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Check back often to learn more!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Introduction\/Background:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Geography:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Geographic coordinates:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Maritime claims:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Climate:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Natural hazards:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>People and Society:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Population:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A Stereotypical Balcheri:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Languages:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Religions:\u00a0<\/strong>B&#8217;nach\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Secondary:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Holidays:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Government:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Type:\u00a0<\/strong>Absolute monarchy<\/li>\n<li><strong>Legislative?:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Judicial?:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Capital: <\/strong>Bergenhavn<\/li>\n<li><strong>Administrative divisions:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Legal system, if any:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Citizenship:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>National symbol:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Flag:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Economy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Overview:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Currency:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Military:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Transnational issues:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Treaties:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Disputes:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What is known:<\/p>\n<p>Balkland is known to be a fierce, somewhat primitive, and largely misunderstood country in the far north of the continent of Korak.<\/p>\n<p>They maintain a complex seafaring culture and their warships are light and fast. Their wolfpack tactics at sea are feared by most of the nations of Sylantia.<\/p>\n<p>Their society is clan-based (as is much of <a class=\"tiddlyLink tiddlyLinkExisting\" title=\"Menelon - Songstress, 2\/16\/2008, 9:14:00 AM\">Menelon<\/a>) and largely patriarchal.<\/p>\n<p>As a people they worship the God <a class=\"tiddlyLink tiddlyLinkExisting\" title=\"B'nach - Alesia, 5\/21\/2007, 9:49:00 PM\">B&#8217;nach<\/a> and for centuries it was the only recognized religion within the country&#8217;s borders. 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