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'''The Tropical Socialist Republic of The Weegies''' ([[Weegie]]: ''Republaigh Iaghaichna Saichialigh na Weaighan''), or '''The Weegies''' for short, is a small nation in [[Aperin|Greater Aperin]] comprised of an archipelago of twelve islands, and is a member of [[ACA]], [[IFTA]], and the [[CACE]]. Also known rather humorously as the "Drunken Heated Argument of the Weegies", ([[Weegie]]: ''Ciaughlan Haighcil I'alchanaigh na Weaighan''), due to a popular perception of the habits and nature of its citizens, The Weegies is surrounded by the bodies of water known as the [[Rigan Sea]] and the Alcaerin Ocean. It is located off the south-eastern coast of the continent of Aperin, and is south-west of The Mulrooneys and [[Sacco & Vanzetti]].
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motto="Those who give up liberty for security deserve neither." |
 
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==History==
  
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The Tropical Socialist Republic of The Weegies is a democratic socialist republic, comprising of a chain of twelve islands in the very south of the Rigan Sea, halfway between the southern tips of the continents of Aperin and Eugenia, and lying just north of the equator. The largest island in the group is Weegia, and none of the other islands come close to matching Weegia for size, the largest of them being 4 or 5 times smaller, which has led the other islands in the chain to be known as the "Lesser Isles" since time immemorial. Many of the islands are thought to have been volcanic at one point volcanic, but most are considered either dormant or extinct now.
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''Main Article:'' [[History of the Weegies|History of The Weegies]]
  
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Around two-thirds of The Weegies is covered in rainforest, less in Weegia, more in sparsely inhabited islands, which due to its relative isolation from the nearby continents contains a vast array of unique wildlife and plantlife. It also makes The Weegies a land of contrast, the dense, wild, quiet jungles a far cry from the bustling cities and array of farms that have been developed wherever land is clear. Back during the days of Svea Rigan colonialism, however, a lot of land was cleared of jungle by colonists slashing and burning the rainforest to make way for their own plants. It is thought that before the colonisation, at least three quarters of Weegia was covered in rainforest. It is now closer to half, but this kind of rampant environmental destruction has now been made illegal in the islands, and any further development that does encroach upon the rainforests is held under close scrutiny by the government. The Weegies has an abundance of unique natural resources in its jungles; despite the investigations of the most hardy botanists and zoologists, it is still thought the jungles hold many secrets yet to be revealed. A lot of medicines used in the Weegies still use compounds developed from those discovered in the rainforests; knowledge of medicinal plants handed down from generation to generation throughout the various clans is still utilised today.
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Before the twelve islands of the Weegies were united, a vast number of clans proliferated, and in the largest island Weegia, the clans developed into nascent townships, and a budding civilisation was developed around the coasts. This lead to the loose semi-state known as the [[Confederation of Townships]].
  
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==The Twelve Islands==
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==Politics==
  
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The islands, named from the westernmost to the easternmost, are as follows:
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''Main Article:'' [[Politics of The Weegies]]
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===Weegia===
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Weegia is , and is an oddly comma-shaped island that contains the majority of the population, with around 10.5 million of the Weegie people living in Weegia, the majority of the trade, with the old trading post of Port Gustav, and the majority of the industry, with the shipbuilding sector of Buchanan, now in decline from its glory days whilst still producing ships for the Svea Rigans.
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===Fairgh===
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Fairgh has been unpopulated since the last eruption of Cithu'canhain in 1947, when 570 people died in the ensuing pyroclastic flow. For a long period of time, this gave the island an eerie, dead air, more like the surface of the moon than a tropical island, but by now the plants have begun to reclaim Fairgh and Weegie vulcanologists claim that Cithu'canhain is unlikely to erupt again for at least another 250 years, if at all.
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===Lylia===
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===Strammach===
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===Achtil===
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===A'handran===
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===Sark===
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===Dreich===
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There is oil just a few kilometers off the coast of Dreich.
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===Easter House Island===
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==People==
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People who inhabit The Weegies are known as Weegies, rather than the more commonly thought Weegians. The reason for this is due to the largest island of Weegia, which used the descriptive term of Weegians for those people who strictly come from Weegia far before the complete unification of The Weegies. In fact, due to various inter-island rivalries, mostly by held by the "Lesser Isles" against Weegia, it is a major faux pas for a native of the "Lesser Isles" to be referred to as a Weegian - it gets many of them very irritated. Old grudges die hard.
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Most of the people of The Weegies are of Weegie origin, whose decendants can be traced far back into the islands' history. They are by far the majority, making up around three-quarters of the population. The rest are mostly Svea Rigan or have Svea Rigan descendants, although people from other CACE nations, economic migrants, asylum seekers, and other sentient species also make up a sizable minority, especially in the major cities.
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While of course it is not always the case, Weegies are generally considered to be talkative, honest, compassionate, friendly, and open people, passionate about their beliefs, who will certainly talk for hours if you strike up a conversation with them, especially if it's some sort of debate, since they also find arguing a good way to pass the time. They also have a heavy disrespect for authority, and their tendency towards savage satire of authority figures (their friendliness does not extend to them, unfortunately), especially those who are pretentious, snobby, or patronising, have left many egos punctured once they have entered Mackintosh. Sometimes Weegie honesty goes beyond bluntness, however, and this combined with their love of irony and exceptionally black humour does leave some visitors wondering whether the Weegies like them and are merely kidding, or dislike them, and are going to confer upon the visitor some sort of personal injury. Don't worry - nowadays it's always the former. A tendency to hold a grudge, which has led to the various inter-island, inter-city, and inter-family rivalries that have sprung up over the years, is a more unfortunate trait of most Weegies.
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Almost all Weegies speak Celdonian as well as the old language of the islands, although the way many Weegies speak it, many visitors would be hard pressed to understand any of the Celdonian the Weegies speak. Weegie Celdonian is a curious dialect, formed from the slang of the Svea Rigan workers most Weegies learned Celdonian from, corrupted forms of Celdonian words, celdonification of Weegie words to different meanings, and outright incorporation of old Weegie words into Celdonian. Which all adds up to a dialect where not even many of the small words like "and" or "all" are intact, and since it is often pronounced in a thick, fast accent, language problems for any visitors, even those for whom English is their first language, are painfully apparent. All Weegie diplomats do speak Celdonian "perfectly", as well as other major languages, to smooth communication, so it's quite likely that in most incidents the Weegie Celdonian dialect will be kept under wraps. Unless the diplomat gets angry. Or drunk.
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==History==
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===Weegia Divided, Weegia United: approx. 750 B.C.E. to 376 C.E.===
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==Islands==
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===The Islander's Clannate: 377 to 1710===
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===From Clannate to Colony: 1711 to 1856===
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===The Native Revolts: 1857 to 1898===
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===War, Uprisings, and the Rise of Socialism: 1898 to 1920===
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===From Federation to Fragmentation: 1920 to 1973===
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===The Struggle for Weegie Equality: 1974 to 1993===
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===Far From The End of History: 1994 to now.===
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==Notable Current Weegie Figures==
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''Main Article:'' [[Islands of The Weegies]]
  
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A list of people who hold important positions in the Weegie government, or with alliances or other organisations.
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==Geography==
  
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Alan Sharkey, Council Leader.
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''Main Article:'' [[Geography of The Weegies]]
  
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Mary Burns, Deputy Council Leader.
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==Economy==
  
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Samantha Fung, Liaison to the [[Anticapitalist Alliance]] (ACA).
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''Main Article'' [[Economy of The Weegies]]
  
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Jane McKinnon, Delegate to the Coalition of Anti-Capitalist Economies ([[CACE]]).
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==Demographics==
  
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Lewis Roper, Delegate to the International Fair Trade Agreement ([[IFTA]])
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Gustav Johansson, Director of the [[Nialachan Fladh]].
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''See also:'' [[Weegies]]
  
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General Fergus McLean, Commander-In-Chief of the [[Taoisan Railch]].
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Christine Janus, Head of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
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''Main Article:'' [[Culture of the Weegies]]
  
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Nadine McAlpine, Head of the Weegie Diplomatic Service.
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Iain Rianti, Head of the National Security Committee.
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Weegies take a keen interest in a number of sports, but the one towering above all others in terms of total bloody-minded devotion is, of course, football. (Or soccer if you are so inclined.) The Weegies has a large and thriving league system which began in 1932 with just 8 sides, and has grown since then. The Weegie football competition was recently expanded into four leagues, the highest of which, the [[Weegie Premiership]], contains 16 teams. Mackintosh has historically contained the dominant sides, with both [[Mackintosh Thistle Celtic]] and [[Mackintosh Armadillos]] both staying in the top echelons of the Weegie league set up since the beginning, and collecting between them a slim majority of Championship Trophies. Other teams are challenging them seriously now, however, with both [[Buchanan LFC]] and the relatively new side [[Lylia Foresters]] hot on the heels of the two Mackintosh sides.
  
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Kerrie McCann, Head of the Economic Affairs Committee.
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The Weegies has also sent a [[Weegie national football team|national side]] to the [[World Cup]] since [[World Cup 7|World Cup VII]], although it has only qualified twice for the finals of the competition; once in [[World Cup 10|World Cup X]], and once in [[World Cup 23|World Cup XXIII]], where it did not make it beyond the group stage. The Weegie national side has seemed to have gained a reputation in the World Cup as a side which seems to ruin almost every chance possible that it has to qualify for the World Cup to the point in which it is almost comical; winning seven games in a row and then losing or drawing the next seven has to be the most farcical of all of the international campaigns the Weegie side has played, although a disappointing performance in the [[Aperin Cup of Nations]] 2004, against sides which had never participated in a World Cup, was also rather humiliating. As a result of this failure to qualify, the Weegies are seen as somewhat of an also-ran in the international stage, but a dangerous also-ran, which has the capability to pull off some interesting results. The closest the Weegies have ever got to an international football trophy was in the first [[Cup of Harmony]] final where they lost to the hosts, [[Warnocks Wizards]].
  
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James McKenzie and Paula McFadden, Delegates to the International Mediation Council (IMC).
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The Weegies did also have a brief shining period in international field hockey, reaching the Hockey World Cup Final twice, although never gaining a trophy.
  
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George Merrick, Director of the Weegie Football Association (WFA).
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==Religion==
  
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Anthony McDonald, Director of the Weegie Artistic and Press Network (WAPN)
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Tony Robinson, Director of the Weegie Archaeological Survey Team (WAST)
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Latest revision as of 07:41, 25 April 2007

The Tropical Socialist Republic of The Weegies (Weegie: Republaigh Iaghaichna Saichialigh na Weaighan), or The Weegies for short, is a small nation in Greater Aperin comprised of an archipelago of twelve islands, and is a member of ACA, IFTA, and the CACE. Also known rather humorously as the "Drunken Heated Argument of the Weegies", (Weegie: Ciaughlan Haighcil I'alchanaigh na Weaighan), due to a popular perception of the habits and nature of its citizens, The Weegies is surrounded by the bodies of water known as the Rigan Sea and the Alcaerin Ocean. It is located off the south-eastern coast of the continent of Aperin, and is south-west of The Mulrooneys and Sacco & Vanzetti.

The Weegies
the_weegies.jpg
Flag of The Weegies
Motto: "Those who give up liberty for security deserve neither."
The Weegies.
Region Anticapitalist Alliance
Capital Mackintosh
Official Language(s) Weegie, Rigan, Celdonian
Leader Council Leader Alan Sharkey
Population 10.5 Million
Currency Siohanhla 
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History

Main Article: History of The Weegies

Before the twelve islands of the Weegies were united, a vast number of clans proliferated, and in the largest island Weegia, the clans developed into nascent townships, and a budding civilisation was developed around the coasts. This lead to the loose semi-state known as the Confederation of Townships.

Politics

Main Article: Politics of The Weegies

Islands

Main Article: Islands of The Weegies

Geography

Main Article: Geography of The Weegies

Economy

Main Article Economy of The Weegies

Demographics

Main Article Demographics of The Weegies

See also: Weegies

Culture

Main Article: Culture of the Weegies

Sport

Weegies take a keen interest in a number of sports, but the one towering above all others in terms of total bloody-minded devotion is, of course, football. (Or soccer if you are so inclined.) The Weegies has a large and thriving league system which began in 1932 with just 8 sides, and has grown since then. The Weegie football competition was recently expanded into four leagues, the highest of which, the Weegie Premiership, contains 16 teams. Mackintosh has historically contained the dominant sides, with both Mackintosh Thistle Celtic and Mackintosh Armadillos both staying in the top echelons of the Weegie league set up since the beginning, and collecting between them a slim majority of Championship Trophies. Other teams are challenging them seriously now, however, with both Buchanan LFC and the relatively new side Lylia Foresters hot on the heels of the two Mackintosh sides.

The Weegies has also sent a national side to the World Cup since World Cup VII, although it has only qualified twice for the finals of the competition; once in World Cup X, and once in World Cup XXIII, where it did not make it beyond the group stage. The Weegie national side has seemed to have gained a reputation in the World Cup as a side which seems to ruin almost every chance possible that it has to qualify for the World Cup to the point in which it is almost comical; winning seven games in a row and then losing or drawing the next seven has to be the most farcical of all of the international campaigns the Weegie side has played, although a disappointing performance in the Aperin Cup of Nations 2004, against sides which had never participated in a World Cup, was also rather humiliating. As a result of this failure to qualify, the Weegies are seen as somewhat of an also-ran in the international stage, but a dangerous also-ran, which has the capability to pull off some interesting results. The closest the Weegies have ever got to an international football trophy was in the first Cup of Harmony final where they lost to the hosts, Warnocks Wizards.

The Weegies did also have a brief shining period in international field hockey, reaching the Hockey World Cup Final twice, although never gaining a trophy.

Religion

Main Article: Religion in The Weegies

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