The Just Monocratic Commonwealth of Consigahria
Motto: "Os Iusti Meditabitur Sapientiam" (Latin) "The Mouth of Justice Meditates Wisdom"
Anthem: Lilium (Latin) "Lilium"
Region		Spiritus
Capital		Vermillion, Capital Terr.
Largest city		Tanahog, Vermillion Terr.
Official languages		English, Hebrew
Recognised national languages		English, Hebrew, Japanese, Consigahrian Sign Language
Ethnic groups		59.8% Native Consigahrian 1.2% 10000 Islander, 0.04% Brasilistani 38.96% Other
Demonym		Consigahrian
Government		democratic constitutional and parliamentary autocracy
-	Prime Minister	Prime Minister Cornelius Keenen D. G. Hobbes Davis X
Legislature		The First Legislature of Consigahria
-	Upper house	Parliament
-	Lower house	Representative Assembly
Founded The Vermillion Treaty
-	Federation of Consigahria	November 06, 1790 - June 20, 1792
-	Monocratification of Consigahria	September 11, 1808
-	Secession of West Consigahria	October 21, 2007
-	Consigahrian-Gerenstran Civil War	December 12th, 2008 - May 27th, 2011
-	Population Day	December 03, 2012
-	Consigahrian-Brasilistani War	April 01, 2135 - February 01, 2136
-	The Great 2135 Recession	September 22, 2135 - December 6, 2135
-	Acquisition of Brasilistan	February 01, 2136
Population
-	2036 estimate	18,043,000,000 (18 billion) ▲ (1st)
GDP (PPP)		2136 estimate
-	Total	R $177.791 trillion ▲
-	Per capita	R $9,877.84 ▲
Gini (2136)		38.54 medium
HDI (2036)		0.677 medium · 122
Currency		Ruice (CNR)
Time zone		West Consigahrian Time Zone (WCTZ) (-1), Central Consigahrian Time Zone (CCTZ) (0), Eastern Consigahrian Time Zone (ECTZ) (+1) (UTC-1 to +1)
-	Summer (DST)	CDST (UTC-1 to +1)
Drives on the		right
Calling code		+1 51
Internet TLD		.co.con.spr
1.	This information is subject to change.
2.	The current year in Consigahria is 2136.
3.	This article contains borrowed images of cityscapes, non-sexual frontal nudity, and religious symbols. Viewer discretion is advised.
4.	Average income tax rate: 60.5% (▼) Property tax rate: 1.2% (▼) Sales tax rate: 0.10% (▼) Unemployment rate: 8.39% (▼) Exchange rate: CNR$1 = $0.38 (▼)

Please read the footnotes found in this article's infobox.

The Just Monocratic Commonwealth of Consigahria and the Vermillion Plantations (also commonly known as the Just Monocracy of the Consigahrian Commonwealth, by its simple name Consigahria, and colloquially as the Aria) is a world benchmark for its pristine beaches, overt sexuality, civil versatility, lush native cuisine, vast range of environments, and punitive tax rates. Ruled by Prime Minister C. Keenen Drummond Garret Hobbes Davis X with an even hand, the Jewish nation has been ruled by the Davis Royal Family since its federation. A gargantuan, environmentally stunning democratic constitutional and parliamentary autocracy world-renowned for its compulsory youth fighting academies, compulsory five-year military service, national health service, and public floggings, Consigahria is Spiritus' most populous nation, regional trade leader, and largest contributor to the gross regional domestic product. Consigahria is most notable for its ubiquitous missile silos and compulsory public nudity.

Its crowded, primarily isolationist population of 18 billion 4 million people are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they have some civil rights, but not too many, and enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like (to a point). The blunt, compassionate, hard-working people are ruled by a sleek, efficient government which has taken steps to eradicate its corporate thumbnail, while companies flee the nation rather than pay their fair share of taxes.

The pool at the base the Dixie Building in Dixie, Vermillion City, Capital Terr.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Law & Order, Education, and the Environment. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Vermillion.

Circumcision is outlawed; artists are the pillars of society; and oil executives can be seen reluctantly cleaning oil-soaked birds; raven hunting as a sport has been outlawed; UFO sightings are listed daily in the morning news; and public nudity is compulsory. All-natural foods are a major fad; and all beauty contests have been banned. Rag-wearing teachers are often mistaken for homeless people; and reporters often lose their jobs over fact-checking errors. The state pays for care of easily preventable illnesses; voting has become a way of life; Vermillion City is a police state during international war; and new parents must choose their children's names from a government-mandated master list. Most of the nation's wealthy aristocrats are dentists; recruitment posters proclaim the army to be both fabulous and fashionable; and college students make ends meet by selling their kidneys.

Crime is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare; however, since the 2135 wars, the government seems to be ignoring the latest terrorist atrocities in Vermillion City for fear of causing a fuss. The government has instituted 'traveler reservations' across the country; Red Cross demand for body bags is rising while sutures go unused; and the government has restricted access to large areas of the nation, mostly forest. New safety regulations require all cars manufactured in Consigahria to be bombproof; streaming video is considered to be a myth by most citizens; military spending is on the increase; and the mining industry has taken a hit from tighter environmental regulations.

Consigahria's national animal is the raven, which is also the nation's favorite main course, its national religion is Judaism, and its currency is the ruice.

Consigahria is ranked among the top 10% of nations in the region for most influential.

Consigahria is the most populous nation in Spiritus, and ranks among the top 5% of nations in the world for largest populations. Consigahria is also the most average nation in the region, ranking among the top 1% of nations in the world for most average. Consigahria is ranked in the top 5% in the world and in the region for healthiest citizens, as well as most intelligent citizens. Consigahria is ranked in the top 10% in the region as well as in the world for most cultured, as well as for lowest crime rates. Consigahria is ranked in the top 10% of nations in the world, and top 5% of nations in the region for safest.

Geography

Consigahria's tallest peaks, in Denali National Park located in the center of the mainland, and its surrounding forest and meadows which stretch across five of eight territories.

Consigahria is placed on the northwestern coast of Spiritus' largest island (Consigahria considers this island Spiritus' mainland), facing the Vermillion Sea and more westwardly the North Pacific Ocean. To its eastern border is the Federation of Wuufu. Across the ten-mile-wide Voya Straight to the south is the Dictatorship of Skanes.

Consigahria is divided into eight provinces called territories which the government delineates by mostly straight borders. They are named as follows from east to west, from north to south: Buyou Island Territory; Haruji Island Territory; Vermillion Territory; Capitol Territory; Soho Territory; Pincock Territory; Koyoumaru Territory; and Voya Territory.

Consigahria's mainland is about 6,200 miles from east coast to west, and about 3,500 miles from north to south, comprising 92% of its entire landmass. The easternmost point on Buyou Island, Buyou Island Territory, is temperate forest, and Providence and Kaede Islands in the same territory are renowned paradises. Further west lies the basic outline of the mainland, which, save for its connection to Wuufu and the northern peninsula of Koyoumaru Terr., is crowded beach; and as you travel further inland into Vermillion Territory, the landscape becomes sandier and sandier and the population sparser and sparser, but as it becomes less and less humid, the sand dissipates into rural hills and valleys of temperate chaparral and colder-atmospheric swamps and forests. Even further inland is the chilly Central Consigahrian Mountain Range, a large part of Denali National Park. Devoid of permanent human residence, Denali National Park is comprised of flowery meadows, forests, and snowy hills and glaciated mountains, as well as small, sparse villages. Further east in and past Soho Territory are snow-capped peaks and hilly, mountainous landscapes, valleys, and plains which contain more concentrated populations. The tallest mountain is 30,560-foot-fall Mt. Perseverence in south central Pincock Territory's expanse of the Denali National Forest, a dormant stratovolcano which hasn't erupted since 1634.

The skyline of Coaxie, Dixie, and Phados, boroughs of Vermillion City, Capital Terr., Consigahria. Foreground, center: the Coaxie Building. Background, left: the Dixie Building. Background, right, from left to right: the Cogswell Building, the Reese Building, the Staves Building; the Cratsk Building (white tapering top).

Vermillion (east) and Haruji Island (west) Territories are separated by the Seppuku River, which spans for only five or so miles (eleven at its highest on record), met at either end with the North Pacific Ocean. Vermillion (west) and Soho Territories (east) are separated by a 130-meter riverbed that is the Penchariot River, which spans 120 miles short of the entire height of the nation, met at the southern border with the North Pacific Ocean. Domestically, the word "river" is removed from these rivers' titles, because they are so notorious for rising during flood seasons in excess of forty meters, physically dividing the nation. The Seppuku has faded entirely several times in the nation's history, documented in ancient Consigahrian folklore, but this occurs sporadically and only during dry seasons, so it's awkwardly common for a citizen who doesn't live in proximity to it to live his entire life without ever seeing it as it flows.

The southernmost peninsula of Vermillion Terr. is Capitol Territory, which is entirely comprised of Vermillion City's numerous and diverse suburbs.

Tropical forest with beautiful beaches, the Brasilistani Islands, an archipelago mostly devoid of human life, is 120 km south-southeast of the mainland.

Koto, Pincock Territory

In order from largest to smallest, major public areas are Tanahog (Vermillion Terr.), Koto (Pincock Terr.), Vermillion City (Capitol Terr.), Enryuu (Voya Terr.), Dockmackie (Pincock Terr.), and Konomahamaru (Koyoumaru Terr.). Consigahria's smallest populated area is Parich Island (pop. 1 person) off the east coast of Voya Territory.

Buyou Island Territory comprises Buyou Island, the Providence Islands (North and South Providence Islands), and Kaede Island.

Vermillion, Soho, Pincock, Koyoumaru, and Voya Territories comprise the mainland; and Buyou and Haruji Island Territories comprise the Ryu'ujou Islands.

Voya and Koyoumaru Territories compete for largest territorial landmass, but Koyoumaru trumps its younger sister territory by 1,200 square miles.

Consigahria has 42 populated islands near its mainland. Following its 2036 acquisition of the island nation Brasilistan, the nation added to its total 1,241 islands, most of them uninhabited by humans. Consigahria as a whole has 1,283 islands.

Economy

The powerhouse Consigahrian economy, worth a remarkable 994 trillion ruices a year, is driven mostly by government activity. The extremely specialized industrial sector is mostly comprised of the Arms Manufacturing industry, with significant contributions from Furniture Restoration. In early 2135, documented average income was 68,084 ruices, and fairly distributed, with the richest family earning 2.7 times as much as the poorest. The average income an individual of the poorest 10% of the lower working class earned 28,253 ruices per year, and the average income of an individual of the richest 10% of the higher working class earned 145,312 ruices per year. The economy is currently burgeoning, and a well-funded social safety net protects the financially unfortunate. In late 2135, documented average income was 51,480 ruices; however, with the value of the ruice rising, this translates to more money in consumers' pockets.

Since, the government has sought out economic reform; their current system, of having everyone's wages be equal or almost equal, was killing the country.

In July, 2135, the gross domestic product was R$345.243 trillion. Total real economy: R$1.218 trillion, R$32 trillion less earned than the previous month, due to increased military spending.

By early November, 2135, the ruice had dropped significantly in value. The gross domestic product was R$87.892 billion.

In December, 2135, the ruice began to rise again in value. The gross domestic product was R$132.079 billion.

At the end of January, 2136, the ruice continued to rise in value. The gross domestic product shot up to R$136.334 trillion.

As of February, 2136, the ruice continues to rise in value. The gross domestic product is a healthy R$130.6 trillion, and the richest citizens (who earn around R$25,000 a year) are only 4.4 times richer than the poorest (who earn around R$109,000 a year). The government is continuing to raise the gap, claiming it will boost the economy.

Taxation

Taxation differs in Consigahria than in most other democracies. Citizens suffer from property tax, income tax, and sales tax.

Income tax is legally defined as a percentage of the amount of money earned by each employee which is kept in a bank paid to the federal government, or in other words the amount of money that employers are required to take from their employees' paychecks and pay to the federal government for public spending before paying each employee. Legally speaking, money is only regarded as spendable in this context only if stored within a wallet (or similar), safe (or similar), or a bank; and money which is stored lawfully within a private safe registered with the federal government cannot be taxed. It is unlawful to evade taxation; if you work, you must pay income tax. All working citizens are required to report their earnings to the government yearly; and fraud is easily detectable and punished severely. However, money that is stored unlawfully, such as money hidden in a mattress (embezzlement), or within an unregistered safe (concealment), can be taxed if not revoked altogether. In an operation called cleaning money, the federal government dumps all unlawfully stored money back into the nation's highly efficient black market. Property tax works the same way.

The average income tax rate is 60.5%, and 75.5% for the wealthy. On average, a middle-class citizen gives on average 40,000 ruices to the government per year. With more than eight billion workers each with his own niche in society, the federal government collects around 3,000 ruices per worker per month, more than 300 trillion ruices annually. After paltry expenses at the executive level and some minor calculations, the citizens are gifted on every first monday of March and September with an average of 30,000 ruices on tax return day. Workers profit 14 times what they'll have spent in taxes for the year, and the government gets to keep its payroll.

Trade

In 2136, Consigahria imported NS$21.543 quadrillion worth of product and exported NS$21.868 quadrillion, generating a trade surplus of NS$325 billion (R$160.4 billion), the most in the region. Consigahria exports firearms, bullets, firearm accessories, petroleum and petroleum products, film and film products and accessories, diamonds, various fruits and vegetables, gold- and diamond-encrusted furniture, wind turbines and accessories, horse carriages, bicycles, scooters, and more.

For those in the know, there is a highly efficient (and technically illegal) black market which the government chooses to ignore, mostly because it contributes to the GDP.

History

Prehistory

For a complete list of Prime Ministers in Consigahria's history see List of Prime Ministers of Consigahria.

Confederation

On November 6th, 1780, the Vermillion Plantations (the Consigahrian mainland), including most of Wuufu, a vast, world-renowned area notorious for its increasingly fertile lands and sturdy ecosystems, was seized by multiple groups including the once-powerful but now extinct Queendom of Geneva and the Francod Republic! Warfare between the nations burnt down multiple forests and killed more than 20% of the animals and plant life, including the now-extinct Cherfauna rhododendron. War between seven countries total, each of them currently extinct themselves, destroyed one mountain and activated another. Two years passed before the warfare ceased and the wildfires were finally under control. One June 20th, 1782, the Vermillion Treaty was signed and ratified, and the Holy Dictatorship of Consigahria and the Vermillon Plantations was formed in the West Pacific.

Federation of a dictatorship

The Davis Royal Family has been in power since the nation's federation, starting it off as a dictatorship. 37-year-old Dictator for Life Cornelius Davis I had a child in celebration of the nation's federation, founded a gold mine, instituted a currency called the golden coin, and ruled for 16 years before being assassinated by his bodyguards in January of 1808. After the bodyguards were killed for treason, shortly after his 17th birthday, the Dictator for Life's son Cornelius Davis II proclaimed himself in the death and absence of his father the First President of the official Monocratic Democracy.

A growing democracy

In his 86th year of life, year 1888, Davis II made a public announcement that it was he who had ordered his father's bodyguards to assassinate him, then committed a planned suicide in his home that night alongside his personal doctor, friends and family. Davis II had two sons, one of whom died in early infancy and one of whom grew, and one daughter who also grew. Cornelius Keenen Samuel (Davis IV), the 33-year-old youngest, would assume the throne on March 28th, 1888, after Davis II's death by natural causes, simply because Amelia declined. Davis II's other son, Vincent Cornelius Davis III, died at two months of age from a severe, unexplained chronic fever; and his daughter, Amelia, would grow and marry to die at age 49 from a rather severe case of untreated schizophrenic depression and suicide. In a nationwide address following Davis II's death, it was revealed that the President knew he would probably be forgiven, but would like to stress that he took a life, and no matter what the consequence he must give his own in order to be right with the Lord. His son was crowned the following day.

In life, Davis IV married four times, and with all four marriages had four sons who were legitimately his (Davis V and three others not named after him, Trevor Jonathan Cornelius, Caleb Raymond, and Veryl Howard Cornelius), but their birthdates are debated among historians. His other three wives had prior children. Davis IV ruled benevolently for 91 years until his own death by old age at 124 years. He passed away on December 25th, 1979, giving the throne to his eldest son of Royal blood, Keenen Cornelius Key Davis V. 40-year-old Davis V assumed the throne on Christmas Day of 1979, and would rule for exactly 20 years before his symbolic resignation to his own son. 21-year-old C. Keenen Timothy Davis VI assumed the throne on Christmas Day of 1999 from his 60-year-old father and would "usher in the new millennium, a new age". Davis VI would rule for 3 years, marry to Bailey Hobbes, then rule for another decade.

Davis VI and his wife gave birth to a healthy baby boy, Keenen Timothy Davis IX, in his ninth year of rule, and then three years later a set of twins, healthy baby boys, Howard Joel Hobbes Davis whom he decided would be the unique one in the family and Keenen Drummond Garret Hobbes Davis X.

In 2012, when Davis IX was just 10, his father was diagnosed with cancer and had to resign his position to his younger brother, Davis IX's uncle, Keenen Timothy Davis VIII, who ruled ruthlessly for two years and was assassinated by a bitter citizen. His 14-year-old nephew, Keenen Drummond Davis IX, asserted himself before his other uncles and took the throne shortly after his assassination, and ruled for three years. Although Davis IX initially brought peace to the nation, he was seen as a young pushover, and once the citizens began to push hard, the Prime Minister pushed back even harder with a harsh tax backlash. Another assassin consequentially attempted his life in November 2027, but failed, prompting the Prime Minister to resign to his 21-year-old younger brother, a move that probably saved his own life. Davis X assumed the throne in late November 2027 and issued a new law in a public television address to the nation: "...any attempted and failed murder will be treated as treason and not attempted murder, meaning if caught or turned in, any Consigahrian alive who has tried to assassinate a Prime Minister will go to jail and stay there until they die; and any attempted and successful assassination will be treated far worse - the assassin will die that very day."

Keenen Drummond Garret Hobbes Davis X has ruled for almost nine years with a benevolent yet iron fist, having greatly advanced his security and the security teams of his cabinet and their associates and introducing programs that have made life much easier for his citizens. In a public statement in early December, 2035, the Prime Minister proclaimed to have found a husband whom he's not yet identified, and would become the very first openly gay Prime Minister in the nation's history.

West Consigahria and the Consigahrian-Gerenstran Civil War

Following the regional move to 10000 Islands, the western territories of Buyou and Haruji seceded on October 21st, 2007, becoming the United Dictatorship Republic of West Consigahria. They retained their status of independence for over a year. On December 12th, 2008, a massive civil war broke out between Consigahria and the Queendom of Gerenstra. Gerenstra tried to establish embargoes on Consigahrian export ships, and Consigahria warned them to stand down. "For our Majesty," claimed the seamen, "we will never stand down." West Consigahrian (The United Dictatorship Republic of West Consigahria) navy, without Consigahria's leader asking them to, blew the Gerenstran ships up, sparking the civil war. The leader of Consigahria was furious and "looked like he wanted to slap the Prime Minister of West Consigahria in the face," said a paparazzi member to the succeeding meeting. Apologetically, on December 27th, 2008, Retrove proclaimed that West Consigahria would rejoin its homeland to fight the war together. Consigahria officially reannexed West Consigahria exactly a week later.

On January 1st, 2009, West Consigahria poised an ultimatum to Consigahria--they would remain rejoined under one condition, that they retain their independence as their own nation. Consigahria agreed, as long as West Consigahria applied for and was admitted to the World Assembly, serving as a representative for both countries.

In early November, 2010, a major terrorist group from the North Pacific attacked thousands upon thousands of major businesses in Vermillion. Prime Minister Cornelius Davis VI dispatched troops to the foreign country whose name was withheld from the media (Gerenstra) the terrorist agency was from. Consigahria was now officially in war. Citizens were baffled and furious at the sudden spike in taxes and the complete abolition of welfare and a few other public benefits instated previously by the government.

On May 27th, 2011, the Consigahrian-Gerenstran Civil War ended with Consigahria as a collective temporarily united as the victors. Gerenstra had been overtaken as Consigahrian soil. Shortly after, on June 3rd, 2011, West Consigahria seceded for a final time in fraternity with its homeland, retaining its independence.

On November 4th, 2012, the nation came to a standstill to allow incense and lanterns to be filled as is the tradition when something of this nature happens; at 5:36 AM, just at sunrise, the ever benevolent Prime Minister Cornelius Davis VI was declared dead by natural means. Having died prematurely at age 34 due to an aggressive cancer, he had lived a good life filled with responsibility, love for his family and friends, and an undying affinity for his country. He was buried in Majestic Manor Cemetery, where only Prime Ministers and family members of Prime Ministers may be buried after death. Halted in mourning, the nation continued to function with Davis' only legitimate son, Prime Minister Keenen Timothy Cornelius Davis VII, age 16, in power. He had two identical boys by his third wife. Davis VII would be the youngest ruler to ever assume the throne.

Population Day

"December 03, 2012 - We Finally Hit 11 Billion! Flags, banners and posters line the nation as the record population continues to climb at 11.003 billion on the morning of December 3rd, 2012!" Population Day has been proclaimed as an annual holiday occurring five days before Hanukkah, on which day all citizens are exempt from taxation for 24 hours. The country has officially recovered from the Consigahrian-Gerenstran Civil War, and the previously abolished public benefits like welfare had been reinstated; but clothes had been outlawed except in cases of extreme cold (zero degrees celcius).

Following the 2013 passage of a well-supported bill that contained half a dozen riders, corruption watchdog groups lobbied the government to take action against the use of unrelated addenda in lawmaking. Prime Minister Cornelius Davis VII was quick to express his contempt at a fellow who suggested assigning legislature to the private sector, earning a few chuckles from his staff.

Davis VII banned automobiles which ran on gasoline on April 25, 2013.

On April 29, 2013, Population Day was officially assigned its name.

On May 5, 2013, Madame Euphegenia Retrove, widow of recently-deceased West Consigahrian Emir for Life Daily Retrove II, pulled an unloaded gun on Prime Minister C. Davis VII. She spent a few nights in Schott River Correctional Institution. Three days later, a newspaper published the following in an article: "Madame Euphegenia Retrove, wife of recently-deceased West Consigahrian Emir for Life, was jailed March 5th, 2013, for pulling an unloaded firearm on Prime Minister Cornelius Davis VII during an private meeting with criminally lethal intent. The video was posted online just a few days ago on the fifth, but it was taken down last night. The video amassed over six billion views. Although the firearm wasn't loaded, Retrove was charged with attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon." After a month of waiting in a cold jail cell in Schott River Correctional Institution in Vermillion City, she appeared before a judge, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to life in prison without chance for parole. Before she returned to her cell, she commented that she "gave her freedom for her husband's life and has (sic) no regrets." The Prime Minister was present during the trial and considered pardoning her of all crimes since the gun wasn't loaded and therefore wasn't a genuine threat. His advisors advised against it, so she was not pardoned. Shortly before she boarded the bus that would take her to the prison, she slipped out f her handcuffs and became very aggressive, rendering unconscious both of the police officers who were escorting her, one of which was Vermillion City Police Department Chief Benjamin Yevtushenko, and then fled. Half an hour later, she was apprehended by the Operatives' Division by psychic force and jailed promptly. There have been no further issues from the Retrove family, recently discovered to have a dark affiliation with the nation's most powerful international drug syndicate.

On July 17, 2013, while in an advisors' meeting, 33-year-old Prime Minister Cornelius Davis VII was shot in the head as his assailants, 29 of them, all armed with AK-47s, stormed the room, shoving the audience back. All 13 men died. Assailants David Rach, Henry Thibodeaux, and 27 others were arrested, charged with treason and murder in the third degree. Rach and Thibodeaux were sentenced to death, the main perpetrators of the crime, and the others were sentenced to a public beating and life in prison. They spent ten nights in Schott River Correctional Institution (Illicargo, Vermillion City, Capital Terr.), before being shipped to Gallagher Maximum Security Federal Penitentiary (Slaghelm Forest, Pincock Territory). They would both serve life sentences.

On August 7th, 2013, after Davis VII's Vice Prime Minister Ailord West's temporary rule, Consigahria was "back and beating, better than ever", according to Prime Minister Cornelius Davis VIII (the eighth), Esq., the deceased Prime Minister's younger brother, crowned that afternoon. The young 20-year-old, a very handsome prince by the girls of the city, sat in his office, well prepared by his father to take the position. He cut taxes by three percent as the government continued its hibernation to mourn over Davis VII, may he rest in peace.

On January 30th, 2014, six months after his taking the throne, Davis VIII was ousted and jailed for 10 years plus 10 years probation for conspiracy against the Consigahrian nation and treason! His offense? Trying to cover up the rape-murder of 20-year-old college student Vanessa Patraski. Patraski attended Northwell Bailey University's Bertolli campus in nothern Soho territory. She was an English and Computer Technology major. Her rapist-murderer, name concealed for his protection, was jailed for life in Kho River Correctional Penitentiary in Kho River, Soho Terr., pending trial. His pending time is estimated to be 10-12 years, all of which will be hard jail time. Davis VIII, jailed, had a brief sexual episode with Patraski in 2013. He attempted to cover the murder up because Patraski and he had "unfinished business, and if the public had found out, he would have lost all of his credibility [due to a] misunderstanding." Davis was replaced by his younger 17-year-old brother, Prime Minister C. Keenen Davis IX. As the ninth and youngest ruler in the 200-year dynasty, he promised to bring more sensible equality to the nation.

On March 11th, 2014, after eight months of psychic interrogation, assassin David Rach was found guilty of criminal misconduct. It was found that Rach had changed his name in February 2013 from Ryan Petruzzi, and had planned to change it back once the assassination and getaway were complete. It was also found that Henry Thibodeaux, his accomplice, was extremely violent in preadolescence, but not in pubescence or early adulthood. Rach was found to have manipulated a psychic thought-manipulator into manipulating Thibodeaux to kill again. Thibodeaux was found guilty for seventeen more murders, most of them gruesome, and Rach was found guilty for the same number of manslaughters; both men were accused of the crime. The psychic was smart enough to erase his image from both men's memories, and has not been identified nor caught. Thibodeaux was found to have belonged to a powerful international drug syndicate in Vermillion City and had belonged to it for three years before his incarceration, the same that the Retrove family, responsible for an attempted assassination of a Prime Minister in early May 2013. For security purposes, the name of the gang has been withheld. Rach was found not to have belonged to the same gang, but was found to have had experience as a lawyer under the name Ryan Petruzzi, which he stole from his long-deceased many-greats-grandfather. His real name was revealed as Vincent Ocello Brice, but because his name was legally changed, Rach is forced to retain his name to death. Meanwhile, in response to an increasing number of people without adequate health care in Consigahria, neighboring nation the Sultanate of The Kanekaeri Islands, today a conquered nation, publicly sought permission to establish free health clinics within the country. Immediately following, three beings suddenly burst into the Prime Minister's office this evening, screaming their heads off, interrupting him as he was signing the final piece of legislature that would completely re-annex West Consigahria. Reportedly, Prime Minister Davis IX had to silence their argument. Minutes later, they were kicked out, feeling very happy that the nation would from then on have free national healthcare for every citizen.

On November 22, 2029, 32-year-old Prime Minister C. K. Davis IX died of natural means in his home in Vermillion City, and his younger brother, 22-year-old K. Drummond Garret Hobbes Davis X, assumed his position as Prime Minister.

In February, 2135, the government axed the federal mail system, lowering the income tax rate by 57.8% from 80.3%. In March of the same year, the government temporarily repealed its two-week-old ban on hunting ravens under the condition that they would only be hunted with weapons which would cause instantaneous and painless death; and after droves of tanks were seen stalking ravens through the forest near suburban towns, and after a 59% tax hike, the ban was reinstated. Two days later, it dropped back down to its original value.

As of March 10, 2135, airport security is provided by private companies; religious education is a new government priority; and businesses that prove successful are immediately broken up. However, hospitals became a rival amongst the best-funded in the region.

In April, 2135, the government began to direct funding to defense. Currently, most information is highly classified.

In December, 2135, the government declared the Great 2135 Recession over. For the first time in months, the GDP increased.

Consigahrian-Brasilistani War

Militarily reticent Consigahria and a nation called Brasilistan were at war in April 2135. Brasilistan had also had war declared on them by several other nations. Several Consigahrian families, among thousands and thousands of other families from around the world who were touring in the nation, were abducted by the corrupt government and forced to work as slaves. On April 1st, 2135, Consigahria attacked the nation; and following their attack, other nations attacked as well. Brasilistan's landscape and population would be forever altered by the hundreds of thousands of mortars dropped onto the island nation. Prime Minister Davis X commented harshly in a public address on April 2nd, 2035, and his fiercely patriotic sixteen billion roared and jeered behind him either in person or watching a television: "Jewish people have already been enslaved once as a whole; and now Brasilistan wants to spit in Jewish faces, and not only ours, but to those of the world? There are Native Consigahrians among these people struggling to live in this foreign shithole known as Brasilistan, and I won't rest until I have remuneration. You other nations wanna come at me because I'm defending them? Our jets are the fastest in Spiritus; our bombs and their detonative blast waves travel extremely far in very short amounts of time; our navy is up to the navel in weaponry; our air force are armed up to the chin; our army are trained, many, and specialized; our anti-aircraft and anti-missile arsenals are computerized, protected, and automatic; and we will eviscerate every single one of you. I made noise: that was the point of the air raid. So now we'll relax on the civilian casualties and assault the arms factories, military airfields, and key bases of the nation." His red-faced threat continued for five minutes.

Prime Minister C. Davis X yelling over the phone

On April 3rd, Brasilistan's industrial base was quickly decimated by the Consigahrian NatArms as they stormed key points by air and water. As of April 4th, elite teams of assassins were sent into Brasilistan on foot to remove the leadership from power. 130 people would be killed, freeing the country from its oppressive leaders and allowing kidnapped citizens to return to their homelands. Consigahria sought total governmental reform and colonization, along with a couple other nations. In part to calm the furor, Consigahria is currently seeking electoral reform in its own jurisdiction.

Having decimated the native Brasilistani army, the western half of the island nation belonged to Consigahria following the war. The land was sold to the nation of Lordaguard for R$2.5 million.

Prime Minister Davis X has been charged in three international courts with genocide, and has been charged with withholding spending information from the public in his own nation. Davis X pleaded guilty on April 6th, but was acquitted of all charges. Shortly after, he increased military spending, fearing more warfare. Mid- and late-April average income tax was 80%.

Brasilistan acquisition

On January 30th, 2136, the federal government officially recognized Brasilistan as one of its own states. The remaining population of the devastated, mostly uninhabited land have all the rights of Consigahrian citizens and may visit or move to the mainland; and likewise, Consigahrian natives and others who live on the mainland may visit or move to the Brasilistani Islands, which has been officially annexed as Brasilistani Islands Territory. Locally, the territory is called Brasili Territory; but abroad, the area is still widely understood as a sovereign terrorist country.

On February 4th, the government completed a national survey and concluded that the government acquired 1,241 islands with 140 million people who have survived the war, along with around 320,300 square miles of land and water.

Much of the territory is without plumbing; their source of water is evaporated, condensed, and purified ocean water, whereas the rest of the nation gets their source of water from mountain glaciers and rivers. The populace utilize outhouses a distance from their domiciles, and the excrement is used agriculturally. 170 years before its annexation, Brasilistan was world-renowned for the size of the potatoes it produced and exported. As of 2105, the nation was officially in a state of drought and severe famine, and their exports shut down entirely, forcing the country to mine "precious minerals" and export that. The nation failed to revitalize until 2132.

In 2135, Consigahria began to step in when its leadership noticed a fraction of their population AWOL, and noticed that other nations around the world reported the same thing. The trade secret was then leaked that Brasilistan's government had literally kidnapped hundreds of thousands of people and forced them to work in mines as slaves. When Consigahria and another world superpower declared war, Brasilistan began to kill the slaves off, and the government was soon destroyed and hundreds of thousands of survivors of war spared.

Recent history

As elections become more and more popular, a TV celebrity dominates the nation's newest democratic political party as anti-governmental websites begin to spring up following the ban of non-Native-owned casinos and minor gambling. Back-alley bris clinics are popping up all over the nation as a result of the recent criminalization of the practice of circumcision, and some doctors and some parents face felony charges.

The island nation of Brasilistan was acquired by the nation as of February 1st, 2136. On February 4th, the government assigned the islands it had acquired status as a territory, and assigned it a name: Brasilistani Islands Territory, nicknamed locally Brasili Territory. Its population was found to be 400 million. More studies are currently taking place; but it has been discovered that the Territory's population disagree with the rest of the nation on how the previous warfare should be represented in school textbooks.

The Battle of Brasili Territory

After a month of being buttered up by the government, the populace there has come to terms with their annexation; but a small but heavily-armed nation named Wezeltonia has the islands under siege, claiming sovereignty over the islands and the people, a heavily illegal act, federally and internationally. As citizens of Brasili Territory become accustomed to their newer, and apparently inherently better, Consigahrian lives, a nation invades the islands on February 28th and claim sovereignty for their nation. Consigahrian Prime Minister Davis X phoned the leader of Wezeltonia and requested that his troops and police be removed from the islands at once, as it was Consigahrian soil, only to be cursed out and the call suddenly ended. The following morning, the Prime Minister's family spent upwards of R$150 billion of their own money to finance an impending battle over the islands; they refuse to be stolen from. All of the citizens in the territory at stake and more than half of the mainland's citizens endorse the government as it prepares to declare war.

Demographics

Under construction.

Culture

Consigahrian people, also known as Native Consigahrians, are a very musical, loving, friendly, open, charitable, accepting Jewish people whose generations have resided in Consigahria since before its federation. The majority of Consigahrians are tan- or dark-skinned, while less than half are of Caucasian ancestry. Racism exists between the non-mixed Caucausian and Black communities, and less between the Black and Latino communities. People who are frugal are seen as corrupt and are generally put down in the media, although these are the country's most renowned civilians and business owners.

Most Native Consigahrians have a milk- or dark-chocolate color to their complexions; are Jewish by conversion, are Jewish by marriage of a parent to a Jew, or are Jewish at birth; and are generally shorter than six feet. The darker the complexion, generally, the wider the hips and kinkier the hair. Most are "skinny", fit, or muscular. They have three types of hair, and because of its thickness it tends to be kinky: black and straight, black and curly, or blonde and curly. Most Native Consigahrians are proud (and sometimes arrogant) people because of their belief to have royal bloodlines from ancient Egypt. Native Consigahrians as a race are attributed to modern nudism, and are generally seen by the rest of the world as egotistical, snide, bossy, manipulative, blunt, and overtly sexual. Of course, this is part of the nation's charm.

Although public nudity is compulsory, sexuality exhibited in public is generally frowned upon in Consigahria, both by the government and the citizens. Children are taught at a young age that the most sexual touching a man is allowed in public by his spouse is a passionate kiss, but not a series of passionate kisses or anything more arousing than that. This is primarily because public nudity restricts the ability to hide sexual arousal. In public, men with short foreskins and men without may or may not wear a kynodesme, a device used to restrict the foreskin, or residual foreskin in the case the individual was circumcised, which keeps the foreskin tied as a cover for the glans penis and aiding in both comfort while running or exercising, and restoring functionality to the entire organ. Medical circumcisions, legally defined as circumcisions which occur solely when medically necessary, do occur, but when they occur, surgeons try to cut the foreskin very loosely, so that wearing a kynodesme and restoring the foreskin naturally remains possible.

Choirboys singing about the joys of devout heterosexuality on city trams and subways are a common sight in Vermillion City, and their perfect harmony is usually followed by applause and praise from their audiences.

For all the race's virtues, Consigahrian citizens are notoriously territorial, and while the nation has a very bright, laidback, and optimistic outlook and a foreign policy to match, it has been known for reacting in extreme military violence when threatened. Its citizens are taught similarly. Territoriality, even among the people, is incredibly common in rural settings, although selfish frugality is generally frowned upon; and while still prominent in large cities such as Dockmackie and metropolitan conglomerates such as Vermillion, territoriality is not so common.

Criminals (87% of arrested in 2134), and less frequently homeless people (9%) and wayward youth (4%), are regularly arrested for public intoxication, DUIA (driving under the influence of alcohol), DUII (driving under the influence of an intoxicant), criminal possession of narcotics, criminal possession of stolen vehicles, and criminal possession of controlled substances such as meth, crack, and speed. Those also found with melee weapons are disarmed; and those with firearms generally give up their weapons at the beginning of police investigations, or find themselves Tasered and disarmed, or if they're combatant shot and killed.

It is mandatory for all youth to attend school from age five to age 18. In 2135, there were 4.748 million students and youth in Consigahria. About 1.99 million students (42%) were enrolled in public school, about 1.756 million students (37%) were enrolled in a secular private school, about 52,000 students (11%) were enrolled in a religious private school, and about 42,700 students (9%) were home-schooled. About 9,500 youth (2%) were pardoned from mandatory education due to military, prison, or severe illness or disability. In the survey conducted, 300 youth were inexplicably unaccounted for.

For gender roles etc., see the section on gender, family and social roles.

People in large cities like Tanahog and Vermillion are perceived as "pushier" than people in rural towns such as Kaito. The lower class tends to live either in apartments or single-story houses in very rural towns, or are clumped together in community buildings and skyscrapers in large cities' ghettos. The middle class, or working class, tends to live in skyscrapers such as these, and those in this class who are more charitable generally are happier because they have more privileges, such as excess electricity or water to waste. The high class (the self-proclaimed "top 2%" of society) live in large cities and are responsible for the normal high 65-80% average income tax rate, as they consume much of the country's goods for their own profit. The federal government is currently looking at stamping this out. According to various economists, the projected average income tax rate would gravitate around 30-42% if the wealthy would give more, and in the long term, everybody would benefit.

Outside the mountain ranges, Consigahrian life is based around water systems, primarily the ocean. Roughly 36-48% of the entire population lives within 100 miles of the coastlines.

The people are fiercely patriotic, but don't seem to favor the government when it militarizes.

Religion

The de facto national religion of Consigahria is Karaite Judaism; and the de jure national religion is all denominations of Judaism.

Most of Consigahria's populace is Jewish, as is much of its governmental staff; and as a consequence, the religion largely affects the native custom. Judaism (יַהֲדוּת, Yahadut) is a monotheistic religion, with the Torah (תורה, torah, laws) as its foundational text (part of the larger text known as the Tanakh (תנ"ך, bible) or Hebrew Bible), and supplemental oral tradition represented by later texts such as the Mishneh Torah (משנה תורה, changed laws) and the Talmud (תלמוד). Judaism is considered by religious Jews to be the expression of the covenantal relationship God established with the Children of Israel. Judaism includes a wide corpus of texts, practices, theological positions, and forms of organization. Within Judaism there are a variety of movements, most of which emerged from Rabbinic Judaism, which holds that God revealed his laws and commandments to Moses on Mount Sinai in the form of both the Written and Oral Torah. Judaism claims a historical continuity spanning more than 3,000 years. Judaism has its roots as a structured religion in the Middle East during the Bronze Age.

According to traditional Jewish Law, a Jew is anyone born of a Jewish mother or converted to Judaism in accordance with Jewish Law. American Reform Judaism and British Liberal Judaism accept the child of one Jewish parent (father or mother) as Jewish if the parents raise the child with a Jewish identity. All mainstream forms of Judaism today are open to sincere converts, although conversion has traditionally been discouraged since the time of the Talmud. The conversion process is evaluated by an authority, and the convert is examined on his or her sincerity and knowledge. Traditional Judaism maintains that a Jew, whether by birth or conversion, is a Jew forever.

Jewish observances

Most Consigahrian people are Jewish. Males born before 2110 are generally circumcised, and males born after that date aren't, as circumcision was outlawed in that year except in medical necessity. More than 60% of families attend a religious ceremony or gathering once a week. Males have their heads covered in public, either by a hat, beanie, or yarmulke; and those who do not are considered either rebellious or vagrant, usually one or the other. Teachings of chesed, charity, and self-betterment are passed down through the generations. Jewish holidays such as Hanukkah are celebrated as national holidays.

Religious texts

The Jews use the Pirchei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) and the Mishneh Torah for moral guidance, the Haggadah for ceremonial guidance, the Talmud for reference to civil and ceremonial law, and the Tanakh for authoritative scripture.

The Pirchei Avot (פרקי אבות, Chapters of the Fathers) is a compilation of the ethical teachings and maxims of the Rabbis of the Mishnaic period, which Jews use as a template for their own behavior; and the Mishneh Torah (מִשְׁנֵה תּוֹרָה‎, Repetition of the Torah), subtitled Sefer Yad Hahazaka (ספר יד החזקה, Book of the Strong Hand), is a code of Jewish religious law which the Pirchei Avot is based on.

Haggadah is the text recited at the Seder (feast) on the first two nights of the Jewish Passover, including a narrative of the Exodus.

The Talmud is the body of Jewish civil and ceremonial law and legend comprising the Mishnah, the book's substance text, and the Gemara, commentary on the substance.

Tanakh, a list of books considered to be authoritative scripture of the original Hebrew Bible, is an acronym of the first Hebrew letter of each of the Masoretic Text's three traditional subdivisions: Torah ("Teaching"), also known as the Five Books of Moses, Nevi'im ("Prophets") and Ketuvim ("Writings") — hence TaNaKh.

Modern versions of the Tanakh are the three subdivisions in one book, instead of three separate books considered the Tanakh as a collective, and so the term Tanakh is a singular noun in lexicon.

Jewish ethics

Jewish ethical practice is typically understood to be marked by values such as justice, truth, peace, loving-kindness, compassion, humility, and self-respect. Specific Jewish ethical practices include practices of charity (צדקה, tzedakah) and refraining from negative speech. Proper ethical practices regarding sexuality and many other issues are subjects of dispute among Jews. Rabbi Simeon ben Gamaliel taught: "The world rests on three things: justice, truth, and peace" (Avot 1:18). Justice (משפט, mishpat), being God's must be vindicated, whether the object be of great or small value (Sanhedrin 8a). "Let justice pierce the mountain" is the characteristic maxim attributed to Moses (Sanhedrin 6b). Stealing and oppression, even if only in holding back overnight the hired man's earnings, are forbidden. Falsehood, flattery, perjury and false swearing are also forbidden. The reputation of a fellow man is sacred (Exodus 21:1). Tale-bearing and unkind insinuations are proscribed, as is hatred of one's brother in one's heart (Leviticus 19:17). A revengeful, relentless disposition is unethical; reverence for old age is inculcated; justice shall be done; right weight and just measure are demanded; poverty and riches shall not be regarded by the judge (Leviticus 19:15, 18, 32, 36; Exodus 23:3). Transversely, peace (שַׁלוָה, shalom) is one of the underlying principles of the Torah, as "her ways are pleasant ways and all her paths are shalom" (Proverbs 3:17). The Talmud explains "the entire Torah is for the sake of the ways of shalom".

Simon the Just taught: "The world rests upon three things: Torah, service to God, and showing chesed" (Avot 1:2). Loving-kindness (חֶסֶד, chesed) is the core ethical virtue, closely linked with compassion in the tradition. Lack of compassion marks a people as cruel (אַכְזָר, achzar). The repeated injunctions of the Law and the Prophets that the widow, the orphan and the stranger should be protected show how deeply, it is argued, the feeling of compassion was rooted in the hearts of the righteous in ancient Israel.

Friendship (חֲבֵרוּת, chaverut) is also highly prized in the Talmud; the very word for "associate" is "friend" (כחבר, chaver). "Get thyself a companion" (Avot i. 6). "Companionship or death" (Ta'anit 23a).

Respect for one's fellow creatures is of such importance that Biblical prohibitions may be transgressed on its account (Ber. 19b). Especially do unclaimed dead require respectful burial.

In addition to teaching caring for others, Jewish sources tend to teach that man is duty bound to preserve his life (Berachot 32b) and his health. Foods dangerous to health are more to be guarded against than those ritually forbidden. Jewish ethics denies self-abasement. "He who subjects himself to needless self-castigations and fasting, or even denies himself the enjoyment of wine, is a sinner" (Taanit 11a, 22b). A person has to give account for every lawful enjoyment he refuses (Talmud Yerushalyim Ḳiddesh iv, 66d). A person should show self-respect in regard to both his body, "honoring it as the image of God" (Hillel: Midrash Leviticus Rabbah 34), and his garments (Talmud Shabbat 113b; Nedarim 81a). According to Judaism, real life goes beyond the concept of breathing and having blood flow through our veins, it means existing with a purpose and connecting to God and others.

Prayer

Traditionally, Jews recite prayers three times daily, Shacharit, Mincha, and Ma'ariv, with a fourth prayer, Mussaf, which is added on Shabbat (Judaism's day of rest and seventh day of the week, typically Sunday) and holidays. Prayers can be done with other people (recommended), or alone; but at the heart of each prayer is the Amidah or Shemoneh Esrei, in which friends and family stand together and pray together. Most of the prayers in a traditional Jewish service can be recited in solitary prayer, although communal prayer is preferred. Communal prayer requires a quorum of ten adult Jews, called a minyan. In nearly all Orthodox and a few Conservative circles, only male Jews are counted toward a minyan; most Conservative Jews and members of other Jewish denominations count female Jews as well.

Another key prayer in many services is the declaration of faith, the Shema Yisrael (or Shema). The Shema is the recitation of a verse from the Torah (Deuteronomy 6:4): Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad—"Hear, O Israel! The Lord is our God! The Lord is One!"

In addition to prayer services, observant traditional Jews recite prayers and benedictions throughout the day when performing various acts. Prayers are recited upon waking up in the morning, before eating or drinking different foods, after eating a meal, and so on.

The approach to prayer varies among the Jewish denominations. Differences can include the texts of prayers, the frequency of prayer, the number of prayers recited at various religious events, the use of musical instruments and choral music, and whether prayers are recited in the traditional liturgical languages or the vernacular. In general, Orthodox and Conservative congregations adhere most closely to tradition, and Reform and Reconstructionist synagogues are more likely to incorporate translations and contemporary writings in their services. Also, in most Conservative synagogues, and all Reform and Reconstructionist congregations, women participate in prayer services on an equal basis with men, including roles traditionally filled only by men, such as reading from the Torah. In addition, many Reform temples use musical accompaniment such as organs and mixed choirs.

Siddurim

A siddur (סדור, order) (plural: סדורים, siddurim) is a prayer book containing an ordered list of daily prayers. Readings from the Torah and the Nevi'im form part of the prayer services. To this framework various Jewish sages added, from time to time, various prayers, and, for festivals especially, numerous hymns.

The earliest existing codification of the prayerbook was drawn up by Rev Amram Gaon of Sura (Babylon) in circa 850 CE. Half a century later, Rav Saadia Gaon (also of Sura) composed a siddur in which the rubric is in Arabic. These were the basis of Simcha ben Samuel's Machzor Vitry (11th century France), which was based on the ideas of his teacher. Another formulation of the prayers was that appended by Maimonides, who wrote the Pirchei Avot, to the laws of prayer in his Mishneh Torah. This forms the basis of the Yemenite liturgy and has had some influence on other rites. From this point forward, all Jewish prayer books had the same basic order and contents, but each would be compulsorily individualized.

Two authoritative versions of the Ashkenazi siddur were those of Shabbetai Sofer in the 16th century and Seligman Baer in the 19th century, neither of which are now considered relevant. Siddurim have also been published reflecting the views of Jacob Emden and the Vilna Gaon, renowned ancient specialists in studies of the Talmud, or shisha siddurim (the "six orders" found in the Mishneh Torah).

Religious clothing

A classical kippah, one variation of many.

A kippah (כִּפָּה, plural כפפת kippot; Yiddish: יאַרמלקע yarmulke) is a slightly rounded brimless skullcap worn by many Jews while praying, eating, reciting blessings, or studying Jewish religious texts, and at all times by some Jewish men. In Orthodox communities, only men wear kippot; in non-Orthodox communities, some women also wear kippot. Kippot range in size from a small round beanie that covers only the back of the head, to a large, snug cap that covers the whole crown.

An example of tzitzit

Tzitzit (Hebrew צִיציִת) (Ashkenazi pronunciation: tzitzis) are special knotted "fringes" or "tassels" found on the four corners of the tallit (Hebrew: טַלִּית) (Ashkenazi pronunciation: tallis), or prayer shawl. The tallit is worn by Jewish men and some Jewish women during the prayer service. Customs vary regarding when a Jew begins wearing a tallit. In the Sephardi community, boys wear a tallit from bar mitzvah age. In some Ashkenazi communities it is customary to wear one only after marriage. A tallit katan (small tallit) is a fringed garment worn under the clothing throughout the day. In some Orthodox circles, the fringes are allowed to hang freely outside the clothing.

Tefillin (תְפִלִּין), known in other languages as phylacteries (etymologically from a Greek word meaning safeguard or amulet), are two square leather boxes containing biblical verses, attached to the forehead and wound around the left arm by leather straps. They are worn during weekday morning prayer by observant Jewish men and some Jewish women.

A kittel (Yiddish קיטל), a white knee-length overgarment, is worn by prayer leaders and some observant traditional Jews on the High Holidays. It is traditional for the head of the household to wear a kittel at the Passover seder in some communities, and some grooms wear one under the wedding canopy. Jewish males are buried in a tallit and sometimes also a kittel, which are part of the tachrichim (burial garments).

Burial (קְבוּרָה, kevurah) is, historically, to be placed in a sepulcher of some kind, usually in the ground or in a "cave of rocks"; but today, cremation is compulsory for all deceased mammals, and usually the remains are scattered into the ocean (in rivieras and other tropical areas) or a river (in hilly and mountainous areas).

Gender, family, and social roles

A family is allowed as many children and as many spouses as the patriarch and/or matriarch deems necessary or prudent. Rules governing how the family interacts with each other is defined by the individual patriarch and/or matriarch.

In a typical Consigahrian patriarchal household, the patriarch dominates the house, and his wife shares in his wealth and in his authority. The patriarch (father) works daily nine- to twelve-hour shifts, or three daily three-hour shifts in different professions; the matriarch (mother) stays home to tend to the house and children who are aren't yet in school; the children who are in elementary school learn rudimentary mathematical and linguistic skills; the children who are in middle school learn advanced mathematical and linguistic skills; and the children in high school specialize their education how they see fit. In a typical matriarchal household, the same is true, but the father and mother roles are reversed.

At home, no matter what the family's financial standing, the parents generally have a disciplinarian style of teaching. Children who steal learn quickly that thieves may lose fingers. In Consigahria, children who misbehave are spanked, and so children are generally more pleasant and less susceptible to be defeated in a fistfight than children in less-disciplined countries. The parents generally raise their children according to the nationalized religious and largely nudist lifestyle. Poorer families, officially classed "middle class" (32.39%) and "lower class" (39.6%) (72% of the population), are generally conservative, while richer families, officially classed "upper class" (28% of the population), are considered spendthrift. Clothes are employed as either a punishment mechanism or as a means of warmth outside of the home; the most severe punishment legal to use on any person is to confine them in warm clothing within a room at no more than 112 degrees Fahrenheit for no more than two consecutive months, or three days without food and water. However, the insubordinate are normally punished more bearably, for example by means of confinement to one's bedroom, confiscation of toys or other electronic or entertainment devices, and corporeal punishment (spanking on the butt, hands, and/or thighs by hand, belt, or paddle). The utilization of melee weapons in corporeal punishment (defined as the use of anything other than the parents' own hand, belt, or paddle, and in any other location on the minor's body other than the butt, hands, or thighs) is an unlawful felony.

According to a 2126 survey, classed as a "study" by the government, of 10 billion individuals surveyed, gang activity was found prohibited in 63% of Consigahrian households but shockingly remained prevalent as a staggering 45% of minors aged 14-18 and a 36% of adults aged 21-40 had a gang affiliation. Most refused to speak at length about their activity as a gangbanger. 23% of gangs, found to be mostly comprised of lower-class middle school students, engaged in firearm warfare simply over the color of the set's uniform, firing upon fellow sets and burning bridges in their wakes. 70% of self-proclaimed "gangbangers" and 56% of self-proclaimed "gang members" (86% of the surveyed) claimed their gang affiliation was hereditary. The government concluded that all gangs operate under certain belief systems and are willing to defend those beliefs with a gun; that all gangs are subdivided into sets, which have their own unique individual traits; and that many gangs were family-oriented, meaning 81% of Consigahrian families either have or had gang affiliations; however, crimes happen much, much less often than they do in most parts of the world.

At school, teachers are allowed to utilize corporeal punishment, but are not allowed to use their own hands or belts. They absolutely must use a paddle. Normally, teachers don't corporeally punish students because time doesn't allow. In this case, the student is sent to a principal who specializes in assessment of breach of school rules and federal laws and punishment. Some parents who don't want their children spanked by anybody other than themselves enroll their children in private schools. Homeschooling is conceptualized but doesn't ever happen in Consigahria. At school, students are generally happy, acquiescent, yielding, and kind to one another. Eye contact is paramount. Avoidance of eye contact is normally interpreted hostilely, and hostility is met with equivalent (reciprocal) hostility. Public displays of violence are generally frowned upon and discouraged. If students must get violent, they are encouraged to either take their affair away from school grounds, or seek counsel from a trusted staff member or from parents without getting violent.

Because of the paramount gang activity in most low-class schools, uniforms have been enacted, and graffiti lines many hallways, some tagged with gang symbols to claim both the inking and the school. There have been recorded events involving minors, gang activity, and shootouts between neighborhoods; and there have been recorded events involving minors, gang activity, and brandished blunt weaponry within public schools. In 2131, the federal misdemeanor crime of assault became a felony on any public school's property by law, and in 2133, the addenda concerning violence on public school property were repealed.

Family dynamics

Most families are Jewish by blood. 41% of Jewish families are Reform Jewish, 29% are Conservative, 18% are Unorthodox, and 12% are Orthodox. And so, the common family names of ancient times, kinui chibah (כִּנוּי חִיבָּה, pet names) are still used today.

Language used among family and close friends

Jews use colloquial language among family and close friends that would be considered either rude or awkwardly inappropriate among strangers. Below is a list of a few Yiddish phrases.

• A bi gezunt (עה בי גזונט) - "As long as you're healthy", or "At least you've got your health". Used to negate something terrible that's happened. For example, your cousin's house burns down. A bi gezunt.
• Balabusta (באלאבוּסטא) - a good homemaker; a friendly host.
• Barimer (באַרימער) - a braggart; a showoff.
• Bissel, or bissela - a little bit.
• Boychick - a term of endearment used for young boys.
• Broche (ברוכה) - prayer.
• Beitzim (בעיטזם) - testicles.
• Bubba, or Bubbe (בובבה) - a term of endearment used for grandmothers.
• Bubbala, or Bubbele (בובבהלא) - a term of endearment; "darling".
• Bupkes (בופקס) - something absurd or worthless.
• Tsaya (צאיה) - animal, used to refer to unruly children.
• Chazerei (חזרי) - food that is awful.
• Chutzpah (חוצפה) - nerve, audacity, gall.
• Dreck, or drek (דרעק) - shit; crap; nonsense.
• Dreck off a teller, or drek aoyf a teller (דרעק אויף אַ טעלער) - shit on a plate; mean-spirited and completely worthless person.
• Er zitst oyf shpilkes (ער זיצט אויף שפּילקעס) - he sits on pins and needles; he's restless.
• Er macht a tel fun dem - he ruins it.
• Er zol vaksen vi a tsibeleh (ער זאָל וואַקסן ווי אַ ציבעלע) - he should grow like an onion (...with his head in the ground).
• Farfalen, or far-fallen (פאַרפאַלען) - (as if doing the same thing day in day out for years, having expected an opportunity for change, and ultimately being disappointed,) hopeless; fallen in; collapsed; lost.
• Farmach dos moyl, or Farmakh dos moyl (פאַרמאַכ דאָס מויל) - shut your mouth.
• Fercockt (פרקקת) - all fucked up.
• Fershlugeneh (פרשלגנה) - beaten up, messed up, no good.
• Farshnickert (פאַרשניקקערט), or farshnoshket (פאַרשנאָשקעט) - drunk as a skunk; high as a kite.
• Fershtayin (פאַרשטיין), or fershtays (פערשטייַס) - Understand?
• Farshtinkener (פאַרשטינקענער) - rotten (as in a person).
• Fetzel (פצל) - to flatulate.
• Fress (פרס) - eat quickly and noisily.
• Foiler (פאָילער) - a lazy person.
• Gevalt (גולת) - woe.
• Goy (גוי) - gentile (a derogatory term meaning gentile); goyim (גויים) is the plural, and goyisher (גוישר) is the adjective.
• Kibitz (קבץ) - unwanted help during a game.
• Klutz (קלוץ) - an awkwardly uncoordinated person or animal.
• Kosher (כשר) - "comestible" as defined by Jewish dietary law, or "legitimate."
• Kvell (קול) - to beam with pride and pleasure.
• Kvetch (מקטר) - to complain incessantly.
• Luzzum, or luzz 'em (לוזזום) - leave them alone.
• Macher (מכר) - sold, or ambitious.
• Mazel tov (מזל טוב) - congratulations, good luck.
• Magilla (מגלה) - long, revealing, boring, and complicated.
• Mishin (מישנ) - nosy.
• Mensch (מנשך) - a person of upstanding character.
• Messhugeh (מסשוגה) - crazy.
• Plotz (פלוץ) - to collapse.
• Seikhel (סאיקהל) - good sense; good judgment.
• Shlimazel (שלמזל), or shlemiel (שלומיאל) - a person with abhorrently bad luck, a chronic failure, or a born loser.
• Shmegege (שמגג) - a petty person; "needle-dick" (an insult).
• Schmooze (שמאוז) - to talk in a gossip-like fashion; to barter.
• Schnoz (שהנוז) - nose.
• Tsucheppennish (צוטכפפנש) - something irritating that attaches itself like an obsession. "She has tsucheppennish..."
• Tuches (תוכס) - bum; butt; ass.
• Verklempt (בר קלמפת) - choked up.
• Zitsin (זיצן) - sit; sit down.
• Zhlub, or schlub (זהלוב) - an insensitive, ill-mannered person.

Sexuality

Sexuality plays a very large part of Consigahrian society. From a very young age, children are taught about human anatomy and physiology, and from the middle-school ages, children are taught about sexuality and psychology, as the four subjects correlate respectively. Therefore, adolescents are much likelier to engage in sexual activity when they feel they're ready, and are much less likely to procreate, whether intentionally or accidentally. Psychopathologists, psychologists, and physicians unanimously agree that such behavior is healthy, so long as the parents teach the children that too much sex, no matter how exclusive, may be detrimental to their health.

Sexual orientation

Sexual orientation used to be a very big issue in Consigahria. Being homosexual or transgender wasn't unheard of, but both were severely criticized and frowned upon. The Consigahrian government began to investigate and research sexual orientation, and when it was discovered to be related to genetics in 1987, the research skyrocketed. Several surveys were developed and conducted through 1987-2020, and in each survey, 200,000 random people on the street would be surveyed. In 1989, one in 300 people surveyed admitted to not being completely heterosexual. It was unheard of to crossdress, let alone believe one belonged to the other gender. In 2000, one in fifty people surveyed admitted to not being completely heterosexual, and although crossdressing was still frowned upon, five in fifty admitted to doing it at least once. In 2020, three in every eight people admitted to not being heterosexual; seven of twelve admitted to crossdressing at least once; one of three made it clear they were homosexual; another one of the same three made it clear they were bisexual; and the last one of the same three wasn't sure what term applied to them.

Today, homosexuality is morally and legally acceptable in all forms, including bisexuality, transsexualism, intersexualism (female-to-male transsexualism without surgery on the genitals), and cis-sexuality (legally defined as "99% heterosexuality," or the practice of conditional heterosexuality, where a heterosexual individual would temporarily engage in homosexual activity, as opposed to bisexuality and homosexuality).

The government doesn't dabble with legal matters as it pertains to private sexuality. Pederasty (legally defined as sexual intercourse between an adult male with a minor male), however, is still specifically illegal at the federal level, and holds the same penalty as statutory rape (legally defined as sexual intercourse between an adult male with a minor female). In Capital and Koyoumaru Territories, however, the laws of pederasty and statutory rape are slightly different: it's only illegal if the family of the minor disagrees with the relationship, as minors cannot legally give their own consent. However, it's still very much frowned upon. The sentence for committing statutory rape or pederasty is 20 years in federal prison, and if the minor didn't comply during the offense, without chance for parole.

Circumcision

Circumcision, legally labeled as genital mutilation, was outlawed in 2010, except in the case of medical necessity. However, it is not illegal to be circumcised, nor for an adult to travel to a foreign country where genital mutilation is legally acceptable, have himself circumcised, and return to Consigahria. Some families still perform the ancient bris ceremonies (on the eighth day of life, a human male would be circumcised to "establish a covenant with God," a practice which was abandoned when it was proven that circumcision began only after the Romans began to evangelize and pursue world conquest.

In 2130, a survey was conducted, and 0.16% of males were found to have been circumcised. Most of them either were in the process of restoring their prepuces in some way, and nine in every ten others who were not had already restored theirs. The one person remaining in every ten didn't know doing so was possible. 26% of males who had restored had done so either surgically or by means of stem cell duplication, and 74% had somehow induced cell growth.

In 2135, the federal government reaffirmed its previous ruling that circumcision is immoral and illegal. The practice of circumcision, federally outlawed over a century earlier, is considered a felony.

Protests

In 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2009-10 respectively, there were a series of protests against medical circumcision. In 2001, a well-renowned doctor, one of the nation's wealthiest, was sued for botching the circumcision of a man's son. When he lost the suit and was found guilty, the doctor's name was redacted from public documents, the presiding justice revoked his medical licenses, and he was arrested for unlawful use of a weapon. In 2003, a group of teenagers were arrested for riotous behavior after publicly protesting against circumcision in general, and one of the teenagers' father decided to peacefully continue the protest. In 2004 and 2006, the group repeated the protest, these times supervised by police.

A teenaged girl's father protests against circumcision after his daughter and her friends were arrested for indecent exposure while protesting in his absence.

A mass protest occurred on November 1st, 2009, and 30 innocent protesters, most of them female youth, were maced by police officers and detained. The rest of the group, around 130 people, began to rebel against them. All 130 were arrested; and an a riot broke out. Civilians began to assault police officers, and when the police became outnumbered, CIA and FBI completely closed off roads and sidewalks leading into and out of Coaxie and Dixie, towns in central Vermillion City. Tabloids and newspapers called it a "civil war" because of the violence; in three months, 160 civilians and 12 police officers died, and 8,400 civilians and six police officers were wounded. In February, 2010, a record 8,510 people were arrested.

Recreational drug use

Schedule A Drugs are not illegal at the federal or territorial level, such as adrenocorticoids, fusion inhibitors, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors, protease inhibitors, benzodiazepines, lithium, disulfiram, epinephrine, antihistamines, Vitamin B-12, haloperidol, aspirin, capsaicin, adrenocorticoids, topical antifungals, divalproex, risperidone, ticlopidine, acetaminophen, dextromethorphan, osmotic laxative, insulin, miglitol, niacin, orphenadrine, dronabinol, tetrahydrocannabinol, hydroxyzyne, guanadrel, and hydrochlorothiazides. An adult may possess and distribute any of these drugs as he wishes, but he won't likely have a large profit since the national healthcare associations ("NHAs") distribute these drugs without charge. These associations also screen for Schedule B Drugs, and if any are present in an individual's system, the association helps them to quit the drug and assume a safer Schedule A Drug alternative. Most NHAs employ legally binding paperwork which individual adults must fill out and submit, including a contract which prohibits the individual and any member of their immediate family from, for example, going to another NHA or lying to the NHAs, etc.

Schedule B Drugs are illegal at the federal and territorial levels, such as deathly controlled substances like methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, and ecstasy.

Police are instructed not to pay attention to marijuana, unless it's going across an international border. It is not a controlled substance at the federal level; however, in Voya and Koyoumaru Territories, it is classified as a schedule C drug, among other drugs which produce a psychedelic effect but don't harm the body, which in these territories are illegal to be sold by, sold to, handled by, or consumed by minors. It's a federal crime to transport schedule C drugs into and out of these territories without a medical marijuana license, which practically anybody can get for any severe pain or chronic illness at their territory's Medical Marijuana Office.

Compulsory public nudity

To wear clothes on public property (government- or state-owned property) is a misdemeanor crime and is punishable by a night's incarceration and a legal fee. People indeed go to jail for a large accumulation of unpaid fines regarding the matter; the limit is R$250,000, and one individual fine can be up to R$100,000. It is not illegal to wear clothes in specific places, such as some clothe parks, most hospitals, private schools which require uniforms (this applies to the students and faculty only), some places of worship, residential places if the owner permits (or if the owners unanimously permit), and jobs in which specific clothing is necessary. It is also not illegal to wear clothes in public on recognized national and unrecognized (but provable) foreign religious holidays. It is illegal to lie to an officer of the law about a national holiday as an excuse to wear clothes on public property, and to lie to a judge or Supreme Court Justice is a federal offense called perjury; a person who breaks this law is charged with two counts of disruption of the peace, and repeat offenders are incarcerated for two months per charge in federal prison, where they are completely barred from clothing of all kinds, and to commit perjury is to face years of federal prison time.

History of legality

In 1913, a federal law was passed which prohibited clothing worn in public, but not clothing accessories, except in cases of extreme cold. Prohibited clothing legally includes all blouses, shirts, pants, undergarments, skirts, "skorts" (skirt-shorts), and all other clothing garments, except all jackets, hoodies, socks, shoes, sandals, hats, caps, skullcaps, beanies, piercings, tattoos classified as "clothing" such as permanent make-up, and diapers if necessary. Clothing which cover two body portions, such as one-piece pajamas and pantyhose, are specifically illegal to wear.

In its 2000 reestablishment, the law defined prohibited clothing as "fiber and textile material worn on the body to hide or obscure its cosmetic appearance, or for the purpose of hiding erogenous zones."

In its 2021 reestablishment, prohibited clothing was redefined into a list of specific clothing, which basically reverted to the above in a bullet list format, and some other clothing items such as diapers were decriminalized. After a few years, several people masqueraded as disabled people who compulsively defecated on themselves and claimed therefore they had to wear diapers, and after prosecution for breaking the compulsory nudity law, they countersued and lost. In the trials that ensued, it was established that diapers may only be worn in public if medically necessary. It was also established that fetishism, including manic fetishism, would not qualify as medical necessity.

The law was repealed in 1918, reinstated in 2000, repealed again in 2005, reinstated again in 2021, repealed yet again in 2030, and reinstated permanently in 2031. For each repeal, public schools operated by territories began to enforce uniforms on school grounds, while other schools merely began to allow students and faculty to dress to a modest extent however they pleased.

In 1913, the law was passed in order to "absolve all envy within a single nation and people under God" in an attempt to be regarded as a more holy nation to their deity.

Death and nudity

Most Consigahrians choose to be dressed in tachrichim, a black robe, for their "burial," as that is the religious custom. Some choose to remain unclothed.

The term "burial" has undergone some change since the nation's antiquity. Today, the term is generic and refers to the way the dead prefer their bodies to be treated after death. Some choose cremation; some choose to be buried in their physical body and tachrichim; while others choose simply to be left undisturbed until the detritivores are finished with it. Some prefer to literally be buried six feet under the ground; but most families would have to travel long distances to bury their loved ones, so the nationalized cremation movement is usually how the dead preferred their bodies to be disposed of.

In 2015, the government made cremation of the dead compulsory because cemeteries across the nation were absolutely full. "If the family of the dead can transport the cadaver across an international border without desecrating it, they may dispose of it however they please, in accordance with that nation's laws," an RA justice said.

Just Be Nice, OK?

In 2014, the federal government introduced a "Just Be Nice, OK?" initiative, which stimulated widespread compassion. Today, citizens of Consigahria are taught, or "brainwashed" if one prefers, to love and give unconditionally. Whether it's a teaching, encouragement, or brainwashing, it's yielded a much better economic result, and the country is better off for it.

Population Day

Population Day has been proclaimed as an annual recognized national holiday occurring five days before Hanukkah, on which day all citizens are exempt from taxation for 24 hours. Citizens are exempt on this day from all taxes, including and especially sales, property and income tax.

Government

Consigahria is operated entirely by its government, called the First Legislature of Consigahria, or simply the First Legislature. The First Legislature has the power to create and enforce laws, but does not have the power to reverse a Prime Minister's veto or any past veto. The First Legislature is divided into two groups which serve two different purposes. One half, the Parliament, controls lawmaking processes by determining constitutionality of individual justice's legal decisions. In other words, the entire Parliament can veto one justice's ruling unanimously. The other half, the Representative Assembly (often abbreviated as RA), creates laws as necessary by individual trials, and each ruling is preserved until later challenged and reversed, or until stricken out by a Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister has the power to create, destroy, and enforce laws; create, limit and destroy organizations of all kinds; and to regulate the Parliament and RA. The Parliament, a group of ten hand-chosen individuals elected from the territories, also has the power to create laws; but the Representative Assembly, a group of 150 individuals hand-selected by the Prime Minister and by Prime Ministers past, are responsible for amending laws which require amendment by unanimous vote. The Prime Minister does not have the right to directly influence tax rates or percentages as it pertains to the national monetary systems. The Prime Minister has the right to declare war and civil war, and also has the right to execute anybody in his jurisdiction without trial or reason, though the Parliament decided in 1901 that the Prime Minister must indicate a "proper reason ... before the execution takes place, or he may be impeached and replaced."

The monetary system is highly monitored. There is an undisclosed but specific amount of bills and coins that are supposed to be in circulation around Consigahria and in foreign trade. If at any point there's an inconsistency, it's recorded and tracked by a government agency and resolved legally. The stock market and value of the ruice is monitored daily by the National Financial Association, a corporation directly underneath the nation's Minister of Finance.

Spending

The entirety of the Consigahrian economy comes from the burgeoning small businesses as per federal law, but recently, it's been dominated by a number of large international corporations. The nation is controlled entirely by the federal government.

In December, 2031, 30.9% of income tax was spent on police funding, 26.1% was spent on public and private education, 17.5% was donated to official national environmental activist groups, 14.2% was spent on expansion of the national rail systems, 4.1% was spent on social legislation and policies, 3.4% was spent on welfare, 3.3% was spent on industry, and 0.5% was spent on the national guard to support the bombing of a terrorist nation. In January, 2032, 32.2% went to education, 36.1% went to law and order, 17.6% went to environmental protection, and 14.1% went to public transport; and other government spending details concerning defense, welfare, and others was either eliminated or redacted.

Because of the nation's previous alarmingly high 81% income tax rate, most of the working class (57.616% of the population) and half of all unemployed but able (5.61% unemployed) utilize the nation's underground, but highly efficient black market, which introduces technically-illegal drugs, counterfeited goods, illegal mining, logging, and other trades, school loan fraud, and tax evasion. The government either ignores it entirely or pretends it doesn't exist, believing that it will burn itself lower in due time.

In April, 2135, 14% of income tax was spent on maintenance of public transportation systems, 32.9% was spent on private and public education, 17.9% was spent on the preservation and protection of the environment, and 35.1% was spent on police funding.

The government is currently increasing funding to its welfare and military departments. In April, 2135, 2.5% of income tax collected was spent on the NatArms, and in the following May, spending increased to 3.1%.

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Parliament

Consigahria's Parliament has the right to create laws and settle federal-level lawsuits based on their constitutionality. The Parliament created the nation's constitution, the Consigahrian Federal Body, shortly after the ratification of the Vermillion Treaty.

See Federal and territorial laws of Consigahria for a complete list of laws.

Politics

Politics in Consigahria are held on a very tight leash. The Prime Minister is presented with a few daily RA trials on which there are no legislation. The Prime Minister helps to creates laws in this way; he decides what is best, and his decision is referenced in law forevermore, until a successor imposes a contradictory law which negates the previous. As he does this, the Representative Assembly immediately nips unnecessary addenda in the bud.

The decisions are generally made in either a father-knows-best decision-making process or one which benefits everybody in the long term. Prime Ministers Davis 2-9 have worked very hard to make Consigahria the place it is today through its extensive legislation.

Elections

Citizens are granted every ten years with official polls, called ballots, on which they indicate in pen which representatives they want representing their area in the Representative Assembly. The representatives which appear on the ballot are hand-chosen by the Head Minister of Law and Order.

It began months before the nation's federation, when some citizens rebelled violently against the dictatorial government and were executed on the spot for treason. After this act, Dictator for Life Cornelius Davis I was assassinated in his personal chamber by his security guards, who were ordered to commit the act of treason secretly by the Dictator's son. The Dictator's successor promised one day elections would be widespread in the nation.

Today, citizens are allowed to participate in elections, although not too many.

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High police ratios in urban areas

A Consigahrian citizen, identity masked, holds a sign that reads in red "too many cops - too little justice."

The 4:1 police ratio in large cities leaves some families completely against them as a whole agency. Revulsion toward police officers has existed in Consigahria since its antiquity, when the police would burn houses down as punishment for harboring a fugitive of the law. Of course, today such arson is a person felony. The police ratio is abnormally high because 31% of the money the Treasury earns through income tax, and because of that yearly allotment of over 96 trillion ruices, there are about 2.2 billion police officers across the nation policing the other 13-odd billion around. A total revolt would be practically impossible to stop, if every citizen were to rise up against the government; and the Jewish government would simply step aside. But the Prime Minister would sooner have NBI, CIA and Division arrest whoever would try to take his throne from him.

In 1906, there was a 12:1 police ratio, and 80% of homes in Vermillion City were burned and their residents shot for an attempted revolution, one that would have murdered seven billion more people, that Division didn't want to happen. With the Prime Minister's permission, these homes and lives were destroyed. The city was rebuilt larger and larger in symbolism of the prosperous relationship between the Consigahrian government and its constituents. In 2131, 17 million homes in Tanahog were ransacked by police in search of a terrorist; 8.2% of its residential district was ravaged, leaving another three percent terrified.

In 2135, a survey showed the police to citizen ratio was 9:2.

Capital Punishment

In 2023, the government began to use public beatings as deterrents for breaking the law, and it was very effective. These beatings would be carried out by police and government agents that worked directly with the public. Minors would not be beaten, however, and would instead simply either face their own parents or incarceration. Adults would be regularly beaten near or in the place where their crime occurred. Justices (judges) do not decide whether a person is beaten, but can decide whether a person dies for their crime. Therefore, most theft is usually armed, or explosive, and sporadic.

Consigahria National Armada

Consigahria National Armada
Military and psychic manpower
Military age	Recruitment: 15-49; reserves: 20-60
Availability	age 15-60: 93%
Fit for military service	age 15–60
Reaching military age annually	1.8 billion
Current size of forces	48,150,000
Military expenditures
Amount	R$132.79 billion
Percent of GDP	1.3%

The Consigahrian National Armada (also known generally as Consigahria National Armada and Consigahria National Guard, and known colloquially as the national armada, the national guard, and the NatArms) is a broad term that generally refers to two entities, either the Consigahrian Royal Army or the Royal Navy; or specifically to the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines as a whole, a singular entity.

When referred to as Consigahria National Guard or the national guard, it refers to a small fraction of troops from these groups as separate entities confederated against the public in times of riot. This has happened only once in Consigahrian history, resulting in the impeachment of a Prime Minister, and it has been water under the bridge for decades. The subject is considered taboo to bring up in haute or public company.

Consigahria is a notorious police state during international conflict, during which periods walled cities (Tanahog, Vermillion City, Soho City, Enryuu, Konomahamaru, and Dockmackie) close their municipal borders. City walls are reinforced heavily, are five to eight miles in height, 70 to 100 feet thick, and virtually impenetrable. These cities have missile defense systems which are constantly monitored by government workers. Coupled with walls, these cities are virtually untouchable. In Vermillion City's case, Capital Territory as a whole is prohibited from being exited or entered by any sapient entity, alive or dead.

As a nation, Consigahria is a mainly isolationist state which only militarizes against foreign offense forces. In its entire history, the Consigahrian National Armada has only participated in three wars: the war in which confederated forces who later formed the Consigahrian Dictatorship fought for rights to the Vermillion Plantations, the war in which West Consigahria and mainland Consigahria confederated to fight against Gerenstran military embargo ships, and the war against Brasilistan.

In total, there are 30,000,000 reserve officers in the ranks of the national armada. These reserve officers are highly-trained assassins trained by the Consigahrian government. In event of declaration of war or anticipation of declaration of war, 52% of the total adult population and 20% of the juvenile population of the nation will be recruited and trained to fight and kill in close quarters and at great distances; and to fund this, the country will suffer a 20% tax hike in all areas. In event of riot or civil war within the nation, the nation guard will be dispatched, and those exhibiting riotous behavior will be subdued if possible, or if the person or situation is too dangerous they will be non-fatally incapacitated and jailed. In event of civil war within the region, as Spiritian law prohibits civil war, the entire national armada will be dispatched where necessary.

The national armada is an immense force, considering the national population has exceeded 15 billion, more than 90% of the entire world; and alongside its federal agencies, the country is in total definitely a force to be reckoned with. All four branches of the national armada may have up to 25 million reserve officers each.

Operations are currently largely classified. On April 13th, 2135, the government granted a military subsidy of a quantity it didn't disclose publicly. A 2.5% decrease in governmental influence in the gross domestic product (from 100%) suggested their subsidy was around 106 million ruices, but this was never confirmed. On July 15th, 2135, the government disclosed that its military budget for the year would hover around 10 trillion ruices. As of December, 2135, the government spends only 132 billion ruices for the following year.

Consigahrian Royal Army

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Consigahrian Royal Navy

Under construction.

Consigahrian Royal Air Force

Under construction.

Consigahrian Royal Marines

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Government agencies

Government agencies employ over seven billion Consigahrian citizens across the nation. Government operatives lead these agencies by employing and directing government agents. Government operatives, unlike agents, are allowed to enter private property by any means necessary, even by utilization of lethal force.

The Corporal Service

The Corporal Service, colloquially known as the CS, is a federal intelligence and protection organization which is responsible for the protection of the Davis Royal Family, their staff, and all their subordinates. The CS is comprised of about 12,670 members who are trained to kill at the double, armed or not. The CS is responsible for less than one percent of deaths every year in Consigahria, and all of these deaths were a direct result of an attack on the Royal Family. CS and its sister agencies NBI and CIA often collaborate and act together. Less often, the NBI and CIA will also work with the nation's Operatives' Division.

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The Operatives' Division (of the Just Monocratic Commonwealth of Consigahria)

The Operatives' Division of the Just Monocratic Commonwealth of Consigahria, known in Consigahria as simply the Operatives' Division or colloquially as Division, is a branch of the World Operatives' Division, which has many branches in many nations across the world. Put simply, they employ psychic individuals and train them to hunt psychic criminals down where non-psychic intervention is impossible. According to a WOD study, roughly 57% of the entire world is potentially psychic, and 12% of that group are employed with Division.

WOD scientists claim the quantification of a specific percentage of the world which is psychic would probably be illegal in many countries, and morally invasive in others where the law permits; and therefore, WOD has prohibited its branches from investigating it. However, Consigahria and a few other select nations were chosen to make as close an estimate as is legally permitted. In 2035, 43% of Consigahrian citizens were admittedly psychic against a 52% estimated potential.

Consigahria's Division sector employs 12,600 personnel as of 2031; 15,500 personnel as of 2035; and 18,700 as of 2036.

Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency of Consigahria, known mostly by its domestic name Central Intelligence Agency and its colloquial acronym CIA, is the nation's primary intelligence agency. Its 270,000-some employees operate from domestic, international, and regional embassies, and from many other locations around the world. The staff of the CIA report to the Director of National Intelligence, who reports directly to the Minister of Defense.

The CIA has four traditional principal activities, which are gathering information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals; analyzing that information, along with intelligence gathered by other Consigahrian intelligence agencies, in order to provide national security intelligence assessment to senior policymakers; carrying out or overseeing covert activities and some tactical operations by its own employees, by members of the NatArms, or by other partners; and prosecution of national and international drug cartels who either don't fulfill or overshoot their quotas.

The CIA, NBI and COWTA tend to work together.

National Bureau of Investigation

The National Bureau of Investigation of Consigahria (National Bureau of Investigation, or NBI), is an intelligence and investigation agency centered in Consigahria responsible for the nation's protection from, to, and monitoring of extraterrestrial activity, and protection of the nation during international struggles by tactical long-range firearm and helicopter-rocket combat, or by hacking computers and networks across the world. The NBI is capable of shutting down the world's strongest supercomputers: it's been done. NBI agents are said to be the "ninjas of the government agencies". The NBI employed 15,240 personnel in 2035, employing a total staff of 31,120.

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Central Operations, Weapons and Technology Agency

The Central Operations, Weapons and Technology Agency of Consigahria, also known by its shorthand name Central Operations and colloquially by its acronym COWTA, is a nationalized intelligence and weapons-monitoring agency specializing in tracking weaponry throughout the country, as well as in and out of the country. COWTA would be held liable for any illegal manufacturing or distribution of weaponry and technology which would be detrimental at a federal level of security. It employs around 650,000 agents who they specially train to fight with firearms and without. The main purpose of the agency to make sure the black market stays within its quota limit as far as importation of guns, ammunition, drugs, and other weaponry and technology are concerned.

COWTA has been involved in two international wars and remains involved in hundreds of domestic disputes per year. Only 12 COWTA agents die in the line of duty per year.

Domestically, COWTA regulates, documents transactions within, and manages the country's white, gray and black markets.

National Police Agency

The population of Consigahria is almost dominated by a nationalized police agency, conveniently called the National Police Agency, also known officially as NPA (abbreviated) and colloquially as the police, the cops, and similar vaguer terms. Every territory's police officers answer directly to a single Territory Police Commander, or TPC, who in turn answers directly to the Minister of Defense. Every territory has its own TPC. Every territory is subdivided into counties. Every county is operated by one County Sheriff, and many Deputy Sheriffs. Sheriffs and deputy sheriffs have legal influence nationwide; however, there is no demand for them in cities which have their own police departments, which employ their own officers - sergeants, corporals, privates, and officers in training.

Many cities, and have their own separate branch of the NPA. Examples include Vermillion City Police Department, Dockmackie Police Department, and Koto Police Department, and 72 others. Often but not always, in these urban agglomerations each borough has its own subdivision within the branch. Examples include Rochester Police Department and Dixie Police Department, both of Vermillion City alongside each of their sister subdivisions.

Further reading

• Davis Royal Family
• Federation of Consigahria
• Brasilistan
• Black market trading in Consigahria