This document provides guidelines and requirements for creating an imaginary sovereign state as a school project. It includes instructions to create physical and political maps of the country and answer detailed questions about its location, climate, population, government, economy, culture and history. Students must design a flag and motto for their country. The summaries are required to be 3 sentences or less.

1. Sovereign State
Assessment
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2. RACI DEFINITIONS
Roles
Name Definitions
R: Who is RESPONSIBLE? The person who is assigned to do the
work.
A: Who is ACCOUNTABLE? The person who makes the final decision
and has the ultimate ownership.
C: Who is CONSULTED? The person who must be consulted before
a decision or action is taken.
I: Who is INFORMED? The person who must be informed that a
decision or action has been taken.

3. Guidelines: With this project you will be
creating a country. You will be creating both a
physical map and political map for your
country on full sheet of paper. You will also
create a presentation about your country.
Guidelines

4. 1. Your country must be located somewhere on the surface of
the Earth. You can create an island or you can place your
country between real countries.
2. Based on the location of your country your climate and
vegetation must be realistic. You cannot have a tropical forest
in a desert.
3. Your group must have detailed responses to the list of
questions provided.
4. You must also include everything that is on the checklist
provided.
Rules

5. You will be creating two maps of your country;
I want to be able to analyze your country both
politically and physically. All maps must
include a Title, compass rose, legend, labels,
lines of latitude and longitude and scale. The
following are required maps and the parts
that must be included in the map:
Information

6. Physical Map
- Includes title, compass rose, legend, labels, lines of
latitude and longitude
- 5 landforms
- Colored elevation key with elevation colored on you
map
- Existing countries, landforms, oceans that surround
your country
Included:

7. Political Map
- Includes title, compass rose, legend, labels, lines of
latitude and longitude and
- 3 Cities, 1 capital city
- Draw and label an important monument
- Existing countries, landforms, oceans that surround
your country
Included

8. Answer the following questions in detail to
get a sense of what your country will be like.
The more detail you use, the more
interesting your country will be, and the
better your grade will be. In order to go more
in depth with your answers, answer the
questions either in a PowerPoint or Word
Your country information...

9. Location – Both absolute location & relative location
● Climate: Describe the climate and vegetation of your country. What kind of
weather does your country normally get? Is it cold and snowy? Is it dry? Is it a
desert?
● Vegetation: Does it have rain forests, deserts? Remember to take your country’s
physical geography into account when discussing its climate.
● Natural Disasters: (Volcano, flood, fire, earthquake, tornado, hurricane, etc)
● Where is your country located?
● Include your country’s quadrant (NE, NW, SE, SW) and continent
● Using cardinal directions to identify the closest countries and bodies of water.
● The absolute location of your country’s capital (Longitude and Latitude).
● Identify 5 physical features that are located in your country.
● How does the location of your country determine the vegetation and climate?
Five themes of geography

10. Place – Physical and Human Characteristics.
- Physical characteristics include a description such
things as the mountains, rivers, beaches,
topography, and animal and plant life of a place.
- Describe the physical geography of your country.
- Does it have mountains? Is it an island? Is it
landlocked?
- Does it have multiple regions?
Five themes of geography

11. Human characteristics include the human-designed cultural features
of a place, from land use and architecture to forms of livelihood and
religion to food and folk ways to transportation and communication
networks.
- What is the population of your country?
- Where do most of the people live?
- What types of jobs do people have to make a living?
- What language(s) is spoken?
- What is the ethnic makeup of the population?
- What types of transportation is there?
- Why is your country unique and special?
Five themes of geography

12. Human-Environment Interaction
● How do humans influence the environment?
● How the environment does influences humans?
● How do people use the environment?
● How have they changed the environment?
● What are the consequences of these changes?
● What jobs have been created by the environment?
● Describe the population of your country.
○ Where do people live?
○ Why do they live there?
○ Does your country have a huge population, or a very small one?
○ Is your country’s population growing? Why or why not?
○ Do people in your country migrate a lot or do they stay put?
Five themes of geography

13. Movement
● Movement refers to the way people, products,
information and ideas move from one place to
another
○ How are goods and natural resources
transported?
Five themes of geography

14. Region
● Formal regions are those that are designated by official
boundaries, such as cities, states, counties, and countries
● Those unifying or similar characteristics can be physical,
natural, human, or cultural.
○ What type of economic system is there?
○ What kind of political system (democracy, anarchy,
communism, dictatorship, etc.) governs your country?
Five themes of geography

15. ● History- Using information for geography class and material that has been discussed,
write a two page story that explains the discovery and formation of your country.
Discovery
● Who and when was your country discovered?
● Think about the Spanish and English explorers’ reasons why they came to the new
world.
History
● Was there a revolution in your country?
● Were there any wars? Against who?
● Is there a famous leader? (Like George Washington, Fidel Castro, "Che" Guevara)
Economic Depressions
● Does your country have powerful weapons? If so, what and why?
Country Information

16. Economy
● What form of economy does your country have?
○ Socialism or Capitalism: Explain Why
● Discuss the natural resources found in your country.
○ Do the people in your country have an abundant
energy resource, or are they required to import it?
○ Do they have resources to export?
○ Do they mine for gold and diamonds?
Country Information

17. Government
● What kind of political system does your country have?
○ Is it a monarchy, a direct democracy, or a
dictatorship?
○ Is your country governed by one big central
government, or is it run by many smaller governments
at the local level?
Country Information

18. Religion
● Describe the religion of your country’s
people.
○ Are they Christians? Are they
Buddhist? Are they polytheistic? Do
they have no religion at all in their
country?
Country Information

19. Social Structure
● Describe the social structure of your country’s
people.
○ Are there social classes in your country?
○ What are they?
○ Is family important to the people of your
country?
○ If so, are nuclear or extended families more
prevalent?
Country Information

20. Create a flag for your country.
● Be creative with it! Are there any important
(appropriate) symbols of your country? What about
the colors you use, do certain colors represent
different things? On the back of your map, briefly
explain your design. Why did you choose those
symbols or colors?
Design and Technology

21. Choose a motto for your country
Many countries have a motto that consists of just three
words. Come up with three words that sum up your hopes for
your country. America’s motto, for example, is “In God We
Trust”. India’s motto is Satyamev Jayate. The words
'Satyameva Jayate' from Mundaka Upanishad, meaning
'Truth Alone Triumphs', are inscribed below the abacus in the
Devanagari script. Choose an emblem or symbol such as
stars, stripes, etc that best represent your own country. Keep
it simple. Pick some symbolic colors and add decorative motif.
Design and Technology

22. ● How do leaders become leaders?
● Who holds power and makes the decisions in the
government?
● How are the people’s views taken into account? (Does your
government respect people’s opinion? How?
● How does the government raise money? (You should know
the economic system of your country. Is it communist,
socialist, capitalist, etc? Explain how your country makes
money (taxes), and what it does with that money to serve
the citizens. How does it spend its money? For hospital and
education for example?
Design and Technology

23. ● Add 2 more characteristics or facts about your
government. (What kinds of holidays will you have, how
often will you celebrate them? Does your country have
secrets?)
● What is one benefit (positive thing) of your country’s
government?
● What is one drawback (negative thing) of your county’s
government?
● Name a country in the world that has your type of
government.
Design and Technology

24. Technological Advancements
● What is your technological rate in your
country?
● How does it affect your economic growth?
● Is it rich in technology?
● Who takes the responsibility of this
technology?
Design and Technology

25. 1. Give me some points of the government.
2. Who is in it?
3. Why were they elected?
● Give some reasons why you think your people trust the
government.
● What can you say about their family? [applies only for
monarchy].
● Tell me about the other government officials in your
country.
More points about the Government

26. ● Where is it located?
● Which continent?
● Is it between two countries?
● Is it in the north or south?
● Is it east or west?
● Is it a mountainous country or a valley type?
● How many forests are there?
● Name 15 geographical features of your country.
● Is the location of your country affected by the humans, or is it
opposite?
● If so, then how and why?
Location

27. ● Name some of your laws you have applied in your
country.
● What is the importance of your country’s laws?
● If these are broken, what are some punishments?
● Are these punishments valid?
● Name 20 laws and 10 punishments.
Laws and Punishments

28. ● What rights are carried in your country?
● Are these rights misunderstood?
● How many rights are there in your country
[approximate]?
● What are the duties/responsibilities your citizens have to
follow?
● Why? Under what circumstances did you and the
government decide these rules?
● What happens if someone breaks their duties?
Rights and Responsibilities

29. ● Monetary means the currency of your country. So,
monetary system is the currency system of your
country.
● What is the highest note? What is the lowest?
● What is the name of the currency?
● Why have you chosen that currency and name?
● Is there a symbol? If yes, what is it?
Monetary System Rules

30. ● What type of educational system does
your country follow?
● Do you like it? Would you like to make
some changes to it?
● Who is the education minister? Is he/she
doing a good job?
Educational System

31. ● What can you tell me about the military?
● What can you tell me about the army?
● What can you tell me about the navy?
● Are these all strong?
● Is there anything you’d want to change?
● Who has power over the military?
● When was it formed?
● When was the last time one of these were useful?
Military

32. ● What taxes are supposed to be paid?
● Why are those taxes necessary?
● What happens if someone doesn’t pay taxes?
● Who decides what taxes are supposed to be paid?
● Are there taxes for shopping and extra activities?
● What does the government do for the welfare of the
people?
● Why do they need this option and how will it benefit
them?
Taxes and Welfare

33. ● In many places, women are not treated as
equally as men.
● But is it the same as in your country?
● How? And why do you think it is important to
treat them this way?
● Are children also treated differently?
● How is your country different from other country
in terms? Name one country which is similar to
yours and one that is different.
Status Of Women

34. ● Are the rich people treated differently
than the poor?
● Is it important that your country gets a
social state pyramid?
● A social pyramid [or social state
pyramid] is something used to classify
the different social groups or levels.
Rich & Poor

35. ● A developed country is a sovereign state that has a high
quality of life, developed economy and advanced
technological infrastructure relative to other less
industrialized nations.
○ What is your country’s level of development? Listed
levels are:
■ very high human development
■ high human development
■ medium human development
■ low human development.
○ Or is it something different?
Level of development

36. ● From the perspective of the country of arrival, a person who moves into
a country other than that of his or her nationality or usual residence, so
that the country of destination effectively becomes his or her new
country of usual residence.
● Are immigrants allowed in your country?
● Is there a test needed to come in?
● What other information do you want to add up on this topic?
Immigration

37. This is not the actual chart, but
edit this pie chart and write the
4 main languages spoken in
your country. It can be English,
French, Japanese, anything! If
you want to create your own
language, delete this text box,
add another one, and write
what your language is, when it
was created, history,
geography, etc.
Language

38. ● Tell 10 festivals celebrated in your
country.
○ 5 of them should be real life festivals,
with no dates changed. Ex. Christmas.
○ 5 of them should be your own festivals,
with dates changed. Also write what
you do, and where it came from.
Festivals

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