THE PEOPLE:

NOTE: THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED TO REFLECT THE INCORPORATION OF DEUCOLAND INTO WESTRIA.  INFORMATION DOES NOT INCLUDE NIOKOLO KOBA, RAS LANARCH, BABEN-OVERBABEN, LOMBRIGA, OOST-OTAGO, SANX, OR WESTERMARC.
 
POPULATION:  57,560,000 WESTRIAN NATIONALS, INCLUDING ABOUT 3.3 MILLION PEOPLE OF DEUCO ORIGINS, 560,000 LEGAL FOREIGN NATIONALS (OF WHICH 205,000 ARE ARMATIRIANS),  75,000 NATIVE ABORIGINAL POPULATION (THE KONGREN PEOPLE, CHIEF ULU G'NAHNGG), MOSTLY RESIDING IN VESTA AND 2,400 IN GECKO GICKO

LANGUAGES: OFFICIAL: ENGLISH AND WESTRIJAN. ALSO: DEUCO, KONGRENI (NATIVE POPULATION'S DIALECT)

RELIGION: CONSIDERED A PRIVATE MATTER. WESTRIAN CITIZENS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE THEIR RELIGIOUS AFFILIATIONS OR BELIEFS, THUS EXISTS NO OFFICIAL DATA OR CENSUS ON WHICH RELIGIONS ARE PREVALENT IN WESTRIA. AN UNUSUAL 'RELIGION' EMERGED IN THE CITY OF CRUXTON, CRUXSYLVANIA, AFTER AN INTERESTING DISCOVERY WAS MADE THERE.

NATIONAL MOTTO: PEACE, FREEDOM AND PROSPERITY FOR ALL (PAX, LIBERTEIT, OND PROHESPREIT FYR ALLE).

NATIONAL ANTHEM: THE WINDS OVER WESTRIAN SHORES

NATIONAL EPIC: THE ADVENT OF WESTRIA

NATIONAL COLORS: DARK BLUE, WHITE, TURQUOISE/TEAL, THE TRADITIONAL COLORS OF THE WESTRIAN PEOPLE. YELLOW HAS ALSO RECENTLY BECOME AN OFFICIAL NATIONAL COLOR TO HONOR THE REPUBLIC OF ARMATIRION

NATIONAL HOLIDAYS:
- DAY OF THE FREE NATION (THE DAY WESTRIA BECAME INDEPENDENT FROM ARMATIRION AND THE FREE NATION OF WESTRIA WAS BORN): JULY 25 ('VEINTI-CINCO DE JULIO');
- ARMATIRION DAY (TO CELEBRATE OUR NATION'S BENEFACTOR, THE REPUBLIC OF ARMATIRION, ON THEIR FOREMOST NATIONAL HOLIDAY, REVOLUTION DAY): OCTOBER 6;
- VEXILLIUM WORLD PEACE DAY: SEPTEMBER 21;
- PROPHECY FULFILLMENT DAY (THE DAY ARMATIRION FIRST AGREED TO GRANT WESTRIANS THE RIGHT TO SETTLE IN NEW ARMATIRION AS HAD BEEN PREDICTED BY AN ANCIENT PROPHECY): JUNE 14;
- GOOFY CARNIVAL WEEK: A DIFFERENT WEEK EACH DAY;
- LIBERATION DAY (BEGINNING OF THE BWA'S ADMINISTRATION OVER FORMER TERRAMARC): JUNE 18;
- NATIONAL SPORTS DAY: FIRST FRIDAY IN AUGUST; BWA DAY (DAY OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE BWA): DECEMBER 7;
- DAY OF THE ANSCHLUSS (THE DAY DEUCOLAND BECAME A PART OF WESTRIA): DECEMBER 21;
- RAS LANARCH DAY (THE DAY RAS LANARCH BECAME A WESTRIAN COLONY): JANUARY 5;
- FATHER-OF-THE-NATION DAY (CHANCELLOR MAXIMILIAN T. H. SUCHY'S BIRTHDAY): APRIL 27.

OTHER NATIONAL HOLIDAYS TO BE DETERMINED

CURRENCY:THE WESTRIAN NATIONAL BANK HAS INTRODUCED OUR NEW CURRENCY, THE ZASTER).

Exchange rate of the Westrian Zaster:

1 Christiana Crown = 22.3655914 Zaster

1 Ounce of Gold = 300 Christiana Crowns
thus, 1 Ounce of Gold = 6709.677419 Zaster

ABBREVIATIONS FOR THE ZASTER ARE: ZR, WZR. THERE IS NO SUB-CURRENCY. AMOUNTS LESS THAN A FULL ZASTER WILL BE EXPRESSED IN DECIMALS. DECIMAL ZASTER COINS WILL BE ISSUED. FOLLOW THIS LINK TO SEE IMAGES OF OUR CURRENCY.

LIBERAL POLICY AND HUMAN RIGHTS: ALL CITIZENS AND LEGAL RESIDENTS OF WESTRIA ENJOY THE SAME RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES, REGARDLESS OF RACE, CREED, GENDER, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, DISABILITY OR AGE. SPECIAL CONSIDERATION IS GIVEN TO THE PREVIOUSLY UNDISCOVERED NATIVE KONGREN PEOPLE, WHO HAVE WELCOMED WESTRIAN SETTLEMENT, AND HAVE BEEN ALLOTTED THEIR OWN DESIGNATED TERRITORY, AS MUTUALLY AGREED WITH THE BWA, THE AUTONOMY OF VESTA, AND THE INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC OF GECKO GICKO.

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