Nova Caradia
| The Republic of Nova Caradia | |||
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| Motto: "Să se Rupă Aceste Lanțuri" "Let These Chains be Broken" | |||
| Anthem: "Zorii unei Noi Libertăți" "Dawn of a New Freedom" | |||
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| Capital | Rorfast | ||
| Largest city | Rorfast | ||
| Official language(s) | Sarnechi | ||
| Official religion(s) | Black Flame | ||
| Demonym | Caradian, Nova Caradian | ||
| - Adjective | Caradian, Nova Caradian | ||
| Government | Semi-Presidential Republic | ||
| - President | Pândi Procescu | ||
| - Prime Minister | Milana Împotriva | ||
| - Legislature | Casa Legii | ||
| Establishment | 1690 AN | ||
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| Population | 628,272 | ||
| Currency | Zaikir (Ƶ) | ||
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| National animal | Griffin | ||
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| Abbreviation | NVC | ||
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The Republic of Nova Caradia, more commonly known as Nova Caradia, is a republic located on the southeastern coast of Eura and a series of nearby islands informally known to Nova Caradians as the "Isles of Hope" (Sarnechi: Insule are Speranței). Formed as the successor state to the Duchy of Caradia after its collapse in a civil war, Nova Caradia is built on a foundation of rejection of policies that ensured the downfall of its predecessor, such as its extreme nationalism, totalitarian government, and intrinsic ties between religion and government. However, because the majority of its citizenry is formed of the fractured remains of the Caradian population, who had been previously conditioned by the monarchical regime to worship the state and its leader and denounce everything foreign as evil, its politics are heavily polarised between those who cannot let go of their past, and those who wish to change as much as possible in an attempt to stay stable and relevant in the international world.
History
Prehistory and Formation
The official beginning of the Nova Caradian Republic was in early 1690, when the first government was formed in the halls of the Rosemary Court in the capital city of Rorfast following the democratic elections of the President and representatives of the Casa Legii. However, the trappings of the republic began around 1688 when refugees of the Caradian Civil War first established a settlement on the largest of the Isles of Hope in Eura. This settlement would eventually become the city of Mina Mițura, but at the time of its formation it was little more than a refugee camp, without any form of government or permanent structures, with the little authority that existed being vested with the few Flemic priests who had survived the violent dissolution of the Duchy and successfully fled with the rest of the citizenry. For months, the camp was near total anarchy without a viable source of food (as most of the settlers were Sarnechi, unused to and ignorant of manual labour) and with the militaristic conditioning of the Caradian people causing semi-tribalistic divisions to appear among the refugees, the settlement was near to dissolving into yet another of the roaming warbands of The Green.
Thankfully for the settlers, however, news reached them that it was believed King-Saint Godrîc XI, who was previously thought to have been killed during the war, was alive and in Eura. In fact, Godrîc was in the rapidly collapsing Porto Vormouna, about to flee the city’s destruction on his flagship, a Flacără Class Cruiser. The settlement at the Isles of Hope quickly organised a missive to be sent requesting Godrîc come to rule them at the isles. Godrîc did eventually arrive at the isles, however it was not as glorious an arrival as was hoped. The settlers had ordered the construction of a palace for the king and his family, and the building, which would eventually become Palatul de Iederă, was livable at the time of Godrîc’s arrival on the isles, and he disappeared into the building for several days. None of the royal aides had reappeared, and the construction of the building was halted temporarily as the settlers waited for Godrîc to address the people, and thus it was not known what was happening inside the palace. Eventually, Godrîc reappeared and made a long speech, where he detailed a new plan for the Caradian people: to reject the principles of the Duchy that had caused its collapse nearly immediately after it declared itself a nation to the international community. He explained personal guilt for the nation’s upheaval, and outlined a plan to create a constitution and form a democratic society without a monarchy, with a modern, planned city as its capital.
Godrîc, who had also renamed and re-titled himself as King Nicolae as part of his program of rejecting the authoritative and oppressive past, quickly organised a vote among the citizens of the settlement to elect a constitutional council to assist him in writing a constitution for the new nation. The council, which was headed by Iohan Pândi Procescu, also served as an interim government, with the only two orders it issued during its tenure being the order of the construction of a new capital in Rorfast, and the search for and integration of any Caradian refugees on the surrounding islands and coast, the latter of which led to the incorporation of the settlements of Barochești and Brațav.
The final draft of the constitution was written and officially adopted by the republic in late 1689. Campaigning for governmental positions immediately began, with new political parties being hastily-organised with the intent of creating a more organised government, though independent candidates made up a sizable portion of the candidates. The election resulted in centrist Pândi Procescu, who had headed the constitutional council as well, becoming the first President of the republic. The election marked the official formation of the republic, and also moved the capital and governmental centre from Mina Mițura to Rorfast, with the new authorities giving their oaths of office in the newly-finished Rosemary Court.
Government
The federal government of Nova Caradia is established in the nation’s constitution to be split into different branches of government. The executive government is composed only of the President and technically the Monarch, though in practice the monarch has vastly diminished power compared to the old Duchy, being comparable to figurehead monarchies in other nations. The legislative government is composed of the House of Law (Sarnechi: Casa Legii), a bicameral legislature divided into the Ședință and the Senat, with both houses being presided over by a Prime Minister nominated from the representatives in the Ședință. The judicial government is comprised only of the Supreme Court, which is composed of a total of nine judiciaries; four appointed by the President, four appointed by the Prime Minister, and one Supreme Judiciary elected by the Nova Caradian people. The President, Casa Legii representatives, and the Supreme Judiciary are all elected democratically through a popular vote by the Nova Caradian public once every four years, while the Prime Minister and their cabinet is nominated by the President and voted into office by the Ședință for four years.
In the early days of this government it faced some pushback from the Nova Caradian people, who had been up to this point used to the totalitarian monarchical regime of the Duchy. Riots broke out across the nation’s new capital of Rorfast mere months before it entered the phase in its construction where it would be livable after King Nicolae announced his desires to resign as monarch of Caradia and leave the future of the reborn nation to the people. The rioters stormed civil offices in the city, damaging property and planting signs and flags demanding Nicolae return as monarch. After only a few weeks of these riots, Nicolae capitulated and promised to ensure his place in the new government, and, when the first government was formed in the Rosemary Court, the first act of the Senat was to amend the Constitution to afford Nicolae a position as figurehead monarch. As such, while Nova Caradian law technically requires the monarch’s affirmation of laws and presidential orders, whatever section of the government is requesting the monarch’s affirmation has the constitutional ability to compel the monarch’s agreement through "Royal Advice".
Economy
In its early days, Nova Caradia's economy was defined by its reliance on the abundance of farmland suitable for grains-farming in its mainland territory. Due to a shortage in food and other raw materials, the government during this time encouraged rural Nova Caradian people to take up farming to supply the republic with much needed food. Because of this initiative, and the stock of industrial materials like steel and oil salvaged from old Caradian weapons and vehicles prior to the country's formation allowing for the republic to slowly start an industrial sector that began with the production of farming implements, the republic quickly began to develop a surplus of grain that allowed for less overall farmers and more industrial workers. Farming remained highly important to the internal economy, however.
The first private companies that began in the republic were construction companies that capitalised on the ongoing construction of the capital of Rorfast, and the expansion of the city of Brațav in an effort to establish its presence on the sea. These companies originally engaged in wage slavery of their employees, modeling their payment methods on companies in the old Duchy, but a presidential order outlawed this practice quickly to avoid the nation from falling back into old habits. Minimum wage was raised to Ƶ4/hour, considered to be just above the living wage in the republic.
In early VII.1690, President Pândi Procescu ordered the creation of a national bank in Rorfast. This would allow the republic to print new Zaikir banknotes (the currency was now a fiat system following the loss of the gold backing it).
