Empty Paradise
 The Empty Paradisian Flag | |
| Information | |
|---|---|
| Capital | Återhämtriot |
| Population | 1.92 billion |
| President | Professor H.R. PufnStuf |
| Political Orientation | Next Generation Left |
| Party | Empty Paradise Centrist |
| Location | The Seventh Bay |
| Vice President | Big Man Carver |
| Treasurer | Uriah Irison |
| Secretary of Defense | Phillip Stephens |
| Religion | Ryndelian Christianity |
| Animal | Skink |
| Currency | High-Five (Ħ) |
Contents
- 1 Geography
- 2 History
- 2.1 Skink Population
- 2.2 The Flag
- 2.3 Positions in Seventh Bayite Government
- 2.4 Zombie Apocalypse
- 2.5 Peaceful Communication Day
- 2.6 SKOW Embassy
- 2.7 Regterkantian March
- 2.8 New Title
- 2.9 Attacks in the Region and Stalinputian Nuclear Incident
- 2.10 Dilemma with METALS
- 2.11 Colonies
- 2.12 High-Five Dilemma
- 3 Politics
- 4 Religion
- 5 Political Grouping (Seventh Bay)
Geography
Empty Paradise is located on the Eastern Coast of The Seventh Bay, it's nearest nation being The Floating Island of The Sleeping God. It's borders have remained relatively similar since it's foundation. The nation also is bordered by a body of water to it's left, that being the bay.
History
The Colony of Empty Paradise was founded by freedom-seeking people of an unknown descent on a ship. About 150 colonists settled in this area, and after this, they finally tasted what freedom was. A paradise. Yet no one seemed to have been on this paradise beforehand, which seemed a bit odd, therefore its name, "Empty Paradise."
Skink Population
The skink population was so large, that it became a problem. Many people wanted to get rid of them, but Natives warned them of their sacred meaning to the future of the colony. Without them, the paradise could become a slum. In belief of this, skinks were left alone.
The Flag
The flag of Empty Paradise was created to symbolize freedom and unity. The statement in the center is Swedish (in symbolization of our newly founded heritage) for "Live Life Free." The symbol in the upper left corner symbolizes Empty Paradise's region, The Seventh Bay.
Positions in Seventh Bayite Government
Cartographer
Map Versions 4,5,6; preceded by Stalinputingrad, succeeded by Stalinputingrad
Regional Factbook Writer
Versions 1-6; succeeded by TryAgain
World Assembly Delegate
1st Term- 26 days; preceded and succeeded by Seventh Bay Radicals
2nd term- 6 days; preceded by Stalinputingrad, succeeded by The United Boderland Empire
3rd term- 3 days; preceded by The United Boderland Empire, succeeded by The First Republic of the Seventh Bay
4th term- 80 days; preceded by The United Boderland Empire, succeeded by The First Republic of the Seventh Bay
5th term- CURRENT; preceded by The First Republic of the Seventh Bay
That One Guy
1st term- preceded by Stalinputingrad, succeeded by Stalinputingrad
Zombie Apocalypse
On the date of Tuesday, October 29, 2013, at 5:00 PM, a zombie infection swarmed the nation. Through proper cure, the strength of Empty Paradise and The Seventh Bay were able to defeat the zombie infection.
Extreme Gratitude given towards: The Proletarian Republic of The Soviet German Empire The Crustaceans That Once Defied Logic Terra Autem Aequalium The Entrepreneurial Freedom Zone of United Soviet States of African Russia
These nations were honored with a gift of gold in thanks. One million of the innocent and peaceful citizens died during this transpiration of events. A national holiday is now held honoring the people every year. This will be known as Z-Day, The Day of The Zombies.
Peaceful Communication Day
After a series of protest outbreaks in the (now former) capital of Regterkantia, one of which leading to a riot, killing an honorable officer, Mr. Benson, a new day has been created to be celebrated every year on November 20th. The purpose of this day is to promote peace in the country, as well as hold a conference with leading union members and protesting representatives, as well as government officials to discuss problems in a civilized manner, in opposition to violent protests.
SKOW Embassy
Empty Paradise had established an embassy with The Old-Timers of The Separated Kingdom of Whateverland of Other Nations in order to help them become a less corrupt and oppressive nation.
Regterkantian March
The capital city unexpectedly marched out of the country, one day, out of The Seventh Bay, and into The United Conservative Powers, as reported us by former citizen of Empty Paradise, Kyle Cryton. The citizens have left to create Regterkantia, a social extremist nation. After their infamous march, leaving only around one hundred citizens and an empty capitol building, a new capital was created and inhabited within an hour, Återhämtriot, a sly combination of the Swedish words for "patriot" and "recovery."
Under this event, a national holiday has been made for the country, Patriot day. This will take place on November 25th every year.
New Title
The title of Empty Paradise, in order to fit their ways of life, has changed to The Brilliant Moralistic Peoples of Empty Paradise.
Attacks in the Region and Stalinputian Nuclear Incident
PufnStuf was able to send out four of his best agents to investigate on the situations across the region after heaing of the anti-government attacks in The First Republic of the Seventh Bay, The Soviet German Empire, and The United Boderland Empire. This led to one being pushed off The Floating Island of The Sleeping God due to the refusal to pay blood rites, and another one dying in the Stalinputian explosion by United Soviet States of African Russia. Empty Paradise contributed to the situation by sending Coast Guard fleets across the bay to watch the borders for suspicious activity.
Dilemma with METALS
Regarding the infamous violent outbreaks of the anti-governmental group METALS across the Western Coast, Empty Paradise was a signatory to the resolution by Stalinputingrad to end their reign. A year later, after notice from Kaiser Talent of The United Boderland Empire, they found 400 members of the group hiding out in an abandoned warehouse, awaiting word from their leader Wimbledimble of Stalinputingrad, who passed in the nuclear incident earlier that year. This lead to 3 other findings of the group across the region. These members are now in a maximum security building, or working on fixing the damage from the nuclear explosion.
Colonies
When Empty Paradise was founded in August of 2013, it was a simple colony. A colony of which country, you ask? Well, no one knows for sure. We understand that it is some Swedish-speaking nation through observing the pure heritage of the first Empty Paradisian settlers and their descendants. Empty Paradise was then able to naturally gain independence, without any written document whatsoever, through a long period of lost contact with their homeland. Therefore, Empty Paradise became its own nation, being named a Free Land. Once this occurred, Empty Paradise expanded their territory in order to create a colony of their own, The crustaceans that once defied logic, so named by their delusional settlers, having eaten wild fruit on the journey to discovery. This nation lived as a Capitalist Paradise under strict moderation of Empty Paradisian government. After success in this settlement, Empty Paradise made a bolder movement, and created The Separated Kingdom of Whateverland outside The Seventh Bay. Shortly after this nation was founded, it resorted to dangerous and risky measures within its government, defying the Empty Paradisian regulations. It resulted in a corrupted nation, and it resided in a small, now-dead region, Other Nations. Out of pure commitment to these nations which they spawned, Empty Paradise discovered the colony of Orajel in Other Nations in order to lead The Separated Kingdom back on the right track towards a country void of corruption. This, however, just lead Orajel to become a dictatorship as well. Empty Paradise took its next move in restoring control of The Separated Kingdom by founding a large region quite near to Other Nations called This Region Is Also Mine. A total of 6 of Empty Paradisian colonies resided within this region, including Back Off Bro I Own This Nation and Mute the Ads. All these nations, however, turned into violent dictatorships as well, and Mute the Ads then exited the region to join a league of Dictatorships. Realizing the ultimate failure of this plan, Empty Paradise soon withdrew all moderation of these dictatorships, leading to the economic failure and death of all of them within a month or so. The Separated Kingdom, however, remained in place. Empty Paradise then tried the same plan again, creating The Republican Dream of Ronald Reagan and founding it within a region near to Other Nations called The United Conservative Powers. At the same time, the population of the Empty Paradisian capital of Regterkantia left the country and built a colony in the same region. Once they both fell into dictatorships, Empty Paradise withdrew all effort into that project, and the nations faded away within 2-3 months. The government then decided to quit the extreme moderation and control over their remaining colonies, The Crustaceans and The Separated Kingdom, except for an embassy in The Separated Kingdom, hoping for one last time to rid them of the corruption their government holds. Around this time, The Crustaceans were forming their own government for once, an oligarchy and three counties, one of which held the Regterkantian peoples. Out of fear that the presence of Regterkantia will be dangerous to the well-being of he Empty Paradisian government, The Crustaceans That Once Defied Logic was sold to The League of Brasses. It is now placed in Other Nations (not the Other Nations from earlier, a different one). The Separated Kingdom, continuing its rebellious ways, removed the Empty Paradise Embassy and created a small region, Territory of Imaginary Numbers. At this point, Empty Paradise completely left The Separated Kingdom on its own, with no intervention whatsoever. However, it will always be known as an Empty Paradisian colony. Several compliant colonies are still remaining to this day, including the anarchy of Crutchy in The Seventh Bay and the strongly socialist nation of Gumawa ako ng sanwits of The Seventh Bay. Another colony was Mergatroid Skittle, a Capitalist Paradise which has faded away due to disinterest. An antithesis of Empty Paradise, Full Slum, was discovered as a social experiment by an unpatriotic fellow of Empty Paradise. Although it is technically a colony, Empty Paradise has decided, recalling former conflicts, not to engage with the nation. It later died mysteriously. All colonies are now detached from the nation itself, and the glorious Empty Paradise stands alone.
High-Five Dilemma
Stalinputingrad and The United Boderland Empire were exchanging illegal High-Fives outside of Empty Paradise. This landed them on the government watch-list.
Politics
Empty Paradise is primarily Centrist, with a tendency to lean a bit left, as it maintain strong opinions on environmental responsibilities and regulation. The nation is extremely devout, however, it tries to refrain as much as possible from involving religion in their legislative decisions.
President
President H.R. PufnStuf, age 60, Centrist Party
Impeachment
President PufnStuf has been in service for six years, however, he has been nominated for impeachment recently. He will be immediately succeeded by Big Man Carver if the impeachment follows through.
The impeachment has taken place for a number of reasons. Most of the public has defined him as "hard-working, yet needing an emotional balance." The public has also described him as dismissive, as he has rejected a good proportion of the court's decisions, in hope that humanity will find a way to solve some problems without the help of a higher form of government. Political Critics have shown him off to be unfit for the job due to his lack of organization and his loss for his original calm air he seemed to have during inauguration, which has caused him to fall behind his work due to lack of planning and stress.
PufnStuf still has a strong group of followers who believe he is still the man for the job, including some who have started a religion based upon him.
Philosophy
PufnStuf holds a belief that there are good sides to both conservative and liberal ideologies, however, there are some issues he thinks needs to be settled by the people themselves, without no government interaction. The once jokingly described himself as "15% anarchist, because 15% of issues don't need explaining."
He has shown himself to be a bit of an isolationist after the Stalinputian attacks, only arising for diplomatic discussions in the region occasionally.
Legislation
Empty Paradise has passed numerous strict laws on immigration, and have kept it's borders strong. It has also passed legislation on welfare and education, those being very important subjects in the nation. The nation has been described as "socialist" before, however, no other features besides it's overwhelming degree of welfare could be used to prove socialism. The nation has passed more capitalistic laws regarding most other subjects, including business and space travel.
High-Five System
High-Five System exchanged to Dollars/Cents Regular, Hard-on High-Five- $1 Humble, Low-Five- $0.75 Gimme Some Skin!- $1.50 Fail- $0.01 Hit the fingertips- $0.10 1-3 Finger (Miss one other fingers)- $0.25 Four-Finger (Miss on the thumb)- $0.80 Secret Government-Style Handshake (Up, down, All-around, backhand, fronthand, upside the head, Slap, slide, High-Five)-$5
Any Illegal Exchange of High-Fives or High-Five-Adjacents (Fist bumps, Slapsies, Footsies, Pinky Promises, other Secret Handshakes not publicly issued by the government) will result in a federal fine of 1,000 High-fives and a possible 80 days in jail.
- CLARIFICATION*
"After an issue with a counterfeiting case committed by another member of The Seventh Bay, I must clarify what I said above by stating that if the High-Fives are NOT APPROVED BY THE EMPTY PARADISE GOVERNMENT, you will be charged of counterfeit and suffer the consequences above. The Soviet German Empire officially has the power to sentence an outlaw in this sense to jail for the proper amount of time."
Government Watch List:
Stalinputingrad
Religion
95% of the population is Ryndelian, while the other five percent is atheistic or another form of Protestant.
Ryndelian Christianity
Ryndelian Christianity is a form of Protestantism which follows the Original Ten Commandments of The Holy Bible and all its contents. The Ryndelian form of Christianity follows a belief in which a being must renew their faith and cleanse their sin-ridden souls through the holy process of Baptism every 2 years. There is also a strong belief in how meditation and prayer are the two best ways to solve problems and clear ones mind. The act of Confession is an option, although it is not forced, as it is believed that humans are born with different ways to find peace and relieve oneself of guilt. Meditation sessions are held every Sunday for 30 minutes to clear the human mind. Human intelligence is a big factor, as on Sundays, along with their Bible Study and meditation sessions, an extra two hours of school is offered to the most devout of families. Those making stellar grades in school are given letters of approval and gratitude from the current Ryndelian leader, Frank Uriah. Another sector of Ryndelianism is patriotism, as the act of staying true to ones country is a sacred act. Before every service, the congregation speaks the Pledge of Allegiance.
The Ryndelian Church is split into two sub-categories:
Pacifist Ryndelianism: The idea that war shall not be engaged, and that all problems of the country shall be solved diplomatically, while maintaining a pure sense of Patriotism.
Active Ryndelianism: The idea that if the worlds way of solving issues is through war, then so be it, and to defend the nation's title, we must do the same.
Political Grouping (Seventh Bay)
Empty Paradise has signed the Bay Compact, in agreement with its terms.
