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The below is a little project I decided to work on last night... I didn't finish it then, so I continued this morning and finally got it ready for posting. I really did this just for the hell of it, as I don't see anything of use here that Reddawg hasn't already done better 
What I did was collect 380 A.D. info from the game and just put it in the *exact* same format (minus some extraneous categories that aren't relevant to civ game currently in the middle age) as the CIA World Factbook, including many of their definitions for categories, etc.
APOLYTONIA
INTRODUCTION
Background
Apolytonia is the leading military power in the world, though behind much of the rest of the world in economic and social development. Apolytonia has fought wars with nearly every single one of its neighbors within the past several centuries and absorbed considerable territory and population from each conflict. Consequently, the growing feudal empire has become more difficult to administer over time, though this has not stopped Apolytonia from further expanding its borders in its latest war with Persia.
GEOGRAPHY
(all figures as of 380 A.D.)
Location
Southern Abananaba, with bulk of territory located in the Central Basin east of France, south of Greece and America, west of Germany, England, and Persia.
Map references
Abananaba
Area
total: 466 tiles
land: 382 tiles
water: 84 tiles
Land boundaries
total: 89 tilesides
border countries: France 32 tilesides, Greece 27 tilesides, America 10 tilesides, Germany 9 tilesides, Persia 7 tilesides, Russia 4 tilesides
Coastline
72 tilesides
Climate
Tropical, hot and humid throughout much of the Great Basin; cooler and drier in the northern highlands; cooler and drier on Uber Isle.
Terrain
vast central basin in low-lying plateau; mountains in north and west. Uber Isle is low lying island with minimal plateau in southern portion.
Elevation extremes
lowest point: The ocean
highest point: SW of Here It Is
Natural resources
Dye, Horses, Grapes, Gold, Iron
Land use
arable land: 21%
permanent crops: 1%
permanent pastures: 18%
forests and woodland: 44%
other: 8%
Irrigated Land
19 tiles
Natural hazards
Flooding; Huricanes, Earthquakes
Environment - current issues
deforestation
Environment - international agreements
party to: none
signed, but not ratified: none
PEOPLE
Population
2,535,000
(as of 380 A.D.)
Population growth rate
0.4% per year
(Estimate based on comparison of 310 A.D. and 170 A.D. population figures by Reddawg)
Nationality
noun: Apolytonian(s)
adjective: Apolytonian
Ethnic groups
Apolytonian 50.4%, French-Apolytonian 21.4%, American-Apolytonian 16.4%, French 4.9%, Persian 4.5%, American 1.5%, Persian-Apolytonian 0.9%
(as of 380 A.D.)
Religions
Great Banana, other
Languages
Apolytonian, French, Persian, English (American dialects), other
Literacy
6% of population, age 15 and over
(figure from Reddawg's 310 A.D. State of the Nation report)
GOVERNMENT
Country Name
conventional long form: Kingdom of Apolytonia
conventional short form: Apolytonia
former: Apolyton, Apolytonian Empire
Government type
constitutional monarchy
Capital
Apolyton
Administrative divisions
Provinces: Mingapulco, Pina Colada, El Nino, Ile de Rose, Uber Island
Dependent areas
Persian Annexation
Constitution
The Code of Laws (CoL) has existed since the founding of Apolyton and has been continually revised over time. It is currently the adopted code of laws for the current monarchy, but predates the monarchy by several thousand years.
Legal system
based on civil law system; judicial review of executive and legislative acts
Suffrage
Universal
Executive branch
chief of state: King Banana X (since the death of King Banana IX); Heir Apparent Prince Banana XI (son of the king)
head of government: President OPD (since 260 A.D.)
cabinet: Cabinet members each elected seperately by the electorate
elections: Elections held every few centuries, though the period gets shorter with each passing election due to changes in the code. Elections are for individual cabinet posts and are single-round plurality ("first-past-the-post"). Last held 260 A.D.
election results - President: OPD elected; percent of popular vote - OPD (Independent) 77%
election results - Vice President: Apocalypse elected; percent of popular vote - Apocalypse (Independent) 87%
election results - Foreign Affairs: Togas elected; percent of popular vote - Togas (Independent) 71%, Nimitz (DIA) 29%
election results - Economy: Reddawg elected; percent of popular vote - Reddawg (Independent) 93%
election results - Supreme Military Commander: Aggie elected; percent of popular vote - Aggie (Independent) 92%
election results - City Planner: GodKing elected; percent of popular vote - GodKing (Independent) 82%, Duddha (Hawk Party) 18%
election results - Science: Thud elected; percent of popular vote - Thud (DIA) 58%, Trickey (Independent) 42%
election results - Public Works: WhiteBandit elected; percent of popular vote - WhiteBandit (Independent) 95%
election results - Imperial Expansion: GengisFarb elected; percent of popular vote - GengisFarb (Independent) 59%, Jonny (DIA) 23%, E_T (Independent) 18%
Legislative branch
unicameral legislature consists of all citizens who wish to take part, which generally is limited to no more than around 50. The same group of 30-50 individuals consistently participate in both legislative discussion and most voting, existing as the political elite of Apolytonia. The rest of the citizenry very rarely involves itself in legislative affairs (though they have the ability to do so), generally only coming to vote for the election of cabinet posts or not participating at all.
elections: none are held, as positions are self-appointing and any and all citizens may hold the role
election results: N/A
Judicial branch
The Apolytonian Court (five justices elected for various terms; appointments made by members of the cabinet and ratified by a majority vote of the legislature)
Political parties and leaders
Democratic Industrialists of Apolyton (DIA) (Thud, party chairman); Hawk Party (jdd2007, party chairman); other minor parties
Political pressure groups and leaders
Apolytonian Racial Elitists (ARE) (Duddha, party chairman); Apolytonian Republican Front or ARF (Arnelos); Mingapulcan People's Party or MPP, other minor groups
International organization participation
BigCommunity United Nations
ECONOMY
Economy - overview
While the economy of the Kingdom of Apolytonia has increased dramatically over the past several centuries, it remains firmly based on subsistence agriculture and very little industry. Construction and metal working are the primary non-agricultural forms of production, with metal working almost entirely directed at constructing weapons and armor for armed conflict with neighboring states. Though rich in natural resources in regions near the mountains, very little use has been made of those resources. Small parts of the vast jungle that forms most of Apolytonia have been cleared for agricultural use and while most of this is used for subsistence agriculture, a very small portion of the land is used for export items such as the making of wines and dyes. Overall, Apolytonia has a pre-industrial economy in which the vast majority of the workforce still engages in agricultural production.
GDP
191 lytons
GDP - real growth rate
0.3% per year (over previous 10 years)
GDP - per capita
0.07 Apo (1000 Apo = 1 lyton)
GDP - composition by sector
agriculture: 74%
industry: 14%
services: 12%
GDP lost to corruption
65 lytons (34% of GDP)
Labor force - by occupation
Agriculture: 82%
Industry: 9%
Services: 9%
Industries
stone quarying, logging, construction, consumer goods (textiles, footwear, etc.), mining (gold, iron, others), mineral processing, metal working
Industrial production
116 shields
Industrial production growth rate
0.08% per year (over previous 10 years)
Industrial production wasted
42 shields (36% of industrial production)
Agriculture - products
bananas, corn, wheat, other grains, fish, wine grapes, other fruit, poultry, pork, beef, dyes, wood products
Exports
20 lytons
Exports - commodities
Dye (to Rome, Germany, France, Babylon), Wine (France)
Exports - partners
France, Rome, Germany, Babylon
Imports
16 lytons
Imports - commodities
Ivory (from Rome)
Imports - partners
Rome
Debt - external
none
Economic aid - donor
N/A
Economic aid - recipient
N/A
Currency
lytons
TRANSPORTATION
Roads
139 tiles of roads (including urban areas)
Waterways
72 tilesides of waterways navigable from sea
(defined as river tilesides downstream from any hills or mountains)
Ports and Harbors
Tassagrad, Apolyton, Termina, Banana HQ, Port Rouge, Jerusalem, Loveshack, Newburg, Willsbury, Another Glorious City, BFM
(italics indicate a harbor)
MILITARY
Military branches
Army, Navy
Military manpower - availability
males age 15-49: 640,000
Military manpower - fit for military service
males age 15-49: 320,000
Military expenditures - dollar figure
0 lytons
(Apolytonia remains a feudal monarchy, the military is not paid by the state but rather serves the king in times of war due to the vassal status of local lords)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP
0%
Military - note
It should be noted that using the size of the male population physcially fit for military service is a highly deceptive statistic for the middle age. Militaries of the time period are highly expensive professional forces for which quality of training and equipment can matter far more than simple numbers. An empire's most militarily important fungable resources, therefore, are GDP and industrial production rather than male population of military age. Arguably, this might not ever change. However, the possibility that conflict in the future might be more conducive to the use of "conscript armies" composed of large elements of the general population pressed into military service makes this statistic potentially important.
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
Disputes - international
Dispute with France over control of the Isle de Rose Province, annexed from France by Apolytonia in the Franco-Apolytonian War.
Dispute with America over Del Monte and Gaia and surrounding land, annexed from America by Apolytonia in the Apolytonian-American War.
Dispute with Persia over wide area of central and western Persia conquered by Apolytonia in the current Persian-Apolytonian War. The war apparently began when Persia violated a passage agreement with Apolytonia.
Dispute with Germany over territory originally claimed by Apolytonia, then rivally claimed by Germany, and finally taken by Apolytonia in the vicinity of Oak Ridge.
Dispute with Germany, an ostensibly neutral power, over its use of Apolytonian territory to smuggle iron to the Persians during the Persian-Apolytonian War.
What I did was collect 380 A.D. info from the game and just put it in the *exact* same format (minus some extraneous categories that aren't relevant to civ game currently in the middle age) as the CIA World Factbook, including many of their definitions for categories, etc.
APOLYTONIA
INTRODUCTION
Background
Apolytonia is the leading military power in the world, though behind much of the rest of the world in economic and social development. Apolytonia has fought wars with nearly every single one of its neighbors within the past several centuries and absorbed considerable territory and population from each conflict. Consequently, the growing feudal empire has become more difficult to administer over time, though this has not stopped Apolytonia from further expanding its borders in its latest war with Persia.
GEOGRAPHY
(all figures as of 380 A.D.)
Location
Southern Abananaba, with bulk of territory located in the Central Basin east of France, south of Greece and America, west of Germany, England, and Persia.
Map references
Abananaba
Area
total: 466 tiles
land: 382 tiles
water: 84 tiles
Land boundaries
total: 89 tilesides
border countries: France 32 tilesides, Greece 27 tilesides, America 10 tilesides, Germany 9 tilesides, Persia 7 tilesides, Russia 4 tilesides
Coastline
72 tilesides
Climate
Tropical, hot and humid throughout much of the Great Basin; cooler and drier in the northern highlands; cooler and drier on Uber Isle.
Terrain
vast central basin in low-lying plateau; mountains in north and west. Uber Isle is low lying island with minimal plateau in southern portion.
Elevation extremes
lowest point: The ocean
highest point: SW of Here It Is
Natural resources
Dye, Horses, Grapes, Gold, Iron
Land use
arable land: 21%
permanent crops: 1%
permanent pastures: 18%
forests and woodland: 44%
other: 8%
Irrigated Land
19 tiles
Natural hazards
Flooding; Huricanes, Earthquakes
Environment - current issues
deforestation
Environment - international agreements
party to: none
signed, but not ratified: none
PEOPLE
Population
2,535,000
(as of 380 A.D.)
Population growth rate
0.4% per year
(Estimate based on comparison of 310 A.D. and 170 A.D. population figures by Reddawg)
Nationality
noun: Apolytonian(s)
adjective: Apolytonian
Ethnic groups
Apolytonian 50.4%, French-Apolytonian 21.4%, American-Apolytonian 16.4%, French 4.9%, Persian 4.5%, American 1.5%, Persian-Apolytonian 0.9%
(as of 380 A.D.)
Religions
Great Banana, other
Languages
Apolytonian, French, Persian, English (American dialects), other
Literacy
6% of population, age 15 and over
(figure from Reddawg's 310 A.D. State of the Nation report)
GOVERNMENT
Country Name
conventional long form: Kingdom of Apolytonia
conventional short form: Apolytonia
former: Apolyton, Apolytonian Empire
Government type
constitutional monarchy
Capital
Apolyton
Administrative divisions
Provinces: Mingapulco, Pina Colada, El Nino, Ile de Rose, Uber Island
Dependent areas
Persian Annexation
Constitution
The Code of Laws (CoL) has existed since the founding of Apolyton and has been continually revised over time. It is currently the adopted code of laws for the current monarchy, but predates the monarchy by several thousand years.
Legal system
based on civil law system; judicial review of executive and legislative acts
Suffrage
Universal
Executive branch
chief of state: King Banana X (since the death of King Banana IX); Heir Apparent Prince Banana XI (son of the king)
head of government: President OPD (since 260 A.D.)
cabinet: Cabinet members each elected seperately by the electorate
elections: Elections held every few centuries, though the period gets shorter with each passing election due to changes in the code. Elections are for individual cabinet posts and are single-round plurality ("first-past-the-post"). Last held 260 A.D.
election results - President: OPD elected; percent of popular vote - OPD (Independent) 77%
election results - Vice President: Apocalypse elected; percent of popular vote - Apocalypse (Independent) 87%
election results - Foreign Affairs: Togas elected; percent of popular vote - Togas (Independent) 71%, Nimitz (DIA) 29%
election results - Economy: Reddawg elected; percent of popular vote - Reddawg (Independent) 93%
election results - Supreme Military Commander: Aggie elected; percent of popular vote - Aggie (Independent) 92%
election results - City Planner: GodKing elected; percent of popular vote - GodKing (Independent) 82%, Duddha (Hawk Party) 18%
election results - Science: Thud elected; percent of popular vote - Thud (DIA) 58%, Trickey (Independent) 42%
election results - Public Works: WhiteBandit elected; percent of popular vote - WhiteBandit (Independent) 95%
election results - Imperial Expansion: GengisFarb elected; percent of popular vote - GengisFarb (Independent) 59%, Jonny (DIA) 23%, E_T (Independent) 18%
Legislative branch
unicameral legislature consists of all citizens who wish to take part, which generally is limited to no more than around 50. The same group of 30-50 individuals consistently participate in both legislative discussion and most voting, existing as the political elite of Apolytonia. The rest of the citizenry very rarely involves itself in legislative affairs (though they have the ability to do so), generally only coming to vote for the election of cabinet posts or not participating at all.
elections: none are held, as positions are self-appointing and any and all citizens may hold the role
election results: N/A
Judicial branch
The Apolytonian Court (five justices elected for various terms; appointments made by members of the cabinet and ratified by a majority vote of the legislature)
Political parties and leaders
Democratic Industrialists of Apolyton (DIA) (Thud, party chairman); Hawk Party (jdd2007, party chairman); other minor parties
Political pressure groups and leaders
Apolytonian Racial Elitists (ARE) (Duddha, party chairman); Apolytonian Republican Front or ARF (Arnelos); Mingapulcan People's Party or MPP, other minor groups
International organization participation
BigCommunity United Nations
ECONOMY
Economy - overview
While the economy of the Kingdom of Apolytonia has increased dramatically over the past several centuries, it remains firmly based on subsistence agriculture and very little industry. Construction and metal working are the primary non-agricultural forms of production, with metal working almost entirely directed at constructing weapons and armor for armed conflict with neighboring states. Though rich in natural resources in regions near the mountains, very little use has been made of those resources. Small parts of the vast jungle that forms most of Apolytonia have been cleared for agricultural use and while most of this is used for subsistence agriculture, a very small portion of the land is used for export items such as the making of wines and dyes. Overall, Apolytonia has a pre-industrial economy in which the vast majority of the workforce still engages in agricultural production.
GDP
191 lytons
GDP - real growth rate
0.3% per year (over previous 10 years)
GDP - per capita
0.07 Apo (1000 Apo = 1 lyton)
GDP - composition by sector
agriculture: 74%
industry: 14%
services: 12%
GDP lost to corruption
65 lytons (34% of GDP)
Labor force - by occupation
Agriculture: 82%
Industry: 9%
Services: 9%
Industries
stone quarying, logging, construction, consumer goods (textiles, footwear, etc.), mining (gold, iron, others), mineral processing, metal working
Industrial production
116 shields
Industrial production growth rate
0.08% per year (over previous 10 years)
Industrial production wasted
42 shields (36% of industrial production)
Agriculture - products
bananas, corn, wheat, other grains, fish, wine grapes, other fruit, poultry, pork, beef, dyes, wood products
Exports
20 lytons
Exports - commodities
Dye (to Rome, Germany, France, Babylon), Wine (France)
Exports - partners
France, Rome, Germany, Babylon
Imports
16 lytons
Imports - commodities
Ivory (from Rome)
Imports - partners
Rome
Debt - external
none
Economic aid - donor
N/A
Economic aid - recipient
N/A
Currency
lytons
TRANSPORTATION
Roads
139 tiles of roads (including urban areas)
Waterways
72 tilesides of waterways navigable from sea
(defined as river tilesides downstream from any hills or mountains)
Ports and Harbors
Tassagrad, Apolyton, Termina, Banana HQ, Port Rouge, Jerusalem, Loveshack, Newburg, Willsbury, Another Glorious City, BFM
(italics indicate a harbor)
MILITARY
Military branches
Army, Navy
Military manpower - availability
males age 15-49: 640,000
Military manpower - fit for military service
males age 15-49: 320,000
Military expenditures - dollar figure
0 lytons
(Apolytonia remains a feudal monarchy, the military is not paid by the state but rather serves the king in times of war due to the vassal status of local lords)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP
0%
Military - note
It should be noted that using the size of the male population physcially fit for military service is a highly deceptive statistic for the middle age. Militaries of the time period are highly expensive professional forces for which quality of training and equipment can matter far more than simple numbers. An empire's most militarily important fungable resources, therefore, are GDP and industrial production rather than male population of military age. Arguably, this might not ever change. However, the possibility that conflict in the future might be more conducive to the use of "conscript armies" composed of large elements of the general population pressed into military service makes this statistic potentially important.
TRANSNATIONAL ISSUES
Disputes - international
Dispute with France over control of the Isle de Rose Province, annexed from France by Apolytonia in the Franco-Apolytonian War.
Dispute with America over Del Monte and Gaia and surrounding land, annexed from America by Apolytonia in the Apolytonian-American War.
Dispute with Persia over wide area of central and western Persia conquered by Apolytonia in the current Persian-Apolytonian War. The war apparently began when Persia violated a passage agreement with Apolytonia.
Dispute with Germany over territory originally claimed by Apolytonia, then rivally claimed by Germany, and finally taken by Apolytonia in the vicinity of Oak Ridge.
Dispute with Germany, an ostensibly neutral power, over its use of Apolytonian territory to smuggle iron to the Persians during the Persian-Apolytonian War.
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