Mobian Confederation
The Mobian Confederation | |||||
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Anthem: Hail Mobius! | |||||
Capital | Jesston | ||||
Largest city | Mergiston | ||||
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Demonym | Mobian | ||||
Government |
Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy | ||||
• King | Myles | ||||
Geoffrey St. John | |||||
Legislature | Jesston State Hall | ||||
Lords | |||||
House of Congress | |||||
Formation | |||||
• Establised | 21 May 1976 | ||||
Area | |||||
• Total | 65,835 km2 (25,419 sq mi) | ||||
• Water (%) | 5.4 | ||||
Population | |||||
• July 2016 estimate | 19,557,646 | ||||
• 2018 census | 20,547,752 | ||||
• Density | 312.1/km2 (808.3/sq mi) | ||||
GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate | ||||
• Total | $50.150 trillion | ||||
• Per capita | $12,132,099 | ||||
GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate | ||||
• Total | $29.558 trillion | ||||
• Per capita | $12,132,099 | ||||
Gini (2017) |
15 low · 1st | ||||
HDI (2017) |
1.000 very high · 1st | ||||
Currency | Mobian Ring (MBR) | ||||
Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC) | ||||
• Summer (DST) | Mobian Summer Time (UTC+1) | ||||
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (AD) | ||||
Drives on the | left | ||||
Calling code | +422 | ||||
Internet TLD | .mb |
The Mobian Confederation (French: Royaume fédéral de Möbius; German: Möbischer Staatenbund) is a country that rules all of the Mobian Archipelago. The nation is in the Bay of Biscay. It is a constitutional monarchy that is based on the German Empire, the United Kingdom, Belgium, and Spain after its transition to democracy in the late 1970s. It is known as "The Land of the People" due to its liberal and socialist policies.
Economics[edit | edit source]
The Mobian Confederation's currency is the Mobian Ring (MBR), but the Mobians use banknotes and coins as rings are very cumbersome (the actual rings are considered to be an environmentally-friendly fuel). The economic structure is a social-market economy where private industry exists but, there's universal healthcare, rigid safety regulations, strict environmental standards, and worker's rights. There was a proposed law which, if enacted, would've brought in universal basic income into Mobius. The proposed law was thrown out in late 2017 due to lack of support.
Demographics[edit | edit source]
31% of the population are Upper Mobians (Albion citizens), they are Protestants who speak English. 26% of the population are Lower Mobians (Alba citizens), they are mainly Catholics (some Albans are Calvinists, such as Queen Jacqueline) who speak either French, English, Mobian, or the Alban dialect of French. 19% of the population are German Mobians (Voxians & Valians), they are either Protestant or Catholic, and they speak German. 5% of the population are Afrikaners, they came to Mobius as part of a government program to revive the agriculture sector. 10% of the population are a combination of other Europeans, they are either Jewish, Orthodox, Catholic, or Reformed. 9% of the population are non-European, this is a combination of Sunni and Shia Arabs, the East Asian races, and some African groups. Due to the government's policies towards the people, all Mobians live in decent residential areas (there are no slums in the Mobian Confederation).
History[edit | edit source]
The Mobian Archipelago was originally inhabited by a type of de-evolved human-like species known as the "Overlander"; barbaric savages who would kill any foreigner even if said foreigner was a human. They used a calender system similar to the Gregorian calendar albeit the epoch starts at 1260 B.C. (This calendar was still in use until it was abolished in 1977). Eventually, a group of humans were able to establish a civilization and survive the overlander attacks, these humans were the Alban-Franks. The Alban-Franks were able to drive the overlander into extinction by 200 A.D.
In 900 A.D., a group of anthros known as the Moblos conquered the Alban-Frankish kingdoms and created four new Moblo kingdoms; Albion, Alba, Voxia, and Valio. Eventually, the Moblos became the Mobians in the 12th Century. The Mobian kingdoms didn't go through history without some rebellions such as the Alban-Frankish Rebellion which attempted to overthrow the Moblos, the Joneston Affairs of 1344 and 1506, and the Jesston Revolution of 1787 which involved the southern portion of Albion declaring independence, only for the revolutionaries to be crushed by the armies of the four Mobian kingdoms. Throughout the 19th and early 20th Centuries, the human species was declining due to a disease that caused their reproductive organs to stop working, and various conflicts. In 1969, Ivo Robotnik, one of the few humans to still have working reproductive organs, succeeded in overthrowing the Albion monarchy and exiling the royal family in favour of a communist regime with the capital in Ivograd (Jesston).
On May 21, 1976, after seven years of communist rule, Ivo Robotnik and his cronies, who were the last humans alive, were killed by Myles McCloud (who went under the name Myles McLeod and then Myles Prower to prevent Robotnik's cronies from finding him) who then united the four kingdoms under a constitutional monarchy with himself as King of the Mobians.
In 2016, the Confederation celebrated its 40th anniversary.
Notable Areas[edit | edit source]
- Jesston - The capital of the Mobian Confederation, it's home to the Jesston State House which is the main meeting place of the government.
- Mergiston - The capital of Alba, one of the four kingdoms in the Mobian Confederation. It's home to the House of Aldermen, the Alban Parliament.
- Frankonia - The largest of the non-monarchical states, it's home to a wide variety of traditions blended with a modern touch.
- Konigsland (Angel Island) - One of the many smaller islands, it's home to the Echidnas who defend the Master Emerald from threats. It is an autonomous island under the protection of the McCloud Swiss Guard (the McCloud family's personal guards. The McClouds are one of the only two entities in the world to have a Swiss Guard, the other being the Papacy which is under McCloud jurisdiction).
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- An early name was "The Confederation of Four Kingdoms" but, this was changed to the "Mobian Confederation" to make it shorter and less cumbersome.
- The name Mobius derives from the term "Möbius strip", a shape with no clear start or end that appears to have multiple sides, when in fact there is only one.