizens have based on income rates - Estate Tax - 10% (2.5 billion jollars) - is not extremely high because it is only taxed when that person is dead and the estate is given away - Property Tax - 20% (5 billion jollars) - many Jank citizens are starting to buy and own their houses so the property tax is continously increasing - Sales Tax - 20% (5 billion jollars) based on all the items that are bought in this country, the total percentage of revenue is high *Spending (must coincide with revenue AND must coincide with economic/political system you chose) -The top five mandatory spending items are housing, transportation, grocery, utilities, and gas. -The top five discretionary spending items are clothing, shoes, electronics, food, and wine.
 * ** Education ** (30%) - We believe that our children are the future, and we instill much discipline in the education department and provide the most funding in this department
 * ** Public Transportation ** (20%) ** - ** The Jank government makes sure that transportation is provided to those who need it most. It is most present in well-populated cities and not present in rural/suburban areas
 * **Mediation** (15%) - A big part of who the Jankanese are is being able to settle our differences in a peaceful way. We provide many oppurtunities where people can come and share their sides to a story and a calming environment
 * **New Jobs in Private-Owned Businesses** (15%)**-** The government makes sure that when the economy starts heading for a slump, there is money in the budget to get going jobs for people that lose their jobs do to the economy slipping
 * **Environment Cleanup- GAO -** (10%) - The government makes sure that enough money goes into the Green Awareness Organization to clean up the air, water, etc.
 * **Military/Defense** (5%) **-** The Jankanese believe in peace (NO WARFARE), so not much spending is done in the defense department
 * ** Festivities ** (5%) - In making each Jankanese citizen participate in country-wide festivities, we put funding into parties, celebrations, etc.


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