Denmark (1983: Doomsday)

The Kingdom of Denmark (Danish: Kongeriget Danmark, German: Königreich Dänemark) is the southernmost Nordic country in Northern Europe occupying the Jutland Peninsula, the island of Sjælland except the former capital Copenhagen, and other, smaller islands in the Baltic and the North Sea. Denmark is a constitutional, hereditary monarchy and a parliamentary, representative democracy; it is currently ruled by Lars Løkke Rasmussen. It is a founding member of the Nordic Union.

After the Third World War, Denmark struggled to rebuild their country following the nuclear attack on Copenhagen, nuclear fallout, and a massive amount of refugees fleeing from Germany. However, the nation survived and on September 26 1990, Denmark, along with the surviving Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish and Finnish governments, founded the “Nordic Union” comprising of government-controlled territories of Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Svalbard. Denmark is the main agricultural exporter of the Nordic Union, which includes exports of including poultry, pork, dairy products and grain.

Pre-Doomsday
After World War I, the Versailles powers offered to return the region of Schleswig-Holstein to Denmark. Denmark originally refused the offer, fearing German retribution, but eventually Northern Schleswig (Sønderjylland) was returned to Denmark.

In World War II, Nazi Germany invaded Denmark on 9 April 1940, and the Danish Government abdicated in two hours. Economic co-operation between Germany and Denmark continued until 1943, when the Danish government refused further co-operation and its navy sank most of Germany's ships and sent as many of their officers as they could to neutral Sweden. During the war, Denmark was helpful to the Jewish minority, and the Danish Underground tried to get most of Denmark's Jews to Sweden.

After the war, Denmark was a founding member of NATO and the United Nations, in 1973, along with Ireland and Great Britain, joined the European Economic Community after a public referendum.

Doomsday
At 01:15 A.M. the Danish early warning radars in Multebjerg Radar Station detected a large number of Soviet ICBMs approaching the United States flying over the North Pole. This was later confirmed at 01:45 A.M., and that warheads were heading for Western Europe.

At 00:58 A.M., the Royal family, th cabinet and all members of the Danish parliament, escorted by troops of Her Majesty The Queen's Guard were evacuated from Copenhagen, heading for Slagelse,. The quick evacuation had alarmed some inhabitants of Copenhagen, who also tried to flee the city before the bombs fell. Shortly thereafter, sirens were heard across the city, urging all inhabitants to go for the nearest shelter.

At 1:47 A.M., Copenhagen was hit by a 500kt ICBM, killing around 381,000 inhabitants instantly.

Electromagnetic Pulses (or EMP) from airbursted weapons destroyed some 70% of the electronics across the Northern Hemisphere. Most radios, televisions, telephone systems, and computers were rendered useless. The initial death toll following the first hours of conflict was estimated at 455,000 people killed in nuclear attacks on Copenhagen.

However, most people in the rural Jutland Peninsula did survive, due to the lower population density.

Aftermath, Joining the Nordic Union, Loss of Colonies
After the Danish Government evacuated Copenhagen, they transferred the Danish capital to the city of Aarhus, the City Hall would function as the parliamentary headquarters and the Royal Family was moved into Marselisborg Palace, the Royal residence in Aarhus.

Denmark was lucky that a large part of the fallout from the Copenhagen attacks was blown out to the Baltic Sea, and didn't affect most of the rest of intact Denmark.

The Government had two major crises that needed to be handled, the refugees from Copenhagen and the refugees from Germany streaming into Jutland, crowding cities like Sønderborg with unofficial German Slums, and the re-housing the survivors of the Copenhagen attack.

Eventually, the pressure of caring for both Danish and German refugees, the Danish government decided to close the German-Danish boarder and refuse to accept any more refugees, though they continued to send humanitarian aid to North Germany.

On 26 September 1990, Denmark formed the Nordic Union with Norway, Sweden, Finland. Denmark opened its boarders with the now stabilized nation of North Germany.

In 1991, the Nordic Law Thing voted expanded and Greenland and the Faeroe Islands became independent members in the Nordic Union, to give them greater representation in the Nordic Law Thing, and were now no longer Danish possessions.

Current Situation
Denmark is a stable and successful country within the Nordic Union. It is one of the most powerful countries in Post-Doomsday Europe.

It has good relations with the other member states of the Nordic Union. North Germany, Celtic Alliance, East Poland, Courland and Lithuania.

Economy
The Nordic Crown is used as the currency of all Nordic Union states, including Denmark. Each Crown is subdivided into 100 øre.

Denmark has become the "breadbasket" of the Nordic Union and other parts of Europe. It produces most of the unions grains, dairy products, pork and poultry. North Germany is the largest importer of Danish agricultural products, but Denmark also exports there goods to Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia and Poland.

Their major imports includes mechanical and heavy industrial goods from Sweden as well as electronics and chemical industry from Finland, and oil, natural gas, and seafood from Norway.

Goverment
The Kingdom of Denmark is a constitutional monarchy. The current monarch is Queen Margrethe II. As stated in the Danish Constitution, the monarchy is not answerable for its actions, having final word on all executive decisions. The monarch formally appoints and dismisses the prime minister and other ministers. The prime minister is customarily chosen through negotiation between the parliament party leaders.

Before being validated through royal assent, all bills and important government measures must be discussed in the privy council headed by the monarch. The Danish privy council's protocols are secret. Although the monarch is formally given executive power this power is ceremonial. The monarch is expected to be entirely apolitical and refrain from influencing the government.

Executive authority is exercised on behalf of the monarch by the prime minister and other cabinet ministers who head departments. The cabinet, prime minister and other ministers collectively make up the government.

The Folketing is the national legislature. It has the ultimate legislative authority according to the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty, however questions over sovereignty have been brought forward because of Denmark’s entry into the Nordic Union. In theory the doctrine prevails. Parliament consists of 179 members elected by proportional majority.

Parliamentary elections are held at least every four years, but it is within the powers of the prime minister to ask the monarch to call for an election before the term has elapsed. On a vote of no confidence, the parliament may force a single minister or the entire government to resign.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen from the Venstre party, a center-right liberal party was prime minister from November 2001 to April 2009. His government was a coalition consisting of Venstre and the Conservative People's Party, with parliamentary support from the national-conservative Danish People's Party. On 5 April 2009, Rasmussen resigned, leaving minister of finance and vice president of Venstre Lars Løkke Rasmussen to be the new prime minister.

Demographics
The main ethnic group in Denmark is still the Danish, but many Germans had crossed over the boarder after Doomsday, increasing the concentration of Germans in Denmark. Swedish, Norwegians, and British have also immigrated to Denmark.

Language
Danish was the only official language until 1993, when German was made the second official language due to lobbying by the German refugee community inside Denmark. Swedish and English are also widely spoken, due to Denmark's proximity to Sweden and the small number of British and American immigrants

Religion
Most people in Denmark are Protestant, especially the Lutheran and Methodist denominations. Roman Catholics and Atheists/Agnostics are also present.

Water
Water in Denmark comes from various sources, water for the mains supply in Aarhus, Odense, Alborg and surrounding areas is supplied from Resevoirs on the Gudena and Odense Rivers. Many smaller settlements take their water from wells and small streams.

Electricity Generation
Denmark is the world's leading producer and consumer of wind power in the world. 3.1% of the national GDP comes from wind generation.

Coal used to be a large part of the Danish energy mix pre-Doomsday, but much of this coal was imported from the United States. But with the demise of the United States, coal imports to Denmark had ceased, but the old coal-fired plants were reconfigured to burn natural gas imported from Norway. Natural gas is now the largest part of energy in Greenland.

Geothermal energy is also used in Denmark, which leads the world in geothermal innovations.

Nuclear power is currently banned in Denmark, as is all kinds of nuclear fission.

Also, Aarhus University is the worlds leading researcher into solar energy.

Gas
Danish gas supplies are imported from Norway, as both countries are in the Nordic Union. Nearly every home, business, and school in Denmark has access to a cheap, readily available gas supply.

Education
Education is mandatory for every Danish child from age five until age sixteen. After which they can either enter the workforce or continue education until they are 18.

All Danish citizens are offered a bursary, to help with Danish students education, which the student will pay back upon completion of there education.

Aarhus University is the leading university in Denmark, established in 1928.

TV
Denmark is served by the Nordic Union's NRK, based in Norway. TV broadcasts started in Aarhus in early 2009, and are now in all the major cities. The channel broadcasts from 7am-9am, and most programming is imported from Celtic Alliance, South America and Oceania.

Radio
Radio is a major form of mass media in Denmark, the NRK dominated the media market -

NRK P1 - Broadcasts Local News, Talk and Music, and has regional stations throughout Denmark. NRK P2 - Broadcasts News, Talk and Sports. It is the National Station

NRK P3 - Top-40, Entertainment

There are other, commercial and community radio stations throughout Denmark, each with its own format and a focus on local affairs.

Culture
Danish culture is very similar to Swedish and Norwegian culture, but the influx of German citizens after Doomsday has caused German culture to play a greater role in Denmark.

Sports
The most popular sport in Denmark is football (soccer), and Denmark is a provisional member of FIFA.

International Relations
Denmark enjoys good relations with the other member states of the Nordic Union, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Greenland, Karelia, Novgorod Republic, Åland) and the Sapmi Republic.

It also enjoys good relations with North Germany, East Poland, and the Alpine Confederation.

It is not on such good terms with Soviet Karelia, West Poland. or the Socialist Union, regarding the Nordic Union supporting the other Soviet successor states, in what Siberia considers its territory and their Communist governments.

Denmark is also a member of the Atlantic Defense Community and League of Nations.