United Republic

Overview

The United Republic is a nation situated around the PCB creative map. The nation is made up of three constituent states; Norwood, Newton and Supernova. The nation of the United Republic was founded by incumbent President _Travis on the 18th of November 2018. The United Republic is a parliamentary federal republic, with a President as it's head of state and a Prime Minister as head of government. Within the United Republic are semi-autonomous states lead usually by a premier or governor. The powers of the Federal government are generally limited to advising, planning and guidance; with primary power and control with state governments.

Flag of the United Republic

Structure and Organisation

The government of the United Republic is made up of three parts, a judicial branch, legislative branch and an executive branch. Each of these three branches plays a key role in the management and operations of the nation.

Judicial Branch

The Judicial Branch of the United Republic is responsible for criminal justice. Within the Judicial Branch are the many regional courts and the supreme court. Judges in the United Republic are appointed by the Cabinet and President.

Incumbent President, _Travis

Legislative Branch

The Legislative Branch comprises the elected assembly, the House of Representatives. The job of the Legislative Branch is to debate, and vote upon bills presented to the House of Representatives, the government and executive branch also originate from the Legislative Branch.

Executive Branch

The Executive Branch comprises the President, Prime Minister and Cabinet, who are from the government. The government is simply a political party or parties with a majority of seats in the House. The Job of the Executive Branch is to lead the nation and propose laws.

States

The United Republic consists of six semi-autonomous states. The job of these states is to regulate local building and planning, the government and constitution of the states are at the discretion of the state, and is not linked to the federal government.

Incumbent Prime Minister Cavemaker

Name	Flag	Incorporated	Leader(s)	Notable City/cities	Abbreviation
Asperia		4 May 2019	Minister-President Cavemaker	TWT Base	AP
Balboa		17 August 2019	Governor marshy_88	Beechwood Marshia	BA
Libratia		12 June 2019	swordsman_dood	Libratia City	LI
Newton		28 April 2019	Governor _Travis Premier mastertyler04	Newton City Ellington City	NT
Norwood		18 November 2018	Premier Travis	Norwood City	NW
Hub		11 July 2019	Governor Shibanu	Hub	HU

Former States

A list of states that have left or been removed from the Union.

Name	Flag	Date of Incorporation	Date of Dissolution	Reason for Dissolution	Leader(s)	Notable City/CIties	Abbreviation
Amberwood		15 June 2019	10 July 2019	Inactivity	Premier IAintPopcorn	Amberwood	AW
Espen		8 July 2019	16 July 2019	Withdrew to form the Padaic Republic.	Governor CGH_2005	Illemont	ES
Hylan		23 June 2019	28 July 2019	Withdrew to join the Padaic Republic.	Governor MattDB	Port Hylan	HY
Supernova		25 November 2018	13 July 2019	Removed by President _Travis following the 13 July Incident.	Governor mastertyler04	Supernova City Starburst City	SN
Usonia		6 May 2019	7 August 2019	Withdrew to join the Padaic Republic.	Governor CGH_2005 (Acting)	Usonia City Burytown Marshia (Formerly)	US
Valenhale		4 May 2019	c. June 2019	Dissolved by Premier	Premier TownStat (Phantom666999)	Vale	VH

Norwood

Norwood State was the first state to be incorporated. The state contains the capital city of Norwood, government offices and legislature. It is also home to the official residence of the Prime Minister. The government of Norwood consists of an elected house of representatives, and an appointed governor who is elected by the house. The first and current governor is _Travis, who is also the President of The United Republic. Notable buildings include; the Parliament Building, Government Office and the Peace Museum.

Newton

Newton State was the third state to be incorporated. The state contains the city of Newton and the town of Founders' Point. Newton is the only state to have shared control between _Travis and mastertyler04. Notable buildings in Newton include; Newton Tower, and Newton Regional Hospital.

Asperia

Asperia was the fourth state to be incorporated. The state contains the TWT-Base and Little_Asperia. Asperia is the only state to have a city outside of PCB and is currently the only state with a military base in the United Republic. It is controlled by the Minister President Cavemaker. A notable building is the TWT-Base which holds an old temple of Batchmax Dugrade. The state Asperia, TWT and Asperia are known for their small flags.

History

Political Offices

List of Presidents of the United Republic

No	Name	Political Party	Term of Office	Prime Minister	Government	Parliament
1	_Travis	Independent	4 May 2019 - Incumbent	mastertyler04 (4 May 2019- 6 May 2019)	First Social Democratic	First Parliament (2018)
				Cavemaker (6 May 2019 - Present)	First Cavemaker	First Cabinet (2019)
						Second Cabinet (2019)

List of Prime Ministers of the United Republic

No	Name	Political Party	Term of Office	President	Deputy	Government	Parliament
1	_Travis	Social Democratic Party (SDP)	11 November 2018 - 5 May 2019	Pre-Presidential Era	Generalissimo12 11 November 2018 - 28 April 2019 mastertyler04 28 April 2019 - 4 May 2019	First Social Democratic	First Parliament (2018)
Presidential Era
	Office Vacant		5 May 2019 - 6 May 2019	_Travis
2	Cavemaker	Independent	6 May 2019 - Incumbent		Generalissimo12	First Cavemaker	First Cabinet (2019)
					Office Vacant		Second Cabinet (2019)

List of Deputy Prime Ministers of the United Republic

No	Name	Political Party	Term of Office	Prime Minister	President	Government	Parliament
1	Generalissimo12	Communist	11 November 2018 - 28 April 2019	_Travis	Pre-Presidential Era	First Social Democratic	First Parliament (2018)
	Office Vacant		28 April 2019 - 4 May 2019
Presidential Era
(1)	Generalissimo12	Socialist	6 May 2019 - 18 May 2019	Cavemaker	_Travis	First Cavemaker	First Cabinet (2019)

13 July Incident

The 13 July Incident, colloquially known as 'Swig Gate' was an attempted act of internal sabotage by TheBigSwig (now HorBor) and mastertyler04. This act failed and resulted in the expulsion of mastertyler04 and TheBigSwig from the United Republic. Following on from this, the United Republic has restored diplomatic relations with HorBor (TheBigSwig) however there are no relations with mastertyler04 and the former state of Supernova.

Formation of the Padaic Republic

The Withdrawl of Espen and Initial Founding

Shortly after the creation of Espen State, the Federal government underwent a large-scale streamline and reformation of the States of the United Republic. One of the reforms drafted was the dissolution of Espen state and it's merge with Usonia State. This reform was met with disagreement by Espen Governor CGH_2005, and before reforms could be enacted, the state of Espen officially split from the United Republic on the 16 July 2019. Initial relations between the United Republic and the newly formed Padaic Republic were considered peaceful and friendly.

The Withdrawl of Hylan

Shortly after the formation of the Padaic Republic, the state of Hylan withdrew from the United Republic to join the Padaic Republic. This was met with disdain from the Federal Government, and built upon existing and growing tensions with the state of Usonia and the Padaic Republic. This can be considered the point at which relations between the United Republic and the Padaic Republic went downhill. For a short period following this, the United Republic and the Padaic Republic were on more negative terms, however, there was no serious divide.

The Southern Marshia Dispute

In an effort to expand the United Republic navy, President _Travis commissioned the construction of Cavemaker naval base on the southern edge of the town of Marshia. President _Travis sought permission from marshy_88, who he considered the owner of Marshia to construct the base in that area. This permission was granted. Less than 24 hours later however, a message and request were sent from CGH_2005 claiming the land as his own and demanding the removal of the base. Following this President _Travis and CGH_2005 undertook negotiations to allow the continued construction of the base. During the course of these negotiations, the State of Usonia was officially withdrawn from the United Republic. By the end, CGH_2005 agreed to cede some of his claim to marshy_88 and _Travis on the condition that an embassy was to be built in Illemont by the 18th of August 2019. The embassy was constructed, and this was considered to be the end of matters. Following the withdrawal of Usonia, the city of Beechwood joined the newly formed state of Balboa, run by marshy_88.

The Transfer of Marshia

marshy_88, mayor of Marshia, claimed the city as his own and was adamant that it was placed under the control of the United Republic. Because of this request, President _Travis of the United Republic and President CGH_2005 of the Padaic Republic undertook bilateral talks to negotiate the transfer. The first treaty/agreement for this was presented by CGH_2005 on 8 August 2019. The terms of this were the following:

1. The President Travis Center [a United Republic defence force office constructed by _Travis near the border with Porty Hylan in Beechwood] must not be visible from the streets of Port Hylan.
2. The Phantom [Cavemaker] Naval Base must be removed, and/or have ownership transferred to the Padaics.
3. The Marshia Warp Hall, mist keep CGH_2005 as the founder of Marshia. However, within the United Republic, Marshy may act as Governor.
4. CGH_2005 must be allowed to continue to build in the City of Marshia.
5. The United Republic may not be allowed to build anything military around Port Hylan, Usonia, or Marshia.
6. The Padaic Republic-Usonia Border must remain open.
7. Travis must not alter builds by CGH_2005 without permission.

This agreement was quickly denied by President _Travis, as he felt that it was one-sided, targeted the Presidency. He especially took issue to the moving of the President Travis Centre and the demand that the United Republic cannot expand it's military. A number of attempted agreements following this failed. However a few days later, an informal agreement was decided upon, transferring Marshia to the United Republic on the condition that the Padaic Republic or the United Republic do not build more than 4 naval vessels in the Usonian Peninsula Area, and that the border was to be kept opening. This was agreed to by both sides, and is considered the last dispute.

Current Relations and the Union Bridge

Following this, as a sign of goodwill, President _Travis undertook the construction of the Union Bridge, connecting the United Republic at Beechwood and the Padaic Republic by road. This was agreed to by both sides, and the bridge was completed on the 15th of August 2019. Following this, relations between the United Republic and the Padaic Republic are considered friendly. The embassy in Illemont was completed and remains open.

Flags of the United Republic

The United Republic has a number of official flags for varying purposes. The current flags are for civil, government and maritime use.

Flag	Name	Use	Description
	Flag of the United Republic (also known as the Civil Jack)	National flag of the United Republic. Maritime jack for civil vessels.	Tricolour with dark blue (#00247D) in the top bar, white in the second bar, and light blue (#00A1DE) in the third bar.
	Naval jack of the United Republic.	Maritime jack for naval vessels. Sometimes flown at United Republic navy bases.	Dark blue bar (#00247D) occupying first (flagpole) third. Remaining thirds split horizontally between white (top) and light blue (#00A1DE) on the bottom.
	Civil ensign of the United Republic.	Used as a maritime ensign for civil vessels.	Civil Jack of the United Republic in canton with a red (#CF142B) background.
	Naval ensign of the United Republic.	Used as a maritime ensign for naval vessels.	Civil jack of the United Republic in canton with a white background.

Government

Official Logo of the Federal Government

The organisation in charge of Federal matters is the Government of the United Republic. The government consists of a cabinet which holds the ministers and Prime Minister. The Prime Minister will appoint ministers in the cabinet to be in charge of certain portfolios and responsibilities. The Job of the Federal Government is to advise, lead, and guide the state governments.