Saint Jacques
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| Motto: "Suum cuique tribuere" | |
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| Region | StormKingdom |
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| Capital | Santa María de Compostela |
| Official Language(s) | Spanish |
| Leader | Nicolás SantJordi (PSDSJ) |
| Population | More than 900 million |
| Currency | Campustelle |
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Saint Jacques, officially, The Most Serene Republic of Saint Jacques is a country in south of StormKingdom region, occupying the valley of Istur. The mountains of Decia forms their border with Sturms and Liechtensburg in the North, the Roban line the border with Former Lands in the east, the Friluia river the border with The Blindmen in the west, and the Santiago sea in the South.
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History
The first settlements in Saint Jacques are born about 10000 years ago. The archaeological evidence points that that settlements belonged to migrants, that formed many Kingdoms in the territory. They were dominated by the Ancient Former Lands Empire, after the Vegas of Istur Battle, about 567 BC. In that battle, the Ancient Former Lands Empire destroyed the coaligated army of all Kingdoms in region.
As an Ancient Former Lands Empire territory, its name was Carpatia, and remained as the loyalest province in empire, even in the crise of the Ancient Former Lands Empire. Carpatia was the center of the resistence of the governant dinasty, until the Battle of Villiars, in 1265 AD. In the Battle of Villiars the resistance was definitely broke, and the Grident house started to reign in the Former Lands Empire. But the domination of the Grident house was very short; in 1308 AD the ships of the new colonisers disembarked in the port of Catas. They were catholics that flew away from the war against the cathars. In the violent disembarcation, the leader screamed the protection from Saint James in french, and won the battle. In their honour, the new land was named as the Saint; the name of the country remained in their antique language, and not evolved.
The port of Catas became the entrance for new disembarcations, and was renamed as San Jorge. With new forces, the catholics taked the duty of conquer that country. With many success, the conquerors taked the city of Naulia, the biggest in Carpatia. The city remained as the capital, but was renamed as Santa María de Compostela. The Former Lands Empire, in a great crisis, decided to negotiate, and in the Roban peace treaty, in 1315, the Former Lands Empire recognized the Most Serene Republic of Saint Jacques. The medieval Most Serene Republic of Saint Jacques was composed of a Council of State, charged of foreign relationships and head of the State, and a Cabinet, charged of government, whose members were from the Parliament. This institutions were created after the peace treaty, in 1316, by the Fuero de Campustela, whose paragraphs had also a bill of rights, including the habeas corpus.
The religion wars led to some political conflicts, and the Continental War of Religion surprised the Council trying to pacificate the country. Saint Jacques fighted with the catholics, but reamined neutral to the protestant Former Lands, due to the Roban trety, signed in the Middle Ages, permitting the escape of the protestants of the country to Former Lands. Saint Jacques remained under the influence of the Catholic League, Liechtensburg, but after the defeat in the battle of Mountain Faltre, the Council of Saint Jacques started the conversations of peace that led to the Harsson Peace treaty, in 1612.
After many conflicts between the Council and the Cabinet for the control of the government, the Council imposed its decisions to the Cabinet, with the Inner Government Law, in 1664, starting a despotic government. The despotic government brought some estability to the country, and many progress. The most significant thing in this period is the neutral policy of the government, that made a large and succesful peace in the region. In 1809, an economical crisis followed the drop on the agricultural products prices, and led to a social agitation. The social agitation led to a revolution, leaded by the General Sandro Carranza and the Commander Genaro Santabárbara, who took the control of Santa María the Compostela in june 1809. The victorious general Carranza called to elections for a constitutional assembly. In 1810, a referenda ratified the Constitution, that created a parlamentary republic, and conserved the name of the country as Most Serene Republic. General Carranza ordered also the codification of the law, with a french-based Civil Code in 1810, by Dámaso Pérez, a Commercial Code, by Juan Agustín San Esteban, in 1811 and the laws of Criminal Procedure and Civil Procedure, both in 1811. The XIXth century saw the industrialization of the country, followed by social agitation that claimed better conditions of work. The government of Prime Minister Julio San Román, from the SocialChristians, passed some social legislation in 1897, as a measure to fight the growth of SocialDemocrats and Communists, and following the Rerum Novarum Encyclic.
Saint Jacques remained neutral in World War I. The global crisis of 1929 led to political inestability, and "a failure of parlamentary system", as the recently created Popular Front said, in 1934. Many corruption scandales were konwn, and the Popular Front took the power in the general election of 1936, with the promise of a Constitutional Assembly. So, the Popular Front called to a general elections for a constitutional assembly, trying to make a new Constitution, but the work of the constitutional assembly only suggested many changes to the Political Code, calling that "a counterpoise to the power of the Parliament". In the Constitutional Reform of 1935, the Semiparliamentary republic took form, as more powers to the chief of State, the President of the Republic, and the creation of the Constitutional Court of Saint Jacques. In the Second World War, Saint Jacques remained neutral, and after that, had many socialist governments, inspired in keynesian policies in economy, that created a social network of protection, with the slogan "Growth with equality".
Nonetheless, the high average taxes, an economical crisis and the overregluation of economic matters brought the big win of the Social Christians in 2002, leaded by Bayardo San Juan. Bayardo San Juan and his minister of Finances, Roberto Santamaría, introduced various reforms: a Economical Law reform, to put in the market laws many of the legal regulations of the economy, a tax reform, lowering the taxes, and other substantial reforms. The legal reforms permited an increase of the real income, and the boost of the economy. The government had a big popularity, but in long term, the market reacted with stagflation, generating a political crisis.
In 2024, in the middle of the political crisis, the Wings of Salvation, a military corps of the Traditional Party and the Purple Cross Order, two right-wing radical organizations, made many terrorist bombings in selected business centers in Santa María de Compostela, San Jorge and other big cities, leaving more than 2,900 people dead. After the bombing, the Traditional Party, leaded by Tancredo Flórez, blamed many left-wing organizations for that, as the Communist Party and the Green Party that tried to "create the anarchy to rule the country with a military stroke" offering many false proofs. The same year, and after other terrorist events, the Traditional Party won both elections, presidential and parliamentary. A constitutional reform deleted the Constitutional Court, in order to restablish the medieval institutions, the Council and the Cabinet, and a system of election that assured the majority of the Traditionalists and the Purple Cross. This period is remembered as a dark era, marked by the forced dissapearance of the political enemies of the Traditionalist and the Purple Cross (made by the Wings of Salvation), the exile of many people in Former Lands or The Blindmen, and the moralistic sign of the legislation.
After the government of Tancredo Flórez (2026-2041), as leader of the Council, the Purple Cross leader Mariano San Ignacio made a turn, trying to gain legitimity of the government. But he have been sacked by an internal stroke made by Lisandro Santa Clara, in 2047, from the Traditionalist Party, supported by many Purple Cross Members. Santa Clara continued with the policies of Flórez, until his murder by Heberto San Genaro in a political act, in 2060.
The government of Juan de Dios San Virgilio, the Purple Cross Leader, started with the revenge against the Traditionalist Party because of their attitude in the Mariano San Ignacio government. After that, San Virgilio signed a law of general amnesty of the Human Rights violations, and permited the return of the people in exile, in 2067. In 2068, San Virgilio called to general elections, being of the candidates, and losing with 12% of the preferences.
The new chief of the Council was Ricardo Sant'Anna, from the Social Christians. He leaded a constitutional reform, validated by a plebiscite, in 2069. The constituional reform brought again the old institutions of the Semi-parliamentary government of the XXth century, and re-opened the Constitutional Court. Sant'Anna remained as President for two periods, suffering, in the end of his second period, the cohabitation with the Social Democrat Party, leaded by the Prime Minister Héctor Farga, elected in 2079. The government of Sant'Anna is remembered as a timid government, because of their moderate policies, but also as a great government for its aid to the reconciliation of the country, even, the Purple Cross was dissolved by his own members as a sign of reconciliation; the young members founded the Democratic Action Party, with the compromise to never break again the institutional order of the country.
Héctor Farga was elected as president in 2081, with a great majority. His government had been blocked by the Consitutional Court in the social policies, the Court trying to keep the market free from overregulation, even though Farga and the Social Democrats controlled the Parliament with the biggest majority in the history of Saint Jacques. Reelected in 2087, Farga finally named many judges of the Constitutional Court, and signed many social laws of protection. The Social Democrat government continued in 2093 with the election of Luis San Diego. In 2102, the parliamentary elections have been won by the Social Christians, with Julián San Martín as Prime Minister. The same San Martín won the presidential elections in 2105. San Martín started a good government in economical matters, passing by the stagflation that kept the country paralyzed almost five years. But his government was also a conservative government in morals, forbidding the abort, the divorce, and the therapeutical abort. A case of therapeutical abort needed, the famous "Santa Juana case" leaded to a change in the voters, and San Martín lost the 2117 election, won by the actual president.
Politics
Saint Jacques is known as a multipartidist semi-parliamentary republic. The principal political parties are the PSDSJ (Partido SocialDemócrata de Saint Jacques, middle-left), the PSCSJ (Partido SocialCristiano de Saint Jacques, middle-right, the traditional catholic party), the AD (Acción Demócrata, right), the PVSJ (Partido Verde de Saint Jacques, left), and the PCSJ (Partido Comunista de Saint Jacques). The Prime Minister, and charged of internal governement is Nicolás SantJordi, from the PSDSJ, the President is Cristián San Carlos, also from the PSDSJ.
The deputies elections held in 2005 brought a major PSDSJ victory, with a 50.37% of the preferences. The PSCSJ had a 30.56%; the AD, 10.25%; the PVSJ, 6.23%, and the PCSJ, 2.25%, and independent candidatures, 0.34%.
National Symbols
The oyster is the national animal, and is protected by law. The national flower is the fuchsia, and is very common in the national forests.
Religion
The main religion, traditionally, is the Catholic, with 82% of the population, that recognises Benedict XVI as Pope. The government sustain a national politic of tolerance and freedom of cult. Because of that, new religions appear in the national map, as protestants (10% of the population), muslims (3%) and Orthodox (3%).
