Wakeland

Flag of Wakeland
Motto: "Nuclear Weapons are only the answer to all your UN woes"
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Region	Wine And Cheese
Capital	Heati
Official Language(s)	English and Lukish
Leader	(GP) Prime Chancellor Del Monitti
Population	820 Million
Currency	True Grapie
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Government

The Wakeland Governed by the Wakeland Parlament which is made of of a bicammeral legislature. Three Chancellors are elected to head the federal government. There is no federal judicial branch in Wakeland. All issues are resolved in state courts and issues between states are resolved in the Parlament. Wakeland is a proud Republic and upholds the ideals of republicanism in its governing philosphy. It is a very democratic nation, although delagation is an important concept in governing. All Wakeland citizens are elligble to run for any office. All citizens but felons are allowed to vote. Wakeland's constitusion is the Terra Mandata.

Chancellorship

The Chancellors are headed by the Prime Chancellor who is the winner of the greatest number of electoral votes. The Second Chancellor and Third Chancellor win the second and third most votes. Terms are six year-no re-election, however, a Chancellor can run for another Chancellor seat. Prime Chancellor Del Monitti is expected to run for Second or Third Chancellor in the next election, while Third Chancellor Ferdiand Wake is expected to run for the Prime Chancellorship. The Chancellors are the symbolic leaders of the nation and traditionally play a large role in foriegn deplomacy, the apointing of Ambassodors, The Ministry executives. A bill may be signed into law with the approval of only the Prime Chancellor, upon its passage in the Parlament, however if both the other Chancellors choose to veto the bill it fails and will be sent back to the Parlament. Likewise two chancellors can over ride a veto by the Prime Chancellor. If the Chancellors niether veto nor sign a bill, it is inacted within a week.

Parlament

The Parlament refers to the two federal legislative bodies, the house of Delagates and the House of Sensibles. For a bill to be passed in Wakeland it must pass through both houses.

House of Delagates

The House of Delagates is elected at large. Three Delagates are chosen from each state in the union and serve three year terms. Delagates debate and vote upon bills. Bills are introduced in this house and move to the house of sensibles upon their passage. Despite years of urban cries for a population based represenative system the ammendment has never passed.

House of Sensibles

The House of Sensibles is the uperhouse in the Parlament; they are appointed by their state's govonor to serve three year terms. Governers do not have to seek state legislatures approval in appointing Sensibles however that practice is becoming more common as formality. Sensibles have the power to vote upon bills and to over ride the veto of the Chancellorship with a 2/3 vote.

Wakeland Ministries

The Following is a list of the executives of the Wakeland Federal Ministries: Ministry of Defense- Bernard Shultz General Dwight D. Hassenfeffer Commander Jim Morris Ministry of Investigations Agency- Geoffry Longshanks Ministry of Agriculture- Ministry of Trade- Luke S. Moneymaker Ministry of Enviromental Protection- Ministry of State- Misistry of Labor- Misistry of Education-

State Government

The States hold a great deal of autonomy. Each State holds elections for a Governer, term limits vary. Each state also has a legislative body, most commonly refered to the General Assembly although some states refer to the state legislature as the Senate. State Govonors appoint judicial nominees with the approval of the legislatures, however three states do not have a state supreme court. New Bookhaven, North and South Dresser have never approved a state supreme court.

Politics

Wakeland is known internationally as a conservative nation; however, there are many parties and a thriving liberal community which continuelly is challenging conservatives in the national government. The Southern States are very liberal, while the rural eastern states are particularly conservative. The Northwest tends to be rather conservative if not centrist at times.

The Minimalist Party

The Minimalist Party is apart of the conservative coaltion and is staunchly conservative on most issues. They are rather Libertarian in philosphy. The principle of this party is more or less, that the government should'nt be involved in anything. Famous Minimalist Prime Chancellor Fredrick Marion once said, "I got elected to sit in office not to tell people how to run their lives."

The Freedomist Party

The Freedomist party was an offshoot of the Minimalist Party from the 1860s when the slave issue first became a big issue. While minimalists took the posistion that the government had no right to tell business men and farmers not to practice slavery, the Freedomists took issue with their party platform. They were the first sucsessful third party in Wakeland and still tend to take a slightly diffrent tone on issues than the Minimalists, who never seem to think government should do anything.

The Liberationist Party

The Liberationist Party was founded in the 1950s but remained in obscurity until the mid 1970s when they first won seats in the House of Delagates. Theyre by in large concerened with premoting democratic values throughout the region and are adamantly opposed to the Lukanthonland Monarchy. With the influx of Lukanthonlanders in Wakeland over the past two decades the party has become a powerful force in Wakeland politics.

The Green Party

The Green Party is the longest living party in wakeland. While today they have been primarly concenned with social reforms and enviromental issues the Green Party is the most common party registration for Wakelanders. The party changed its name from the Labor Party in 1966.

The Peoples Party

The Peoples Party has never achieved wide sucsess in Wakeland but they continue to stand as the fifth party. Founded in 1895 the, then, Populous Party was very popular in the poorer southern region. The party's only Prime Chancellor, Zebidia Jackson, was elected in 1904 as a Populous. The Party Changed its name to the Socialist Party of Wakeland in 1912, then in 1919 changed to the Communist Party of Wakeland, only to change back to the Socialist Party in 1934. The party became the Peoples Party of Wakeland in 1974.

Coalitions

In order to gain office and to accomplish things in Parlament it is essential for parties to reach out and work toward consensus. While issues are often split upon ideoligical lines, in Wakeland the parties have affiliated themselves with two polar opposite affiliations, the Conservative and the liberal coalitions.

Office Holders

Chancellors

Prime Chancellor: (G) Del Monitti Second Chancellor: (L) Juan Pedro Sanchez Third Chancellor: (M) Ferdinand Wake

The State of Heati

Governer: (F) Patrick Quinn Sensible: (F) Patrick O'Rielly 1st Delagate: (F) Jose Rizzia 2nd Delagate: (F) Alexander Adams 3rd Delagate: (G) Franklin Jefferson

The State of New Bookhaven

Governer: (L) Roberto Sanchez Sensible: (L) James Westcott 1st Delagate: (M) Dan Winks 2nd Delagate: (F) P. Quintus 3rd Delagate:

The State of Corner

Governer: (G) Charles Kent Sensible: (G) 1st Delagate: (G) 2nd Delagate: (G) 3rd Delagate: (P)

The State of North Dresser

Governer: (L) Tim Schnieder Sr. Sensible: (L) Tim Schnieder Jr. 1st Delagate: (P) Vince Carlton 2nd Delagate: (G) 3rd Delagate: (G) Hanz Hitler

The State of South Dresser

Governer: (M) Vick Sims Sensible: (M) John Paul Wake 1st Delagate: (M) Scott Haven 2nd Delagate: (M) Alfred Anderson 3rd Delagate: (F)

The State of Vass

Governer: (M) Abraham Schwartz Sensible: (L) Piere Granot 1st Delagate: (G) John Flemmish 2nd Delagate: (G) Peter Hawthorne 3rd Delagate: (P)

Religion

Wakeland is predomently a Catholic nation, with only small pockets of Protestant and Jewist populations.

Catholic

While 88% of Wakelanders are Catholic they are not all Roman Catholic. Of the Catholics in Wakeland 80% are Roman Catholic, however there is a sizable Eastern Orthadox population of 10% and 10% Byzantine Catholic as well.

Protestant

8% of Wakelanders are Protestant. Of the Protestants in Wakeland 40% are Presbeterian, 30% are Methodist, 20% are Lutheran and 10% are Episcable.

Jewish

4% of the Wakeland population is Jewish. They are mostly Ethniclly Davish; however this minority has gained remarkable stature in Wakeland, as demonstarted by the election of Vass Governer Abraham Schwarz.

Other

There are two muslims in Wakeland (To contact Mr. and Mrs. Ishmail-Muhamid Al Abshera write them at 406 N. 32nd Street Poloshirton Corner Wakeland 34523, (273) 291-2033) There are six hindus (The Patel family of Springfield, Heati) and twelve buhdists in Wakeland (all envolved in Sushi marketing).

=Ethnic Groups

While most refer to the people of the Lukish countries as ethnic Lukish, they Lukish culture is made up of many distince cultural influences

German

By far the largest ethnicity in Wakeland is German. According to the 2000 Census 45% of Wakelanders identified themselves as ethnicly German.

French

18% of Wakelanders identified themselves to be ethnic French in the 2000 Census.

Swedish/Stevish

8% Identified themselves as ethnic Swedish in 2000 Census

Hebrew/Davish

4% of Wakelanders identify themselves as Hebrew or Davish in decent. Many of these immigrents have recently come to Wakeland to escape progroms in Lukanthonland controled Microwaveville.

Latino

The new majority monirity group in Wakeland is the Hispanic Wakelander. They now account for a quarter of the population, most of them enetering the nation to escape surfdom in Lukanthonland.

Other

.0004% of Wakelanders identified themselves as predominently another ethnicity

Industries

Wakeland is lead by an agressive private sector. This is the sucsess of capitalism at its best.

Media

Jerry Murdoch, the "Media Molgul" has ammased a media dynasty, owning the networks of Fox, CNN, ABC and NBC. CBS is still unaffiliated although Murdoch has pressured network executives to sell in recent years. The Wakeland Broadcasting Network (WBN) is also unaffiliated however Murdoch Media has relentlessly lobbied the Parlament to privatize the network. Murdoch also owns The Poloshirton Times, the Chessburge News and Observer, the Cameron City Star, the Heati Daily, the excellence in broadcasting radio network and the internet. Now Wakelanders using the net must type www.google.mmn or www.nationstates.mmn (MMN stands for Murdoch Media Networks). Murdoch has seen a signifigant challenge from the upstart entreprenuer Ceazer Sanchez, brother of Roberto Sanchez and son Second Chancellor Juan Pedro Sanchez. He recently began operations for Revolution Networks which is already taking shares away from Murdoch. Still Murdoch controls 70% of the market.

Arms

Amore Arms INC. is the regions second largest arms manufacturer, behind only Happy Guns INC. Amore Arms, established in 1805, has provided Wakeland and friendly nations weapons for over two hundred years now. CEO Vick Stewart has been credited with great sucsess as the firm has developed cutting edge technology, including the developement of the "floating fortress" which Amore Arms intends to market to nations intrested in imperial affairs. Amore Arms employs over 30,000 Wakelanders in over twenty plants, the largest of which is in Corner.

Winery

Wakeland has long been world reknowned for there fine wines. The peidmont region of Vass in particular is known for their lushes grapes. Wakeland produces some of the worlds finest Merlots, Chiantis, Cabrenet Sauviugns, Muscadine, Scuppanard, Zinfendel and Pino Gregias. Many small wineries operate today in the same vineyards they have for hundreds of years. Even Prime Chancellor Del Monitti ties his roots to the vineyard. He was hier to the Del Monitti botteling fortune.

Cheese

Jerry Murdoch has also invested greatly in the cheese industry which grosses billions annually. His Yummy Yummy Cheese Conglomerates control 2/3 of the market share today while smaller local cheese makers are competing. Yummy Yummy Cheese merged with a Confederate cheese company Moon Cheese Inc, five years ago, and since then they control 80% of the cheese sales in the region.

Agriculture

The rich fetile valleys of east and the southern plains make Wakeland a hub for agriculture. Wakeland farmers feed much of the region harvesting corn, wheat, okra, tomatoes, onions, chives, cabbage and in the south tabacco is huge.

Textile

Strong textile industry, although concerns of outsourcing are prevelant. The largest of Wakelands Textile companies is Wake Textiles owned by Douglas O'Connor. Many textile mills still operate in Corner.

Mining

The mining industry was once very profitable in Wakeland although in recent years coal has been less productive, since Wakeland has switched nearly completely to nuclear power. Uranium mining is actually a very lucrative industry.

Timber

In the Noth and South Dresser the timber industry is particularly big. The Douglas fir in the mountanous regions there is profitable and the redwood, although under some protection by state laws, is still harvested.

Manufacturing

Appliances as well as cars are also produced in great quantities in Heait and New Bookhaven. The technology sector is a booming industry in recent years.

Military

Large Standing Military, Nuclear capabilities. Warheads strategically aimed at Lukanthonland cities of Waketon, New Fubar, Seatattle, Front Burner and Port Wine. Strong Air Force.

Geography

Bodies of Water and watersheds

The Pink River represents the southern border of Wakeland. It flows into the Bathico Sound, Wakeland's gateway to the sea. The New Matanuska River flows south into the sound as well. It represents eastern border of Heati and Vass.

forestry

There are great tracts of land still untouched by humanity, especially in the rural mountains of North and South Dresser. The Ministry of Enviromental Protection is working with timber industry leaders to encourage them to take responsible actions in their practice.

mountains

The Charlamaigne Mountain Range runs through east Wakeland. The highest peak in this range is Mt. McKinston, named after Prime Chancellor McKinston who was the first Prime Chancellor to visit the mountain in 1910 during his national tour following his election.

The States

Heati

Capitol- Heati State Bird- Oriol State Flower- Tullip State Song- Wish You Were Here State Tree- Poplar

New Bookhaven

Capitol- Chessburge State Bird- Blue Jay State Flower- Dogwood State Song- Wonderwall State Tree- Cherry

North Dresser

Capitol- Atlasville State Bird- Cardnal State Flower- Daisy State Song- Keep on Rocking in the Free World State Tree- Douglas Fir

South Dresser

Capitol- Sockdrawerton State Bird- Sparrow State Flower- Forget Me Not State Song- Pink Bullets State Tree- Red Wood

Corner

Capitol- Pinkshirton State Bird- The cardinal State Flower- Blue Bonnet State Song- Paranoid Android State Tree- White Oak

Vass

Capitol- Cameron City State Bird- humming bird State Flower- Dandilion State Song- Mr. Jones State Tree- Long Lief Pine

Climate

Wakeland is very temperate. In the western mountain region winters can be quite fierce but the rest of the year is often very warm, although the north Dresser region is infamous for its tendancy to rain five days a week. The southern region of the nation is quite warm throughout the summer, and these areas see snow only once or twice a year. North Wakeland is much cooler, often there is snow on the ground a mounth out of the year in Heati.

History