Baithia

Baithia (Bae-fee-i-ah) officially the Republic of Baithia is a sovereign state in North-Eastern Europe, located in the Baltics. It is bordered by Estonia to the north, Russia to the East and Belarus and Poland to the south. It covers 140,529 square kilometers (54258.5502 sq mi) and has a population of 6 million. It is a republic and is a member of NATO, the United Nations and the European Union. The capital is Klaipeda, and the largest city is Riga.

History
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Modern History
Today, Baithia is an extremely highly developed country. A fifth of the country is a national park, the Balavi Hills National Park. It has a large GDP per capita, HDI. Baithia has a population density of 80.2 inh/km2, making it the 127th most densely populated country in the world, with a similar density to Greece and Macedonia. There have been 4 presidents since Baithia's independence, the current elect being Danielle Odriska from Riga. The most renowned and loved president was Alekoska Zaníz who served from 1996 to 2004.

Foreign Relations
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Alliances
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Languages
Baithia has two national languages, Lithuanian and Latvian.

Baithia also has 3 other official languages: English, spoken by 10.1% of the population, Estonian, spoken by 12.4% of the population, and Russian, spoken by 8.1% of the population. Other languages make up 0.5%.

In Baithian schools, you can choose between going to Baithian schools taught through the three different official languages, taught through the Baithian curriculum. Children are taught either Russian or Estonian starting aged 5 and aged 10, they can choose between Latin or Finnish.

Religion
Baithia is predominantly Christian country. It's the largest religion with 76%. 70% are Orthodox, 3% are Catholic and 2% are Protestant. 22% are Atheist or Agnostic, and 2% of Baithia's population follows other religions such as Islam or Buddhism. Baithia is the country with the highest atheist/agnostic population in Northern Europe.

Ethnicity
Baithia has several different ethnic group, with the largest being the Baithian ethnic group. The Baithian ethnic group was created after the creation of Baithia and includes anyone who self defines as Baithian and has a Baithian passport. Anybody living in Baithia for over 4 years is entitled to a Baithian passport and therefore, Baithian ethnicity. 57.7% of the country 59.8% identifies as Bathian, The other main ethnic groups include Estonian, at 10.3%, Russian at 13.2%, Finnish at 8.4% and Other at 8.3%. According to the 2015 Census, 95.2% are White, 1.6% are Black, 0.2% are Arab, 2% are Asian, and 1% are Other.

Education
The Baithian curriculum includes Medelynas (ages 3-5), Kūdikis (ages 5-7), Jaunesnysis (ages 7-11) and Aukštas (ages 12-16). The Baithian curriculum can be followed in all official languages of Baithia. At age 5, Russian or Estonian are taught for Baithian language students, and Latin or Finnish are taught at age 10 and up. The Baithian school system in ranked #15 in the World, especially languages, where the student generally come out of it as trilingual or quadrilingual. During Aukštas education, students can take an exam known as the Pažymėjimas Užpakalyje, known informally as Žalioji or the PUZ. If the student achieves over 78% in the exam, they can go to university in Baithia for free. The largest and highest ranked university in Baithia is the University of Tobana, formerly the University of the Latvian Art.

Administrative divisions
Baithia is divided into 9 regions known as Skyrius. Each Skyrius has a capital which serves as an economic centre for the Skyrius.



Geography
Baithia is located in Northeastern Europe, in the Baltics. It's the 97th largest country in the world and the country's total area is 140,529 square kilometers (54258.5502 sq mi).

Baithia lies between latitudes 53° and 58° N, and longitudes 21° and 28°. The distance from the southernmost to the northernmost point in the country is 463 kilometers (287 mi). Highest point of Suur Munamägi, located in Polva with elevation of 318 meters (1,043 ft). The mountain is part of the Haanja Upland Range.

Baithia borders the Baltic Sea to the west.

Climate
All of Baithia is rather cold. In the summer, daylight hours are much longer and in the winter much shorter, for example. In December it is still pitch dark at 9:00 AM, and daylight disappears before 4:00 PM. Average temperatures in winter are reasonably mild, ranging in January from -2.8°C in Liepaja, on the western coast, to -6.6°C in the southeastern town of Daugavpils. July temperatures range from 16.7°C in Liepaja to 17.6°C in Daugavpils. Baithia's proximity to the sea brings high levels of humidity and precipitation, with average annual precipitation of 566 millimeters in Riga. There, an average of 180 days per year have precipitation, forty-four days have fog, and only seventy-two days are sunny. Continuous snow cover lasts eighty-two days, and the frost-free period lasts 177 days.

Politics
In Baithia, the Congress is divided into the Senāts (101 seats) and the Parlaments (349 seats). The Senāts is the most important out of the two as it deals the most important things for the country. Baithia has 5 parties in the Çenate: Konservatīvs,Darbaio,Liberalus, Komunistiskā and Nacistu. The current party in power is Konservatīvs, a party with the ideology of Conservatism. The president is Danielle Odriska, the leader of Konservatīvs. The Prime Minister is Stefan Rotte, who is the Deputy Leader of Konservatīvs.

Air
The main air gateway to Baithia is by Riga Airport, the country's busiest airport which handled 6,550,000 passengers in 2015. It is the main hub of Baithia's national airline, Baithaways.

Water
The main water gateway to Baithia is by Riga Port, the country's busiest port which handled 1,650,000 passengers in 2015. It is the main hub of Baithia's national cruiseline, Baithard.

Train
The main railway company in Baithia is Baryal 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. Baithia's High Speed Train Service is known as the "Rotte", To honour it's creator, Stefan Rotte. The Rotte's route starts in Kalipeda.

Road
Baithia 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 towns and cities. Bus routes operate throughout the country by Baibus which operate CBus, in the towns and cities, RBus in the countryside and the rural villages and towns, and IBus which covers intercity coach routes.

Energy
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Science And Technology
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Music
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Architecture
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Media
The main channels on Television in Baithia are run by the public service broadcaster BTV. However, since the  Sound Broadcasting Act of 2001, other channels, like BFC, BTT, BIX, and others have arrived. Recently, each of the major political parties brought their own channels.

A basic Baithian TV comes with these channels:

BTV 1:  news and current affairs, drama, comedy and entertainment programmes.

BTV 2:  arts, history, science and human interest documentaries.

BTV ///: comedy, entertainment, and docs.

BTV 4: innovative, high quality programming that is intellectually and culturally enriching, taking an in-depth approach to a wide range of subjects.

CBTV: A  channel for 6-12 year olds in search of drama, entertainment, factual, comedy, animation and news.​

BykeTykes:The youngest of the all of us get active play, creativity and imagination from BykeTykes, on-air and online.

BTV News:  Baithia's  most-watched news channel airs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and features correspondents from across the world.

BTV Senat: Baithia's  only channel dedicated to politics, showing debates and committees from across Baithia.

<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,freesans,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;">BFC: Baithia's Right-Wing channel.

<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,freesans,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;">BTT: Baithia's Left-Wing channel.

<span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,freesans,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;">BIX: Teen channel, idependently run by teens.

K- on:  Konservatīvs channel.

Darba-io:  Darbaio channel.

Lib-TT:  Liberalus channel.

Kom-con:  Komunistiskā channel

Baithia Pirmais :  Nacistu