Johnston Island

The Dominion of Johnston Island is a large economically strong country that is ruled by the Communist Party. Its policies are never outlined to the Public and there are many secret institutions thar are upheld to the ultimate secrecy that not even the Premier is allowed to know about. The Nation was once known as The Forrest Elves when it was ruled over by an Elven council and President, but shortly after the President was killed the Elven council was forced out of power and a Democratic Government instated under Asgrimsson.

History

The Federation of the Forrest Elves is a federation of united elf tribes. These tribes fought each other for ages. But since the democratic revolution of High Elf lord Thedran, these tribes united into the Federation of Forrest Elves. He rallied the elves in a struggle against there human dictator. This war against there oppressor lasted for 80 years. After eighty years the war ended and the settled there capitol and named it after there national hero Thedran. He himself died in the war while trying to save some of his soldiers. They were saved but he died trying. Two years ago the country had celebrated its 450 year existence.

The Federation of Forrest Elves fought alongside Munatan in the First Munatan-Madaran conflict. Forrest Elves after the war kept good relations with both Brabant States and Munatan. When conflict started in Moere Forrest Elves, Brabant States, and Munatan joined together and formed the Triangle Alliance.

The Forrest Elves also fought against Dark Eagle in Sun Elves, Shoarma in the Svalvard-Shoarma conflict aswell as several other large conflicts. There was also Several Smaller Conflicts which made Forrest Elves an Imperial power. At its greatest point Forrest Elves Controlled Jan Mayan, Faroe, Malta, and Bearichland (Celtysp). Shortly after the fall of its Imperial powers and the loss of its President the New Parliament quickly changed the name of the nation to reflect the new state and withdrew the country from all alliances Forrest Elves had been a part of.

Geography

The nation is located in the far north western part of Europe. it is an island that is compltely surrounded by water. There are mountains spread all across the country but most including the highest are located in the south eastern portion of the island. Near the middle of the fall the northern waters around the island begin freezing and during the winter all the waters around the island except a small area in the southern part of the country freeze over aswell and ice breaking ships are used to ensure that trade can still continue on a massive level.

Government

The Government is currently dominated by the Communist Party of Johnston Island. The central organization responsible for passing laws inside the Dominion is the Central Committee. It also is responsible for selecting the members who will make up the Politburo and take the seats of Ministry of War, Foriegn Relations, Security, and Commerce. The Politburo then selects who will be the General Secretary of the Party. This man is the head of state, though it is unofficially.

The Premier and President of the Dominion are selected by the Politburo for long time service for the party and loyalty to the party. These positions appear to have the power inside the Dominion though this is far from the truth as they are in actuality just ceremonial positions with the General Secretary being the actual man incharge of the Dominion.

The Supreme Soviet is the only institution capable of removing the General Secretary of the Party from his position. They convene atleast 3 times a year to vote on how well he is doing his job and if there is somebody who could doit better. The Supreme Soviet also has the powers to dismiss those in lesser positions across the state. This is the highest Judicial branch in the State and those who are on here are members for life.

Ministry of War

The Ministry of War is the largest of the ministries in the Dominion. It handles all o the intelligence operations and houses the intelligence Services as a sub-ministry. The ministry of war handles all the armament requirements of the nation making sure that the military is capable of defending the fatherland aswell as the allies of the state.

The ministry employs over 4 million people into its services each with different security levels. Only 25 people in the entire country have access to security clearance X which is the highest security level in the nation. Only 1 man in the Ministry of War has that clearance and his position in the ministry is secured for life by the communist party.

Ministry of Foriegn Relations

This ministry handles all relations with the other nations of Europe. It is the smallest ministry and answers directly to the Premier on how it shall act on the foriegn scene. There is little information on this ministry since its the smallest and is only used on certain occasions.

Ministry of Security

Ministry of Security handles all the internal security of the nation. It carries out counter-espoinage missions in the event foriegn agents do manage to get into the country despite extreme measures taken to keep the states secrets secret. This Ministry monitors all foriegn nationsals from the 5 countries that are allowed to have tourists enter the country and monitors all nationals of the Dominion who leave the country to make sure they are not carrying information vital to the security of the state.

Ministry of Commerce

The Ministry of Commerce monitors all trading that the state carries on aswell as all internal economic actions. It ensures that no illegal trading activity that could hurt the state occurs and makes sure that the economy is running at peak performance. It handles all economic matters inside and outside the dominion.

Economy

The economy is free market and privatly owned in most sectors. This is to ensure that wealth is kept amongst the people instead of going to a few who will become rich and powerfull. Only the major businesses that could whipe out the competition of smaller businesses are government run so as to ensure that the smaller businesses remain open and competitive. Not only does this keep power to the people but inspires competition between government run businesses and private businesses. The Government run businesses help finance government projects on a local level that are for the people and fund schooling. This frees up the budget to be used for other things while still ensuring that the needs of the people are met. This is the first time in European history such an economic plan has been used and it is quite successful and is considered to be far more effective then any other economic system in Europe. It makes competition between businesses to inspire growth, while still ensuring that those Government industries that make billions are used for the bettering of the peoples live by giving the wealth back to people in other forms then cash.

Communications

There are over 3.4 Billion telephones on mainline usage. It is figured that 7 out of every 10 Islanders have atleast 1 cellphone in their family, while 4 out of 10 have more then 1 cellphone in their family.

there are several satellites for telecommunications that are owned by the state or private companies. There are over 130 broadcasting stations.

1/2 of the Country is hooked up to the Internet.

Transportation

The Dominion has an extensive highway system that connects the major cities of the nation together to make travel much easier and internal trading much easier. There is a small rail line network in the nation but it is considered highly inneffective and no effort has been launched lately to impprove its services to make it as effective as it had once been. There are 7 international airports in the nation with 3 of them being located within 30 minutes of Greater Reykjavik. Theres also several airports in the nation for cross the country transport in small aircraft.

People

Ethnicity:  Elven 57%, German/Dutch 29%, Norse 6%, Other 8%
Nationality: Elven (Official), Islander (Unofficial Term)
Religion: Roman Catholic 41%, Athiest 36%, other 23%
Language(s): Elven (Official), German (Official) Both languages are taught in school

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