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= Perfectionne Lapaix =

**Abbreviation**: Lapaix
**Background**: In 1928, a few Autralian men were out fishing. I big storm came and blew their ship off course. They ended up landing on an undocumented island. They then returned to their home Island, Austrailia, and planned a trip, with a bigger crew, to go and investigate the Island. Later on they made a contract with the people on the island and established a government. Working with the people on what they wanted. **National Pride:** National Anthem- Imagine- Glee media type="file" key="09 Imagine.m4a" width="240" height="20" align="left"

National Tree- Picea National Flower- Hypericum National Bird- Peacock National Animal- Tropical Penguin National Stone- Benitoite


 * DUE MARCH 3RD- 10 POINTS**

**__Geography__**: **Location**: 15°S, 75°E is the center of our island. It is to the west of Australia and to the east of Africa and south of India. It is located in the middle of the Indian Ocean. **Size**: It is relative in size to the country Mongolia. It is about 1,500,100 sq km **Climate**: Tropical Monsoon. Our country is warm year round. **Terrain**: Out country for the most part is flat. It is areas of rolling hills and beaches along its coast. **Natural Resources**: Gold, silver, and diamonds **Arable Land**: 30%

**Environmental Issues**: A country was offshore drilling and the rig leaked and has caused some pollution to our water and harm to our animals. One more environmental issue is the fumes coming from our cars are polluting our cities, but because of the care we have for our environment we are taking an immediate course of action.


 * DUE MARCH 3RD- 20 POINTS**

**Total Population**: 45,000,000 City: 8,000,000 Suburbs: 20,000,000 Rural: 7,000,000 Beaches: 10,000,00 **Average age**: 20 **Percentage of people in urban areas**: 17% **Nationality**: Lapas **Religion**: Christianity. In our country, we live out our religion by completing acts of service throughout the community. **Languages**: Our two main languages are French and English. With an Australian accent. **Traditional dress/clothing**: Boho chic with a modern twist ﻿media type="file" key="Lapas Style.mp4" width="300" height="300" **Food**: All organic. We grow all of our food. 52% of our country is vegetarian so meatless alternatives are offered everywhere. No fast food restaurants are present and most people cook at home with their family. **Major National Holidays**: Christian Holidays(Easter, Christmas ect.) Halloween, April fools day, National Health Awareness week (the first week in May) New Years and Each month has a theme.

Jump Start January- everyone is jump starting their new year while make new years resolutions. Fat Free February- Everyone tries to remove most fatty foods from their everyday diet. Maniac March- Our party month number one! There are crazy celebrations and parties almost every night for no apparent reason. Apology April- We all focus on forgiving and apologizing to people we have hurt or offended in the past. Mommy May- Mothers are recognized for their amazing qualities for a whole month. Just have fun June- June is all about spending time on the beach and having fun in the sun Jammin’ July- Everybody parties the whole month Arts August- Everyone acknowledges and admirers different artistic abilities Serving September- September is all about reaching out and helping out the community Offer it all October- A month devoted to worship Nothing November- This is the month where we take a break from all of the events of the previous months Daddy December- Fathers are recognized for their amazing qualitites for a whole months

**Customs**: We take our time eating. We don’t eat on the go and preparing our food is very important in our society. We greet each other with hugs because we are welcoming people. We exercise constantly. Most people between two and three hours, morning, night and even during schooling and jobs. At schools there is an extended lunch for children to work out.


 * DUE MARCH 17TH- 20 POINTS**



** and explanation. **
==== Lapaix’s economic system is ranked the 3rd largest and most advanced in the world. Due to the free market system of Lapaix, our citizens are allowed to make their own decisions, business wise, within a few government restrictions. Our country’s abundant supply of natural resources such as gold, diamonds and silver allow our country to maintain a high overall GDP of $2,268,135,000,000. This aids our country in maintaining a low debt amount. In previous years, our countries percentage of people who lived below the poverty line was double what it is now. We have been working extremely hard to bring down that 14% by creating more jobs and devising a better system to take care of those in need. Like mentioned above, a country near ours was drilling for oil and a rig leaked. This caused harm to our animals, including one of our main industries, fishing. We were able to work together with a neighboring country and clean up the water, restoring our fish and our fishing industry to normal once again. ====

4.9% (2011)
5.1% (2010) 4.8% (2009)

**Inflation rate** 2.8% (2011) 2.4% (2010)  1.7% (2009)

**Agricultural products** Wheat, Barley, Sugarcane, Rice, Cotton, and Tea

**Major imports** Crude oil, machinery and transport equipment, fertilizer, iron and steel, chemicals

**GDP (overall real GDP expressed in US dollars)** $2,268,135,000,000

**Labor force by occupation** Agriculture- 4% Industrial- 28% Services-68%

**Income Distribution** Below $26,000- 7% $26,000-$53,000- 33% $53,000-$79,000- 40%  Above $79,000- 20%

** Exchange rate to US dollar ** 1 Paix is equal to 2 US dollars

** Major exports (must have at least 3—must coincide with agricultural an+d industrial ** ** production) ** Fish, Cotton, and gold

** GDP growth rate ** 3.7% (2011) 2.2% (2010)  3.1% (2009)

** Percent of population below the poverty line ** Poverty line- $26,000 Percentage below- 7%

** Name of currency ** Paix

** Industries (must have at least 3—must coincide with natural resources) ** Mining Tourism Fishing

** Main trading partners ** United States China Japan



**How the election process occurs**
==== All of our election polls are set up within walking distance because we are trying to preserve the environment, and all ballets are entered via computers that are run by alternative energy sources to, again, keep it environmentally friendly. ====

The Independent party
Legislative: Unicameral Legislator, Senate (20 people, five for each providence) Senators serve 4 year terms
 * If there is a legislative body, detail what kind of house structure exists and what **
 * are total numbers and why of participants? **

Judicial: 2 chambers
 * How many chambers? **

There is a Federal court system and Providence court system. Things are handled in the providence court systems first, but if someone is unhappy with the decision made they can appeal it to the Federal court and the Federal court will then decide if they want to take on the case. Some high profile cases go straight to the federal court.
 * How are the courts structured? **

The federal court system has more power than the providence courts system
 * Is there a court that has more power than the other? **
 * Are there additional branches? If so- what are they and how are they chosen? **

**-Do a few dominate? If so- what are they? And why?** The majority of our population belong to the independent party because we feel that there should be a happy medium between republican and democrat, but there are a few people who just fall on one side.
 * Political Parties **


 * DUE APRIL 21ST - 100 POINTS**

*Spending (must coincide with revenue AND must coincide with economic/political system you chose) Revenues- $400 Billion Expenditures- $395 Billion · Social programs (welfare, social security, Medicare, ect.)- $150 billion · Defense- $100 billion · Environmental protection (developing alternative energy sources, cleaning up the environment, ect)- $100 billion · Helping other countries- $15 billion · Education- $30 billion -Top 5 mandatory spending items · Welfare · Defense · Education · Environmental Protection · Health care -Top 5 discretionary spending items · Helping other countries · Medicare · Social Security · Transportation · Technology


 * DUE MAY 13th- 50 POINTS**



Our country was founded on the idea that everyone is family. Everyone watches out for each other. Along with the government. Our fundamental idea is to keep a happy, healthy and environmentally well country. 1. In order to be a citizen of La Paix you must have the desire to help the enviroment and maitian a healthy and fit lifestyle. 2. They don't have the right to Unlimited water supply due to our plans to conserve water. 3. They are legally considered an adult at age 16. 4. The people are legally aloud to drink alcohol at age 18. 5. The government does not have the capability of charging the people above 10% on taxes, no matter what their income. 6. The people are required to live below a certain carbon footprint point. This is to help reduce greenhouse gasses  and help  global warming 7. Nutrition inspections are required along with a yearly doctor visit. 8. The people are required to grow their own fruits an vegetables 9. You must respect yourself and the other citizens of La Paix 10. The citizens of La Paix must enjoy their lives in this wonderful country. Live Laugh Love *Must have at least 2—one political and one economic. Be sure to thoroughly explain the issue and the reasons for your country's position.
 * DUE MAY 13th- 50 POINTS**


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