Laurella

TRADE RESULTS: Laurella has prided itself on being a warm, helpful and compassionate country. You are so helpful you can not stand to see other countries suffer. The problem is that by providing for others you have begun to forget about your own and you are now exporting too much food to other places. The price of fruit, eggs, barley and beef have sky rocketed and people just can not afford to buy good healthy food. Scurvy is now rampant in your country (what? only pirates get that!) and you do not have enough of the proper medicine to treat it. To make matters worse, Ti Ni Po Ni, which has been ravaged by lung cancer, now is demanding what medicine you do have. Do you have the strength to finally stop being so nice and take those horseys out? A game of Risk will determine the winner of this war.

Demographics
**Population**: 24 254 486
 * Age structure:**
 * 0-14 years: 16.8% (male 2,139,290/female 1,943,758)
 * 15-64 years: 72.3% (male 8,948,526/female 8,598,420)
 * 65 years and over: 10.8% (male 1,052,294/female 1,557,196)

Landscape
**Climate:** temperate, with rainfall heavier in summer than winter
 * Natural hazards**: occasional typhoons bring high winds and floods; low-level seismic activity common in southwest
 * Geography: mostly hills and mountains; wide coastal plains in west and south **
 * Political Divisions:** Mono, Balle, Respeto, Tamblen, Canto, Fellz, Festlval

Economy
**Exports:** semiconductors, wireless telecommunications equipment, motor vehicles, computers, steel, ships, petrochemicals ** Imports: machinery, electronics and electronic equipment, oil, steel, transport equipment, organic chemicals, plastics Industries: electronics, telecommunications, automobile production, chemicals, shipbuilding, steel ** **Percentage of People Below Poverty Line**: 15% Military ** 20-30 years of age for compulsory military service, with middle school education required; conscript service obligation - less than 22 months (Army, Marines), approx. 25 months (Air Force) (to be reduced to 18 months beginning 2016); 18-26 years of age for voluntary military service; women, in service since 1950, admitted to 7 service branches, including infantry, but excluded from artillery, armor, anti-air, and chaplaincy corps; some 4,000 women serve as commissioned and noncommissioned officers, approx. 2.3% of all officers
 * Natural Resources:** coal, tungsten, graphite,
 * Agriculture products: r**ice, root crops, barley, vegetables, fruit; cattle, pigs, chickens, milk, eggs; fish
 * Budget: $191.5 billion
 * Manpower available for military service:**
 * males age 16-49: 13,691,809
 * females age 16-49: 13,029,859
 * females age 16-49: 13,029,859


 * Government: **
 * Type of Government: Monarchy
 * Leader: Anela - Queen, Lauren - Princess
 * How the leader is selected: By secret vote made by the citizens of Laurella
 * What the government is responsible for providing:Education, health care, jobs, and affordable housing
 * How decisions are made: Queen and Princess talk it out and then let the citizens know bout the final decision for there opinion.
 * Any other important information about the government: Making sure that Laurella runs smothly and that our citizens are happy and well cared for.

__**Education**__

 * Learn through dance, singing, activities, reading, and watching documentaries
 * You learn how to respect yourself and others, responsibility, belonging, and generosity
 * Teachers must have a degree in teaching and like children
 * Preschool starts 8 a.m- 4 p.m, Child's Life starts 9 a.m- 3 p.m, Elementary starts 9 a.m- 3 p.m, and High School starts 8 a.m- 2 p.m.

**__Language__**

 * Speak English and Spanish
 * Communicate by speaking, dancing, sign language, blinking, and clapping
 * Important words- Tasco, Happy, Hola, Chezlo, Divertimento, and Sustantivo

__**Holidays and Celebrations**__
__**Food:**__
 * Laurella Day - A big festival to celebrate the day Laurella was "born"
 * Culture Palooza - Everyone in Laurella from different cultures come together and take part in different activites and try new food and experience a little bit of the world. This celebrates all the different people that make up Laurella.
 * Kids' Fest - All the kids of all ages and their families come to Town Hall and participate in child-friendly games and have a potluck lunch and various games. This celebrates all our wonderful children in our town.
 * Kristanco - Individual families exchange gifts and enjoy a family meal to celebrate Kristanco. They celebrate this holiday to celebrate the birth of Tasco, the town monkey.
 * Three special foods are Tacos, Raspangos, Chickrey, & Hot Fudge Sundaes
 * Every family eats at different times throughout the day
 * The MEN prepare the food and ALWAYS serve the women & children first at dinner
 * Children receive Swedden as a reward for proper behaviour. Swedden is a tasty, juciy candy that comes in various flavors