Graham and Palmer
The Allied States of Graham and Palmer is a country on the northernmost tip the Southern Continent, the southernmost landmass in SPPf Realms.
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| Motto: Resistencia De Throught Que Conquistamos (Spanish: Through Endurance We Conquer) | |
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| Region | SPPf Realms |
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| Capital | Ciudad en El Hielo |
| Official Language(s) | Spanish |
| Leader | John Rodriguez |
| Population | ~199 million |
| Currency | bloque de hielo |
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Origin of Name
The Empire of Graham and Palmer gets its name from its two largest monarchies, the Empire of Graham and the Kingdom of Palmer.
Motto
Resistencia De Throught Que Conquistamos. The family motto of failure of an Antartic explorer Ernest Shackleton : "fortitudine vincimus", "through endurance we conquer", then translated into the language of Graham and Palmer, Spanish.
Major Cities
- Ciudad en el Hielo-capital, principality
- Biscoe City-capital of Graham
- Port of Agassiz-capital of Palmer
- New Schwabenland City-capital of S. Territories
- Shackletontown-capital of Alexander I.
- Rio Grande-capital of Tierra del Fuego
- Stanley-capital of the RFI
- Amundsenborough-city in northern Graham
Politics
The executive of Graham and Palmer is the chansellor, who serves Graham. The chansellor holds power over domestic issues (i.e. can sign or veto bills approved by the Senatus, pardon accused parties, select a cabinet, etc.) The executive is elected directly, all regional governments (with the exception of the RFI) chose a cantidate, and the one that recieves the most votes nationwide become chansellor, the one that recieves the second most becomes prime minister. The prime minister holds power in external issues (i.e. declaring war, signing treaties, etc.), and serves Palmer.
The legislature is a unicameral house called the Senatus. Each senater is elected from their respective district in their regional governemnt. The more peolpe that are in the region, the more district and thus more senators it has.
The highest judiciary of is a board of seven on the High Court of Appeals, they must be selected by the prime minister, approved by the senatus, and than the chansellor to attain a seat. Before this they are interviewed by the attorney general to see impartiality.
The main party of Graham and Palmer is the Red-Green Alliance, a left wing party that is mainly strong in more urban areas and almost all of Graham Land and Palmer Land. Their main rivals are the Conservitive Capitalists, who contrary to their name are a more moderate party that hold in the smaller non-monarchies, and the Libertarian Christians, a right wing group that holds power only in the territorial legislature of the S. Territories.
The political structure of the RFI is virtually the same as the country as a whole. It's main party is the Commonwealth Party, whose main objective is separation from Graham and Palmer, though from there it's population is more split.
Exports
Mostly fish, books, and uranium.
Military
Imperial Ground Forces
- 1,000,000 regulars
- 500,000 reserves
- 200 "Emperor Walker" AT-AT/02s
- 300 "Raptor Walker" AT-ST's
- 500 Grievance Mk-7 G/MBT's
- 100 Juggernaughts
Orbital Seas Fleet
- 8 Torrential Class LCR's
- 10 Columbia Class Battlestars
- 20 Salamis-class Destroyers
- 4 Trident-class Cruisers
- 4 Recusant class Light Destroyers
- 2 Imperial Super Star Destroyers
Imperial Atmospheric Corps
- 2,000 Type 712 – TIE Interceptor TIE/INT
- 2,143 B-Wing Fighters
- 10 Nebulon-B2 Frigates
NS Stats
- Government Category: Inoffensive Centrist Democracy
- Government Priority: Social welfare
- Economic Rating: Good
- Civil Rights Rating: Excellent
- Political Freedoms: Excellent
- NS Description:
- "The Empire of Graham and Palmer is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its punitive income tax rates. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population of 318 million have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.
- It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Healthcare, and Education. The average income tax rate is 96%. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market in Book Publishing.
- The nation is experiencing a severe shortage of sporting events, the government is reigning in public spending, recent protests against birds flying too low have resulted in bloodshed, and every product goes through extensive safety-testing by the government. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is moderate, probably because of the country's utter lack of prisons. Graham and Palmer's national animal is the pengiun, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the bloque de hielo.
