New Edmund

New Edmund is a sovereign nation in Oceania. The capital city is Commonwealth. New Edmund has eight states and territories. The official language of New Edmund is English.

History
The indigenous people whom originally inhabited the land are known as the New Edmund Aboriginals. In the late 19th century, Australian soldiers were on board a ship travelling to New Zealand to meet with their trans-Tasman counterparts. The Australians found the isle. New Edmund was named after the Australian founder, John Edmund. It was named 'New' because the ship was on their way to New Zealand and that it was a newly discovered land. After a few days of discovering, the Australians were very happy with their discovery that they decided to backtrack straight home to Australia to show their findings. By 1890, Australians began to transfer those whom were doing tough in Australia and have also transferred immigrants. In 1895, a New Edmund Government was formed and the eight states and territories that are now found in New Edmund were federated as the one nation. Commonwealth was declared as the Nation's Capital.

Flag
The Black on the flag indicates the original indigenous people whom lived and cared for the land for many generations. The federation star centred in the middle of the flag has eight points. Each point indicates and represents one of the eight states and territories. The Red indicates the strength and power of each of the citizens across the country.

States & Territories
The mainland of New Edmund locates six states and one territory while Peterson Island forms the remaining territories of New Edmund

The eight States and Territories in New Edmund

Geography & Climate
North Edmund, Reiwa, Flinders & Beaumont

The Northern States of New Edmund are tropical climates with wonderful coasts. The North Edmund and Flinders Coasts have wonderful surfs which brings surfing tourists to the nation every year. Rainforests are in Reiwa and Beaumont with a former volcano named Mt Scout located on the border of Beaumont and Reiwa in amongst all the rainforests in that area.

Edmund Capital Territory

The Nations Capital is known as the farming capital as the unique countryside is full of different farms and crops that are distributed throughout the nation. The climate for the Capital is warm most of the year however it rains during the year which allows the farmers to grow their crops.

Kingsland

Kingsland is mainly the outback with most of the state full of unique rocks and hills. Kingsland is the driest state of New Edmund with it only raining in July each year.

Ulimaroa

Ulimaroa's climate is warm during summer and cold during winter. However, a 20-minutes drive from the capital Elizabeth located is Mt Bairnsdale. Mt Bairnsdale is the most popular mountain range in New Edmund because it snows all year around and is noted as the Snow Capital of New Edmund. It is a tourist hot spot for international visitors and is currently undergoing a development of the snowfields to create a new skiing centre and a new Winter Sports Institute. In other parts of the state is bush and countryside for farmers on the Knight Highway which leads to the Edmund Capital Territory.

Politics & Government
The New Edmund Government commenced in 1895. New Edmund is a democracy. There are four major political parties in New Edmund. The Labor Party is current in power with Lewis Martyn the leader. The Opposition is the New Edmund Conservative Party which is led by John Bishop. The Other major parties is the New Edmund Greens and One Nation New Edmund. The lower house in Parliament is named the Representative House while the upper house is named the Senate. Members in the Representative House serve three-year terms while senators serve six-year terms. A new election is held every three years. The Labor Party has held Power in New Edmund since 1986. This current term of power has been the longest in New Edmund's history.

Transport
All capital cities have an International Airport. Elizabeth has the strongest public transport system which includes a light rail, rail, airport rail link and bus services that travel throughout the city. Magellan have a similar public transport system. Every capital city has bus and light rail services. A train travels from Elizabeth to Magellan via Mt Bairnsdale.

Media
The main public broadcasters are Channel Six, Domain TV, Edmund TV and NEBS. The cable broadcaster is Jayem TV. Jayem TV has dedicated channels for music, news, weather, movies, documentaries, kids and four channels for Sport.

Police
New Edmund is a safe country with minimal crimes taking place. The city that has the worst crimes are Mureport. However, this is mainly just stealing and break ins.

Major Events
Major Events in New Edmund includes the New Edmund Country Music Festival in North Harbour every October, New Years Eve Festival in Magellan, Mt Bairnsdale Winter Christmas Festival, Commonwealth New Edmund Week Festival, Airball Premier League, and AFL New Edmund Footy Festival. The OCNE is currently interested in holding the Olympic Games in Elizabeth. A winter Olympic Games idea has been floated to be held in Elizabeth with some other events based out of Mt Bairnsdale. New Edmund bid for the 2018 MIHU World Men's Handball Championship and won the rights to host the inaugural tournament by 12 votes. New Edmund followed this by announcing a bid for the 2018 MIHU World Women's Handball Championship on April 19. Elizabeth also bidded for the 2019 Winter Olympic Games.

Major Events Hosted by New Edmund:

2018 MIHU World Men's Handball Championship

2019 Mapperdonian Netball World Cup

Sport
New Edmund is the world's capital of Sports. All citizens in New Edmund love their sport. New Edmund currently has plenty of national sporting leagues on offer for fans to watch sport every weekend. The New Edmund AFL League, New Edmund T20 Bash, New Edmund Premier Soccer, New Edmund Rugby League and the New Edmund Basketball League are just some of the sports on offer in New Edmund. Each major sport has both a male and female league which bolsters the performance of New Edmund when competing on a world scale. New Edmund has major sporting stadiums in every capital city however Elizabeth is the capital of Sports in New Edmund with the newly opened Elizabeth Stadium headlining the Elizabeth Sports Park which also has the Champions Arena, Legends Arena and Baseball Park. New Edmund has its own indoor sport called Airball. The Air New Edmund Premier League is held over a two-week period in November every year. Another major sporting event is the Athletics Grand Prix which is held in four cities each year which attracts the world's best athletes to the country to compete for the holy grail- The Grand Prix. Mt Bairnsdale which is located a 20-minute drive out of Elizabeth is the nations home of winter sport with the Winter Sporting Precinct just finished from a major redevelopment which will continue to bring snow tourists to the mountain for the next 30 years. The New Edmund Olympic Committee helps run sports in New Edmund along with the Sports Commission.

New Edmund have led the charge for a Youth Olympic Games to be included into the ever growing sporting calendar.

See Sporting Venues in New Edmund

New Edmund are members of the following sporting federations:

Mapperdonian International Handball Union Since April 14, 2018 Mapperdonian International Football Federation Since April 16, 2018

Mapperdonian International Basketball Federation Since April 16, 2018

Mapperdonian Ice Hockey Federation Since April 19, 2018