Swelatie

Swelatie (Svelonia) is a country located in the northern continent. Out of the 12.000.000 living in Swelatie, 500.000 are from the neighbouring countries; Medina, Instir, Andromeda, Astique, Reym-L-Dneurb, Ametan, Maccha-Brugia and Ugaly. The capital city of Swelatie is Porteece and over 6.000.000 people live there, and 10.000 more goes there everyday to work in one of all the companies that has their headquarters there. Other large cities are Rusany and Iceonia, which also holds the very popular Isseoniea Festával every year, attracting over 12.000 people from all over the world.

The official language in Swelatie is Swelatian (Svelonianska) although only 1/3 of the population speeks it fluent. Most people talk either English, Macedonian or Icelandic and in some smaller cities they actually speak all three languages combined in Enonic. All children learns Swelatian in school but very few speaks it in their everyday life.

Swelatie is a republic and is ruled by Shiri Maimon at the moment. Shiri is one of the most loved personalities in Swelatie, and besides being the president she is also a very famous singer and actress. Other famous Swelatians includes Heidi Range from Sugababes (her mother is from Swelatie).

Financially Swelatie isn't one of the richest countries, but tourism keeps the economy stable. During the summers, tourists often come to Swelatie to sunbathe on the very famous beach Polia. 80% of the Swelatians that are able to work has a permanent job, 16% works part-time and the rest are out of work.

= Swelatie in the NSC =

Carrie Underwood currently holds the best place for Swelatie ever in NSC, if you don't count the semi-finals.

= Swelatie in Spin-Offs =

Shiri Maimon is the most succesfull Spin-Off entry for Swelatie, earning 1st place in the fourth edition of ESC spin-off.