Nation/Fluvique

Kingdom of Fluvique
Kingdom of Fluvique Royaume de Fluvique; Reino de Fluvique
	Motto: From river to mountains ;
	Anthem: Fluviquean National Anthem;
Capital	Mevosa
Official languages	English French and Spanish,
Ethnic groups	93.4% White; 3,6% Asian; 2.5% Multiracial; 0.5% Other
Demonym	Fluviquean
Government	Constitutional Monarchy and Federal Parliamentary Democracy
Legislature	Parliament
Establishment
Area
Population
GDP (PPP)	estimate
Currency	Normus (N$)
Time zone	(UTC−3)
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Drives on the	right
Calling code	+51
Internet TLD	.fq

Fluvique, officially the Kingdom of Fluvique, is a sovereign country located in Rushmore, consisting in 12 provinces and three territories with limited autonomy. It extend from the Yellow River in the west to the Fever Mountains in the north, sharing borders with The Republic of Cohina at west and with the Republic of Kloset at east, with the Yellow River between both countries (considered internal river of Fluvique)

The land now called Fluvique has been inhabited for millennia by various aboriginal peoples, which lived in the west and central lands. Colonies were established in the late XVI century in the coasts of the Yellow River. As consequence of several conflicts the nine original colonies deposed the colonial government and formed a National Assembly, starting the self government process. The National Congress declared the independence after a twelve year war on July 16th 1821. Due to the lack of consensus about the government form of the new nation in the Congress, five provinces formed a Confederation and, immediately the other provinces created a Republic. Several civil wars ravaged the country for a half century, until 1869, where the country was reorganized after the Conciliation Pact and the Public Safety Committee offered the Fluviquean crown to an european royal family to stop the internal fights and make effective the constitution sanctioned in 1867. The first yellow river ruler was crowned in 1871, establishing the Prime Minister charge and the formation of a popular-elected parliament.

Fluvique is a Federal Parliamentary Democracy and constitutional monarchy, with Queen Eugenie as the current head of state. The country is officially trilingual at federal level, with spanish, french and english used with no difference. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries promoted for the government in the late XIX century and early XX century, with a population of approximately 37 million as of 2015. Its economy is based upon its abundant natural resources, extensive fertile farmlands and a highly literate and skilled population. It ranks among the highest in international measurements of government transparency, civil liberties, quality of life, economic freedom, and education. Fluvique is classified as a high-income economy with a "very high" rating on the Human Development Index. Is considered a middle economic power and is expected to reach a full development in the 2020s

Etymology

The name "Fluvique" is derived from the early french explorers who discovered the Yellow River and the north passage. They cartographed the coast and called the mass of water "Flavo Fluve" latin words for "river" and "yellow" or "yellowing". The french sailors started to use "Fluvilett", a contraction of "Fluvie" and "Juillet" (July in french, month when the river was discovered in 1510) and "Fluviquet". By 1556 the europeans maps refers to the zone as "Fluvique".

In the next century the name was taken for the british and spaniards who settled down and the land was divided upon Spanish-Fluvique and British Dominion in Fluvique

History

Aboriginal peoples

Archaeological studies have indicated human presence in the west regions from 8.000 to 7.000 BC and in northern Greencastle from 6.500 BC. This first settlers come from south Cohina and crossed the Imperial River. The archeological sites at Flesh Caves and Puped Plateau are the two oldest sites of human habitation in Fluvique. The characteristics of Fluviqueans Aboriginal societies of riversides of the Imperial River included permanent settlements, developing agriculture, animal husbandry, fishing and complex trading networks with foreign tribes. In the hinterland, the societies of Kushkes, Muslaw and Sallhen were nomad tribes who traveled the center plains, reaching the actual Betham and Mevosa in the early XII century.

The aboriginal population at the time of the first european settlements is estimated to have been between 200.000 and 500.000. As consecuence of european colonization and the outbreak of several diseases, to which they had no natural immunity, resulting in the death of the fifthy percent of the total population and the isolation of the tribus due to the fear to the europeans.

Initially the contact was peacefully and based in trade and mutual benefits.When the colonies started to go further than the coasts, the problems started as result of what the aborigens called "the invasion of their lands". The politics changed and eventually the colonists started to enslave the aborigens to work in the plantations and expell and relocalize those who can not work.

European colonization

Independence

Civil wars

Monarchy

A group of plenipotentiaries went to Europe to search a candidate to the throne. The main idea was to search in France, but the Franco-Prussian war forced them to go to Britain. There solicited the help of the King, and also signs treaties with other nations such Spain, Portugal, Sweden and Italy. Meanwhile in Fluvique the big repressions continued and became more violent.

By the end of the war in Europe, France became a republic, and abolished all the nobility titles. Finally, by the blessing of many great powers, the crown was offered to one of the sons of William III of the Netherlands, Gabriel of Orange-Nassau. He accepted and traveled to Fluvique on August, 1872. A especial comission in Mevosa reunited and took the two constitutional antecedents and redacted a new one: The National Constitution (also know as "The septembring"), establishing the Kingdom of Fluvique, a parliamentary and federal monarchy. On October 2, 1872, the first "King of Fluvique and sovereign of the Yellow River", Gabriel of Orange-Nassau, was inaugurated. The date of his acceptance of the constitution - 2 October 1872 - is marked a national holiday.

After the monarchy establishment, the king designed John Swanson as first prime minister, due to his popularity and renown among the high class. The country was serious economic problems, a high-illiteracy rate, low population, conflicts with aboriginals and the hinterland in serious poverty. Swanson started to create a net of political alliances in Mevosa and the provinces, to control strategic areas of the country. This earned him the nick name of "vice-king".

Thanks to the ties who united the country and the main nations of europe, the "Great Coming" plan was deepened and in the period 1875-1910, more than 8 million people arrived from Spain, Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, Portugal, Sweden, Wales, Ireland, Russia, Poland and Netherlands, among others. This lead to populate the west and develop industrial agriculture and exploit the big natural resources of the country. Swanson was reelected in the first public male elections and served six years more.

In 1884 Alfred Normus was elected Prime Minister. He sanctioned the Learning Fluvique Act, who made the education free, public, universal, obligatory and non-religious education to all children. Also impulsed the National School System, creating primary and superior schools across the country to educate citizens and to form teachers. Normus was reelected and increase the public spending, who eventually lead to a crisis and the country was shocked by the Long Depression and suffered a recession in 1895.

Frederic Begber assumed the cabinet in 1896, leading the conservatives again to rule. Begber started a state budget control and proceeded to resolve the economic crisis which afflicted the country, earning him the moniker of "Solution-man". Despite that, the country was in a politically unstable situation, with a large number of social conflicts that included massive strikes and anarchist subversion attempts. Begber handled most of these conflicts by having the police or the army crack down on protestors, rebels and suspected rebels. The situation was pushed to the limit and leads in the South Falk's murders, were 90 workers of a cotton plant in strike die in hands of the police. The last prime minister of the XIX century and the first of XX, leaved the charge with the Port Scandal in 1901.

20th Century

In 1902 the Liberal William Joseph became PM. The international labour division put Fluvique in the role of primary products producer and exporter and a importer of manufactures, especially from UK. The largest plains and fertile lands, the plantations of west and the pastures of the lowlands, gives the country the nickname of "world's feeder". The major investments endow the country of a railroad system who goes from Mevosa to Sallcia and from Saint Matthew to Geneva, being the fourth more largest in the world by 1912. Joseph was the ruler who celebrated the Centennial of the April's Revolution in 1908. A National Exposition was held, with the participation of countries around the world, the presence of the USA vice president, the duke of Wales, the Kings of Spain, Netherlands and Sweden. The extravagance of the event, who included the build of more than ten palaces and the opening of the West Avenue and Royal Boulevard in Mevosa, were in contrast with the poverty and the suffering of millions of immigrants and workers.

Julius Fluvique Steps gained the 1908 election and the conservatives obtain the absolutely majority in the parliament. Steps started a big politics of public works, such the new port of Mevosa, the new Parliament Palace, the public lightening, major bridges and others infrastructure works. Also created the Central Bank, who unified the money in circulation, creating the "Fluviquean monarch" in 1913. In 1912, petroleum was discovered in South Cape. This lead to a big exploration of the soil and more petrol fields were discovered in the south. The government created the National Petroleum Company. The start of WWI encountered the country in a crisis, who intensified due to the comercial paralisis.

A long depression started, the misery, poverty and unemployment affected large sectors of the population. The country was neutral during all the conflict and after the war receive a second mass inmigration and Europe became in a major trade ally to the fluviquean primary goods. Those inmigrants eventually formed the work class, who the country will need later.

August Noir won the primaries elections in the conservative party, due to the refusal of Steps to be candidate. He was in charge of the National Army and went to west in a mission to stop the conflicts between Welsh and Irish colonists of Terralands and the natives. The campaign is called a genocide and the modern history called "the bloody week", resulting in 8.500 deaths , more than 2.000 injured and a major expelling of natives to north.

Noir suffered heart problems in 1921, who forced he to retire of the public life, but no resign. Lived the rest of their days confined in the Park House Residence (official Prime Minister's house since 1899). In a rude way, the conservatives forced Noir to fire their vice prime minister, William Harrison, and put Julius Steps there. After big arguments in Parliament and two orders of the opposition to hold elections, Steps was confirmed as vice prime minister, despite there still was in Terralands. When he finally come to Mevosa, he noticed the Noir death and that he was the Prime Minister now.

In 1926, after eighteen years, a member of the Liberal Party finally make it to the power. Hippolyte Saint Arrow found the national treasure in a precarious position and extremely big external debt. Saint Arrow began a series of reforms to increase workers' rights, banned the child work, improve the labour conditions and allowed demonstrations and syndicates. The Great Depression, started in 1929, hits hard in Fluvique the first years. There was a major unemployment in 1931 and the exports dropped, except the wheat to Netherlands and meat to Great Britain. Then, due to the protectionist politics, started a industrialization. The earnings of the customs taxes of trade and the exportations were put into industries, in a state-private participation in economy. At the end of Saint Arrow charge, when other nations was at the depth of the Depression, the Fluviquean economy was flourishing.

Pierre Alcanter became Prime Minister in 1932. The government was clearly influenced by the country high class, formed by the landowners and a growing businessmen class. The Importing Act Scandal with Great Britain and France, who secured the purchase of fluviquean primary goods, provided that the country lower the taxes to british products and french inputs. The socialists and communist parties started a strike to cut down the government called Red march. A major corruption was detected in all the parts of the cabinet. Three petitions to dissolve the parliament were presented in the period 1936-1938. Finally, the government left the power two months after, to stop strikes.

As consequence of the economic growth a worker class was also developed. The foreign people represented the 67% of the total population in that time, and came from Europe with the socialist ideas. The Socialist Party of Fluvique gained popularity and became the major force. Because that, the socialist candidate Lyonel Berankis triumphed with the 58% of the votes, winning in all the provinces except in Saint Lucie.

The new government started a Welfare State, pioneer in the region, who gave major rights to the worker class, to the women, promoted the industrialization of the country, focusing in light industry, nationalized keys sectors of the economy, created the Royal Fluviquean Enterprise who owned the Railways, Airways, the State Oil, and the Mail & Telephons Office. Also the higher education became free and was promoted by the state, founding the nowadays Royal Scholarship System.

Fluvique was maintained neutral during the WWII. Berankis and his cabinet were in a conflict with the United States and a boicot to their products was impulsed, and at same time started commercial relationships with the Soviet Union and the countries of the East block. The comercial ties with Great Britain and France were maintained.

The cabinet decided to reform the constitution to upgrade it to the new century. This give the women's suffrage, rights to workers, to the family, to the old age, to education and culture, the mandatory and free elementary and secondary education, the direct election of Representants and Senators and a five year term of the Prime Minister.

Berankis was succeeded by Oscar Rondeu, his vice president, but the power and decisions still belong to him. Rondeu started the dialogs with the winning powers of WWII, principally the US. The Marshall Plan, who helped the europeans countries in reconstruction, was vital for the Fluviquean economy: the exports of primary goods and foods was duplicated in the period 1949-1951, giving the surplus necessary to invest in the industry who became more diverse and strong. But the growth of the post-war europe and the down in the agricultural products prices led to a crisis in the economy between 1954-1961. Berankis died in September 1954, at the start of a social and productive crisis, strikes, inflation and signs of exhaustion in the industrialization process.

After the liberal government of Alphonse Riccard in the period 1954-1959, the Conservative Party ruled the country for 25 years. Pedro Camberra was the first in the "conservative years." In the first five years, the cabinet reinforced the austerity measures of the last years. But, later started a major public work who include hospitals, roads, sewers and major subsides to the industry. David EastBourned, elected in 1969, continued the policies of him antecessor. In 1971 a extensive oil field was discovered in Salccia. The government started the Self-sufficiency National Program, who consisted in a loan from the IMF and the participation of private shareholders with the objetive of the modernization of National Petroleum Company. The 1974 census showed near 22 million people living in the country and, for the first time in history, the majority was fluviqueans.

Richard Manking rose to the power in 1974 at the start of a economic boom. In 1976 the exports of manufactured products exceeded the agricultural exports. The middle class grew fast, the buys of cars, household appliances and elaborated products produced a expansion in the market and in the industry. The government started social welfare policies, who included hospital insurance, old-age pensions, free child-care, tax concessions and the program "Baby Fluvique", who gave between 15-20 monthly normuses to the parents of childrens in the range of age 1 to 16. In 1982 the F1 came to the country in a race hosted in the newly constructed Mevosa National Circuit. The opposition accused the government of corruption and overpricing in the construction of the circuit. Five ministers were condemned and at least ten processed. In July of 1983 a scandal involved the prime minister and a woman called Barbara Sausse. The scandal was a national issue and, eventually, caused the defeat of the conservatives in the 1984 elections.

In 1984 Charles Wendell, founder of the New Liberal Party, won the elections with 52% of the votes against the 39% of the Conservative Party. The government announced a major depuration of the public accounts, the opening of the economy and a revolution of the markets. From 1986 to 1991 all of the Royal Companies were sold or privatized: National Mail in 1986, Fluviquean Airlines in 1987, Fluviquean Railways in 1990, Royal Telephones in 1991 and the National Petroleum Company in 1991.

The country had a large deficit in the public accounts, which was growing since 1981. Advised by the Cabinet, Fluviquean government started to borrow money from the IMF and the WB and continued the policies of economic liberalism, deregulation of the labor market, cuts on social aids, education, health and massive redundancies of public workers. However, the upper-middle class and the wealthiest, experienced years of prosperity and reached a life quality similar to the europeans and first world countries. On the other hand, the working class suffered the coming of imported goods, cheaper than the local ones, causing the massive closure of factories, a growth in unemployment and misery.

Fluvique grew 50% in the period of 1987-1993 but then the country started to fall. The budget deficit reached the 50% of the GDP and the unemployment reached a historic 20% of the total population.

Charles Wendell was elected in 1999 with the promise of reconstruct the country and fix the economic problems and to be "the right one". The Senatorial Elections of 2001 was historic, because for the first time in history the blank votes exceeded the right votes. This was a clear sign of the lack of representativeness and the idea that "Everyone must resign". On August 2002, the IMF and the WB canceled the financial aid to the country and refused a new package of rescue. Fluvique entered in default and this led to a bank run in October. Due to the decision of restricting the withdrawal of money from banks and the confiscation of a percentage of salaries, called "Patriot Discount", the riots exploded. The people went out and took the streets, calling for a new April Revolution and attacked and set fire more than twenty banks in Mevosa, Betham and Geneva. In Crenel and Alkanter major uprisings finished in robberies and fights with police. All the major provincial capitals were taken for the protesters, forcing the resignation of seven governors. On November 27 the police tried to expel the protesters of the April square by force. A massive combat between the police and the people ended with five dead and more than twenty wounded, but the people won and forced the police to retreat and attacked the Parliament Palace.

The Parliament tried to vote a censure motion, but all had to be evacuated by the army. The protesters entered to the palace in the night and they put a historic flag of "Everybody out" in the facade. Charles Wendell and some of his cabinet had to escape on a ambulance, in the middle of a rain of stones and flares. The king George II called for peace and announced on television the resignation and the call to elections for the next year.

The called november crisis finished with the destitution of the 40 parliament members, at least half of the provinces without government, national acephalia, 25 dead, 30% of the population under the poverty threshold, 26% of unemployment and the national industry mortally wounded. Weeks after, when the Fluviquean crisis had impact over other world countries, this crisis was called "paysan effect"

Modern times

In the 2003 elections, the Social Justice Party won with the 54% of the votes and Ernest Bubois became Prime Minister. The new cabinet had to face with one of the highest external debts in the world, a growing budget deficit, 25% of unemployment rate, 14% of misery rate, the dollars deposits by savers converted into Normus and a recession since 1992. Fluvique was in default in early 2004. A major uprising against the paid of external debt took place in February, resulting in the Popular Swap Atc, between the government and the bondholders, finishing the default and started a period of economic growth of 40% in the period 2005-2008. The government started to nationalize some companies sold in the New Liberal Party era. New and fresh social policies helped the lower classes, promoted the scholarization in all levels, lowered unemployment, poverty, misery, infant mortality, among others.

In the 2008 elections August Moine became the first woman to be Prime Minister. In the first five years the government deepened the welfare state, created new aids to the vulnerable classes, the youth and the students. The program Little Fluviqueans granted aids to the pregnant women and mothers of kids in the ages of 1 to and 17 covers several needs such as milk, diapers, medical expenses, school supplies and mandatory visits to pediatrician. In 2009 Fluvique became one of the first countries on allow the same-sex marriage. Also, in 2010 the Senate passed the Transgender Bill, which allows individuals over 18 to change the gender marker in their national ID on the basis of a written declaration only.

Also in 2011 the government nationalized the Fluviquean Oil Company, calling for foreign investments and reaching the self-sufficiency in early 2013. An external debt crisis exploded in july 2013. The crisis was debated among the country and the government accused the opposition of supporting the bondholders to harass the country and the government. The campaign motto of the Social Justice Party was "Country or Creditors". Moine was re-elected to the period 2013-2018 with the 57% of the votes. The next day a major plan of public works, including the project to nationalize the railways and the construction of Nuclear Plants, was announced. In 2013 the abortion became legal in Fluvique, without restrictions, in public hospitals and free. Plus, in early 2014 the Parliament approved the Assisted Reproduction Act, whereby the Federal Government provides free treatment for couples.

The actual Cabinet continues the politics of welfare and assistance, the state helps his citizens at every stage of his life: the Little Fluviqueans Program covers them from the birth to 17 years, then the Grow Up Program help the young on his last secondary years and grants scholarships to enter to universities. For last, when the citizens retires (women 60; men 65) are covered with the Unified Retirement System, financed with both contributions of the citizens and the actual workers. This program is a national pride for his efficiency and inclusion and also helps to increase life expectancy, reaching high levels of HDI.

The country is experiencing a second fast-industrialization, with aids and protectionist policies. The levels of poverty, misery and unemployment decreased in the last ten years and reach pre-crisis levels. Fluvique is considered a newly industrialized country and many indicators places Fluvique as a developed country and is expected to reach the full development by 2030s

In september 2015 the Parliament voted and approved the Cannabis Act, which legalized the production, distribution, sale, and consumption of marijuana by the state. Since 2012 the tenure of drugs for consumption was decriminalized and from April 2016 is expected to start the process of crop and distribution by the Federal Government.

Geography

Fluvique occupies a big part of the north continent, sharing his land borders with the Federative Union of Cohina in all the west, being the Imperial River the natural frontier. To the east the Yellow River, considered and interior river of the country, is the limit with the Republic of Kloset. In the north it borders the Fever Sea and in the south with the Spring Sea. The land occupied, counting the water surface, is 5.110.828 km². Since 1824 the country reclaims the Galician Islands, owned by France and Great Britain.

The population density is 8.92, one of the lowest in the world. The most populous zones in the country are in the crescent who included the metropolitan area of Geneva, south Alkanter, Betham and Mevosa. Fluvique has two well-defined zones:

Plains in the center and south
Plateaus and mountains in north.

The north, every winter, is visited by the phenomenon "Ice Kid", who consist in a cold wave coming from the sea. The snow and ice covers 90% of territory in the provinces of Sallcia, Geneva, Saint Lucie, Alkanter and the Yellow River Islands.

In the center and south are the indian plains. These plains are considered the most fertile in the world and concentrate the most agricultural activities, with extensive crops and livestock. The climate is temperate, with not much difference between the stations. In winter the rains increase and produce floods and a proliferation of lagoons and creeks.

The country has many lakes, being the most important the Brothers Lakes in Terralands and the Constitution Lake in Aztus. Also is characterized with a large wildlife, especially in the lowest populated provinces, where the people concentrated in the cities areas and the inland is almost unexplored.

The fauna is very similar to north europe, so is possible to encounter bears, wolves, coyotes, pumas and foxes, among other carnivorous animals. The yellow fox is the national animal. In the north are common the woods of pines, cedars, eucalyptus and oaks. In the plains of center-south, the trees are rare. Only a few plum tree, Jacarandas and ombús cover the plains.

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Demographics

Provinces

Fluvique is divided into 12 provinces and three territories. The majority of Fluvique's population in concentrated in the coasts of the Yellow River and in the Spring Sea. The provinces has more autonomy than territories and are responsibles of the social programs of the country (such as education, health, security and welfare) and together receive more revenues than the Federal Government. Nevertheless is the Federal Government who can star the national policies in provincial areas, like the Little Fluviqueans program. The provinces can adopt different models of these, but is uncommon. The Federal Government is in charge of the pensions and the reimbursements.

According to the constitution, to become a full province, a territory needs to have more than 100.000 inhabitants. Liberty and Point Territory exceed that requirement, but their oficial denomination is territories. Meanwhile, the provinces of South Cape, Greencastle, Sallcia and Terralands do not reach the figure in the constitution. After the Pre-Existence Act of 1896 and several discussions in the parliament, both territories are full provinces in practice. The Local Assembly of Liberty is expecting a referendum to be held in 2016 or 2017 to create a petition to Queen Eugenie to give the status of province to Liberty.

The provinces of Mevosa, Betham and Geneva are the most populous; together they account for 83% of the country's population. The provinces in the farwest of the coast (Sallcia, Terralands, Greencastle) are ranked high in land area, but are home to only 9% of Fluviquean population.

Population

The 2010 Fluviquean Census counted a population of 35.970.722, an increase of around 4,6% over the 2000 figure. By April 2013 Royal Statistics Office reported that the country reached de 36 millions of inhabitants. The last surveys and estimates give the total population in 37.180.825. The population growth rate is estimated in 0,6% annually, with a birth rate of 13,9 live births per 1,000 inhabitants and a mortality rate of 9,4 deaths per 1,000 inhabitants.

The proportion of people under 15 is 22.6%, below the world average of 28%, and the proportion of people 65 and older is relatively high at 12.19%. Fluvique is experiencing a demographic shift towards an older population, like the developed countries. Fluvique has one of the Rushmore's lowest population growth rate, recently about 0,6% a year, as well as a comparatively low infant mortality rate. Its birth rate of 1.3 children per woman. The median age is approximately 36,4 years and life expectancy at birth is 80 years.

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