Stoklomolvi
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| Стокломолвское Коммунистическое Федерирование Stoklomolvskoe Kommunisticheskoe Federirovanie 斯脱克共产联邦 (Simplified Chinese characters) 斯脫克共產聯邦 (Traditional Chinese characters) Sītuōkè Gòngchǎn Liánbāng Stoklomolvi Communist Federation
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| Motto: "Forward, comrades!" | ||||||
| Anthem: Государственный гимн Стокломолви (Stoklomolvi) Gosudarstvenny gimn Stoklomolvi (transliteration) National Anthem of Stoklomolvi |
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| Located in | Lisosia | |||||
| Capital | Vladistov | |||||
| Largest City | Beijing | |||||
| Official languages | Stoklomolvi, Mandarin, Cantonese, British English | |||||
| Recognised regional languages | French, German | |||||
| Ethnic groups | Stelimov, Chinese, Russian | |||||
| Demonym | Stoklomolvi | |||||
| Government | Benevolent dictatorship | |||||
| - | Commissar | Vladimir Mikhailovich Stuyonovich | ||||
| Formation | Date is in Common Era format | |||||
| - | as Stayklivo | 1159 BCE | ||||
| - | as Communist Federation | 2012 CE | ||||
| Area | ||||||
| - | Mainland | 25,241,509 km² (?th) 15,684,347 sq mi |
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| - | Water (%) | 44.06 | ||||
| - | Territories | 5,242,994 km² | ||||
| - | Total | 37,290,429 km² | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2020 estimate | 6,000,000,000 (?th) | ||||
| - | 2014 census | 5,158,629,106 | ||||
| - | Density | 204.4/km² (?th) 529.4/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2014 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $190,366,929,619,657.72 (?th) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $36,902.62 (?th) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2014 estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $137,980,070,908,697.58 (?th) | ||||
| - | Per capita | $26,747.43 (?th) | ||||
| Gini (2014) | 12.1 | |||||
| HDI (2014) |  0.977 (high) (?th) |
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| Currency | Stoklomov (STK) |
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| Time zone | +61 | |||||
| Internet TLD | .stk, .стк, .斯脱克2 | |||||
| Calling code | +785 | |||||
| 1 | Time zone is based on Lisosia Mean Time, or LMT, instead of Kingston Mean Time, or KMT. Entire country has only one time zone, known as General Stoklomolvi Time, or GST. | |||||
| 2 | The .стк Top-level domain was created in 2007 by the Stoklomolvi government to accept only domains that use the Cyrillic alphabet. Soon after, the .斯脱克 TLD was created for Chinese domains. | |||||
Stoklomolvi (Russian: Стокломолви, Stoklomolvi, simplified Chinese: 斯脱克; traditional Chinese: 斯脫克; pinyin: Sītuōkè), also the Stoklomolvi Communist Federation (Russian: Стокломолвское Коммунистическое Федерирование, Stoklomolvskoe Kommunisticheskoe Federirovanie, simplified Chinese: 斯脱克共产联邦; traditional Chinese: 斯脫克共產聯邦; pinyin: Sītuōkè Gòngchǎn Liánbāng) is a transcontinental country stretching across the continents of Asia and Europe. It is a benevolent dictatorship running under communist principles of its own design. It shares land borders with Soviet Republik and Siberian Natives. The capital of Stoklomolvi is the city of Vladistov.
At 14,120,100 square kilometres in land area not counting dependencies in other regions, the territory of Stoklomolvi is the largest throughout the region of Lisosia. Stoklomolvi holds massive petroleum and mineral reserves typical of a nation its size, and is considered an energy superpower of Lisosia. The forests of Stoklomolvi are larger than many, and some of the largest regional frozen water reserves are located in northern and eastern Stoklomolvi.
The history of Stoklomolvi is long and arduous, with long periods of civil war, turmoil, and isolation often accompanied by the attempted constructions of the legendary Tower of Babelfish, which typically ended in failure. The people of Stoklomolvi first began settling down around 10000 BCE, and after a long series of civil wars the First Stoklomolvi Empire was created in 32 BCE after the Imperial Faction gained the final victory. After several more civil wars, disunion, and strife, the First Republic of Stoklomolvi was formed in 244 CE. Civil war once more raged, and the Second Empire of Stoklomolvi began in 408 CE. In 580 CE, another civil war broke out and a monarchist faction reigned supreme, forming the Kingdom of Stoklomolvi in 583 CE. Peace lasted until in 1854 CE when the last monarch implemented socialist and communist reforms.
Another civil war broke out in 1867 CE, lasting for one year and establishing the Second Republic of Stoklomolvi. Yet another civil war broke out after a mere two months of this new republic, and the Imperial Faction rose to power once more, establishing the Third Stoklomolvi Empire in early 1869 CE. This empire lasted for a relatively short period of time, with a coup ending this empire on August 1, 1917 CE. This coup established the Communist Dominion of Stoklomolvi, and this state lasted until a another civil war broke out in late 2010 CE. The civil war resulted in the creation of the Stoklomolvi Federation, which then transitioned into the Stoklomolvi Communist Federation on January 15, 2012 CE.
Stoklomolvi is considered a regional power but not a global superpower to any extent. It has a relatively large population in comparison to the rest of the region and is moderately involved in regional affairs. Stoklomolvi consumes and produces immense amounts of resources, all the while maintaining a very high 90% income tax rate, massive police and military forces, and a huge nuclear stockpile. In Lisosia, Stoklomolvi is the largest exporter and largest importer in terms of volume.
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History
Ancient history
In prehistoric times, dating to 10000 BCE the Stelimov settled around the Yalu River and slowly began spreading out in their home on the continent of Asia in Lisosia. The clean history of Stoklomolvi, however, was soon pockmarked with a civil war in 2400 BCE. Eventually, when the war ended the short-lived Despotism of Stayklivo emerged. Soon after, even more civil wars broke out, and only intermittent peace occurred. Civil wars would continue to erupt until 80 BCE, when an informal and short-lived republic was established. This republic was, however, abolished afterwards and replaced by an empire.
Dynastic rule
The newly proclaimed Stoklomolvi Empire would be ruled by the first in a long line of rulers from the Stuyonovich family. It would be the first unification of Stoklomolvi, and the standardisation of the Stoklomolvi language would be forced across the empire. Legalism and Mohism strove to be the dominant philosophy until 232 CE, when another civil war would break out.
In 244 CE, the First Republic of Stoklomolvi was established, and unsurprisingly the people elected another member of the Stuyonovich family to rule. While not truly considered a part of the dynastic cycle considering how the Stuyonovich family was elected through popular vote, most historians consider the presence of a ruler with the Stuyonovich bloodline to be an extension of the Stuyonovich dynasty. Mohism remained the dominant philosophy during this period. Peace lasted for around one hundred fifty years, until yet another civil war broke out in 407 CE.
The Second Stoklomolvi Empire was established in 408 CE, and during this period a great deal of technological development spurred by the ruler at the time. Instead of Mohism, Legalism became the dominant ideology, and the harsh Legalist rule by the Stuyonovich family caused widespread uprisings. However, the Legalist policies enforced by the rulers of the time were greatly efficient in the building of various infrastructures and military might. The empire lasted until 580 CE, when a short civil war tore down the rule of the Imperial Faction and instead placed a monarchist faction into power.
The new Kingdom of Stoklomolvi would mark the beginning of early operant conditioning, as it was starting from around 592 CE that Stoklomolvi citizens would begin conditioning their children into believing greed to be the greatest of all evils. A royal decree declared that greed would be a crime to be punishable by death, no matter how petty the crime, leading to conditioning at a greatly increased rate. The significance of this conditioning would become extremely prevalent during the later communist rule. Chivalry became of tantamount importance, and its first appearance during this period would become ingrained into general Stoklomolvi society for the centuries to come. The rule of the Stuyonovich family line brought Stoklomolvi technological development and culture to its zenith, though militarily little progress was made. Peace lasted until 1637, when the monarch performed an invasion of Teivos to the west. In 1743, the last of Teivos was subjugated by Stoklomolvi, and the borders since then have remained the same. In 1854 the last monarch of the Kingdom of Stoklomolvi implemented socialist and communist reforms. This action angered what few aristocrats remained from the operant conditioning; the aristocracy present used bombastic rhetoric to incite violence against the monarchy.
Civil war broke out in late 1867, lasting for one year and establishing the Second Republic of Stoklomolvi. This short-lived republic lasted only two months before yet another civil war broke out, collapsing the republic and placing the Imperial Faction in power once more, establishing the Third Stoklomolvi Empire in early 1869. Absolutely nothing was accomplished during the tenure of this empire, and relative stability finally took the reigns. The first sprouts of the Stoklo-Siberian War took its roots during the reign of the Third Stoklomolvi Empire due to creeping Legalist influence.
Communist Dominion of Stoklomolvi (1917–2010)
A coup ended this empire on August 1, 1917, and established the Communist Dominion of Stoklomolvi in its place. The first president of the Communist Dominion of Stoklomolvi was Svisklov Pyotrovich Stuyonovich, who proclaimed himself to be the first Commissar of Stoklomolvi. He used highly pragmatic and realist policies to gain power, and after doing so began to transform Stoklomolvi from a socialistic agrarian country into a communist industrialised and electrified country. Casualties from exposure were immensely high, and Svisklov grew extremely unpopular during the middle period of his reign. On January 13, 1944, Svisklov perished from a stroke.
His son, Aleksandr Svisklovovich Stuyonovich, came into power the same day, and loosened his father's oppressive policies. He deregulated the media for a time, and allowed private businesses, and decreased militarisation, though this simply led to chaos as people began rioting in the streets. A massive militarisation of Stoklomolvi suddenly surged, and some ten million people were killed before the conditioning that took place during the monarchist era began to show its inherent effect. Corruption in the government began to lessen, and greed started to evaporate as the punishment by the government brought around the conditioning effects in one gigantic wave. Peace descended upon Stoklomolvi for the first time in almost a century. With the new peace, Aleksandr implemented the first Five-Year Plan in 1980. Extremely rapid industrialisation continued to transform life in Stoklomolvi, and by the beginning of the Third Five Year Plan a fledgling Internet system was in place. Under the policies of Aleksandr, what Svisklov attempted was completed, and after Aleksandr's death in 1992, Alexei Aleksandrovich Stuyonovich came to power.
Alexei's tenure as Commissar was relatively short in comparison to Aleksandr's, though during his reign he in one year caused more casualties than Svisklov did during his entire rule. The Stoklo-Siberian War began to rage from 1994 onwards, and with protests against the war imminent Alexei was forced to form a secret police known as the SMPF. Military police in name, the intelligence agency effectively killed political dissidents en masse, and within one year over 49 million people were dead. After the war became integrated into normal life, the protests lessened, and eventually normalcy under wartime returned. The Fifth Five Year Plan met the arrival of a country-wide, government integrated Internet system, allowing for extremely rapid announcements and decrees to be sent out. However, the new system was used by the SMPF as a surveillance system, monitoring those with suspicious political histories.
However, prosperity never before seen in the history of Stoklomolvi was brought directly due to the policies of Aleksandr and Alexei, strengthening Stoklomolvi's position as one of the more important pillars of world communism. In 2009, the prosperous period would come to an abrupt halt with another civil war.
Stoklomolvi Federation (2011–2012)
In late 2010, citizens displeased by the constant monitoring and intrusions into private life launched a protest in Vladistov. Across the country, some 90 million people staged uprisings against the rule of the Communist Party, and with the idea that Stoklomolvi could be changed to mirror some of the more free countries such as Etoile Arcture and Zinaire a full civil war exploded following a crackdown on the Vladistov protest. Alexei fled to Irkutsk, Stoklomolvi, and after the war ended in 2011 the Stoklomolvi Federation was formed with heavy foreign support. Alexei was sent into exile on a small foreign island, though after a short while under democracy and capitalism it was realised that Stoklomolvi people were unsuited for such ideas. The operant conditioning beginning in the monarchist period proved to be too ingrained for capitalism to work effectively, and the Liberal Democratic Party rapidly lost popular support.
Stoklomolvi Communist Federation (2012–present)
On January 15, 2012, a bloodless coup by Alexei returned the Communist Party to power. Alexei, being too old to rule, resigned in favour of his son Mikhail Alexeievich Stuyonovich, who is the current Commissar of Stoklomolvi. On September 26, 2014, the majority of the government of Stoklomolvi was killed, and the country was left in anarchy for around a week before Vladimir Mikhailovich Stuyonovich seized control of the Communist Party. Mikhail and Alexei Stuyonovich were both killed during the crisis.
Politics
Stoklomolvi is typically regarded by the international community as a communist state. It is run by the Communist Party of Stoklomolvi, the largest political party in Stoklomolvi. Censorship in Stoklomolvi is quite extensive, with a variety of websites and media outlets from capitalist countries being outlawed. Often, the erratic censorship patterns can lead to one site being blocked one day, unblocked another, and then blocked yet again. Stoklomolvi became a democratic capitalistic state for a very brief period of time following the establishment of the Stoklomolvi Federation, though general cultural attitudes point towards the continuation of an autocratic communistic state.
The government of Stoklomolvi relies on its innumerable sections of the gigantic bureaucracy, and at the top of the system is the Commissar of Stoklomolvi. The Commissar effectively gives rubber stamp approval to bills proposed by the National People's Congress, though may also pass decrees without any prior approval from anyone. In essence, the Commmissar holds absolute power, and everyone beneath him is equal in terms of de facto and often de jure power. Most officials and bureaucrats in the Stoklomolvi government are recommended by the various administration commissariats under the Commissar's personal jurisdiction, and the Commissar approves or disapproves of the nominees. The National People's Congress and the People's Assembly are the elected bodies of the Stoklomolvi government, while the remainder of the government are the commissariats.
Political freedoms are, from a Western standpoint, very scarce in Stoklomolvi. While democratic elections for various government positions are held periodically, these elections do not truly hold that much meaning as the end decisions are still made by the Commissar. Corruption is not considered to be a problem, as the operant conditioning that was in place from the monarchist era continues to hold effect in the modern day. The Judiciary of Stoklomolvi is in essence a small body of judges who decide on major court cases who then submit their ruling to the Commissar. The outcome of any court case is subject to approval from the Commissar, who continues to hold the ultimate authority. Even though political freedoms are regarded as low, public support for the government remains unexpectedly high due to other reasons.
Government
The government of Stoklomolvi is a massive bureaucratic system that carries out tasks that the Commissar decides to be trivial or otherwise not worthy of his attention. The primary organs of state power in the Stoklomolvi government are the National People's Congress, the Standing People's Committee, the People's Assembly, and the Commissar. Beyond these four organs, the two primary holders of political power in the government are the Communist Party and the State Council of Stoklomolvi. The People's Liberation Army, which is the military of Stoklomolvi, is under the control of the Communist Party, and the Judiciary is under the control of the Standing People's Committee. All bodies are under the control of the Commissar.
Foreign relations
Stoklomolvi is a state recognised by the majority of states in the world. Stoklomolvi attempts to maintain close foreign relations with its allies while often maintaining a de facto semi-isolationist foreign policy. Stoklomolvi is generally known for being one of the few remaining communist states remaining in the world, even as many previously socialist and communist nations slowly begin turning to varying forms of capitalism. De jure, the foreign policy of Stoklomolvi is determined by the Commissar and the Commissar of Foreign Affairs implements this policy.
On foreign affairs, Stoklomolvi tends to stay neutral unless the conflict involves an ally or a great enemy, upon which action would normally be taken accordingly. Stoklomolvi is a member of the Comintern. In regards to general relations with more capitalistic states, Stoklomolvi shares relatively sour relations due to general mistrust on both sides.
Population policy
The population of Stoklomolvi has grown rapidly within the past few decades and this high rate of population growth has concerned government demographers greatly. The government has begun a campaign against "furries" living in Stoklomolvi through systematic extermination and deportation, to mixed results. Mentally retarded individuals, while few in number, have also been targeted for extermination and deportation, and this campaign was much more successful than the anti-furry campaign as few nations responded to this and the population of Stoklomolvi decreased by a small amount, while the anti-furry campaign did almost nothing to hinder the population growth of Stoklomolvi.
The government of Stoklomolvi has had plans on implementing a one-child policy, though a poll showed that the populace was against this due to the need for unskilled labourers to work in the fields and factories in addition to soldiers to fight against the Siberian Natives. The government of Stoklomolvi, in addressing the concerns of the general populace, has decided not to implement such a policy. A recent Stoklomolvi census has determined that there is an imbalance between the genders, and according to its demographic figures there are 1.2-1.3 men for each woman. The government has issued statements against sex-selective abortion and has attempted punitive action from fines of various degrees to outright execution.
The government has yet to devise an efficient population control strategy, and has for the most part mitigated the importance of the issue of population growth.
Human rights
The people of Stoklomolvi are given a variety of personal freedoms as stated in the Constitution, and most freedoms that are taken away are those that the government determined would bring harm to society. For instance, adultery is a capital offence, while slander or libel constitute imprisonment and heavy fines. Acts of sedition are regarded as treasonous and tend to result in the offenders "disappearing" and all records destroyed. While there is a Constitution, the people of Stoklomolvi are considered to have been granted no rights but what the "privileges," which for all practical purposes have the same meaning.
The Internet in Stoklomolvi is monitored by various automated systems in addition to by the People's Security Service, and questionable websites censored within hours or even minutes of access. While protests were at one point somewhat common, primarily shortly before the Stoklomolvi Civil War, they were not so much targeted at the government as they were towards religions and political ideologies other than communism. After experiencing the rather minor societal disruptions brought about by these protests, the government began to intervene, prompting criticism from foreign countries towards the treatment of Stoklomolvi citizens by its government.
Administrative divisions
- See also: List of cities in Stoklomolvi
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Geography and climate
Stoklomolvi encompasses an enormous area, stretching from the Eastern Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean. Because of its size, the geography of Stoklomolvi can be both monotonous and extremely diverse. It is the largest country in Lisosia, and shares land borders with Soviet Republik and Zaze. Its climates, vegetations, and soils, much like its topography, span extremely great distances, and also have much variation. In the west, taiga is the dominant terrain type, while in the north, the dominant terrain is simply tundra. The east is large the same, with taiga covering the majority of the northern areas while tundra blankets the terrain to the far north. To the south-west, it is primarily steppe, hills, and plains, and the terrain blends into the desert zones in central Stoklomolvi. In the south-east, most of the terrain is humid with mountains dominating in the central areas.
Topography
In Stoklomolvi, the western and easternmost points excluding small islands are approximately 15,218 kilometres apart along a latitudinal line. The westernmost point is located near the city of Junshi'tandingbao, a fortified city along the Junshi'tanding Peninsula. Exactly north to south, the maximum distance is 7,953 kilometres from the northernmost point of continental Stoklomolvi to the tip of Nanhai Province. Geodesic lines are impossible to calculate due to the immense size of NSEarth.
Climate
The overall climate in Stoklomolvi is extremely cold, except for the south-eastern and southern areas. To the north, temperatures nearing 250 Kelvin are common, with the lowest temperature ever reached being 192 K. To the south-west, the average annual temperature typically hovers around 275 to 280 K, and to the north-east the average temperature typically hovers around 278 K. The southern regions rarely have temperatures below 275 K, and normally can have temperatures of up to 290 K, a temperature unknown in most parts of the country. Normal temperatures in Stoklomolvi would classify virtually the entire country as taiga, though by Stoklomolvi standards the west and direct east can be considered humid continental, the north subarctic tundra, the northern seas ice cap, the central mountainous zones highlands and arid, the surrounding areas semiarid, the south Humid humid subtropical, and the remainder taiga.
- See also: Environment of Stoklomolvi and Water resources of Stoklomolvi
Military
The Stoklomolvi People's Liberation Army, once known as the Stoklomolvi Imperial Guard, is the military force of the Stoklomolvi Communist Federation. The PLA is further divided into the People's Liberation Army Ground Force, the People's Liberation Army Navy, the People's Liberation Army Air Force, the People's Liberation Army Artillery Corps, and the People's Liberation Army Air Defence Force. The military branches of Stoklomolvi are responsible for ground operations, naval operations, aerial operations, WMD operations, and Anti-aircraft warfare operations respectively. A further sub-branch, the Commissariat of State Security, or KGB, is responsible for homeland security, and is often considered to be controlled by the PLA; in fact, the KGB is under the direct control of the Communist Party. The PLAAC maintains the largest nuclear and chemical weapons stockpiles in Lisosia. Currently, the PLA as a whole maintains a force of exactly 155,000,000 at all times.
Soldiers in the Stoklomolvi military are drawn from a pool of volunteers every few years. During peacetime, it is mandatory for every citizen to serve in the military for a minimum of 12 months and a maximum of 24 months before returning to civilian duty for physical training purposes. Training is done for as long as a soldier is in the PLA; periodically he may be sent to fight the Siberian Natives as a test of his training, though for the most part soldiers spend their time in the barracks or on the road. The military budget of Stoklomolvi tends to hover around 32 trillion Universal Standard Dollars, though fluctuates slightly from year to year.
Economy
Ever since the establishment of the Communist Dominion of Stoklomolvi in 1917, Stoklomolvi has utilised central planning to control the flow and production of goods in the country. The utilisation of resources for different purposes is controlled by the Commissariat of Internal Affairs of Stoklomolvi, and the central planning board of the KVD determines quotas and materials productions. From the instatement of the Communist Party as the de facto ruling party to the modern era with few exceptions, the private sector has been either non-existent or very small, and capitalism and as a concept was virtually unknown. Overall, the economy of Stoklomolvi depends heavily on its traditional use of operant conditioning to phase out the greed aspect of human nature; without the conditioning from the early medieval period, the current economy of Stoklomolvi likely would not exist. Collectivisation of agriculture and industry is regarded as the norm, and gigantic state corporations manage virtually every aspect of the Stoklomolvi economy.
Most capitalistic operations occur in and directly around the municipality of Xianggang, a city built from the bottom up in 1935 as a capitalist experiment. Economic growth in the city of Xianggang itself was lower than economic growth in the mainland, leading to a great deal of surprise amongst the government planning bureaus. However, this result simply solidified the usage of state industries and kolkhoz in the economy. The usage of state industries contributed immensely to the large and well-developed economic sectors of modern Stoklomolvi, with the primary, secondary, and tertiary sectors of the economy contributing 17.5%, 41.4%, and 41.1% respectively. While the nominal GDP of Stoklomolvi can be considered quite large at around 90 trillion stoklomovs (USD$131 trillion), the GDP per capita is low in comparison to most other states at $26,700.
Science and technology
Due to the isolation of Stoklomolvi for nearly three thousand years in eastern Lisosia, it was forced to rely on its own technology and inventions rather than the work of other civilisations. While Stoklomolvi possessed an independent technological development path, its technology developed at virtually the same rate as the rest of the world. During the earlier parts of Stoklomolvi history, technological development was extremely rapid, but development slowed as the middle ages approached and virtually halted before the communist revolution of 1917. After the instatement of the Communist Dominion of Stoklomolvi, research began at a brisk pace, and the television was invented in 1928 without foreign assistance. In 1937, a nuclear weapon was detonated in the northern tundras, and by 1952 the first Stoklomolvi satellite Puteshestvennik was launched.
Stoklomolvi has a sizeable research and development budget at $626.3 billion, and the government has been known for its policy of promoting innovation and placing a very heavy emphasis on the importance of technology.
Transportation
Before 1853, transport in Stoklomolvi consisted primarily of primitive rails alongside carriages. In 1877, the first rail line considered modern by the standards of that era was completed in eastern Stoklomolvi, linking the distant cities of Vladistov and Wenzhou. Following the first rail, other lines were appearing across the country by the hundred; by 1900 there were over 60,000 km of railways. In 1891, the first transcontinental rail was completed, extending from Moskva to Vladistov to Beijing to Shanghai. In 1986, a transcontinental highway was constructed to connect the same cities under the Stoklomolvi National Highway system. In total, there are around 19,580,000 kilometres of roadway in Stoklomolvi, majority paved. Private ownership of cars is increasing, though the majority of the populace continues to frown on this trend and prefers government-run taxicabs and mass transit.
Air travel is used less than rail by the majority of Stoklomolvi citizens, but is the only method of travelling to foreign countries in other regions. Travel by rail is still the most common method of transportation in Stoklomolvi, and this is followed by travel by autobus. Rail engines used in Stoklomolvi are typically diesel, though there are still some steam locomotives in use to haul goods short distances at ports.
Major cities, such as Shanghai and Vladistov, have intensive light rail systems and metro systems in place, ferrying tens of millions of people daily. The city of Moskva already has several advanced Maglev systems, as do the cities of Vladistov, Xianggang, and Guangzhou.
Demographics
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| Stelimov | 86.2% |
| Chinese | 8.5% |
| Russians | 2.9% |
| Soviets | 1.5% |
| Other/unspecified | 0.9% |
As of 2014, there are 5,158,629,106 people living in Stoklomolvi. Approximately 13.9% (male 351,354,228; female 365,695,218) are 14 years old or younger, 79.5% (male 2,066,959,510; female 2,034,150,629) are between 15 and 64 years old, and 6.6% (male 162,744,431; female 177,725,090) are over 65 years old. The population growth rate for Stoklomolvi is approximately 4.82±0.02%.
There are a total of 798 unique and recognised ethnic groups in Stoklomolvi, the largest of which is the Stelimov, consisting 86.2% of the total population. Some of the larger ethnic groups include the Chinese (438 million), Russians (150 million), Soviets (77 million), Zhuang (19 million), Tartars (9 million), and Manchu (10 million).
During the early twentieth century, Stoklomolvi was largely an agrarian country; even though temperatures across the country were very cold, there were substantial logging, fishing, and rye industries. After the 1917 revolution, peasants began to migrate to urban areas at astounding rates. As a result of this population migration, industrialisation boomed as the massive reserve of unskilled labourers grew. As urban populations grew, so did skilled labour pools, and specialisation of labour allowed for mass numbers of specialists unlike before. During the last few decades, this movement intensified before slowing to a near halt; urbanisation rates increased to 19.5% in 1950 from 0.3% in 1900 and decreased to 2.3% in 2002.
Most economic and cultural activity in Stoklomolvi is centred around major population centres, such as Vladistov, Shanghai, and Beijing. There are several score cities in Stoklomolvi with permanent populations of at least one million.
Language
The primary spoken language in Stoklomolvi is Mandarin Chinese, while the lingue franche are Stoklomolvi, Mandarin Chinese, and English. Virtually every person in Stoklomolvi speaks Chinese to moderate proficiency, while intelligentsia and government officials use the Stoklomolvi language and English. Chinese is being used in increased frequency amongst official government transcripts and documents, a trend unknown before the Communist Party came to power. During the seventeenth and eighteenth century, a shift from the Stoklomolvi language being the vernacular to the Chinese language being the vernacular noticeably influenced Stoklomolvi politics.
Religion
Religion in Stoklomolvi is largely non-existent, as the majority of the population are atheist. However, there are many religions with minor populations present. For instance, a small portion of the population is avowedly Christian, particularly of the Protestant sect. Catholicism is widely frowned upon. A slightly smaller portion is Daoist, another portion Buddhist, and a very small portion of the Islamic faith. The smallest minority of all religions is Paganism. Confucianism is not counted as a religion.
Largest cities
The table below contains population figures and information for the top twenty most heavily populated cities. However, the table only covers registered citizens of Stoklomolvi, not illegal immigrants, tourists, foreigners on diplomatic duties, and non-permanent residents. Migratory citizens who only seasonally stay in certain cities are not counted.
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| 1 | Beijing | Beijing Municipality | 132,405,273 | 11 | Xianggang | Xianggang Municipality | 37,561,209 | |||
| 2 | Vladistov | Vladistov Municipality | 82,159,763 | 12 | Shenzhen | Nanhai | 36,249,101 | |||
| 3 | Shanghai | Shanghai Municipality | 62,244,842 | 13 | Suzhou | Jiangsu | 35,824,029 | |||
| 4 | Guangzhou | Guangdong | 58,402,922 | 14 | Hangzhou | Zhejiang | 32,503,846 | |||
| 5 | Tianjin | Tianjin Municipality | 49,952,901 | 15 | Shenyang | Liaoning | 31,455,315 | |||
| 6 | Jinan | Shandong | 44,510,953 | 16 | Moskva | Moskva Municipality | 31,349,395 | |||
| 7 | Huainan | Huxi | 43,109,241 | 17 | Leningrad | Leningrad Municipality | 31,314,159 | |||
| 8 | Wuhan | Hudong | 42,240,195 | 18 | Volgograd | Volgograd Oblast | 31,265,358 | |||
| 9 | Chengdu | Sichuan | 40,077,343 | 19 | Nanjing | Jiangxi | 30,979,323 | |||
| 10 | Xiamen | Haixiaxi | 38,766,324 | 20 | Ezhou | Hubei | 30,846,264 | |||
| 2014 Census | ||||||||||
Education
A public education system in Stoklomolvi was in place from the the beginning of dynastic rule over the country, as civil service examinations and and an intelligent population were considered to be of massive importance. Over time, the educational system was constantly refined and improved, and this process continued until the late 19th century, when civil wars disrupted the system to the point where public education was dropped entirely. With the establishment of the Communist Dominion of Stoklomolvi in 1917, the public educational goal was for national literacy rates to reach at least 90%. By 1929, literacy rates climbed to 92% from 57% twenty years earlier, and after the literacy goal was reached the Communist Party decreed that all children must receive twelve years of compulsory education provided by the state. This education is free.
As of 2014, 99.4% of the population (99.5% male, 99.3% female) of the population over age 15 is literate. Youth literacy rates (for those age 15 to 24) are at 99.8%, (99.8% for male and female), and school attendance rates are at 99.9%. Colleges and universities generally are ranked at around the same level across the country, as the central government set the importance of equality in education as of monumentally high importance. The Vladistov Central University is widely regarded, however, as having the highest quality in terms of professors and educational staff across the country. Education is monitored by the Commissariat of Education of Stoklomolvi.
Public health
There was no public health system in Stoklomolvi until the early 19th century, unlike the public education system. From around 1845 to 1910, the varying governments of Stoklomolvi consistently restructured the healthcare system until it was scrapped in its entirety in late 1910. In 1917, with the establishment of the Communist Dominion of Stoklomolvi, public health was once again made a priority of government focus. While conditions until 1917 were not considered squalid by any standard, they were not sanitary either; many cities still had areas of disease and human waste. With the establishment of the Commissariat of Health of Stoklomolvi during this period, major renovations were made in healthcare.
The life expectancy at birth rose from a mere 42 years in 1917 to 82 years in 2014, and due to preventative treatment and improved national nutrition. Sanitation and hygiene were emphasised during party rallies, and major diseases that plagued the country before such as cholera and typhoid fever were virtually eradicated. Free public healthcare was mandated by the Constitution, and health maps often depicted all clinics in an area. With the ban on tobacco smoking and alcohol in 1924, as well as public and societal encouragement for moderation in food consumption, public approval of the new Commissariat of Health rocketed, as tobacco and alcohol were widely regarded as "poisons of the west" anyway. Links between cancer and smoking were found in 1928, increasing public support for the anti-drug campaign.
The primary cause of death in Stoklomolvi is by malignant neoplasm, followed by cerebrovascular disease.
Culture
The Stelimov people, who originated in an area around the modern city of Vladistov, was a militaristic and aggressive culture during the establishment of Stoklomolvi as a nation. Neighbouring peoples, such as the Han and the Manchus, were quickly absorbed into the new nation, and their resounding influence upon the Han and vice versa irreversibly combined the two cultures. To this day, the Chinese culture remains as the largest influence to modern Stelimov identity; the later conquests of land controlled by the Russians would establish the Russian language as a lingua franca alongside the Chinese language, which remained in use as the vernacular for much of the existence of Stoklomolvi. Architecture and literature have profoundly Chinese characteristics, although philosophies of early and modern Stoklomolvi have all been authoritarian in nature, an independent development.
Ethnic minorities such as the Manchus and the Mongols have traditionally been allowed to maintain local culture and customs but were slowly infiltrated by mainstream Stelimov culture. Voluntarily or involuntarily, all minorities eventually adopted various Chinese and Stelimov customs. Stoklomolvi has operated under a type of dynastic cycle for over two millenia; while the dynasty and family line in each cycle has remained virtually the same, the authoritarian government and society established by the notion of a Mandate of Heaven and a cyclical ruling order was not challenged until the 1917 revolution. Even then, the socialist state established has been considered by historians to be nothing more than another dynastic cycle which will eventually pave the way for another monarchy, as has usually happened with Stoklomolvi governments.
Music
Classical music, Romantic music, Chinese opera and popular music, and patriotic songs are the two most widely known types of music in Stoklomolvi. Other types of music, such as heavy metal music and rock music are frowned upon and even banned in some areas by popular request. The most notable types of classical music include marches and concertos. Popular composers include Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. Most patriotic songs were written from before the establishment of the Communist Federation; the largest number of patriotic songs were written from the period between 1917 and 1949, during the initial foundation of the Communist Dominion and during the Third Stoklo-Kagetorian War.
Literature
Literature in Stoklomolvi is largely found in the form of reference works, with encyclopaedias and gazetteers being the most popular. Fictional works are not popular at all, as some of the more well-known tomes about fantasy and mythology are left untouched in state libraries.
Motion pictures
The first cinema company in Stoklomolvi was Dominionmultfilm, a state-run animation studio that pioneered in the field of film-making.
Visual arts
Traditionally, art forms in Stoklomolvi have been focused on nature and landscapes rather than human forms. Painting was and is far more common than sculpting, though the sculptures that do exist tend to be of either famous people or landmarks. One of the most notable sculptures in the entire country is one of a gigantic lotus flower, found in Beijing. Created in 1102 CE, the bronze sculpture has been preserved over hundreds of years of careful and meticulous retouching and repairing. The absolute most famous painting in Stoklomolvi was created by a twelfth-century court painter in 1127, titled Along the River During the Qingming Festival, a 5.28-metre long depiction of a fictional Stoklomolvi city and its various traditions.
Sports
The most popular sport is badminton, followed by table tennis and football. However, sports and physical activity in general are typically of low priority, and tend to be more of the recreational rather than competitive variety. Thus, beyond the aforementioned sports, most sports played by Stoklomolvi people are low exertion and focus on cooperation and skill instead of pure physical strength and endurance.
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