The Serene Death
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| Motto: "Oh its so nice here, you could die and not even know!" | |
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| Region | SuperPower |
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| Capital | Ini (population 19,560,000) |
| Official Language(s) | Serenity, English |
| Leader | President Alexius Recoi |
| Population | >230 Million |
| Currency | Bullet |
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Overview of the Armed Republic
The Armed Republic of the Serene Death is a nation set near the unexplored regions of the Huntarian Galaxy. It is just south of the Cyclopean Nebula, which separates the habitable worlds of the Armed Republic from its uninhabitable former systems and the Unexplored Sectors. The nation is inhabited by 2 sentient races, Humans and Can-Toi, as well as their hybrids, known as "Low Men." A very large and socially progressive nation, with a compassionate population that enjoys extensive civil freedoms, it is known for its population's widespread ownership of weapons and the nation's compulsory military service. Most businesses are well regulated, except for the trading and arms industries which see little interference.
The government of the Serene Death uses a federalist republic system which allows local governments (systems and planets) semi-autonomy while still keeping them under the control and protection of the central Armed Republic. Starting as a confederation of refugees led the people and government to believe that in order to survive much of the government's power should be diffused and controlled at the local level. After the people were able to settle down and rebuild, the government slowly centralized more and more power, and has continued to do so to this day.
History
Main Article: History of the Serene Death
After the destruction of their home systems in the Free Zone War, the people of the now named Serene Republic moved through the Serene Vale in the Cyclopean Nebula and left their war-ravaged home sector behind. They decided to colonize the new planets they came to and set up a new government to protect their people better through massive defensive measures and decentralized government.
In recent history the government has been loosening restrictions on personal weapons and starship weapons while restricting people's power in the political process and instead giving it to politicians and the military. Fears over a military coup taking place or an oligarchy being set up are constantly denied by a government that continually sinks 1/4 of its budget into the military.
Government
Main Article: Government of the Serene Death
The Armed Republic has universal sufferage for all citizens over 18 and free and open elections for its people. Its constitution calls the nation a "Constitutional Democratic Federal Republic," which has been interperated as meaning that power is split between local and nation-wide governmets which are elected by the people. The federal government is split into three branches: the Executive, the Judicial, and the Legislative, with the Legislative split into two houses: the House of Parliament and the Senate House.
Local governments are sometimes similar to the national government with the separate branches ruling over locals through a federal system (usually in Fortified Metropolitan Planets), while other local governments use unitary systems (usually Militant Systems). Some local governments use an elected governor or appointed governor-general, and in the past local governments have even been corperate police states, socialist democracies, communist dictatorships, and even a theocratic republic (see the Theocracy of Dunwyl in the history section).
Geography
Main Article: Geography of the Serene Death
The Armed Republic of the Serene Death is cut off from any travel to the galactic north by the Cyclopean Nebula. This entire nebula is alive with electromaginetic activity except for the Serene Vale, which only gets a rare electrical storm every now and then. The Serenity Vale is the main passage through the nebula, and the only passage large and safe enough to allow any amount of space vessels thought unharmed. The passage is called the Serene Vale because the near absence of spacial activty in the Vale allows a wonderful view of the interior of the Cyclopean Nebula. This is the main route that the survivors of the Free Zone took to escape the aftermath of the Free Zone War and is the most guarded area of the Serene Death, with checkpoints and watch stations at both ends as well as patrols running along the entire passage. Some have protested this as being unnecessary as no non-governmental vessels have come near the vale in over 75 years, but the military says that it is acting in the public's safty to keep the nebula separated from the general population.
