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Ikeassian, abbreviated as IKE, was founded in the year 2023 by, Danechka Kabachenko who later became the first czar of the nation. He was the leader of a rebellious group living in former Russia who wanted to re-install some cultural ideals of the USSR while spreading wealth and prosperity throughout the land. He originally envisioned seizing a small western area of Russia and creating his ideal government. He and a small group of men were trained militarily and were well educated, and one day they decided that they were done sitting around and talking, so they started taking action. His followers all came from wealthy families, so they travelled the globe learning about government and economic systems. They wanted their new nation to be a leader amongst all others. When they returned to Russia in 2016 they started political rallies. They were surprised by the number of followers they received. Many people joined the newly forming political party, which came to be known as protsvyetaniye or процветание. They had many military personnel volunteer to help in a rebellion, so on May 7th, 2019, they attacked Moscow, starting the Russian Rebellion of 2019. They had so many followers and supporters, they kept fighting, until they had capture the entire country and Russia surrendered. Once the protsvyetaniyes won the war on January 31st, 2023, they started forming Ikeassian. This day is now celebrated as IKE Day, their day of Independence. After the war, the leader of the rebellion party, Danechka Kabachenko, became the czar, although much like England's royal family, is little more than a political figurehead. His political followers who had travelled the globe put together a temporary parliament that ran elections for the current parliament and prime minister. The Ikeassian prime minister is a woman, which shocked much of the world. Her name is Alexayevna Gorbachov. She is loved by the people of her country and her ideas have gained the respect and support of many influential countries, including the US and Great Britain.

In Ikeassian, the people are represented by many iconic things, but they are best recognized by the tree of life. The tree of life is featured on the Ikeassian flag. The flag also shows the national bird, the phoenix, a symbol of rebirth, representing the reinstallation of the czar. Another iconic symbol to the Ikeassian people is their national anthem, Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78: 7. Alexander's Entry into Pskov by Sergei Prokofiev. All over Ikeassian, you can find the national insect, the Papilio Ulyssess. They love to sit on our national flower, the Rose of Achelois. Tourists love to take pictures with our beautiful roses and butterflies.

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Ikeassian is located in Eurasia. IKE was formally known as Russia. The land was taken over in the Russian Rebellion of 2019. The coordinants for Ikeassian are 60 00 N 100 00 E. Capital - Ðûnöçhæþ

Ikeassian's major cities are Num-Num, Putin, Omia, Fuzi, and Matua. Num-Num, found in the tundra, is an area with lots of mines. Most of the copper and gold found in Ikeassian is found in and around Num-Num. It is then shipped to factories so it can be refined before it is exported or sent to other IKE factories. Ðûnöçhæþ is known for residential, agriculture, and industrial area. Putin is known for industrial area. Omia is known for residential area. Fuzi is the crop growing island. Matua is the prison holding base, and Thaddeus and Ovskiy are the official military bases. Agriculture - 26% Industrial - 21%
 * Residential - 43% **

There is a wide range of summer and winter temperatures and relatively low precipitation.
 * Terrain**- The terrain in Ikeassian consist of broad plains with low hills west of Putin, vast coniferous forest and tundra land in Num-Num, and uplands and mountains along northern and southern regions. It also islands that are mostly icy wastelands at its north (Thaddeus, Ovskiy, and Matua) and an island, Fuzi, that is not as cold as the others that are used for other purposes than the ones that the northern islands consists of, mostly for growing the kinds of crops that cannot grow in Ikeassian.
 * Climate**- Most of the country has a continental climate, with long cold winters and brief summers.

Read more: [|Climate - Russia - annual, temperature] [] Ikeassian is the largest country in the world at 1.8 times the size of United Sates. IKE is even larger then Canada. It takes up all the northern area of Asia.

Oil (left) Trees (right)

Copper (left) Gold (right)

Ikeassian's natural resources are oil, gold, trees, and copper. IKE has some very extradinary spots where there have been large amounts of gold and copper**.** People that live in IKE use copper and find ways to use it as best as they can. But what people don't know most about Ikeassian is that it is very hard to get the gold and copper out of the ground. In order to get those natural resources out of the ground you would have to put your life in danger because it is one of the most dangerous place to dig in. The ground is compact but it has a tendency to cave in and fall on you to the point where this leads to death and/or being stuck to the point where you cannot get out and must wait for help. Ikeassian's main resource is trees. Most of the trees are found in the northeast of IKE. Oil is spread all over the southwest region of IKE.

Dark Red Leaves (left) and Cotton Grass (right)

Ikeassian has some enviromental issuses. Some of Ikeassian's enviromental issues are oil spills and animal and plant extinction. This great country has some of the world's most dangerous animals but they have adapted to the cold weather in the Northeast part of Ikeassian. Hardley anybody lives there and the animals have gathered themselves and have been liveing in that part of IKE for quite a while now. But few people realize that they are dieing of starvation and they have some dieases. Not all of the animals mate so there are fewer and fewer of them each year. Even in the Tundra, IKE is losing its polar bears and arctic foxes leaving less and less of each year. It's almost like they are dissapearing before your eyes. This is definitely one of IKE's most noticable enviromental issues. Dark red leaves allow the plant to absorb more heat from the sun in the cold tundra climate but in the past 4 years we have noticed that the population of dark red leaves has decreased enormously. Cotton grass is the most populated plant that is in IKE's tundra but even with cotton grass we have seen that they as well have decreased in its population.

PEOPLE

Ikeassian is an extremely large country, but the population is only about the tenth largest in the world, with a general population of roughly 124,973,586 people according to the January Ikeassian National Census in 2023. The average age of Ikeassians, or people who live in Ikeassian, is 32.8, which is about 5 years younger than Russia's previous median age due to the fact that most of the revolutionists were in there late twenties or early thirties. Most of the citizens of Ikeassian live in urban areas, many others however live in industrial and agricultural areas because that is where they work. About 68% of people live in urban neighborhoods.

The people of Ikeassian are known in both adjective and noun form as Ikeassian, but they are pronounced differently. An Ikeassian (noun), is pronounced like i-KEY-a-sin, while an Ikeassian person (adj), is pronounced i-QUICHE-e-an. The majority of Ikeassians are Christian, the largest denomination being Orthodox. The religion, cultural norms, and traditional food and dress, along with language are all similar to Russia's because a former Russian took over Russia, although some things changed, the people still came from Russian roots, so they still spoke Russian and ate the same things and believed in the same God. While Ikeassian and Russia are the only two official languages used throughout Ikeassian, there are another 27 co-official languages which are recognized in their respective Republics or regions. A few of the larger regional languages include Bashkir (Republic of Bashkortostan) and Chuvash (Chuvash Republic), and Tatar (Republic of Tatarstan). While these three belong to the Turkic language family, there are also members of the Mongolic, North Caucasian, Uralic and language families, as well as Chukchi, a member of the Chukotko-Kamchatkan language family of Siberia. Ikeassian religions are; Orthodox Christianity (67% of the population), Judaism (2% of the population),Buddhism (2% of the population), Islam (8% of the population), Non-believers (11% of the population) and other (10% of the population).

Fashion is big in Ikeassian. There are two main fashion seasons summer and winter. For boys summer consist of nice khaki shorts, a decent polo shirt and a pair of sperrys. For winter, this consists of a nice pair of brown casual pants, a button down shirt, and a leather jacket finishing the outfit off with a nice pair of boots. For women, summer fashion consist of a decent proper, but not too formal, sundress, multicolor or solid color only, with a nice pair of fandals or gladiator sandals. For the winter, fashion consist of a nice pair of dark pants, a sweater topped off with a wool jacket and a scarf. They also wear wooden hats with beads, usually homemade, such as the one our model is wearing below on celebrations such as Revolution Day and for the Independence Day Parades. They wear these sort of hats to remember the fighting (the hard wood representing the hardships they had to encounter) and the beauty of their new life (the colorful beads on the hat).

The most popular meals for Ikeassian are: breakfast - Crepes, Lunch - soup (borscht), Dinner - Meat, potatoes and vegetables. When Danechka Kabachenko took over Russia, he brought new cultures to Ikeassian. He wanted this new country to be unique and as-well please the whole human race. He wanted everyone from around the whole to feel welcomed and wanted Ikeassian to be unforgotten. Danechka brought French, Russia and American foods together as Ikeassian's most popular meals of the day. A French popular dish called crepes is the main breakfast meal for Ikeassian. Russia's soup, Borscht, is Ikeassian's main lunch meal. American's meat, potatoes and veggetables is the main dinner dish for Ikeassian's dinner dish.



Ikeassians have a very different way of treating and greating people compared to other countries. In Ikeassian it is polite to greet people with a nose to nose touch. This is a sign of respect and a nice warm welcome to whomever the person is greeting. When invited to dinner by an Ikeassian you will be treated to a variety of home prepared dishes. It is respectable and honorable to take your shoes off before you come into anyone's home. Nobody wants dirt tracks on their floors/carpets. This is a sign of disrespect to the Ikeassians. It's expected of you to wear something nice, as if you were going to church or the office. It is always honorable to help a woman/man when she/he needs a hand. Ikeassian men are expected to be gentlemen towards ladies. Ikeassian also has taboo's, as many countries do. For one they believe that you should not give baby gifts before they are born because it is seen as a jinx upon the unborn baby. Another taboo they have is that they believe that you should not give yellow flowers because their brightness might attract some sort of evil into the household. Ikeassians are very big on celebrations because they believe that everyday they live is a reason to celebrate, but two of them are the most captivating. Since the Independance day is celebrated the 31st of January, the Ikeassians ring in the new year with a bang, with fireworks, parades, and other fun things. Another of their most visual days is Danechka Kabachenko Day which is May 7th, which includes a reenaction of the first battle of the revolution and celebrates their founding father and first czar (it's also called Revolution Day).

**﻿** (Melina) Current economic challenges must be some kind of war debt that we're still trying to pay off...I mean it hasn't been that long since the revolution ended so I think that we should mention something of that sort. heres reference for overview... its a bigger section... https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/rs.html ** *% population below the poverty line ** ** *Income distribution **
 * Overview of economic system and current economic challenges (provide clear description**
 * and explanation.**
 * *Labor force by occupation (% agricultural; % industrial; % service) **

Ikeassian GDP - $3433.45 billion (US currency equivelent) GDP per capita - $28,274.19 per capita GDP growth rate - 2021 7.8%, 2022 8.1%, and 2023 8.3%; showing a growing economy

The name of Ikeassian's currency is Ikea. The currency exchange rate for 1.00 Ikea is 0.77 in U.S. dollar

 Ikeassian's unemployment rate is 3.7%. Ikeassian has a large population, and there are thousands and thousands of jobs in Ikeassian but still not everyone has a job. But this is healthy for an economy to not have every job filled because if everyone has a job then when a new company wants to hire some employees, there isn't going to be anybody left to hire. Ikeassian's percentage of population below poverty is 11.7%. That is 14,621,909.5 people that do no meet the country's yearly income out of 124,973,586 people. The top 7% conrtols 46.3% of Financial Wealth in Ikeassian. The next 33% controls 44.7% of Financial Wealth in Ikeassian. The botton 60% controls 9.0% of Financial Wealth in Ikeassian. The top 7% controls 32.0% of Total Net Worth in Ikeassian. The next 33% conrtols 50.7% of Total Net Worth in Ikeassian. The bottom 60% controls 17.3% of Total Net Worth in Ikeassian.

**Financial Wealth** **Total Net Worth** Ikeassian's inflation rate in 2021 is 2%. In 2022 the inflation rate is -0.5% and in 2023 the inflation rate is -1.1%.
 * Top 7% || Next 33% || Bottom 60% ||
 * 46.3% || 44.7% || 9.0% ||
 * Top 7% || Next 33% || Bottom 60% ||
 * 32.0% || 50.7% || 17.3% ||

** Inflation rate 2021-2023 ** As mentioned before, the country of Ikeassian is well known for the trees that grow in its northern area. Not only is it the country's main resource, but the timber is also the main agricultural product of the country. Another thing that Ikeassian's grow in plentiful amounts is grain and they also raise cattle that are good for both beef and milk. And last but not least, another of the main agricultural plenty of Ikeassian is sunflower seeds, which is a very nice snack for everyone. Gold and copper mining are very important to the country of Ikeassian. Aircraft and space vehicles are still a crucial part to the pride of Ikeassian, something that got passed down even in the changing of political leaders. Another industry that the Ikeassians have accepted into their life is that of harboring oil that they will both use and later export to other countries for revenue. A major export, as well as the main agricultural product, is the timber that they get from the trees grown in the northern area of the country. Another of their major exports would be oil, they keep part of what they produce and the rest they export to their leading trade partners. Something else that they export is the aircrafts that they build on their grounds. Ikeassian imports pharmaceuticals from the world's leading countries in that area. They also import fruits from many parts of the world since their country is not the most plentiful in that area of growth. Another thing that the country imports iron and steel that they use for their heavy machinery and for safes and other heavy duty products. Ikeassian, to get what it wants and to give away all that they can to receive their revenue, have to have major trading partners. For their imports of fruits, they turn to their partner, the country of Brazil. Ikeassian also go to the United States to find the pharmaceuticals that they need and in return they send oil and sunflower seeds that Americans enjoy. And they send their aircraft, and space vehicles, to other countries, sometimes to the United States and to countries such as Germany. Another country that they receive things from is China, whom they ask for steel and in return they send oil and aircrafts.
 * 2021 || 2022 || 2023 ||
 * 2% || -0.5% || -1.1% ||


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Ikeassian's distribution of power is federal which means that they have a very strong central government. The country is also a Parliamentary Government since its establishment in 2023. After the people of the Former country of Russia overthrew their Government, they set in a czar, Danechka Kabachenko, though he has no political power. His followers immediately came in and set in a stable government, deciding to make it a parliamentary and having a Prime Minister. The current Prime Minister is Alexayevna Gorbachov, who has amazed many influencial countries with her charisma and diplomacy. The country of Ikeassianis divided into 8 federal districts, which are like the Canadian provinces and the American states. This helps the country's power be divided into smaller district governments that all fall under the rule of the national government. The legal system of Ikeassian is using that of common law. The country judges to develop the law by having case decisions of courts and other tribunals instead of other legislative statures or executive branch actions. This is a step away from all of the other European countries because they all use civil law which is why it is sometimes called the //Continental European Law//. Ikeassian has three branches of government. the three are Legislative, Excutive, and Judicial. The Legislative is made up of a unicameral house only having a Parliament. The Executive branch is made up of the czar and Prime Minister and the Judicial branch is made up of The Ikeassian High Court. Description of these branches are below.



Ikeassian's executive branch consists of the czar, the prime minister, and the prime minister's cabinet. The czar is not elected, he/she is born into the royal family. The first czar, Kabachenko the First, was self appointed since he was the one who had led the rebellion and was in charge of setting up Ikeassian. After Kabachenko I, the following czars were and still are appointed by the czar when he passes the role on to the family member he or she finds best suited. This may be a son, daughter, niece, or nephew, but it is not always someone with this relationship. The royal family is limited to go no farther off the direct bloodline than nieces and nephews, but normally the son is chosen. The prime minister is chosen out of the parliament. Once the parliament is elected, the most voted for member of each party is then put in the run for prime minister. Although they can deny the candidicyship, they normally do not. Then, the public votes for who they want to be prime minister. After the public has voted, the winner of the election has to be approved by both the parliament and the czar. The prime minister's cabinet is appointed by the prime minister. Each member has to be approved by parliament and the czar. Elections are held every five years in March. The public votes for parliament members then. That is also when Parish Elections are held. In April, the public has another voting day to vote for Prime Minister. People in Ikeassian understand that it is very important to vote and around 80% of citizens who are eligible to vote do vote every year. Each member of the executive branch has a different job. The czar is mostly a figurehead of the nation and is mainly only concerned with international relationships and approvals of national positions. The prime minister, although ranked power-wise below the czar, is given more roles in Ikeassian Government. He is a man of many hats and leads the nation in almost all things politically. His cabinet advises him in a way similar to the American Presidential Cabinet. Each member is given a different area to focus on, like Chancellor of Defense and of the Treasury. The Prime Minister must work with his cabinet. He is the presiding member and chairman of the parliament. He is given the duty to help promote the country. He must solve civil issues and work as a head of state. The Prime Minister's Cabinet includes the heads of 17 executive departments — the Chancellors of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, communications, Interior, Labor, Transportation, Treasury, and Veterans Affairs, as well as the Attorney General and Surgeon General. Currently the democrats have control of the parliament. The prime minister is a democrat and most of his cabinet members are as well. The czar's policies lean towards the republican party though. Since the czar does not have very much power, Ikeassian's policies are mostly democratic. Ikeassians legislature consists of a parliament system. Like most countries in Europe parliament is used in the countries of England, Spain, Scotland, France, Poland, and of course the country of Ikeassian. Ikessians legislature operates under a parliamentary system of government in which the executive is constitutionally answerable to the parliament. Like most countries Ikeassians parliament consists of only one chamber (or house) which is unicameral. The name of the only unicameral chamber in Ikeassian parliament is called The Ikeassian Parliament. As stated before Ikeassians political party is democratic. Reason being of how democrats have control over parliament. The prime minister is also a democrat and most of his cabinet members are as well. Another factor of Ikeassians Political party is that Ikeassians policies are mostly democrat. The Parliament of Ikeassian, the only chamber in the legislature consists of the highest house in parliament. Like Canada and America, Ikeassian consist of 8 federal Districts. There are 8 members that represent each federal district of Ikeassian, which means the total amount of representatives in the Parliament of Ikeassian is 64. Everything in Ikeassian is handled by the federal system. It starts with local courts, parish courts, and national court (High Court of Ikeassian). High Court of Ikeassian has one chief justice and 6 associated justices. One full term for a chief justice is 4 years. Associated justices serve 2 years per term and they can be re-elected. Chief justices and associated justices are elected by the people and must be approved by the czar. The trials in the lower courts (local courts) are protected over by one judge and 12 citizens. Punishment is determined by the legislative branch. The sorority is determined by the sorority of the crime. Death penalty is abolished. No military court has been established. Ikeassian also has a civil court. The structure of this court is identical of criminal court and you can appeal all the way to the High Court of Ikeassian as well. Trails are presided by a judge unless a trial is requested then it can make a final decision. This court deals with suits and cases such as divorce or libels. This deals with cases that fall in jurisdiction. Parish courts deal with people who have been found guilty. The person who is guilty can then ask the court for a retrial if he/she felt that the trial was unfair and/or has new evidence. High Court of Ikeassian deals with cases that are making challenges to existing laws. There is one court that has more power than all of the other courts and ahe courts is calles "High Court of Ikeassian". Ikeassian does not have any additional branches of government. Ikeassia has many political parties but the 3 major ones are Democratic party, Republican party, and Ðûnöçhæþ party. The Democratic party supports the prime minister and his cabin members. The Republican party supports the czar. The Ðûnöçhæþ party is where people in this party believe in mixing ideals from both democratic, republican and other official parties to promote the welfare of the country. ﻿There are a few political parties that are stronger than others. Democratic Party is the strongest because Ikeassian is a very democratic country. Even though the czar is leaning towards the republican side, the rest of Ikeassian is democratic.


 * = __**Taxes in Ikeassian**__ ||
 * = __Type__ ||= __Percentage of Tax Revenue__ ||= __Description__ ||
 * Sales || 40% || Each item sold in Ikeassian has a sales tax of 12%, which is sometimes considered high, but that means that IKE gets tax money not only from Ikeassians, but also business men and tourists. On top of the normal 12% sales tax, certain items have an extra tax in order to discourage use of an item that has been deemed unhealthy or unwanted. Also, all lumber products have a foreign exchange tax so if another country buys an Ikeassian lumber product, they must pay an extra tax. ||
 * Health and Social Security || 25% || Ikeassian gets 20 percent of its tax revenue from Health and Social Security taxes that each person must pay. They are then used in the governments Health and Social Security Programs. ||
 * Income || 18% || Income is a low percentage of Ikeassian's taxes because we believe that if a person has earned that money it is theirs, but the government is also known as a government of the people and the people make of the government so they must participate in helping fund the government. There is an income tax because of te belief that the people should be involved with government, but it is not a big part of the tax revenue because we believe people deserve the money they have earned. ||
 * Property || 12% || Eight percent of IKE's taxes are Property taxes that are collected because a person has either land or gold or another valuable object in their possession and wants to be protected if anything happens to it. ||
 * Other || <2% each || Ikeassian has many other taxes that make up the rest of the tax revenue but each tax is less than two percent of the tax revenue. Most of these taxes are small excise taxes. ||


 * = __**Spending**__ ||
 * = __Mandatory__ ||= __Discretionary__ ||
 * 1. Health Care || 1. Agriculture ||
 * 2. Human Services || 2. Enviromental Agencies ||
 * 3. Social Security || 3. Global Relations ||
 * 4. Military || 4. National Security ||
 * 5. Welfare || 5. Parish Programs ||

__**Constitution**__:




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 * Some other laws in IKE are:

1. If you do not want to wear clothes in public then you must at least wear under garments. 2. Citizens are allowed to drink at the age of 16 with supervision. 3. You can drive when you're 18. 4. It is unlawful to shave in the center of main street. 4. Unsupervised drinking at 21. 5. You can buy cigarettes at age 18. 6. Legal to smoke pure marijuana at 21. 7. Riding a horse over any public highway for the purpose of racing, or testing the speed of the horse is illegal. 8. Every single citizen in the country of Ikessian must own at least piece of IKEA furniture in their households. 9. All cars that are manufactured and produced and even driven in Ikessian must be energy efficient vehicles. 10. Every citizen must be in school from kindergarten through high school unless they pass the Drop Out Test. 11. All government employees much have a residence within the country. ||

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