Altruras Archipelago

The Altruras Archipelago (or simply Altruras) is the 51st state of the United States of America, receiving statehood on November 26, 1959, over three months after Hawaii gained statehood. Altruras encompasses 8 major islands off the northwest coast of California, which are: Altruras, Evanshire, Estlenhar, Laronia, Arcadia, Auroia-Sylvania, Tyleiden and Leiko-Ulist. With an incredibly diverse northern European, Greek, Slavic, Italian, Spanish, East Asian and other cultures from across the globe, Altruras has been nicknamed the "2nd California" thanks to it being a leader of innovation. The current population as of the 2020 Altruras Census is 75.4 million, and is estimated at 82.2 million as of 2023.

Altruras is the home of the Evanshire Super Pro League of Auto Racing, also known as ESPLAR, which is the premier stock car motorsports series in the world. What began as a regional series at first expanded globally, which led ESPLAR itself to become famous across the globe and opened Altruras to the world.

(WIP)

Demographics
(WIP)

Education
Main Article: Education in Altruras

Alongside healthcare and infrastructure, education forms the bulk of Altruras' public spending budget. Around $20 billion is dedicated annually to funding educational systems across the 8 islands. Altruras' education system largely resembles that of Finland as education is one of the key founding principles of Altruras. The government's education ministry runs the University of Altruras (UA) system of tertiary education in which each UA campus gains significant autonomy from the education ministry.

Since 2016, Altruras has mandated that phenomenon-based learning be taught in primary schools, where conversation begins by asking real-world questions and understanding and questioning real-world phenomena. PBL forms the basis of modern science and has been the basis of many individuals that have since raced in the Evanshire Super Pro League of Auto Racing.