Savam

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Confédération savamaise Savamese Confederacy
Flag Coat of Arms
Motto "Honneur et fraternité, à jamais" (Savamese) "Honour and Fraternity, forever"
Anthem "Chant des quatre" (Savamese) "Song of the Four"
Capital		Bourg-Union
Largest city		Quesailles
Official languages		Savamese
Ethnic groups (2006)		Savamese Seranian Savamese Lestrian Savamese Other (Ascesians, Ereanans...)
Demonym		Savamese (Savamese: Savamais)
Government		Republican federation of constitutional monarchies
-	Prime Chancellor	Constance Dorin
-	President of the Legislative Council	Henri de Valor-Senart
-	President of the Judicial Confederate Court	Charlotte Sénis
Unification
-	Confederation Charter	5 September 1751
-	Accord on Republicanism	24 May 1868
Area
-	Total	817,612 km² (63rd) 311,528 sq mi
-	Water (%)	0.52
Population
-	2008 estimate	58,645,780 (33rd)
-	2006 census	58,114,567
-	Density	72.1/km² (64th) 188.3/sq mi
GDP (nominal)		2007 estimate
-	Total	2,481,631,231,233 (12th)
-	Per capita	42,315.60 (7th)
Gini? (2006)		31.2
HDI (2007)		0.968 (high)
Currency		Savamese Pound (SAP)
Time Zones		OAT (EMT-7)
-	Summer (DST)	OAST (EMT-6)
Internet TLD		.sa
Calling code		+31
For all figures, only metropolitan territory's data included

Savam (IPA: [savɑm], Savamese: Savam or Savame), officially the Savamese Confederacy (Savamese: Confédération savamaise) is a country in south-eastern Ascesia bordered by Nation A16, Gesmaquillion, Nation A23, Armandia and to the immediate proximity of Ibothia. Its metropolitan territory extends over 817,612 km², the 63^rd largest state over Eshraval, between 36 and 23 degrees latitude North. The dominant climates are temperate seasonal climate in the north and interior and humid subtropical climate in the southern regions.

Savam's population numbers almost 59 million, the 5^th in Ascesia and 33^rd worldwide. Its primary language is Savamese, a language closely related to Acratanian and the sole official language of the country. 91.4% of Savamese citizens have Savamese as their native language, while the remaining 9.6% have a foreign language as their native tongue, mostly languages practiced in neighbouring countries and present in border areas. The dominant religion is Jakarism with Tianist, Arlaturi, Pyranist, Sirian and Isealist minorities. Religious belief and cult attendance have however been steadily decreasing over the last century to the point it is no more a main element of the Savamese's every-day life. About thirty percent of the population self-recognizes as agnostic or atheist.

Savam is a liberal democratic nation organised as a federation of constitutional monarchies where the main federal administration is entirely republican in its organisation. It is arguably one of the most liberal nation in Ascesia.

The Savamese economy accounts for 2.48 trillion, the 5^th largest economy in Ascesia and 12^th in the world. Savam's economy is modern and liberal, governed by the principles of free market capitalism. Nonetheless government's intervention is not unheard of, notably through monopoly on strategic sectors (energy distribution, land-based telecommunications...) or state-ownership of large corporations. Savam has the 7^th highest GDP per capita in the world, the third in Ascesia.

Contents 1 Etymology 2 Geography 2.1 Climate 3 History 3.1 Pre-Confederacy (BCE to 1751) 3.2 Confederacy (1751-Present) 3.2.1 First confederacy (1751-1868) 3.2.2 Second confederacy (1868-Present) 4 Government and Politics 4.1 Government 4.2 Politics 5 Administrative divisions 6 Economy 6.1 General overview 6.2 Government's budget breakdown 6.3 Power generation framework 6.4 Transportation 6.5 Social policy & Healthcare 7 Foreign relations and Military 7.1 Foreign relations 7.2 Military 8 Culture 8.1 Architecture 8.2 Literature 8.3 Art 8.4 Science 8.5 Sport 8.6 Cuisine 8.7 Fashion 8.8 Music 9 Demographics 9.1 Education 9.2 Gallery of Savamese 10 Largest Cities

Etymology

The name Savam is believed by linguists to come from the word Sa'mii which is the name an ancient ethnic group that settled in Savam about 2,000 BCE used to refer to itself according to early Ascesian sources. Rendered as Savmi in most languages subsequently spoken in the region, this name has been in use for centuries to describe the region that lies in the south of modern-day Savam. The names of the land and people inhabitating it become confused and progressively transformed itself to the current word. The earliest account of the word "Savam" used to describe Savam's territory dates back to a 12th century Jakarist manuscript where it came to replace the word Ascesia that later described the whole continent of Ascesia, not only the traditional centre of the former Ascesian Empire.

Geography

See also: Geography of Savam

Savam has the 5^th largest population in Ascesia and is the 6^th largest country by area (63^rd worldwide). Savam's metropolitan territory covers 817,612 km² (311,528 mi²), consisting of 813,395 km² (309,921 mi²) of land and 4,217 km² (1,607 mi²) of water. Elevation ranges from the mountains of the Mêdions (highest point : Aiguille Verte at 1,621.7 metres) in eastern Savam to the shores of the Sinévet Bay (in the west) and Prothenian Ocean (in the south). Savam is a relatively low-lying nation, grossly divided into fluvial plains around major rivers such as the Quène-Quenant, Tirant, Sérrunne, and Perssan and hilly lands between these. The southern half of Savam (mainly Sixttie) if often described as a peninsula, called either the Savamese or the Sixttian Peninsula.

Climate

Savam is roughly divided into two major climate zones. The southern and coastal regions are influenced by the ocean and enjoy a humid subtropical climate with average yearly temperature of 24°C on the southern coast and 20°C on the western coast and yearly rainfalls ranging between 1200 and 1600 mm. More toward the interior the influence of altitude and atmospheric circulation from the north bring a colder and dryer temperate seasonal climate with an average yearly temperature of 15°C and yearly rainfalls ranging between 1100 and 1300 mm. Savam is regularly subject to cyclones or tropical depressions during the late summer season.

Subtropical moist forests form the major biome in southern Savam while temperate broadleaf and in some sectors coniferous forests are the dominant biomes in the interior. Savam's important yearly rainfalls have allowed for the growth of vast forests over time; open landscapes are systematically the products of human intervention.

History

See also: History of Savam

Pre-Confederacy (BCE to 1751)

Savam has a history that stretches back to the earliest antiquity and beyond. Graced with a hospitable climate, the region that makes modern Savam has been inhabited for tens of thousands years and witnessed some of the earliest development of Neolithic civilisations.

Savam really entered in history though around 1800 BCE with the rise of the Dordanic civilisation along the eastern coast of the Sinévet Bay that would eventually evolve into the Ascesian civilisation with the founding of the city of Ascesi in 1043 BCE according to the chronicles. Ascesi is one of the most important – if not the most – city of the Antiquity, one that had influence over the whole world’s history and fate. Coupled with the rise of Jakarism - which original and most sacred city is Savamese too, the modern town of Sacrebourg - in the 6^th century BCE, Ascesi’s power will grow to create the Ascesian Empire, the most powerful imperial entity in the Antiquity and subsequent eras and the largest contiguous empire so far.

The Ascesian Empire, despite its enormous size and the regular strife for power between the local governorates, lasted until the early 6^th century when it was shattered by the invasion of the Enos people coming from western Lestria - Sack of Ascesi in 492 - and eventually partitioned in 509 when the western provincial governors seceded by electing their own Imperator, Spurius I. Effective imperial rule over Savam ended in 521 with the assassination of Sextus XXII and the subsequent dissolution of the imperial throne.

States based on the former provincial division of the Ascesian Empire survived independently until the Armandian Empire, sometime known as the Eastern Ascesian Empire, conquered the region between 780 and 850. The centre of power of the Armandian Empire was however not more located in Savam – as Ascesi took a long time to recover from its sacking – which gave way to several societal changes, especially the introduction of feudalism during the 9^th century. The Armandian Empire ruled Savamese land until its collapse in the early years of the 11^th century due to the Armandian War of Succession.

After the fall of the Armandian Empire Savam was not reunified under a single political authority until the second half of the 18^th century. However several strong states emerged after a period of great feudal consolidation from the 11^th century where dozens of small feudal lords and princes ruled sovereign territories to the late 13^th century where a handful of large kingdoms, principalities and independent duchies had formed. The influence of Siriash led to a series of limited scale religious wars in Suconttie, near the current Armandian border between 1200 and 1381 when the Great Charter of Ylande allowed for a peaceful settlement of religious animosity (at least until Isealism reactivated it about on century later).

Around 1450 a new historical era started in Savam that is commonly known among historians as the Pre-Rediscovery, a preamble to the Rediscovery that would begin about five decades later. The Pre-Rediscovery was triggered by a new set of interpretation of Jakarism – under Isealist influence claim some scholars, with potentially Arlatur distantly involved too – that allowed for the development of humanism and a new set of philosophical theories that had a great impact on both arts and sciences too. At this point Savam was roughly divided as it is still now, with three major kingdoms and several duchies or grand-duchies that would either survive to the modern era or be absorbed by larger realms.

During the late 15^th and first half of 16^th centuries Savamese explorers sailed the eastern coast of Lestria in the Prothenian Ocean reaching the Muchet Sea as early as 1504 and realizing that they could not circumnavigate Lestria. Savamese played a significant role in the era of great explorations, reaching the eastern coast of Serania Major in 1529 while in the mean time exploring the islands sitting at the border between the Prothenian and Prestic oceans. The explorers sailed for different Savamese kingdoms – the most active being the Kingdoms of Suconttie and Sixttie – but did not engage in any conquer or settlement policy. Power and influence play among the Savamese realms and their neighbours kept the Savamese concentrated on Ascesian politics until the 1590’s. In 1592 the Sixttian sailor Jean-Paul de Franc-Tirrièt founded the first Savamese Seranian colony in what is now Nation J21, Port-David. Seven years later, in 1599, a colony was founded on the Isle Miraculée (Miracle Island) by the Suconttian captain Jacques La Salles-Miguet.

During the whole 17^th century the Savamese realms involved in colonisation – Sixttie and Suconttie essentially – would maintain a dire competition within themselves and with other nations in Ascesia for the control of the Prothenian-Prestic oceanic basin and its shores. Several wars were fought on colonial issues but the political interplays of Ascesia – growing in complexity with every century – lead to several wars on purely metropolitan issues too. The rise of Acratania as the dominant power in eastern Ascesia at the end of the 17^th century is commonly viewed by historians as one of the early trigger for collaboration between the Savamese realms. Suconttie and Sixttie were established naval powers by then but they felt they lacked the ground-based strength to counter efficiently the Acratanians and their allies in Armandia. Following the Norépoternian war of succession between 1703 and 1711 that brought the kingdom under a cousin branch of the Sixttian royal family a treaty of alliance was signed between Norépoterne and Sixttie that was joined by Suconttie in 1725 after it lost its influence over Nation A23 during the 1717 Fall Uprising. Ibothia was also associated to that alliance but did not took part into the latter cooperation that eventually led to the Confederacy because of the conquest of Nipia in 1744 that angered Sixttie and Norépoterne.

In 1728 the Grand-Duchy of Haute-Quènie formally joined the tripartite alliance while several duchies in Gesmaquillion were absorbed by Norépoterne. By that year the Quadripartite Alliance had reached the borders of the Confederacy at its establishment. On 29 August 1734 the four states proclaimed their "eternal friendship" with the Treaty of Bourg-Desme. After the Freta Mano Strait War that engulfed the alliance between 1741 and 1749, the Savamese realms had come closer than any time before and fully realized that Acratania and its allies would be impossible to oppose if the political balance in Ascesia was not significantly changed. Negotiations started in Lac-le-Roy during the winter 1749-50 to eventually end in the summer of 1751. On 5 September 1751 the four Savamese realms formally adopted the Confederation Charter that created a "confederacy of the four states, to be allied and united for their greater good".

Confederacy (1751-Present)

First confederacy (1751-1868)

The new state remained at peace for a long period of time after the ratification of the Charter. The new weight - political, economic or military - of the state probably played a decisive role in keeping its traditional adversaries - including the Acratanians - in check. Many historians believe this prolonged period of peace was instrumental in triggering the industrial revolution in Savam earlier than in any other Ascesian nations. Approximately since the mid-17^th century the Savamese realms had started to diverge to an economy where mercantilism was not the absolute rule and free enterprise become common. Ownership of lands, a time the sole privilege of the nobility, became more shared between the bourgeoisie and the nobility. The involvement of the bourgeoisie, usually focused on profits, helped to trigger an agricultural revolution from the 1740s where the emphasis was put on production. Thanks to a steadily growing food production and the peace that started after the Freta Mano Strait War in 1749, the population started to increase. The same process was in action in Ragnam but started about three decades earlier. By 1775 a population unbalance had formed creating a large surplus of unemployed manpower in rural areas. These people started to move en masse to the cities where they triggered a development of craftsmanship - at first - and then full fledged industry to meet for their demand of jobs and goods. A beneficial circle engaged that lead to the development of new technologies to satisfy new and increasing demands that where then creating more demands and thus more technologies. By the early 1790s Savam had fully entered in the industrialisation which was spearheaded in Norépoterne and Haute-Quènie thanks to the abundant coal resource of these regions.

In 1787 the accession of the Róssaq dynasty to the throne in Ibothia allowed for the relationship between the Confederation and the Principality to become warmer again but that time it was no more question of having Ibothia joining the Confederation - though some groups defended the idea at the time.

After a relatively calm period in colonies during the 18^th century, the Savamese resumed the competition with other Ascesian power - and at some point Ereanans too as navigation allowed for global projection of power - and started to reinforce their presence on the western coast of Lestria, especially in Kime, Dar al-Suwayd and Nation L28 where they extended the trading outposts they already held, and in south-eastern Serania Major. Nation J21 become a real population colony with in 1820 more than two million Savamese present there. Past 1800, the reason behind Savamese colonial expansion has always been to seek economic domination over the Prothenian Ocean's shores, in order to secure Savam's position as Ascesia's main economic power, something that was challenged by Acratanian fast industrialisation - Acratania's GDP eventually overshoot Savam's in 1868 despite a reduced colonial empire, only to be second again in 1889 until 1906. It has also been established that Savamese culture entertained a "complex of superiority" because of its Ascesian heritage.

The real impulse however came in 1856 when Pierre III, king of Sixttie, took his turn for the Presidency of the Confederation. Pierre III was devoured by ambition and had an unstable personality - to the point that his father tried to avoid having him inheriting the throne by changing the succession law but fate played against this manoeuvres. The king wanted to make of Savam the dominant power in Ascesia for good - at that time Acratania was industrialising too and keeping in pace with Savam in most domains - and show that monarchy remained the best solution. Indeed for about twenty-five years before his presidency a process of democratisation was taking place, closely related to the social changes brought in by industrialisation. The Quènians where the first to bring quasi-absolute monarchy to its end, adopting a constitution that secured parliamentary rule as soon as 1843, the Grand Duke still had the executive power at that time but had to work with an elected government. Pierre was wary of these changes and wanted to be an absolute monarch. He managed to silence the Sixttian parliament - which role had been growing over the late 18^th and early 19^th centuries - to rule at his whim.

Pierre III led Savam on a policy of aggressive colonialism. Military interventions in Lestria and Serania secured trade monopoles in the former and a vast domain extending from Nation J20 to Nation J27 in the latter. This expansion culminated at the naval Battle of Nanchong in July 1866 that granted direct control or influence to Savam over the southern reaches of the Badinese Empire.

At several moments Savam passed close or stepped into open hostilities with other Ascesian colonial powers. It notably supported New Serania during the Seranian-Tauvonian War (1861-67) against Tauvony and did engage in actual fighting between 1864 and 1867. Pierre III also multiplied provocations to the Acratanians and destabilised most of Savam's diplomatic relations because of his lunatic behaviour. The confederal government (ancestor to the Council of the Chancellorship) was in great difficulties of trying to maintain a reasonable policy and often found itself in opposition with the king. In 1866 Savamese provocations culminated in what is now Gesmaquillion - that was at that time divided into seven independent countries - when Acratania and its allies, including Armandia, declared war over Savam, starting the Savamese-Acratanian Great War in September 1866.

The Great War is turning point in Savam’s history. The last major war fought on Ascesian soil by the Savamese, it is also generally recognised as one of the first modern war. Indeed never before in Ascesia had industrial technologies – such as railways – modern weapons and innovative military tactics been used to such a large scale. With four millions soldiers involved and almost half a million casualties, it was also the largest conflict of its time. Despite a strong motivation to fight against what they perceived as "foreign aggression" fuelled by a long-held contempt of the Acratanians, the Confederacy was defeated over the course of eighteen months by a superior – in number and strategic thought – enemy. The signature of the Treaty of Sîme-sur-Quenant on 11 February 1868 officially ended the conflicts. The treaty imposed payment of war indemnities on Savam and detached about one quarter of its territory to hand it to Armandia or – for most of it – the newly formed Acratanian client state of Gesmaquillion. Unrests in most of the country following the peace treaty and the perceived failure of the political elite would lead to considerable change in the months following the end of the war.

Second confederacy (1868-Present)

After the defeat in the Great War Savam was left with its colonial empire intact but had lost its status of first Ascesian economy to Acratania after loosing 10 million people living in Haute-Norépoterne and its national pride was seriously harmed. As unrest against the political system was growing several republican politicians seized the occasion to introduce major changes. Marcel Rèque, the then Prime-minister of Haute-Quènie and leader of the Republican Front, was appointed as Provisional President of the Confederacy by the Assembly of the Confederacy on 13 February 1868 with a mandate to organise a constitutional convention. Delegates for the conventions were elected in early March and the convention had its inaugural meeting on the 16^th of March. Dominated by pro-republican or pro-democratic delegates the convention quickly produced a major text amending the Confederation Charter and based on diverse proposal for reforms made by republicans over the past fifteen years. The influence of monarchist delegates was strong enough however to block any tentative by the constitutional convention to proclaim a republic in Savam. On 24 May 1868 the convention ratified the Accord on Republicanism that despite its name confirmed the monarchic nature of the Savamese states but created a more centralised state with a republican-like government, effectively transforming Savam into a federation where the states’ monarchs had almost not any power left. On 21 June 1868 the Accord was accepted by referendum in the four states which allowed for the organisation during the summer of elections in all of them but Haute-Quènie where a referendum supported the administration led by Marcel Rèque. Rèque - which served as Provisional Prime Chancellor from the ratification of the Accord - refused to become the first Prime Chancellor, his Sixttian associate Jean-Patrice Curonoux was elected in October of the same year when the four parliaments conveyed for the first time.

Government and Politics

Government

See also: Government of Savam

Savam is a complex entity functioning as a federal representative democratic republic of constitutional monarchies. It thus cannot be described as a federal monarchy. The Confederation Charter was approved on 5 September 1751 and amended by the Accord on Republicanism on 24 May 1868. This set of documents forms the base framework for Savamese politics.

The Prime Chancellor (Savamese: Premier chancelier) is the federal head of state and head of government and exercises executive power. The Prime Chancellor chairs the Council of the Chancellorship (Conseil de la chancellerie), a body composed of eight Chancellors that are de-jure not specialized in any particular field of governance - contrary to Ministers in most countries - but de-facto still do so. The Prime Chancellor is responsible for leading the governmental action. According to tradition only the Prime Chancellor is a politician, other chancellors are supposed to be apolitical - technocrats, economists, scientists, members of the civil society... - but no constitutional requirement exists for it. The Council renews itself according to a partially democratic system. Each Chancellor - including the Prime Chancellor - serves a ten years-long term. For regular chancellors, a successor is selected by the whole council to fill the vacated seat. The only safeguard in that process is that the federal legislative body can reject the newly selected Chancellor by a two-third majority vote, but it does not require any approval. The Prime Chancellor is elected in a more democratic process where the Chancellors propose a list of candidates to the four states' parliaments (plus Bourg-Union) that then elect the candidate of their choice.

The Legislative Council (Conseil législatif) exercises federal legislative power. It is an unicameral body composed of forty one members - ten per constituent state and one for the capital territory - that are members of their respective state parliaments and specially detached to the Council (while keeping their prerogatives locally). The Legislative Council's main day-to-day duty is to discuss and vote on drafts proposed by the Council of the Chancellorship for new federal laws. Councillors are elected for a three years term by their respective state parliament, renewals are matched to be as close as possible with state legislative elections so they remain representative. It is possible however that a councillor find itself without parliamentary duties in its home state for some time between elections and renewals.

The four constituent states (Haute-Quènie, Norépoterne, Sixttie and Suconttie) are constitutional parliamentary monarchies with democratic traditions hailing back to second half of the nineteenth century. The monarchs - either King/Queen or Grand-Duke/Grand-Duchess in Haute-Quènie - are mostly ceremonial powerless heads of state. Each constituent state has a slightly different constitution allowing for variation in the exact role of the monarch. For example the King of Norépoterne has no other function than to "represent the nation" while the Grand-Duke of Haute-Quènie is required to approve the nominations of several important officials. Executive power is versed into the Minister-president (Ministre-président) and its government that are appointed by a popularly elected unicameral parliament renewed every five years (four years in Suconttie). These parliaments exercise legislative power within their state but also have role extending to the whole federation. They are required to elect the Prime Chancellor, vote on constitutional amendments and war declarations and must approve the federal budget too. Locally, the state's governments are responsible for cultural development, infrastructure management and extension, education, the environment and law enforcement and keep some leverage on other fields such as taxation, justice, social policies and civil liberties. They retain limited rights to act on their own behalf at an international level, especially trough their monarchs.

Within the constituent states the federal authority is represented by a Vice-Roy (Vice-roi) that is also responsible for managing the federal administration into its state. The Vice-Roy can, under certain conditions notably the one it becomes responsible to the state legislature temporary, act with executive powers similar to the Minister-President's ones. Vice-Roys are appointed by the Council of the Chancellorship, their tenure is not limited in duration.

Politics

Politics in Savam must always be understood in the local or federal level. Each constituent state has its own political life and its own political movements, tendencies and influences that make it unique. The parties have however formed national alliances, know in Savam as federations (fédérations), that work on their convergent political ideologies and interests to weight on a national scale especially for the elections to the Legislative Council or the Prime Chancellorship. The major federations include the Union of Democrats (Union pour les Démocrates, moderate left-wing), the Democracy and Justice Alliance (Alliance Démocratie et Justice, moderate right-wing), the People's Collective (Collectif Populaire, radical left-wing) and the Savamese Rally (Rassemblement Savamais, right-wing).

Traditionally Savam's political framework and the early broad liberty of speech have allowed for the development of extremely different ideologies from extreme reactionaries (see : Félix Forbin) to the most radical communist philosophies. While the extreme remain present and during some periods had an important weight on politics - federally or locally - they have never governed the country. The majority of the Savamese electorate remained - and remains - moderate enough to keep with an alternation of left-wing, right-wing and centre governments. Currently and since the early 1990's the centre-left and left have been in power in Savam and in most of its constituent states with the notable exception of Suconttie until late 2008. Norépoterne also experimented a right-wing government between 1999 and 2004 but is now again governed by the left. As of mid 2009, all states are governed by left-wing parties or coalitions and the Union of Democrats has absolute majority in the Legislative Council.

Administrative divisions

Savam is a federal union of four constituent states (Savamese: États constituants) and one federal community (Communauté fédérale). Originally founded as a confederation in 1751 - hence its still current name of the Savamese Confederacy - it reformed itself into a federation in 1868 after the Savamese-Acratanian Great War. Despite this reform, constitutionally Savam is still halfway between a federation and a confederation : Constituent states have the legal possibility to secede from the Confederacy and have limited leeway to act on their own behalf internationally. They however forfeit most of their governmental authority to the federal administration.

The four constituent states and the federal community are (in alphabetical order) :

• Federal Community of Bourg-Union (Communauté fédérale de Bourg-Union)
• Grand-Duchy of Haute-Quènie (Grand-Duché de Haute-Quènie)
• Kingdom of Norépoterne (Royaume de la Norépoterne)
• Kingdom of Sixttie (Royaume de Sixttie)
• Kingdom of Suconttie (Royaume de Suconttie)

Each constituent state than follows its own system of administrative subdivisions. Haute-Quènie is divided into municipal areas or municipalities (the former being collection of smaller towns and the latter larger cities) and has no intermediate subdivisions between the state and these communes. Norépoterne is divided into regions that were formed in the 1960s and then into municipalities. Sixttie is divided in regions, then into counties and finally into municipalities, this system having been forged at the beginning of the 20^th century. Suconttie is divided in departments modelled during the 19^th century and into municipalities. Overall there is no unincorporated area in Savam due to its long history as a densely populated region and legal tradition.

Economy

General overview

See also: Economy of Savam, Tourism in Savam

Economy of Savam
Currency	Savamese Pound (LC)
Fiscal year	1 February - 31 January
Statistics
Total GDP	2,481.631 billion (12th)
GDP growth	?% (2008)
GDP per capita	42,315.6
GDP by sector	Agriculture: 1.3% Industry: 31.3% Service: 67.4%
Inflation (CPI)	0.44% (2008)
Pop below poverty line	5.9% (2008)
Labor force	31 million (2008)
Unemployment	5.2% (2008)
Trading partners
Public finances
Public debt	1,037.321 billion (41.8% of GDP, 2008)
Revenues	959.968 billion (projected, 2009)
Expenses	959.815 billion (projected, 2009)
Economic aid	none
All values, unless otherwise stated, are in Rallods
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Savam is the 5^th largest national economy in Ascesia and 12^th worldwide with a 2.48 trillion nominal GDP. Its economy combines extensive private enterprise with government intervention - through majority ownership - in sectors labelled as strategic, notably railway, power and telecommunications. It has an open business environment, relatively corruption-free and transparent.

Savam is one of the world's top exporters despite its industry contributing only to 31.3% of the total GDP, with major exports being in the fields of engineering and manufacturing (including transports), electronics, machinery, refined mineral, biotechnologies, plastics and chemical goods. Varied consumer goods are also produced, including several superior goods notably in foodstuff and fashion. Savam has significant natural gas reserves with about 50% of the daily production exported and is a large producer of precious metals, especially from the Platinum group for which it accounts about 10% of the world's yearly production. Industry as always been an important contributor of Savam's economy - and for a long time the most important one - ever since industrialisation started independently here in the first half of the 19^th century, but its weight has steadily decreased during the second half of the 20^th century in favour of services that now accounts for 67.4% of the GDP. The service sector is mixed but includes a significant financial services sector. The city of Quesailles, at the forefront of financial services especially in banking and insurance, is a major centre for international business. Tourism is important to the Savamese economy. Millions of tourists visit the country each year that is known for several cities of high cultural interest (Quesailles, Port-au-Comte, Lac-le-Roy), beaches and seaside resorts (especially in the sub-tropical south) and rural regions. Large tracts of fertile land and the application of modern technology have combined to make Savam an important agricultural producer and exporter with most of its export destined to neighbouring countries in Ascesia. Agriculture accounts for 1.3% of the total GDP.

Savam is known for its high productivity, which is believed to be, combined with an important employment rate, the reason for its high GDP per capita. With 42,315.60 per capita, Savam has the 7^th world's highest GDP per capita, the third in Ascesia. Despite only being the third highest GDP per capita on its continent, Savam is still significantly richer than its neighbours or Ascesian nations in average. Indeed Ascesia's average GDP per capita is only of 28,939, 68% of Savam's.

As of 2007, Savam's government debt rose to 41.8% of GDP, i.e. 1,037.321 billion of Rallods. For 2009 the government's budget will amount 959.815 billion, 38.68% of GDP, with a planned small surplus under 200 million.

Savam is one of the most globalised economies on Eshraval, being as much as a boon as a danger. Savam thrives on exporting its industrial production and services to other nations but having abandoned colonialism it is dependant on trade to harness most of resources and does not have an easy, controlled outlet for its products. It means that Savam is more vulnerable to fluctuations in the world's demand and economic crisis than other more colonially-orientated nations.

Government's budget breakdown

Institution		Budget (in billion )
Federal budget[1]		225.216
including	military expenditures	75.147
States' budgets[1]		244.057
including	Sixttie	99.106
	Suconttie	53.695
	Norépoterne	47.940
	Haute-Quènie	27.103
	Bourg-Union	16.213
Social security expenditures (healthcare & welfare)		443.863
Government debt's interests		46.679
Total budget		959.815

Power generation framework

Savam fields a mixed power generation strategy based on the dual usage of natural gas power and nuclear power. Yearly cumulated production amounts 483.8504 TWh while consumption is steadily rising, at 453.5042 TWh in 2008. Natural gas amounts for 42.1% of Savam's yearly electrical output closely followed by nuclear power with 41.5%. With 28 active nuclear reactors outputting 200.8947 TWh yearly Savam is one of the world's largest users of nuclear technology, which it has independently developed in the 1970s (not to be confused with nuclear weapons). The remainder 16.4% of power production are assumed by hydroelectricity, fuel oil, waste-to-energy, wind or solar power. The Agence nationale pour la production et la distribution énergétique is the sole energy provider in the country.

Transportation

Savam has extensive transportation infrastructure, notably railway and motorways networks.

The railway network, World's oldest second only to Ragnam's, is one of Ascesia's denser. It is operated by the Société unifiée des chemins de fer (SUCF), a state-owned company, for both passenger and freight services. The TIEGV is a high-speed train that is operated on a special network - extending into Ibothia through the Nîret Bay Undersea Tunnel - at 300 km/h and on the normal network at a maximal speed of 210 km/h. Savam has rail connection to all neighbouring countries. Intra-urban connections are also well developed with both underground services and tramway services complementing bus services, especially in larger cities such as Quesailles or Bourg-Union.

A network of motorways has been constructed since the 1950s. It now stretches all over the country alternating dense networks in populated places such as the SBQD quadrilateral and connecting motorways between these regions. All roads are free of charge but the motorways that require a registration fee. Yearly registration licences (called vignettes in Savamese) are the most common among drivers but monthly, weekly or daily registration can also be purchased for drivers having a less regular usage of the motorways. Savam's motorways are generally praised for their good conditions and the extensive infrastructure that follow them (frequent rest areas, emergency facilities, etc.). The motorways are managed by private contractors that built them and receive the fees for several decades (calculated according to the size of their network) in exchange for maintaining the infrastructure. There is no general upper speed limit on the motorways though local limitations are frequent near urbanized areas. On other roads speed limits varies from 50 km/h in cities to 90 km/h on rural roads. Savam's car market is essentially divided between strong domestic brands (such as Perval or Guérand-Lavare) and foreign cars imported from Ereana (especially Heimat and Avandia) or Ascesia (Dalmar mostly).

As an interesting note the Federal Infrastructure and Transportation Directorate and Federal Science and Research Directorate are jointly funding a long-term series of projects aiming at making Savam the first country to offer automated motorways by 2035.

There are about 350 airports in Savam, including landing fields. Several larger international airports are present in major cities (by order of activity) : Quesailles International Airport, Port-au-Comte International Airport, Bourg-Union International Airport & Sacrebourg International Airport. These cities are connected with virtually all major cities across the world. Miracle Island's international airport is also relatively busy thanks to the flow of tourists. Savam's national carrier is Air Savam - now a private corporation but formerly a government corporation - but it faces strong competition from a second large carrier : Air Occidentale.

Savam has several major ports, the largest of which is Port-au-Comte, which is also one of the World's largest Natural gas terminals. Quesailles' port is the second largest port in Savam, performing most of the manufactured goods exchanges. Waterways have been developed in flat regions in coastal and northern Sixttie, most of Suconttie and northern Norépoterne, in addition to transformations brought to natural waterways for extending the length that is sail-ready.

Social policy & Healthcare

Savam has extensive social and welfare policies for its citizens and also foreign residents. The federal government regulates what is called the "basic package" (paquet basique) of welfare benefits through the National Agency for the Employment, its sub-agency the Social Allocation Bureau, and the National Agency of Social Security. Benefits for unemployment, childcare, housing, healthcare and varied other social allocations are proposed and awarded to any person that meets the requirements and lodges a demand. Foreign residents can be awarded certain benefits (unemployment and healthcare notably) too, especially if their country of origin is listed as "low-income nation" by the Savamese official governmental regulations. The Savamese are profoundly committed to the social welfare system but also frown upon fraud. A specific federal sub-agency is dedicated at investigating cases of welfare fraud. State governments can extend welfare further the basic package granted they can fund it themselves. All Savamese states have extended social policies further the federally-required one, the most "generous" state being Sixttie. Pensions (basic and supplementary) work on a mixed method with distribution (compulsory contributions) and capitalisation (optional contributions) managed at federal level for the distribution scheme.

Savam's healthcare system is mostly public. It is managed at a federal level by the Federal Health and Insurance Directorate (also responsible to set minimum country-wide health regulations) and funded by the federal and states governments. More than 70% of healthcare activities in Savam are carried through the public system. Savam's public healthcare has generally be praised for its quality though its important need for funding and the regular increase in cares' costs are regular problems that governments must cope with. Private healthcare is also present in Savam and carries most of the operations that are not supported by the social security. Plastic surgery is notably one of the most active branch of private healthcare.

Foreign relations and Military

Foreign relations

See also: List of Embassies in Savam, List of Savamese embassies, Acratanian-Savamese Relations

Globally, Savam has followed a policy of engaged neutrality during the last decades, with an emphasis on collaboration with nations sharing a similar liberal and democratic ideology, mainly located in Ereana as Ragnam or Heimat or close-by like Ibothia. The friendliest relations overall are shared with these states. Savam though insists on keeping cordial - as much as possible - relations with its important economic partners whatever their political framework is, as in the case of neighbour Armandia, Acratania or larger states in Ereana. The Savamese government has actively pursued a policy of rapprochement with Ragnam after the end of the long Labour's reign in the summer of 2008, with the objective of reviving the decades old friendship between the two countries.

The case of Acratania is particular, as since the late 15^th century the Savamese realms, and then the Confederacy itself, were engaged in a deep rivalry with Acratania and its allies in north Eastern Ascesia that led to numerous wars culminating with the Savamese-Acratanian Great War is 1866. Ever since Savam and Acratania remained at peace, but often with tense relations through the late 19^th and first half of 20^th centuries. The growing economic interaction between the two nations led to the creation of several interdependencies that have made today the threat of war unlikely but not impossible.

Savam maintains strong relations with two nations that shares some cultural common heritage with it : Ibothia and Haveroit. Ibothia is often referred as the "little sister" of Savam by Savamese themselves and enjoy considerable cooperation with its mainland neighbour. Savam and Ibothia have open borders and a custom union and allow their citizens when visiting or living in the other country to enjoy most of the local citizens' rights, such as access to welfare, healthcare, etc. Ibothian citizens do not need a visa to settle in Savam and vice-versa. With Haveroit Savam enjoys a "special relationship" that traces back to the large Savamese immigration in the region and a common history that led to the formation of the two nations in their present states at the same time in the middle 18^th century. Savam and Ibothia also have official agreements in place but not as close as the ones between Savam and Ibothia. While Haveroit is a close ally of Savam, Ibothia is sometime seen as a "special" constituent states of the Savamese Confederacy.

On overall Savam is rather non-aligned toward Seranian independent nations but for its former colonies and the north-western area of the Seranias where lie the most powerful independent nations of these continents. New Serania especially has been another important partner of Savam for at least six decades (some foreign policy experts consider that New Serania took over Ragnam's traditional role within Savamese foreign policy after Ragnam went on isolationist policies). Most notably the two nations joined their efforts to successfully send a man on the Moon first. The two nations are liked through Heimat in a global economic and strategic partnership, the Festung Treaty Organization - Savam and New Serania both received nuclear weapons from Heimat. Trade between Savam and New Serania is considerable as the two nations have compatible natural resources and developed relatively similar industrial and economic frameworks. Heimat is another considerable trading partner of Savam and the two nations collaborate closely in many matters of international policy. With the Festung Treaty Organization Heimat, New Serania and Savam form arguably one of the World's most powerful alliances, despite recent friction with Heimat during the last quarter of 2008.

Savam is active in numerous international organisations such as the AESIS, the Median Concert, the White Star...

Military

See also: Military of Savam

The Military of Savam is a body of long history, having existed as a unified military force since the founding of the Confederacy in 1751 and as the militaries of Savam's constituent states before. Over its history it was greatly influential in Ascesian history as it took part of events that shaped the region's destiny. The current military of Savam encompasses an army, navy, air force and military police. It is well funded and equipped, regarded as one of the world's most modern military, yet not the most powerful. In recent years Savamese military establishment has strongly pushed for technological innovation as its prime source of superiority against its potential foes. More generally, Savamese military doctrine is based on the concepts of national independence and military self-sufficiency for the defence of national territory, protection of national interests abroad and maintenance of global stability, which does not bar the nation from engaging into multi-lateral alliances or operations as well, especially via the FTO. Savam armed forces have among the world's highest expenditure but are relatively smaller compared to nations of similar economic power. A significant part of Savam's military equipment is made in Savam by a profitable armament industry sector. Savam is a major arms seller as most of its arsenal's designs are available for exportation.

Conscription has been abolished at the end of the 1980's to allow for completely professional armed forces where both men and women can serve in equal capacities. Compared to similar nations, Savam's armed force have a larger proportion of women (up to 41.6% in 2007) notably due to the large acceptance of the combat role of women after military service became compulsory for them too in the 1960s until its abolishment.

Culture

See also: Culture of Savam, Religion in Savam, Television in Savam

For millennia, Savam has been a centre of culture beginning with the Ascesian Empire, the largest empire to ever exists on Eshraval, that influenced the whole Ascesia and even shaped Ereana's and Lestria's destinies. Jakarism has been a central element of Savamese culture from the 4^th century BCE as the Ascesian Empire adopted it as its official religion. It has remained ever since the major religion in Savam despite being under - over different historical era - Siriash and Isealist pressure. The Savamese positivist interpretation of Jakarism (see Transcendent Jakarism) has led to the development of individualist ideas and theories as soon as the 16^th century, most notably humanism and market capitalism and later on of ideas such as materialism, individual freedoms or atheistic thought. While Savam cannot claim for the sole development of such ideas, they found a rather powerful echo in the nation.

Modern Savam is frequently viewed as liberal hothouse - and is subject of abundant stereotypes for it - which allows for a rather unconstrained development of culture. With Jakarism practice declining and the ever growing foreign-born population of Savam, the nation is assimilating new cultural influences that make it diverge significantly from its Ascesian neighbours. The most visible difference is probably that conservative to authoritarian political regimes that are frequent on the continent (Acratania, Armandia...) would be unsustainable in Savam due to the liberal mindset and large diversity of its population.

While generally described as one of the most liberal society on Eshraval Savam also presents some traditions and formalisms that other culture might perceive as exaggerated or unwarranted. This is notably true in the area of government where Savamese have a strong sense of formality and a very precise protocol that everyone is expected to abide to strictly. A strong attention to details is expected in many fields involving formal relationships and is often seen as overrated by foreigners (for example the ambassadorial uniform). On the other hand informal and more casual situation might somehow be perceived as "rules-less" and very allowing and the Savamese are often perceived as risqué by other cultures. The Savamese themselves recognise the existence of this paradox.

Architecture

Savamese architecture has been deeply influenced by the Ascesian architecture, that continued trough the Armandian era and later was strongly revived with the neo-classical Rediscovery that lasted from the 16^th to the middle 19^th century in various shapes. Jakarist influence was instrumental as it led to a strong search for grandiose architectural realisation. Savam's military architecture was also praised for several centuries and inspired neighbouring regions. The industrial revolution brought a more organised and rigorous architecture for about a century before the early 20^th century's Neo-Rediscovery broke strict patterns and brought considerable liberty and innovation to Savamese architecture, especially in styles that combines both modern and old architectural styles. The late 19^th century saw the advent of luxuriant steel-framed architecture that continued well into the following century.

Literature

Savamese literature tracks its origins back to the Antiquity and has been very active since the Rediscovery. Classical and neo-classical literature flourished under the influence of the late part of the Rediscovery and similar cultural evolution in other regions, even as distant as eastern Ereana. General scientific and philosophical treatises were a popular genre from the Antiquity to the 16^th century before being supplemented by more specialized works. A well known example of that genre is the "Des erres de Manius Naevius en les longitanes terres de Tudae et Siursum" (Old Savamese: On Manius Naevius' voyages in the far lands of Thude and Ragnam), a 1105's copy and translation of an - now lost - original geographic, cartographic and political treaty written in the second half of the 1^st century by the Ascesian explorer-trader Manius Naevius. The last two centuries have seen a large increase in literature's diversity and saw the birth of many Savamese novels of world renown. Savam claims to be the origin of modern science-fiction (in the 19^th century) though several nations can dispute that claim.

Numerous philosophical trends have originated or played an important role in Savamese literature and thought notably, among others, Humanism, Hedonism, Individualism, Physicalism, Pragmatism, Naturalism or Perpetuism.

Art

Visual arts have been relatively popular in Savam for centuries. Under Savamese interpretation of Jakarism, representing the world was believed to help to the re-established of Jakar by extracting the good sides of the world and reinforcing them. This belief has been present in Savamese religious painting since the middle-ages and also influenced non-religious painting. More recently non-representative painting - such as surrealism and cubism - had developed too despite being contrary to the traditional Jakarist interpretation. Photography on the other hand keeps with this interpretation and has been widely popular in Savam both in religious and non-religious population. Some photographers of world renown are Savamese nationals. Filmmaking also remains an important cultural aspect in Savam and is strongly supported by the state.

Science

Science has been an important feature of Savamese cultural evolution since the earliest era. Jakarism's influence played a lot again to make science - and the quest of understanding Nature - a favoured field. The classical interpretation says that if Jakar is to be restored a good way to achieve that and do not get lost on unwarranted paths is to understand how Nature works - how it is broken - to help foster its ultimate restoration. Such interpretations have been particularly present during the antiquity and middle-ages and continued to influence Savamese scientific thoughts during the Rediscovery and subsequent eras. Savam has been the cradle for the Ascesian industrial revolution - that begun in the late 18^th century, a few decades after Ragnam - and cultivates ever since a strong culture of engineering.

Some of most renown Savamese scientists include : Pierre Maréchal, a 17^th Century Suconttian mathematician and astronomer known for his work on planetary motion; Julien de Fissard, a 19^th Century physicist that contributed considerably to the creation of the classical electromagnetic theory; [TBC]

Sport

A wide variety of sports are popular in Savam, either collective or individual. Among collective sports, football remains the most popular one along with its beach variant. Volleyball and beach volley are more practised in the south along the coasts with a lot of water-related sports too. In Haute-Quènie there is a small region that allows for regular practise of winter sports.

Cuisine

Savamese cuisine, sometimes rather called in Savam itself les cuisines savamaises (the Savamese cuisines) for the important regional diversity of the Savamese gastronomic landscape, has a long history and became known and appreciated world-wide in the 19^th and 20^th centuries to the point that one would find a Savamese restaurant in every countries of the developed world. It is difficult to give a single definition of Savamese cuisine. Generally speaking it involves the use of quality products and emphasis on the level of work and time needed to achieve complicated recipes rather than creating "fast-food". In the south a lot of recipes involve fish or sea foods and spices that grow in the hospitable subtropical climate. Further north meat - usually poultry or beef (and derivates) - forms the backbone of most recipes with an emphasis on thick, creamy sauces. All kind of sides exists, usually vegetables, and some foreign products - typically the Valak fries - enjoy a great popularity. Mushrooms are typical of central Savam and are used there as side dishes, cooked in a variety of fashions. Olive oil is present in most recipes and generally used instead of corn oils used in northern Ascesia or Ereana.The typical Savamese breakfast involves fruits and yoghourts (or other diariy products). Coffee is the drink of choice - the Savamese brought coffee back from western Lestria in the late 15^th century - but other hot beverages can also be consumed, including teas imported from Ereana. Salted meals are never eaten at breakfast.

Fashion

Related article: Gamblain, Miss Savam

Materialism has started to develop in Savam at the turn of the 20^th century and peaked between the 1950s and 1970s during what would later be known as the "great sexual upheaval", a period where genders' roles were shaken and gender equalitarianism became a norm. One of the consequences of these changes was the large place appearance came to occupy in social relationships in the country to a point some scholars described as "indecent". While it has today somehow cooled off - some scholars believe it actually did not change much but simply become more integrated into the society, thus more accepted - appearance continues to play a significant role that largely explains the popularity of fashion in Savam. A number of luxury fashion houses thrive in Savam (Gamblain is the largest) and extend worldwide and fashion related events are commonplace in the country.

As a fact, Savamese men and women spend on average on clothing and accessories more money than any other people from industrialised nations. It is also worthy to note that plastic surgery in Savam is a real industry accounting for a large part of plastic surgery operations in Ascesia.

Music

Savam has a long musical history. It is known that the Ascesians were avid composers of music and a form of what has been called "musical theatre" or "early opera" however almost no composition from this era remain. Savamese music really took off again after the Pre-Rediscovery (circa 1450). It flourished during the subsequent Rediscovery and Classical era with several composers that are still renown today. Savamese music then entered the Romantic era in the first half of the 19^th century before shifting to the Neo-Rediscovery's neo-classical style later in the same century. Since about 1550 and until the advent of modern style of music classical Savamese music has usually put a strong emphasis on chords and keyboard instruments either alone or in combination. 20^th century and contemporary classical music is still strong in Savam, notably with the influent Angelian School and its successors. Unlike what happened in other parts of the Asceso-Ereanan world, Savamese 20^th century classical music was not characterised by the rupture of modernism. The evolution from classical and neo-rediscovery eras to Contemporarism was much smoother, notably with the strong tonal influence in composition by the Angelian School.

More recently Savam has been influenced by foreign musical styles during the rock'n'roll era such as Dalmarian Bomb pose, Ragnamer Skúr or Ereanan Jazz. Since the 1970s disco and electronic music are popular in Savam too. They notably gave its importance to the phenomenon of festivals. For the last three decades Savam has become the hosting grounds of numerous musical festivals. While they overall cover a large spectrum and audience - with Port-au-Comte Jazzy Festival or Quesailles Classics Festival - a majority of the them are oriented toward Electro and Techno and an audience mostly composed of young adults. Combined with a vibrant nightlife scene this had led to Savam becoming a popular destination for young musical enthusiasts. Additionally there is a number of carnival and parades occurring in Savam, usually shorter than festivals but of similar cultural importance. Some are associated with the LGBT culture but this is not the majority.

Demographics

With an estimated population of 61.3 million people (58.6 million if overseas territories are excluded) Savam is the 4^th most populous country in Ascesia after Nation A14 (with metropolitan territory only it is the fifth, slightly excedeed by Nation A27) and 30^th in the world (33^rd metropolitan only). Savam is an ethnically diverse nation with more than nine million people of foreign origins. The majority of these migrants are Seranian Savamese who are the descent of immigrants from (in majority) Savamese Serania during colonial days and up to this day. Most of them have Savamese citizenship, sometimes for several generations. They form a more ethnically unified group than the Lestrian Savamese, a broader group that includes all Lestrians that immigrated to Savam from either its former holdings there or other regions. As an exception immigrants from Haveroit are not included into that category when they are themselves descents of Savamese that immigrated in the Lestrian nation. In 2007 Savam received about 63,000 immigrants. The same year about 635,000 births were registered in Savam despite a relatively low fertility rate of 1.53. The natural population growth (excluding immigration) was 266,252.

About 60% of Savamese identify as Jakarists. Jakarism has been the dominant religion in Savamese history, notably because it was founded there 2,600 years ago, a domination that has never been challenged by other religions. However since the advent of Industrial Revolution and especially the mid-20^th Century, strong faith followship and cult attendance have considerably decreased. Polls from the early 2000s suggest that more than half of the self-identified Jakarists in Savam do not attend to cult and declare religion to have "very limited" or "no" influence on their daily life. Savam is also one of the countries with the highest proportion of self-identified agnostics and atheists, up to 28% of the population according to recent studies. The policy of secularisation started by radical republicans in the 1880s and advent of widespread non-religious public education from the same time period as well as several societal changes (such as the Great sexual upheaval) are considered as the major factors behind this decrease in spirituality. For a nationwide poll conducted in 2008 35% of Savamese responded that "they do not believe there is any sort of spirit, god, or life force". The proportion of people that believed in the existence of any of such was about 50%. Tianism is the second largest religion in Savam at 4.4% of the population, mostly practised within the Seranian Savamese population. Arlatur, Pyranism, Siriash and Isealism are also present, all with less than 3% of the population.

Population:

58,645,780 (metropolitan); 61,325,894 with overseas territories

Age Structure:

0-14 years: 16.94%
15-64 years: 66.09%
65 years and over: 16.97%

Population Growth Rate:

0.454% (2007 est.)

Birth rate:

10.82 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate:

7.36 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net Migration

1.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.53 children born/woman (2007 est.)

Sex ratio (2006):

at birth:	1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years:	1.02 male(s)/female
15-64 years:	0.93 male(s)/female
65 years and over:	0.88 male(s)/female
total population:	0.94 male(s)/female

Life expectancy at birth (2007):

total population:	80.36 years
male:	77.12 years
female:	83.39 years

Nationality

noun: Savamese (singular)/Savamese (plural)

Ethnic Groups

Savamese 84.3%, Seranian Savamese 7.3%, Lestrian Savamese 5.1%, Non-Savamese Ascesians and Ereanans 2.7%, Other 0.6%

Religions

Jakarism 58.6%, Agnosticism 18.4%, Atheism 9.1%, Tianism 4.4%, Arlatur 3.5%, Pyranism 3.2%, Siriash 2.1%, Isealism 0.5%, Other 0.2%

Language

Savamese (Official), Gesmaquillian and Ibothian present in some pockets, numerous immigrants continues to speak their languages at home but no official recognition of these languages exists.

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write proficiently

total population: 99.1%

Education

The education system is divided into two levels, (1) the primary education exclusively managed by state governments that ensure the compulsory education of children until the age of 18 and (2) the secondary education managed by state governments with a strong presence of the federal government. The federal government is also responsible for keeping the standards of education equivalent in all states and territories and thus has a right to review programs approved by state governments and demand amendments if they do not meet the requirements. Primary education is unitary, free and compulsory for all children until the age of 16 where it becomes possible to move to a more professional system for short-studies. Secondary education is more diverse, composed of universities and special-purpose schools. They all require fees from they student but these fees are largely variable from one school to another and are regulated by the federal government to avoid creating a situation where students would have to engage in large debts to pay for their education. Subsides to universities and schools - including private ones - are considerable each year in order to ensure a good quality of education. Some issues remain considering the difference between prestigious schools and state-managed universities, the latter being for some of these described as "poor". Some of the largest and most successful secondary education establishments still are public universities, notably the Polytechnic University of Quesailles, its tens of thousand students, six campuses, numerous research facilities - including a particle accelerator and a rocket range - and billions Rallods budget.

Gallery of Savamese

Savamese ethnic groups

A Savamese woman

A Savamese man

A couple of Seranian Savamese of ascent from former colonies in Serania Major

Two Lestrian Savamese illustrating the wide variety of that category

Largest Cities

The following is a list of the ten most populous Savamese cities. Populations are based on official December 2007 estimates, population of urban areas is shown.

Rank	City	State	Population	Rank	City	State	Population	Quesailles Bourg-Union
1	Quesailles	Sixttie	7,352,073	6	Dordan	Sixttie	1,294,365
2	Port-au-Comte	Suconttie	5,012,535	7	Sacrebourg	Norépoterne	1,153,956
3	Bourg-Union	Communauté fédérale	3,974,116	8	Semor	Sixttie	1,023,582
4	Jague-Salins	Norépoterne	2,541,849	9	Lac-le-Roy	Suconttie	997,251
5	Trois-Rivières	Suconttie	1,517,485	10	Sîme-sur-Quenant	Haute-Quènie	873,014

These ten urban areas contain 25.7 million of Savam's total population of 58.6 million residents.

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