Rehochipe

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Rehochipe
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Flag of Rehochipe
Motto: Gens et ma Gauche
Region Anticapitalist Alliance
Capital Gabran
Official Language(s) Celdonian, Chipean, Rehoi, Ayahalpa, Edile
Leader Jeanne-Therese Palmaqut
Population 63 million (cap)
Currency water rand 
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Geography

Rehochipe is a large, landlocked nation on the continent of Alçaera. It is bounded to the north by the Surag Desert and to the west by the Atelskrust Mountains. Its climate is principally arid subtropical, although there is higher rainfall in the various mountainous areas (notably the Edile Hills). Two major rivers, the Krata and the Veer, pass through the nation to drain into the vast Ibwe Pan at the edges of the Surag.

Peoples

The original inhabitants of Rehochipe were the hunter-gatherer Ayahalpa. Nomadic traders, the Rehoi in the Atelskrust margin and the Chipeans in the south and east, populated much of the area but did not begin to settle until the colonisation of the land by Celdonia. More recently, immigration from Aperin, (notably from Xikuang) and refugee movements from West Hackney and Arcnow has produced significant minority populations. Rehochipe has an open-borders policy towards its allies, which has greatly encouraged these movements.

History

Rehochipe began its formal existence as the Protectorate of Wafootooland, a land-grab by Celdonia, but in the aftermath of Celdonia's communist revolution it was swiftly granted independence as the Veer Republic. Originally conceived as a power-sharing exercise between the three major ethnic groups, by the early 50s intermarriage was rendering these distinctions increasingly moot and the Community of Rehochipe was declared.

Political Structure

Rehochipe is a vigorous democracy, with a strong focus on consensus and discussion; party politics is not a strong feature (there is only one organised party, and it has never gained very much influence). The five Ministry Heads and the Head of State, along with other senior positions, are directly elected by the populace; local government elects representatives to vote in the quinquates, and determines local policy by a combination of referenda and elected officials.

Government is broadly divided into five interrelated Ministries on inequal size: Being Nice (welfare, crime, environment), Trade and Industry (including infrastructure), Defensive Incapacitation, Aikido and Productive Dialogue, (defence) Personal Development (education and religion) and Wu-Wei (civil liberties, legality and the arts). The Head of State holds less official power than any of these ministerial heads.

Economy

Rehochipe is a non-capitalist economy, operating a homebrewed system nicknamed 'tranquil economics', which gives relatively strong independence to individual communes but makes all ultimately members of the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Rehochipe never underwent a period of heavy industrialisation, and its land makes it unsuitable for heavy agriculture without dire environmental consequences; it relies largely on small, specialised industries, tourism and culture, although a few cash crops and some iron mining supplement this.

International Relations

Rehochipe was a member of CACE when in the UN, and retains strong links to the organisation. It is a signatory of IFTA.

Among Rehochipe's closest allies are its neighbours East Hackney and Ecopoeia.