Veridian Union

The Veridian Union
Motto: "United for Prosperity"
Anthem: "United for Prosperity"
Capital		Cape Hope
Largest cities		DuVall
Official languages		Codexian
Demonym		Unionists
Type		One Party State
Leaders
-	President of the Union Commission	Lucius Sunkanmi
-	President of the Union Military Council	Ronald Tusk
Legislature		Union Commission
Establishment
-	Treaty of Cape Hope	8th June, 1983
Area
-	Total	4,324,782 km2 1,669,808 sq mi
-	Water (%)	3.08
Population
-	2016 estimate	92,852,129
-	Density	116.4/km2 305.5/sq mi
GDP (nominal)		2016 estimate
-	Total	$1,246.565 Billion
-	Per capita	$4,489
Gini (2014)		30.9 medium
HDI (2014)		0.693 medium
Currency		Union
Date format		Month/Day/Year
Internet TLD		.ngu

The Veridian Union traces its origins in the formation by the Founding Six countries in 1983. The Treaty of Cape Hope established the Veridian Union and introduced Union Citizenship. The purpose of the union is to form a strong economic and military power.

History

Preliminary (1978–83)

Gondwanian integration was seen as an antidote to the Prussian Empire, whose backing by the Pax was seen "A Threat To the Well Being of Society and it's Members". 1983 saw the creation of the Northern Gondwana Union, which was declared to be "a first step in ensuring the freedom of the Gondwana Continent and it's neighbors." The supporters of the Union included Alberto Bloemhof, Karl Olasinbo, Robert Adisa, and Paul Ifedapo.

Geography, climate, and environment

Wildlife

Government

Citzenship

The facists before the formation of the Veridian Union determined that the greatest asset are the people who were willing to take up arms in defense of ones beliefs, therefore a criteria for citizenship was made where service through methods such as military service were required to obtain Citizenship. The concept that a citizen accepts personal responsibility for the safety of the body politic.

Civilians are not discriminated against and have more or less equal rights, with the exceptions being the right to vote, governmental positions, tax benefits, and government-subsidized tuition fees. People of foreign nationalities are heavily encouraged to join the military, as a way to fast-track their citizenship application and to receive benefits, providing they not wash out. Those with families are granted the ability to use family relocation services.

Demographics

Population

Language

Religion

Society

Women

Women are a cornerstone of the Veridian Union's social policy. They, however, eradicated the feminist movement and instilled their own set of ideals in line with their policies. The party advocated a strong egalitarian society in which the Veridian woman would recognize that her "world is also his world, and both must strive to better themselves" Soon after the seizure of power and the formation of the Veridian Union, feminist groups were shut down or incorporated into the National Women's Organization. This organisation coordinated groups throughout the country to promote independence, motherhood, household activities, and fitness. Courses were offered on child-rearing, sewing, and cooking. The Organization published the Woman's World. Despite some propaganda aspects, it was predominantly an ordinary woman's magazine.

Women are encouraged to stay in the workforce, and the creation of large families was promoted through a propaganda campaign. Large families received subsidies to help with their utilities, school fees, and household expenses. Though the measures led to increases in the birth rate, the number of families having four or more children increased by three percent. It is believed that removing women from the workforce does not have the intended effect of freeing up jobs for men. Fascist philosophy promoted large numbers of women being hired to work in munitions factories in the military build-up. The Union encourages women to seek higher education. The Union leaders hold views that engaging in academics and careerism would only "promote the betterment of offspring."

Women are expected to be strong and healthy. The study of exercise and diet were vital in promoting fitness. Athletic women who maintained a strong body, mind, and bore strong children are considered ideal. Organisations were created for the indoctrination of fascist values. Membership in the Youth Scouts became compulsory for all children over the age of ten. The Youth Scouts are accepting of young women age 10 to 18, albiet in women only groups. The activities focused on physical education with activities such as running, long jumping, somersaulting, tightrope walking, marching, and swimming, in addition to all the normal military-esque activities associated with the Youth.

The Veridian Union promotes a liberal code of conduct regarding sexual matters, and is sympathetic to women who bear children out of wedlock. Children born out of wedlock, if not desired by the woman, are instated into the Union Care of the Future. A child-caring organization that provided schooling and housing of the child until the age of 10, which they are then taken care of by the Youth Scouts. Existing laws banning abortion except for medical reasons were strictly enforced by the Union in order to promote the birth-rate.

Youth Scouts

The Youth Scouts, often abbreviated as YS, is the youth organisation of the Fascist Party in the Union. Its origins date back in 1922. From 1923 until now, it is a fairly popular youth organisation in the nation and partially a paramilitary organisation. It never reached mainstream popularity until the formation of the Union. It constitutes of male and female youth ages 10 to 18 years. Membership is considered mandatory.

The members of the Youth Scouts are viewed as future "Veridian Models of Society" and are indoctrinated into Nationalist Ideals. One aim was to instill the motivation that would enable its boys as soldiers, to fight faithfully for the Veridian Union. There was more emphasis on physical and military training than on academic study. The Youth also has the responsibility of overseeing the physical fitness development programs provided to the Union youth. For example, many activities closely resembled military training, with weapons training, assault course circuits and basic tactics. Some cruelty by the older boys toward the younger ones was tolerated to an extent, since it was believed this would weed out the unfit and harden the rest. Members wore uniforms very much like that of the Marines, with similar ranks and insignia.

The Youth is organised into local cells on a community level. Such cells had weekly meetings at which various Fascist doctrines were taught by adult leaders. Regional leaders typically organised rallies and field exercises in which several dozen Youth Scout cells would participate. The largest gathering usually took place annually, at DuVall, where members from all over Veridia would converge for the annual Founding Day.

The Youth maintains training academies comparable to preparatory schools, which were designed to nurture future Union leaders, and only the most devoted and intelligent members could expect to attend.

The Youth also maintains several corps designed to develop future officers for the Armed forces. The corps offered specialist pre-training for each of the specific arms for which the member was ultimately destined. The Marine Youth Scouts (Marine-YS), for example, was the largest such corps and served as a auxiliary to the Marines.

Another branch of the Youth Scouts is the Valanian Worker Youth – VWY. This organisation within the Youth was a training ground for future labor leaders and technicians.

Family structure

Veridian Union Armed Forces

The Northern Gondwana Union's armed forces are unique, primarily the integration of six different nations into one common system. Upon the Union's foundation, the armed forces suffered years of disorganization and mixed leadership. Former inventory of weapons, tanks, and ships were mixed. Units preferred one type over another and so on.

It wasn't until 1987 did the armed forces managed to maintain a sense of organization, although leadership was an issue. Each nation had preferences and differences in officer recruitment until they adopted the Veridian Empire's standard. The Veridian Empire used a "Infantrymen To General" officer enlistment structure, where only officers were former enlisted infantry.