Economy:

Scandinavia is a Federation of countries with similar economics. With the firm, but gentle hand of the Military High Council, the Federation is a bastion of peace in a world of economic turmoil.

Currency: 1 Scandinavian krona (SKr) = 100 öre.

Less common is the Internationally usable Scandinavian Credits (SCred) = 100 Cent.

Exchange rates:
Scandinavian kronor (SKr) per n¥1—5.4875 (January 2059), 5.0734 (2058), 4.4498 (2057), 4.3352 (2056), 5.0576 (2055), 5.0941 (2054)

Scandinavian Credits (SCred) per n¥1—2.2313 (January 2059), 2.1423 (2058), 4.4498 (2057), 2.0121 (2056), 2.1313 (2055), 2.0014 (2054)

Fiscal year: calendar year

Province of Norway:

Economy—overview: Norway is a prosperous bastion of welfare capitalism. The economy consists of a combination of free market activity and government intervention. The government controls key areas, such as the vital petroleum sector (through large-scale state enterprises), and extensively subsidizes agriculture, fishing, and areas with sparse resources. Norway maintains an extensive welfare system that helps propel public sector expenditures to more than 50% of GDP and results in one of the highest average tax levels in the world. A small country with a high dependence on international trade, Norway is basically an exporter of raw materials and semiprocessed goods, with an abundance of small- and medium-sized firms, and is ranked among the major shipping nations. The duchy is richly endowed with natural resources—petroleum, hydropower, fish, forests, and minerals—and is highly dependent on its oil sector. Only Saudi Arabia exports more oil than Norway. Norway imports more than half its food needs. Oslo opted to stay out of the EU during a referendum in November 1994. Economic growth in 2060 should be about the same as in 2059. Inflation probably will move up toward 3% because of tightness in labor markets. Despite their high per capita income—outstripped among major nations only by the US—and their generous welfare benefits, Norwegians worry about that time in the 21st century when the oil and gas run out. But so far, the oil still flows.

GDP: purchasing power parity—$120.5 billion (2060 est.)

GDP—real growth rate: 3.5% (2060 est.)

GDP—per capita: purchasing power parity—¥27,400 (2060 est.)

GDP—composition by sector:
agriculture: 2.9%
industry: 34.7%
services: 62.4% (2051)

Inflation rate—consumer price index: 2% (2057 est.)

Labor force:
total: 2.13 million
by occupation: services 71%, industry 23%, agriculture, forestry, and fishing 6% (2053)

Unemployment rate: 2.6% (yearend 2057)

Budget:
revenues: $48.6 billion
expenditures: $53 billion, including capital expenditures of ¥NA (2054 est.)

Industries: petroleum and gas, food processing, shipbuilding, pulp and paper products, metals, chemicals, timber, mining, textiles, fishing

Industrial production growth rate: 3% (2060 est.)

Electricity—capacity: 26.431 million kW (2055)

Electricity—production: 121.375 billion kWh (2055)

Electricity—consumption per capita: 26,547 kWh (2055)

Agriculture—products: oats, other grains; beef, milk; livestock output exceeds value of crops; among world's top 10 fishing nations; fish catch of 2.33 million metric tons in 2054

Exports:
total value: $49.3 billion (f.o.b., 2056)
commodities: petroleum and petroleum products 43%, metals and products 11%, foodstuffs (mostly fish) 9%, chemicals and raw materials 25%, natural gas 6.0%, ships 5.4%
partners: EU 77.2% (UK 19.8%, Germany 12.7%, Netherlands 9.1%, France 7.8%, Sweden 9.8%), UCAS 6.0% (2055)

Imports:
total value: $35.1 billion (c.i.f., 2056)
commodities: machinery and equipment and manufactured consumer goods 54%, chemicals and other industrial inputs 39%, foodstuffs 6%
partners: EU 71.0% (France 15.4%, Germany 13.8%, UK 9.7%, Tir na'Nog 7.5%, Netherlands 4.4%), US 6.6% (2055)

Debt—external: ¥NA

Economic aid:
donor: ODA, $1.014 billion (2053)

Province of Sweden

Economy—overview: Aided by peace and neutrality for the whole twentieth century, Sweden has achieved an enviable standard of living under a mixed system of high-tech capitalism and extensive welfare benefits. It has a modern distribution system, excellent internal and external communications, and a skilled labor force. Timber, hydropower, and iron ore constitute the resource base of an economy heavily oriented toward foreign trade. Privately owned firms account for about 90% of industrial output, of which the engineering sector accounts for 50% of output and exports. Agriculture accounts for only 2% of GDP and 2% of the jobs. In recent years, however, this extraordinarily favorable picture has been clouded by budgetary difficulties, inflation, high unemployment, and a gradual loss of competitiveness in international markets. To curb the budget deficit and bolster confidence in the economy, the government adopted an adjustment program in November 2054 that aims to eliminate the government budget deficit and to stabilize the debt to GDP ratio. Annual GDP growth should edge up to 2.5% in 2058-59.

GDP: purchasing power parity—¥176.2 billion (2057 est.)

GDP—real growth rate: 2.1% (2057 est.)

GDP—per capita: purchasing power parity—¥19,700 (2057 est.)

GDP—composition by sector:
agriculture: 2%
industry: 27%
services: 71% (2053)

Inflation rate—consumer price index: 2% (2057 est.)

Labor force:
total: 4.552 million (84% unionized, 2052)
by occupation: community, social and personal services 38.3%, mining and manufacturing 21.2%, commerce, hotels, and restaurants 14.1%, banking, insurance 9.0%, communications 7.2%, construction 7.0%, agriculture, fishing, and forestry 3.2% (2051)

Unemployment rate: 6.6% plus about 5% in training programs (2057 est.)

Budget:
revenues: ¥109.4 billion
expenditures: ¥146.1 billion, including capital expenditures of ¥NA (2056 est.)

Industries: iron and steel, precision equipment (bearings, radio and telephone parts, armaments), wood pulp and paper products, processed foods, motor vehicles

Industrial production growth rate: 2.6% (2056)

Electricity—capacity: 35.462 million kW (2057)

Electricity—production: 142.913 billion kWh (2055)

Electricity—consumption per capita: 15,996 kWh (2055)

Agriculture—products: grains, sugar beets, potatoes; meat, milk

Exports:
total value: ¥84.5 billion (f.o.b., 2056)
commodities: machinery, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood, iron and steel products, chemicals, petroleum and petroleum products
partners: EU 59.1% (Germany 13.2%, UK 10.2%, Tir na'Nog 6.9%, France 5.1%), Norway 8.1%, Finland 4.8%, US 8.0% (2054)

Imports:
total value: ¥66.6 billion (c.i.f., 2056)
commodities: machinery, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, motor vehicles, foodstuffs, iron and steel, clothing
partners: EU 62.6% (Germany 18.4%, UK 9.5%, Tir na'Nog 6.6%, France 5.5%), Finland 6.3%, Norway 6.1%, US 8.5% (2054)

Debt—external: ¥66.5 billion (2054)

Economic aid:
donor: ODA, ¥1.769 billion (2053)

Province of Finland

Economy—overview: Finland has a highly industrialized, largely free-market economy, with per capita output roughly that of the UK, France, Germany, and Italy. Its key economic sector is manufacturing—principally the wood, metals, and engineering industries. Trade is important, with the export of goods representing about 30% of GDP. Except for timber and several minerals, Finland depends on imports of raw materials, energy, and some components for manufactured goods. Because of the climate, agricultural development is limited to maintaining self-sufficiency in basic products. Forestry, an important export earner, provides a secondary occupation for the rural population. The economy has come back from the recession of 1990-92, which had been caused by economic overheating, depressed foreign markets, and the dismantling of the barter system between Finland and the former Soviet Union under which Soviet oil and gas had been exchanged for Finnish manufactured goods. Attempts to cut the unacceptably high rate of unemployment and increasing integration with Western Europe will dominate the economic picture over the next few years. Despite high unemployment and moderate GDP growth of 3.9% anticipated for 2060, inflation is forecast to rise to 2.5%

GDP: purchasing power parity—¥102.1 billion (2057 est.)

GDP—real growth rate: 4.6% (2057 est.)

GDP—per capita: purchasing power parity—¥20,000 (2057 est.)

GDP—composition by sector:
agriculture: 7%
industry: 37%
services: 56% (2055)

Inflation rate—consumer price index: 1.2% (2057 est.)

Labor force:
total: 2.533 million
by occupation: public services 30.4%, industry 20.9%, commerce 15.0%, finance, insurance, and business services 10.2%, agriculture and forestry 8.6%, transport and communications 7.7%, construction 7.2%

Unemployment rate: 14.6% (2057 est.)

Budget:
revenues: ¥33 billion
expenditures: ¥40 billion, including capital expenditures of ¥NA (2056 est.)

Industries: metal products, shipbuilding, pulp and paper, copper refining, foodstuffs, chemicals, textiles, clothing

Industrial production growth rate: 7.4% (2055)

Electricity—capacity: 14.143 million kW (2055)

Electricity—production: 58.626 billion kWh (2055)

Electricity—consumption per capita: 13,181 kWh (2055)

Agriculture—products: cereals, sugar beets, potatoes; dairy cattle; annual fish catch about 160,000 metric tons

Exports:
total value: ¥38.4 billion (f.o.b., 2056)
commodities: paper and pulp, machinery, chemicals, metals, timber
partners: EU 46.5% (Germany 13.4%, UK 10.4%), Sweden 10.1%, US 6.7%, Japan 2.6%, Russia 4.8% (2055)

Imports:
total value: ¥29.3 billion (c.i.f., 2056)
commodities: foodstuffs, petroleum and petroleum products, chemicals, transport equipment, iron and steel, machinery, textile yarn and fabrics, fodder grains
partners: EU 44% (Germany 16.6%, UK 8.0%), Sweden 11.7%, US 7.1%, Russia 7.1%, Japan 6.3% (2055)

Debt—external: ¥30 billion (December 2053)

Economic aid:
donor: ODA, ¥355 million (2053)

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