Graham and Palmer

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The Antartic Confederation of Graham and Palmer is a country on the northernmost tip the Southern Continent, the southernmost landmass in SPPf Realms.

Graham and Palmer
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Flag of Graham and Palmer
Motto: Alea iacta est
(Latin: The die is cast)
Region SPPf Realms
Capital Ciudad en El Hielo
Official Language(s) Spanish and English
Leader Pablo Dyego
Population {{{population}}}
Currency phi 
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Regions

The regions in Graham and Palmer are:

  • The Province of Graham
  • The Province of Palmer
  • The Commonwealth of Adelaide Island
  • The Province of Tierra del Feugo
  • The Independant City of Ciudad en el Hielo
  • The Republic of the Faulkland Islands
  • The Southern Territories
  • Unorganized Territory (Galapogos Islands)

Politics

The supreme ruler of Graham and Palmer is the chansellor, whose full title is "The Chansellor of Graham and Prime Minister of Palmer". The chansellor is given no power internally, but is the ultamate authority as a foreign minister, so to speak. The chansellor is directly elected following the death of the previous chansellor.

The legislature is a unicameral house called the Senatus. Each senater is elected from their respective district in their regional governemnt by the people. The more people that are in the region, the more district and thus more senators it has. The senators only power is to every month decide on whether or not to impeach the chansellor, if half or more say yes, a special recall election is held for another chansellor.

The highest judiciary of is a board of seven on the High Court of Appeals, they must be selected by the chansellor. Before this they are interviewed by the current leader of the court to see impartiality. It deals strictly which civil and criminal cases, though if a majority of members see unconstitutionality in any actions of the chansellor, they may call for an impeachment trial.

The main party of Graham and Palmer is the Facists-Confederalists, whose main base of power are Ciudad en el Hielo, Graham, Palmer, the RFI, and Tierra del Fuego. The main opposition is the Labor Democrats, which holds almost everywhere else except the Adelaide Island. The final main party that doesn't hold much power on a regional or national scale is the Radical Liberals, whose base is Adelaide.

The Constitution of Graham and Palmer garentees freedom of speech, relgion, assembly, and also guarentees "equality regardless of class, race, or gender." It finally promises: "Between such entites that are on one side religion, and on the other of secular government, an inpregnible wall shall be maintained."

Chansellors of each region have supreme say in whatever happens internally, and what effects their region but not the country as a whole. They are appointed for life (unless in the case of impeachment) by the chansellor, though are impeached in the same way the chansellor is.

History

A result of the collapse of the Grand Imperium of Graham Land and Palmer Land during the Grahamain Civil War, the new nation (then Empire of Graham) consisted of only Graham, Tierra del Fuego, and Ciudad en el Hielo, the rest of the country was the Kingdom of Palmer. Following the Adelaide Treaty seven years later, the two were consolidated, and formed the Empire of Graham and Palmer under Emporer Litrón II. The country faded into obscerity, and not much was done in it and no one really took notice of it until a drug lord hid in its mountains.

However, after thirteen years, something snapped. Riots started all over the country, demanding freedom. And, with the help of the army, the people got it. The new constitution gaurenteed political freedoms, and after this political parties formed.

The major ones were the Democratic Socialists, the Communists, and the Greens, followed by the Conservitives and the Capitalists. These almost immediately formed into three factions: The Coalitions of Democratic Socialists and Greens, The Radical Liberal Party, and the Conglomorate of Conservitives and Capitalists. These are now virtually never referred to by these names, but by the shorter Red-Greens's, Rad Libs, and the C-C's.

From the beginning, the economy was down below. The Red-Greens lost much ground in the first round of elections after the revolution. In fact, the chansellor was a Conservitive-Capitalist. A large Liberitarian Christian turnout in the S. Teritories almost completely pushed the Red-Greens from them. And following this, a period of lax business regulations followd. Corporations sprungin what was once the most anti-business nation in the region. They held in office for sixteen years.

The Red-Greens came back, promising to "End radical capitalism and oppression.", though their agenda and that of the Rad Libs were very different. They were in power for another ten years, until the Ciudad en el Hielo Center Square Riot and Bombing, which saw the rise of the Facists-Confederalists, which continue to rule with a large majority in the Senatus, and thus so continue to completely dominate their regions of power.

Origin of Name

The Antartic Confederation of Graham and Palmer gets its name from its two largest regions, the Province of Graham and the Province of Palmer.

Major Cities

  • Ciudad en el Hielo-capital
  • Biscoe City-capital of Graham
  • Port of Agassiz-capital of Palmer
  • New Schwabenland City-capital of S. Territories
  • Shackletontown-capital of Adelaide I.
  • Rio Grande-capital of Tierra del Fuego
  • Stanley-capital of the RFI
  • Amundsenborough-city in northern Graham

Exports

Mostly fish, books, and uranium.

Military

The military of Graham and Palmer is a slowly growing mass that is split into four factions:

  • The People's Army (led by Field Marshal Lon Talon)
  • The People's Air Fleet (Air Marshal Tony Vandenez)
  • The South Seas Armada (Flag Admiral Jorge Martinez)
  • The Red Shock Marines (Commander Alfonso Montoya)

The policy towards the military is Graham and Palmer is simply to grow but not spend too many resources on it.