Parnesia

Parnesia is a state in Evonian and is home to over 120 million people.

Early Settlements
Parnesia was one of Evonian's first settled areas and is named after the city of Parnesia, which existed from 1756 to 1798 in the upper part of the current state. The city was the largest in the nation for a long time during it's growth and was, in a new name, the capital of the state of Rotlin, which existed from 1803 to about 1820. The state has participated in every general election since 1803 and in the constitutional conventions before it (hosting it's own in 1755).

Early Parnesia settlements spanned across what was, at the time, several different states, and accounted for 54% of the national population. The main industry at the time was fishing and agriculture. Parnesia now accounts for about 20% of the nation's population and still is growing quickly.

Resources
Parnesia's natural resources are coal, traces of oil, traces of gold, fish, agriculture, and it's uranium industry. The state has an unemployment rate of only about 3.3% and about 23% of the state works in Agriculture while 15% works in Mining or Drilling. Another 6% work in the fishing industry and 4% work in the state's uranium industry. Manufacturing accounts for 3% of employment, government for 2%, Education for 6%, Healthcare for 8%, and other industries fill the remaining percentage split.

Culture
A Majority of Parnesians tend to be middle class now with the average median income being roughly $42,586. Parnesia is predominantly white (54%) but includes lots of minorities, Blacks (22%) and Latinos (14%), are the two largest minority groups. The state's primarily christian with 65% identifying themselves as practicing Christians and about 15% identifying themselves as practicing Catholics.

Schools and organisations often celebrate Christmas, Halloween, Easter, and other normal national holidays.

Politics
The Political Structure in Parnesia is one of electoral magnificence for many candidates and pollsters. Party affiliation is at an all time low with 15% of registered voters identifying themselves as Liberal and 12% of Registered votes identifying themselves as conservative. 2% identify as unity and 1% identify as national. The Parnesia parliamentary elections tend to be a toss up for much of the state's 60 or so electoral districts, and as such, the state is highly contested during federal elections. The state's elections often influence the majority of parliament significantly and the state has lots of political pull.

The state legislature is predominantly liberal, however, the incumbent governor is a Conservative, which is fairly normal for the state, which tends to elect Liberal Parliament seats and Conservative Governors.