Blendison

Blendison, officially the Blendison Republic (Spanish: República de Blendison), is a country in the western portion of Espiria. It is bordered to the north by the Atte Lee and the Espirian Ocean; to the west by Carlamastia and the Espirian Ocean; to the south by Gulf of Blendison; and to the east by the Ghostland and Titolemppi. Blendison covers 2,058,026 square kilometers (203,058 sq mi) and has approximately 93,173,672 inhabitants, making it the world's 20th-largest country by area, 15th-most populous country, and most populous Spanish-speaking nation. It is a federation comprising 11 states. Vania its capital city and largest metropolis. Other major urban areas include Alondra City, Lannoy, Carbon City, Romerito, Porth Keyle, Tomé, and Duck City.

Pre-Majestican Blendison traces its origins to 2,000 BC; it was home to many advanced Blendisonian civilizations, most well-known among them the Tores and the Mores. In 1204, the Majestic dictatorship submitted the territory from its base in Morkush City, which then became known as Vania. These populations were annexed to Majestica, although they retained a partial autonomy in exchange for allowing the exploitation of the rich deposits of precious material. which became a major source of wealth for the Majesticians. Blendison became an independent nation state after the successful Blendisonian War of Independence against Majestica in 1914.

Historically, Blendison covered up to the Barusania Peninsula, in the north of the country, however, from the independence of Atte Lee, in 1945, the peninsula declared its independence, establishing a de facto government that controls the region. Later, Carlamastia established a military base in the area, a situation that has been questioned by Blendison. Although Blendisón claims sovereignty over the peninsula, the international community supports the self-determination of the territory in its sovereignty. Other territories that Blendision has lost are in the south of the country, the cities of Athos and Monroe, they are controlled by Berdeleto, who took over the territories during the wave of Berdeletense expansionism of the 1950s.

During the 8 decades of independent Blendison, internal politics has favored the emergence of three republics. The first federal republic was characterized by political instability and a brief return to military rule. The nationalist republic constituted a period of social peace, although no economic growth. While the second federal republic (in progress) has been characterized by more conservative policies and constant social progress.

Political divisions
The Blendison Republic are a federation of 11 free and sovereign states, which form a union that exercises a degree of jurisdiction over Vania.

Each state has its own constitution, congress, and a judiciary, and its citizens elect by direct voting a governor for a fourth-year term, and representatives to their respective unicameral state congresses for three-year terms.

The states are divided into municipalities, the smallest administrative political entity in the country, governed by a mayor or municipal president (presidente municipal), elected by its residents by plurality.

Transportation
The roadway network in Blendison is extensive and all areas in the country are covered by it. The roadway network in Blendison has an extent of 425,398 km (264,330 mi), of which 325,258 km (202,105 mi) are paved, making it the largest paved-roadway network in Espiria. Of these, 102,364 km (63,606 mi) are multi-lane expressways: 95,384 km (59,268 mi) are four-lane highways and the rest have 6 or more lanes.

Starting in the late nineteenth century, Blendison was one of the first Espiria countries to promote railway development, and the network covers 34,958 km (21,721 mi). The Secretary of Communications and Transport of Blendison proposed a high-speed rail link that will transport its passengers from Vania to Alondra City. The train, which will travel at 300 kilometres per hour (190 miles per hour), will allow passengers to travel from Vania to Alondra City in just 2 hours. The whole project was projected to cost 500 billion landos, and is being paid for jointly by the Blendisonian government and the local private sector.

Blendison has 180 airports with paved runways; of these, 50 carry 90% of the passenger traffic. The Vania International Airport remains the busiest in Espiria and the 25th busiest in the world transporting 55 million passengers a year.

Religion
In 2017, the proportion of Blendisonians who identified themselves as Protestants Christians was 95.3%. The Protestantism Christian is officially the state religion since independence.

The Charismatic neo-Pentecostal church, maintains the central government of the Potestant Blendisonian religion. It is recognised by other christian denominations the main church, headed by the Apostle, who is also the Bishop of Vania.

In 2019, minority Christian faiths in Blendison included an estimated 1.1 million Catholic Christians, or 1.5% of the population; 500,000 Budists, 300,000 Jehovah's Witnesses, 25,000, Seventh-day Adventists, 30,000 Latter-day Saints, 1000 Muslimss.

One of the longest-established minority religious faiths in Blendison is Naturalists, A pagan religion that has been present in Blendison since the pre-majestic era. However, the vast majority of naturalists were converted or exterminated during the last 800 years. Today the naturalistic religion is kept in hiding, although it is socially accepted.

The Blendisonian state, protects the Protestant religion by assigning it an annual budget, corresponding to 10% of GDP. This government support is maintained in all aspects of Blendisonian political and social life, as the government supports the Protestant church, and vice versa.

Education
In 1235, The Majestican Dictatorship created the half school, the second and final stage of secondary education that prepares students for higher education studies or a profession. Nevertheless, the {[company of friars]] is considered the fathers of the Blendisonian modern school, leading reforms in the middle ages that established free, secular, and compulsory education.

Blendisonian education is centralized and divided into three stages: Primary, secondary, and higher education. Primary and secondary education are predominantly public, run by the Ministry of National Education. While training and remuneration of teachers and the curriculum are the responsibility of the state centrally, the management of primary and secondary schools is overseen by local authorities. Primary education comprises two phases, nursery school (jardín de niños) and elementary school (escuela primaria). Nursery school aims to stimulate the minds of very young children and promote their socialization and development of a basic grasp of language and number. Around the age of six, children transfer to elementary school, whose primary objectives are learning about writing, arithmetic and ciences. Secondary education lasts for three years, in which students undergo a core subject curriculum and co-curricular workshops, finishes with a national exams leading to a baccalaureate (bachillerato) or certificate of professional competence (bachillerato profesional).

Higher education is divided between public universities and the prestigious and selective Universities, such as Facultad de Ciencias, the Colegio de Humanidades, the Centro Economia, el Instituto Politécnico, the Escuela de Altos Estudios Sociales, the Escuela Normal Supeior, or the Escuela Nacional de Administración for careers in the Grands Corps of the state. The Grandes Universidades have been criticized for alleged elitism, producing many if not most of Blendison's high-ranking civil servants, CEOs, and politicians.