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Formal Name of your Nation: Swiss Free State
Formal Name for the Army: Swiss National Gaurd
Formal Name for the Navy: Not Appiciable
Status of Labor Unions: Legal, but regulated. membership must be registered with government, and they must bring any complaints to the government before they act on them.

Title of Head of State: President
Name of Current Head of State: (fill in the name later
Head of State Election Process: Elected by population
Name of the Legislature(s): Congress
Suffrage: All Legal Sitizens over the age of 18. no discrimination on sex or race.

Political Parties

Please fill out the names for the political parties in your state of the following type (you can have multiples for each ideology if you choose), and if a type of party is illegal, please make sure I know so:

20 seats in Congress.
Traditional Proletarist: Unknown. Not banned, but no one ran for any positions last election.
Social Proletarist: "Social Prolentarist" 1 seat in congress, no official party name, as he was the sole person to even try and run for a seat.
Liberal: "Swiss Progressive Party" 3 seats currently.
Moderate: "Swiss National Party" 14 seats. Primary an Nationalist party, but overlaps sufficiently to be a moderate party also.
Conservative: "Swiss traditionalist" 2 seats currently
Militarist: Banned Party
Religious: currently none
Nationalist/Separatist: "Swiss National Party"

will fill more out later

 

[Nintz]

Note: I literally just got Spain, so please let me know if anything is off, inconsistent, etc. Also, I don't know Spanish. So, yeah.

Primera República del Imperio Unido Español ​

National Background: At the turn of the 20th century, Spain was in a precarious situation. While the military and navy were still relatively strong compared to the rest of Europe, the economy's downward spiral continued in full force. The industry of Spain failed to develop, and there was nothing to replace it. With the imperialistic policies enacted by the early Spanish monarchy, conflicts with both Colombia and Naples occurred quite early. After Colombia demanded reparations for a prolonged war, Spain refused. This refusal prompted Britain and her allies, such as Brazil, to declare an embargo of Spain. Spain responded with open warfare against the democratic alliance. Despite having the support of nations such as Germany, Scandinavia, and even Russia, the Great War ended in failure for the Spanish nation. Heavy reparations did little to help the Spanish economy. Despite this, the Spanish monarchy managed to settle the people by moving closer and closer to a constitutional monarchy, or even a full republic. Upon the ascension of Phillip X some years later, disaster struck. An absolute monarchist, he began to enforce authoritarian policies directly in opposition to his father's reforms. This triggered a civil war. In the west, heavy monarchist support faced off against the Valencian republicans. With Confederate and Brazilian support, the Monarchists defeated and the monarchy's power significantly reduced. Now, the nation is forced to look forward. With almost no economy or infrastructure left, they must rebuild before all else. After that, perhaps there will be hope for this nation after all.

Formal Name of your Nation: First Republic of the United Spanish Empire
Formal Name for your Army: Fuerza Española de Protección Nacional
Formal Name for your Navy: Armada Republicana Española
Status of Air Force: Separate Division under Government
Formal Name for the Air Force: Fuerza Aérea Republicana Española
Status of Labor Unions: Allowed, yet marginally restricted. Prohibited from actively campaigning in political races or donating exceptionally large funds to one candidate over the others.

Democratic Information​

Title of Co-Head of State: Emperor
Title of Co-Head of State and Head of Government: Prime Minister
Name of Current Co-Head of State (1): Emperor Phillip X
Name of Current Co-Head of State and Head of Government (2): Alfonso Diaz
Head of State Process: Obviously, half is hereditary. The prime minister is chosen by an election amongst the people for supporters of a prime minister. (Electoral College). The end choice is then approved or vetoed by the emperor. After three vetoes, the emperor is permitted to suggest his own choice, which must be ratified by the Senate at a 51% majority. If they still cannot agree, a 3/4 majority in Senate is enough to override the Emperor's veto for any of the three vetoed candidates chosen democratically.
Name of the Legislatures: Upper "Senado de España", and lower "Congreso de los Diputados".
Suffrage: Women have the right to vote. All races have the right to vote. Voter must be at least 30 years of age. Voter must have held property for at least 5 years.

Political Parties

Traditional Proletarist: Illegal
Social Proletarist: Coalición Socialista Española (5%)
Liberal: Unión Liberal Española (53%)
Moderate: Frente Unido, Partido Carlista Español (10%)
Conservative: Comunión Tradicional Española (31%)
Militarist: Falange Española (1%)
Religious: Illegal
Nationalist/Separatist: None

Monarchy Information​

Monarch's Title: Emperor
Monarchy Dynasty: de Trastámara
Extent of Monarch's Power: Very little domestic authority, except the right to veto. Holds precedence in foreign affairs. Has some influence over Prime Minister elections.

 

[Luckymoose]

Aren't they Hapsburgs, not Trastamara.

 

[Lord of Elves]

Additionally, I kind of doubt the Republic would keep the standard of the monarchy that defied the will of the people and lead a military junta that suppressed democracy in Spain on its flag, assuming my understand of the circumstances of the Spanish Civil War is at all correct.

 

[ZeletDude]

Additionally, I kind of doubt the Republic would keep the standard of the monarchy that defied the will of the people and lead a military junta that suppressed democracy in Spain on its flag, assuming my understand of the circumstances of the Spanish Civil War is at all correct.

This, but besides that it looks good Nintz .

 

[Grandkhan]

@Nintz: Spain can't be a republic, since it has an emperor. Republics lack monarchs by definition. The title ought to be Empire of Spain. Also, Phillip X came to power right before the Great War, he just didn't do anything till 1916.

@Luckymoose: nope, according to Milarqui they were Trastamaras.

 

[Lord of Elves]

From: Workers' Commonwealth
To: Anyone Who It May Concern
CC: Denmark
The Danish-Scandinavian Accords
Henceforth in the Year of Our Lord Nineteen-Hundred and Nineteen, the following is agreed upon between the nations of the Workers' Commonwealth of Scandinavia and the Kingdom of Denmark with the intention of and for the benefit of the present and future peace and prosperity:

1. The Workers' Commonwealth of Scandinavia and the Kingdom of Denmark agree to formalize diplomatic relations and establish the appropriate channels for formal and recognized diplomatic process including but not limited to nationally-recognized embassies in their respective capitals, and requisite ambassadors to their respective governments.

2. The Workers' Commonwealth of Scandinavia and the Kingdom of Denmark affirm their commitment to peaceful, beneficent and friendly neutrality whereby neither Scandinavia nor Denmark seeks to coerce or threaten the other, and both agree to maintain peaceable relations, recognizing that a diplomatic understanding but not alliance exists between those two states.

3. The Kingdom of Denmark recognizes the sovereignty of the Workers' Commonwealth and it as the just and legal government of Scandinavia and its attendant territories.

Signed, First Proletarian Karl Mannerheim, Syndic of the Manniskorstag and Head of the Revolutionary Government and attending advisers

 

[Nintz]

@ LoE, ZD -

I know, and I tried to change it. I couldn't come up with anything that felt right though. If anyone could do a new flag, I'd be much obliged.

@ GK -

Calling it a monarchy is misleading though. Plus, I wanted to separate this government from the pre-Phillip X one. Maybe a republic isn't right, but I need to put something there.

 

[GamezRule]

Just do a post-WW2 Japan government.

 

[Grandkhan]

From: Workers' Commonwealth
To: Anyone Who It May Concern
CC: Denmark
The Danish-Scandinavian Accords
Henceforth in the Year of Our Lord Nineteen-Hundred and Nineteen, the following is agreed upon between the nations of the Workers' Commonwealth of Scandinavia and the Kingdom of Denmark with the intention of and for the benefit of the present and future peace and prosperity:

1. The Workers' Commonwealth of Scandinavia and the Kingdom of Denmark agree to formalize diplomatic relations and establish the appropriate channels for formal and recognized diplomatic process including but not limited to nationally-recognized embassies in their respective capitals, and requisite ambassadors to their respective governments.

2. The Workers' Commonwealth of Scandinavia and the Kingdom of Denmark affirm their commitment to peaceful, beneficent and friendly neutrality whereby neither Scandinavia nor Denmark seeks to coerce or threaten the other, and both agree to maintain peaceable relations, recognizing that a diplomatic understanding but not alliance exists between those two states.

3. The Kingdom of Denmark recognizes the sovereignty of the Workers' Commonwealth and it as the just and legal government of Scandinavia and its attendant territories.

Signed, First Proletarian Karl Mannerheim, Syndic of the Manniskorstag and Head of the Revolutionary Government and attending advisers

Signed, Leopold II, King of Denmark, and Karl Theodore Zahle, Statsminister of the Kingdom of Denmark

@Nintz: perhaps you could call it the State of Spain instead of the Empire of Spain? Or possibly Democratic Empire of Spain.

 

[Lokki242]

OOC: @Nintz Imperial Republic of Spain? Despite the obvious oxymoron.

 

[Bair_the_Normal]

Formal Name of your Nation: The Dominion of Guangxi (Guǎngxi zìzhìlǐng de; 廣西自治領&#30340

OOC: Um, I don't believe this is right, due to the 的 coming at the end. However, I speak Mandarin, not Canto, so I could be completely wrong. With further research, I do believe that the proper term would be what you have without 的, perhaps for "British Dominion of Guǎngxī", which would be written as 英國的廣西自治領 (Yīngguó de Guǎngxī Zìzhìlǐng). But again, I don't speak Canto, so I might be wrong.

 

[Lord of Elves]

@Nintz, I highly recommend taking the minimal approach and using the term "Republic of Spain" or "Spanish Republic" or any variation thereof as opposed to the "Imperial Republic" or "Democratic Empire" because none of those roll off the tongue as well, and the Republic of Spain doesn't have the added ambiguity of whatever a "democratic empire" is. Honestly, you could always just maintain the title Empire of Spain in order to reflect the continuing existence of any monarchy whatsoever(?), if you're so inclined.

 

[m.t.cicero]

OOC: Um, I don't believe this is right, due to the 的 coming at the end. However, I speak Mandarin, not Canto, so I could be completely wrong. With further research, I do believe that the proper term would be what you have without 的, perhaps for "British Dominion of Guǎngxī", which would be written as 英國的廣西自治領 (Yīngguó de Guǎngxī Zìzhìlǐng). But again, I don't speak Canto, so I might be wrong.

I did all of the translations via Google Translate, they're as likely as not to be wrong, so I'll take the word of someone literate in the language. I'll just remove the 的. Thanks!

Edit: And feel free to take apart the rest of the post if you want, I'm willing to bet that there are more mistakes

 

[Circuit]

To: Empire of Brazil
From: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

We offer our condolences to the loss of the famed Emperor of Brazil. He was a giant of a man who shall never be forgotten.

To: Oman, Yemen
From: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

We implore you to cease your war against the Arabian Empire; should you not do so, we will not remain neutral.

OOC: I'm feeling somewhat dazed and confused as I have not only changed nations but transferred continents, so any help to get me up to speed would be appreciated.

I suppose I can come up with some sort of background.

@Azale: The militarist government did not use the Old Glory flag. Rather they used the now-infamous Martial Glory, so the return of Old Glory may actually be welcome. That was the UAR's flag in the Civil War, which you are a successor of.

 

[Bair_the_Normal]

Name of the Legislature: Parliament of Guangxi/Guangxi de Guóhuì (广西的國&#26371

Liberal: Party of Order; Dìngdān de Dǎng (訂單的黨)

Just a couple more fixes here, in bold. Chinese is a pain, and it would be an even bigger pain to explain 的, which I would best describe as a "reverse of", or an 's. So your former "Dǎng de Dìngdān" would have been more along the lines of "Order of Party", or "Party's Order". If you would like, it could go along with the other party names and be "Dìngdān Dǎng" (訂單&#40680.

 

[m.t.cicero]

@Circuit: We should definitely try to clarify the nature of the relationship between the UK and Guangxi, though I fear most of that information was in a PM from Crezth which I've since deleted.

@Bair: Thanks! I'll keep that in mind in the future too

 

[ChiefDesigner]

Political Parties (Primary language name is listed first)

Traditional Proletarist: Wúchǎn jiējí dǎng (無產階級黨 colloquially Wújidang; Party of the Proletariat [BANNED]

Wuchandang, not Wuchanzheng - the word for party is "dang". Wuji is also a convenient reference to Zhuangzhi.

Hóngjūn rénmín dǎng (紅軍人民黨 the Red Army People's Party [BANNED]

Renmindang (人民&#40680 is fine; attaching "Red Army" to "People's Party" makes no sense.

Liberal: Party of Order; Dǎng de dìngdān (黨的訂&#21934

In Mandarin, adjectives precede nouns, and "dingdan" is the wrong phrase.

I prefer Datongdang (Party of Harmony, 大同黨; Hexiedang 和谐黨 also works); "order" isn't the right connotation at all. And this is really a conservative party name, not a liberal party name; since when have liberals cared about order?

Conservative: Conservative Party; Bǎoshǒu dǎng (保守&#40680

I prefer Fùxīngdǎng (復興&#40680 here instead of below; "Party of Revenge" is a really inauspicious name, and that sort of thing matters.

Nationalist/Separatist: Zhōngguó huīfù dǎng (中國恢復黨 Chinese Restoration Party

"Huifu" usually refers to "recovery of a patient"; the political term is Fùxīng, for 中國復興黨. I'd use 統一黨 Tongyidang, "Reunification Party" here

Monarch's Title: King/Wáng (&#29579

Well, that's a slap in the face.

 

[Lord_Iggy]

And this is really a conservative party name, not a liberal party name; since when have liberals cared about order?

British liberals.

Well, that's a slap in the face.

Baby steps, baby steps.

 

[m.t.cicero]

@ChiefDesigner: Should've known Google translate would be abysmal, but still... Thank you very much!

@Iggy: Although Swedish is easier to recognize for an English speaker, how/where'd you get your (presumably more accurate) translations?