Corneva

Corneva is a sovereign state and wikination located in the Philippine Sea, east of Taiwan. The nation has about /one and a half million/ inhabitants, and its capital and largest city is Corneva City.

Corneva became an independent nation in 1997, around the same time Hong Kong was transferred from the British Empire to the People's Republic of China. Like Hong Kong, Corneva was a British colony until then, though it had briefly been independent in the late 1940's after the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Corneva is ethnically, culturally and linguistically quite a diverse country, with the most spoken languages being, in order, English, Cornevachi, Japanese and Cantonese.

Geography
Corneva is an archipelago in the Philippine Sea, located east of Taiwan.

Corneva's largest city and capital is Corneva City, with roughly /half a million/ inhabitants. Other major settlements include Genetze (103'000), Hyonhang (79'000), Uzugang (72'000), Estório (61'000), Dayo (42'000), Zhuotsen (40'000), Laketown (36'000) and Toyagashi (34'000).

Administrative divisions
Corneva is divided into numerous provinces.

Languages
The most spoken languages in Corneva are:
 * 1) English
 * 2) Cornevachi
 * 3) Japanese
 * 4) Cantonese
 * 5) Russian
 * 6) Hyonachi
 * 7) Portuguese
 * 8) Mandarin
 * 9) Dutch
 * 10) Chukchi
 * 11) Italian
 * 12) Korean
 * 13) French
 * 14) Vietnamese
 * 15) Hindi

Politics
Corneva is a parliamentary republic, with a president as head of state and a prime minister as head of government. The government contains the Congress of Councils (itself composed of the Legislative Council and the Executive Council) and numerous ministries. The Legislative Council (the upper chamber) include five representatives from each province, while the Executive Council (the lower chamber) consists of 200 members elected on a nationwide basis.

Military
The Military of Corneva consists of three branches: the Army of Corneva, the Navy of Corneva and the Air Force of Corneva. The Army currently has 8000 personnel (including 4000 reserves), the Navy has 5000 and the Air Force has 300.

The National Police also operates under the military, although it is a civil force.

Sport
The most popular sport in Corneva is association football (linked to the country's British colonial past), which is governed by the Corneva National Football Association. The Corneva national football team is quite popular, as is the Corneva Football League, which consists of the First Division, the Second Division and the regional Third Divisions.