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Revision as of 03:08, 7 July 2005
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| Flag of Capitollium | |
| Motto: "Aut Pax Aut Bellum" | |
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| Region | Europe |
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| Capital | Wyndhaven |
| Official Language(s) | English, High Gunnish |
| Leader | First Citizen Edward MacIntyre |
| Population | +4.5 billion |
| Currency | Gunnmark (ġ) |
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Contents
General Information
Conventional Long Form: The Free Republic of Capitollium
Conventional Short Form: Capitollium (or Gunnlandia)
Government Type: Republic
Head of State: First Citizen Edward MacIntyre
History
See main article, History of Gunnlandia
Politics
The System
The Free Republic has a constitutional government with limited powers. The Constitution lays these out, but is not the supreme law of the land. The "Basic Declaration of Rights and Freedoms", a list of negative rights penned in the 1700s, has been adopted as an inviolable code of law that supercedes all others.
Citizens' Congress
Most of the power in the Free Republic lies in the Citizens' Congress, a 500 member legislature. Currently, the Libertarian Party dominates the legislature with 417 seats. The rest are divided among a diverse 'Social Opposition'. The Congress appropriates funds, ratifies treaties, declares war, and can override executive vetos with a 3/5 plurality. The members are called "Citizen Congressmen (Ctzn. Cgsm.)" or "Citizen Congresswomen (Ctzn. Cgsw.)".
First Citizen
The Congress elects the First Citizen, its seniormost presiding officer. The First Citizen is the executive of the country and head of state, is the supreme military commander, and can veto acts of Congress. He or she has an Executive Cabinet of twelve other individuals, including ranking military officials, the intelligence cheif, trade officials, secretaries of various ministries (called Secretariats), and the minority party leader (called the Whip).
Constitutional Court
The final branch of government is the Constitutional Court, an independent judiciary elected by the people for life terms that can only rule on matters of Constitutional law.
Government
Undersecretary for Foreign Relations Andria Llewelyn
- First Citizen: Edward MacIntyre (LP)
- Minority Whip: William Hehir (SP)
- Secretary of Citizens' Affairs: Archibald MacLeish (LP)
- Secretary of Justice: Samuel Adams (LP)
- Secretary for Foreign Relations: Kair Heikkala (LP)
- Secretary of Commerce: Robert Block (LP)
- Director of Intelligence: Giles Cromarty (LP)
- Undersecretary of Citizens' Affairs: Michael Lynch (LP)
- Undersecretary of Justice: Thomas MacGregor (LP)
- Undersecretary for Foreign Relations: Andria Llewelyn (LP)
- Undersecretary of Commerce: Nigel Byrd (LP)
- High Commander, CSF: James Starke
- Grand Admiral, NFC: Douglas Fitzpatrick
The Libertarian Party
With 417 of the 500 seats in the Citizens' Congress, the Libertarian Party is indisputably the strongest political power in the nation. Due to its size and prestige, it has a very specific hierarchy. It is usually considered to be the true wielder of the power of the state. The Libertarian Party is also well connected in the Church, Gunnlandian Chamber of Commerce, Council of Thrains, and Armed Forces as well as the State itself. Dissidents claim that they are often unable to procure supplies or capital to mount opposition campaigns due to the Libertarian domination of many aspects of Gunnish society.
Revolutionary Directorate
Robert Wynne
Five men, Robert Wynne (former First Citizen; revolutionary hero), James Starke (High Commander of the Capitollic Security Forces), Jan Persson (Prelate of State for the Gunnish Catholic Church), James Ryder (COO of the Gunnlandian Chamber of Commerce), and James Wyllie (King of Gunnlandia) make up the Revolutionary Directorate. It is elected by a special elections committee selected by the annual party Congress. Robert Wynne is the Chairman.
Revolutionary Guard
Nicknamed "argies (RGs)", these men are handpicked by the Chairman of the Revolutionary Directorate and protect the interests of the party in a paramilitary fashion. They provide security at meetings, rallies, and other official party events.
Defense & Intelligence
Defense
Capitollic Security Forces
Formerly the Armed Forces of the Federation, the Capitollic Security Forces include the Air Corps and the Land Corps, two prestigious branches under the command of the national High Commander. Both the Land Corps and the Air Corps have a proud history of fighting in Daracnia and Vocur in the Great Southern War. Usually, the CSF is the 'second responder', and is mobilized only in the most serious conflicts, while the Naval Forces of Capitollium are the first responders.
Formerly the Naval Forces of the Federation, the Naval Forces of Capitollium consists of the Sea Corps and the Marine Corps, both under the command of the Grand Admiral. Both the Marine Corps and the Sea Corps have a proud history; fighting in Shahlep, the former Sussiel, Russia-Borisgad, Arkhangelskaya, Daracnia, Vocur, Novorossiya, and other flashpoints around the globe.
Intelligence
15AR
The government now confirms the existence of 15AR, its specialist intelligence service. 15AR, however, is not a branch of the government but a private service contracted to the Government. It is unclear what the real name of this organization is, but it is commonly called "15AR" because its Wyndhaven headquarters is 15 Avenue of the Revolution. The only known employees are the Director, who is the legal owner of the company. The company charter gives the First Citizen of the Republic the right to appoint the Director and make executive decisions that override him or her. None of the 15AR's missions have been declassified.
Language
English is spoken primarily in Capitollium, while an archaic form of Greek is spoken in Shahlep. Many citizens are also versed in Latin, which is traditionally used in schools. Norwegian and other Nordic tongues are spoken in the east by small minorities. But the largest 'second-language of Capitollium is High Gunnish.
Hyguniş
High Gunnish is a phoenetic equivalent of English and some linguists classify it as a dialect or alternative alphabet more than a seperate language. But due to centuries of confusion among English-speakers that Gunnishmen, with their thick accents, actually speak modern English, High Gunnish has been classified invariably as a seperate language.
Alphabet
The alphabet is the same as English except for the following consonants:
- Çç = 'ch' : church > çurç
- Şş = 'sh' : shoe > şü
- Ţţ = 'th' : thorn > ţorn
- Ŋŋ = '-ng' : Flying > Flyŋ
And the following vowels:
- Åå = 'ow' : house > hås
- Ăă = 'aw' : saw > să
- Øø = 'oy' : toy > tø
- Ůů = 'ueh' : look > lůk
Long Vowels
Long vowels are always denoted by umlauts or macrons, except ī, which, in the middle of words, is written 'y'.
- faith > fäţ
- bee > bë
- tie > tï
- fire > fyr
- vote > vöt
- root > rüt
Other Rules
- The English hard 'c' is always written with a 'k'.
- The English 'w' is sometimes written 'uu', though this is now outmoded.
Cultural
The Land
Gunnlandian culture is based on a backbone of a conservative class of landowning yeoman farmers. A largely agrarian society, it prizes individual liberty and work ethic. Most Gunnishmen are rural farmers and shepherds, which lends to an independent lifestyle of dignified labor.
Women
Women are often excluded from parts of Gunnlandian society dominated by traditional Gunnishmen, and international groups criticize the fact no women have been electe to the Federal Congress north of the Fennbridge. Only eleven of the five hundred members are women, and most women in the rural states do not vote, though they are enfranchised. Despite this, the EU President from Capitollium, Kathryn MacIntyre, was a woman, as is the Undersecretary for Foreign Relations, Andria Llewelyn.
The Church
Eamon Carroll
The Gunnish Catholic Church, led by Patriarch Eamon Carroll, is in many ways simply a rite of Catholicism. It recognizes the right of the Twentish Cardinal to re-claim the authority of Peter as pope, but until then will not subject itself to the Cardinal's authority. This is still a sensitive issue, though it was largely settled by the last nationwide synod.
Minorities and Citizenship
Liberals also criticize treatment of minorities. Gunnishmen and Sutherlanders have traditionally been at odds, the latter being a sort of subjugated people for most of Gunnlandia's united history. Poor immigrants, often forced to work in menial service jobs (in many cases as domestic servants) are often cited by international groups as being persecuted unfairly. This is largely due to Capitollic citizenship laws, which allow for individuals to opt out of citizenship and therefore taxation. This brings the disadvantage of being protected only by the Basic Declaration of Rights and Human Freedoms, which theoretically allows a person to choose to live in slavery to another. Liberals claim that this is the unfair case with many minorities and foreigners who are not familiar with the laws of the land.
Economic
Gunnlandia has one of the strongest economies in Europe, diversified in agriculture, mining, and manufacturing. Many service based industries exist and the tertiary sector is rising due to the location of the Free Market Stock Exchange in Wyndhaven. Gunnlandia also has the largest shipping fleet and is the home of Gunnar Seaguard, the largest shipping company in Europe. The Federation maintains a series of ports throughout Europe in a free-trade alliance known as the FTA, or Federative Trade Association.
The nation's main trading partners are Kheion, Azores, and Qantrix. Other important economic links include Daracnia, Wazistan, Erlangen-Ansbach, Twente, and Great Brittania. Most of these are connected to the Federation through the FMS-ACE Trade Pact or the Federative Trade Association.
