Current Ruling Party:

Leader of the Brickston Demokratiska Partiet

Party President: Jacob Zulasruker
Candidate for Office: Mr Okonkwo Cyryl Lavoie
Seats won in Parliament in the 2018 election: 83
Date founded: August 21st, 1979
Briekish Supreme Authority Ideology Index Rating (BSAI): Liberal Right-wing
Terms served in Office: 4
Description About the party: The party believes in freedom and a free market. The party wishes to ease immigration laws further and to make it easier to start a business. It believes in having a multi-cultural society. The party still believes in preserving the environment. It prioritizes the environment over the economy. It hopes to divert funding to Education, Healthcare and Defence and wants to end Welfare entirely. It wants to stay in the European Union and ease Internet Regulation. It believes in banning recreational use but would prefer to allow alcohol and tobacco in the country. It hopes to privatize some public sectors of the economy which are barely working due to an outdated government system.

Prominent Opposition:

Leader of Opposition, Briekish Labour Party

Party President: Miche Arnoldschwesterenden
Candidate for Office: Mr. Lea Ziemowit
Seats won in Parliament in 2018 election: 57
Date founded: 13th May, 1928
Briekish Supreme Authority Ideology Index Rating (BSAI): Liberal Left-Wing
Terms served in Office: 24
Description About the Party: The party believes in freedom and safety. The party wishes to ease immigration laws further but increase the minimum wage and tax the rich more. It believes in having a multi-cultural society. The party wants to stop billionaires from reaping off the benefits of the poor. It believes in preserving the environment. It prioritizes the environment over the economy. It would like to ban recreational use as well as alcohol and tobacco. It wants to introduce efficient public sectors to ensure the safety of the people. It wants to be protectionist in trade and prefer Briekish products over products overseas but would wish to continue international trade with regulations. It wants to stay in the European Union and ease internet regulation. It hopes to subsidize Welfare more and fund Education, Healthcare but hold a pacifist policy of no attack, only defence.

Briekish Communist Party

Miguel Rodrieguez Maduro, Leader of the Briekish Communist Party

Party President: Miguel Maduro
Candidate for Office: Miguel Maduro
Seats won in Parliament in 2018 election: 6
Date founded: 29th July, 1937
Briekish Supreme Authority Ideology Index Rating (BSAI): Authoritarian Left-Wing
Terms served in Office: 4
Description About the Party: The party believes in equality and a centralized government. The party wishes to ban immigration entirely and increase the minimum wage and tax the rich at a rate of 90%. It believes in having a purely Briekish society. The party would like to control the whole country. It believes in preserving the environment. It prioritizes the environment over the economy. It would like to ban recreational use as well as alcohol and tobacco. It wants to introduce efficient public sectors to ensure the safety of the people. It wants to be protectionist in trade and prefer Briekish products over products overseas and would wish to stop international trade. It wants to leave the European Union and ban the internet. It hopes to subsidize Welfare more and fund Education, Healthcare and fund defence to protect the Briekish People. It would like to ban commercialization and introduce capital punishment.

All Briekish Defence League

Leader of the Briekish Defence League
Party President: Jürgen Klaus
Candidate for Office: Ingrid Petska
Seats won in Parliament in 2018 election: 5
Date founded: 1st March, 2007
Briekish Supreme Authority Ideology Index Rating (BSAI): Authoritarian Fascist Right-wing
Terms served in Office: 0
Description About the Party: The party believes a pure Briekish country and a free market. The party wishes to ban immigration entirely. It believes in having a purely Briekish society. It believes in preserving the environment. It prioritizes the environment over the economy. It would like to allow recreational use as well as alcohol and tobacco. It wants to be protectionist in trade and prefer Briekish products over products overseas and would wish to stop international trade. It wants to leave the European Union. It hopes to subsidize Welfare more and fund Education, Healthcare and fund defence to protect the Briekish People. It would like to introduce capital punishment.

Portovo Stock Exchange HQ, above

Location: Potdasmer Lane, Financial District, Greater Portovo, Portovo
Date opened: 14th August 1941, closed in 18th February 1982, opened again in 23rd June, 2021

Dominating Industries/Companies

Business Name: Reyali Mart
Ownership: Simon Reyali and Fintcher Reyali
Type of Company: Co-op
Sector: Commerce, E-Commerce
Presence in other countries: Internet services available in all countries with access to the internet
Parent Company: Reyali Corporation

Business Name: Reyali Briekish Airlines
Ownership: Mary Hundenberg
Type of Company: Public-Private Partnership
Sector: Transport
Presence in other countries: Flights to all European nations and some nations abroad
Parent Company: Reyali Corporation & Briekish Government

Business Name: Yuko Oil & Gas Corporation
Ownership: Fincher Yuko
Type of Company: Corporation
Sector: Oil Extraction, Refining
Presence in other countries: None
Parent Company: None

Business Name: Walksweagan-Hdap Automobiles
Ownership: Teu Resyto
Type of Company: Corporation
Sector: Automobile Manufacturing
Presence in other countries: Automobiles shipped worldwide
Parent Company: Walksweagan-Hdap Group

Why to invest in Brickston:

Brickston is a democratic, liberal and safe country, where it is extremely easy to set up a business, even if its origin is overseas! Brickston also has a healthy and competitive retail market, where everything is in demand! Now, in Brickston, you can find business taxes to be almost inexistent (just a 2% tax for International businesses to set up a business in Brickston and a 3% tax to set up headquarters here. Overseas Alcohol and Tobacco companies have a 4% tax (5% with Headquarters here)). Brickston is also multilingual, meaning that it's a piece of cake to interact with people here!

To set up a company on the Brickston Stock Exchange, reply to this post with the following template and information:

Business Name:
Ownership:
Type of Company:
Sector:
Parent Company (if any):
Set up Headquarters in Brickston? :
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Your application will have to be approved by the Briekish Government, and then you're good to go on the stock market/into the Briekish Retail Market.

The Briekish Database Ministry reveals this year's Human Development Index of Brickston

George Huma Resoruc
What is the Human Development Index?
The Human Development Index measures a country/region's development using three factors: life expectancy, literacy and GDP per capita. The government under the Database Ministry has released this year's Human Development Index by Briekish Provinces.

The Human Development Index above has been represented as a map. Below, the Human Development Index is represented in a text format.
Top 5 Provinces with the highest HDI this year:

• New Amsterdam (0.977)
• Nordenbund (0.962)
• Portovo D.C. (0.961)
• West Karlsachen (0.959)
• Hugoslavian Coastal Zone (0.956)

Lowest scoring provinces in terms of Human Development Index this year:

• Waldbur: 0.914
• Ost Karlsachen: 0.936
• Bezirkwindes: 0.938
• Huye: 0.941
• Freimor: 0.944

President Okonkwo Cyryl Lavoie, above
Brickston Democratic Union Party
Okonkwo Cyryl Lavoie is the current president of Brickston (as of 16/07/2021 in DD/MM/YY format). He was born on the 28th of June, but the year of his birth is not known. Some figures estimate him to be in the age range of 45-75.

State of Brickston before Lavoie's rule

Before Okonkwo Cyryl Lavoie's reign, the country had been following a protectionism trade policy, where regional products are preferred over international ones. The country had been recovering from the radical Maduro Communist Revolution (1912-1937).

Poverty rates declined over time, but the country was not making sufficient progress.

Background of Mr. Lavoie

Mr. Lavoie was born in the town of Schmedeswurtherwester (present-day Lavoiewuschmedes). His parents couldn't afford to send him to school, as they had spent all their money to buy a home. Okonkwo's father worked in a sawmill and his mother was a basket weaver. Okonkwo had 2 brothers; Elias and Felix, both of which were younger than him (by 2 and 6 years respectively).

Okonkwo got offered a scholarship despite not having a history of education. He was offered a scholarship by the University of New Amsterdam. Mr. Lavoie recalls his life by saying, "I had a secret stash of textbooks which I used to get from my friends, whose families were richer than my family was."

President Lavoie took a science degree but moved on to take more subjects as the scholarship allowed him to do so. He received recognition while peeking through a 12th Grade math class. He could do calculus, unlike students in the class. He was 10 years old!

He finally took up politics and decided to be a politician.

Current Background

Name: Okonkwo Cyryl Lavoie
Age: Not Specified
Estimated Net Worth: D¥13.7 billion dollars, 4th richest in Brickston
Titles: Politician, Entrepreneur, Investor
Brickston President Index Ranking and Rating (BPIRR): 2nd, 0.978

Chronology
1972: Minister of Agriculture
1976: Mayor of Wersent
1979: Forms his own political party, where he is the president
1981: 27 seats in House of Representatives
1984: 45 seats in House of Representatives
1987: Major Opposition, 63 seats
1990: Major Opposition, 67 seats
1993: Majority, comes into power
1997: Officially the President of the Republic of Brickston

Czech & Spanish now taught in schools as first languages

Rubee Geruerg

In a bid to increase the internationalism of the country's education, Czech and Spanish have been approved to be taught in schools as a first language by the Ministry of Education. This comes as Brickston has many communities, including many Czech and Spanish communities. People of Czech origin make up one of the biggest minority ethnic groups in Brickston.

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Overview

Flag:

Motto: Freiheit und Qualität
Brickston is a high income democratic nation that is new to the European Union. It is bordered by 3 nations. The country has been increasingly liberal in its economic policies, with a huge reduction in taxes. Yet, the country still respects its environment, with 87% of its power generated by renewable energy.
National Colours: Blue, Yellow, White
National Animal: Falcon
Economy Type: Market Economy
HDI: 0.947

Government

Der Parlament, Petro Central, Central Ad. District, Portovo, Brickston
Special Postcode: 190 000 P-10

Type of Government: Constitutional True Democracy with Representatives
Houses of the Parliament:
The House för Oberst Authorität (House of Supreme Authority): Consists of 50 constitutional impartial candidates and the Head of State. This house decides if legislation proposed by the House för Vertrer should go through process A or process B**.
The Houses förs Munchien (House of People in Briekish): Consists of the entire country. There are 876 Houses för Munchien locations scattered across the country. Here, people vote for certain legislations which have been approved by the House för Oberst Authorität.
The House för Vertrer (House of Representatives in Briekish): Consists of elected representatives and the president. There is one house för Munchien location, located within the Parliament building. Here, elected representatives decide if legislation should be passed.

Processes for legislation:
Process A: This is the direct democracy process where the whole population votes for the legislation.
Process B: This is the representative democratic process where elected representatives (elected every 4 years) votes for the legislation.
Head of Government: Okonkwo Cyryl Lavoie
Authority: Leader of Parliament, Foreign Affairs, Administration, under the constitution, ability to propose laws, in-charge of the House of Representatives.

Head of State: Felix Wulsten Arfun
Authority: Removing governments that do not follow the constitution, direct military control, also under the constitution, in charge of administrating the House of Supreme Authority.

Economy

National Treasury of Brickston

Currency: Briekish Dubbeh (D¥)
Exchange Rate: 1 D¥ = € 1.51 (2021)
Major Industries: Extraction & Refining (Oil, Uranium, Salt), Manufacturing (Automobiles, Arms, Books) Information and Technology, Tourism, Retail, Agriculture and the Films Industry

Gross Domestic Product (GDP): D¥1,371,457,239,380 (€2,070,900,431,470; $2,340,117,487,560) (2010)
GDP Per Capita: D¥72,752 (€123,753.50; $139,986.99) (2021)
Average Salary: D¥36,576
Unemployment Rate: 2.3%
GDP Growth Rate: 3.2%
Inflation Rate: 2.7%
Exports: 5,158,706,882,106D¥ (2020)
Imports: 3,581,618,827,156D¥ (2020)
Cumulative Current Account Balance (Balance of Trade): +1,427,088,054,950D¥

Demographics

Streets of Brownhill, a small city near Portovo
Population: 37,856,278 (2021)
Average Age: 41
Life Expectancy: 96
Official Recognized Languages: Briekish, English, German, Swedish, Polish, Russian
Ethnicity: 48% (Briekish), 12% (Britons), 14% (German), 6% (Swedish), 20% (Other)
Dominant Religion: Athiest (48%), Other (54%)
National Religion: None, Constitution respects right to religion
Most populated cities (descending order): Hugoslavia, Portovo, Doh Tin Mah City, Edgemorta, Yormanes

Domains and Codes

Internet Domains - .brk .brkgov .co.brk .brk.net .brk.org

Briekish Education

Briekish school in a small rural town named Rüshafter
Education in Brickston is free for all from ages 5-16. School starts from October and ends in August from 9 AM to 2:45 PM.

Brickston has the world's best education system, and has been widely recognized for exceptional contributions to science, technology and mathematics.

There are two main examinations: the 6th grade Stabilität Exam (Stability) and the 10th Grade Bereicherung (Enrichment) Exam. Generally, test scores are not displayed, even to the person who wrote the exam. Teachers look at the strength of the child and cater to their educational needs. However, the 6th and 10th grade examination scores are released.

Every school (Koule) is funded the same.

Children have 2-3 languages in their curriculum.

First Language
English, Briekish, German, Swedish, Polish, Russian, Hindi and Mandarin
Second Language
French, Spanish, Arabic, Dutch, Urdu, Turkish, Malay, Italian, Greek, Norwegian, Finnish, Korean, Japanese, Hungarian, Portuguese, Icelandic
Third Language
Any language with over 900,000 speakers

Cities of Brickston

Portovo, Capital of Brickston
Portovo is the administrative capital of Brickston, located near two rivers. The city hosts the Parliament and also has the second highest GDCP (Gross domestic city product) per capita after New Amsterdam according to the Briekish Government Statistics Bureau (BGSB), standing at 245,917D¥ (366416.33 Euros, 2021 estimate).

Portovo has the most scientists per square km in the world, with 4. Portovo is also one of the most diverse cities in the world, with only 47% of citizens being Briekish.

Himmerruckend, Financial Capital of Brickston
Himmerruckend is the most populous city in Brickston. Himmerruckend hosts the country's largest metro network (7th largest in the European Union), as well as the country's largest airport, stadium, GDP and road network. The city also contributes to 45% of the country's trade.

The city used to be a farming and fishing village during the Maduro Revolution, but has since then, due to liberalization, turned to a huge metropolis. However, this rapid growth has had environmental repercussions, with a 71 AQI.

Streets in Doh Tin Mah City, the trade and cultural capital of Brickston
Doh Tin Mah City is the most agrarian metropolitan city, with 30% of rice being produced here. Doh Tin Mah City hosts the Skywae Tower (Briekish Intelligence Bureau Headquarters). The city is the safest in the country.

The city was named by Sir Doh Tin Mah, who led the Briekish Revolution to establish rights for everyone.

Financial District, Edgemorta
Edgemorta is the resource capital of Brickston, with oil and uranium extraction areas clustered near the city. Unfortunately, it is Brickston's least safe city and has the lowest GDP per capita comparatively in the nation.

Corruption and extremist views have destabilized the area.

Financial District, Yormanes
Yormanes is the retail capital of Brickston, with huge cultural and racial diversity. It hosts the World Trade Center (Brickston). The city is the tech hub of Brickston.

Nationales Wirschaftliches Zonenkomitat Legislature, a section of the Parliament
The National Economic Zonal Committee consists of 12 members from each Economic Zone. The Economic Zone Initiative was founded in 1978 just as the country began to liberalize its economy. The 6 economic zones put together house more than 80% of Brickston's population and more than 85% of the country's GDP.

These economic zones have their own regional council and are semi-autonomous. They hold their own elections and create their own budget with the judiciary overlooking and approving it.

The 6 Economic Zones, above (2021)

Teenage Billionaire builds an island

Katherune Wurst
Greg Walton, a 19-year-old multi-billionaire has built himself a private island in Doh Tin Mah City. The exceptional teenager was born in rural Edgemorta and is now a CEO, an investor, a stand-up comedian and a singer. He even has 10% of Reyali Corporation, hence making him the youngest billionaire in Brickston and the second youngest billionaire in the European Union.

However, with all his fame, he is still a helper. He tells BNC, "I plan to donate 15% of my money earned to a charity in Edgemorta, because the people of Edgemorta really helped me. Moreover, I plan to start a non-profit [organization] to help children on the streets."

Provinces and autonomous Territories of Brickston, 2021-

Provinces and Autonomous Territories of Brickston and their Capitals, 1996-2021

Variants

There are 5 prominent variants with notable populations in the Briekish Language:

• West Germanic Briekish
• Scandinavian Briekish (More East Scandinavian heritage than west)
• West Slavic Briekish
• Southwestern Slavic Briekish
• English-based Briekish

There are more variants in Brickston, but most of them have small populations.

Language Demographics

West Germanic Briekish: 9,300,000 (First Language), 7,200,000 (Additional Language)
Scandinavian Briekish: 3,270,000 (First Language), 5,200,000 (Additional Language)
West Slavic Briekish: 1,900,000 (First Language), 4,500,000 (Additional Language)
Southwestern Slavic Briekish: 900,000 (First Language), 1,400,000 (Additional Language)
English-based Briekish: 200,000 (First Language), 700,000 (Additional Language) - Plain English has a higher population in Brickston

Map of Dominant Languages Above, with Portovo marked as capital due to it having no dominant language

Lavoie govt. cuts welfare spending to 14% from 25% announced in April Budget Session

Petris Duke

The country's Minister of Finance, Joseph Peretz, presented the annual budget for the session of 2022-2023 in both the National Parliament in Portovo and Supreme Authoritee Councils in Canton Doh. The most stirring information of the budget was found to be the welfare spending, cut to 14% from 25% last year. Additionally, the government has updated the guidelines for citizens to be eligible for welfare schemes, which has reduced eligibility among citizens. Many opposition leaders, spokespersons and activists have raised the issue in various parts of the country. However, the government defended the legislation, stating that incomes have risen proportionally and that employment was much more effective in reducing poverty. They further added that the poverty rate has been extremely low as of recent.

Government declares finding uranium deposits 15 km away from Edgemorta

Anna Muller

The Ministry of Resources and Development has declared the discovery of uranium deposits 15 km away from Edgemorta. These reserves are currently exclusive to public-owned reserve managing companies such as Briekisch
Reserve und Wirtschaftliche [BRW] and Ostufer von Brickston, which control most reserves of the country.

Crucial Economic Regions by GDP per Capita in Euros

"Right of Free Speech" Act elevated to full capacity

Angela Burrman

All individuals are now allowed to speak their word without any restriction or filter, the legislation has ruled. Due to this change, all free speech is now allowed, given that public order is established and hate is not spread towards a certain group of society. Race and religion remain protected; however, nationality and sexual orientation are only partially protected, holding varying regulations. This has turned out to be controversial, as the laws before protected against these two categories as well. These laws do not apply in professional settings, where the old laws remain. Reference to immigrants in a vulgar fashion had also been previously outlawed, which has now been relaxed.

Reference to the leader Maduro is allowed, but any reference to liking towards his ideology remains outlawed. Commercial places can restrict certain people from getting in without giving a reason for it, which has turned out to be the most controversial change of all. However, they cannot charge different people different prices for goods.

Disrespecting and damaging religious texts is solely allowed if it is not done in a public area, a mass gathering or a religious institution and if the religious text belongs to the person damaging it. Propagating religion is allowed; however, forcing conversions or providing compensation as a bribe to change religion is banned.

Referring to race, religion, sexual orientation and disabilities or having prejudice for these reasons is banned strictly in all educational institutions among both pupils and lecturers.

Race can always be referred to; however, it must not be accompanied by racial slurs and/or any verbal aggression.

Pay disparities on gender, race, religion and nationality are outlawed. All genders are to be treated equally. However, beliefs about genders can be propagated to any extent without causing hate among the public.

Several public programmes in educational institutions and metropolitan plazas have been initiated to spread awareness about equality and social institutions have steadily been growing.

High-Speed Rail Network of Brickston [not including mainstream rail network

High-speed rail lines of Brickland

[Mainstream network]

Railway Network of Brickston with markings of main railway stations [excluding high-speed rail lines and under construction track]

Department of Public Transportation, Brickston [2023]

Update on EU Economic Data
Annual living costs (after tax) as % of income: 14.5%
Annual average savings as % of income: 30%
Government spending in the economy as % of GDP: 32%

National Motorways in the Republic of Brickston and Norden Isle

How gentrification helped impoverished Brickston transform

Despite having been through tremulous times, the old capitalist West Brickston Federation brought civil order and dazzling infrastructure through building on its strength: social mobility.

Brickston was historically an impoverished country, even more emphasised during the dictatorial eras of the country. However, it was characterised by low levels of income inequality due to its internal revenue system since the medieval era. Instead of one ruler, since the beginning of time, assemblies of common people and bourgeoisie used to run the region in every aspect. West Brickston caught on to this and introduced a system of flat taxes and a unique multi-dimensional revenue system, which effectively increase the government budget by 50%. One of the projects subsidised by this budget was to gentrify the cities and then the towns. The Federation Assembly demanded for unsatisfactory infrastructure to be torn down. This did cause outrage, but also resulted in long-term benefits. As income was mostly flat in Brickston, it was able to gentrify urban districts quicker as there wasn't nearly as much controversy as in places of higher wealth inequality. As wealth concentrated in an equitable way, living standards in cities improved. This is what partly caused the economic booms in the 1990s after foreign investment skyrocketed due to gentrification. This, however, brought housing prices up, making housing unaffordable to many sections of the society. This problem has now almost entirely been absorbed by higher incomes and more space. As rural space is largely left uncultivated, urban regions are expanding and supply is meeting demand.

The Republic of Brickston, after a vote in the executive cabinet of the Supreme Authority, votes AGAINST the appeal.