Rolatia

Rolatia

Flag of Rolatia
Motto: Intelligence is the highest asset
Region	Albion
Capital	Redmefo
Official Language(s)	English(84%), Dutch(34%), Japanese(11%), Spanish (5%)
Leader	Dr Joseph Edwards
Population	900 million+
Currency	Generi
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CURRENT DATE: 12th December 2039

Rolatia 16:38, 2 October 2005 (GMT)

Rolatia is a large country in Earth VII, with a total of three locations (Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg in Europe, Sierra Leone and Liberia in Africa and El Salvador in Central America). It is renowned for its first class political freedoms and civil rights. Despite having a third-world economy, it is a paradise for those who are oppressed in their own countries. It is expanding often as the country experiences rapid population growth, with 928 million people and still growing

It has a mainly English-speaking population. However, Japanese is regarded as a semi-official language as it is spoken by many academics in the country. It is not the main language but as Japan is one of the premier technological powers, it is used by enough people to regard it as an offical language (albeit a secondary one in most cases). There are also a large amount who can speak Dutch (due to the old colony being based in Holland) and a fair amount of Spanish speakers due to the location in Europe and the reent takeover of El Salvador plus various other minor languages

History

Roleplay

Rolatia was originally a colony of England formed from Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg in 2008. The governing powers were extremely pro-rights and pro-freedoms, which is why Rolatians were allowed to vote for people on local officials. However, there was still a strong drive for total freedom for many years. The English government refused for nearly 25 years, before finally breaking down in 2039 and releasing the country

Government Goals

The government is built around the premise of civil and political rights for all, and the education and welfare of its many citizens. Its economy has fallen by the wayside but it still stands strong as a shining beacion of hope. It has been forced to adopt the controversial strategy of trade concessions for humanitarian aid recently, but it declares this is not an attack on freedom of refugees but a necessary step to boost the economic prowess of this huge nation, as right now it cannot quite afford some of its technological aims to make Rolatia the most advanced nation on Earth - the great dream of Dr Edwards, a keen technologist and an expert in the field of computers. They have driven the basic cost of living down extremely low making life better in total

Technology

The Rolatian army is not particularly large, at a size of 0.02% of the population currently, and is not particularly advanced technology (around the turn of the millenium) - though it has battlsuits of the era of the second decade of the millenium and mass-produced transport planes from Czardas However, their technological status is currently post modern (see Tech Level in many scientific fields, and despite having no special military technology, they have highly advance computing systems. Their systems are around the best in the era. They are also extremely cheap, with systems that would be almost supercomputers in 2005 (5GHZ, 1TB hardrive, 4GB RAM) selling for as little as 300 generis (that's around $10) due to their technology becoming almost obsolete. This is good, despite the GDP being only $85 a person (they are recovering from an economic implosion). They also have achieved tiny food costs thanks to superb advances. It has cost the nation finacially in total but it had made sure their necessities are met for so much cheaper.

Politics

Political System

The Rolatian system is one where political views are allowed to be expressed freely. As thus, there are many candidates for each MM position, with 5 recognised political parties

• TOTAL REPRESENTATION: 35

The representation shows how many Members of the House each county has (it depends on the amount of sub-counties). Each year an election is help and the winners are elected to the House of Democracy. The Prime Minister is elected depending on which party gets the most seats.

The government has a simple administrative system. At the top is the Prime Minister, who oversees everything. Next is his Cabinet (the system is similiar to England) who are appointed to certain categories. This is then passed down to the leaders of each county, then to the sub-county leaders. The importances of MHs (Members of the House) is on new laws. They vote on new laws and therefore decide on the general governing direction.

Political Parties

Year-by-Year History

2039

On the 15th of September, the first Rolatian elections were held to signify the new independence of Rolatia, a 900-million strong yet tiny colony in Europe, encompassing Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg. The winner of the first election in the 35-strong House of Reprensentaties were the Liberal Democratic Socalists, winning 20 out of 35 seats. In second came the Centrist Party with 12 seats and third the Liberal Capitalists with 3 seats. The non-elected parties were the Conservatives and the Green Party. Quick legislation within a hour of the election results saw Dr J Edwards become the leader of the LDS and Prime Minister, and a new election was scheduled for November 9th 2040.

6 hours later, Dr J Edwards received greetings from The Libertarian Concordance of Czardas. Diplomatic relations were opened with a diplomat being flown in to Czardas, and a verbal agreement was made not to intrude on each of the other's land. The next move involved Sierra Leone. A total of 3600 medium infantry and 10 fighter jets were used in the conflict, with 700 men dieing, but after 9 days the territory was captured.

After the conflict, an appeal was made to the international community to help transport troops. Czardas offered 300 aircraft as a loan with a possibility to buy, which Rolatia accepted eagerly and bought 2 weeks later. In that period however, troops were sent to Sierra Leone and El Salvador. War was declared on the latter country, and a tense fortnight of fighting followed. The end result was out of 22550 Medium Infantry, 7500 Heavy Infantry, 2800 Medium Infantry - R, 1500 Medium Infantry - M, 200 Medium Infantry - TC&M, 950 Armoured Jeeps and 50 Light Tanks deployed, 7050 Medium Infantry, 750 Heavy Infantry, 20 Armoured Jeeps, 5 Light Tanks wre destroyed but the territory was captured. In the next few days, the Rolatian government passed a bill to privatise prisons and were elated with the results - the economy picked up so muich the budgets increased 10-fold

On the 7th of October, a law was passed saying that El Salvador and Sierra Leone would receive 11 and 15 seats in the house respectively, along with an increase for Holland from 17 to 21, Belgium from 14 to 19 and Luxembourg from 4 to 5. This was passed quite narrowly 21-14, due to fears that the new Members (especially in the recently taken territories abroad) could be disruptive. The total increase in the new House next year was from 35 to 71, just over double the amount with an increase of 36 members. About a week later, a military order was put in that would make the air force much more powerful. Equipment for 12750 more heavy infantry and 25000 more medium infantry were made for the men, 250 Heavy Tanks, 250 Rocket Launchers and 1000 Artillery Guns helped the offensive especially in highly destructive large weapons. However, the air force acquired 2 Stealth Bombers, 25 Tactical Fighters and 100 Helicopters at an expense of around $10B (the others combined cost $3B

A few days after the purchase was ordered, the Rolatian military declared war on Liberia in an attempt to take the country and fix its ailing infrastructure. The war lasted four days, and left about 2500 men dead and 40 SOVs destroyed. A law was quickly passed through the House of Democracy that Liberia would receive 9 seats in the house next election, bringing the total house size in the the next election up to 80.

The economy suffered when it imploded again around the New Year. This was a huge blow to the country, but Dr Edwards made a short speech in response. "Citizens of Rolatia," he stated "We are suffering from another economic crisis, like that seen a few months ago. I have found out that ignoring the issues is never for the best, as when I have ignored pressing issues...we have suffered greatly. I will pick up the country back out of its rut, and we will prosper again!" The final sentence was meet to great cheering and applause

Military

The military page can be found here