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Current data, valid as of 1 January 2024
Official name:
Det Kynkriik fan Kroneborg (Kronenburgish); Het Koninkrijk Kronenburg
(Dutch); 'The Kingdom of Kronenburg'
National holidays: (applying for Kronenburg proper)
1st Friday of February ('Promulgation Day'; opening of
the parliamental year)
1st of June (departure of the U.S. occupational forces
from Kronenburg in 1947)
16 November (birthday of king Ernst I Frederik)
Anthem: Zoo is Kronenburg - text by J. Hermsen
(1789 - 1856), original music by Harmon Ferwerda (1793 -
1877), most popular and frequently used setting by M.J.
Hansema (1870 - 1959)
Flag:
 GOVERNMENT
Form of government: constitutional monarchy
Capital: Alexanderstead / Alexanderstad
Administrative divisions: four elements (Kronenburg
proper, West-Cod, The White Islands, The Kronenburg Virgin
Islands); Kronenburg proper is divided in sixteen
municipalities, including the overseas municipality of
New-Stavoren.
Head of state: king Ernst I Frederik, since 24
September 2010, represented by King's Governors in the three
smaller Elements:
• West-Cod: h. exc. Hylke Fopma Tadema, since 1 January 2023
• The White Islands: h. exc. Magnus Andringa, since 1 December 2023
• The Virgin Islands: h. exc. Pernille Dykstra-Vantassel (f), since 20 March
2020
Parliament:
- before
1 January 2016:
• Kronenburg proper: a bicameral institution consisting of the Noordkamer
(house of representatives, 175 members) and the
Zuidkamer (senate, 81 members). This situation continues
until the end of the current session of the Noordkamer,
after which the new situation will be effective.
• The overseas provinces of the White Islands and the Kronenburg Virgin
Islands had their own parliaments.
Parliament: -
after 1 January 2016:
• The entire Kingdom: a unicameral institution consisting of the Zuidkamer
(25 members; 11 from Kronenburg proper, 6 from West-Cod,
4 from the White Islands, and 4 from the Virgin Islands)
• Kronenburg proper: a bicameral institution consisting of the Noordkamer
(house of representatives, 101 members) and the
Westkamer (34 members).
• The Elements of West-Cod, the White Islands and the Kronenburg Virgin
Islands each have their own parliaments.
Head of government:
• Kronenburg proper: prime minister Tjebco C. Bomans (LKP), since 16 March 2023
• West-Cod: prime minister Anders Robertson (LKP), since 24 November 2023
• The White Islands: prime minister Douglas O'Keeffe (WEG), since 4
January 2019
• The Virgin Islands: prime minister Tom Hansen (Zelf / Selv), since 18
October 2018
Minister of foreign affairs:
• Kronenburg proper: Grahame Nauta (NCD), since 16 March 2023
Membership of international organisations: United
Nations (1973), OAS (1984), Commonwealth of Nations
(1989), WTO (1991), AGL (1999), WHO (2000), the Exumbran
Convention (2012), and others. Not all Elements are
members of all organisations.
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POPULATION
Inhabitants: 10,215,239 (est. 1-1-2024), divided in:
• Kronenburg proper: 10,072,748
• West-Cod: 101,326
• The White Islands: 23,323
• The Virgin Islands: 17,841
Population density: KBP: 1,562.89 inh/km2 (est. 1-1-2024)
Growth rate: KBP: 0.93%, WCD: -0.24%, WHI: 0.40%, KVI:
0.54% (2023)
Life expectancy: male 77.4, female 80.1 years
Top 5 cities (in Kronenburgish and Dutch + inhabitants)
• Alexanderstead / Alexanderstad (2,517,332)
• Friiskeborg / Friescheburg (1,574,893)
• Noordein / Noordeinde (918,112)
• Marianne (754,333)
• Wetteborg / Waterburg (526,943)
Languages:
• in Kronenburg: Kronenburgish, Dutch (official), English
(on West-Cod)
• on New-Stavoren: Dutch (official), Kronenburgish
dialects
• on the White Islands: Dutch (official), Icelandic,
Gaelic dialects, mixed dialects
• on the Virgin Islands: Dutch, Danish (official),
Negro-Dutch, English
Literacy: >99%
Religions: Lutheran (54%), Roman Catholic (21%),
Anglican (11%), Judaism (7%)
Universities:
• Royal University (founded in
1712 in Kronenburg-City, now located in Alexanderstad)
• Dansk Universitet (Danish University, founded in 1744
in Denestad)
• University of Technology 'Kornelis Frankema' (founded in
1949 in Waterburg)
• University of Law and Arts (founded in 2004 in
Alexanderstad)
GEOGRAPHY AND
CLIMATE
Area: 6,571.81 km2 (excl. West-Cod, The White Islands,
The Virgin Islands)
Highest mountain: Kolonistenpiek (103 m)
Climate: moderate climate with rain in all seasons
Average temperature in January and July: 0°C,
20°C
Average quantity of rain: 1000 - 1500 mm a year
ECONOMY
GDP: $554.38 billion
($55,038 per capita) (2023)
Currency: Kronenburg
Guilder ('Geoldne' / 'Gulden', KBG)
1 KBG = $ 0.2114 (1 January 2021)
1 KBG = € 0.1737 (1 January 2021)
1 KBG = £ 0.1546 (1 January 2021)
Inflation: 10.02%
(2023)
Unemployment: 5.2%
(2023)
Working population:
agriculture (6.8%), industry (23.6%), services (69.6%)
Export: chemical
products, technological products, provisions, raw materials
Import: oil,
technological produts, cars, provisions, raw materials
Main partners: United
States, Canada, European Union
Main businesses: BT
(Bylsma-Tadema, warehouse since 1921), Corona
(telecommunications), BartholomeVis (fish processing),
Nationale Handelsbank, Van der Meer Verzekeringen
(insurance), Andersen (editor), Hobbema Meubels (furniture),
SwaBo (media), O3-Investments, HoliDeal (touroperator)
Main newspapers:
Kronenburger Bode (1744), Dagbladet af Dansted
(1756), Friescheburgsche Courant (1803), Nieuwe
Oosterlandsche Courant (1894), Binnenlands Dagblad
(1948), Det Kroneborgsk Neisblat (news in the
Kronenburg language, 2002. Until 2011 under the name It
Kronenbörgsk Nysblad)
Time zone: UTC -4.30.
Kronenburg doesn't have daylight saving time |