[Eittlandic] More documentation on 20th, 21st centuries
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@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ At the turn of the century, Eittland became an important hub of
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commerce between Europe and Northern America with its two major ports,
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Kóparvall and Tvinnár.
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**** Women’s right to vote
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On August 22nd 1902, a billed written by the House of the People led
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by the Labourer’s Party is ratified by the High King. It gives women
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the right to vote in any election open to the Eittlandic people. On
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@ -413,6 +414,7 @@ House of the People during the general election of September 1905,
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while Ása Sigríðsdóttr became the first woman to enter the House of
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the Land in 1934.
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**** World War One
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When World War I started, Eittland stated their neutrality regarding
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the matter and continued business with any country willing to do so.
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The only Eittlandic deaths recorded were three voluntary men of German
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@ -420,6 +422,7 @@ descent who went to mainland Europe in order to fight on Germany’s
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side. Two of them died during the battle of the Somme while one died
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of an unspecified illness.
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**** 1920s and 1930s
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As it was largely unaffected by the Great War, Eittland became an
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important economic partner of the European countries affected by the
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war, especially in terms of reconstruction. This further cemented
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@ -433,6 +436,7 @@ outside of Eittland, and second-generation Eittlandic immigrants
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retained their Eittlandic nationality despite most of them never going
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to Eittland.
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**** World War Two (1940-1944)
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In the years leading up to World War Two, Nazi Germany spent great
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efforts to develop a positive relationship with Eittland, mostly due
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to their fascination for ancient Nordic culture and Eittland being the
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@ -470,21 +474,113 @@ country.
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Eittlandic ports played an important part in bringing US warships and
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war material to Europe, especially in the months leading up to D-Day
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and the different landings in the Mediteranean Sea. When the war ended
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in Europe and Iceland gained its independence, a referendum was held
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in both Eittland and Iceland regarding the potential unification of
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the two countries, as both were already close to one another both
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geographically and culturally. This however never came to pass, as it
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failed both in Iceland with 54% of the voters answering “no”, while
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64% of Eittlandic voters also answered “no”. They still however
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entered a close alliance, Iceland relying on Eittland for military
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protection while an economic alliance was made between both of them,
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inspiring the Schengen Area some decades later. It was thus possible
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for citizens of both countries to move freely between Iceland and
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Eittland and live in either country as any of its citizens would while
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goods could also be freely exchanged. Thus, in 1965, Páll Jónsson
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became the firts Icelandic citizen elected to public office as the
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Town Master of Eldheim in Western Eittland.
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and the different landings in the Mediteranean Sea.
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**** Eittland-Iceland Alliance
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When the war ended in Europe and Iceland gained its independence, a
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referendum was held in both Eittland and Iceland regarding the
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potential unification of the two countries, as both were already close
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to one another both geographically and culturally. This however never
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came to pass, as it failed both in Iceland with 54% of the voters
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answering “no”, while 64% of Eittlandic voters also answered “no”.
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The two countries still entered a close alliance, Iceland relying on
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Eittland for military protection while an economic alliance was made
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between both of them, inspiring the Schengen Area some decades later.
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It was thus possible for citizens of both countries to move freely
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between Iceland and Eittland and live in either country as any of its
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citizens would while goods could also be freely exchanged. Thus, in
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1965, Páll Jónsson became the firts Icelandic citizen elected to
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public office as the Town Master of Eldheim in Western Eittland.
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**** Computer Sciences Pioneering
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Out of personal interest, the then Co-King of Ðeberget Ragnarr
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Sigurðsbróðr asked the Dean of the Royal University of Eittland to
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open as quickly as possible a lab focused on the development of
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computers and computer sciences. This accompanied a new law raising
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the annual budget allocated to universities in Eittland to 9% of the
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nation’s GDP. As the first lab grew in size and became more and more
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proeminent internationally, even becoming one of the leading
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laboratories along with MIT, Bell Labs and CERN, numerous other
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laboratories both public and private appeared in Eittland.
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What is now known as the Internet is born of a mix of ARPANET, the
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American standard, and Skruggmál, the Eittlandic standard. Eittland
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also became the first country off the coast of the United States to
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become connected to the American continent. It also became the main
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relay between mainland Europe and Northern America with one third of
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internet connections between the continent going through Eittlandic
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servers in 2015, although this number is slowly getting lower as new
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direct lines between Northern America and Europe are being laid.
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Eittland became one of the first countries to pledge on a national
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level in 1989 to conform to the Unicode standard when it would be
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ready, which came in effect on the publication of the first version of
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its standard on October 1992. The Teknikráðuneyt, the Eittlandic
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Technology Ministry, remained a full voting member of the Unicode
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Consortium from 1991 to 2006 and from 2015 until today. It is through
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its lobby that the first version of the Unicode standard integrated
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runes, Eittland’s official alphabet, and compatibility with the
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=ISO-EI-1a= through =ISO-EI-5c= encoding systems as well as various
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non-standard encoding systems used by minor Eittlandic operating
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systems.
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*** 21st century
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**** Eittland and the European Union (1994-present)
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Although it never applied for membership in the European Union,
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Eittland is still part of the European Economic Area as well as the
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Schengen Area, making it easy for European citizen as well as
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Eittlandic citizens to move freely in Europe. It joined these two
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organisations on their creation, in 1994 and in 1995 respectively,
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after signing both in 1992 and 1985 respectively.
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In 2008, due to the economic crisis and instability of the Eittlandic
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Krúna (*EIK*), discussions opened with the European parliament to adopt
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the Euro. Brussels accepted the application in 2013 and the Euro
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became the official Eittlandic currency in 2015. Eittlanders have a
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ten years window to convert their Eittlandic Krúna in Euros, which
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will become the sole currency accepted in Eittland starting January
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1st 2026.
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EU membership became an important debate topic in politics after the
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2013 in the Eurozone, however no official membership application has
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ever been sent to the European Union. Polls estimates paint mixed
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feelings from the Eittlandic people with only a thin margin putting
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either "yes" or "no" in front of the other when asked if people would
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like Eittland to join the EU, as seen below.
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| | Yes | No | Do not know |
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| 1995 | 40.6 | 34.2 | 25.2 |
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| 1998 | 41.2 | 36.3 | 22.5 |
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| 2001 | 42.3 | 38.9 | 18.8 |
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| 2005 | 43.0 | 40.1 | 16.9 |
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| 2009 | 39.5 | 41.3 | 19.2 |
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| 2010 | 43.4 | 44.3 | 12.3 |
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| 2013 | 45.6 | 44.7 | 9.7 |
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| 2015 | 46.4 | 45.9 | 7.7 |
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| 2020 | 41.5 | 41.7 | 16.8 |
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#+TBLFM: $4=100-($3+$2)
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**** Internet and Computer Boom
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Eittland is home to some of the largest websites in the world,
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considered the European counterpart to the United State’s Sillicon
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Valley. Some of its best known websites are Raustr, a podcast and
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blogging platform often compared to a Facebook or VK alternative, as
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well as Sønmek, a video streaming and sharing platform compared to
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YouTube and Twitch.
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An entire governmental department of the Teknikráðuneyt got assigned
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to developping and auditing the Linux kernel in 2011. Although it has
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no official name, it is often referred to as the *pengvinsstyrsamhald*,
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or *Penguins’ Batallion* in English. It was later integrated in a larger
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department dedicated to open source software in general.
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In 2014, the Eittlandic government announced fully switching to free
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and open-source software on all levels of government. This became
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fully effective in 2016, with all software developed for the
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government changing their license to the GPL-2.0 or AGPL-2.0 licenses
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and their source code available on the Teknikráðuneyt’s website.
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** Political Organization
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*** Kingdoms and Monarchy
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** P
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*** pengvin
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n. {{{phon(peŋβin)}}}
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1. penguin
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From English *penguin*
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** Q
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** R
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1. snow
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*** styrsamhald
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n. {{{phon(ʃtyrsamhald)}}}
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1. military batallion
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2. mitilary unit, group
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From Old Norse *styrr* (stir, battle) and *samhald* (a holding together,
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unity).
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** T
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** Þ
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