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pretitle=Educated Technological State|
region=[[Albion]] |
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image_flag=[[Image:RolatiaFlag.PNG]] |
motto=Intelligence is the highest asset |
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national_motto=Intelligence is the Highest Asset |
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language=English(82%), Japanese(12%), German (7%), French (5%)|
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capital=Redmefo |
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region=[[Wysteria]] |
population=900 million+ |
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capital=[[Redmofo]] |
currency=Generi |
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largest_city=[[Redmofo]]|
leader= Dr Joseph Edwards
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official_language=[[English]], [[Pacitalian]], [[Japanese]], [[Latin]]|
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government_type=Republic |
 
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nation_code=RLTA |
CURRENT DATE: 23th March 2039
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leader_titles=President <br> Prime Minister <br> Deputy Prime Minister |
Rolatia 16:51, 27 September 2005 (GMT)
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leader_names=[[Norman Keviabuanal]] <br> [[Joseph Edwards]] <br> [[Gerry Anbaoal]] |
 
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sovereignty_type=Independent state |
Rolatia is a huge country in the middle of [[Albion]] (watch this space for a map). It is  renowned for its first class political freedoms and civil rights. Despite having a third-world economy, it is a paradise for those who are oppressed in their own countries. It spans most of
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established_events=Formation of the Republic <br> Fascist Civil War <br> Appointment of current PM|
 
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established_dates=<br> April 24th 1922 <br> 1967-1977 <br> July 9th 2004|
It has a mainly English-speaking population. However, Japanese is regarded as a semi-official language as it is spoken by many academics in the country. It is not the main language but as Japan is one of the premier technological powers, it is used by enough people to regard it as an offical language (albeit a secondary one in most cases). There are also a decent amount who can speak French and German plus various other languages thanks to their roots
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currency=Rolatian generi |
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currency_code=RGN |
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suffrage=All Rolatian citizens aged 16 or over |
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population=1.7 billion|
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sport=Football|
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==History==
 
==History==
===Roleplay===
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Rolatia is a large country of an estimated 5 million sq km, with a diverse cultural background, an excellent civil rights record, a good economic status and a wide and diverse political system which especially recently has seen a large variety of parties taking seats thanks to diverse views. It has had a rocky past, with many problems including civil wars in particular but is currently at a high socially, economically and diplomatically. The government is currently [[Liberal Socialist Party (Rolatia) | Liberal Socialist]]-led with Prime Minister [[Joseph Edwards]] at the helm, with the Parliamentary majority of the party a healthy 884. Interestingly, due to the current seven-year presidential term, the President - [[Norman Keviabuanal]] is actually a [[Conservative Party (Rolatia) | Conservative]].
Rolatia was originally a colony of England formed from a patch of land after it was taken from the Soviet Alliance in the European War of 2008 to 2011. It was set up to establish a land base for the drive against the enemy army. After peace was declared on the 8th August 2011, the colony of around 4.5 million people became redundant. By 2013 the population was 5 million. On 1st January the colony was declared independent from the UK. However, they took until mid-January 2015 to withdraw completely . Dr Edwards's government had come to power in the first election on the 9th November 2014. It soon joined the formation of the Albion alliance a few months later.
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Rolatia was one of the founding members of the Governing Council of Albion, a establishment set up by five countries early on in Albion's history to determine voting protocols on such things as UN votes. Of these countries, Rolatia is sadly the only survivor but there is hope as the former governor of  Brashlandia is hoping to reform the country in the next year or less.  
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===2000BC to 0AD===
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Rolatia was originally a divided set of tribes around the Dahinda river basin. There were frequent wars, and the tribes were very different. One tribe in particular stood out from the rest - the Sioas tribe, spread across the area from the northern basic all the way to the edge of the Farar woods. These were an overall pioneering tribe, with notably in 723BC establishing a democracy under King Haltyr I. This was sadly ended just three years later, after Haltyr died and his brother Thasrik I took the throne.
  
During the massive hostilities between the Eastern Bloc (the result of the alliance of 20 to 25 states in eastern Europe and Asia) and Albion (then at about 12 to 15 states in Western Europe), Rolatia's scouts reported the enemy plans to Albion and helped quite a lot during the conflict despite having little troops of their own. However, a terrorist state called Ooodles caused chaos in the Eastern Bloc and Albion.
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However, in 582BC a descendant of Haltyr known as Haltyr III started an epic quest - to unite the tribes of the Dahinda basin - into one noble nation. Many had to be killed, but even more agreed to join the Sioasi Empire. They became a force to be feared - they boasted an army of 10,000 skilled men. Through trade with smaller nearby tribes they became a rather rich nation. In 542BC, at the age of 56, Haltyr III died. Before he died, he had accomplished something important - he had refounded the democratic system.
  
The severe hit to the countries lead to deteroitation. The states fell into anarchy and slowly disappeared, replaced by anarchic wastelands. However, the Albion alliance stayed alive despite all the trouble experienced. Four more countries have joined with Rolatia and Elizocracy in the past decade to the Albion alliance. The people in the alliance have the benefit of a strong government, and the terriories are constantly expanding as the countries move into the wildernesses of the anarchy lands.
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The next king, Raidas II, was not one for peace, favouring war. Seeing the threat, the tribes of Safte united into the Saftean Empire, numbering nearly 1.4 million people. At this point, there were two 'capitals' - Dahinda City (near modern-day Taris) of Siaos and Nilon of Safte. Both cities contained around 70,000 people, and were thriving places. However, the next ten years of Raidas rule would lead to the decimation of the empires.
  
Politically, the LibDem Socialists have been in powers for many years. For more information see the Political Parties section
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On September 11th 541BC, open war between Siaos and Safte was declared in what has been called by some historians as the First Rolatian Civil War. In the next week, 2750 Safteans in Siaos and 950 Siaosi in Safte were killed, military forces trapping them in their homes and burning them to the ground. Both nations increased their armies, with Raidas increasing the army to 50,000 and Saftean King Roisfh IV to 70,000. This was only the beginning of one year of constant war which claimed many thousands of lives and would be later viewed, considering population figures, as one of the bloodiest wars in history.
  
===History (Actual)===
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On January 2nd 540BC, at the border town of Faris which at that time was home to 18,000 Safteans, a fearsome invasion force of 20,000 met a Saftean defence garrison of just 7000 men and 15 transport boats whcih were set to be used on a strike to topple Taris. The result was a two-day battle which ended with an overall Saftean loss, with 4250 deaths for the Saftean military, 3500 for Siaos and 8000 dead civilians. 1500 Siaosans were left as sentinels and 15,000 men marched on towards Nilon.
Rolatia was set a few days before the foundation of Albion in mid-March 2005. It joined the Eastern Bloc where it had links with other members, but followed those members out to Albion. The country ended up being kicked out a total of twice in the wars between Albion and the Eastern Bloc. During that time it was war correspondent (almost) as all news from their region was reported in Albion. This made Rolatia a very unpopular figure in the Eastern Bloc. Eventually the Great Fall came but Rolatia was one of only two survivors of the region. For a full history of Albion see [[Albion|here]]
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==Government Goals==
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Meanwhile, in Safte there were plans of their own. 17,500 men were sent out down-river towards Dahinda City, 22,500 towards the invaders and 10,000 sent back along to Calae. Siaosan spys somehow managed to communicate this to Raidas who sent out 10,000 more invaders and stationed his remaining 25,000 mostly in Dahinda City.
The government is built around the premise of civil and political rights for all, and the education and welfare of its many citizens. Its economy has fallen by the wayside but it still stands strong as a shining beacion of hope. It has been forced to adopt the controversial strategy of trade  concessions for humanitarian aid recently, but it declares this is not an attack on freedom of refugees but a necessary step to boost the economic prowess of this huge nation, as right now it cannot quite afford some of its technological aims to make Rolatia the most advanced nation on Earth - the great dream of Dr Edwards, a keen technologist and an expert in the field of computers. They have driven the basic cost of living down extremely low making life better in total
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==Technology==
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On 7th February 540BC, the Dahindese residents were woken at dawn to the sound of the Safte landing. The coastal area was completely decimated, with 8500 dead and 1500 imprisoned before confrontation by Siaosi troops lead to a full-scale battle. The enemy was deflected but at a horrible price - modern estimates put the death toll at 26,000 dead civilians, 9,000 Sioasi soldiers and 14,500 Saftean soldiers dead for a total of nearly 50,000 killed.  
The Rolatian army is small in times of peace and does almost no actual fighting - it is only there to occupy new parts of the anarchist lands. However, their technological status is currently post modern (see [[Tech Level]] and despite having no definitive military technology that is known yet they have highly advance computing systems. Their systems are around the best in the world and are getting to a state where they are starting to resemble primitive future-tech systems. They are also extremely cheap, with  systems that would be almost supercomputers in 2005 (5GHZ, 1TB hardrive, 4GB RAM) selling for as little as 300 generis (that's around $10) due to their technology becoming almost obsolete. This is good considering the GDP per capita is around $500 a year. They also have achieved tiny food costs thanks to superb advances. It has cost the nation finacially in total but it had made sure their necessities are met for so much cheaper. The Rolatia technological base is geared to peace, not war
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==The Leader==
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A few months later, on 19th April, a few kilometres north of Nilon, an almost equal set of forces both containing around 25,000 men met and killed. The result was diabolical - 20,000 Siaosi and 16,000 Safteans died. This stopped the Siaosi but left both sides in hardly any state to battle any longer - over 60% of the Siaosi and 50% of the Saftean militaries were dead, along with 40,000 civilians from both sides. Both capitals were intact but had suffered from starvation, military action and disease. However, minor skirmishes continued with another 5000 Safteans and 3000 Siaosi killed.
Dr Joseph Edwards is the current Prime Minister of Rolatia, and has been for many years. His oppossing parties have gained some foothold in government, but their strength changes majorly each election and they have never topped 40% total power. Dr Edwards was born in south-east England. He enjoyed a privileged upbringing in total from a working-to-middle class family. He was very intelligent and went on to go to Oxford University, where he gained his doctorship in Information Technology. He also had many qualifications in the fields of Mathematics, Physics, Geography and Chemistry among other things. He rose to power when in 2014 the 5 million strong Rolatia was made independent. His LibDem Socialists rose to power on the November 9th elections that year in spite of quite tough opposition. He was a left-wing radical, commited to helping provide for the people better, improving education and helping immigrants who wanted to live here among other things. He guided the country to its huge strength today. His pioneering projects in agriculture and information technology helped people live for much less money than before. He also made the country a civil rights and political freedoms haven. The typical Rolatian is well-fed and free from persecution. His advances have come at a steep downside. The economy is currently struggling, with a GDP per capita of $500 per year. This is the reason his opposers in the far right "All for Himself" capitalist party have gained some support, at between 15 and 30% a year on average. He himself has retreated slightly from the left wing in an attempt to boost an ailing economy, but he still is determined that rights and freedoms come first
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==Politics==
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On 5th February 539BC, King Roisfh was found dead on the floor. Stabbed into his back was an iron dagger engraved with the words 'Chyuc gilumg vleatfg fyuc equm jouch' - identified as a rare Saftean dialect and translated as "This tyrant brought his own death". The new king, King Haltyr IV managed to negotiate peace. Through his skills, he managed to negotiate an alliance between both countries - the Rolatia Alliance and the beginning of the country of Rolatia.
===Political System===
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The Rolatian system is one where political views are allowed to be expressed freely. The only slight exception is the crack-down politically on Neo-Nazi views (any person belonging to the RNP is outlawed from public service sector jobs) due to the diversity of Rolatia. Other than that, there is no laws against even extremist views (it IS freedom of speech after all). There are elections quite regularly, with a maximum 5-year gap in extreme circumstances but it is more usual to have then annually
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Due to this, there is a diverse range of parties in Rolatia, many of them radical left-wing or right-wing stance. The system of governing is that the nation is divided into counties. From each of these counties come many representatives from different sub-sections in themselves. The counties have separate admin centres. These could be in old capitals, other towns or custom made towns. The counties with their corresponding adminstrative capitals and representation are:
 
*Netherlands (capital city Redmofo) 8
 
*Alpens (chief city Ionia) 14
 
*Germany (chief city Berlin) 18
 
*Hispania (chief city Malaga) 23
 
*North France (chief city Biscay) 11
 
*Norway (chief city Stavanger) 14
 
*Ireland (chief city Dublin) 10
 
*South France (chief city Marseille) 16
 
*Soviet Lands (chief city Gdansk) 22
 
*Sweden (chief city Stockholm) 16
 
  
*TOTAL REPRESENTATION: 152
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===1978-present===
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With the civil war over, a interim Parliament of approximately 1000 political figures, both pre-war and post-war, was made. The country was voted not yet ready for Parliamentary elections in Parliament, but Presidential elections did take place. The [[Rolatian presidential election, 1978 | First Reformed Presidential Election]] took place on 7th November 1982, and resulted in a first-round win on safely over 60% of the vote for [[Christian Democrat Party (Rolatia) | Christian Democrat]] Ross Igukanor. Many have put this down to general backing from many Conservatives in the interests of unity. The interim Parliament met until 1983, when a full General Election was called.
  
The representation shows how many Members of the House each county has (it depends on the amount of sub-counties). Each year an election is help and the winners are elected to the House of Democracy. The Prime Minister is elected depending on which party gets the most seats.
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The government has a simple administrative system. At the top is the Prime Minister, who oversees everything. Next is his Cabinet (the system is similiar to England) who are appointed to certain categories. This is then passed down to the leaders of each county, then to the sub-county leaders. The importances of MHs (Members of the House) is on new laws. They vote on new laws and therefore decide on the general governing direction. 
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==Sports==
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Rolatia is a country with a sports scene only just coming out into professional sports - after the ban on professional sport in 1958 which was only lifted in March 2004 by Dr Joseph Edwards, professional sports have only just started to emerge. So far, the country enjoys good amateur rugby and cricket, with plans to go professional, but two main professional sports have emerged in the country: Formula 1 and football
  
===Political Parties===
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===Football===
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''Main article: [[Rolatian_Football_Association | Rolatian Football Association]], [[Rolatian_Professional_Football | Rolatian Professional Football]]''
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| Left-wing. Devoted to rights and freedoms of citizens
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| The definitive political party since the 2024 elections. They have never held less than a 55% stake in the House of Democracy. Very popular with the common people. Not so good with the upper classes, who accuse them of ruining the economy. They are trying to recover it now, but not at the expense of the people in general. They are still widely favoured.
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Football (referred to by some foreign powers as soccer or association football) is the national sport of Rolatia, and it has survived through the ages, with finally a fully professional league set up in 2005 for the 2005-06 season. The sport is currently on a par with Formula 1 domestically, and internationally could make it to F1 status too if Rolatia can do well in World Cup 26 - scheduled for 2008, but with the pre-competition Baptism of Fire 26 already taking place.
  
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The Rolatian Football Association is the entity that watches over Rolatian football both domestically and internationally. Set up by the government and chaired by Prime Minister and football enthusiast Joseph Edwards, it is composed of all clubs competing in the main-stream Rolatian leagues - it numbrs 66 clubs, with 16 making up the top Board - these are the Premier League clubs.e
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! style="background:#ffdead" | <big>All for Himself(All-Self)</big>
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| Extreme right-wing. Believe that the economy and businesses are the priority
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| The old main challenger to the LDS's rule. They have gained support by strong capitalists who believe this policy is the only way to bring the country into an economic golden age, even if it does mean a bit of muscling around people in the process. They have opposition from groups such as worker's unions. They have fallen severly from grace in the 2048 election into third, with contention from the fourth-place Demo-Christ Party
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There has only been one season so far in Rolatian football - the 2005-06 season. Internationally, Rolatia were participants in Baptism of Fire 13, which was a very bad tournament thanks to scoring four points in as many games, and the World Cup 26 qualifiers, in which they will be most remembered for their startling end revival giving them three wins in the last three games ,denying [[Yafor 2]] a qualifying spot and causing the [[Casari]] national stadium's destruction after their shock win. Rolatians typically support either the Rolatian national team (KPB rank 84) or [[The Kazoo Peoples]] (KPB rank 51). Whoever is currently playing Rejistania is also a reasonably popular choice.
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| ''People under the guidance of the state''
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| Extreme left-wing. Want old-style communism in Rolatia
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| The main left-wing challenger to the LDS. Extremely opposed to the All-Self party. Want the government to take control of all media outlets and the economy. Badly supported in total due to the country's commitment to a free press and economy. They were supported by some in the late 2020s due to the recently acquired Eastern Bloc territory (the county Soviet Lands) but they were never a mainstream party
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On the club scene Rolatia are in NSFA Cup 3, with [[New_Millwall | New Millwall]] and [[Redmofo_United_(football_club) | Redmofo United]] entered in the qualifying stage. Redmofo United was the sole team of the pair to get through, and shocked all by beating New Brux FC in the away leg and subsequently on penalties
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! style="background:#ffdead" | <big>Rolatian National Party (RNP)</big>
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| Fascists. Want immediate destruction of multi-culturaism
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| The KKK of Rolatia. They want immediate deporation of foreign nationals and apartite between English Rolatians and all other Rolatians. Hated by the public and especially Dr Edwards himself, who famously called the party 'an ink blot on the grand tapestry that is our great country'. Have NEVER held a seat
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''Main article: [[Rolatian_F1GP | Rolatian F1GP]]''
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| A moderate party, who desire a less extreme policy than the other notable parties. They demand that we do not neglect the economy in favour of excessive rights, and vice-versa. They are picking up votes fast and look like a major threat to the All-Self party's position as they are far ahead of them after the 2048 election thanks to a swing away from the LDS and All-Self of about 15
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Rolatian Formula 1 has massively surged in popularity lately, with 1 billion people - over half the population - watching the last international F1GP season's final. There is a very good, key reason for this surge - Rolatia has made a claim to sporting fame with its team and drivers in the competition.
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| A vrey religious party. They believe that in a country where nearly four-fifths (78%) of the population are Christian, that there should be better pro-religion support. They chiefly want all Christians to visit church every Sunday. They are opposed by the LDS who believe in 'freedom of method of worship', a process strongly supported by Dr Edwards himself
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===Year-by-Year History===
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The most famous Rolatian driver of all time is [[Thomas Ragji]]. This man, after a slow start to the season, managed to hold the lead in a tight field, and thanks to a final-day win finished a full eleven points ahead of second place in the championship. [[William Sralt]] is less well-known but is renowned for his partnership with Ragji - thanks to their combined points total from a good last race performance they together managed to propel Team Rolatia into first, taking a double championship. The pair have defended it in 2006, with both titles secured with a race to go.
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2038 is the first year on record with political records about it (the records are lost for the previous elections)
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In the election, the LDS still kept its dominating status despite losing some grounds The Demo-Christs and Tories also gained ground, while the Neo-Comms, All-Self and RNP fell proving that the population is not going to accept over-radical ideology. Here is the figures:
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Formula 1 has ran as a professional sport for years now. It was lucky to be exempt from the total professional sports ban, and has produced a few Rolatian sports hero, most of all Nick Fasre who managed to take five back-to-back championships in 1988-92, before leaving F1 only to resurface over a decade later as test driver for Team Rolatia.
  
LDS: 86 (-7)
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==Other Versions==
Tories: 33 (+13)
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[[Rolatia (Earth VII)]]
All-Self: 17 (-10)
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RNP: 0 (+0)
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A lot of the swing in key areas came away from the LDS to the Tories, especially in the German zone where a lot of the voters want to take sacrifices to themself for economic gain, with a total number of 33 seats for Tories (+13) and 86 for the LDS (-7). Luckily for the LDS, the Tories are supporting the LDS's drive to try and improve the economy in total while still maintaining rights. The Tories are slightly more radical though, and this could influence more extreme policies. The Neo-Comms, once edging on a real alternative, fell a bit further from 4 to 3 seats (-1). The Demo-Christs acquired 5 more seats to 13, edging on All-Self now on 17 (-10)
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====2039====
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2039 has opened with the controversial issue of privatised prisons. The government has taken a rather unusual far-right approach of handing over prison to private businesses due to the boost to the economy. Dr Edwards has signalled this is not a start for radical right-wing policies as wanted by the All-Self. The small army of Rolatia has also just marched into the Balkan area, with the reasons stated by Edwards being that Rolatia is desperately short of room and needs to slightly expand.
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Latest revision as of 12:48, 3 May 2006

The Educated Technological State of
Rolatia
RolatiaFlag.PNG
Flag of Rolatia
National motto: Intelligence is the Highest Asset
National anthem: N/A
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Region Wysteria
Capital Redmofo
Largest City Redmofo
Population 1.7 billion
Suffrage All Rolatian citizens aged 16 or over
Official Language(s) English, Pacitalian, Japanese, Latin
Government
President
Prime Minister
Deputy Prime Minister
Republic
Norman Keviabuanal
Joseph Edwards
Gerry Anbaoal
Independent state
Formation of the Republic
Fascist Civil War
Appointment of current PM


April 24th 1922
1967-1977
July 9th 2004
ISO Nation Code RLTA
Currency Rolatian generi (RGN)
Time Zone 0
• Summer (DST) +1
Internet TLD .rl
Calling Code +312
National Symbols
 • Sport
 • Animal
 • Fruit
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Football
Eagle
N/A
N/A
UN Status UN Member
Info: NationStates NSEconomy Pipian NS Tracker XML

History

Rolatia is a large country of an estimated 5 million sq km, with a diverse cultural background, an excellent civil rights record, a good economic status and a wide and diverse political system which especially recently has seen a large variety of parties taking seats thanks to diverse views. It has had a rocky past, with many problems including civil wars in particular but is currently at a high socially, economically and diplomatically. The government is currently Liberal Socialist-led with Prime Minister Joseph Edwards at the helm, with the Parliamentary majority of the party a healthy 884. Interestingly, due to the current seven-year presidential term, the President - Norman Keviabuanal is actually a Conservative.

2000BC to 0AD

Rolatia was originally a divided set of tribes around the Dahinda river basin. There were frequent wars, and the tribes were very different. One tribe in particular stood out from the rest - the Sioas tribe, spread across the area from the northern basic all the way to the edge of the Farar woods. These were an overall pioneering tribe, with notably in 723BC establishing a democracy under King Haltyr I. This was sadly ended just three years later, after Haltyr died and his brother Thasrik I took the throne.

However, in 582BC a descendant of Haltyr known as Haltyr III started an epic quest - to unite the tribes of the Dahinda basin - into one noble nation. Many had to be killed, but even more agreed to join the Sioasi Empire. They became a force to be feared - they boasted an army of 10,000 skilled men. Through trade with smaller nearby tribes they became a rather rich nation. In 542BC, at the age of 56, Haltyr III died. Before he died, he had accomplished something important - he had refounded the democratic system.

The next king, Raidas II, was not one for peace, favouring war. Seeing the threat, the tribes of Safte united into the Saftean Empire, numbering nearly 1.4 million people. At this point, there were two 'capitals' - Dahinda City (near modern-day Taris) of Siaos and Nilon of Safte. Both cities contained around 70,000 people, and were thriving places. However, the next ten years of Raidas rule would lead to the decimation of the empires.

On September 11th 541BC, open war between Siaos and Safte was declared in what has been called by some historians as the First Rolatian Civil War. In the next week, 2750 Safteans in Siaos and 950 Siaosi in Safte were killed, military forces trapping them in their homes and burning them to the ground. Both nations increased their armies, with Raidas increasing the army to 50,000 and Saftean King Roisfh IV to 70,000. This was only the beginning of one year of constant war which claimed many thousands of lives and would be later viewed, considering population figures, as one of the bloodiest wars in history.

On January 2nd 540BC, at the border town of Faris which at that time was home to 18,000 Safteans, a fearsome invasion force of 20,000 met a Saftean defence garrison of just 7000 men and 15 transport boats whcih were set to be used on a strike to topple Taris. The result was a two-day battle which ended with an overall Saftean loss, with 4250 deaths for the Saftean military, 3500 for Siaos and 8000 dead civilians. 1500 Siaosans were left as sentinels and 15,000 men marched on towards Nilon.

Meanwhile, in Safte there were plans of their own. 17,500 men were sent out down-river towards Dahinda City, 22,500 towards the invaders and 10,000 sent back along to Calae. Siaosan spys somehow managed to communicate this to Raidas who sent out 10,000 more invaders and stationed his remaining 25,000 mostly in Dahinda City.

On 7th February 540BC, the Dahindese residents were woken at dawn to the sound of the Safte landing. The coastal area was completely decimated, with 8500 dead and 1500 imprisoned before confrontation by Siaosi troops lead to a full-scale battle. The enemy was deflected but at a horrible price - modern estimates put the death toll at 26,000 dead civilians, 9,000 Sioasi soldiers and 14,500 Saftean soldiers dead for a total of nearly 50,000 killed.

A few months later, on 19th April, a few kilometres north of Nilon, an almost equal set of forces both containing around 25,000 men met and killed. The result was diabolical - 20,000 Siaosi and 16,000 Safteans died. This stopped the Siaosi but left both sides in hardly any state to battle any longer - over 60% of the Siaosi and 50% of the Saftean militaries were dead, along with 40,000 civilians from both sides. Both capitals were intact but had suffered from starvation, military action and disease. However, minor skirmishes continued with another 5000 Safteans and 3000 Siaosi killed.

On 5th February 539BC, King Roisfh was found dead on the floor. Stabbed into his back was an iron dagger engraved with the words 'Chyuc gilumg vleatfg fyuc equm jouch' - identified as a rare Saftean dialect and translated as "This tyrant brought his own death". The new king, King Haltyr IV managed to negotiate peace. Through his skills, he managed to negotiate an alliance between both countries - the Rolatia Alliance and the beginning of the country of Rolatia.


1978-present

With the civil war over, a interim Parliament of approximately 1000 political figures, both pre-war and post-war, was made. The country was voted not yet ready for Parliamentary elections in Parliament, but Presidential elections did take place. The First Reformed Presidential Election took place on 7th November 1982, and resulted in a first-round win on safely over 60% of the vote for Christian Democrat Ross Igukanor. Many have put this down to general backing from many Conservatives in the interests of unity. The interim Parliament met until 1983, when a full General Election was called.

TO BE COMPLETED

Sports

Rolatia is a country with a sports scene only just coming out into professional sports - after the ban on professional sport in 1958 which was only lifted in March 2004 by Dr Joseph Edwards, professional sports have only just started to emerge. So far, the country enjoys good amateur rugby and cricket, with plans to go professional, but two main professional sports have emerged in the country: Formula 1 and football

Football

Main article: Rolatian Football Association, Rolatian Professional Football

Football (referred to by some foreign powers as soccer or association football) is the national sport of Rolatia, and it has survived through the ages, with finally a fully professional league set up in 2005 for the 2005-06 season. The sport is currently on a par with Formula 1 domestically, and internationally could make it to F1 status too if Rolatia can do well in World Cup 26 - scheduled for 2008, but with the pre-competition Baptism of Fire 26 already taking place.

The Rolatian Football Association is the entity that watches over Rolatian football both domestically and internationally. Set up by the government and chaired by Prime Minister and football enthusiast Joseph Edwards, it is composed of all clubs competing in the main-stream Rolatian leagues - it numbrs 66 clubs, with 16 making up the top Board - these are the Premier League clubs.e

There has only been one season so far in Rolatian football - the 2005-06 season. Internationally, Rolatia were participants in Baptism of Fire 13, which was a very bad tournament thanks to scoring four points in as many games, and the World Cup 26 qualifiers, in which they will be most remembered for their startling end revival giving them three wins in the last three games ,denying Yafor 2 a qualifying spot and causing the Casari national stadium's destruction after their shock win. Rolatians typically support either the Rolatian national team (KPB rank 84) or The Kazoo Peoples (KPB rank 51). Whoever is currently playing Rejistania is also a reasonably popular choice.

On the club scene Rolatia are in NSFA Cup 3, with New Millwall and Redmofo United entered in the qualifying stage. Redmofo United was the sole team of the pair to get through, and shocked all by beating New Brux FC in the away leg and subsequently on penalties

Formula 1

Main article: Rolatian F1GP

Rolatian Formula 1 has massively surged in popularity lately, with 1 billion people - over half the population - watching the last international F1GP season's final. There is a very good, key reason for this surge - Rolatia has made a claim to sporting fame with its team and drivers in the competition.

The most famous Rolatian driver of all time is Thomas Ragji. This man, after a slow start to the season, managed to hold the lead in a tight field, and thanks to a final-day win finished a full eleven points ahead of second place in the championship. William Sralt is less well-known but is renowned for his partnership with Ragji - thanks to their combined points total from a good last race performance they together managed to propel Team Rolatia into first, taking a double championship. The pair have defended it in 2006, with both titles secured with a race to go.

Formula 1 has ran as a professional sport for years now. It was lucky to be exempt from the total professional sports ban, and has produced a few Rolatian sports hero, most of all Nick Fasre who managed to take five back-to-back championships in 1988-92, before leaving F1 only to resurface over a decade later as test driver for Team Rolatia.

Other Versions

Rolatia (Earth VII)