Sovereign California
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Motto: "California… A nation built on sweat, blood, and dreams." | |
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Region | Lodoss |
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Capital | Greater Los Angeles CCD |
Official Language(s) | Californian, English, French, Quenya |
Leader | President Alexa Sharon Vassaretti (as of 11/19/2500) |
Population | 3,131,000,000 (2492 Census) |
Currency | Californian Sovereign (CSV/Ð) |
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Contents
Background
The nation now known as the Californian Sovereign Democratic-Socialist Federation was officially founded on November 19, 1999 by the Democratic-Socialist Party of California after several disputes with the state of California and the United States government lead to the Democratic-Socialist Party's falling out with the Republican dominated government on political ideals and the future of California ultimately causing California to declare its independence from the United States creating the Democratic People's Republic of California in December of 1999 the five states of Alaska, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii seceded and joined the Californian Union. In the months before the U.S. Presidential Elections in 2000 the states of New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho and Colorado joined California's union to make a total of ten states.
After setting up the Parliament, three prominent parties (Democratic-Socialist, Federative, and Republican) rose to fill the seats of the Parliament, and after elections took place the Democratic-Socialist Party of California took an astounding 337 seats becoming the main influence of Californian politics.
Afterwards the United States sent diplomats into California which by the year 2009 the Californian Union was composed of California, Alaska, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming and a treaty was established declaring California a nation seperate from that of the United States. Shortly after the Los Angeles-St. Louis Treaty was signed President Gill M. Freidman left office and was replaced by the new elected president Jared W. Benson, who supported the United States's opinion of keeping peace with the Rep. of California and opening diplomatic relations. During this time the relations betwen California and the rest of the world grew and nations began forming trade coalitions and the such with California. President Benson served two terms as U.S. President and was replaced by the next elected president former Mississippi Senator David G. Maddox.
Shortly after his inauguration, U.S. Pres. Maddox amended the twenty-second amendment of the United States Constitution with the fifty-first stating "As long as the popular vote is in favor of the elected president, s/he may remain in power until the popular vote is swayed to another presidential candidate." Later, in the middle of what would have been the second year of Maddox's term on March 15, 2010, Pres. Maddox disbanded the Congress of the United States and declared himself Lord David G. Maddox of the United States, and the United States spiraled into a dictatorship. This brazen act by the U.S. President forced several U.S. States to secede and to join the Republic of California.
Five months later on August 1, 2011 former Californian Senator Sandra M. Devnostræva was elected President, a day later Lord Maddox declared war on the Democratic People's Republic of California to try and force the nation back into the United States of America and the Second Civil War began. On August 18, 2011 after marshalling an army totalling 2,540,000 California declared war on the United States dividing the army into the Northern, Central and Southern Divisions, the Northern and Southern Divisions fanning out north to the Ohio River and south to the Gulf Coast while the Central Division spearheaded to Washington D.C.
After the Central Division surrounded Washington DC and gave the ultimatum for surrender, Lord Maddox refused the terms and on July 3, 2021 the Sovereign Californian Armed Forces struck Washington D.C. with an Electro-Magnetic Diffusion warhead. A day later Californian forces crossed the Potomac River into Washington DC, to accept Lord Maddox's surrender, a meeting was held in Arlington, Virginia with the Presidents of the Federated Republic of New York and Jersey, the Federated States of Sovereign California and the Elentári of the Eternal Noldorin Empire of Menelmacar to determine the future of the United States of America. After much deliberation the Devnostræva-Fëanor Accord was signed giving the Sovereign Federation of California (FSSC) everything west of the Devnostræva-Fëanor Line giving the Democratic People's Republic of California the states of West Montana, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana and the Canadian and Mexican Provinces captured by Californian forces during the Second Civil War. The Fed. Rep of New York and Jersey (NYNJ) acquired the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachussetts and the remaining states were organized into the Federated Menelmacari States of America (FMSA) which were occupied and administered by the Eternal Noldorin Empire of Menelmacar on July 9, 2021.
Since then the following territories have been added as states to the Californian Union: Alberta, Bahamas, Baja California, Bermuda, British Columbia, Espaniola (Hispaniola), Jamaica, San Mateo, Sinaloa, Sonora, Virgin Islands and Yukon Territory bringing the total of states within the Californian Union to thirty.
Also three dependencies have been incorporated as parts of the Californian Union: Persia (Iran), Oman, and Yemen.
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Geography
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People
Population: 3,376,000,000 (December 01, 2004)
Life Expectancy at Birth:
- Immortals: indefinite
- Elven: indefinite
- Human: 170.72 years
HIV/AIDS – Adult Prevalence Rate: 0.00005%
HIV/AIDS – People Living with AIDS: 1125 (2003 Estimate)
HIV/AIDS – Deaths: Less than 30 (2003 Estimate)
Nationality
- Noun: Californian(s)
- Adjective: Californian
Races and Ethnic Groups
White 51.4%, Elvish 17.2%, Asian 16.5%, Black 6.3%, Amerindian and Alaska natives 3.5%, Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islanders 2.1% other 3% (2224)
Religion
National Religions Atheist: 90.5% Agnostic: 2% Baptist: 2% Catholic: 2% Methodist: 2% Lutheran: 1% Other: 0.5%
Languages
Californian, English, French, Quenya.
Literacy
Definition: Age 5 and over can read and write
Total population: 100%
Male: 100%
Female: 100%
Government
Country Name
Conventional Long Form the Californian Sovereign Democratic-Federative Republic Conventional Short Form California, the CSDFR Local Long Form the Californian Sovereign Federation Local Short Form California
Government Type
Democratic Socialist
Capital
Greater Los Angeles, Los Angeles CCD
Administrative Divisions
Twenty-Nine States, one Territory and one District.
States: Alberta, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Bahamas, Baja California, British Columbia, Bermuda, California, Colorado, Espaniola, Hawaii, Idaho, Jamaica, Kansas, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, San Mateo, Sinaloa, Sonora, Texas, Utah, Virgin Islands, Washington, West Montana, Wyoming.
Territories: Yukon Territory.
Districts: Los Angeles Californian Capital District (CCD)
Dependencies
Three Dependencies.
Dependencies: Persia (Iran), Oman, Yemen.
Independence
November 19, 1999
National Holiday
Independence Day, November 19; President's Day, August 29.
=== Suffrage === 16 years old (universal)
Executive Branch
- Chief of State President/Potentate General Alexa S. Vassaretti (since November 19, 2500)
- Head of Government President/Potentate General Alexa S. Vassaretti (Since November 19, 2500)
- Cabinet Appointed by President with Parliament approval.
- Elections held every five years on August 1. (or unless otherwise stated)
- For State, Territory & Dependency Governors Every five years on August 1.
- For Mayor Every year on August 1.
Legislative Branch
The Californian Parliament, dominated by the Democratic-Federative Congress of California. Members are voted in every 2 years by a general election. The Californian Parliament has 450 members, delegating each state, territory and dependency within the Sovereign Federation. On issues each state holds referendums and are voted on by the majority of the vote. When the votes come to a tie the Speaker Of The House adds his vote to tip the vote, otherwise the Speaker Of The House submits his vote.
Election Results
- Federative Party: 249 seats.
- Democratic Party: 107 seats.
- Socialist Party: 58 seats.
- Republican Party: 36 seats.
Parties and leaders
- Republican Party: Kansas Senator James W. Jefferson.
- Democratic Party: California Senator Andrew D. Voight Jr.
- Socialist Party: Wasington Senator Eugene D. Jackson.
- Federative Party: California Senator Eric W. Strauss.
- Parliament Headquarters Saffyre Floor of the SCG Tower in downtown Greater Los Angeles.
Judicial Branch
- People's Court for each State, Territory and Dependency.
- Supreme Californian Court presides over the entire nation.
International Organizations
- Host to the Camarilla Entente alliance
International Organization Participation
AU; EAA; FAO; IAEA; IBRD; IBTA; ICAO; ICC; IFC; IFRCS/ICRM; IHO; IMF; IMO; IOC; IOM; ISO; ITU; OAS; OECD; OPCW; OPEC; SATO; Interpol; ToY; UE; UN note – voting member and regional delegate, tends to ignore resolutions anyway; UNESCO; UNIDO; UPU; UTP; WBO; WHO; WIPO; WMO; WTO; ZC (OOC: A lot of these are RL organizations, which may or may not have relevance to NS.)
Environmental Agreement Participation
Air Pollution, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling (OOC: All RL treaties, may or may not have relevance to NS.)
Economy
Economic Overview: California has made startling discoveries of oil deposits throughout most of the southwest and south in the states of Baja California, Sonora, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, parts of Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Other discoveries have been of a nuclear fissile material called tetracassium that has been used as a replacement for the uranium and plutonium warheads in the thousands of nuclear weapons in the arsenal of California. Several overseas land acquisitions have been a boost to the Californian economy, stocks are selling at unprecedented record highs. Exports and imports of raw materials, metals, automobiles & electronics, agriculture, foodstuffs, textiles and medicines has seen a rise like never before causing the explosion of the Californian economy as one of the first world powers of the North American continent.
GDP: purchasing power parity - $105,748,000,000,000
GDP - Per Capita: purchasing power parity - $30,635
Population below poverty line: 0%
Unemployment Rate: 4.62% (Only those who are disabled or cannot work, all else are guaranteed a job)
Inflation Rate: 1.17%
Labor Force: 2,385,000,000 (includes unemployed)
Major Industries: One of the leading Industrial Powers in the Western Hemisphere, highly diversified and technologically advanced; Shipbuilding, Aircraft, Electronics & Communications Equipment, Metals, Chemicals, Military Applications & Equipment, Military Arms & Vehicles, Super-Computers, Petroleum Based Exports, Steel, Motor Vehicles, Aerospace, Telecommunications & Information Technology, Food Processing, Consumer Goods, Lumber, Mining & Extractive Industries,
Industrial Production Growth Rate: 1.317% (2500 est.)
Electricity Production By Source:
- Cold Fusion: 61%
- Hydroelectric: 18%
- Nuclear (fission & fusion): 10%
- Wind/Solar: 11%
Electricity Production: 98 trillion kWh
Electricity Consumption: 67 trillion kWh
Electricity Exports: 113 billion kWh
Oil Production: 52.350 million bbl/day (2499 est.)
Oil Consumption: 49.125 million bbl/day (2499 est.)
Oil Exports: 1.13 million bbl/day (2499 est.)
Oil Imports: 925,000 bbl/day (2499 est.)
Oil Reserves: 56.13 billion bbl (1 January 2499)
Natural Gas Production: 1.918 billion cu m (2499 est.)
Natural Gas Consumption: 1.762 billion cu m (2499 est.)
Natural Gas Exports: 30.69 billion cu m (2499 est.)
Natural Gas Imports: 313.78 billion cu m (2499 est.)
Natural Gas Reserves: 12.98 billion cu m (1 January 2499)
Debt: $0 CFS
Economic Aid: 30 billion CFS
Currency: Californian Sovereign (World Financial Currency)
Currency Code: CFS
Exchange Rate per US dollar: 1 Sovereign = $1.63 USD (2499)
Fiscal Year: January 1
Communications
General Assessment: a large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system.
Domestic: a large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and domestic plasma-satellites carries every form of comm-screen traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile comm-screen traffic throughout the country.
International: Country Code: 1; 237 plasma fiber-optic ocean cable systems in use; vast network of several hundred advanced satellites also in use.
Comm-screens (Lines In Use): 3.23 billion (2499 est.)
Comm-screen Broadcast Stations: Over 75,000 (including nearly 15,500 being affiliated with the eight major comm-screen networks - CFNN, CNN, CSN, NBC, MSNBC, TCN, FOX and USA ; in addition, there are about plasma-sat TV systems) (2499)
Internet Country Code: .cf (Californian-specific top level domains include .csf, .kcis, .cali)
Internet Service Provders: ±350,000
Internet Users: ±2,735,000,000
Transportation
Railways:
- Total: 799,624 km
- Standard Gauge: 799,624 km 1.435-m gauge (2499)
Highways: 8,808,657 km
- Paved: 8,187,734 km (including 102,985 km of expressways)
- Unpaved: 620,922 km (2499)
Waterways: 30,756 km
Pipelines: petroleum products 195,696 km; natural gas 438,932 km (2499)
Ports and Harbors: Anchorage, Greater Los Angeles, Hamilton, Honolulu, Houston, Juneau, Nassau, New Orleans, Oakland, Port Angeles, Port-au-Prince, Portland, Prince Rupert, Prudhoe Bay, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, San Mateo, Santo Domingo, Sommerset, South Seattle, St. George's, Tacoma, Vancouver, Victoria.
Merchant Marine: 1,740 ships
Airports: 18,952 (2499 est.)
Airports - With Paved Runways:
- Total: 13,128
- Over 3,047 m: 7,188
- 2,438 to 3,047 m: 2,221
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1,375
- 914 to 1,523 m: 1,383
- under 914 m: 961 (2499 est.)
Airports - With Unpaved Runways:
- Total: 5,824
- Over 3,047 m: 1
- 2,438 to 3,047 m: 7
- 1,524 to 2,437 m: 161
- 914 to 1,523 m: 1,714
- under 914 m: 3,941 (2499 est.)
Heliports: 275 (2499 est.)
Military
Military Branches: Sovereign Federation Army, Air Force, Navy, Coast Guard, Marines, and Strategic Missile Forces.
Military Manpower: Age: 18 Availability (Males/Females 15-49): 594,034,534 Fit for service: 404,646,221
Current Military Manpower: Peace Time: 5,212,500 War Time: 20,850,000
Military Expenditure: 4.893 trillion
Transnational Issues
International Disputes: Disputed claims to the ownership of the seven states (East Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri, and Iowa) between the Californian border and the Mississippi-St. Croix Rivers with the Eternal Noldorin Empire of Menelmacar. So far nothing has been worked out and the dispute has continued since California's independence on November 19, 1999.
Illicit Drugs: Huge amounts of illicit drugs are shipped around the world, thanks to complete lack of drug laws. Mostly marajuana and cocaine from the extreme southern regions.