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 * Country: Swagistan**


 * Abbreviation: SWAG**


 * Currency: Swag Buck****s**

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 * National Anthem: The Swag Machine**


 * National Tree: Palm**


 * National Flower: Lotus**


 * National Color: Black**


 * National Bird: Fairy Wren**


 * National Animal: Hors****e**


 * National Brand: Ralph Lauren Polo**


 * National Sport: Polo**




 * Swagistan was founded in January of 2011 by four considerably handsome young men. These young men are known to have incredible swag. Thus the name of the country was born. It is rumored that their swag is that of mythical proportions. The country is located on Easter Island and was bought from Chile for roughly 2 billion dollars. The different cities were left unchanged to keep the people of the country happy and preserve the culture. Various government buildings were established on the mountain known as Rano Aroi. Swagistan contains many of the world's Ralph Lauren Polo factories due to the fact that the national brand is Ralph Lauren Polo. Wearing anything else is usually frowned upon. It started with only a couple of factories and houses. Eventually business there started booming due to the high demand of Ralph Lauren Polo around the world. In the northern parts of Swagistan there is mountainous regions and in the south there is jungles.**


 * The National Theory**


 * Capital City: Rano Aroi**


 * DUE MARCH 3RD- 10 POINTS**


 * Location: Latitude= - 27.97 Longitude= - 97.66.**


 * Size: It would take about 5,000 of Swagistan to fit the U.S size. It is not a very big country. The country is roughly the size of Rhode Island.**


 * Climate: We have a tropical climate because it doesn't get too cold or too hot. It is average of both so it is a comfortable climate.**
 * It is like in Georgia. Average degree in summer is around 80 degrees and winter is around 50 degrees.**


 * Terrain: In Swagistan we have mountainous regions in the north part of the region that attracts people from different**
 * countries around the world to visit. Swagistan is really known as the Horse country because it is our national animal and** **we have some ranches in our country. We also have some jungles in the south and in one of them there is a waterfall that attracts a lot of tourists. It is known as Swiagra Falls.**




 * Natural Resources: Oil, Coal, and Gold**


 * Arable Land: 15%**


 * Environmental Issues: Pollution is one of the most common Environmental Issue because of coal factories.**
 * They produce a lot of smoke and all that smoke goes in to the air and it causes pollution.**
 * Global Warming is also another Issue because of where our country is located.**




 * Total Population: 20,000 People**
 * Average Age: 35**


 * % of people in urban areas: 35%**
 * Nationality: Swagistani**


 * Religion: Atheist**
 * Language- Swagish**


 * Traditional Dress/Clothing: Polo T-shirt, Shirt, Pants, Nike shoes, Adidas shoes, Express Sweater, T-shirt, Shirt, Pants,**
 * Levis Jeans, Abercrombie and Fitch Jeans, shirts, T-shirts, and etc...**


 * Food: Sandwiches, Hot Dogs, Pizza, Chicken, Hot Wings, Nachos, Pasta, Big Mac,**
 * Pork Chop, Spicy Tofu, Sushi, egg omelet, other Chinese foods,**
 * Indian Food.**


 * Swagistan celebrates the vast majority of world holidays due to the hugely diverse population. There are two that the Swagistani people created themselves, called National Polo Playoff, and Foodmas. The National Polo Playoff was first established when the country arose. It was made into a national holiday when Ralph Lauren Polo began to sponsor it and it began to draw in all the polo players from across the world. Foodmas was established quite differently. The original four Founding Fathers of Swagistan worked so hard to get the country going that they forgot to eat for four whole days. They almost starved until their wives became aware of the issue and made them 200 sandwiches which they devoured between all of them. The sandwiches were rumored to have been the absolute best sandwiches made... Ever.**


 * Swagistanis traditionally have always considered sandwiches a luxury food. The young girls of Swagistan have sandwich making contests. The winners of these contests are highly regarded. Swagistanis also enjoy skydiving. When questioned as to why, nearly all of them responded "Because we're cooler than you.". Swagistanis have a few customs for travelers that should be respected and followed. All Swagistanis greet each other with a nice hard slap in the face. They never say goodbye. Instead they sneak away and practice their elite ninja skills. It is frowned upon to throw away recyclable items, drive cars that run on gasoline, and also to talk on the phone in stores and libraries.**


 * DUE MARCH 17TH- 20 POINTS**


 * Swagistan has a socialist economic system. While most of the population is in the business of agriculture, there is still a small chunk of the population that works jobs behind the scenes that are needed to keep the country up and running. Society is run using many principles already established by the native people, as they know how to maximize the output of the land. There is a sleepless demand for the organic goods of Swagistan across the world. The people of Swagistan often say that "the world wants what we've got".**


 * GDP: $50 Billion**


 * GDP Per Capita: $2.5 Million**


 * GDP Growth Rate: 5% from 2008-2009 and 10% from 2009-2010. Swagistan's GDP is swiftly rising as more people immigrate and contribute to the undying productivity of the self-sustainable island. Very little is needed to support the population and most of what is produced is exported to close regions.**


 * Inflation Rate: 1.3% 2008-2009 and 1.6% 2009-2010. Swagistan's inflation rate is slowly increasing with the amount of people working and creating income for the country. Increasing the money supply bit by bit.**


 * Labor Force by occupation:**
 * Agricultural: 70%**


 * Industrial: 15%**


 * Service: 15%**


 * Unemployment Rate: 3% **
 * % population below the poverty line: 10%**
 * Income distribution: 8 Swag Bucks is our minimum wage **


 * Name of currency: Swag Buck **


 * Exchange rate to US dollar: 1 Swag Buck is Equivalent to 1 US Dollar. **

**Industries: Oil and Coal Industry, Fishing and Sea Food Industry, Gold and Mining Industry,** **Manufacturing** **Industry and etc...** **Major exports: Oil, Fish, Fruits, Vegetables, Meats, and Coal.**
 * Agricultural products: Fish, Grapes, Apples, Lobsters, **
 * Wheat, Beef, Pig, Onions, Garlic, and etc...**

**Major imports: Vehicles, Communication Devices, Electronics, Clothes, and Chemicals.**

**Main trading partners: US, China, Japan, Chile, Brazil, and Argentina.**


 * DUE APRIL 10TH- 100 POINTS**


 * Government type: Socialist**
 * **Unitary or Federal power distribution:****Unitary**


 * Parliamentary or Presidential: Presidential**


 * Subdivisions of Power: Swagistan has four different provinces that are split into the Swagi North, Swagi South, Swagi West, and Swagi East.**


 * Current Government established in: 1800**


 * Legal System:**
 * Our legal system is much like the US. First if they want to enforce or interpret a law. People want it to become a law they must find a Swagger or a representative to take their bill. Then that bill gets trough the 9 steps like the US. First step is Introduction, then committed get it make improvement, and then it hits the floor where they vote. Then each houses get their own copy of the bill and they repeat steps 1-4 again. In the end they need the presidents signature. If he veto the bill, it does not become a law. If he doesn't sign or veto the bill, it automatically becomes a law.**


 * Branches of Government: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial.**


 * Executive:**


 * Election Process:**
 * The president of Swagistan is elected every 5 years by the citizens of Swagistan. The election runs for 6 months beginning to end. Our president will always be sworn in on the date of April 17th.**


 * Jobs/Functions: There is only one job and that lies with the president. He/She runs the country of Swagistan.**


 * Chosen: The president of Swagistan is elected by the people of Swagistan.**


 * Current party in power: Democratic**


 * Legislative:**


 * Legislative body:**
 * There are two houses in the Congress of Swagistan and they are: Swag and Swagger. Both of them combine to have 500 members. Swag has 150 members and Swagger has 350 members. If you want to be a member of Swag you need to be a resident of Swagistan for at least 10 years, be at least 30 years old and must have swag. Their term of office is for 6 years. If you want to be a member of Swagger you need to be resident of Swagistan for at least 7 years, be at least 27 years old, must have swag like their founding four fathers. Swag has 20 committees and 70 subcommittees, and Swagger has 25 subcommittees and 100 subcommittees.**


 * What political party is currently in power: Democratic**


 * How many chambers: 2**


 * Judicial:**


 * How are the courts structured: We have two types of courts Supreme Court and State Court. Supreme courts handle with things that violate the constitution, like copyrights, or murder, or mail system and etc... State court handles things that have to do with things like every day crime or things that doesn't violate the constitution, but still is a crime. For example: robberies, fights, marriage, divorce, contracts, adoptions and etc...**


 * Is there a court that has more power than the other: Supreme court**


 * Are there additional branches: No**


 * Political Parties: Democratic and Republican**


 * Do a few dominate: No**


 * DUE APRIL 21ST - 100 POINTS**


 * Total Revenue- $2 billion **


 * Expenditure- $1.5 billion **


 * Tax Revenue: **
 * Income Tax-65% **
 * Property Tax-15% **
 * Sales Tax- 10% **
 * Corporate Tax-10% **


 * Top 5 mandatory spending items: **
 * Education **
 * Welfare**
 * Military **
 * Agriculture **
 * Technology**


 * Top 5 discretionary spending items: **
 * Government **
 * Transportation**
 * Industry**
 * Food**
 * International Affairs**


 * DUE MAY 13th- 50 POINTS**




 * 10 rules/laws/standards of human right:**
 * People have freedom of press, petition, speech, and assembly.**
 * People have right to vote.**
 * People over 16 can vote.**
 * Everybody has to ware something polo on Sunday.**
 * If the President dies or gets killed or is ill, the Vice President takes over.**
 * If you kill somebody, it's a life sentence.**
 * You can get your license at age of 16.**
 * You can drink alcohol at the age of 21.**
 * If you have any kind of drug on you or sealing or dealing or doing anything with drugs, you get 20 years in prison.**
 * You have right to bare arms.**


 * DUE MAY 13th- 50 POINTS**
 * Political Issue & Economic Issue: **
 * The Grand Country of Swagistan is currently sending troops to protect it's borders from the potential Prikyatian invaders. This disagreement was started on the evening of May 12, 2011. It started with a precarious phone call that was taken the wrong way between the Dictators of Prikyat and the President of Swagistan. Because our grand country dislikes the act of war, we will only fire once our potential enemy fires. Having the Liberal majority in power, we are reluctant to cause problems that will lead to blood shed and the disruption of peace within our nation. Attempts to negotiate with the Dictators of Prikyat are being made, and are held at a degree of importance that has never been before seen. Since this war is going to go on we are going to have to spent money on resources and weapons. This will cause unemployment problems because we are buying high tech weapons for different country so money is not spreading in our system. It is going to another country. We are going to have to pay for the destruction of our property. There are many lives at risk for our country. Plus our poverty percentage is going to go up because billions of swag bucks we are gong to have to spent on this war. **


 * OPTIONAL ASSIGNMENT ( NOT EXTRA CREDIT) WILL COUNT AS GRADE IF DONE**
 * DUE MAY 16th- 30 POINTS**


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