Nordic Federation

Nordic Federation Nordiska Förbundet
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Motto: " Velikansojen Hyvinvointi" The Welfare of the Great Nations
Anthem: "Yhdessä Me Seisomme" "Together We Stand"
Map of the Nordic Federation (dark green)
Capital	Stockholm
Official languages	Swedish, Finnish
Recognised regional languages	Danish, Norwegian, Nukt, Sami
Ethnic groups (2023)	90.1% Nordic 8.4% Nukt 1.2% Other 0.3% Sami
Religion	53.8% Nordic Church 3.5% Other Protestant 1.5% Eastern Orthodox 1.2% Catholic 0.2% Other 39.5% No religion
Demonym(s)	Nordic
Government	Constitutional Dictatorship
• Grand Marshal	Erik Kalos
• High Senator	Oscar Merci
Legislature	Nordic Riksdag
Establishment
• Swedish Empire	1611 (1611)
• Nordic Federation	October 11th, 1921 (October 11th, 1921)
• Constitution	April 19th, 1946 (April 19th, 1946)
Area
• Land	1,637,168 km2 (632,114 sq mi) (18th)
• Water (%)	8.5 (2023)
Population
• 2025 estimate	98,911,245 (15th)
• Density	59.11/km2 (153.1/sq mi) (161st)
GDP (PPP)	2025 estimate
• Total	ꝅ19,685,400,000,000 ($2,580,000,000,000) (19th)
• Per capita	ꝅ199,013 ($26,083) (70th)
GDP (nominal)	2025 estimate
• Total	ꝅ9,773,880,760,000 ($1,280,980,440,000) (18th)
Gini (2025)	33.27 medium · 127th
HDI (2023)	.866 very high · 39th
Currency	Krona (ꝅ)
Time zone	UTC+1, UTC+2, UTC-1
Date format	DD/MM/YYYY
Driving side	right
Calling code	+45, +46, +47, +354
ISO 3166 code	NF
Internet TLD	nof
Website www.NordiskaFörbundet.nof

The Nordic Federation is a country located in Fennoscandia in Northern Europe, primarily on the Scandinavian Peninsula. It borders Russia to the east and Germany to the south.

Covering 1,637,168 square kilometers and with an official population of 96,782,041, it is the second-largest country in Europe in both area and population, beaten only by Russia in both categories. The capital and largest city is Stockholm, and roughly 82% of Nords live in urban areas.

History

Main category: Nordic History

The First Great War

Main category: First Great War

The Swedish Empire would plunge into the First Great War on August 7th, 1914, answering a call to honor the Swedish-British Treaty of Oslo (1857). By November 1914, both sides had deeply entrenched in a continuous line, with a majority of German positions being 11km within Denmark and the deepest German salient being 32km deep approaching the city of Gram.

Gram Offensive

The Gram Offensive, lasting from April 2nd to July 21st, 1916 would be the largest Swedish offensive of the war up to that point, seeing 46 divisions suffer over 178,000 casualties during the three month battle while replacing less than 60 square kilometers of land. While costly, the Gram Offensive would greatly reduce the German salient and relieve pressure off of the Battle of Verdun on the Western Front. Domestically, the Gram Offensive would prove massively unpopular, and would greatly strain ties between the lower classes and the nobility.

Fall of the Monarchy

On August 8th, 1916, Crown Prince Gustaf VI would be shot and killed by a German sniper during a frontline visit near Rødekro. Following this, King Gustav V would fall into a total mental breakdown, supposedly from the grief of having lost his wife, Victoria of Baden in early 1914 and now his sole remaining son. Following three days of governmental paralysis, Aabram Stål, a chief military advisor to the throne, would be declared Regent, first by the Riksdag and second the War Council, with the support of the Livgardet. As Regent, Stål would quickly prove unpopular with the nobility and popular with the rank and file, putting the Swedish Empire on a defensive footing, firing a number of politically connected but poorly performing officers, and rapidly commissioning the introduction of new uniforms and equipment to the front line. During this time, several royalist plots would be uncovered and destroyed by both the Livgardet and soldiers of the Imperial Army, with a majority of plotters either being or having strong connections to powerful nobility seeking power or the throne.

The Summer Offensives

Launched on April 9th, 1918 and lasting until August 19th, the Summer Offensives would be a series of 6 different smaller offensive actions covering much of the Northern Front. In exchange for roughly 115,000 casualties sustained by 52 divisions, the Imperial Army would push back the Germans across a majority of the Northern Front, inflicting nearly 109,000 casualties on the German Army and at several points pushing German positions into Germany itself. During the Summer Offensives, the Imperial Army would fire nearly 4.9 million artillery shells across the front, including over 250,000 chemical shells, fired by over 5,000 artillery pieces. The trenches occupied by both nations in late August 1918 would be largely the same ones they would leave when the war ended on November 11th, 1918.

Formation of the Federation

The modern Nordic Federation would be formed from the ashes of the Swedish Empire following the First Great War on October 11th, 1921. Aabram Stål would become the first Grand Marshal of the Nordic Federation at this time, having served as Imperial Regent since August 2nd, 1917, and would see the rebuilding of much of the Danish south, reorganization of the old royal county system into the modern provincial system, and a greatly increased fear of socialism due to the Russian Revolution. During the post-war rule of Stål, the new Nordic Federation would see two major economic crises, with the first coming as early as September 1919 when it was revealed that several noble families had been mass counterfeiting the wartime copper Krona coins, resulting in a mass recall of wartime production Krona and lost of trust in the currency. A second crisis would unfold in June 1922, caused by the announcement that Madsen AB, a steel casting and military production firm, had gone bankrupt. This news, followed by rumors of several other major firms being on shaky financial ground, would trigger a run on several banks in Copenhagen on June 6th, 1922. In poor health by 1923, Stål would turn his position over to Tue Andersson on September 16th, 1923.

Tue Andersson would rule the Federation until September 2nd, 1933, with Andersson himself working to cement many of the current principles of the Grand Marshal system that continue to this day, including a complete seclusion from political life after retirement, a ten-year term, and the separation of civil and military commands under the Grand Marshal. While Andersson would see the Nordic Federation through an economic boom, towards the end of his reign the nation would fall into a deep economic recession, one Andersson himself would struggle to begin a recovery too. On September 2nd, 1933, Tue Andersson would hand over the country, along with the newly remodeled Grey Palace, to Erik Ordo.

Erik Ordo, the 3rd Grand Marshal of the Nordic Federation and the most popular Grand Marshal to the modern day, would rule the Federation until October 4th, 1946, seeing an extended term of 13 years due to the Second Great War. Drawing the nation closer to the rising Germany prior to the war, the Nordic Federation would enter a number of economic deals with Nazi Germany and Italy, aiding to bring the nation out of the Great Depression by 1937 and seeing the country rapidly militarize after the start of the Second Great War in 1939, although it wouldn't join the war until 1941.

The Second Great War

Main category: Second Great War

Operation Skymning

On June 25th, 1941, the Nordic forces would cross the Soviet-Nordic border and begin combat operations against the Soviet Union under Operation Skymning. Seeing a total of 54 divisions cross the border under 19 corps, while the 1,550 aircraft of the Grand Army Flying Service struck Soviet airfields, command posts and railways. The Grand Army would quickly overrun large elements of the 450,000 Soviet soldiers stationed along the border, and were positioned to threaten Leningrad by August 16th, and would begin combat operations to seize the city with the 9 divisions of the Nordic 1st Army Group before being forced to pull back by September 24th. Combined with elements of the German Army Group North, Leningrad would be put under siege starting September 30th, 1941. Nordic forces would threaten as far east as the western bank of the Northern Dvina River and threatening Arkhangelsk in the north and as far south as Vologda by December 17th, 1941

1942

On January 7th, 1942 the Soviet Kalinin Front, with 18 divisions and over 1,200 tanks, slammed into Nordic positions south of Vologda and further east near Ustyuzhna, slowly forcing the 12 divisions of the Nordic 2nd Army Group back north to positions just south of Belozersk by May 1942.

On February 14th, 1942 the Nordic 4th Army Group would be pushed from its positions threatening Arkhangelsk and by May would be occupying positions over 60km further west near Nyonoksa.

On August 11th, 1942, Operation Eldljus would begin, seeing the Nordic 1st Army Group, reinforced to a strength of 17 divisions and over 900 tanks, push into northern Leningrad and claiming all of the city north of the River Neva by October 2nd. The fighting for Leningrad was characterized by desperate house to house fighting on both sides, with Nordic forces often leveling enter neighborhoods and using flamethrowers to break Soviet strongpoints. As German forces defeat the Soviet Sinyavino Offensive, the Soviet attempt to lift the siege and relieve Leningrad, Nordic forces cross the River Neva and German forces start to engage the southern defenses of the city. On October 22nd, 1942 Soviet Lieutenant General Leonid Govorov would surrender the city and the remainder of the Leningrad Front to Major General Theo Marsis of the Nordic 1st Army Group

Trench Warfare from 1942-1944

Unconventional warfare is fought in the Soviet wilderness, organized both by Nordic Intelligence's Department 5 or Soviet partisans behind Nordic lines. On the front, Nordic forces dig trenches, anti-tank ditches and lay mines in attempts to ward off Soviet assaults, establishing a layered defense mine stretching from Tikhvin in the west, Lake Beloye in the south and Onega in the east. Throughout 1943, Soviet forces would slowly advance on Leningrad and would lead to the establishment of the Seger Line along the River Neva around the city, and the secondary Väst Line along the River Neva within the city itself. Large portions of Leningrad are refortified in preparation of the upcoming battle.

Soviet Offensives, 1944

On January 14th, 1944, the Soviets would launch a large scale attack on Nordic lines, seeing multiple fronts thrown against Nordic fortifications during Operation Venus. This included multiple assaults against the Seger Line outside of Leningrad, and by February 12th Nordic forces had abandoned the Seger Line for the Väst Line. After the Väst Line was breached on March 4th, Nordic forces began a fighting retreat from the city, burning or demolishing many historical landmarks as they retreated, including the Palaces of the Tsars. By March 16th, Nordic forces occupied the Thörnell Line, stretching from Vammelsuu to Taipale. The Thörnell Line would hold until June 15th, when elements of the 21st Guards Army would breach it near Kuuterselkä. Nordic forces would then retreat to the Vuoski Line, running from Vyborg to Taipale along the Vuoski River. The Vuoski Line would be breached on August 19th, and Nordic forces would then retreat to the Salpa Line, stretching from Vyborg to Imatra to Hiitola. Nordic forces would continue to occupy the Salpa Line until the ceasefire. Overall, battles of on Karelian Isthmus would cost the Soviets over 180,000 soldiers compared to 75,000 in Nordic losses.

Further east, the Soviets would push against the Nordic lines near Tikhvin, eventually seeing the Nordic lines pushed back to the Hägglund Line stretching from Vidlitsa to Petrozavodsk by March 7th. The Hägglund Line would be breached on April 19th, seeing Nordic forces retreat to the Koyrinoya-Petrozaodsk Line, followed by a slow fighting retreat towards the Malberg Line, established between Sortavala, Suoyarvi and Kondopoga, with a salient to Petrozaodsk. Petrozaodsk would fall to the Soviet 32nd Army after heavy fighting on June 23rd, seeing over 28,000 Soviet casualties and 164 tanks destroyed in exchange for 15,574 Nordic casualties.

Ceasefire and Peace

A negotiated ceasefire was implemented on September 4th, 1944, while the negotiations for a peace begun on September 14th, 1944 with the UK acting as a mediator. On September 18th, the peace deal would be accepted by all sides, officially ending Nordic involvement in the Second Great War. The 1944 Treaty of Peace in the North Between the Nordic Federation and the Soviet Union, the formal title for the peace treaty, would require the Nordic Federation to:

Transfer of 103,700sqkm of Nordic territory to the Soviet Union.

War reparations of $800 million USD ($14,331,863,636.36 in 2024). Reparations included gold, machinery and ships.

Turning over 3,658 identified factories for military, optics and glass manufacturing, metallurgy, chemical, aviation and automotive industries to Soviet authorities.

Turning over all guns over 150mm, rocket artillery, heavy tanks, bomber aircraft and military ships of over 5,000t to Soviet authorities.

Ban on new weapons development or import until 1956.

Legalization of the Nordic Communist Party.

Ban on Nazi symbols and banning of the Nordic Imperial Party and the Nazi Party of the Nordic Federation.

Expel all German forces by September 19th, 1944.

Completely break diplomatic ties with Germany.

In total, the Northern Front of the Second Great War would cost the Nordic Federation 539,480 casualties, along with 1,270,888 Soviet casualties.

467,525 Soviet soldiers were taken as prisoners of war, with 369,344 being returned to the USSR in 1944 and 1945, and with an estimated 21% of total prisoners dying in Nordic captivity.

128,141 Nordic soldiers were taken as prisoners of war, with 80,728 being returned to the Nordic Federation between 1944 and 1949, and with an estimated 37% of total prisoners dying in Soviet captivity.

Additionally, 2,142,000 civilians were killed, with over 1.6 million of those Soviet.

Post-War Era

Rekordåren

The Rekordåren, or Record Years, sometimes also called the Northern Economic Miracle, is the term used to classify a period of prolonged economic expansion in the Nordic Federation after the Second Great War. Lasting from 1951 to 1973, the period would see an average of 12.5% annual growth in the Nordic economy and an increase in the urban population from 38% to 74% of the total population. Supported by the export of oil, automobiles, electronics, shipbuilding and heavy weapons, per capita income increased over 2,000% during the period, partially due to a Nordic policy that all foreign payments must be made in gold or gold backed currency. Due to the economic boom, the Nordic Federation was able to pay all war repartitions to the Soviet Union by 1954, over six years earlier than the Soviets had anticipated, and further allowing the Nordic economy to grow.

The Rekordåren would be ended in 1973 due to the combination of the 1973 Oil Crisis, 1973-1974 Stock Market Crash and external affects of the fall of the Bretton Woods in many export partners. These factors would see shipbuilding drop by over 35%, with aftershocks affecting the Nordic iron ore industry for nearly 30 years to come. Combined with external factors, the Nordic economy would not recover to its 1972 level until 2008.

Union Rebellion

Legionnaire Uprising

On April 19th, 1989, fascist aligned Black Legionnaire insurgents would assassinate Grand Marshal Usko Salve during a speech in front of the Grey Palace, using a pair of hand grenades and a Nagant M1895 revolver. This would kick off a series of political crackdowns and reprisals that would lead to Black Legionnaire insurgents assaulting six police stations and several checkpoints in Stockholm's financial district on May 1st, 1989, seeing the deaths of sixteen police officers. Simultaneously, Black Legionnaire insurgents would attack police stations and checkpoints in Gothenburg and Uppsala, and several buildings in all three cities would be lit on fire. By May 3rd, the Nordic Riskdag would declare a state of emergency, appointing Erik Astrid to the position of Grand Marshal as insurgents engaged police and Home Guardsmen for control of several areas of Stockholm, Gothenburg and Uppsala. Astrid would order Grand Army forces into the area, seeing the last Black Legionnaire strongpoint in Uppsala reduced on May 6th, 1989, Stockholm on May 7th, and Gothenburg on May 11th. In total, 33 police officers, 32 Home Guardsman and 45 Grand Army soldiers would lose their lives, alongside 483 civilians and an estimated 212 insurgents.

Kalmar Union

In response to the uprising, the Kalmar Union would begin its own uprising on May 4th, 1989. The Kalmar Union was an underground pro-communist political movement, with ties to the Warsaw Pact and the Nordic Communist Party, and prior had been known for kidnappings, bombings and weapons smuggling in line with the German Red Army Faction. On May 4th, 1989, Kalmar Union insurgents would assault police stations and barracks in Finland and Karjala, including seizing the reservist and chemical weapons depot in Sortavala and declaring the town of 12,000 the Union's capital. By May 11th, an estimated 4,000 insurgents were manning roadside checkpoints and other actions in the area around Sortavala, and some reports were claiming that the Kalmar Union was going door to door, conscripting people and executing those found guilty of 'crimes against the people' and by May 13th, the Kalmar Union had established control of roughly 700 square kilometers around Sortavala and along the shore of Lake Ladoga. At approximately noon on May 13th, a Grand Army column advancing from Kitelya would come under fire from machine guns and recoilless rifles, seeing the loss of several M1975 tanks, M1966 APCs and being forced to retreat from the engagement, while a second assault conducted later in the day would encounter mines along the roadway. A scouting helicopter near Lyaskelya would be shot down by machine gun fire the same day, and Kalmar Union representatives would execute the surviving pilot, Lieutenant Lenni Aho on live television at 2000 that night. On May 14th, Grand Army elements would enter Leppyasilta under constant mine and sniper threat, and would encounter a mass grave of 395 civilians within the city, alongside 19 executed reservists and 8 executed police officers. On the same day, mobilized Home Guard elements would enter Khaapalampi under similar conditions, encountering over 100 insurgents in the town of under 2,000 inhabitants, and would not successfully secure the village under May 16th. On May 15th, Grand Army elements would continue pushing up highway A-121 in the east, advancing towards Sortavala under constant threat. Reaching the town of Lyaskelya by nightfall, Grand Army forces would clear the village of an estimated 300 strong Union force by noon on the 16th, and would recover the body of Lieutenant Lenni Aho and reducing a Union stronghold in the towns hydro-electric plant. By May 23rd, Home Guard elements reinforced by Grand Army troops from the 34th Regiment would reach Sortavala's western suburbs, occupying Khiumpelya that day, while forces from the 24th and 40th Regiment threatened the cities north and eastern edges, trapping an estimated 1,200 Union insurgents within the city. On May 24th, Grand Army forces would advance on all three axis's, reducing Kalmar control to the heavily defended apartment complexes near the city center and the industrial zone to the south of the cities center, trapping Union insurgents within less than a square kilometer by 1600. At 1800, Nordic rocket artillery would fire upon the apartment complexes prior to an assault, and Kalmar forces would use the Red Ash chemical weapon against Nordic forces in desperation, contaminating a roughly 4 square kilometer area with the blood agent. After several reconnaissance and rescue missions by helicopter and CBRN troops, on May 30th 1989, Sortavala would be declared both pacified and a military containment zone, with external entry barred. The Kalmar Union movement was considered to have died with its leaders in Sortavala.

Fighting against Kalmar Union insurgents would see a total of 116 police officers, 573 Home Guardsmen and 891 Grand Army soldiers as causalities, alongside the deaths of 4,982 civilians, the displacement of an estimated 17,400 people, and the death of 1,166 insurgents, including an estimated 430 within the Sortavala Containment Zone. Of the 3,812 captured insurgents, nearly 2,700 of those captured would be granted clemency as forced conscripts of the insurgents who did not act against Nordic Forces, 812 would be sentenced to between 5 and 60 years in prison, and 337 would be sentenced to death for their actions.

Aftermath

Under Grand Marshal Erik Astrid, political freedoms would be restricted, with several political parties, including the Nordic Communist Party and the fascist Nordic Imperial Party being outlawed.

In south-east Finland and southern Karjala, Nordic police and Home Guardsmen would do door to door searches for contraband or anyone accused of aiding the Kalmar Union, seeing the extrajudicial executions of at least 228 people.

Isolation

Following the Union Rebellion and the fall of the Warsaw Pact, Nordic politics would favor an policy of isolationism and self reliance, one that would last from 1990 until 2006 during the reigns of Erik Astrid (r.1989-1996) and Anders Karlson (r.1996-2006) as Grand Marshal. During this period, tight border controls were implemented, political loyalty began to be taught in schools and several democratic policy and powers of the Riksdag would be consolidated under the Grand Marshal. The Ministry of State Security (Ministeriet för Statens Säkerhet) would often engage in wiretapping, infiltration of political groups and workplaces and monitoring of those deemed politically or religiously inappropriate, ultimately leading to the arrest of over 200,000 Nordic citizens.

Modernization

One of Aaland Bergström's (r.2006-2016) first actions as Grand Marshal was an official end to the policy of isolationism, including a request for member status in the NEMOS alliance. Among his early actions would be the disbanding of the Ministry of State Security, widespread political amnesty and restoration and expansion of power to the Riksdag, while later in his reign Bergström would champion quality of living, a slow shift to democracy and modernization of the nation as his core policies. In 2008, the Nordic Federation would receive membership in NEMOS, and would see its economy grow in the Second Nordic Economic Miracle, finally hitting 1973 levels despite the worldwide Great Recession, and by 2012 had expanded to over 240% of its pre-2006 GDP, with major successes in shipbuilding, oil and mineral exports, electronics and military equipment manufacturing, alongside steady advances in electronics, aerospace and automobile manufacturing, seeking to compete directly with Germany in many industrial aspects.

The elevation of Erik Kalos (r.2016-present) to Grand Marshal would continue many of Bergström's policies, including a slow shift to democracy and a focus on the quality of living, paired with refocused national defense goals. Under Kalos, the Nordic economy would continue to rise and the Nordic Federation would see a shift into a high technology economy with the opening of the Northvolt Battery Factory competing with Tesla directly for EV battery customers and the Nickli AB semiconductor factory to compete with German and British firms, and would ultimately see a steady annual growth of 4% since 2014.

The Nordic Federation would increasing pivot towards NEMOS, politically, economically and militarily, with many military exports being focused on the alliance, and would be a major proponent of the 2021 NEMOS Standardization Agreement.

Government and Politics

The Nordic Federation is a constitutional military dictatorship, seeing power shared between the executive branch, the military-oriented Grand Marshal, and the legislative branch, the Nordic Riksdag.

Grand Marshal

The position of Grand Marshal is a 10-year, single-term position as the head of state of the Nordic Federation and commander in chief of the Nordic Armed Forces. Grand Marshals form the executive branch of the Nordic government, charged with ensuring that laws are enforced, having final approval on new laws to be enacted, and often serving as the public face of the Nordic Federation. While an elected position, the Grand Marshal is not elected by the public, but instead by a panel of military officials, high-level ministers, and the leaders of both the Upper House and the Lower House of the Riksdag in a private ceremony.

Riksdag

Main category: Nordic Riksdag

The Riksdag is the legislative branch of the Nordic government and is comprised of an Upper and Lower House.

The Upper House of the Riksdag is an indirectly appointed legislature, with Nordic citizens voting for political parties as opposed to individual members, with those political parties then appointing the 208 members of the Upper House via proportional representation. The Upper House of the Riksdag has several powers and restrictions, including final approval on certain appointments made by the Grand Marshal to include ambassadors, High Court Justices, and the responsibility to confirm the appointment of select ministers, along with final approval of any bill originating in the Lower House and the sole access to the Vote of No Confidence. However, the Upper House may not introduce bills related to taxation or other means of raising revenue, and all bills introduced by the Upper House must go through the Lower House.

The Lower House of the Riksdag is a directly appointed legislature, with Nordic citizens directly voting for the individual they wish to see in office. The 613 seats of the Lower House are granted via population instead of evenly. The Lower House of the Riksdag, similar to the Upper House, has several powers and restrictions placed upon it, including the sole ability to introduce bills related to revenue and the responsibility to confirm the appointment of select ministers or for employment of select ministries. Additionally, the Lower House retains the means to initiate an investigation into the Executive Branch or the Upper House under conditions of suspected wrongdoing and to form committees for various functions to include investigation, management of the budget, or concerns of public opinion.

Organization

The Nordic Government is organized into 16 major ministries, 14 minor ministries and a number of other offices, authorities and departments.

Constitutional Framework

The 1946 Nordic Constitution was adopted following the Second Great War, replacing the 1922 Constitution, and is comprised of 9 Articles. The Nordic Constitution is the base framework to the role and duties of the Nordic government.

I. Article: The Executive Branch

1. Role and Functions of the Grand Marshal
2. Elections of the Grand Marshal
3. Role and Functions of the Cabinet
4. Appointments and Dismissals of the Cabinet

II. Article: The Legislative Branch

1. The Nordic Riksdag
   1. Elections of the Nordic Riksdag
   2. Duties and Processes of the Nordic Riksdag
   3. Dismissal of the Nordic Riksdag
2. Regional Legislatures
   1. Powers and Authorities of the Regional Legislatures
   2. Elections of the Regional Legislatures
   3. Supremacy Clause of the Nordic Riksdag

III. Article: The Judiciary

1. The High Court
   1. Appointment to the High Court
   2. Duties and Processes of the High Court
2. The Ministry of Justice
   1. Duties and Role of the Ministry of Justice
   2. Restrictions of the Ministry of Justice

IV. Article: Regions, Territories and Citizenship

1. Nordic Territory
   1. Sweden
   2. Norway
   3. Denmark
   4. Finland
   5. Karjala
   6. Stormkold
   7. Territories
      1. Faroe Islands
      2. Ziemelu Islands
2. Responsibilities of the Citizen
3. Requirements for Citizenship
   1. Citizenship by Birth
   2. Citizenship by Service
   3. Citizenship by Nationalization

V. Article: Rights, Oaths and Religion

1. Oaths of Office
2. Role of the Nordic Church
3. Separation of Church and State
4. Rights of All Citizens
   1. That all citizens are born free and equal.
   2. That no citizen shall be enslaved or otherwise placed in servitude.
   3. That all citizens are equal before the law.
   4. That all citizens have the freedom to choose their religion.
   5. That all citizens have a right to a fair and speedy trial.
   6. That all citizens are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
   7. All peoples born within the Nordic Federation, regardless of race, sex, or creed, are Nordic citizens.
   8. No citizen shall face torture or degrading treatment, nor faced with excessive bail.

VI. Article: National Defense

1. Role and Responsibilities of the Ministry of Defense
   1. Duties of the Border Guard and the Demilitarized Zone
2. Role and Responsibilities of the Home Guard

VII. Article: Role of International Relations

1. Roles and Responsibilities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2. Ambassadors, Envoys and Consuls

VIII. Article: Role of the State

1. Role and Responsibilities of the State to the People
2. Role and Responsibilities of the State to the Land
3. Role and Responsibilities of the State in Finance
4. Role and Responsibilities of the State to the Nation
5. Role and Responsibilities of the State to the Law
6. Role and Responsibilities of the State to the Whole

IX. Article: Amendment Process

1. Amendment of Article I, II, III or IV
2. Amendment of Article V
3. Amendment of Article VI, VII or VIII

Administrative Divisions

The Nordic Federation is a centralized government comprised of 6 Regions and 104 Provinces. A majority of the Regions comprise former national boundaries, while the Provinces serve as a lower level of government within the Regions and are often formed of multiple Counties. A majority of County and Provincial governments are formed via party-list proportional representation, while a smaller number of Provinces and all Regional governments are formed via proportional ranked representation. All governments at these levels are required to be a council and to be an odd number, ranging from 21 to 141 members. Elections for County and Provincial government are held every 3 years, Regional governments every 5 years.

Regions

The Nordic Federation is comprised of six Regions, four of which align to their pre-imperial borders as independent nations. These regions are Denmark (bright red), Norway (dark red), Sweden (blue), Finland (dark blue), Karjala (green), and Stormkold (bright blue).

Provinces

The Nordic Federation is divided into 104 Provinces, 27 in Stormkold, 8 in Denmark, 19 in Norway, 22 in Sweden, 20 in Finland, and 8 in Karjala

Judicial System

The Ministry of Justice is a ministry of the Nordic government responsible for policies relating to enforcing the law, family law, counter-terrorism, asylum, protecting the public, and enforcing the Constitution. The Ministry of Justice is comprised of 18 government agencies, including the Courts Administration, the National Police, the Prison and Probation Service, the Serious Fraud Office, the State Security Service, the Criminal Investigations Service, and the Nordic Patent Office.

The highest level of the Nordic judiciary is the High Court, an 11-member court with ultimate appellate jurisdiction over constitutional and Nordic law. Additionally, the High Court has original jurisdiction over all cases involving an ambassador, a member of the Riksdag, a currently appointed Minister, a consul on foreign soil, or any case directly involving the Nordic Federation and its laws. All members of the High Court serve a single 15-year term and are appointed directly by the Grand Marshal with Riksdag approval.

Military

Main category: Ministry of Defense (Nordic Federation)

The Grand Marshal of the Nordic Federation serves as the commander-in-chief of the Nordic Armed Forces and holds the rank of O-10, Grand Marshal. Additionally, the Grand Marshal has the authority to dismiss or appoint the Minister of Defense or members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Ministry of Defense, headquartered in the Gustavus Adolphus Center, Djurgården District, Stockholm, administers the three main service branches of the Nordic Armed Forces, which are the Grand Army, the Federal Naval Service, and the Nordic Air Force.

The Nordic Federation spent ꝅ703,719,400,000 ($92,230,500,000USD) or 7.2% of its GDP on the military in 2025 and maintains nuclear capabilities. With a 437,000 active duty force, the Nordic Armed Forces are the 11th largest military in the world, of which 300,000 are comprised of the Grand Army, 74,000 are comprised of the Federal Naval Service and its subbranches, and 63,000 are comprised of the Nordic Air Force. The Ministry of Defense also maintains the 4.5 million strong Home Guard, itself split between the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Internal Affairs control and includes a 49,000-strong active duty force.

Economy

The Nordic Federation is the 11th richest nation in the world in terms of GDP adjusted for purchasing power parity, or PPP, and 17th in terms of nominal GDP, and is generally focused on providing a high and even standard of living for its citizens. The Nordic Federation is an export-focused mixed economy, with timber, iron ore, and hydropower forming the core of Nordic exports. The Nordic engineering sector accounts for nearly 50% of exports, while telecommunications, the automotive industry, and pharmaceutical industries make up major parts of the export market. Additionally, the Nordic Federation is the 7th largest arms exporter in the world.

Trade unions are extremely common within the Nordic Federation, covering nearly 80% of employees in some form of union, employer's association, or collective agreement. Often, these mechanisms will have state support, primarily from the Ministry of Internal Affairs or the Office of Labor Affairs, a subdivision of the larger Ministry of Labor, but as a rule, unions are largely left to negotiate their own rules with employers, resulting in times when a single collective agreement can cover the majority of an industry via self-regulation. Changes to the Ghent system in 2017 have seen union coverage increase, especially as Nordic government support for unemployment payments has decreased, seeing union membership change from 71% in 2017 to 77% in 2023.

In terms of structure, the Nordic economy is characterized by a large, knowledge-intensive, and export-oriented or military-oriented manufacturing sector, an expanding business sector, and a large public services sector, with several large corporations dominating much of the market. In 2023, high-technology manufacturing consisted of 11% of the GDP.

Roughly 56% of the total GDP is collected via taxes, while tax-income financed employment makes up little over a quarter of total Nordic employment. The average Nordic citizen pays a roughly %29 tax rate, including income, average sales, and other taxes.

The Nordic Krona is one of the last gold-backed currencies, a status maintained by the Nordic Central Bank, locked at 500 Krona per gram of gold. The current exchange rate is ꝅ1=$0.1648

Major Industries

Saab AB is a major component of the Nordic economy, with the corporation having products in the defensive, automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, telecommunications, and computer markets. Additionally, Saab AB owns several other major Nordic companies, often sharing markets with these smaller companies with similar products. Examples of this include Saab Training and Simulation, a semi-independent company focused on military and security training and training systems, DataSaab, a semi-independent computer and electronics company, Combitech, an electronics company that falls under the Saab umbrella, Vircon, a semi-independent industrial firm, Saab Kockums, a shipbuilding firm focusing on submarines and small vessels, Scania, an industrial and heavy vehicle company, and Bofors AB, a semi-independent defense firm.

The oil industry has continued to be a major export industry for the Nordic Federation, with the country being the 5th largest exporter of oil and the 3rd largest exporter of natural gas thanks to a number of oil fields in the North Sea and the Barents Sea, with state owned drilling and refining making up over 70% of all operations in the area. Oil exports make up nearly 6% of the Nordic Federation's GDP.

The Nordic Federation is the 2nd largest exporter of fish in the world, with fish farms making up nearly 80% of that market. The Nordic Federation is the largest exporter of Salmon in the world by a significant margin, followed by Chile.

Located within the Nordic territory are significant mineral resources, with the country exporting limestone, building stone, zinc, iron, copper, nickel, chromium, and olivine in large quantities. Similarly, the country exports limited quantities of rare materials, including platinum, silver, titanium and cobalt.

The Nordic energy industry is expansive and almost entirely green, with only 2% of power coming from coal or oil. Nuclear power constitutes 57% of the Nordic market, with hydropower forming another 38%, and 3% is formed via a mix of biofuel, solar and wind energy. The Nordic Federation is a net exporter of electricity, exporting 640 million gigajoules of power in 2020.

Taxes

The average tax rate for a Nordic citizen is 42%. This is formed by a flat 20% income tax, a 14% national sales tax on a majority of goods, an 8% sales tax on food goods, and a vice tax that ranges from 20% to 55% depending on the item. The Nordic Federation also charges a base 12% import tariff on manufactured items, which itself can rise higher depending on the item, a base 8% import tariff on base items, and a 1.5% tariff on prepared food items. The highest import tariff in 2023 was 125%, placed on small and medium passenger vehicles, specifically those designed or manufactured in Europe, North America, and Asia. Capital gains tax, defined as income that cannot be attributed to a business or service, is 33%, while corporate income tax is 22%.

Demographics

A population map of the Nordic Federation, 2024

The total resident population of the Nordic Federation is 96,782,041, according to a 2023 population census. Roughly 82% of the population lives in urban areas, with nearly a quarter of the Nordic population living in the 10 largest cities.

Nordic Cities by Population

Rank	Name	Region	Metro Pop.	Rank	Name	Region	Metro Pop.
1	StockholmN	Sweden	7,269,060	6	Malmo	Sweden	1,382,400
2	CopenhagenC	Denmark	4,159,453	7	EigascC	Stormkold	1,184,389
3	GothenburgC	Sweden	4,048,389	8	Windlicht	Stormkold	782,400
4	Osloc	Norway	2,588,142	9	Uppsala	Sweden	714,389
5	HelsinkiC	Finland	1,790,142	10	Tampere	Finland	536,166

^{N indicates National Capital, C indicates Regional Capital}

Language

The official languages of the Nordic Federation are Swedish, a Northern German language closely related to the regional languages of Norwegian and Danish, and Finnish, a Uralic language most commonly spoken in the east of the country. Accepted minority languages include Norwegian and Danish, a pair of Northern German languages closely related to Swedish, Sami, a Uralic language related to Finnish, and Nuktin, one of the final Oder-Vistula languages and spoken almost entirely in Stormkold.

Language Spoken by % of Population

Language	Speakers
Swedish	97%
Finnish	33%
Danish	12.2%
Nutkin	8.7%
Norwegian	5.9%
Russian	1.2%
Sami	0.2%
English	10.8%

Culture

Holidays

Apart from traditional holidays, the Nordic Federation also celebrates some unique holidays, some of which are of pre-Christian tradition, and a number of local or regional holidays. Non-religious national holidays in the Nordic Federation include days such as Midsummer Day (held on the summer solstice), Armed Forces Day (held on August 28th) and National Day (held on October 11th).

Architecture

Nordic Objectivity

Nordic Objectivity has its roots in the larger New Objectivity style, taking New Objectivity’s multistory buildings with covered patios and windows with them. Similar to New Objectivity, exteriors tend to be simple, but not so that they become brutal or utilitarian, and are made with glazed concrete and many windows, with buildings themselves being utilitarian shaped, losing a majority of their extras and opulence in wasted space. Unlike the New Objectivity style, however, Nordic Objectivity buildings keep an angled roof, often via various gabled roof designs, and later Nordic Objectivity buildings make use of concrete formed to look like brickwork, instead of a clean glazed surface. The style started becoming popular within the Nordic Federation in the mid-1930s but took off during the rebuilding effort after the Second Great War, where much of the eastern territories of the Federation would be rebuilt in the style. The style overall stayed popular throughout much of the Cold War, staying the primary architectural style of the Federation until the mid-1990s when it was replaced by the related Funkis style, and many examples can still be found in excellent condition.

Funkis

Funkis would begin large-scale use during the 1986-1989 rule of Marshal Salve, and can be thought of as refined and improved late Nordic Objectivity. The style features traits from the more international Functionalism and Rationalism styles and is often minimalist. Where Nordic Objectivity attempted to mimic brickwork and used sloped roofs, Funkis embraced smooth or stuccoed, prefabricated, and brightly painted concrete, flat roofs, corner windows, and an overall principle and style that belayed the goal of making every Krona count. Surprisingly, the first buildings in what is now known as Funkis would be built in the late 1920s and 1930s as an off branch of Functionalism, with the style overall being slightly older than Nordic Objectivity, even while it stayed in the shadow of the more popular style for much of the 20th century. Funkis would receive attention originally in the increased urbanization of the pre-Union Rebellion years, with buildings in the style being erected to house hundreds cheaply and efficiently, but would have its big break during the rebuilding effort after the Union Rebellion, when it would start to eclipse Nordic Objectivity as the style of choice for a majority of urban areas in the country. Only in the late 2010s did Funkis see itself start to be replaced by Berstrom.

Berstrom

Berstrom Style was developed officially with the intent to lead Nordic architecture into the 21st century, blending new classicalism, eco-architecture, and, to a lesser extent, Structuralism. Berstrom generally sees the return of brick facades and angled roofs from Nordic Objectivity, only to add columns, wrought iron, and arches, all while solar panels provide some power and heating, heat pumps reduce heating power use, and improved insulation and higher appliance standards improve power use further. Internally, these buildings feature open floorplans, with islands or bars within the kitchens being nearly universal, and many buildings feature underfloor heating. Many of these buildings are also the first to use air conditioning on a large scale, oftentimes with solar-powered or high-efficiency units, replacing the large vents and ducts of old with individual settings and improved efficiency. The first use of Berstrom began in 2008, but large-scale construction with the style did not begin until 2016. Berstrom brought with it greatly improved quality of life with its housing, and an improved set of rules and regulations, including new fire codes, new minimum space per person regulations, and the requirement for all new buildings to use fully electric appliances, among others.

Cuisine

Main category: Nordic Cuisine

Common Nordic cuisine has typically originated from the various Regions of the Nordic Federation, and have slowly condensed into a notable Nordic cuisine alongside the separate regional cuisines using a mix of local produce, such as pork, fish, potatoes, turnips, mushrooms, rye and barley and both continental and imported cooking methods, some of which date back to the Industrial Revolution prior to the Nordic Federation's founding.

Main Meals

Breakfast

A Nordic breakfast is often an open topped sandwich on crispbread, rye bread or french bread, buttered and topped with hard or soft cheese, sliced sausage, cold cuts, pate, messmör (a sweet spread made of honey and whey), jam, or sliced vegetables such as tomatoes or cucumbers. Fermented milk, such as ymer, viili, or filmjölk, or yogurt products are also common breakfast foods, as are cold cereals such as corn flakes, muesli and rolled oats, while common breakfast drinks include coffee, tea, juice or milk.

Since the mid-2010s, products such as croissants and bread rolls, often including sausage or egg fillings, have become more popular within the Nordic working class, often being easily available during transit to work in the mornings, and as such popular fast food restaurants such as MAX Burger have started to include such offerings within their menus.

Lunch

Nordic lunches are typically light meals, often consisting of open faced or full sandwiches with toppings such as cheeses, cold cuts, pate or jams, often paired with coffee, tea or soft drinks in the form of a packaged lunch. Other common lunch meals include meals at cafeterias, with common offerings being thick soups, sausages, meatballs and mashed potatoes or turnips.

Dinner

Nordic dinners tend to be the heaviest meal of the day, with the meal often being the only family meal of the day due to the pressures of work and schooling in a modern society. Dinner often consists of meat such as pork, sausage or fish, paired with potatoes, turnips and other vegetables and served alongside bread and a salad. Often, the meat is served with a gravy, and is typically cooked in a pan.

Other options for Nordic dinners tend to be seafood based, seeing heavy use of cod, Norway lobster, herring and salmon, alongside the less common seafoods of mussels and eels.

Following recent American and international influence, a number of ready-to-serve meals as steadily become more popular, as has Nordic interest in pizza and Italian inspired pasta dishes, such as various lasagna and carbonara based dishes.

Previously common meats, sausages and meatballs have slowly begun to grow an association as food for the working class, seeing the upper and middle classes stray away from such meats for dinner in the past half decade, alongside new dishes such as Pasta e fagioli.

Criticism

Nordic cuisine is sometimes criticized by gastronomes and nutritionists, with both often pointing to the nutritional content of the food. For example, Nordic cuisine often has a high meat to side dishes and greens ratio, with meat often forming the primary dish of any meal. Similarly, over

Similarly, regional foods from Finland and Karjala have received criticism for their heavy use of reindeer, onions and mushrooms, often drawing the ire of citizens of countries such as Italy and France during visits.

Food and Society

According to the Ministry of Food and Alcohol, over 52% of Nordic citizens drink at least 400ml of milk a day, while over 48% of the country eats pork a day, followed by 27% eating beef and 18% eating seafood on any given day. Similarly, roughly 78% of the country eats between five and eight slices of bread a day, with nearly 60% of that bread being made from rye. Over 85% of Nordic citizens eat potatoes on any given day. Nearly 65% of Nordic citizens have a drink containing alcohol at least once a week.

Sports

Various sporting events are popular within the Nordic Federation. Football and ice hockey tend to be the leaders, while Pesäpallo, a game similar to American Baseball, is growing in popularity. Other popular sports include handball, cross-country skiing, orienteering, and track and field. In recent years, the Nordic Federation has become a strong cycling nation and interest in motorsports has increased greatly.

The Nordic Federation is known for developing much of the modern idea of winter sports, particularly in the sports of skiing, mountaineering, and skating. As such, the Nordic Federation typically performs well during the Winter Olympics, leading the overall gold medals table for the Winter Olympics by a healthy margin. Overall, during the Olympics, the Nordic Federation has several categories that stand out, including the javelin throw (9 gold medals), figure skating (8 gold medals) and rowing (9 gold medals).