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The Republic of Xagrurg
Motto: "Forever Free"
Anthem: "Xagruriana Rules The Land"
Capital and largest city		Imperium
Official languages		(by first language) Xargrurish 86.6% Staynish (simplified) 9.4% Calth 2% Other 2%
Ethnic groups (2016 Estimate)		99.3% Human 60.5% Xagrurianani 20% Staynish 17% Caltharusian 2.2% Other 0.3% Other Species
Demonym		Xagrurian, Xagrurians, Xagruriani
Government		Bicameral Parliamentry Republic
-	President	Bob Jones
-	Vice President	Derek Smith
Legislature		Parliament
-	Upper house	House of Governors
-	Lower house	House of Senators
Area
-	Total	3,196,822 km2 1,234,300 sq mi
Population
-	2017 estimate	115,253,194
-	2010 census	82,383,794
-	Density	36/km2 93/sq mi
GDP (nominal)		2017 estimate
-	Total	($1,749,389,930,359.18)
-	Per capita	($13,295.02)
Gini (2016)		21.3 low
HDI (2016)		0.900 very high
Currency		Kirib (♅)
Date format		DD/MM/YYYY
Drives on the		the right
ISO 3166 code		XAR
Internet TLD		.xar

The Republic of Xagrurg is also known as the ROX, is located on the continent of Aurora. The Republic of Xagrug is a social democracy with a parliament running the affairs of the nation. The capital city of Xagrurg is Imperium, which is where Parliament is housed along with the economic powerhouse of the nation. Xagrurg is a member of the Aurora Contiental Assembly. The ecology of Xagrurg is diverse, resulting in having boreal forests to dense rainforests. There are many national parks funded by the government and the highest point in Xagrurg is Mt. Democracy which is 300 meters above sea level. Becoming a proper nation-state in 200 AD, the Republic of Xagrug is a world leader in education and industrial output. The Republic of Xagrurg has universal healthcare and free college education. The current GDP of the Republic of Xagrurg is 1.7 trillion Xagrurgian Kirib. The income per capita is around $13,295 with very little difference between the rich and poor thanks to strict government regulations and social welfare policies. Private enterprise is allowed albeit regulated and the media is protected by the right to free speech. The Republic of Xagrurg is considered to be around a post-current state technology wise. The current population of Xagrurg is 115 million people.

History

First Inhabitants In 1 AD, people from all over the world colonized the land that would be now known as Xagrurg. Most of these people were intellectuals, building libraries and houses of knowledge. One such library is the Great Library of Xagrurg which still stands today due an unknown material the original colonists built the library out of. Additionally, many structures built by the inhabitants still stand today, mystifying engineers to this date.

Isolationism By 1800 AD, the people of Xagrurg were relatively peaceful, minding their own business. Occasionally, merchants came by to trade with Xagrugians but the government of Xagrurg haven't established official relations with anyone at this point.

Rise to Power In 1900 AD, the people of Xagrurg were noticing the world was becoming a dangerous place and decided to build up the nation's military and industry. As a result, the industries boomed and tech was rapidly advancing. The space program was additionally growing, landing 4 men on the moon by 1950.

Present Day At this point of time, the Republic of Xagrurg is an economic and scientific powerhouse, its tech being considered Post-Current. However, political divides are happening in the nation between the Social Democrats and the Isolationist Conservatives, in Parliament, it is often a yelling match between representatives of both parties. In the 2017 election however, the Social Democrats Party won 3/4 of the seats in Parliament and the Isolationist Conservatives are now a minority party. The space program is currently maintaining a medium-sized research space station and sending satellites into Urth's orbit and out to explore the solar system.

Geography

Xagrurg has an all-around climate and temperatures ranging from 60-100 degrees Fahrenheit throughout the year. Rain is common in Xagrurg resulting in ideal conditions for farming. In spring, the average temperature is around 70 degrees Farenheight. In summer, the average temperature is around 80 degrees Farenheight. In the fall, it is around 70 degrees Farenheight again. In the winter, the temperature goes below 60 or so degrees.

Government

The Republic of Xagrurg is a multi-party republic where representatives of all political parties gather in Parliament to discuss legislation. Political parties cannot be outlawed and corruption and election rigging is not tolerated. There are 150 states in the Republic of Xagrurg. Currently, the Social Democrat party is in office of the presidency. The main political parties with a majority in Parliament are the Social Democrats, Isolationist Conservatives, and the Globalist Pacifists. There are 150 seats in the Lower House and 50 seats in the Upper House. The Lower House is comprised of the states' senators and the Upper House is comprised of regional governors elected by the senators. There are three branches of government: the Executive Branch, Judicial Branch, and Legislative Branch. The government is officially secular. The departments that make up the government are the Department of Education, Department of Internal Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs, National Intelligence Agency, Department of Infrastructure, the Department of Judicidal Conduct, the Department of Government Oversight, and the Xagrurg National Reserve.

• Department of Education

The Department of Education is responsible for dictating where the funds of the education budget goes, the education curriculum, and administering state exams in public schools.

• Department of Internal Affairs

The Department of Internal Affairs is responsible for managing the domestic events that occur within the nation of Xagrurg and doing administrative duties.

• Department of Foreign Affairs

The Department of Foreign Affairs is responsible for managing the external affairs that occur outside the nation of Xagrurg and doing diplomatic duties.

• National Intelligence Agency

The National Intelligence Agency is responsible for defending Xagrurg state secrets, cybersecurity, cyberwarfare, and deploying Xagrurgian spies worldwide.

• Department of Infrastructure

The Department of Infrastructure is responsible for managing the maintenance of public transport and roadwork in Xagrurg.

• Department of Judicial Conduct

The Department of Judicial Conduct prosecutes suspected guilty parties and enforces the laws.

• Department of Government Oversight

The Department of Government Oversight investigates potential corruption within the government of Xagrurg and reports corrupt officials to the Department of Judicial Conduct where they are tried.

• Xagrurg National Reserve

The Xagrurg National Reserve hands out loans to national and international organizations, manages the debt and inflation of Xagrurg, and prints out the currency of Xagrurgian Kirib.

Crime

Crime is almost nonexistent in the nation of Xagrurg due to a well-funded police force, social welfare policies, effective judicial system, and a content populace. In addition, criminals are scared of being shot to death by citizens armed with fully-automatic assault rifles as gun laws are lax.

Law Enforcment

There are three branches of law enforcement in Xagrurg. There is the local branch, state branch, and the federal branch. The local police are only armed with batons and a neutered variant of the Bolt M1900 pistol and Uber and Lock P70. The local branch pursues crimes within cities of Xagrurg. The state police are armed with upgraded PAK assault rifles and Bolt M1900s. The state branch pursues crimes within their respective states and their governments. The federal police are armed with HN M500 assault rifles and military Bolt M1900s. The federal police report directly to the Department of Judicial Conduct, Department of Department of Government Oversight, and the National Intelligence Agency.

Foreign Relations

Xagrurg has established embassies, trade agreements, diplomatic recognition, and nonagression pacts with the nations of Kostoria-Obertonia, Kingdom of Asendavia, The Holy Empire of Gliat Shea, The Holy Empire of Gliat Shea, Royal Republic of Furnifold, The Royal Federation of Kuthernburg & Her Royal Commonwealth of Latianburg, and the Imperial Iassathi Republic of Kaeliv and is in the Aurora Contiental Assembly and the World Assembly. The Republic of Xagrurg has also purchased and commissioned ships from the nation of Free Syllvin and Kuthernburg. The Republic of Xagrurg is a founding member of the PK-FU and is spending $25 million to build the PK-FU headquarters in Furnifold. The Republic of Xagrurg is contributing 1 billion Xagrurgian Kirib yearly to the PK-FU. The PeaceKeeping Forces of Urth, aka PK-FU, is an international organization dedicated to saving civilian lives, improving quality of life in impoverished/war-torn nations, and protecting the process of peace accords.[[1]]

Healthcare

The Republic of Xagrurg uses a single-payer universal healthcare system (known as the Xagrurgian Healthcare System) so everyone has access to high-quality medical care. 1.5% of the GDP budget goes towards maintaining the XHS and researching cures and vaccines of all sorts of diseases. The government publicly funds STEM-cell research centers and major hospitals are widespread across Xagrurg.

Military

The Armed Forces of Xagrurg is well funded with a budget taking up 5% of Xagrurg's GDP, or $3,498,779,860.The Army is equipped with the latest tanks the arms industry has to offer with 300 General Guns Panther MBTs [[2]], 200 General Guns M9 Frog [[3]],100 Rhinemetal U98s[[4]] 75 Liberty Anti-Air Systems[[5]], 150 POW-9000 Artillery Guns[[6]], 200 General Guns Fighter 09Ps[[7]], 50 Elite Firearms P-1560 Attack Helicopters[[8]], 100 General Guns HIGHPEAK Radar Array Vehicle [[9]], and 190 M4 Roar infantry fighting vehicles [[10]]. The Air Force is equipped with 155 F-45 fighter aircraft [[11]],100 UO-09 Transport Helicopter[[12]], 50 General Guns PN-230 transport plane[[13]], 10 U2 Warhawk attack helicopters[[14]], 30 T-1 Protectors[[15]], 15 U1 Hump attack helicotpers[[16]], 20 P-1 UAVs[[17]], 100 A-23 stealth bombers [[18]]. The infantry forces are equipped with the HN M500 assault rifle [[19]], the Bolt M1900 [[20]], the Pesom U120 [[21]], the M20 Launcher [[22]], the FMJ Spear[[23]], and the M62B7 machine gun [[24]]. The Syllvan State Arms FM-12 assault rifle is being tested against the current service rifle of Xagrurg infantry. The navy is equipped with 1 Woosh-class missile cruiser[[25]], 12 Freedom-class destroyers[[26]], 1 Ballas-class fuel tanker from Free Syllvin [[27]], and 3 diesel-electric submarines[[28]]. However, the navy will be procuring 1 Bobushka-class STOBAR aircraft carrier[[29]], 1 Clemenceau-class multi-role aircraft carrier[[30]], 4 Birdie-class V/STOL aircraft carriers[[31]], 3 Geater-class submarines commissioned in Free Syllvin from 2014 that now entered service in 2017, modified to have nuclear reactors [[32]]l 1 Arranis-class Helicopter Carrier from Free Syllvin [[33]], 1 Ball-class submarine [[34]] and 4 Borey-class submarines [[35]] from Kuthernburg to bolster the fleet and replace the primitive diesel submarines currently in service. Currently, the army is experimenting with better Kevlar armor that can survive assault rifle rounds up to 5.56mm . There is no active military draft in place but there is a national guard in case the government needs to call up the reserves of the army. The national guard is equipped with the PAK assault rifle[[36]]. The army has 610,124 active peacetime military personnel and 1,152,531 reserve personnel. Additionally, most citizens are armed with a firearm. Military drills are extremely rigorous so only the best troops are in service. Xagrurg has 250 nuclear inter-continental ballistic missiles, 43 tactical nuclear bombs, and 7 submarine-launched ballistic missiles currently active, their locations unknown in order to keep the element of surprise. The National Intelligence Agency is responsible for keeping the locations of all Xagrurgian nuclear and experimental weaponry confidential.

Xagrurg Special Forces The Special Forces use the best equipment available in order to make sure their operations are successful and go smoothly. The firearms used by the special forces are the General Guns HG2[[37]] ,Uber and Lock P70[[38]] ,General Guns MOG[[39]] ,General Guns SPLAT[[40]] ,and the M20 Launcher. The exact number of Xagrurgian Special Forces commandos is unknown but estimates are around 50,000,

Xagrurg Territorial Marines The Xagrurgian Marines use all of the same firearms as the Army but a greater emphasis is put on oceanic warfare and the training is even more rigorous. There are currently 125,293 Marines in active service. The Xagrurgian Territorial Marines is stationing 50 Territorial Marines at a Joint Strike Force base in Kuthernburg with Kuthernburg, Furnifold, and Adumara forces along with a F-45 Fighter, UO-9 Transport Helicopter, and a U2 Warhawk Attack Helicopter.

• Xagrurgian Peacekeeping Force

The Xagrurgian Peace Keeping Force was formed from public pressure within Xagrurg to enforce stability within our allies and consists of 11,000 soldiers and 1,000 medics. The peacekeepers are armed with GG A2A1 assault rifles[[41]], Bolt M1900 pistols, M62B7 machine guns, FMJ Spears, 35 General Guns Panther MBTs, 50 UO-09 transport helicopters, 25 Rhinemetal U98s, and 150 M4 Roar infantry fighting vehicles. The current and first operation of the Xagrurgian Peacekeeping Force will be in Osnek, Latianburg.

• Xagrurgian Aerial Defense

The entire Republic of Xagrurg is defended by a system of ballistic missiles[[42]], fighter aircraft, radar installations, and anti-air weaponry to shoot down any aerial threat coming at Xagrurg (e.g nuclear missiles, enemy bombers, so on).

Infrastructure

The Republic of Xagrurg has expansive highways and public transport systems with a well funded Department of Infrastructure maintaining the roadwork and trains. The government is currently investing in projects that support renewable energy. The nation has multiple nuclear plants, wind turbines, and natural gas plants. In the 1940's, a massive highway system (known as the Inter-Regional Autobahn) was constructed that allowed access to almost all of the nation. As an added bonus to the increased access, the Inter-Regional Autobahn has flat land every 5 miles to allow military jets to land/take off in an emergency. There's also expansive railway connections all over Xagrurg. Back in the 20th century, the government of Xagrurg was worried about the power of the atom and what it could do to the general populace of Xagrurg if nuclear war ever broke out so the government funded construction of millions of fallout bunkers across Xagrurg. Most of them are still currently being maintained, fully stocked. Some of them are used as military armories to save money and resources on constructing armories.

Technology

Currently, the space program has 2% of the national GDP and is maintaining a space station and multiple satellites in Urth orbit. Additionally, multiple space probes are exploring the solar system. The education system is well funded and efficient and as a result, multiple innovations were created along with genius scientists and engineers. In the 20th century, technology boomed when the Xagrurian government heavily invested in industries and military research. By the 1940's, primitive Xagrugian satellites were in place in low Urth orbit. In 1950, the space program landed 4 men on the moon and made it back. In 1970, the first Xagrurgian space station was launched into orbit (deorbited in 1975 due to mathematical errors by computers). The space program launched space probes to explore the solar system in 1980 and most of them still work to this date due to RTGs. In 1995, a second space station was sent up into orbit, this time programmers relied less on computers to stay in orbit. The space station is primarily used as a research outpost but is armed with nuclear missiles and miniguns in case asteroids crash into the station.

Economy

The economy of Xagrurg is focused on electronics, firearms, and heavy industry. The GDP is 1.5 trillion Kirib. The major corporations of Xagrurg are Yoshi, General Guns, and Heavy Metal. The primary exports of Xagrurg are machinery, technical advice, and firearms. The primary imports are electronic parts, food, and precious metals. The current GDP growth of the nation is 0.112 and the major corporations are listed on the Bob Ross Index in the Eisenburgh Stock Exchange. The Xagrurgian National Reserve is responsible for giving out loans to national and foreign organizations and managing the inflation of the Kirib. The national currency is the Kirib. The Republic of Xagrurg has a cash reserve of 1.5 billion. General Guns is a mega corporation that offers many high-quality firearms such as the PAK assault rifle, PAK Carbine[[43]], PAX Hawk night rifle[[44]], and GG A2A1 assault rifle [[45]]. Due to strict government regulations, Xagrugian-made products are created to the highest of standards. General Guns is currently converting 100 MIK-27K to QM-27Ks for a deal of 61,629,950 Xagrurgian Kirib with the government of Kuthernburg whom the QM-27ks will go to. The deal states the MIK-27s must be converted to QM-27Ks and shipped back to Kuthernburg in under a month before the Red Flag events. The Xagrurgian government has also contracted the corporation Heavy Metal to help supply raw materials for the construction of the PK-FU headquarters in Furnifold.

Population

There is 115 million people living in the Republic of Xagrurg and all of them are of different cultures and races. The current immigration policy in place is relatively lax to attract people to live in Xagrurg. The main and official language in Xagrurg is English but Staynish is a minority language. The Republic of Xagrurg was founded on an idealistic foundation of liberty and freedom, attracting immigrants who wish these tenets. The population are hard workers, wanting to support their freedom and liberty guaranteed by the constitution of Xagrurg.

Politics

Most legislation passed in Parliament is pro-liberal but there are a couple moderate and conservative laws in place as well. LGBTQ rights are protected by law along with other civil liberties. Gun rights are relatively lax, allowing people to purchase fully-automatic assault rifles and machine guns but background checks are extremely thorough and gun permit applicants must go through a psychological test. Additionally, open carry is allowed but limited across Xagrurg. Poltical rights are also protected under law. Before the 2017 election, the liberal Social Democrats and the Isolationist Conservatives basically controlled each half of the seats in Parliament and all laws are in deadlock as a result of the infighting. After the 2017 election however, the Social Democrat Party has won 3/4 of all seats in Parliament and laws can be passed once again. The Isolationist Conservatives only control 1/4 of Parliament and the Globalist Pacifsts has stopped running for Parliament and the Presidency but they're currently trying to influence the Social Democrats to be more pacifistic.

Culture

Due to the populace coming from all over the world, there are many cultures and as a result, multi-culturism is a main part of Xagrugrian society. The official language is English but other languages can be found within the Republic of Xagrurg. Some architectural structures are Neo-Classical like the Parliament building and the Palace of Imperium but most architecture throughout Xagrurg is Modernist. The people of Xagrurg are known to have a stiff upper lip and will stand proud in the face of danger.

Major Locations

The capital city of Imperium, located in the middle of Xagrurg, with population of 30 million, is one of the largest cities in Xagrurg, is the economic, scientfic, and political home of Xagrurg. The second largest city is Eisenburgh, with a population of 25 million, located on the southern coast of Xagrurg, is very multi-cultural and a major shipping hub in Xagrurg. Additionally, the National Volleyball League Tournament is held annually every year here. The third largest city is Laona, with a population of 15 million, home to the Great Library of Xagrurg, is located near the Kingdom of Staynes's Lake Lamberta and Ethalria and is the cultural capital of the nation. It is rich with ancient history and filled with structures dating back to the days of the original inhabitants of Xagrurg. The fourth largest location in Xagrurg is Fort Wahington. Fort Wahington is home to Xagrurg Military Command. Located a couple miles from the border with Kostoria-Obertonia, the Armed Forces of Xagrurg regularly train there and experiment with new technology.