Ganimedi

Ganimedi (officially the Democracy of Ganimedi; Italian: Democratica Ganimedi, Ganimedi) is a sovereign state located in the Northern Atlantic Ocean, in between Europe and Africa, though it is considered apart of the European continent. Ganimedi is an island nation situated on the Ganimedic oceanic formation, composed of 23 islands with maritime boundaries extending across the entirety of the Ganimedic plateau. The nation has no maritime or land borders with any other nation, and it is bordered by the Northern Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Sea of Ganymede to the east.

The Democracy of Ganimedi is a direct democracy based on a system of localized syndication with limited central power. The 23 islands that compose the nation serve as small, syndicated localities which are responsible for the local administering of justice based upon a set of basic rights. Government services are paid by a tax on localities which allow for their participation within the democracy and insurance of their pseudo-sovereignty. Any locality which is unable to maintain their tax or defaults in the administration of nationally proclaimed justice is then seized by a neighboring or group of neighboring localities to insure that the rule of justice and equality are sustained. Annually, throughout the month of July, each locality will send a delegate to the largest city to represent their locality in the Council of Ganimedi. The Council then makes changes to the codified law as it sees fit. Special sessions can also take place should an event of great importance as defined within the law occurs. As of 1956, all localities have consisted of the 23 islands independently. The current law code has existed since its implementation in 1803, and the most recent amendment was made in 1908.

The nation's economy has been classified as a post-industrial artisan free market with little to no governmental regulation in certain areas. Ganimedi has historically, since the world advent of globalization, been known as relatively secluded and unconnected. The population imports a very small amount of foreign goods, preferring instead to provide for themselves through domestic and regional trade. As a result, the nation is extremely "backwards" from a contemporary technological standpoint. Only three out of the twenty-three islands have public electricity usage, with the majority of residents preferring to remain rather unconnected to a power network. Radio is also the most relied upon form of communications between islands, another particularly "backwards" feature of the nation's economy. Unlike many Western economies today, Ganimedi has an entirely self reliant economy, based largely on traditional economic practices. Farming and fishing are the largest industries in the nation, while other important trades include motorcycle manufacturing, ship and boat manufacturing, fashion, quarrying, mining, and biodiesel refinement. The nation has a high international trade export-to-import ratio due to its lack of interest in importation of goods.

Ganimedi has only small involvement in international politics, and prefers to remain relatively isolated from global affairs. Its largest international partners include Portugal and Italy, those being the only countries retaining a Ganimedic embassy within their capitals. The country is a participating member of the United Nations, though it largely remains abstained in the voting process and typically does not view the organization with any form of political power within Ganimedic territory.

Etymology
The English word Ganimedi is directly imported from the Italian word for the islands. The Venetians named the archipelago after the Greek mythological figure Ganymede, which is known as Ganimede in Italian. The resultant Sea of Ganymede and Ganimedic oceanic formation are thus named after the archipelago. The Venetians named the island after the figure because of the beauty of the waters and the rock which compose the archipelago, and an unnamed Venetian explorer is believed to have come up with the idea for the basing of the island's name after the name of Ganymede, considered the most beautiful man of his supposed time. The national adjective is Ganimedic, while an inhabitant of the country is known as a Ganimedici.