Aneto

Aneto  (ah-NAY-toh or ah-NEE-toh) officially the Republic of Aneto is a sovereign state in South-Western Europe, located in the Pyrenees mountain range. It is bordered by France to the north and Spain to the south. It covers 46,100 square kilometers (17,800 sq mi) and has a population of 5.98 million. It is a republic and is a member of NATO, the United Nations, but never joined the European Union, joining EFTA instead. The capital is Andorra la Vella, and the largest city is Bilbao.

Independence of Basque Country
After the First World War, the Basque population of the Basque country in Northern Spain and France wanted independence from France and Spain and were not happy with the Spanish suggestion of an autonomous region within Spain. As Spain was recovering from the aftermath of a bloody world war and was not doing well financially, the Spanish part of the Basque Country was given independence. After Spain's decision to give independence to their part of the Basque Country, France decided to do the same and the 6 regions of Spain along with 3 French départements became the Basque Republic (Basquia).

Merge with Catalonians
After the Basque Republic was created, the Catalan population who had also wanted independence were angry at the Spanish government for giving the Basque Country independence but not Catalonia. Many protests followed but the economically weak Spain could not handle one of their richest regions leaving. The Catalan Autonomous Government threatened to keep all the tax for themselves and all Catalan workers and government officials were urged to go on strike until the Spanish let them succeed. Two months later, the Spanish gave in to the northern part of Catalonia, as long as they could keep the southern part due to the city of Barcelona, Spain's second city and most prosperous located their. 4 months later, the President of the Republic of Northern Catalunya asked the President of the Basque Republic for a unification of both countries. The Basque Republic accepted the offer in the historic Andorra la Vella Treaty.

Full Independence
Due to the Treaty of Andorra la Vella being signed there, Andorra la Vella was made the capital city of the new nation. Afterwards, at the agreement of France, a strip of land to the north of the country which included the cities of Pau and Perpignan was given to the new country. The country previously known as The Basque-Catalan Union had a referendum on what the new nation should be called. The suggestions were: Pyrenacia, Pyreneesia, Andoria, Catabasquia and Aneto. These were the results. The winning name, "Aneto" suggested by Jacques Piedmont, a French man from Perpignan won with 63.81% of the vote. Jacques Pedmont also went on to be the Republic of Aneto's first president.

Modern History
Today, Aneto is an extremely highly developed country. A third of the country is a national park, the Pyrenees Mountains National Park. It has a large GDP per capita, HDI. Pyrenacia has a population density of 129.2 inh/km2, making it the 90th most densely populated country in the world, with a similar density to Denmark and Thailand. There have been 14 presidents since Pyrenacia's independence, the current one being Jean François Dubois from Pau. The most renowned and loved president was Alexandar Moníz who served from 1965 to 1973.

Foreign Relations
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Nations

 * Kingdom of Inkami flag by MazovianMapping.png Kingdom of Inkami since 15th October 2016 (2nd Treaty of Andorra la Vella)
 * MonteregisFlag.png Monteregis since 15th October 2016 (Treaty of Vitoria-Gasteiz)
 * New flag for Arkmarken.png Arkmarken since 16th October 2016 (Treaty of Kamminga)
 * My newww flagh.png Socialist Union of Catalan Republics since 16th October 2016 (Treaty of Lleida)
 * New Polish Union flag.png New Polish Union since 21st October 2016 (Treaty of Gdansk)
 * Ijanusky.png Ijanusky since 26th October 2016 (Treaty of San Sebastián)
 * Tmp 30016-Polnocslavia-1877846891.png Polnocslavia since 6th November 2016 (Treaty of Pamplona)
 * Western Flag by CJets.JPG Western Republic since 7th November 2016 (Treaty of Calgary)
 * Belaruk flag.png Belaruk since 11th November 2016 (3rd Treaty of Andorra la Vella)
 * New Flag of Novvasrbija.png Novasrbija since 12th November 2016 (Treaty of Novi Sad)
 * Flag of Welarka.png Welarka since 10th December 2016 (Treaty of Seattle)
 * AuroratasFlag.png Aurora since 30th December 2016 (Treaty of Sydney)
 * Flag of Hoflan.png Hoflan since 9th February 2017 (Treaty of Bilbao)
 * KatkarisFlag.png Katkaris since 2nd March 2017 (Treaty of Katakar)

Alliances

 * SDEUflag.png Socialist-Democrat Economic Union since 22nd October 2016 (Treaty of Girona)

Largest Cities
This is a list of the country's largest cities by population

Languages
Aneto's national language is a language known as Pyrenacian, a indo-european romance language with roots from the Occitan-Romance and Oïl branches. It is spoken as a first language by 4.1 million Anetians (68.9% of the Anetian population) and as a secondary language by 3.2 million people worldwide. It is also a minority regional language in the Spanish autonomous regions of Aragon and Catalonia, as well as the French département of Aude.

Aneto also has 3 other official languages: French, spoken by 10.1% of the population, Spanish, spoken by 12.4% of the population, and Catalan, spoken by 8.1% of the population. Other languages make up 0.5%.

In Anetian schools, you can choose between going to Anetian schools taught through the four different official languages, taught through the Anetian curriculum. Children are taught either French or Spanish starting aged 5 and aged 10, they can choose between English or Catalan.

Religion
Aneto is predominantly Christian country. It's the largest religion with 82%. 77% are Catholic and 4.5% are Protestant. 15.5% are Atheist or Agnostic, and 2.5% of Pyrenacia's population follows other religions such as Islam or Buddhism. Aneto is the country with the highest atheist/agnostic population in Southern Europe.

Ethnicity
Aneto has several different ethnic groups, with the largest being the White Anetian ethnic group. The Anetian ethnic group was created after the creation of Aneto and includes anyone who self defines as Anetian and has an Anetian passport. Anybody living in Aneto for over 4 years is entitled to an Anetian passport and therefore, Anetian ethnicity. 57.7% of the country identifies as White Anetian, with 59.8% identifying as Anetian. The other main ethnic groups include French, at 10.3%, Spanish at 13.2%, Catalan at 8.4% and Other at 8.3%. According to the 2015 Census, 95.2% are White, 1.3% are Black, 0.5% are Arab, 2% are Asian, and 1% are Other.

Education
The Anetian curriculum includes Maternella (ages 3-5), Primàr (ages 5-12) and Secondàr (ages 12-17). The Anetian curriculum can be followed in all official languages of Aneto. At age 5, French and Spanish are taught for Anetian language students, and English or Catalan are taught at age 10 and up. The Anetian school system in ranked #10 in the World, especially languages, where the student generally come out of it as trilingual or quadrilingual. During Secondàr education, students can take an exam known as the Certificáto de Systema Secondàr, known informally as La Billeta or the CSS. If the student achieves over 70% in the exam, they can go to university in Aneto for free. The largest and highest ranked university in Aneto is the University of Basquia Oxididentàl, formerly the University of the Basque Country, situated in Bilbao, with smaller campuses in Vitoria-Gastéiz, San Sebastiàn (Donostia) and Eibar.

Administrative divisions
Aneto is divided into 7 administrative divisions known as Départementos. Each départemento has a capital which serves as an economic centre for the départemento.



Geography
Aneto is located in Southwestern Europe, in the Pyrenees mountain range. It's the 129th largest country in the world and the country's total area is 46,100 square kilometers (17,199 sq mi).

Aneto lies between latitudes 42° and 43° N, and longitudes 3° E and 3° W. The distance from the southernmost—Caldes d'Estrac—to the northernmost point in the country—Vieille-Saint-Girons—is 410 kilometers (255 mi). Highest point of Aneto is Aneto, of which the country was named, located in Midía with elevation of 3404 meters (11,168 ft). The mountain is part of the Pyrenees Mountain Range.

Aneto borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Mediterranean Sea to the east.

Climate
Along the Coastlines, Aneto has a maritime temperate climate (Cfb in Köppen climate classification). In this region the winters are cool but not cold and summers are also relatively cool with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature. Further inland, Aneto has 3 different climate classifications. The first being a humid continental climate (Dfb in Köppen climate classification), the second being a continental subarctic or boreal (taiga) climate (Dfc in Köppen climate classification) and the third being a tundra climate ( ET in Köppen climate classification).

Politics
In Aneto, the Congress is divided into the Çenate (101 seats) and the Parliomente (349 seats). The Çenate is the most important out of the two as it deals the most important trade negotiations, diplomacy, etc. Aneto has 5 parties in the Çenate: Democracit Soçiala, Verta, Conçervatif, Fronta Naçionaliso and Democracit Libéraxi. The current party in power is Verta, a party with the ideology of green politics and social liberalism, making Aneto one of the world's only countries with a Green party in power. The president is Jean-François Dubois, the leader of Verta. The Prime Minister is Estefan Ramirez, who is the Deputy Leader of Verta.

As of the 2015 General Elections, the current parliament has 5 parties, with Verta having a majority of seats. The 2016 Presidential Election saw Jean-François Dubois becoming president.

Air
The main air gateway to Aneto is by Bilbao Airport, the country's busiest airport which handled 9,450,000 passengers in 2015. It is the main hub of Aneto's national airline, PyranAir. The second busiest airport in the country is Girona Costa-Brava Airport, a secondary hub for PyranAir. It handled 5,100,000 passengers in 2015. PyranAir also had a subsidiary airline known as PyranAir Regional, which operates domestic flights across the country from the two hubs.

Train
The main railway company in Aneto is PyRail which operates train lines in all of the regions, connecting the major cities and coasts. There are also mountain train routes which are used currently as touristic lines. The busiest train station in Aneto is Bilbao-Abando Station which serves the largest city, Bilbao. High speed trains such as the French TGV and Spanish AVE. Aneto's High Speed Train Service is known as the "Aigilà", Eagle in Pyrenacian. The Argil's route starts in Barcelona and and calls at Girona, Perpignan, Foix, Pau, Amara-Donostia (San Sebastiàn) and Bilbao-Abando.

Road
Aneto has an extensive network of roads and motorways. In recent years, more money has been spent in getting motorway/national road connections in the forms of tunnels and bridges to the inland and mountainous towns and cities, especially Andorra la Vella, the capital city which, until 2008, didn't have any motorway or rail connections. Bus routes operate throughout the country by PyraBus which operate CittaBus, in the towns and cities, RuràlBus in the countryside and the rural villages and towns, and IntaBus which covers intercity coach routes.

Energy
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Science And Technology
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Music
Aneto's music industry is dominated mainly by rock, pop, R&B and increasingly, rap. In the 1930s, the industry was dominated by old ballads in Pyrenacian like "Rosa Blanc" ("White Rose") or "Sobraguztak" ("Above all"). In the 1970s, Rock and especially Europop came into the mainstream. Increasingly in this decade, rap and grime have entered with artists like G-Hard, KLOM, Jiraqui and Kyria. In 2016, Aneto won the 16th Mappervision Song Contest, held in Saltillo, Rio Grande with the song "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day. Aneto hosted the 17th Mappervision Song Contest, where Bilbao Arena was chosen as the venue, with 13,000 people coming to Bilbao to watch the show.

Architecture
Aneto is known worldwide for its architecture. Famous architect, Gregoire Balacom designed many buildings iconic to the country like Bilbao Guggenheim Museum and the Parliomento building in Andorra la Vella as well as airports, like Bilbao Airport.

Media
Anetian press is rated one of the freest in the world. There are around 130 newspapers, 14 digital radio channels and five nationwide and 13 national public service radio channels. The major broadcaster in the PyrTV. Another popular broadcaster is Aneto Radio & Television (ART).

Each year, around 8,500 book titles are published and 7 million records are sold. Aneto currently has two major "national" newspapers: Lô Bilbao and Mond à no. Aneto hoy is a popular newspaper for Spanish speaking minority, Ce jour is a popular newspaper for the French speaking minority and Euskal albisteak for the Basque speaking minority.