New Scandinavia

Regarding Languages
The nation of New Scandinavia speaks three main languages: Finnish, Swedish, and Norwegian. All are official languages of of the country. For this reason,througout article people, places, and time periods may be reffered to by their name in one of these scandinavian languages. To make it easy to refer to these languages, the following abbreviations willbe used to indicate the language used: Finnish: FN Swedish: SD Norwegian: NG. Also, for the purposes of this article, "Norwegian" will be the demonym used to refer to something or someone from the RL country Norway, except in the case of the religion, in which case "Norse" will be used. In addition, the ise of italics in the article will refer to a scandinavian language, as english is the accepted language of CyberNations.

Regarding Ruler Names
In this article, the ruler of New Scandinavia will be either referred to as Dan77 or Tanskalainen Seitsemänkymmentä-Seitsemän. The former name is the actual OOC user name of the ruler, on CyberNations, the CN forums, and the GPA Forums. It is also the IC nickname for the ruler of New Scandinavia. The latter name is only for IC use, as the "official" name of the ruler, as "Dan77" is a pretty carppy RL name.

Nation Information
New Scandinavia (FN: Veres Skandinavia | NG: Ny Skandinavia | SD: Ny Skandinavien) is a small, developing, and maturing nation at 76 days old with citizens primarily of Scandinavian ethnicity whose religion is Hinduism. It is a backwards nation when it comes to technology and many refer to it unkindly as a 'Third World Nation'. Its citizens pay extremely high taxes and many despise their government as a result. The citizens of New Scandinavia work diligently to produce Pigs and Uranium as tradable resources for their nation. It is a mostly neutral country when it comes to foreign affairs. It will usually only attack another nation if attacked first. New Scandinavia is currently researching nuclear technology for the use of nuclear power plants but believes nuclear weapons should be banned. Plans are on the way within New Scandinavia to open new rehabilitation centers across the nation and educate its citizens of the dangers of drug use. New Scandinavia allows its citizens to protest their government but uses a strong police force to monitor things and arrest lawbreakers. It has an open border policy, but in order for immigrants to remain in the country they will have to become citizens first. New Scandinavia believes in the freedom of speech and feels that it is every citizen's right to speak freely about their government. The government gives whatever is necessary to help others out in times of crisis, even if it means hurting its own economy. New Scandinavia will not make deals with another country that has a history of inhuman treatment of its citizens.

History
The history of New Scandinavia is divided mostly into two parts: Keskeinen Tilukset: Vad Var Då. (SD: What Was Then), and Ny Skandinavien: Vad Är Nu (SD: What Is Now), which begins with the formation of New Scandinavia in CN.

Keskeinen Tilukset: Vad Var Då
The region of Scandinavia was, and still is, mostly controlled by the nation of Bauhaus, but terriories and other nations were numerous in the region. Among the most wanted, and thus disputed territories was Keskeinen Tilukset (FN: "Central Lands). Due to it's central location and diverse natural resources, Keskeinen Tilukset was home to great conflicts, and it was eventually decided that a treaty must be signed for the good of the terriotory. Held in the neutral country of San Pedro, ruled by sanpedrodave, the Sopimus -lta Sotilas Takaisin Vetäminen, (FN:: Treaty of Military Withdrawal), was signed, declaring that no nation shall deploy military forces into Keskeinen Tilukset, nor claim it as a colony, territory, or possesion of any kind. From that point, the region was left to maintain their own affairs. For around 1.5 decades, Keskeinen Tilukset managed just fine without a form of government. But as the region grew in strength and size (population-wise), a certain unrest grew over the land. It was soon determined that a region that size would need some form of government. And so, all the influential "leaders" of Keskeinen Tilukset gathered in the nations largest settlement, Velstanden (NG: Prosperity), and held the famed "Velstanden Toppunktet, Toppunktet meaning summit in Norwegian. In the end, it was agreed that the populace of Keskeinen Tilukset'' would unite to form an independent nation.

Ny Skandinavien: Vad Är Nu
At this point, a republic was decided on as the right form of government for the people. Tanskalainen Seitsemänkymmentä-Seitsemän, a famed unofficial diplomat of the nation more commonly known as Dan77, was appointed as the head of the nation. In lack of a better term, the leader was then known as the "Chief-President-Minister-Dude". In addition, Velstanden was renamed Scandinavia City, and selected for a capital city. At this point, the new republic (now known by it's current name) was in need of assistance in creating a nation. Several alliance had offered membership to the nation. Dan77, backed by the people, had then decided that battle was not in the interests of the new, previously war-ravaged nation. And so, the Green Protection Agency was chosen as the alliance best suited to the people. Dan77 continues to be quite active in his service to the alliance, in exchange fo the offered protection from the fiercesome world of Bob. Eventually, however, by only two weeks the republic grew corrupt. And the people were drifting towards a new religion from theit original mixed faiths.At this point, two major changes occured. As the nation clamped on to the Taoist religion, the republic was overthrown and a revolutionary government instated. Suprisingly enough, Tanskalainen was the key leaders in the revolution, after seeing how ineffective republic had become. The revolutionary government came to an end when the Ny Demringen (NG: New Dawn) paty came to power, reinstating the old republic, as well as the Hindu religous practice.