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Astrolibert
Astrolibert Commonwealths is a country in the north-western part of the world, sharing a land border with Glacia to the north, as well as a narrow maritime boundary with Belsev to the west.
As the world's sole current superpower, Astrolibert is a powerful and influential nation, built on the principles of freedom and liberty, however its role as the "world police" and its iron grip on its allies is a frequent cause for criticism. It is one of the founding members and de-facto leader of the Western Military Coalition Alliance.
While the country is one of the most technologically advanced, it comes at the cost of a rapidly increasing divide between the rich and the poor. A lot of its cities are large megalopolises where corporations often have more power than the government and the homeless live in a state of complete anarchy.
Following a series of public scandals due to multiple disastrous accidents and reports of kidnappings by its intelligence agencies, Astrolibert completely halted its research of Siberium and outlawed any practice of magic, which is now punishable by death.
Geography
Astrolibert is the third largest country in the world after Belsev and Glacia, with a large variety of climates, landscapes, flora and fauna.
Currently most of the nation's territory is covered by large megalopolises housing most of the country's population, with the only uninhabited territories being deserts in the south-west. Due to this there is very little thaumic energy, and there is only one known thaumic exclusion zone.
Flag
Vertical display
The flag of Astrolibert consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternating red and white, with a blue rectangle on its hoist side bearing twelve stars arranged in a circle around a single larger star. Thirteen alternating stripes represent the original colonies that won independence from Merland in the past, with a single large star on a blue field representing the newly-born nation, and was the original design of the flag.
A recent addition is the defacement of the flag with the flag of the Western Military Coalition Alliance, adding twelve stars arranged in a circle to represent twelve member states of the Central Continental Economic Union.
Language
The official language of Astrolibert is a western dialect of Merlian, which shares most of its grammar, vocabulary and phonetics with our world's American English language. For the sake of simplicity, the terms "Merlian" and "English" will sometimes be used interchangably within the articles.
The country's name is a combination of the ancient words "astron" and "libertas", meaning "star" and "freedom" respectively.
Demographics
Astolibert is a melting pot of many races and cultures, having the largest variety of races out of any country, with Western Lunares (dogs) being by far the most numerous, as well as also being the origin of certain races unique to the continent, like the Western Griffes (raccoons).