Eagmont History

The Federal Republic of
Eagmont History

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National motto: Win all, lose all.
National anthem: Eagmont, the guardian o thee
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Region	The FCSTO
Capital	Oban
Largest City	Oban
Population	18 Million (Oban Metropolitan
Suffrage	Yes
Official Language(s)	English, French, Russian
Government Prime Minister Deputy Prime Minister Minister of Finance & Taxation Speaker Leader of the Opposition Govenor General of Manly	Federal republic The Right Honourable John Key (CPE) The Right Honourable Max Klien (CPE) The Honourable Scott Smith (CPE) His Excellency John Marks (LIB) The Honourable Christian Haig (ELP) His Excellency Lord Nelson Greer
ISO Nation Code	EAGT
Currency	Eagmont Dollar(ED)
Time Zone  • Summer (DST)	GMT +12 GMT +13
Internet TLD	.ea, .com.ea .eaf (for french sites) .ear (for russian sites)
Calling Code	+64
National Symbols  • Sport  • Animal  • Fruit  • Flower	Soccer Kiwi Kiwifruit Rose
UN Status	Handshaker
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History

The Founding of Eagmont

78 men and women from a far off land settled in this Island in 1759, with intentions to set up a colony. The leader of the group, George Watsons, felt it appropriate to name it after a new born that was born just before the landing. So, this island was named Harry Eagmont (Harry was never used), and there was a 5 day party in honour of the founding. George Watsons was elected the first President of Eagmont after a voting period of 5 days.

The Natives meet the Eagmontese

10 days after the arrival, many members of Eagmont started hearing strange chants in a different language coming from the hills. These hills have been out of bounds, effective when the President was re instated.

The natives finally made an apperance in 1760, when the President ordered the men to attack the noises. The natives, who spoke a dialect of Pacitalian, could speak little english but still could communicate well.

The natives were very welcoming, which played a big party in Eagmont's cultural identity. Many Eagmontese (as they are known to be called know) still live in remote villages in the L'Ile de sud (Eagmonts most cultured region).

1760-1912

Throughout these years, Eagmont was a relativly quite nation. Many presidents had past, and the country was thriving with knowledge and culture.

Presidents

1760-1798 Sir George Watsons (Wiggs)
1798-1820 Harry Jones (Wiggs)(Died in office)
1820-1822 Harold Spence (Wiggs)

1822 was the year that the Fixed Term Act came into succession, placing a 4 year limit-term and a maximum of 3 terms served by one person(not party) in succession

1822-1826 Harold Spence (Wiggs)
1826-1830 George Naylor (Conservative Imperialists)
1830-1833 George Naylor (Conservative Imperialists)(Died in Office)
1833-1837 Thomas Stenton (Wiggs)
1837-1841 Thomas Stenton (Wiggs)
1841-1844 Gregory Normanby (The Imperial Labour Party)(Died in office)
1844-1848 Liam Maxwell (The New Conservative Party)
1848-1852 Liam Maxwell (The New Conservative Party)
1852-1856 Liam Maxwell (The New Conservative Party)
1856-1858 Thomas Stenton(Wiggs)(died in Office)
1858-1862 Liam Maxwell (The New Conservative Party)
1862-1866 Liam Maxwell (The New Conservative Party)
1866-1870 Arthur Chairmonger (The New Conservative Party)
1870-1874 Archer Fielding (The Imperial Labour Party)

1874 was the year that the Fixed Term Act Ammendment Bill came into succession, placing a 6 year limit-term and a maximum of 2 terms served by one person(not party) in succession

1874-1880 Archer Fielding (The Imperial Labour Party)
1880-1886 Arthur Chairmonger (The New Conservative Party)
1886-1892 Louis Steel (The Liberal Party of Eagmont)
1892-1898 Louis Steel (The Liberal Party of Eagmont)
1898-1900 Arthur Chairmonger (The New Conservative Party)(Died in Office)
1900-1906 Archer Fielding (The Imperial Labour Party)(died in Office)
1906-1912 Gerald McNaughtan (The Imperial Labour Party)

1912- The Rebel War

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Eagmont in 1911. The Teally-Green is what the Rebels occupied (The Rebels were the governance of the offshore island of Manly)

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Eagmont in 1916.The southern regions of Eagmont are nearly taken over by the Rebels (The Rebels were the governance of the offshore island of Manly)

In 1912, rebels from the offshore Island of Manly attacked the southern State of L'Ile de sud, in an attempt to take back what the rebel natives though were their own. The Defence Premier, Yolan Burgenhastë, did not react until the Rebels were at the port of Interogeè, the main port in the southern region.

The Defence force came within hours of the attack, but the rebels out numbered the defence force numbers (almost 6:1) and with no official backing from the people of Eagmont, the Defence force was left without support from the country.

By 1916, most of the bottom regions were taken over by the rebels. The Labour Government at the time didnt feel that they should interveen with the rebels (it was the natives land, after all).

President Harry Truman (Labour) was publically critisised by the Opposition, and the people. The President, after being barrled with abuse and complaints, resigned and called a by-election. Interestingly, Harry Truman was the man who would fight this election.

The Conservatives won in a landslide victory, after the Labour Party was shunted from office. By 1920 the Conservative Government had taken back the land, and organised that Manly Island be a colony of Eagmont.

1916-2003

In the 1920's, a major revolutionary in the political ground happened. The Presidents job was getting to powering, and the people were looking to change this.

Keeping Federalism was definetly something the people wanted, and the Conservative Government agreed. However, the Liberal Party was gaining support from many middle-class people and white voters. This meant that the Liberals had a clear mandate to do what they wanted, and the people would nearly support everything they did. The 1922 election happened as follows:

The Liberal Party, albeit with a slim majority, governed the 27th Parliament with careful presition. There were many reforms, one of which was the Voting Act 1916, Sufferage Ammendment Bill 1917, Education Bill 1918 to name a few.

In 1920 a public referendum was held on the President/Prime Minister saga, of which, the Prime Minister column had 79% while the President column had 21%. So, on August the 29th 1920, the President called a by-election. The parliament stood as was in 1916, showing signs of strength in the government.

Crucial years between 1920-1982

1922- Education made compulsory for 5-9 year olds
1926- Liberal Government falls to the Labour Government.
1928- The Labour Government creates the Welfare State.
1932- The Labour Government increases their majority in the General Election
1935- The Labour Prime Minister, Peter Rennie, dies. Thomas Pollock takes over
1938- General Election- The Conservative Party wins 61% of the vote
1944- General Election- The Conservative Party wins 56% of the vote.
1950- The Liberal's win the Election, with Labour slipping down to 19% of the vote, with the Unionists gaining 18%.
1962- Labour wins the election
1968- Labour wins a consecutive Governing period, Conservatives lead the opposition with only 1 member differential in the Parliament
'1974- Conservatives win the General Election.
1980- Education made compulsory from 5-18; Conservatives lose the election to the Liberals

The 1982 Referendum

In 1982, The Liberal Government wanted to stray away from FPP voting systems in favour of a fairer, MMP style governance. This was heavily debated in parliament, with only 53% agreeing to a referendum being sent out.

Of the 90% of citizens who voted, the figures stood at

Supplementary Member 5.5%
Single Transferable Vote 17.5%
Mixed Member Proportional 70.3%
Alternative Vote 6.6%

So, the MMP vote was put to the house, with the Conservatives, Nationals, Liberals & the Greens supporting it. Labour voted against it, while the Unionists abstained.

The Referendum also included the choice of becoming a federal republic rather than just a republic.

The majority of people were infavour of this, and at the next election a '''Senate''' of members from different States in Eagmont were elected.

The 1990 Referendum

In 1990, The Labour-Coalition (Labour, Union & Greens) Government had been intimidated into (by the opposition) putting the term length down from 6-4 years. This was heavily debated in parliament, with over 89% agreeing to a referendum being sent out.

Of the 97% of citizens who voted, the figures stood at

4 Years 70.5%
5 Years 17.5%
6 Years 12.00%

The referendum was a success for Conservative Leader, David Cameron. He was noted as saying "Democracy isn't 6 years. Its more like hell under these guys".

The Labour Coalition was heavily doubted in this term (since 1986). The Education Scandal, The Deputy Prime Minister being caught paying for young girls in Manly, and the Prime Ministers husband being openly bisexual made for a lot of controversy. Although many people couldn't have cared less about the bisexual husband, everything else was definetly something Labour didnt need.

The 1992 Election

And when the 1992 election was held, the results were as follows-

As the Conservative Government (under the new MMP system) did not have a clear mandate to hold the House, a Coalition Government was formed between David Camerons' Conservative Party, and Darron Haugs' Nationals. The Nationals, under Darron Haug & Regina Scotts' leadership, became more Liberal Conservative than Nationalist than before, and by doing that gave them a better standing as a minority power. Negociations between the parties took no time, as Darron Haug only asked for him and Regina to have cabinet positions. Darron got the Minister of Finance job, while Regina got the Minister of Trades job.

The 1994 Scandal

The 1994 Scandal between Regina Scott and Liberal Party Leader Gerry Brown sent the Coalition into a large hole. The Labour-lead opposition made a huge deal of the extra-marital affair that these two were involved in. The polls showed a slight decrease in the Conservative Parties majority, but the worst hit were the 2 other Centre-Right to Right parties. The Liberal Party (who fought on the basis of Family & caring for one another) lost alot of middle ground, dropping to about 19% in the months after the scandal broke. The Nationals went down to about 9%, with the ACT party and the Eagmont Capitalist Party gaining 1 % each.

David Cameron could not hold onto the majority he had in parliament, and on June the 9th 1995 he called a bi-election, just 1 years out from when the election was to be called.

The 1995 Bi-election:

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The Liberal Party was officially dumped as the 3rd major party (under the Constitution), and the Unionists took up the official title (with only 10% of the vote)

The 1999 Referendum

1999 was the time of the Federal Election, as well as the latest Referendum. This referendum, proposed by the Liberal Party was to shorten the Governmental period from 4 years to 3 years.

This was included on the ballot paper this time, instead of being indivdualized. The Liberal Party, coming back from their shock loss in 1995, won an outright majority in the house, not needing coalition partners.

Of the 76% of citizens who voted, the figures stood at

3 Years 78.5%
4 Years 21.5%

So, the referendum was put to the house, with the Conservatives, Nationals, Liberals & the Greens supporting it. Labour voted against it, while the Unionists abstained like in the MMP vote.

This was also the first election with an elected senate, as shown below:

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The Senate Elections in 1999, the first year this occured. The Conservatives won a stagerring 94 seats out of 120

This was the first time John Key entered Parliament, as a Senator for Centrale.

The House of Representatives were elected too;

1999-2001 - The Conservative/Liberal Coalition

The Conservative Party claimed victory over the Labour Party, and subsequently went into coalition with the Liberal party under Gerry Brown. The pair formed a successfull Liberal-Conservative pairing, finding Social Conservatism and Economic Liberalism in both parties manifestos.

On May 22, 2001, David Cameron announced that, rather suprisingly, he would be banning all Trade Unions from Eagmont. The Unionist Party and the Labour Party, together with the Greens and some Liberal Party members all staged a vote of no confidence on the Government and the Coalition. The Vote in parliament was as follows: