Nabarro Abarca

Nabarro Abarca is a Commonwealth of Peoples member state which originally consisted of the holdings of Habsburg Spain in Vasconia. Its population and much of its culture represent a mix of Spanish and Vasconian Indian influence. However, because of the great distances involved, it was difficult for the Habsburgs to directly rule over the territory. In order to solve this difficulty as well as reduce the perception on the part of many Nabarrans that they were ruled by foreigners, the Holy Roman Emperor managed to install his cousin, the Archduke Agustín as Emperor or Nabarro Abarca over the objections of the King of Spain. Although, as an emperor, the Emperor of Nabarro Abarca was the protocolary superior of some Habsburg kings and princes, he was never intended to be more than a sort of Vasconian junior partner of the Holy Roman Emperor and later the Austrian emperor. Ironically, however, the Nabarran dynasty outlived all the European Habsburg dynasties. As the only independent power in Vasconia, Nabarro Abarca was able to use anti-colonial propoganda to incite most of the other European colonies on the continent to rebel and annex themselves to the empire. However, not all of these new territories remained within the empire. The Nabarran provinces which went on to become the United States of Laneria rebelled again against their new sovereign in the 18th century, forming an independent republic which bisected Nabarran territory.

Nabarro Abarca has incorporated many advanced Vasconian Indian peoples into its population and contains a great many ancient ruins of the more developed, city building peoples. There remains a strong indiginous element in the culture of Hispanic Nabarro Abarca although this is not so strong in Anglophone, Francophone and Danish provinces. Politics are dominated by the Nabarran Socialist Party and the Imperial Action Party. The Imperial Action Party has been in government continuously since 1920.

Currently, Nabarro Abarca is struggling with the challenges of Commonwealth membership, unevent development, racial and cultural problems, large-scale illegal emmigration to Laneria and economic inequality. The Imperial Action Party continues to advocate a conservative plan of action to meet this difficulties through stimulating the economy with tax cuts and business incentives. Carlos Arango formed the current government in 2003 on just such a conservative plan (although it obviously did not account for Commonwealth membership, which remained in the future).

Nabarro Abarca is one of the most populous and influential members of the Commonwealth. Along with Laneria and the Resurgent Dream, it is one of the three members whose consent is required for a vote on war and peace to carry.