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The Confederacy of Liberal Men and Women


National Flag

National motto: "Ruguo taiqiu huaile na me guanli jiu bu fuze de"

Official languages

Eternian, English

Leader

President Featherston

Capital

Eternos

Largest city

Grayskull

Government

Corporate-Sponsored Republic

UN Status

Population

~332 million as of 6/7/07

GDP (PPP)
- Total
- Per capita

$26,331,157,557,510.30
$79,310.72

GDP (nominal)
- Total
- Per capita

₢13,298,564,422,985
₢40,055.92

Establishment

Unknown

Constitution ratified

Jan 1, EY 0 (April 4, 2007)

Currency
Value

Credit ₢
= $1.98

History

The Confederacy of Liberal Men and Women is the current embodiment of what used to be the only government in Eternia. Even after all of the break away countries formed, The Confederacy is still the largest.

Economy

There is a strong corporate presence in the Confederacy, dominated by The Cairhienen Corporation and the much newer Jeffersonian Engineering Corporation who fight for dominance in the Confederate markets, and capitalism is allowed to thrive.

Worker Enthusiasm: 91%
Government Efficiency: 98%
Consumer Confidence: 92%
Unemployment: 3.41%

Social Welfare

Social welfare has been abolished to force people to become self dependent; however, there is a ~₢74 billion Healthcare budget for those who cannot afford it.

Education

The Confederacy has long been a supporter of public education, and has always made it a top funding priority. It's funding is ~₢148 billion. Education is compulsory through all of high school, and there is completely free community college for those who desire it; however, it is only free for the first degree.

Literacy is ranked at 100%

Unified Defense Front of the Confederacy of Liberal Men and Women (UDFCLMW)

The Confederacy has recently requested anyone of knowledge in the fields rocketry or ship building to immigrate to the Confederacy and join the military to help in the development of a navy and space program, and most likely a ballistic missile program as well. In addition, they are asking for the assistance of experienced sailors to man the ships the plan to build and purchase due to their fear of the ocean.

The government has an official defense budget of ~₢74 billion.

UDFCLMW Infantry Division

20% of the budget, ~₢14.8 billion
2,000,000 very well trained infantry men and women armed with:
- Doomingsland Defense Industries' DR-87 Advanced Special Applications Carbine (500,000), or CG-A1e assault rifle (The rest)
- CG-P1 pistol sidearm
100,000 very well trained infantry men and women armed with
- CG-M1e SAWs
- CG-P1 pistol sidearm
100,000 very well trained infantry men and women armed with
- Soviet RPG-29s
- CG-P1 pistol sidearm
250,000 CP-40T transports (capacity for ~10 each)

UDFCLMW Armored Division

20% of the budget, ~₢14.8 billion
100,000 CT-L1 light gauss tank
100,000 CH-10 transport choppers

UDFCLMW Special Forces Division

5% of the budget, ~₢3.7 billion
25,000 very well trained snipers armed with
- CG-R1S
- CG-P1 pistol sidearm

UDFCLMW Aerial Division

20% of budget, ~₢14.8 billion

9,912 Fighters

36 squadrons of 12 CF-10B fighters (432 total, 6 wings)
324 squadrons of 12 CF-12B fighters (3,888 total, 54 wings)
48 squadrons of 12 CF-14 fighters (576 total, 8 wings)
18 squadrons of 12 GEM Aerospace F/A 15D Cardinal fighters (216 total, 3 wing)
400 squadrons of 12 CP-40F fighters (4,800 total, >60 wings)

5,760 bombers

2,232 CA-10+ Bombers
- 35,712+ 1,000 pound EMP bombs generated by EPFCG
72 CB-10 Bombers
- 144+ CB-F10000 10,000 lb fuel air glide bombs
- 864+ 2,500 pound EMP bombs generated by EPFCG
- 7200+ 250 pound EMP bombs generated by EPFCG
3,456 CP-40B Bombers

UDFCLMW High-tech Aerospace Weapons Corps (HAWC)

10% of budget, ~₢7.4 billion
Operational division with experimental technology
- incl. Next gen fighters and bombers
- Heavily classified
- Known projects:
  - "Lancer" upgraded CB-10 advanced bomber
  - "Folly" drone fighter project
  - Next Generation Fighter air craft (two major competing designs)
  - Stealth Aircraft Technology
  - Ballistic Missiles
  - (sc)ramjets

UDFCLMW Naval Division

20% of budget, ~₢14.8 billion

Confederacy Carrier Group

CNS Confederacy (CV-01), Ulyanovsk Class Aircraft Carrier
- 3 squadrons of 12 CF-14 fighters (36 total)
- 2 CP-40A AWACS planes
- 2 CP-40W Wild Weasel planes
- 10 CH-10e Transport Choppers for invasion landing
CNS Jefferson (BB-01), Iowa Class Battleship
CNS Remembrance (BB-02), Remembrance Class Battleship
CNS Siege of Eternos (BB-03), Remembrance Class Battleship
CNS Randor (CCG-01), Kirov Class Battlecruisers
- 3 CH-10e Transport Choppers for invasion landing
CNS Keldor (CCG-02), Kirov Class Battlecruisers
- 3 CH-10e Transport Choppers for invasion landing
8x Akula-II Class Submarine (SS-01 - SS-08)
4x Confederacy Class Air Defense Frigate (AAF-01 - AAF-04)

Grayskull Carrier Group

CNS Grayskull(CV-02), Porte-Avions 2 Class Aircraft Carrier
- 3 squadrons of 12 CF-14 fighters (36 total)
- 2 CP-40A AWACS planes
- 10 CH-10 Transport Choppers for invasion landing
CNS Treaty of Tar Valon (BB-04), Remembrance Class Battleship
CNS Battle of Liilte Hong Kong (BB-05), Remembrance Class Battleship
CNS She-Ra (CCG-03), Kirov Class Battlecruisers
- 3 CH-10 Transport Choppers for invasion landing
CNS Lion (CCG-05), Kirov Class Battlecruisers
- 3 CH-10 Transport Choppers for invasion landing
8x Akula-II Class Submarine (SS-09 - SS-16)
4x Confederacy Class Air Defense Frigate (AAF-05 - AAF-08)

Eternos Carrier Group

CNS Eternos (CV-03), Porte-Avions 2 Class Aircraft Carrier
- 3 squadrons of 12 CF-14 fighters (36 total)
- 2 CP-40A AWACS planes
- 10 CH-10 Transport Choppers for invasion landing
CNS (TBA) (BB-06), Remembrance Class Battleship
CNS (TBA) (BB-07), Remembrance Class Battleship
2x CNS Remembrance (BB-02), Remembrance Class Battleship
CNS Cringer (CCG-04)
- 3 CH-10 Transport Choppers for invasion landing
CNS Tiger (CCG-06)
- 3 CH-10 Transport Choppers for invasion landing
8x Akula-II Class Submarine(SS-17 - SS-24)
4x Confederacy Class Air Defense Frigate (AAF-09 - AAF-12)

UDFCLMW Naval Infantry Division

5% of budget, ~cr3.7 billion
25,000 very well trained infantry men and women armed with:
- Doomingsland Defense Industries' DR-87 Advanced Special Applications Carbine, or CG-A1e assault rifle
- CG-P1 pistol sidearm

Space Program

On August 26, Year 10, the Confederacy began a space program in conjunction with a number of corporations. So far, they have begin to launch rockets into the upper atmosphere.

On May 9, Year 12, not even 2 years since the beginning of the program, the Confederacy successfully orbited the first artificial satellite in Eternian history that remained in orbit for an appreciable time. It stayed in a more or less stable orbit for over a month before it began to destabilize, finally burning up a month after that.

By September 28, Year 23, the Confederacy had built a sizable communications network, beaming communications around the country, and the globe, allowing people who had never even heard of Eternia to find out what was happening. This was truly a major step into the international arena.

Politics

A recent decision of the senate has been passed in the senate that has changed the length of the presidential term from 4 years to a life time term, meaning that the current president Jake Featherston may remain in power for a long time.

Political Parties

Parties have only recently formed in the Confederacy. The parties are as follows:

Jefferson Party
- President Featherston is leader
- ~40% of population
- Liberal political philosophy
- Capitalist economic philosophy
- Imperialistic International philosophy
Nationalist Party
- Senator Donaldson is leader
- ~30% of population
- Liberal political philosophy
- Soialist economic philosophy
- Laissez-faire International philosophy
Military Party
- General Howard is leader
- ~20% of population
- Conservative political philosophy
- Capitalist economic philosophy
- Isolationist International philosophy
Red Party
- Senator Martindale is leader
- ~10% of population
- Conservative political philosophy
- Communist economic philosophy
- Isolationist International philosophy

Provinces (as of 6/2/07)

Keldor: 38 electoral votes
Cringer: 38 electoral votes
She-Ra: 38 electoral votes
Randor: 38 electoral votes
Grayskull: 76 electoral votes
Eternos: 80 electoral votes

The Election of EY 4 (4/8/07)

President Marvin Jefferson ran against two other candidates, Senator Williams and the retired police chief Donaldson. The vote break down was as follows(Jefferson/Williams/Donaldson):

Keldor: 15/79/4; 1 vote to Williamson
Cringer: 56/21/22; 1 vote to Jefferson
She-Ra: 1/77/21; 1 vote to Williamson
Randor: 13/68/17; 1 vote to Williamson
Grayskull: 43/5/51; 3 votes to Donaldson
Eternos: 47/23/29; 3 votes to Jefferson

Totals:
- Jefferson:
  - 4 electoral votes
  - ~36% of the votes
  - ~3,550,000 votes
- Williamson:
  - 3 electoral votes
  - ~33% of the votes
  - ~3,290,000 votes
- Donaldson:
  - 3 electoral votes
  - ~30% of the votes
  - ~3,040,000 votes

This is the most hotly contested presidential election in recorded history. Many analysts have concluded that if only Donaldson opponents had run, then there may have been a president-elect Donaldson. The same is not true for Williamson, for it has been concluded that he would not have won Grayskull.

The Election of EY 8 (4/12/07)

President Marvin Jefferson, the incumbent, ran against only one other candidates, former UDFCLMW minister, General Howard. The vote break down was as follows(Jefferson/Howard):

Keldor: 38/59. 2 electoral votes for Howard.
Cringer: 51/47. 3 electoral votes for Jefferson.
She-Ra: 23/76. 2 electoral votes for Howard.
Randor: 34/63. 2 electoral votes for Howard.
Grayskull: 31/67. 4 electoral votes for Howard.
Eternos: 62/35. 5 electoral votes for Jefferson.

Totals:
- Jefferson:
  - 8 electoral votes
  - ~43% of the votes
  - ~7.74 million votes
- Howard:
  - 10 electoral votes
  - ~54% of the votes
  - ~9.72 million votes

This election threw the analysts for a loop. It was expected for Jefferson to win handily; however, the analysts underestimated the effect of the War of Liilte Aggression. It was expected that the president who was capable of signing the treaty to end the war would win, but the border states voted for the military candidate in the hope of the increased defense his policies would provide, and those border states in conjunction witht he military dependant Grayskull sealed Howard the election. Another unexpected occurrence was that Howard announced his intent to appoint Jefferson as his Minister of Education.

The Election of EY 12 (4/16/07)

The third election post-breakup was a non event since General Howard ran unopposed.

The Election of EY 16 (4/20/07)

Retired General Howard, the incumbent, ran against only one other candidates, Senator Martindale. The vote break down was as follows(Howard/Martindale):

Keldor: 64/33, 5 electoral votes votes for Howard
Cringer: 62/35, 5 electoral votes votes for Howard
She-Ra: 23/75, 5 electoral votes for Martindale
Randor: 69/36, 5 electoral votes votes for Howard
Grayskull: 73/25, 10 electoral votes for Howard
Eternos: 38/61, 15 electoral votes for Martindale

Totals:
- Howard:
  - 25 electoral votes
  - ~53% of the votes
  - ~23.9 million votes
- Martindale:
  - 20 electoral votes
  - ~46% of the votes
  - ~20.6 million votes

Howard was able to hold the presidency due to the concern of the border states for the possibility of an attack. This paranoia originates from the War of Liilte Aggression. This in addition to Grayskull, the military province, held for him the majority.

The Election of EY 20 (4/24/07)

Retired General Howard, the incumbent, ran against one other candidates, a man named Jake Featherston. The vote break down was as follows(Howard/Featherston):

Keldor: 15/83, 7 electoral votes for Featherston
Cringer: 18/81, 7 electoral votes for Featherston
She-Ra: 12/84, 7 electoral votes for Featherston
Randor: 10/87, 7 electoral votes for Featherston
Grayskull: 72/26, 20 electoral votes for Howard
Eternos: 5/93, 20 electoral votes for Featherston
Totals:
- Howard:
  - 20 electoral votes
  - ~28.3% of the votes
  - ~19.25 million votes
- Featherston:
  - 48 electoral votes
  - ~69.5% of the votes
  - ~47.25 million votes

The results are due to the platform on the recent assassination of prominent figure, former president Marvin Jefferson. However, Featherston has acknowledged Howard's military expertise and has offered him the position of UDFCLMW minister again.

The Election of EY 24 (4/28/07)

Featherston ran unopposed because no one could beat out his platforming on the death of a hero.

The Election of EY 28 (5/2/07)

This was the first election with the new political parties frmed. Each party ran their leader for president. The breakdown is as follows (Featherston/Donaldson/Howard/Martindale):

Keldor: (83/3/4/7), 13 electoral votes for Featherston
Cringer: (34/4/3/57), 13 electoral votes for Martindale
She-Ra: (89/2/3/5), 13 electoral votes for Featherston
Randor: (76/11/5/6), 13 electoral votes for Featherston
Grayskull: (21/8/63/7), 30 electoral votes for General Howard
Eternos: (24/73/1/1), 35 electoral votes for Donaldson

Totals:
- Featherston:
  - 39 electoral votes
  - ~43.9% of the votes
  - ~51.36 million votes
- Donaldson:
  - 35 electoral votes
  - ~26.1% of the votes
  - ~30.55 million votes
- Howard:
  - 30 electoral votes
  - ~18.1% of the votes
  - ~21.2 million votes
- Marindale:
  - 13 electoral votes
  - ~10.4% of the votes
  - ~12.2 million votes

Featherston continued to lead the country because of his platform of rembrance. This elecion is also a good indication of the strength of each party in the different provinces of Eternia.

The Election of EY 32 (5/6/07)

Each party again ran their leaders for president. The breakdown is as follows (Featherston/Donaldson/Howard/Martindale):

Keldor: (99/0/0/0), 17 electoral votes for Featherston
Cringer: (40/0/0/57), 17 electoral votes for Martindale
She-Ra: (99/0/0/0), 17 electoral votes for Featherston
Randor: (99/0/0/0), 17 electoral votes for Featherston
Grayskull: (12/10/70/7), 35 electoral votes for General Howard
Eternos: (11/85/1/1), 38 electoral votes for Donaldson

Totals:
- Featherston:
  - 51 electoral votes
  - ~46.6% of the votes
  - ~65.67 million votes
- Donaldson:
  - 38 electoral votes
  - ~25.4% of the votes
  - ~35.8 million votes
- Howard:
  - 35 electoral votes
  - ~17.6% of the votes
  - ~24.88 million votes
- Marindale:
  - 17 electoral votes
  - ~8.9% of the votes
  - ~12.52 million votes

Featherston continued to lead the country because of his platform of rembrance.

The Election of EY 36 (5/10/07)

Each party again ran their leaders for president. The breakdown is as follows (Featherston/Donaldson/Howard/Martindale):

Keldor: (99/0/0/0), 20 electoral votes for Featherston
Cringer: (33/0/0/66), 20 electoral votes for Martindale
She-Ra: (99/0/0/0), 20 electoral votes for Featherston
Randor: (99/0/0/0), 20 electoral votes for Featherston
Grayskull: (14/14/70/0), 40 electoral votes for General Howard
Eternos: (13/85/0/0), 45 electoral votes for Donaldson

Totals:
- Featherston:
  - 60 electoral votes
  - ~46.9% of the votes
  - ~77.45 million votes
- Donaldson:
  - 45 electoral votes
  - ~26.6% of the votes
  - ~43.85 million votes
- Howard:
  - 40 electoral votes
  - ~17% of the votes
  - ~28 million votes
- Marindale:
  - 20 electoral votes
  - ~8% of the votes
  - ~13.2 million votes

Featherston's power and influence is only increasing, while the other parties power is waning.

Embassy Row

Embassy Row is a brand new district on the outskirts of Eternos. It is not considered part of Eternos the city, but is within wlking distance of the capitol building. It, along with a few cross streets is to be the centralized location of primary embassies to the Confederacy.

There are expansion plans should it prove necessary.

Detailed Embassy Row information is kept here.

International Relations

The Confederacy has been initiating programs to extend into the international community, in spite of it's societal phobia of the ocean.

The Confederacy maintains embassies in the following countries:

Calizornistan
Altacea
Irixia

In addition, the Confederacy has recently solidified an alliance with Irixia. It contained the following points:

Should one of the involved nations be attacked, the other is compelled to come to its defense, if so requested by the attacked nation.
Should one of the involved nations, in an offensive war, be invaded, and ask for assistance, the other nation is compelled only to assist in repelling the invasion and no more.
Should one of the nations be an aggressor in a war, the other is not required to help in any way, but nor is it discouraged from assisting.
Any and all trade between the two nations, which is encouraged, but not required by this pact, should be conducted with minimal taxing and tariffs and shall obey all laws of the sovereign nations.
This pact neither disallows nor discourages other alliances for the two nations.

Leadership

President: Jake Featherston
Vice-President: Ferdinand Koenig
Minister of State: Roger Kimball
Minister of Welfare: Willy Knight
Minister of Education: Anne Colleton
Minister of the UDFCLMW: General Howard
Minister of Commerce: Anthony Dresser
President of the Senate: Jefferson Pinkard

Senate

Each province gets one senator for each million people it has. The senator breakdown is as follows (Jefferson/Nationalist/Military/Red):

Keldor: (31/7/0/0), 38 seats total
Cringer: (10/0/0/28), 38 seats total
She-Ra: (31/7/0/0), 38 seats total
Randor: (31/7/0/0), 38 seats total
Grayskull: (15/0/61/0), 76 seats total
Eternos: (0/80/0/0), 80 seats total

The breakdown by party in the senate is as follows:

Jefferson Party
- 118 seats (~38%)
Nationalist Party
- 101 seats (~33%)
Military Party
- 61 seats(~20%)
Red Party
- 28 seats (~9%)

The breakdown by philosophies is as follows:

Political philosophy:
- Liberal:
  - 118 from Jefferson party (~38%)
  - 101 from Nationalist Party (~33%)
  - 219 total (~71%)
- Conservative:
  - 61 from Military Party (~20%)
  - 28 from Red Party (~9%)
  - 89 total (~29%)
Economic Philosophy:
- Capitalist:
  - 118 from Jefferson party (~38%)
  - 61 from Military Party (~20%)
  - 179 total (~58%)
- Socialist:
  - 101 from Nationalist Party (~33%)
  - 101 total (~33%)
- Communist:
  - 28 from Red Party (~9%)
  - 28 total (~9%)
International Philosophy:
- Imperialistic:
  - 118 from Jefferson party (~38%)
  - 118 total (~38%)
- Laissez-faire:
  - 101 from Nationalist Party (~33%)
  - 101 total (~33%)
- Isolationist:
  - 61 from Military Party (~20%)
  - 28 from Red Party (~9%)
  - 89 total (~29%)

External links

NS fact sheet

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 *CNS Jefferson (BB-01), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_class_battleship Iowa Class Battleship]
 *CNS Remembrance (BB-02), [[Liberal Men and Women/Rembrance Class|Remembrance Class Battleship]]
+*CNS Siege of Eternos (BB-03), [[Liberal Men and Women/Rembrance Class|Remembrance Class Battleship]]
 *CNS Randor (CCG-01), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirov_class_battlecruiser Kirov Class Battlecruisers]
 **3 [[The Cairhienen Corporation/CH-10|CH-10e]] Transport Choppers for invasion landing
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 **2 [[The Cairhienen Corporation/CP-40|CP-40A]] AWACS planes
 **10 [[The Cairhienen Corporation/CH-10|CH-10]] Transport Choppers for invasion landing
-*2x CNS Remembrance (BB-02), [[Liberal Men and Women/Rembrance Class|Remembrance Class Battleship]]
+*CNS Treaty of Tar Valon (BB-04), [[Liberal Men and Women/Rembrance Class|Remembrance Class Battleship]]
+*CNS Battle of Liilte Hong Kong (BB-05), [[Liberal Men and Women/Rembrance Class|Remembrance Class Battleship]]
 *CNS She-Ra (CCG-03), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirov_class_battlecruiser Kirov Class Battlecruisers]
 **3 [[The Cairhienen Corporation/CH-10|CH-10]] Transport Choppers for invasion landing
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 **2 [[The Cairhienen Corporation/CP-40|CP-40A]] AWACS planes
 **10 [[The Cairhienen Corporation/CH-10|CH-10]] Transport Choppers for invasion landing
+*CNS (TBA) (BB-06), [[Liberal Men and Women/Rembrance Class|Remembrance Class Battleship]]
+*CNS (TBA) (BB-07), [[Liberal Men and Women/Rembrance Class|Remembrance Class Battleship]]
 *2x CNS Remembrance (BB-02), [[Liberal Men and Women/Rembrance Class|Remembrance Class Battleship]]
 *CNS Cringer (CCG-04)
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 *8x [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akula_class_submarine#Akula-II_submarines Akula-II Class Submarine](SS-17 - SS-24)
 *4x [[Liberal Men and Women/Confederacy Class|Confederacy Class Air Defense Frigate]] (AAF-09 - AAF-12)
 ===UDFCLMW Naval Infantry Division===
 *5% of budget, ~cr3.7 billion