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| − | The International Democratic Union is a <!--REGION_POPULATION_DESC_START-->large region<!--REGION_POPULATION_DESC_END-->, <!--REGION_STYLE_START-->with a bustling and busy community, numbering 91 nations. International Democratic Union features a very respectable representation in the [[World Assembly]], with | + | The International Democratic Union is a <!--REGION_POPULATION_DESC_START-->large region<!--REGION_POPULATION_DESC_END-->, <!--REGION_STYLE_START-->with a bustling and busy community, numbering 91 nations. International Democratic Union features a very respectable representation in the [[World Assembly]], with 27 member nations. |
| − | The straight-backed, broad-smiling populace of International Democratic Union eagerly dismissed concerns of oppression. Denizens generally have very few political freedoms, but some limited freedom is afforded to citizens of nations in the region. Most denizens subsist off of basic farming or menial factory jobs, with few economic imports or exports. Inhabitants rarely are visited by the tax collector, and the region boasts a paltry median tax rate of 4%. The | + | The straight-backed, broad-smiling populace of International Democratic Union eagerly dismissed concerns of oppression. Denizens generally have very few political freedoms, but some limited freedom is afforded to citizens of nations in the region. Most denizens subsist off of basic farming or menial factory jobs, with few economic imports or exports. Inhabitants rarely are visited by the tax collector, and the region boasts a paltry median tax rate of 4%. The economies of nations in the region tend to be dominated by the private sector, with on average only 2% of the economy comprising the public sector. Commerce within the region is an irrelevant annoyance to governments. |
International Democratic Union does not prioritize education in any meaningful way. The region is a lawless wasteland, nations regularly being the subject of documentaries by brave filmmakers. Governments make no provision for law and order. Nations within the region are forced to use soft fruit and harsh language in the field of battle, with no government funds being set aside for defense. Due to the lack of any Public transport, streets are packed with cars, bikes, and assorted noisy vehicles. | International Democratic Union does not prioritize education in any meaningful way. The region is a lawless wasteland, nations regularly being the subject of documentaries by brave filmmakers. Governments make no provision for law and order. Nations within the region are forced to use soft fruit and harsh language in the field of battle, with no government funds being set aside for defense. Due to the lack of any Public transport, streets are packed with cars, bikes, and assorted noisy vehicles. | ||
Revision as of 07:35, 22 June 2016
International Democratic Union 
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| Founder | The IDU | |
| WA Delegate | Sciongrad | |
| Members | 91 | |
| - | of which WA | 27 |
| Regional population | ||
| - | 2014 estimate | 544 billion |
| GRP | N/A | |
| Regional HDI | 0.540 medium |
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The International Democratic Union (IDU) is a region that promotes universal values such as democracy, human rights and internationalism. It has historically been heavily involved in the WA (and the UN before it), with numerous authors of UN/WA legislation in its ranks. Most IDU nations occupy a massive continent in NS Earth's Northern Hemisphere, neighboring The North Pacific region, though thanks to fractal reality some nations may overlap with or even overlay each other, occupying different dimensions or planes of existence within the same region. Some nations may merely be politically aligned with IDU while geographically located elsewhere. The lands within IDU's reach contain a number of unique plant and animal species. IDU has a reputation for being more liberal than other regions, and definitely within the World Assembly as one more inclined toward internationalist or international federalist tendencies.
Contents
History
A series of raids against The North Pacific prompted some of the region's exiles to seek refuge in a region free from the threat of invasion or displacement. The International Democratic Union, founded on July 25, 2004, was such a region. The IDU's numbers have naturally fluctuated over the years, reaching lows of as little as 17 nations and highs of 100 or more. IDU members have traditionally celebrated the anniversary of the region's founding on July 25 of each year, known in some countries as "Democracy Day."
Culture
A community of nations within the International Democratic Union has preserved the region's unique culture over the years, with events such as the International Cheese Festival, among the most famous events on the IDU's social calendar. Other aspects of IDU culture include geography, including an impressively detailed political map; a chronicling of the region's native plant and wildlife species; and a communal newswire.
Nations
Government
Having gone through several incarnations, the IDU Regional Government is undergoing another reorganization. A new charter is expected to be approved, instituting a new governing council named the IDU States Assembly (IDUSA), and cementing the Regional Delegate's role as head of state.
Historically, IDU's government has adhered to a series of "fundamental values," including democracy, community, stability, human rights, national sovereignty, secular governance, and "a powerful WA." It is those central values that the government's revamping seeks to respect. IDUSA will replace the recently abolished Council of IDU States (CIDUS); the region has voted to revert to its old charter on an interim basis until the new charter is adopted.
The current, elected Delegate is Sciongrad; the cabinet consists of a vice delegate (Gnejs), foreign minister (SchutteGod), co-culture ministers (Gnejs/Nova Sodor), and a hospitality/ecology minister (Bears Armed). IDU's Delegate has typically been an elected position, each WA nation holding one vote. The regional capital and seat of government is Democracity, located in the IDU neutral territory known as the Free Lands.
UN/WA politics
IDU has a history of strongly contributing to international law through the World Assembly, specifically its General Assembly branch. More than a dozen authors of UN/WA legislation are past and present IDU members, several of them also being members of prominent UN/WA organizations such as United Nations Old Guard. It has been estimated that as much as 10% of all WA resolutions were written by IDU nations.
Foreign relations
Historic ties with the North Pacific region have made its relationship with IDU virtually indispensable. The IDU-TNP Treaty contains provisions obligating The North Pacific's delegate to commit its support to resolutions written by IDU members. The IDU is also a member of WALL (World Assembly Legislative League), a multilateral General Assembly-oriented organization promoting cooperation between member regions on GA matters, and at times, a unified front on the GA's most important votes. Having outgrown a serious rivalry with its fellow UN/WA-oriented region Antarctic Oasis during the days of the UN, IDU in recent years has enjoyed much-improved relations with the Antarctic.
Regions with which IDU maintains embassies include Social Liberal Union, International Western Union, Forest, Osiris, Europeia, The Rejected Realms, TNP and AO.
Statistical trends
The International Democratic Union is a large region, with a bustling and busy community, numbering 91 nations. International Democratic Union features a very respectable representation in the World Assembly, with 27 member nations.
The straight-backed, broad-smiling populace of International Democratic Union eagerly dismissed concerns of oppression. Denizens generally have very few political freedoms, but some limited freedom is afforded to citizens of nations in the region. Most denizens subsist off of basic farming or menial factory jobs, with few economic imports or exports. Inhabitants rarely are visited by the tax collector, and the region boasts a paltry median tax rate of 4%. The economies of nations in the region tend to be dominated by the private sector, with on average only 2% of the economy comprising the public sector. Commerce within the region is an irrelevant annoyance to governments.
International Democratic Union does not prioritize education in any meaningful way. The region is a lawless wasteland, nations regularly being the subject of documentaries by brave filmmakers. Governments make no provision for law and order. Nations within the region are forced to use soft fruit and harsh language in the field of battle, with no government funds being set aside for defense. Due to the lack of any Public transport, streets are packed with cars, bikes, and assorted noisy vehicles.
Nobody really knows about the state of administration in International Democratic Union. Observers asked for information, but found nobody was available to take calls. Hospital patients are given credit checks upon passing through emergency rooms, as no government provision is made for healthcare in the region. Welfare in the region is minimal, with only a small amount of expenditure being devoted to spending on social security. Governments in the region are avowedly atheist - no public funds are allocated to spirituality.
Social inequality is rife amongst the nations within International Democratic Union. The environments of the nations in the region are almost universally appalling.
