Introduction

   United Lands City

Background:

United Lands City, is a privately owned project currently underdevelopment.

 The self-governed and self-contained corporate society, will be formed by a combination of various plots of lands; each land division will represent a different geographic area.

As well a world class tourist attraction, the land is designed to become a unique humanitarian place in the world. A place where the youth of the world specially those from third world nations will benefit from the United Lands student grant as part of its international development program.

Students will be entitled to a full time education, as well as being submitted to an intensive professional training. A part time job will be provided to give each student the opportunity to save enough to be able to start a new life, at the end of the education period; when all graduates will leave the city to give way to the new group of students.

Geography

   United Lands

Location:

Bordering N/A.

Geographic coordinates:

N/A

Map references:

N/A

Area:

N/A

Area - comparative:

to be about 6 times the size of The New York Central Park or 14 times the size of London Hyde Park

Land boundaries:

total: N/A
border cities: N/A
 

Coastline:

N/A

Maritime claims - as described in UNCLOS 1982:

territorial sea: N/A
contiguous zone: N/A
exclusive economic zone: N/A
continental shelf: N/A

Climate:

Tropical with short mild winters

Terrain:

Flat, flat to dissected plateau

Elevation extremes:

lowest point: the Ocean
highest point: N/A

Natural resources:

N/A

Land use:

arable land: N/A
permanent crops: N/A
other: N/A

Irrigated land:

N/A

Natural hazards:

periodic droughts

Environment - current issues:

N/A

Environment - international agreements:

N/A

Geography - note:

 Strategic location for United Lands international humanitarian operations

People

   United Lands

        Population:

 Population by  

         Nationality:

 There will be 500.000 living in personnel under contract including foreign students and humanitarian navy personnel serving overseas. However the land will be able to accommodate an extra half million people (tourists) in one go.

Americans: 45%

Canadians: 25%

British: 18%

Local (Nationals): 9%

Others: 3%

Age structure:

0-14 years: 10% (male/female)
15-64 years: 88%(male/ female)
65 years and over: 2% (male/ female) (N/A)

Median age:

Total: 40 years
male: 36.7 years
female: 39.4 years (by 2020 est.)

Population growth rate:

10% ( by 2014 est.)

Birth rate:

N/A

Death rate:

N/A

Net migration rate:

N/A

Sex ratio:

At birth: N/A male(s)/female
under 15 years: N/A male(s)/female
15-64 years: N/A male(s)/female
65 years and over: N/A male(s)/female
total population: N/A male(s)/female (est./A)

Infant mortality rate:

Total: N/A deaths/1,000 live births
female: N/A deaths/1,000 live births (N/A est.)
male: N/A deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:

Total population: N/A years
male: N/A years
female: N/A years (N/A est.)

Total fertility rate:

N/A children born/woman (N/A est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

None (2004 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

None (2004 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

None

People born in the island:

Noun: Landan(s)
adjective: Landan

Ethnic groups:

White 72%,

Black 23%,

Asian 4%,

Other 1%
note: a separate listing for Hispanic will not be included because the United Lands uses the same Census Bureau policy as in the United States of America, which considers Hispanic to mean a person of Latin American descent (including persons of Cuban, Mexican, or other Spanish colony) living or working in the Land who may be of any race or ethnic group (white, black, Asian, etc.)

Religions:

Protestant 58%, Roman Catholic 35%, other 5%, none 2%

Languages:

English,

Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over will be able to read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99%

Government

   United Lands

          City name:

conventional long form: United Lands City
conventional short form: United Lands or United City
abbreviation: ULC or UC

informal: The Lands

Government type:

Constitution-based - corporate society

Capital:

Maryland

Administrative divisions:

8 divisions,* Maryland,* North West Land, * North East Land,* Academy Land,* Central Land City,* South East Land,* South West Land,* United Celebrities Village.

United Lands Representations Overseas:

United Lands, businesses and institutions overseas:

United Lands House:

(Press, Business Group, Foundation Academy, Recruitment, Social Club )

Bank of United Lands:

(Acquisitions, Investments, Insurance, Offshore Banking Services)

United Lands Airways:

(Tourist Board, Visa Services, Events Reservations)

Foreign Diplomatic Representations In the Land:

(est. by 2020)

 Africa 

Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African, Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo Democratic Republic, Congo Republic, Coted 'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

 Europe

Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guernsey, Holy See (Vatican City), Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jersey, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia (The Former Yugoslav Republic), Malta, Man Isle of, Moldova, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom.

 Asia

Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, East Timor, Georgia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea North, Korea South, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Taiwan.

 Middle East 

Bahrain, Cyprus, Gaza Strip, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, West Bank, Yemen.

 Oceania

Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia Federated States of, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna.

 South America

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas). French Guiana, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela.

 North America 

Bermuda, Canada, Greenland, Mexico, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, United States.

 Caribbean and Central America

Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands.

Annual  events:

Jan: Miss Lands (Beauty contest)

Feb: United Celebrities Society Annual Meeting

Mar: United Lands Film Premier

Apr: United Lands City Festival

May: United Lands Entertainment Awards

Jun: United Lands Film Festival

Jul: United Lands Sports Festival

Aug: United Lands Music Festival

Sep: United Lands Championship Games Open Season

Oct: United Lands International Humanitarian Conference

Nov: United Lands Joint Academy Awards

Dec: United Lands City Annual Meeting (New appointments, government future plans, financial and state of the land reports).

Constitution:

26 of August 2004

Legal system:

None. Relays on the city disciplinary rules of conduct based on English common law

Suffrage:

None

Executive branch:

chief of land: President J Paulo Caposso (since 26 August 2004); 
head of government: J Paulo Caposso (since 24-09-04)

Note: The president is both chief of land and head of government
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the Secretary of the Land with Presidential approval

first lady: N/A

elections: none; the president post is hereditary;

Caposso House Divisions:

United Lands Department: 

Cabinet Divisions:

north wing, east wing, west wing and  south wing:

Caposso House Residence

Caposso House Presidential Office

Caposso House Guard

United Lands Presidential Protective Division

United Lands Department

United Lands Foreign Affairs

United Lands Permanent Seats

Chairman of the Reserved Funds Overseas

United Lands General Security

United Lands Intelligence Network

Chairman of the Council of Governors of the dependent areas

United Lands Attorney General

United Lands General Accountant

United Lands Cabinet Departments:

Secretaries:

Of the Land

Of the treasury

Of information

Of religious affairs

Of United Lands security

Of media culture and sport

Of humanitarian affairs and international development

Of social welfare and housing

Of science and technology

Of entertainment and annual events

Of academy and education

Of consumer goods standards

Of health environment and nature

Of oil and gas

Of energy, water and mine

Of crises management and risk assessment

Of import and export

Of advertising and marketing

Of agriculture and fishery

Of the rules of the land and order

Of new business development

Of property development and lands

Of hospitality and tourism

Of communications

Of work and pension

Of transportation

Of recruitment and personnel

Of the merchant marine

Of domestic trade and industry

Of trade and industries overseas
 

Judicial branch:

None. However the land will have its in house disciplinary system. United Lands House of Appeals, United Lands Tribunal of Disciplinary Misconduct, United Lands House of complaints and living standards.

United Lands Institutions:

United Celebrities Society, United Lands Revenue Agency, United Lands International Tax Compliance, United Lands Internal Affairs, United Lands Agency for International Legal Compliance, United Lands Broadcasting Corporation, United Lands Humanitarian Navy 

United Lands Financial  Institutions:

United Lands Reserve Bank, Bank of United Lands, United Celebrities Bank, United Lands Student Bank, United Lands Entertainment Banco Di Credit, United Celebrities Humanitarian Relieve Fund, United Lands Insurance, United Lands Lottery, United Lands Stock Exchange, United Lands Savings and Pension funds, United World Traders (united lands industrial index)

International organization participation:

IMF, World Bank, Interpol, Clinton presidential center, UN, UNESCO, UNHCR, WHO,

Note: United Lands intends to work in par with the above mentioned organization in the future.

Flag description:

6 equal horizontal stripes of white (top and bottom) alternating with sand brawn; there is a Navy blue and white seal in the middle bearing the United Lands official seal and a golden lion; the lion represents the founder. The white colour and the 6 white stripes represent peace and welfare; the sand brawn colour represents the lands and the navy colour represents the humanitarian navy.

Economy

   United Lands

Economy - overview:

A private corporate society economy, where the tourism industry aims to be the number one foreign exchange earner. It is expected to become a popular holiday resort, and attract tourists to its casino, entertainment industry environment and pleasant climate. For 2005, the developer (government) is planning a major construction of a harbor in order to accommodate cruise ships.  The city will have no income tax, so it will be a tax haven both for individuals who intend to establish residence and foreign companies intending to set up businesses and offices in the land. The government will retain monopolies in all sectors, such the telephone network, the postal service, banking, publishing, fashion, entertainment, telecommunications, electronics, food processing, agriculture, marine products and fishery. Living standards aims to be high, roughly comparable to those in prosperous local metropolitan areas. The economy is expected to grow and become one of the largest and most technologically advanced in the world, due to its investments overseas. A market-oriented economy where private individuals in charge of United Lands business firms around the world will make most of the decisions, and United Lands City Government buying needed goods and services predominantly in the private marketplace.

GDP:

purchasing power parity – N/A

GDP - real growth rate:

N/A

GDP - per capita:

purchasing power parity – N/A

GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: N/A
industry: N/A
services: N/A

Population below poverty line:

None

Household income or consumption by percentage share:

Lowest 10%: N/A
highest 10%: N/A

Distribution of family income - Gini index:

N/A

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

N/A

Labor force:

2.8 million (by 2018 est. including personnel overseas)

Labor force - by occupation:

managerial, professional, and technical, sales and office, services, manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts, farming, forestry, and fishing

Unemployment rate:

N/A

Budget:

revenues: $246 billion (by 2016 est.)
expenditures: $200 billion, including $52 billion financial contribution, to the national government of those countries where United Lands will based; as part of plan to boost local economy. 

Industries:

Its overseas business possessions, aims to be highly diversified and technologically advanced. 

Industrial production growth rate:

N/A%

Electricity - production:

 100 million kWh (by 2014 est.)

Electricity - production by source:

fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: N/A
other: N/A
nuclear: N/A

Electricity - consumption:

93 million kWh (by 2014 est.)

Electricity - exports:

0 kWh

Electricity - imports:

0 kWh

Oil - production:

0 bbl/day

Oil - consumption:

41,000 bbl/day (by 2008 est.)

Oil - exports:

NA

Oil - imports:

NA

Oil - proved reserves:

22.45 million bbl (by 2014)

Natural gas - production:

None

Natural gas - consumption:

940,000 cu m (by 2014 est.)

Natural gas - exports:

None

Natural gas - imports:

1.4 million cu m (by 2014 est.)

Natural gas - proved reserves:

5.195 million cu m (by 2014 est.)

Agriculture - products:

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

Exports:

$584.5 million f.o.b. (by 2016 est.)

Exports - commodities:

capital goods, consumer goods, agricultural products, entertainment and publishing goods

Exports - partners:

N/A

Imports:

$1.26 million f.o.b. (by 2014 est.)

Imports - commodities:

crude oil and refined petroleum products, machinery, automobiles, consumer goods, industrial raw materials, food and beverages

Imports - partners:

US, Britain, Brazil, Canada, China, Japan, Germany

Debt - external:

$1.4 billion (by 2008 est.)

Economic aid - donor:

ODA, $72.9 billion (by 2020 est.)

Currency:

Ulands

Note: United lands will trade in its own currency within its island only.

Currency code:

ULU

Exchange rates:

Ulands per US dollar - 0.6661 (2004); note - the United Lands currency, Ulands is to be at par with the British pound

Fiscal year:

Calendar Year

Communications

   United Lands

Telephones - main lines in use:

1,232,300 (by 2014)

Telephones - mobile cellular:

1,766,800 (by 2014)

Telephone system:

general assessment: a large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system
domestic: a large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and domestic satellites will carry every form of telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile telephone traffic throughout the mainland and dependent areas
international: Area codes – N/A;3 ocean cable systems will be in use; 2 satellite earth stations - Intelsat (1 Atlantic Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 2 Inmarsat (Pacific and Atlantic Ocean regions) (by 2014)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM, FM, and shortwaves (by 2014)

Television broadcast stations:

more than 3 (including nearly 10 stations affiliated with the three major networks: UNN (ulands news network), UBC (ulands broadcasting corporation), UCC (ulands celebrity channel); in addition, there will be about 15 cable TV systems) (by 2014)

Internet city code:

(not in use until 2007)

.lands

Internet hosts:

5 (by 2012)

Internet users:

2 million (by 2014)

Transportation

   United Lands

Railways:

total: N/A km mainline routes

Highways:

total:N/A km
paved: N/A km (including N/A km of expressways)

Waterways:

N/A km 

Pipelines:

petroleum products N/A km; natural gas N/A km

Ports and harbors:

 3 (by 2014)

Merchant marine:

total: N/A ships
by type: barge carrier, bulk, cargo, chemical tanker, combination bulk, combination ore/oil, container, multi-functional large load carrier, passenger, passenger/cargo, petroleum tanker, refrigerated cargo, roll on/roll off, short-sea/passenger, vehicle carrier 
registered in other countries: N/A

Airports:

 1 (by 2014) Note: the airport will be the responsibility of the United Lands Airways, not the department of transportation.

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 1

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: N/A

Heliports:

 3 (by 2014 est.)

Emergency and Security

   United Lands

 Branches:

Land Guard, Navy Security, Air Security, land security (police), coastguard and Humanitarian Navy

 Personnel age:

 Over 21 years of age

 Personnel - availability:

males age 21-49: 250.000 including humanitarian navy personnel

Security and emergency   expenditures - dollar figure:

$699 million

Security expenditures - percent of GDP:

N/A

 Issues

   United Lands

Disputes and concerns:

Prolonged drought, population growth, and outmoded practices and infrastructure in the border regions will be a major issue in years to come. Strained water-sharing arrangements; undocumented nationals from nearby areas could be a threat to the United Lands security and its steady economy.

Illicit drugs:

United Lands Customs, land guard, intelligence network special agents and immigration officers are to be well trained on how to deal with the issue and report and deport anyone consuming or supplying the following: cocaine, heroin, marijuana, methamphetamine, cannabis, depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens, including possession of weapons or any involvement with money-laundering activities.