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| Factbook of The Kingdom of Etat Libre d'Esprit | |
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| Etat Libre Esprit | Feb 18 2011, 12:36 PM Post #1 |
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The Kingdom of Etat Libre d'Esprit Country name: Long form: The Kingdom of Etat Libre d’Esprit Short form: Esprit Demonym: Esp Motto: “Etat Libre d’Esprit” (Esprit), “Free State of Spirit/Mind” (Navis) Anthem: Chanson de l'œil de verre National Holiday : Jour de naissance de l'Esprit Capital city: Grand Esprit Largest city: Fantômville Languages: Esprit, Navis (non-official) Ethnic groups: Hesperian 99%, other 1% Government: Government type: Absolute Monarchy Royal family: *Sa Majesté l'Empereur de Sainte Etat Libre d'Esprit: *His Majesty the Holy Emperor of Etat Libre d’Esprit: ![]() Jean Christian Joubert *Prince Saint des Esprits, Sa Majesté : *Holy Prince of Spirits, his Majesty : ![]() Hénry Joubert *Prince Saint des Esprits, Sa Majesté : *Holy Prince of Spirits, his Majesty : ![]() Pierre XI Joubert Edited by Etat Libre Esprit, Dec 31 2012, 02:50 AM.
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| Etat Libre Esprit | Feb 18 2011, 01:31 PM Post #2 |
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National Flag:![]() National Animal: •l'œil de verre ![]() Capital of Etat Libre d'Esprit: Grand Esprit ![]() Grand Esprit is the Capital of Etat Libre d'Esprit, second largest city and the seat for the crown governance in Etat Libre d'Esprit Second Largest city: Fantômville ![]() Fantômville is the second largest city in Etat Libre d'Esprit, it is a major industrial city as well as the Seat for the Veritas Chruch Edited by Etat Libre Esprit, Dec 31 2012, 03:32 AM.
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| Etat Libre Esprit | Feb 25 2011, 12:05 PM Post #3 |
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Couronne Gouvernance: Crown Governance: King: ![]() Has absolute power over the kingdom of Etat Libre d’Esprit, sits at the top of the political chain, he then chooses several ministers he thinks would be appropriate for the ministries that they represent, these collectively form a senate of ministries, the Ministerial Senate passes laws to the protect the people of Etat Libre d’Esprit. Laws which are deemed as being to severe can be repealed by the king and then scrapped. The general populace can attempt to change and/or pass a law by bringing forth the issue to the Ministry of Judiciary, the judges within this ministry would then asses the proposed law and assign a barrister to the case, the barrister would then have propose the law to the ministry which it effects, if the law is then deemed as being substantial enough to warrant a change and/or a passing then the law is passed on to the King. The King then has a fortnight to decide on the law; the entire process from beginning to end should take no less than a month. Ministry of the Crown: ![]() •Crown Minister, personal advisor to the King of Etat Libre d’Esprit, acts as a/in a similar position to a prime minister Ministry of Defence ![]() •Minister of defence (kings discretion) Ministry of Education (includes basic, secondary and tertiary education) ![]() •Minister of Education (annually elected from a panel of carefully selected educators, then several ministerial servants are then chosen) Ministry of Intelligence ![]() •Minister of intelligence (Kings discretion) Ministry of Culture ![]() •Minister of culture (Bi-anually elected artist that has contributed to the culture of Etat Libre d’Esprit) Ministry of Judiciary ![]() •Ministers of Judiciary (high court judges, barristers and solciters, these are elected by the populace of Etat Libre d’Esprit in a democratic manner) Edited by Etat Libre Esprit, Dec 31 2012, 03:18 AM.
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| Etat Libre Esprit | Dec 31 2012, 03:31 AM Post #4 |
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Ministry of Defence![]() Kings Guard: Historic Guard that has guarded the royal family since 86 C.E ![]() Army: ![]() Navy: ![]() Air-Force: ![]() Esprit foreign legion: ![]() International army stationed in Etat Libre d’Esprit but periodically relocated to different ADATTA nations for training, any foreign national can join the Esprit Foreign legion, and after 6 years of service is granted citizenship of Etat Libre d’Esprit |
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| Etat Libre Esprit | Dec 31 2012, 04:05 AM Post #5 |
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Ministry of Education:![]() Schooling in Etat Libre d'Esprit is broken into four basic stages Crèche: System of schooling, although not compulsory, it is recommended for young children as it introduces them from an early age to the language and culture of Etat Libre d'Esprit ![]() Primary School: At the age of 6, it is compulsory by law to enroll your child in a Primary School, these schools are dived into boys and girls schools, school uniforms are compulsory and Crown Governance have strict guidelines concerning the use of school uniforms ![]() ![]() High School: generally the same segregation applies for High School students, however because within the Etat Libre d'Esprit schooling system you have a wide variety of different types of High School, mixed school do occur High Schools are generally divided into three distinct categories 1) Academic High Schools: these place high importance on the academic achievement of its pupils 2) Technical High Schools: these are High Schools for children who feel they will do better within a technical environment, these types of schools are recommended for students as there have more practical use in the economy at large 3) Cultural High Schools: these are high schools specifically for gifted children, or children who wish to peruse a career within the arts or culture, these schools are seen by the populace at large as the pinnical of Etat Libre d'Esprit sophistication ![]() Tertiary Education: Even thought the ministry does have some control over the tertiary education system in Etat Libre d'Esprit, it is largely seen only as a regulatory body, tertiary education are subdivided into two categories Private Universities: ![]() these are universities that are run by private individuals and/or groups, and even though they are not regulated they must still conform to a international code of excellence as set by the ADATTA alliance, these universities are usually extremely expensive and very exclusive Public Universities: ![]() these are universities that are run by public entities and corporations, the ministry only regulates the them and does not control them, the freedom of the education is extremely high, these universities are not as prestigious as the private universities and do not offer as many different types of programs, however they are fairly cheaper and is considered the university of the common man |
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| Etat Libre Esprit | Dec 31 2012, 04:14 AM Post #6 |
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Ministry of Intelligence:![]() this is the Etat Libre d'Esprit ministry for internal and foreign affairs, this ministry has a dual function, as both a regulatory body for the populace of Etat Libre d'Esprit, as to record births, deaths and other official affairs, it also acts as a central office for intelligence gathering, it works in conjunction with both the police as well as the Ministry of defense The Ministry is also responsible for the national DNA fingerprinting database, which is compulsory for all Etat Libre d'Esprit citizens |
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| Etat Libre Esprit | Dec 31 2012, 04:15 AM Post #7 |
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| Etat Libre Esprit | Dec 31 2012, 04:18 AM Post #8 |
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Ministry of Judiciary![]() Governance laws: •Legal marriage age: 18 •Legal adult status: 18 •Legal age of consent (irrelevance of sex, and/or sexual orientation):16 Rape is conceded in cases were the transgressor (rape accused) is older than five years at the time of the sexual transgression, the accuser has to be older than 16 and younger than 18 for this law to apply. •In all cases of sexual activity below the age of 16 is considered rape when the transgressor is 16 or older or a minimum of two years age difference between the two parties •In cases where sexual activity has been identified between two minors who comply to the above mentioned laws (i.e. is within the minimum two years age gap, and is below 16) and the sex is consensual between the two parties, this is legal, only to citizens of Etat libre d’Esprit •All above mentioned laws apply to all genders and sexual orientations. •Motor vehicles within Etat Libre d’Esprit must conform to strict safety laws, hence no cars older than 10 years are found on the road, unless it has been ruled by the Ministry of culture that the motor vehicle is of cultural importance. •Cars drive with the steering wheel on the right hand side •Housing code follows strict rules of cultural importance, unless over-ruled by the Ministry of Culture •Circumcision is banned in Etat Libre d’Esprit and all associated overseas territories, unless a medical professional has no other choice, if procedure is done then a full scale investigation is underdone to determine whether the procedure was necessary or not. • Fast food chains must conform to strict health laws concerning the percentage of additives and fats within the food, one critical law is that of salt levels within food. •There is a complete absence on drug laws, but all narcotics are heavily taxed. |
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| Etat Libre Esprit | Dec 31 2012, 04:41 AM Post #9 |
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Economy of Etat Libre d'Esprit The largest driving force within the economy of Etat Libre d'Esprit is that of its pharmaceutical industry, due largey to the absence of drug laws a wide array of pharmaceutical companies open shop in Etat Libre d'Esprit to conduct medical tests on any wide array of pharmaceuticals ![]() Other important industries are optics and computer hardware, located within the shores of Etat Libre d'Esprit is Alterra's purest silica deposits, these are crucial for the creation of superb optics as well as the production for micro-processors, and even though Etat Libre d'Esprit might not be the birth place of the modern computer as we know it, almost 70% of Alterra's hardware components are created here There is a thriving automobile industry, even though not large, the people of Etat Libre d'Esprit are proud of their cars ![]() ![]() lastly although not nearlyy as lucrative as any of the other industries, the fashion industry within Etat Libre d'Esprit is one of the largest contributors to Alterra's daily fashion choices as well as being famous for its fashion, Etat Libre d'Esprit is also world famous for its perfume industry, of wich the city of Guerlain is very famous ![]() ![]()
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| Etat Libre Esprit | Dec 31 2012, 05:13 AM Post #10 |
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Veritas Church:![]() ![]() Veritas Religion The religion of Veritas is linked to many aspects of the Cerberus culture, much of which is still reflected in Esprit today. Origins: The Religion originated in pre-history with the worshiping of several different Elements by tribes pre-Cerberus, these included the worshiping of Mother Light (Mater Lux) and Father Earth (Absolutio Patris) there were several gods that were associated with wind, water and fire, but these were lost in the sands of time. In the pre-Cerberus time, several of the figures of Veritas was established, the worshiping of “ghosts” or “spirits” was established, each town had there own patron saint ghost, and this was relatively large pantheon because every thing was worshiped including the god of bread. It was only after the unification of the pre-Cerberus that the “true” Veritas religion was established by the Cerberus culture, they were the first to build specific temples to the spirits and worship them in elaborate rituals. It was during this time that the temple of Flovios was built, which gave rise to the name of the town Flavia (now Fantômville), the temple was built during a relatively dry period in Hesperitus, the temple was carved out of solid rock underneath the stone bridges being built by the Cerberusians, after the bridges had been completed and the last of the tools were laid down the valleys flooded around Fantômville and the temple was completely submerged under the water. Other temples were built on other sites to commemorate the spirits that dwelled in those places, this later set the stage for towns and cities to be built around the temples. Beliefs: In the beginning before Alterra was created there existed two beings, both of immense power and spiritual enlightenment, Mater Lux and Absolutio Patris, they loved each other dearly and could not be separated. Mater Lux was a compassionate yet strong female spirit, she was beautiful, long flowing blonde hair, and was always dressed in a simple white gown Absolutio Patris, was a loving father figure with a over thinking mind that would usually bring out the darker side of him, he was handsome with dark hair but he was always supported by Mater Lux But as time grew by they grew lonely and yearned for more than there own companionship, Mater Lux and Absolutio Patris decided to have a child, they were overjoyed when Cerberus was born. He was a beautiful boy, fun and loving, they spent aeons playing with him through the stars teaching him everything that they could teach him, but the happiness wasn’t to last, soon other forces appeared in the universe, they were dark and menacing. Mater Lux and Absolutio Patris were peaceful spirits, but Cerberus seeing that the universe would be destroyed confronted the spirits. Cerberus was a brave warrior, he had subdued or destroyed most of the malevolent spirits within the universe, but there was one more spirit to defeat, he was a powerful dark spirit. It was a long battle, and exhausting, the spirit seemed to be too strong for Cerberus, and he was about to deal the death blow when both Mater Lux and Absolutio Patris combined their powers and created a unified force called the Spiritus Magna. They saved Cerberus by transferring the Spiritus Magna into him, they were left weak and nearly powerless after the transfer, but Cerberus changed, he rived as the power coursed through his veins, his body changed and altered until he finally reached his final form, that of the three headed dog. The dark spirit eventually was defeated by Cerberus, his dead body is the blackness that now envelopes the universe of today, Cerberus turned to his parents to see that they were very weak, sadness grew in his heart, so did the guilt of knowing that they sacrificed so much for him. And as he sat there in front of Mater Lux and Absolutio Patris he was drenched in blood, as he sat recovering a drop of blood fell from one of his heads, this was infused with the power of the Spiritus Magna and thus created the sun. As he exhaled the Spiritus Magna infused breathed gathered around the sun, the Caligo was formed, this eventually started to separate and Alterra was formed out of the Caligo. With the Caligo came the formation of thousands of smaller spirits that swarmed around the planet of Alterra, it was a waste land of nothingness, desolation, as Cerberus saw his parents his sadness and guilt grew so much that he cried, his tears falling down upon the planet thus creating the oceans. The smaller spirits swarmed and swarmed around the oceans for millennia experiencing everything, but soon they grew bored of the surroundings, one spirit emerged and confronted Cerberus, he was very humble in his approach and asked Cerberus for help to create life. Cerberus was impressed by the spirits bravery and humbleness, he smiled upon the spirit and decided to grant him the power of the Spiritus Magna, but when the spirit received the power it was emmense and he was consumed by the power, the spirit became the embodiment of the Spiritus Magna and thus in turn the avatar of Cerberus, Mater Lux and Absolutio Patris. The Spiritus Magna returned back to Alterra, where with the help of the thousands of other spirits created their dream world, one were they could live forever, the Spiritus Magna granted many spirits powers to help him in the tasks. One spirit was granted the power of Fire, Vulpes, who was cunning and fast, Vulpes eventually took on the form of a fox to represent the cunning and speed Araneos was granted the power of earth, he was sturdy and strong, Araneos eventually took the form of a spider to represent the absolute resolve that he possessed Flovios was granted the power of water, he was flexible yet steadfast in his decisions, he was eventually granted the form of water to represent his flexibility. Aquila was granted the power of wind, she was intelligent yet illusive representing the attainability of knowledge, she was eventually granted the form of an eagle. As Alterra took shape, the 5 spirits created spots in which they would like to spend a lot of time, as there were thousands of spirits thus the other spirits gathered around their preferred deities. These spots were called Maculae Animi, this Maculae Animi were scattered throughout the entire planet, but not all Maculae Animi belonged to the 5 spirits, yet only one belonged to the Spiritus Magna. After many aeons the spirits eventually grew weary and wanted some living companionship besides the animals that roamed through the planet, thus they neared the Spiritus Magna and asked him to create intelligent beings. The Spiritus Magna acknowledged the need for companionship and thus he created Quis from the blood of Absolutio Patris, the Spiritus Magna stood back after he had created Quis and said that it was good. So Quis roamed the planet for many years, but eventually grew lonely him self and wished for a companion him self, the Spiritus Magna noticed the loneliness and decided to create a partner for Quis, he took the fair hair of Mater Lux and created Eva, Quis was surprised by the partner that the Spiritus Magna had given him that he grew happy, they grew happy with each other and populated the planet with many offspring. The spirits grew happy at the many new companions that they had, but after a while the humans began to disconnect from the Maculae Animi and lost connection to the spirits, it was about at this time that some of the spirits became restless and bitter and started to attack the humans that were created, they collectively started to call themselves the Spiritus Ater. The Spiritus Magna grew angry at the spirits and in a great battle called the Bellum Susceptum, the Spiritus Ater were defeated, but by the time of the end of the battle the humans and grown so far detached from the Spirits that they didn’t connect any more with the spirits. Spiritus Magna took it upon himself to get the people to re-connect to the spirits with many shows of miracles and wonders, the people saw this and found it good, thus the spirits regained the companionship of the humans. This was the start of the pre-Cerberus culture, they built simple wooden temples on the sites of the Maculae Animi and started to worship the spirits in the simple temples, by the fall of the pre-Cerberus culture these had been somewhat replaces by simple stone structures. The Cerberus culture took this to a point of refinement, building massive stone temples in the place of the earlier temples, even further refining the religion and bringing in many more facets, more stories and more morals to the stories, but the 5 spirits stayed the same. By the fall of the Cerberus culture many of these grand temples had fallen into ruin and were disused, in the town were Paul Joubert was born was the only known Maculae Animi of the Spiritus Magna By the time he was crowned the original temple had been discovered and his brother had been instated as the Papa, or Magister Sacrorum, the religion underwent a radical change (RL = renaissance) where the Spirits were once again worshiped in full, as it was believed that they helped Paul win his battle with Bizimbi. The old Cerberus culture temples were either improved or rebuilt into larger and grander buildings (with advanced building and stone mason techniques) ceremonies were introduced; rituals to the spirits that included music, food and lights. Elaborate uniforms were created for each of the 5 spirits divisions, including three more divisions for Cerberus, Mater Lux and Absolutio Patris Grand Esprit (Spiritus Magna) Renard (Vulpes) ![]() Araignée (Araneos) Fleuve (Flovios) ![]() Aigle (Aquila) ![]() (if it at all, it can be compared to the modern Catholic church, but has polytheism elements to it, same style of buildings to the catholic churches, lots of emphasis put on symbolism and mystiscm, many stories are told about the relationships of the spirits and how they can be practised in every-day life, about 95% of the Esprit population follow the religion religiously, and devote most of their spare time to the church, the church is very warm atmosphere and friendly) Religious holidays: 3 January: La fête de la Sainte Mère de la Lumière, celebrated by floating of millions of small paper bags with candles, the deity Lucinda is worshiped on this day ![]() 4 March: Fête de la Soie, feast of Araignée, celebrated by giving gifts of silk 20 April: La fête des Esprits de la Forêt, week long holiday celebrating the spirits of the forest 19 June: Le Feu du Renard, the festival of fire, celebrated after dark with fireworks ![]() 9 July: Festival Illusive, festival of wind and knowledge, traditional starting date of writing exams in Etat Libre d’Esprit 30 August: La Création de la Rédemption, the holiest of all Esprit holidays, this day is the day of inception of the Spritus Magna (Grand Esprit) It is also the birth day of Paul Joubert, as well as the coronation date of all of Etat Libre d’Esprits kings 5 October: La fête du pardon et l'absolution, the day of celebration of Absolutio Patris, celebrated by eating fish and sail festivals ![]() |
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