Dellse

The Republic of Dellse is a sovereign nation on Piggy Planet populated by pigs and birds. It is located in the Northern Hemisphere, and temperatures can get very low in the north, especially in Milchberg Governorate, but temperatures are very mild where the majority of the nation's population lives. It has a population of 758,633,262 people, the highest on Piggy Planet (credit to the Dellsean Census Board).

Currency
The currency of Dellse is the payvers. One payvers equals 0.72 CAD or 0.52 USD. 1 CAD = 1.39 payvers, and 1 USD = 1.9231 payvers (although technically payvers only go to the hundredths place, so it would be 1.92 payvers).

Payvers are split into fünfzigpayvers and tausendpayvers. Fünfzigpayvers are the cents of payvers, the things that make it up. A payvers can be divided into 50 fünfzigpayvers, so each single fünfzigpayver is worth 0.02 payvers instead of 0.01 payvers. It is impossible to obtain a 0.01 payvers, or any fünfzigpayvers that has an odd-numbered value.

The symbol for the payvers is PꝞ. The symbol for a fünfzigpayvers is ᵮ.

Independence
Dellse was originillay populated by Dellsean pigs, and in very small numbers compared to its population today. However, the territory of Dellse was rich in exports and resources, and the native Dellsean pigs were happy to share their resources with the rest of the world. Many nations such as Bechturon, Vertonam, Hogton, Uket, and even Ceduk becan taking places in the territory of Dellse and taking their resources. The Dellsean pigs really had no use for these resources, and just let them take it. However, work kept piling on to them as foreginers led luxurious lives in their land. The Dellseans did not have such a luxurious life. They couldn't use these resources, their budgets were cut due to them not being able to do standard jobs. Things weren't working out for them.

So, the Dellseans decided they would need to try something new. They began a rebellion. Not a rebellion quite as revolting as the French or American ones (get it), but still a rebellion nonetheless. throughout the 80's, 90's and early 2000's, protesters would protest and ask for independence so they could manage themselves and not need to rely on colonizers to export their resources to their own places. When this began, the home countries could not manage taking any more resources, and thus moved to Dellse, making their population explode, especially from already large countries like Vertonam, Uket, and Hogton. The population growth stunted toward the end of the 90's as their movement had gotten so real that nobody would ever want to move there. In these trying times, in order to make sure they made it out alive, many families had tons of kids, about 15 per litter on average. This also caused a population boom.

Eventually, in 2005, their wish was granted because on Squawkember 51, Dellse was granted full autonomy as a state, and declared independence 9 days later on October 5, 2005.

Flag
During its independence and the years preceeding, Dellse technically had two flags, both of the same design and representing the same cause. Technically they still have two flags, those being their militaristic ensign and their national flag. Their militaristic ensign is a darker version of the national flag used so that any opposition can clearly see their flag. A lot of the time, the militaristic ensign is used in place of the national flag because of its easier visibility, but the law of Dellse still states the lighter flag to be the national flag (and they do have an anthem based on it as well).

More info here

Administrative Divisons
Dellse is divided into 3 Autonomous Republics, 4 Federal Municipalities, 41 Governorates, and 5 Territories.

Cities
Dellse runs cities in a bit of an odd way compared to other nations. Each Dellsean city is part of a municipality, and there are a ton of municipalities. Municipalities are a bit like how we see cities. The largest populated municipality is Kurchang Municipality, which is also the largest by area. However, Kurchang is split into multiple cities, subdivisons of cities. Municipalities are governed by a Municiplaitic Overseer (known as a Munêy by the Dellseans), and mayors govern the cities in a municipality. Municipalities have varied sizes and populations, just like cities, and the Munêy can't deal with all of it, so the many mayors govern the cities inside the municipality. Due to Dellse's high population, mayors are needed to govern small sections of a municipality, which became the Dellsean cities. That means that a mayor has control over just one section of that municipality.

So, there are a lot of bigger cities with over 100,000 citizens due to this municipality/city governing, which has a more evenly split population. This was all put in place to make governing of so many people easier.

See Dellse/List of Cities 

Food
Dellsean dishes are often a mix of foreign dishes with a Dellsean spin, however many native Dellesh dishes are still intensely popular. Kolef de Asculaxtom is a native Dellesh dish made from ants, beetles, water striders, and squeezes of lime juice mixed in squishy suet served in a bowl. It is extremely popular. Another popular dish is Brezelwurm, a dish that is a combination of a native Dellesh dish, a grain-baked salted string tied up and infused with ants. Citrus-hinted worms are buried in the mixture, and emerge after baking in the oven, where the salt will stick. Süßersamen is a dessert dish based on the Hulafkurlak dish. It is a birdseed mix coated with nectar and oats stuck on. Grain, typically wheat, is laid out on the bottom, soaked with water. After cooking, the rised birdseed bread will be on top. Wait 10 minutes for the bread to set and for the nectar to settle down before enjoying! Avec vere-de-tere is a foreign dish that got a Dellesh spin on it. It is salmon-meat hollowed out and filled with squeezed fruit juice that has gone through the Ylanscar Process. Worms should be drowned in this juice. The salmon is then lined with mashed barley and rye, both on the inside and outside before being closed and frozen. These frozen packages are found widely across stores. After that, a 30-second thaw in a standard microwave should do, and there ya go!

Religion
The religion in Dellse is pretty diverse thanks to its history. However, this conflict gave rise to reason, at which point all schools switched to agnostic-atheist methods on Nasuary 46, 2006. Around 50% of the population is agnostic or atheist, the other 50% practicing a multitude of religions. These atheist/agnostic ways state that anything we cannot prove is unknown, and proven things are backed by clear science. This broadness of way to explain the unexplainable has allowed the other religions to flourish, and thus almost nobody takes offense, and most who receive the information take it the way they want to take it, although atheism is a primary agent.

Architecture
The Dellsean sense of architecture is very modern, and very diverse. In the more populated regions, you will see Uketian and Bechturonish architecture, types very prevalent trhoughout Dellse due to their somewhat simplistic structures and easiness/quickness to build. In the far west, you will find more traditional Dellesh buildings, long houses with thatched roofs and many rooms.

Sports
The traditional Dellesh sport of Núkratÿs is widely played. It is an ancient sport with basic rules: You must throw the ball to the other side, and score points by how it makes it into the opposing players goalpost. There is a net or log or some kind of division in the middle. If the ball hits over that division, and lands, the opposing team loses a point. If it hits near the goal, you get a point. If it hits in the goal, you get two points. The ball can be cuaght by the opposing team and thrown back over so that the other team can try to score a point the same way. The first team to 25 points is the winner. Sports such as soccer, badminton, and basketball are also very popular, badminton being the most popular in all of the country. Both badminton and Núkratÿs are considered the national sport of Dellse, badminton having a baffling 132,466 national stadiums, and Núkratÿs having 130,044 national stadiums across the whole country. Núkratÿs is bidding for being a new sport entry in The Olympigs, with 4 countries being participant in it: Dellse, Hogton, Vertonam, and the East Starsweet Isles. It won't be long before enough countries want to join it. However, Dellse's badminton and soccer teams have been highly succesful in the Olympigs. Fun fact: Dellse is the only country on Piggy Planet to call soccer soccer and not football.