Republics of Omerica

Omerican republics Républiques oméricaines  (language?)
Also known as: Commonwealth/Communauté Free State/État libre
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Category	Federated state
Location	Omerica
Created	1 July 1894; 129 years ago (1 July 1894)
Number	25 (as of 1 January 1995)
Populations	293,088 (New Guernsey) – 7,461,993 (Mespalia)
Areas	204 km² (Romainbourg) – 16,044 km² (New West Flanders)

Commonwealth of Omerica

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Omerica is a federation of twenty-five republics. As the descendants of formerly sovereign states, the republics retain a degree of sovereignty and self-government and maintain administrative independence from the Union government, including independent executives, legislatures and judiciaries.

Under the Basic Laws, certain policy areas, such as foreign affairs and defence, are the exclusive prerogative of the Federal Diet, while others fall under shared authority; the republics retain all other powers not assigned to the Union or expressly denied to them by the federal constitution. Republics therefore have taxation power and responsibility over healthcare, social welfare, law enforcement, public education, job training and promotion of the arts and sciences.

Republics form the basis for apportioning the House of Representatives and their legislatures designate the members of the House of Plenipotentiaries. Additionally, in areas under the republics’ legislative authority, republics have the power to enter into compacts among each other and, subject to parliamentary approval, treaties with foreign states.

Terminology

History

Constitution

All republics are constitutionally required to have a democratic and republican system of government, but otherwise, the republics remain free to organise their individual constitutions as they see fit. All republics are governed by a parliamentary system similar to the federal government, though there is wide variation in its implementation from republic to republic.

Each republic has a unicameral legislature of 21 to 111 members, variously referred to as a Legislative Assembly, Legislative Council or Common Council. Legislatures serve three- or four-year terms (depending on the republic) and are generally elected by single transferable vote, with universal suffrage for all Omerican citizens over the age of eighteen guaranteed by the federal constitution.

List

Republic	Code	Federated	Capital	Population	Area (km²)	Density	GDPpc (NSD)	Official language(s)
Alleos	AL	9 June 1829 (1829-06-09)	Volubourg	2,100,213	11,741	179	41,202	French
Altomare	AM	22 September 1813 (1813-09-22)	Romainbourg	3,110,907	3,051	1,020	47,653	French
Braganza	BR	6 June 1846 (1846-06-06)	Sassari	1,767,270	3,852	459	42,408	French
Bridgecastle	PC	19 September 1816 (1816-09-19)	Saint-Jean	1,476,180	7,258	203	50,251	French
Charlottesville	CV	1 January 1983 (1983-01-01)	—	5,610,545	558	10,055	47,893	French
Coleraine	CR	17 March 1828 (1828-03-17)	Derry	2,665,499	8,010	333	42,938	English
East Calaverde	EC	28 February 1826 (1826-02-28)	Saint-Christophe	6,311,646	8,382	753	46,575	French
Emerald Isles	EM	25 August 1864 (1864-08-25)	Wharfland Ferry	1,824,352	6,224	293	44,341	English
Free State	FS	30 June 1821 (1821-06-30)	Nassau	6,463,963	6,958	929	43,555	English
Great Arden	GA	1 August 1817 (1817-08-01)	Templemore	2,310,855	7,447	310	46,910	English
Heathmoor	HE	17 November 1882 (1882-11-17)	Strongford	1,368,355	8,210	167	40,927	English
Marche Rouge	MR	1 November 1858 (1858-11-01)	Chalons !Châlons	308,643	1,695	182	44,679	French
Mespalia	ME	1 January 1995 (1995-01-01)	Christiana	7,461,993	1,310	5,696	53,416	English
New Guernsey	NG	3 March 1852 (1852-03-03)	Castlerock	293,088	682	430	62,294	English
New Vaucluse	NV	18 August 1868 (1868-08-18)	Bayonette	710,622	5,768	123	43,606	French
North Provence	NP	21 April 1886 (1886-04-21)	Carthagène	1,229,654	9,395	131	40,911	French
Port-des-Saints	FC	12 December 1829 (1829-12-12)	—	1,909,375	820	2,329	60,658	English
Romainbourg	RB	1 January 1971 (1971-01-01)	—	3,191,185	204	15,643	63,451	French
Seafoam Islands	SF	1 March 1844 (1844-03-01)	Saint Anne	757,549	1,477	513	50,994	English
South Provence	SP	18 April 1811 (1811-04-18)	Syracuse	1,646,248	9,408	175	38,979	French
Strathavon	SA	28 March 1823 (1823-03-28)	Falconhurst	4,170,152	8,547	488	43,839	English
Terreneuf	TN	11 February 1877 (1877-02-11)	Epiteaux !Épiteaux	480,228	1,806	266	38,049	French
West Calaverde	WC	28 February 1950 (1950-02-28)	Westhaven	4,742,764	16,044	296	43,699	English
Westavon	WA	1 January 1932 (1932-01-01)	Bristol	3,577,573	8,157	439	45,453	English, French
Windstead	WS	2 July 1819 (1819-07-02)	Langholm	2,231,881	12,725	175	45,835	English
Omerica	OR	—	Port-des-Saints	67,720,740	149,729	452	47,166	English, French

Admission of new republics

With the exception of Calaverde’s accession, all new republics admitted since Federation have been formed by secession from other existing republics. Despite discussions of giving Strathavon and Westavon half votes on constitutional referendums and in the House of Plenipotentiaries to discourage wanton secession, the latter was ultimately admitted with full voting rights, establishing the principle that all new republics enter the federation on equal standing with existing members.

Several new republics have been proposed, mostly secessionist movements within existing republics. The admission of new republics requires a referendum among the affected population, though they are only constitutionally mandated when “major changes” would be made to existing republic boundaries. The splitting of a republic requires a simple majority on both sides of the new border, while the merger of multiple republics requires a majority in each republic to be merged. In contrast, the accession of a republic from outside the United Republics or of a federal territory within the United Republics only requires a simple majority to pass.

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