Sweden (Advancement)

Sweden is an extremely prosperous nation in Northern Europe. it shares land borders with Muscovy, Poland, the Rhine Republic and Great Buryatia. it has close maritime borders with the Great Northern Federation, Dunord and Ursalia.

Economy
Sweden is a major economic power, in both high-tech equipent and in natural resources.

Food Production
Sweden has some of the largest fisheries in the world, and brings in over 180 million metric tons more of fish tan any other nation in the world (though it is arguable that Japan technically brings in more, counting whales and shellfish.). While not a major industry, farming in large greenhouses (concentrated in Vastergotland) is enough to bring in over 80% of the nation's food needs (including meat and poultry). A further 10% are grown in urban greenhouses. The rest is imported from Louisiana as well as China and Sweden's Lunar colonies.

Interplanetary Shipping
Swedish companies dominate the interplanetary shipping trade. approximately 40% of all cargo transported between the moon and earth are carried on Swedish vessels, and almost 60% of the total interplanetary trade is carried out by the Swedes. Sweden has dominated the interplanetary trade ever since they began production of the Gotland-class interplanetary transport, which has since become almost ubiquitous in the interplanetary shipping market. in addition, Oslo interplanetary spaceport is the worlds largest.

High-Tech
Sweden has one of the fastest growing, and most powerful computer industries in the world, which produces everything from GPS satellites to car navigation systems to targeting systems for orbital weaponry. in fact, the a Swedish defense contractor recently unveiled the first truly sentient artificial intelligence, K.I.M., placing them about ten to fifteen years ahead of their closest competitors.

Naval Industry
Sweden has long had a connection to the sea, and their naval industry relects it. Fully 37% of all vessels, commercial, private, or military, have been laid down in Sweden (a further 53% of those laid down in Goteburg).

Cybernetics
Swedish cybernetics are extremely advance. in fact, most cybernetic attachments produced and fitted in Sweden actually perform better than the original human body. this has lead to a disturbing trend among certain fringe elements of Swedish society, in which limbs are deliberately removed and replaced with cybernetic limbs.

Political Demographics
Sweden is a traditionally conservative nation, with 67% of the population identifiying in a recent poll as "mainly conservative" (including 54% of 15-30 year-olds). However, they tend to be classified by sociologists as "classical liberals", with much of the nation's policies mirroring the veiws of New Albionic philosipher Thomas Jefferson. In a more modern context, they are typically seen as socially liberal, fiscally conservative, economically conservative, and in defensive and foreign relations they are conservative.

Military
The Swedish military is one of the most powerful in the world, and certainly the most advanced. it is currently divided into four branches, the Army, Navy, Air Force and Interplanetary Forces. Sweden is one of only a few countries that operates a fleet of interplanetary battleships, most of which are deployed on anti-piracy missions in the asteriod belt.