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Summary

Arcadian Republics

Flag of Arcadian Republics
Motto: Give us your tequila. And all your salt
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Region	NATION STATES
Capital	Phyrgi
Official Language(s)	Bactrian, Bessarabian, Carpathian, Catalonian, Crimean, Icarian, Ionian, Phyrgian, Thracian, Wallachian
Leader	Prime Minister Tsekub Baloyán, A.A.C.
Population	480 million
Currency	Shekel
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The Commonwealth of Arcardian Republics is a small, environmentally stunning nation in the southeast Pacific. An economically powerful nation, the Commonwealth is notable for its complete absence of social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working population enjoys some of the most opulent lifestyles in the region, unless they are unemployed or working-class, in which case they are variously starving to death or crippled by easily preventable diseases.

There is no government in the normal sense of the word; however, a small group of community-minded, pro-business individuals is mainly concerned with Education, although Commerce and Religion & Spirituality are on the agenda. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Information Technology, Beef-Based Agriculture, and Pizza Delivery industries.

The military frequently holds bake sales to raise funds, anti-government web sites are springing up, women earn less than half the salary of men if they can even find a job, and ethnic minorities are often refused admission to some of the nation's best schools. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a major problem, and the police force struggles against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Arcadian Republics's national animal is the spawn of Max Barry, which teeters on the brink of extinction due to widespread deforestation, and its currency is the shekel.

Arcadian Republics is ranked 2nd in the region and 6,624th in the world for Largest Cheese Export Sector.

History

Advanced indigenous cultures of Polynesian descent flourished on the island of Populonia for several centuries before being conquered by the Australasian armies of Rubanovia, circa 100 A.D. The twelve original tribes of the island--the Wallachians, the Catalonians, the Carpathians, the Crimeans, the Thracians, the Icarians, the Ionians, the Phyrgians, the Bactrians, the Sanoc, the Lucrians, and the Dorians--were vassalized for over a millennia, until 1156, when the Rebellion of the Golden Army effectively ejected the Rubanovians from the more densely populated north and confined them to the southeast. The united Populonians promptly erected the Southern Wall to prevent any future invasion.

Eight independent city-states were established in the ensuing clashes among Populonians, with the city-state of Phyrgi rising as the most economically and politically powerful on the island. In 1707, Phyrgi led a grand army against the remaining Rubanovian enclave on the island, and by 1710 a weakened Rubanovia had ceased to wield any influence over Populonia. Phyrgi had promised the conquered southern lands a semi-autonomous state; however, once conquered, it vassalized the conquered lands and enslaved the remaining Rubanovians.

Phyrgi's escalating greed for land and the increasingly cruel and inhuman rule of Phyrgi's kings led to mounting unrest and clashes between the public and authorities. The massive rebellions of 1753 were bloodily crushed; the Revolution of 1781 finally deposed of Phyrgi's last true monarch.

The period between 1781 and 1790 was of constant warfare and mistrust among Phyrgians and all Populonians, as the revolt in Phyrgi caused massive uprisings in every other city-state. In 1790, the United Republics of Populonia, with six of the eight original city-states participating, was established and its first president, Ram Wei Solihaii, elected for the first of two six-year terms.

The Commonwealth of Arcadian Republics was first brought into existence in 1873, when the president of the URP, Rurgos In Butri, proposed the Commonwealth to the Parliament and to the remaining two city-states, Sanoc and Lucria. The Commonwealth was ratified on January 1st, 1891, and Phyrgi's president Hu Song Galaiihe was elected its first Prime Minister.

On December 4th, 1941, in the midst of World War II, Populonia was invaded by Japan. The whole island was taken over in a single day, and the Commonwealth officially surrendered on December 6th, 1941. The entry of the United States into the war the next day encouraged the Arcadian Resistance to form. The island was officially liberated on June 7th, 1942, with the sudden Japanese retreat after their defeat at Midway.