Avareelia
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| Motto: "Equal humans with equal rights and duties" | |
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| Region | Politikforum |
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| Capital | Aivenburg |
| Official Language(s) | German, English, (Latin) |
| Leader | Peter Heid, President of the Council of State |
| Population | about 500 million |
| Currency | Avareelian Pound (1 AP = 10 Avareelian Stars) |
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The Democratic Soviet Republic of Avareelia is a socialist republic in the region of Politikforum.
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Geography
While in the east the country borders on the sea, its western frontier crosses the Perniture Mountains with mountains of more than 5,000 metres. The highest mountain in Avareelia, Mount Trenuvis, is 5,431 metres high. From the coast to the Pernitures, the land constantly becomes more and more mountainious and contains several highlands. Avareelia is flown through by two great rivers, both coming from the Pernitures, the Aive and the Urvona. The largest cities in Avareelia are Aivenburg, the capital, Puerm, Aivhaven, Miltenstein and Bornig.
History
The revolution and the way to independence (1928)
The way to an independent Avareelia began in march 1928 in the Kingdom of Aventuricustan, to which Avareelia belonged in that days. While nations all over the world had begun to establish democracy, Garus VIII., king of Aventuricustan, still reigned as totalitarian, absolute monarch. He and his court had a very luxurious way of life, but most of the other people were suffering from poorness and had to work incredibly hard to make ends meet. After the military shot several hundreds of peaceful demonstrators claiming more rights and democracy in the streets of Miltenstein on march the 9th, and the king prohibited people from voluntarily forming groups of more than five persons two days later, the conflict escalated. In Aivenburg, the people burned the government buildings, expelled the officials and occupied the headquarter of the avareelian radio. In this day´s evening, people all over the country didn´t listen to the regular news censored by the court, but heard of the events in Aivenburg and were encouraged to join the revolution and their ideas of direct democracy and the end of all differences between human beings. These socialist ideas became incrasingly popular when the book "The apple-tree society" by Johannes Stichfurt was published. Soon, there were no officials of the king in Avareelia any more and the cruel tyranny was over. King Garus VIII. tried to reconquer the country, but he failed and was finally defeated in the battle of Jorrinten at the end of the year. In a contract set up after the war´s end, he gave up all pretensions to the avareelian territory. December the 22nd, 1928, Avareelia declared its independence and a first constitution came into operation. The leading revolutionaries formed a transitional government with to make elections possible within three months.
The socialist constitution (1929)
These elections took place one year after the carnage of Miltenstein and brought 69 of the 101 seats in the Council of State to the Democratic Socialist Party. With that absolute majority , the socialists were able to construct a constitution after their ideals. The new constituiton the Council of State passed in may was not very different to the pre-elective one, but much more elaborated and complete. It prescribed popular referenda on the most imporant questions of domestic and foreign affaires, guaranteed the human rights and a free, democratic system and made the socialist ideas such as the nationalization of the economy official aims of the state. Georg Wald was to become the first President of the Council of State and therefore the first President of Avareelia.
Avareelia in the 20th and the 21st century (1929-2004)
In the first year of its existence, the Council of State came to important decisions that are still in force today. The flag was desined, the Avareelian Pound became the official currency and a new chronology with Karl Marx´s year of birth (1818) as year 1 was introduced, so that for example the year 2005 is the avareelian year 187. The country developped well but had to suffer from the Great Depression that made trade break down and caused poverty, and from subsequent World War 2. After that miserable fifteen years, many people didn´t really trust in the socialist politics any more so that, in the elections of 1947, the Democratic Socialist Party lost its absolute majority for the first time and got only a few more seats than the Social Democratic Union, although it remained the strongest party. 1949 saw the successful economy restauration program Sunrise and, as a consequence, the end of the DSP´s crisis. However, only in the times from 1955 to 1967, the socialists had again an absolute majority in the Council of State. In 1953, Frank Errichsens plans for a new centre of Aivenburg with large parks and monumental buildings were granted and realised until 1962, eleven years before the space mission Starlight made Anna Steinmader becoming the first Avareelian having set foot onto the moon.
The newest events (2005)
In summer 2005, the socialist federation Paderborner Pakt collapsed while Avareelia, which had joined the United Nations some months before, was trying to become one of its members. As a reaction, the state ,its ally InfoSoc and, later, also Hyperborea-Preussen declared the intention to found a new socialist federation in Politikforum. In september, the Democratic Socialist Party won the electtion that had been hold after the franchise laws were changed to make Avareelia more democratic. A few days after the election, the Council of State decided to start the orbital defense project Shield of Red Stars. In october, the former Democratic Republic of Avareelia changed its name into Democratic Soviet Republic of Avareelia and got a new national flag.
Population
Avareelia is inhabited by about 500 million of people. 87% of them are Avareelians, and further 8% so-called Foreign Avareelians. Foreign Avareelians are foreigners which live in Avareelia for at least three years without having committed a crime. They take part in elections and plebiscites, but can´t be elected themselves. After having been a Foreign Avareelian for another three years, they can apply for avareelian citizenship. Avareelia´s people are usually atheists or agnosticans. Within the 17% who aren´t, Christianity ist the clearly dominant religion.
Politics
Parties
Democratic Socialist Party (DSP):The DSP is Avareelia´s most powerful party. In the topical Council of State, it has 40 of the 101 seats. For a long time, it ruled the state with an absolute majority. It promotes direct democracy and social equality and is currently leaded by Peter Heid.
Social Democratic Union (SDU):The SDU is the second-largest party and a left-wing party, even if not as extremly left as the DSP, and has 20 seats in the Council of State. Often, it supports the socialists after their ideas have become more moderate than they were at the debates´ beginning, but also other parties are sometimes supported. Its main aim is social justice, and the topical chaiwoman is Natalie Augweiss.
Party of Avareelian Christs (PAC):The PAC is one of the nation´s smaller parties which constantly gain seats in the Council of State, 15 of them at the moment. The party wants to achieve a stronger role of Christianity in avareelian society and politics, which is at the moment hardly possible to carry through because it is in absolute contradiction to the strong, unreligious DSP. The PAC´s chairman is Dr. Heinz Bittrel.
Liberal Capitalist Party (LCP): Of those parties who are nearly always elected into the Council of State, the LCP is the clearest opponent of the left-wing majorities. They and their leader, Michael Sterve, stand for more privat enterprises and low-level flat taxes. In the present Council of State, the LCP has 13 seats.
Party for Environment-Concious Ways of Life (PEWL): For a long time, the PEWL was one of the seat 101 parties. But in the 1990s, the outcome of the elections improved abruptly for the party. After the newest elections, they have 12 seats in the Council of State. The PEWL pleads for renewable engergies and more investitions in the protection of the environment. The chairman is Otto Msaka.
Seat 101 parties: National Avareelian Front (nationalist, fascist party that got seat 101 after the latest election), Avareelian Womens´ Federation (feminist party), Anarchist Opposition (anarchist party), Asian Union for Internationalism (party representing the interest of the asian population). A seat 101 party usually doesn´t get 1% of the votes and therefore none of the first 100 seats, but can hope to get seat 101 which goes to the strongest party with a result below 1%.
Political structure
Avareelia is divided into 12 political regions:
- Steeren (light-green), capital: Puerm
- Hobberstein (dull yellow), capital: Umptzow
- Meereland (dark green), capital: Schwillenhorst
- Kirpfenberg (pink), capital: Aivenburg
- Strengel-Aawist (brown), capital: Aivhaven
- Barusen (grey), capital: Ellerstfurt
- Teinsihl (orange), capital: Murler
- Kopsien (lilac), capital: Miltenstein
- Birrinshuph (red), capital: Waldau-Gerbstein
- Urvonaland (green), capital: Pertgart
- Sulaht (black), capital: Wiedegau
- Mohnkichen (yellow), capital: Bornig
