Amery Island

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The Polarian Territory of Amery Island Amery Island
Motto: "Nos sto una ut unus."
Anthem: "Born Free"
Capital (and )		Larsen City
Official languages		English
Recognised regional languages		French, Spanish
Species		Penguin
Demonym		Amerian
Membership		Territorial Government of Amery Island
Government		Dependency
-	President of the Executive Administrative Council	Nathaniel B. Kratz
-	Governor of Amery Island	Winneta Kristoff
Legislature		Amery Island Assembly
-	Upper House	House of Commissioners
-	Lower House	Island Council
Annexed into the Polaris SAD
-	Discovery of Amery Island	February 12, 1855
-	Antarctic Administration of Amery Island formed	June 12, 1990
-	The Larsen City Treaty	August 1, 2011
Population
-	2000 estimate	110,100
-	2010 census	114,722
-	Density	71.24/km2  184.5/sq mi
Currency		Polarian Dollars
Drives on the		Right
Calling code		112

Amery Island is a Polarian dependency located off the coast of Ciudad Vieja and Snowville. Amery Island is 703 sq. miles in size, and is home to 110,000. Amery Island is perhaps known best for generating nuclear energy, which is later converted to electricity for much of Eastshield and South Pole City. Amery Island generates over 3,000,000 GW of power every year. The island is granted dependency status by the Polaris SAD government. Amery Island Is governed by a dual-chamber Amery Island Assembly.

Amery Island was transferred from Antarctican jurisdiction to Polarian in 2011 under the Larsen City Treaty which gave the nearby island to Polaris. The Polaris SAD also refines oil on the island, and also allows the mining of uranium on the island. The Larsen City Treaty strictly prohibits the production if weapons of mass destruction. As of August, Polaris has never been in contempt of creating WOMD.

History

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Amery Island in relation to the other parts of the USA. The light blue dot is Amery Island.

This island was discovered way back, even before the High Penguin Confederacy! It was discovered when a cartographer was on a boat, trying to complete the map of the USA. He discovered the island, but did not publish it in the map due the fact it was completely useless. It was a barren wasteland, full of nothing. The penguins who got up here, purposely or accidentally, managed to either get trapped forever, or escaped. No one even dared to tell, for more penguins could get trapped on the island. It got well known when a penguin was exploring around the USA and taking pictures with his camera, then uploading them to the internet. The South Pole Council at the same time was trying to find places to build an experimental solar power plant (now called the Wilkes solar power plant, named after the photographer of the island) without disturbing nature or penguins. They decided to look at places on the 'Net. They found Amery Island after a day of searching. It has been since the main hotspot of energy.

Recently, there is a small, growing town located in the heart of the island. The town is called Larsen City, despite the fact it is

Nuclear Power generation

History

In 1998, the first Nuclear Power Plant, called the Wilkes Nuclear Facility was built to supply electric power to Northwestern Eastshield, namely the cities of Polaris, Penguville,Snowville, which were growing metropolitan areas. All three cities, and their surrounding municipalities passed ordinances banning electric power plants, mostly nuclear and coal-fired plants, as the threat of a nuclear accident, or a power-plant explosion could be imminent. Looking for a replacement, the state of Eastshield finally agreed on a sole location, Amery Island. The island at the time was barren and parched, and remained uninhabited. It was an ideal area for the placement of a nuclear power plant. However, a surprise came upon the researchers, which was the discovery of uranium ore on the island.

Construction on Amery Island commenced in 1999, with a plan to construct eighteen reactors, enough to power a myriad of homes and offices in the Polaris SAD and the west of Eastshield. There was enough uranium to last for 65 years, and mining of this ore, and processing is still done today. A settlement for the island's workers, called Larsen City for Andre Larsen, the scientist who originally discovered the uranium ore on the island. The 18-reactor nuclear power facility was and is still today the largest nuclear power facility in the continent. The reactors were built underground, to avoid a disastrous nuclear accident. The power plant cost 8.6 billion Fish to construct over a seven-year period. The reactors are organized invidually in columns of six, and rows of three. The reactors were placed 105 ft. below the rocky surface, with a three-story administrative office above ground. Tanks abreast to the administrative office provide much-needed oxygen to the 486 employees who attend to the 18 reactors.

Current operations

Nuclear power generation on Amery Island is very prolific, and productive, producing 2,147,672 GW-h of power per annum, providing power to the equivalent of more than 500 million homes, and now supplies power to the Polaris SAD and South Pole City. Power generation has only once been overloaded, on January 2nd, 2004, the most humid day in South Pole City, reaching 17°C, overloaded the power grid and shut power off to the city for three days.The Nulcear Power station is located on the coastline of Amery Island, for easy access to cooling water, used to store worn uranium rods. The used nuclear rods are stored beneath the reactors, in a large pool of water. The reactors, as they are located beneath ground have to be cooled using a central air conditioning system, which uses 110,000 KW of power per year.

Economy

The economy of Amery Island is dependent predominantly on the energy and mining sectors, which totals to a yearly GDP of $487.62 million Polarian Dollars,

Transportation

Road

The main arterial highway in Amery Island is the P-745, which runs in a loop around the island. The highway is six-laned, with three lanes on each carriageway. The highway, however, widens to eight-lanes 0.4 miles prior to the Airport Rd. Exit, and closes back to six-lanes after Larcee Blvd's exit, four miles west. Highways are the main means of transporting construction machines and building materials, which help fuel and maintain the power plants on the island. The roads in Amery are managed by the Amery Island Highway Commission, which is federally-funded agency, that was established prior to Polarian rule of the island.

Sea

The Port of Larsen City is the main gateway for sea traffic arriving at Amery Island. Refined petroleum and diesel fuels arrive in the port daily via tankers. Produce, food and other materials also arrive via cargo vessels, as do other commodities such as computers and construction machines. The Port of Larsen City is the busiest on the island, as it is the only active port on the island as of 2011. The Port occupies 4.4 sq miles, and is laden with cargo containers and cranes. The Polaris Ministry of Transportation, Amery Island Port Authority, a successor to the former privatized AmPort Authority. Passenger and car ferries are also a popular means of transportation. There are ferries to Ciudad Vieja, Polaris City, Snowville and Penguville, and seasonally, Puerto Elanor provided by MetroFerries and PolarisFerries.

Air

Amery Island is served by one airport, Amery Island International Airport. Amery Island Internationa Airport was built in 1993, and had it's facilities streneously renovated in 2008-2009, and currently houses a seven-gate airport terminal, built in a high-tech design. The airport has two runways, which are both over 10,000 feet in length. The USA government currently funds the airport, with $ 34.7 million Fish given to the airport each year. The airport in it's history has never experienced any incidents or accidents whatsoever. Seven airlines, serve the airport daily, with 24 flights departing daily. Across the runway from the terminal is an Antarctic Air Force installation, housing 7 bombers and 17 fighter jets. Cargo mail arrives through the airport, but only in small numbers.

See also

• Eastshield
• V2V-- another old island