Pacitalia

The Republic of Pacitalia
La Repubblica di Pacitalia

Flag and Coat of Arms of Pacitalia
Official Languages	Pacitalian, English
Capital and largest city	Timiocato, 24.4 million
Prime Minister	Timothy Ell
Senior Deputy PM	Adrian Copilul-Minune
Area  - Total  - % water	3,898,290 km² 22.8% water
Population  - Total (2005)  - Density	2.95 billion 724.9/km²
Establishment	21 November 1503
Government Type	Bicameral-parliamentary
Nation Type	Constitutional democracy
National Animal	Pacitalian blue fox (Canus azuli)
GDP (2005)   - Total   - GDP/capita	Đ86,981,694,580,315 Đ29,485.32
Currency	1 douro (Đ) = 100 fouta (f)
Time Zone  - in summer	GMT -0500 to GMT -0700 GMT -0400 to GMT -0600
International Abbreviations  - sport  - government	PAC CRP, PAC
Pronunciation (IPA)	/pæ:sIt:æli^/
Naval Craft Classification	RPN
National Anthem	La Terra da Libertà in Eternum
Internet TLD	.pc, .rp
Calling Code	+2

The Republic of Pacitalia or Pacitalia (Pacitalian: la Repubblica di Pacitalia, Spanish: República Pacitaliana, Romanian: Republică Paçitalia, Greek: Δημοκρατία τα Πασιταληά) is a developed democratic country in Central America. It comprises a L-shaped land mass and sixteen large islands in the Pacific Ocean. Pacitalia shares its frontiers with Mexico, the United States, Moepoeia, Anubisyrria and Cherabania. It is a founding member of the Group of Six economic superalliance, and a member state of the Woodstock Pact, Union of World Powers and the Organisation of Maritime Powers alliances, among others.

Pacitalians, as they are known, are generally an economically conservative but socially libertarian people, committing to the cause of capitalism but, at the same time, showing compassion through donations to causes for developing countries and supporting domestic policy that is liberal, like the legalisation of same-sex marriages in 2002. Although not the most libertarian nation in the world, residents and foreigners enjoy high social and economic freedom combined with fantastic scenery, a beautiful language and an insurmountably unique culture.

Generally, Pacitalian foreign policy displays peace before war, in the matter that the Progressive Democrat government attempts to bring the two sides of a dispute to a peaceful compromise instead of war, but that is not to say the Pacitalian government is willing to defend their interests at home and abroad. In late 2004, Pacitalia was involved in the restoration of the Sarzonian president after he was kidnapped in an internal coup. More recently, Pacitalia defeated the larger nation of Hiroshiko after the latter nation, who was the aggressor, threatened war over Pacitalian immigration policy. Hiroshiko was defeated in a matter of days.

As for the Pacitalian government structure, it is a specialised and unique system. Pacitalia uses what is known as the BCDR system, or 'bicameral constitutional democratic republic system'. Like a republic, there are two main leaders in the nation, however, unlike a true republic, there is no president and the prime minister is both the head of state and head of government. The prime minister is, therefore, in effect the president of the country, while the senior deputy prime minister is like the prime minister in a republic. The talk of reform to a true republic has been one of the hottest beats of domestic policy since the late 1990s.

Overall, Pacitalia is a safe, welcoming nation that wows any visitor and embraces any person. Consistently, the nation is rated in the top five overall national destinations by NationStates citizens, and has snagged the top or second spot seven of the last ten years. This entry is meant to increase your knowledge of Pacitalia while explaining some of the unique qualities of the nation.

People and Culture

Race, ethnicity, life and population

The Pacitalian population, overall, just passed 2.3 billion residents according to the last census. Aztecs and Mayans, the original inhabitants of the lands known now as Pacitalia, account for a mere 0.006 percent of the population (about 13.8 million residents), and sadly are classified in the "Other" category during census taking. Residents are predominantly ethnic Pacitalian but the nation maintains a multicultural distribution with sizeable Spanish, Romanian, Greek and Turkish minorities. The remainder is made up of of a wide diversity of other ethnicities like Russian, German, Dutch, Moroccan, Algerian, Scandinavian and Chinese.

Life expectancy in Pacitalia is extremely high and currently stands at an average of about 91 years. Pacitalian health care is privatised but still maintains a high standard of cleanliness, effectiveness and safety. Health care for foreigners is free in emergency situations, otherwise all users have to pay a small fee for services.

Pacitalian culture

Pacitalia is famous for its all-around intelligence and athletic prowess but it is the scientific and artistic realms that have earned Pacitalia its worldwide reputation as a unique cultural experience. Pacitalia remains a nation of philosophers, scientists, musicians, artists, leaders and diverse political beliefs that unite under the banner of freedom and love.

A large percentage of non-Pacitalians seem to think of the many residents of this nation as prim and proper do-good subjects of the Catholic faith and have a highly conservative background. This is only true to some extent. Pacitalians are, in the general sense, a mostly libertarian nation and one accepting of other cultures, races, beliefs and creeds. For the most part, Pacitalians do not try to force their beliefs on others, in addition to that acceptance of others.
For more information on law, see the Justice section in this article.

Despite this, Pacitalia itself displays a large sense of formality, putting a large emphasis on cultural ceremony and popular patriotism. Personal wealth is important in this capitalist society but not necessarily a symbol of status. Personal freedom is highly cherished in Pacitalia and is mostly conventional law but deviancy is despised. People are very direct and on the point, and that may be considered obnoxious, but in a sense it is just the Pacitalian way of accomplishing tasks or greeting people.

Pacitalian culture is based mainly on the Italian way of life: enjoyability, longevity and experience. Music and food play an integral role in Pacitalian life. The musical style of ethnic Pacitalia remains still a mystery in some aspects but experts agree that it is mostly based on a mixture of Italian, Spanish, Greek, Turkish and Romanian folk music. Marsa, a section of Pacitalia's largest city, Timiocato, is heavily populated with gypsies, or Roma, and is famous for its melancholy folk style.

Meanwhile, the food in Pacitalia is widely considered the best the world has to offer. Heavy emphasis is visible on fresh pastas and vegetables, open-fire meats, dairy, oils, hot soups and desserts. However, Pacitalian cuisine is so encompassing that many dishes include other types of meats or meat alternatives (eggs, seafood), and a growing fusion-cuisine movement has grown, with many new Asian-fusion restaurants dotting the nightlife of Pacitalia's cities. As well, the minority groups of Pacitalia have contributed their own homeland cuisines, creating a vibrant culinary experience that no other country seems to offer.

Holidays and customs

The following is a list of the major statutory holidays in Pacitalia.

• 1 January - New Year's Day
• First day of summer - Solare Medo (summer solstice)
• 2 August - Children's Day
• 11 November - Remembrance Day
• 21 November - Pacitalia Day
• 25 December - Christmas Day
• 31 December - New Year's Eve

Suffrage

Universal suffrage (voting, drinking, smoking) is 20 years of age.

Religion

Pacitalian law provides the citizens with high freedom levels, and freedom of religion is not excluded from this. Ninety-eight percent of the population lists themselves as being of a certain faith. Of this, 63 percent claim themselves Catholic, 28 percent claim themselves Orthodox and six percent claim themselves to be Protestant. A further three percent are of the Islamic faith, two percent are Atheist or Agnostic, and the remaining one percent are of other faiths.

Language

Languages are a large part of Pacitalian life because of the cultural diversity the country contains. English is a learned language, not native, but it is an official language as the government does most of its business in it and 98% of the people speak it. Pacitalian is the only native official language, in which 72% of Pacitalians speak it. 24% can speak Greek, 18% can speak Romanian, 12% can speak Spanish and 3% can speak Turkish. A majority of the citizens are trilingual to some extent.

Education

Rudimentary education

Age of students: 3-5 years
This is the first education where young Pacitalians learn basic skills like reading, writing, basic verbal communication and positive interaction. Rudimentary education lasts until the year in which the student reaches the age of five, but enrollment does not have to take place at three years old, meaning some students are only in RE for one year while some are in it for two. This does not tend to ultimately make a difference in a student's communication skills and intelligence.

Primary education

Age of students: 5-13 years
Once RE is completed, students move up to primary school, which consists of Early Childhood Education in the student's first year where they build on their basic communication and interaction and improve their reading skills. This is also their first year in mathematical and problem solving activities. Once ECE is completed, students go through stages (grades) 1-7, improving their mathematical, scientific, social and linguistic skills along with creating a foundation for musical and physical ability.

Secondary education

Age of students: 13-18 years
Students move into SE when they complete PE in the seventh stage. In stages eight through 12, the students are further educated, and critical thinking is introduced. This education period helps to build leadership and co-operation skills along with introducing new forms of enrichment in the form of specialised studies. Students graduate when they have completed their stage 12 year and passed all of their government written examinations for courses that include such a test.

Post-secondary or tertiary education

Age of students: minimum 18 years
To begin a post-secondary education, stage 12 or an international equivalent must have been completed. Pacitalia has numerous high-quality post secondary institutions that have earned Pacitalia the title of being one of the best places for students to learn abroad. Of course, Pacitalia is more centred on its own students than international students, but about 80 million foreign students call this country home during the school year. Students do not have to attend post-secondary but a lack of this education severely limits a person's career choices and their occupational opportunities later in life.

Sports

Pacitalian interest in sport has been high since the nation itself came into existence. Early forms of sport faded away to be replaced by modern sports like football, American football, basketball, baseball, rugby, cricket and golf. The Pacitalian rugby, basketball and football teams consistently compete well amongst the other international squads, which has helped secure Pacitalia's place as one of the sporting greats of the world.

Politics and government

Electoral system

The Constitution of the Republic calls for a 'true, unbreakable democratic system', in which plurality elects both the lower house (the Caza della Legislatorio Parlemento) and the upper house (the Senatoro) in general federal elections two weeks apart, at least once every fifth year. Usually, elections are called every fourth year, but the law extends the legal period of governance to that extra year. The bicameral constitutionalised democratic republic system, or BCDRS, is also used in Moepoeia, and elects, by direct, popular vote, 240 representatives to the Caza della Legislatorio Parlemento, and 120 representatives to the Senatoro.

The Prime Minister is the head of state and head of government. The Senior Deputy Prime Minister is appointed by the Prime Minister and assumes the prime ministership if the incumbent passes away or resigns. The Junior Deputy Prime Minister takes over the position of SDPM in this scenario. This system has received minor criticism and the government is open to reform, but no suitable, cost-effective manner for reforming this system has surfaced since the issue climbed onto the political radar about ten years ago.

In an election, the leader of the party who receives the most constituencies at the end of the electoral count becomes Prime Minister and his party forms the government. The second-highest polling party becomes the official opposition to the government and its leader becomes Leader of the Opposition. Currently, the Federation of Progressive Democrats holds the governing position with 129 of 240 seats in the CLP and 61 of 120 in the Senatoro. The Greens are the opposition with 71 seats in the CLP and 34 in the Senatoro. Timothy Ell is the Prime Minister, Adrian Copilul-Minune is the Senior Deputy Prime Minister and Neros Constantakis is the Leader of the Opposition.

Detailed composition of the government

Caza della Legislatorio Parlemento (of 240)

• Federation of Progressive Democrats (FPD, ProDems); Timothy Ell; 129 seats ~
• Green Party of Pacitalia; Neros Constantakis; 71 seats $
• Social Coalition Party (SC); Fernando Chiovitti; 22 seats
• Communist Party of Pacitalia (CP); Lemvi Megescu; 10 seats
• Partia di Traditionale (PdT); Marco Quirinamo; 8 seats

Il Senatoro (of 120)

• Federation of Progressive Democrats; Timothy Ell; 61 seats ~
• Green Party of Pacitalia; Neros Constantakis; 34 seats $
• Social Coalition Party; Fernando Chiovitti; 17 seats
• Communist Party of Pacitalia; Lemvi Megescu; 5 seats
• Partia di Traditionale; Marco Quirinamo; 3 seats

~ > denotes governing party
$ > denotes opposition party

Political parties

Party	Leader(s)	Description	Percentage of Seats in the CLP	Seats in the CLP and Senatoro
Federation of Progressive Democrats	Timothy Ell	The Federation of Progressive Democrats (FPD/ProDems) describes itself as 'a party based on balanced nationalism'. The FPD is an economically conservative party but also holds socially liberal values. It favours much higher defence spending while lowering taxes and eliminating wasteful social programs, keeping only what is necessary. The FPD is synonymous with Pacitalia as most Pacitalians share its belief of a strong economy combined with a strong social fabric. This party has been governing Pacitalia for the last 17 years, and for 62 of the last 100 years, in its various incarnations (Pacifist, Capitalist and FPD).	53.75%	129, 61
Green Party of Pacitalia	Neros Constantakis	The Green Party of Pacitalia (GP) is now a major political party. Though only one year old, it has defined itself of this, coming from almost no support as a fledgling organisation of pro-environment Pacitalians to being the opposition party in that short space of time. The party is economically centrist and socially extremely libertarian. Some say the Greens may prove a weak opposition because they have nearly similar economic beliefs as the FPD and approve of a large percentage of the FPD's new pro-environment economic laws that have been recently implemented, along with the governing party's determination to lead the world charge in the search for permanent or long-term renewable energy sources. Those same people argue that the most likely scenario of Green opposition to the government will be a push for more libertarian social policy.	29.58%	71, 34
Social Coalition Party	Fernando Chiovitti	The Social Coalition Party (SCP) is the third and last major political party in Pacitalia. The SCP is a socialist party with moderate-left economic beliefs and moderately-libertarian social beliefs. It should represent most of Pacitalia's truly leftist people, mostly students and unionised employees, but in the last election the SCP was criticised for not being socialist enough and that was the main reason for the Greens' rise to opposition status, replacing the SCP who had held it for sixteen years before them. Fernando Chiovitti is not to blame for this drop in popularity, as he inherited the party from Aracio Partiva, the man who had been rather ineffective in maintaining party support for this organisation, the second-oldest in Pacitalia. Chiovitti is actually credited with maintaining three-party politics in Pacitalia by earning 22 seats in the CLP and 17 in the Senatoro, for without his work, the SCP probably would have faded off the map and lost its status as a major federal political party.	9.17%	22, 17
Communist Party of Pacitalia	Lemvi Megescu	The Communist Party of Pacitalia (CPP) is the radical leftist voice in Pacitalia. Its main support base in the slightly poorer northwest part of the country, but the party has never earned more than 5% of the seats in either body of legislative authority. However, their good showing in the past election is credited to leader Lemvi Megescu, who fought with the Cubans and Castro against the Americans at the Bay of Pigs in 1961 and who has solid relations with USSR premier Troskin. That relationship has earned CPP massive amounts of foreign funding from communist governments, and has helped the CPP to a consistently noticeable showing in federal general elections. The recent election which saw ten seats given to the Communists is the party's best-ever result.	4.17%	10, 5
Partia di Traditionale	Marco Quirinamo	The Partia di Traditionale (PdT) is an ultra-conservative, sometimes fascist party which advocates greater religious involvement in the government and a revert to traditional social values, which obviously means the removal of pro-same-sex marriage legislation that was implemented three years ago. The party is broken, as its leader, Marco Quirinamo, inherited the party merely days before the last election when the board of governors fired Roberta Santo Paraggia. It was a factor in the elections, most definitely, as the PdT, which was actually expected to gain from having a male leader instead of a female one, lost seats and support and dropped to fifth, allowing the Communists to jump into fourth, a group they definitely despise. Only hard work from Quirinamo will restore voter support, especially from religious conservatives that support the FPD because of the figurative impotency of this party.	3.33%	8, 3

Justice and law

Pacitalian domestic law is by no means lax, but the high personal freedoms mean that Pacitalian law, in itself, is more liberal than other countries. Pacitalia, until recently, continued to use death by starvation as a form of capital punishment, but due to pressure from international human rights watchdogs, the practice was discontinued. Now, the only remaining form of capital punishment comes from lethal injection.

Below are some punishments for law-breaking:

• Treason or Conspiracy: min. life, max. death by lethal injection
• First-degree murder: min. 20 years, max. death by lethal injection
• Manslaughter: min. 10 years
• Tax Evasion: min. 5 years
• Hit and Run: min. 1 year if the victim dies, the charge is elevated to manslaughter
• Marijuana Trafficking over 100g: min. 3 months
• Break and Enter: min. 10 days
• Petty Theft: min. 5 days

Economy

Pacitalia's economy is among the strongest in the world. The economic strategy is well-planned by the government and the economic productions in the nation are extremely diverse, capitalising heavily on natural resources and technological innovations. Pacitalia is becoming a founding nation of alternative energy sources and is a major source of renewable energy and renewable energy innovations.

Pacitalia operates a market-based economy which has little regulation from the government. However, the government's bureaucratic division responsible for the authority over the economy, the PEC (Pacitalian Economic Commission), places a priority on product safety and quality. All industries in the country have been privatised (ferries, beaches, national parks, garbage, prison networks, transportation). All industries are allowed to operate freely, although the government also strictly enforces environmental, labour, and product safety laws.

Poverty levels are almost none, despite having no welfare system. There is still at least one area in each city where less-fortunate people live, though the numbers of them are less than 100. The country is devoutly capitalist and places no priority on the aid to less-fortunate. This creates a higher work ethic from citizens because they know if, for example, they were laid off from their job, they would not be able to rely on handouts, which would obviously be non-existent. The government offers reasonable pensions, meaning people may have to work into their early seventies (however, with the high life expectancy, this is not much of a problem for older citizens). The government has fully privatised health care and places a priority on education funding. The government encourages local enterprise, and embraces foreign investment in the country. Minors can start work as early as 13 years of age, however, they are not legal adults until 20.

The following are select major economic figures:

• GDP: $102 trillion USD (51 trillion douros)
• GDP per capita: $44,300 USD (D22,150)
• Unemployment rate: 2.4%
• Major sectors: Services - 58%, Industry - 25%, Agriculture - 9%, Innovation - 5%, Other - 3%

The GDP and GDP per capita are actually much higher than what is posted based on specialised economic activity and the EEZ (exclusive economic zone) factor of Pacitalia, which stretches over eight million square kilometres of land and sea. By estimates, Pacitalia's GDP per capita may actually be around $54,600 USD; making the overall gross domestic product around $125.6 trillion USD. Pacitalia contributes around 90% of the GDP of the Central American subcontinent.

Transportation

Pacitalia's transportation network is highly developed, consisting of hundreds of thousands of kilometres of paved highways (among that, 43,300km of autostradamu or superhighways), an enormous magnetic-levitation (maglev) train network, numerous international airports (including four 'global hubs'), municipal subterranean train networks and ferries between the islands and the mainland. Timiocato itself holds almost eight percent of the total transportation infrastructure of the country.

Communication

Pacitalia boasts a highly-developed telephone, media and satellite communications web, along with numerous points of wireless internet access. Public telephones are everywhere, and there are nearly one hundred different television and radio stations at personal access at any time of the day. Many international customers receive Pacitalian television networks, programming, movies or radio stations through Pacitalia's nine civilian satellites.

Internet TLD/suffix

The country used .pc until 2004, when it became nearly full capacity with domains. As a result, .rp was added in October 2004. .pc stands for Pacitalia, while .rp stands for Republic of Pacitalia.

International Relations

Pacitalia remains a member of numerous alliances. The major ones are listed below:

• Organisation of Maritime Powers
• Union of World Powers
• Woodstock Pact
• Collective of Advanced Special Forces
• International Security Alliance Force
• Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
• Group of Six economic superalliance (G6)
• Knootian International Stability Treaty
• Pacitalian-Euroslavian Free Trade Agreement
  
  

Pacitalia maintains cordial relations with many countries. The strongest relations exist with:

• Euroslavia
• Knootoss
• Sarzonia
• Federal Republic of Canada
• Hamptonshire
• Hogsweat
• Moepoeia
• Praetonia
• The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
• Yafor 2

Knooti-Pacitalian relations were thought to have mainly been established over the Knootian company Pink Bunny Cola Incorporated's expansion into Pacitalia, but this is not true. The domestic policy and social belief similarities between the two nations played an enormous role in the establishment of relations with Pacitalia and most of the nations seen above.

Military

The Pacitalian military consists of five major branches: the Pacitalian Armed Forces (PAF), Pacitalian Naval Forces (PNF), Pacitalian Aeronautical Guard (PAG), Pacitalian Emergency Task Force (PETF), and the special operations group Special Attack Force Delta (SAFD). Minimum age for military service is 18 years. Currently, the total number of Pacitalians enlisted either as active or reserve stands at 45,874,000, with 384.7 million Pacitalians ready for military service at any time.

History

< < PRE-1945 HISTORY BEING REDONE > >

• 1965 - First Liberal government in 44 years elected.
• 1985-87 - Conservative government under Giorgio Cassata nearly destroys the country's economy and attempts to form an authoritarian, one-party state. Legislation fails and Cassata has no choice but to resign.
• 1988 - Francesco Santo Ragazzo elected.
• 1996 - Santo Ragazzo dies of a heart attack while asleep.
  • Timothy Ell elected.
• 2000 - Ell and Agus. of Defence Eleftherios Venizelos Jr. named to the International "Dream Cabinet".
• 2003 - Pacitalia celebrates 500th year of existence.
• 2005 - Timiocato selected as the host of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

Other Readable References: List of Pacitalian Prime Ministers

Geography

Location, Frontiers and Area

Pacitalia is located in Central America, south of the United States, southeast of Mexico, south and southwest of Cherabania and Moepoeia and north of Anubisyrria. The total land area of Pacitalia is 3,898,290 sq km, with 3,008,815 sq km consisting of land and the remaining partition, 889,475 sq km consisting of water. In comparison to a real-life country, Pacitalia is about 400,000 sq km larger than RL India. Pacitalia shares borders with the United States (1221km), Anubisyrria (1016km), Mexico (517km), Moepoeia (301km), and has a total coastline of 11,920km.

Climate and Terrain

Pacitalia's climate is a tropical wet and dry, meaning the country experiences hot summers, and warm winters, with a moderate, seasonally imbalanced amount of precipitation. The terrain is sloped, heavily vegetated within 100 km of the Pacific Coast between Puerta Vallarta and Timiocato; steppes and mountains north to south in the centre, dry, rocky deserts in the north and northeast; heavily vegetated within 100 km of the Gulf of Pacitalia / Bay of Amita and Caribbean coast. About 12% of Pacitalia's land is arable.

Climographs

Timiocato, Pacitalia	July High: 39.2°C July Low: 21.0°C January High: 28.5°C January Low: 12.1°C Precipitation: 930mm	Il Monterio, Pacitalia	July High: 42.5°C July Low: 24.0°C January High: 21.6°C January Low: 8.1°C Precipitation: 428mm
Sobrefema, Pacitalia	July High: 35.5°C July Low: 18.1°C January High: 22.9°C January Low: 10.1°C Precipitation: 1395mm	Murago, Pacitalia	July High: 33.8°C July Low: 22.8°C January High: 25.6°C January Low: 14.7°C Precipitation: 812mm

The Environment

Current issues

Current environmental issues for Pacitalia include minor deforestation caused by uranium mining, coal-burning utilities and vehicle emissions impacting on agricultural and forest productivity, and ocean waters receiving slight contamination from agricultural activities. Pacitalia also is considered one of the nations that, by 2050, may be "water-stressed", or have a lack of present, fresh, potable water supply. To correct this, the three levels of government, in cooperation with environmental agencies and corporate contractors, are implementing 62 desalinisation and water treatment plants along the coasts to pump in salt water and convert it to fresh water. Both the salt product and water product will be treated, and the salt will be used for commercial use. The fresh water product will become part of the national water supply.

There are numerous natural hazards which Pacitalia has faced and may face again in the future including brush fires in the interior, hurricanes (Carib.), typhoons (Pac.), heavy winds, thunderstorms in the southern belt, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, volcanic ashflows and liquefaction. Many of these natural disasters can have their damage effects minimised; the government and people are working hard to implement strategies in this regard.

International agreements

Pacitalia is a party to the following international environmental protection agreements: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Eutrophication Prevention, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94 and Wetlands. None of them have been signed without ratification.