Anjay

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Anjay
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Flag of Anjay
Motto: "Strength. Unity. Peace. Motto Unoriginality."
None Currently
Region SimCity Nation
Capital St. Joseph
Official Language(s) English
Leader Joseph Stockwell
Population No Census Data At This Time
Currency Akon 
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Anjay is a soverign nation located on Teringo, a small, little-known planet several hundred lightyears from Earth. The planet's only nation, they have recently made the decision to extend diplomatic relations Earthbound.


Brief History

AD 1246: Teringo settled by humans fleeing from civil war on their planet of origin, approximately 200,000 in number. St. Joseph founded. Anjay's original Constitution drawn up.

AD 1247: St. Joseph designated as national capital.

AD 1255: Immigration from other planets begins.

AD 1369: Unknown disagreement causes residents of the island of Conter to seperate from Anjay and form their own soverign nation.

AD 1498: Immigration and communication from other planets ceases. Cause: unknown.

AD 1503: Armed forces from Conter attack and capture the city of Cape Wells. War declared. Anjay attempts and fails to recapture the city. Construction of massive naval armada begins at East Harbour.

AD 1504: Anjanian naval armada attempts to recapture Cape Wells. Battle of Cape Wells begins.

AD 1505: Battle of Cape Wells ends; Anjay is victorious. Remanants of Anjay's navy head toward Conter. Armstice signed between Anjay and Conter.

AD 1786: Offer made by Conter to rejoin Anjanian confederacy.

AD 1789: Anjay and Conter officially reunited.

AD 1996: Discovery of Earth.

AD 1997: Earth Contact Act introduced into Anjanian Parliament. Bill is voted down.

AD 2001: Earth Contact Act reintroduced. Bill passes Parliament, but is vetoed by the Executive Branch at the time.

AD 2005: Joseph Stockwell elected into chancellory. Earth Contact Act introduced for the third time. Bill passes by slim majority, and is approved by Executive Branch.

AD 2006: Contact made with Earth.

Government

Anjay is what you'd probably call a Parliamentary Republic. It is based mainly on the governments of Canada and the UK, only without a monarch. See below:

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The public votes directly on the Chancellor, while the Prime Minister is always the leader of the political party with the most seats in the House of Commons. The Prime Minister then chooses a cabinet to oversee the various departments of civil services (which I am not going to list due to time constraints). Together, the Chancellor, Prime Minister, and Cabinet make up the Executive Branch of governement. The Executive Branch has the power to appoint Senators and Supreme Court judges.

Any bills being proposed must be passed by both the Senate and the House of Commons, and then must be approved by the Executive Branch. Only once in Anjay's history has the Executive Branch has overruled the Parliamentary vote, when they overturned the proposed Earth Contact Act in 2001.

The Juicial Branch of Government is seperate from Parliament. Supreme Court Judges are appointed by the Executive Branch and serve either until death or until they are unable to work. They cannot be fired, except in extrordinary curcumstances.

Information regarding the current session of Anjanian Parliament is pending.

Military Information/Statistics

Since Anjay has not been involved in a major armed conflict since the war of 1503-1505, and had no contact with other nations until recently, the military plays an extremely small role in the country. Only about 50,000 citizens are involved in the Anjanian Armed Forces (AAF), and of those, 45,000 are reserve solders who work at alternative day jobs. Only 5,000 are employed full-time. In spite of this, Anjay's military is still extremely advanced, with top-of-the-line hardware and very innovative military engineers.

Anjay is the owner of one ISBM (Inter-Stellar Balistic Missile), which has the ability to carry a nuclear warhead. It is written in the constitution that the missile will only be used as a last resort, when all other options have been exhausted. The Anjanian Constitution is not taken lightly by anyone.

International Affiliations

Anjay was created primarily for a planned City Journal (CJ) as part of the SimCity 4 community. (that doesn't mean it is not an active NationStates nation as well). Anjay is also currently under ambassadorial representation in the Sim City Journal Union (SCJU), a non-NationStates organization which involves several nations who have CJs at various SimCity 4 fansites, primarily Simtropolis and SimCity Central. Anjay's CJ is currently in the preparation stages.

Links

Anjay on NationStates

Sim City Journal Union Website

SCJU Forums

Wikipedia Article on SimCity 4, including information about City Journals

Simtropolis

SimCity Central