Motto | |||||||
| Anthem | "Brüder, zur Sonne, zur Freiheit" | ||||||
| Capital (and largest city) |
Dunburg | ||||||
| Language | Dundorfian | ||||||
| Religion | None | ||||||
| Ethnic Group | Dundorfians | ||||||
| Demonym | Dundorfian | ||||||
| Government | Unitary Metzist Republic | ||||||
| Staatsminister | Dietrich Kühne | ||||||
| Vorsitzender des Ministerrat |
Karl Söllner | ||||||
| Legislature | Volksrat Peoples Council | ||||||
| Area | 900,000 km² | ||||||
| Population | 99,776,668 (4350) | ||||||
| GDP Total: |
2,492,171,659,675 DUM (4350) | ||||||
| per capita | 24,977 DUM (4350) | ||||||
| Currency | Dundorfian Mark (DUM) | ||||||
| Time Zone | GMT -1 | ||||||
| summer | GMT 0 | ||||||
| Drives on the | Right | ||||||
| Calling Code | +03 | ||||||
| Internet TLD | .dun | ||||||
| Organizations | World Congress Artanian Union | ||||||
Dundorf, officially known as the Metzist Republic of Dundorf (Dundorfian: Metzistische Repulik Dundorf), is a nation located at the centre of Artania. It is bordered by Aloria and Kirlawa to the north, Hawu Mumenhes to the south, the Kundrati Union to the east, and Rutania to the west.
Dundorf is ranked the forty-sixth most populated country in the world with 99,627,235 people. Dundorf has several major cities, including the more recent Albrunn, the historical capital of Zerlin and several other major cities.
Dundorf, despite its impressive cultural and political history is a land-locked nation located at the heart of Artania. Dundorf is the home to the Dundorfian culture and has major cultural influence in Dorvik, Rutania, Aloria and smaller influence in Kirlawa and other portions of the world, notably in the Northern Hemisphere. Dundorf has a special place as one of the largest empires to exist on Artania, the Dundorfian Kingdom and Dundorfian Reich had hegemony over Northern Artania where it shared common ground with the Holy Luthori Empire. Dundorf has a colorful history, mostly divided and comprised of fierce nationalism, monarchism and radical left-wing ideologies. The foundation of Communism by Karlstein Metz and the foundation of National Socialism underneath Reinhold Scharff and his Dundorfian National Socialist Movement. Dundorf has shared in several civil wars and the modern era of Dundorf has been plagued with right-wing and left-wing governments trading places.
Dundorf is ranked as one of the worlds leading economies, however Dundorf has suffered from years and constant shifts in economic policy from state control to free market. Despite this, Dundorf maintains a GDP of 2,609,218,678,818 DUM with a per capita GDP of 26,910 DUM. Dundorf has an incredibly powerful light and heavy industrial sector and is seen widely as one of the worlds largest agricultural powers due to it's relatively temperate climate. Dundorf, despite being landlocked serves as a huge trading hub for Artanian and several cities in Dundorf are widely known for their hubs of Artanian companies. Dundorf is also a member of the Artanian Union.
History
Government and politics
Dundorf is a Parlamentary repulic Ruled by Staatsminister Kunz Hitzig. The Legislative Body is the Volkskammer(<i> Peoples Chamber </i> and the Executive chamber the Ministerrat.
Government
Dundorf has a cabinet which is responsible to the Chamber of Deputies.
Politics and elections
The only political party with representation at the national level in Dundorf is The Metzitistische Volkspartei.
Administrative divisions
Physical and administrative map of Dundorf
Dundorf is divided into five Arbeiterstaaten.
| Province | Capital | Major cities | OOC notes |
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 Dunlake
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Nordenhaus | Groß-Rudolfskirchen, Oberegg, Nordenhaus, Vögelberg | Based on Western Germany |
 Kronstein
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Rabesburg | Rabesburg, Fuchstal, Großenborn, Rittersheim | Based on Bavaria |
 Grozvic Muzelbergen
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Südschloss-am-der-Czimnetz | Arnulfsbrügge, Karlsborn, Radulfshagen, Sudschloss-am-der-Czimnetz | Based loosely on Southern Germany, primarily Tyrol/Austria/Italian-border |
 Julstoch
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Volzhaus | Lutzenkamp, Raderath am Hof, Schmittburg, Volzhaus | Based loosely on Eastern Germany, primarily Bohemia/Moravia |
 Oderveld
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Neues Kirchenstadt | Bergengruber, Dunburg, Neues Kirchenstadt, Unterschloss | Based on Brandenburg/Berlin |
Foreign relations
Dundorf's foreign relations are focused on achieving harmony with its Artania neighbours as well as with other Dundorfian-majority countries. The country's closest ally is Dorvik, with whom they currently share a head of state in Leopold I of Dundorf.
Military
- The armed forces of Dundorf are officially known as the Reichsheer (Luthorian: Realm's Army) and serves as the unified combatant force of Dundorf. The Reichsheer is controlled primarily through the Supreme Army Command (Dundorfian: Oberste Heeresleitung, OHL) which is headed by the Chief of Staff of the Supreme Army Command, the Chief of Staff of the Supreme Army Command is the de facto commander of all Dundorfian military forces. The Supreme Commander-in-Chief (Dundorfian: Oberbefehlshaber) is the Bundeskanzler with the President as the Ceremonial Commander-in-Chief (Dundorfian: Ehrenoberbefehlshaber).
The Reichsheer is comprised of two branches, the Reichsheer (Army) and the Reichsfliegertruppe which is the air force. Dundorf, despite its ranking by Gath Defense Collective as strong military power, lacks a navy and instead relies on aerial assault as a form of attack as well as a strong focus on armored warfare.
Law enforcement
- The Bundesrepublik has national and local civilian police forces which enforce the law. They are limited in their powers due to laws restricting their actions in the name of civil liberties.
Economy
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«Rheinbach Metallwerks a great city with its own streets, its own police force, fire department and traffic laws. There are 150 kilometres of rail, 60 different factory buildings, 8,500 machine tools, seven electrical stations, 140 kilometres of underground cable and 46 overhead.»
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(Ernst Schultz, Dundorfian industrialist.)
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Demographics
Ethnic groups
Dundorfian (Dundorfischer) is the major ethnic group found in Dundorf. It is estimated that 82% of the population are ethnic Dundorfians known as Reichsdundorfischer. Ethnic Dundorfians have migrated to nearly all present-day countries surrounding Dundorf and make up a minority of populations in those areas.
Other migratons during ancient and modern times have left Dundorf with a collecton of different ethnic groups. It is estimated that around 8% of the population, about 22 million, is not ethnically Dundorfian nor Duntrekker. Most of this population is made of immigrants from the neighboring countries, but a few are from other continents. Of these, the largest group are ethnic Majatrans and Aslis from Al'Badara; immigrants from when that nation was informally controlled by Dundorf during the brief Badarenprotektorat (Badara Protectorate) during the late-1800s.
Language
The primary language spoken in Dundorf is Dundorfische which is spoken as a first language by roughly 88% of the population.