Fact Sheet

People

Population: 30,421,859,207

Age structure
0-14 years: 25.96%
15-64 years: 58.85%
65 years and over: 15.19%

Population growth rate: 2.98%

Birth rate: 21.6 births/1000 population

Death rate: 6.2 deaths/1000 population

Net migration rate: 5.6 migrants/1000 population

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.03 males per female
under 15 years: 1.03 males per female
15-64 years: 1.02 males per female
65 years and over: 0.92 males per female

Infant mortality rate: 0.02 deaths/1000 births

Life expectancy
total population: 152.0 years
males: 142.9 years
females: 158.2 years

Total fertility rate: 3.52 children per woman

Nationality
noun: Commonwealth citizen(s)
adjective: Commonwealth

Ethnic groups: Humans 71%, Rihannsu 21%, others 8%. Most races throughout the galaxy can be found in the Commonwealth.

Languages: No official languages, however, government documents are in English and Rihannsu. Most people in the Commonwealth speak one or both of these.

Religions: Protestant 31%, Elementalism 18%, Roman Catholic 16%, Muslim 12%, other 10%, Jewish 8%, none 5%

Literacy
definition: age 10 can read and write
total population: 99.9%
male: 99.9%
female: 99.9%

Government

Name
conventional long form: L'nhraei Commonwealth of Planets
conventional short form: Commonwealth
Note: "L'nhraei" should be avoided unless referring specifically to that world, as it leaves out the other 22 worlds comprising the Commonwealth.
abbreviation: CP, LCP

Data code: CP

Government type: Constitutional republic

Capital: ch'Taala, L'nhraei

Administrative divisions: 23 member worlds; 20 Leonis Minoris III (L'nhraei), 20 Leonis Minoris IV (Tiw), 20 Leonis Minoris IIIA (Selene), 20 Leonis Minoris II (Freya), 47 Ursae Majoris II, 11 Leonis Minoris A II, r1 Cancri A I, q Ursae Majoris A IV, c Cancri IV, c Cancri V, 40 Leonis IV, 15 Leonis Minoris III, Gl 295 II, HD 70401 I, HD 89269 III, HD 89269 II, 36 Ursae Majoris III, Gl 349 I, 10 Ursae Majoris A IV, 10 Ursae Majoris B III, 61 Ursae Majoris III, b Comae Berenices III, 10 Canum Venaticorum III

Dependent areas: none

Independence: 22 Germinal 61 (11 May 2375)

Constitution: 4 Thermidor 67 (26 September 2380)

Legal system: based on American legal system on Earth, judicial review of legislation

Suffrage: No age limit, voters must first pass a citizenship test before registering to vote

Executive branch:
chief of state: President John Macpherson and Vice-President Aidoann t'Khaalis (since 1 Messidor 185)
head of government: President John Macpherson and Vice-President Aidoann t'Khaalis (since 1 Messidor 185)
cabinet: appointed by President with Senate approval, consists of the State Department, the Treasury Department, the Defence Department, and the Patent and Trademark Office.
elections: Presidential candidates select a Vice-Presidential candidate, elected by popular vote. If no set of candidates receives a majority, a new election is held between the top two tickets and any ticket receiving 15% of the vote. Last election held 1 Prairial 184, next election to be held 1 Prairial 188.
election results: 73% Macpherson/t'Khaalis, 22% tr'Mira/Stevens, 4% various candidates, 1% None of the Above

Cabinet members:
secretary of state: Mirok tr’Riuhvei (since 1 Messidor 185)
secretary of defence: Charles Rawlings (since 1 Messidor 185)
secretary of the treasury: Nnea t'Riov (since 1 Messidor 185)
Director, Patent and Trademark Office: Richard O'Shaughnessy (since 1 Messidor 185)
Director, Customs and Immigration Department: Natalie Cady (since 1 Messidor 185)

Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament consists of Assembly (1000 seats, apportioned by population, elected by popular vote for two-year terms) and Senate (46 seats, two per member world, appointed by each world's legislature for six-year terms)
elections: Last election for the Assembly 1 Prairial 184, next election 1 Prairal 186. Last election for the Senate 1 Prairial 180, next election 1 Prairal 186.
election results: Assembly, seats by party - Libertarian 881, Conservative 62, Labour 53, Socialist 3, Independent 1. Senate, seats by party - Libertarian 44, Socialist 2.

Judicial branch: Supreme Court of seven judges, appointed by the President with Senate approval, hold office for life.

Political parties: Libertarian Party, Conservative Party, Labour Party, Socialist Party, various smaller parties

Interstellar organisation participation: Observer, Intergalactic Alliance of Powers, Ambassador Natasha Lera Stuart.

Flag description: Per bend sinister azure and vert, 23 mullets orbicular argent (adopted 22 Germinal 174)

National anthem: My Country, 'Tis of Thee / Ih'hwi Arham Nneikha (adopted 22 Germinal 61, English lyrics by Samuel Francis Smith [472 PUC], Rihannsu lyrics by Rhiovan tr'Khell [1], music God Save the King by Henry Carey [563 PUC])

Motto: Libertas aut Mortis (Liberty or Death / Daemnh riud Llaihr)

Economy

Economy - overview: The Commonwealth has a free market economy, imposing no regulation other than the prohibition of force or fraud. Most member worlds follow this practice, although some do regulate or subsidise certain industries. This has decreased as many companies choose to locate on those worlds without regulation. As a result, the Commonwealth is among the highest in GDP per capita. No industries are government owned, including transportation, police, or sanitation. Commonwealth businesses export a wide variety of manufactured goods and can often do so at a lower cost than those in other nations, contributing to economic growth.

GDP: purchasing power parity - 3.068 quadrillion Federation credits (£122.742 trillion)

GDP - real growth rate: 6.22%

GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - 100,867 Federation credits (£4034 13s 7 1/4d)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 3%
industry: 34%
services: 63%

Population below poverty line: 1.1%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 6.5%
highest 10%: 37.5% (1994)

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 0.1%

Labour force: 17.903 billion (includes unemployed)

Labour force by occupation:
agriculture: 2.1%
industry: 12.4%
services: 82.4%
unemployment rate: 3.10%

Government Budget:
revenues: £6,137,061,020 1s 6 3/4d (153,426,525,501.95 Federation credits)
expenditures: £6,137,061,020 1s 6 3/4d (153,426,525,501.95 Federation credits)

Industries: highly diversified and technologically advanced; metals, vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food, consumer goods, lumber, mining

Industrial production growth rate: 3.8%

Electricity - production: 400.08 trillion kWh

Electricity - production by source:
fusion: 68.63%
hydro: 16.21%
solar: 12.76%
matter/antimatter: 2.40%

Electricity - consumption: 371.897 trillion kWh

Agriculture - products: wheat, other grains, corn, fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products; forest products; fish

Exports: 302.381 trillion Federation credits (£12.095 trillion)

Exports - commodities: capital goods, vehicles, industrial supplies and raw materials, consumer goods, agricultural products

Imports: 219.823 trillion Federation credits (£8.792 trillion)

Imports - commodities: machinery, vehicles, consumer goods, industrial raw materials, food and beverages

Debt - external: none

Economic aid - donor: none

Currency: The Commonwealth's currency is the pound (CPP), and is officially redeemable for gold-pressed latinum at the rate of 1/10 ounces of latinum to £1. The pound is divided into 20 shillings, each of which are divided into 12 pence. Prices are given as "£1 10s 5d", from the Latin "librus, solidus, denarius", or pounds, shillings, and pence. Banknotes come in values of £20, £10, £5, £2, £1, 10s (half-pound), and 5s (quarter-pound). Coins have values of 2s 6d (florin), 1s (shilling), 6d (tanner), 3d (bit), 1d (penny), 1/2d (half-penny), 1/4d (farthing), and 1/8d (half-farthing).

Exchange rates: £1 is approximately 25 Federation credits (1 Federation credit is approximately 9 5/8d)

Fiscal year: 1 Messidor - 30 Prairial

Communications

Telephones - main lines in use: 19.672 billion

Telephones - mobile lines in use: 12.226 billion

Radio stations: 1,105,194

Radios: 63,548,641,933 (includes those in vehicles)

Television broadcast stations: 221,039, four main networks - BCL, LBC, TVL, LIS - 49,173 cable channels

Televisions: 24.2 billion

LCARS Service Providers (LSPs): 421,473

Transportation

Railways: 16,482,418.12 miles (26,525,155.48 kilometres)

Highways: 435,975,541.833 miles (701,615,439.47 kilometres)

Shuttleports: 1,610,488

Military

Military expenditures: 153,282,705,501.95 Federation credits (£6,137,061,020 1s 6 3/4d)

Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 0.00499%

Transnational Issues

Disputes: none

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