National information
Official Name: Mariranan Free State (Marirano Stato Libero)
Shortened Name: Marirana
Requested Location:Somewhere in Asteria, and of a fairly decent size (preferably comparable in size to Pakistan or Venezuela)
RP Population: Something in the range of 30,500,000-32,000,000 (31,455,700 preferred)
Culture and Ethnicity: Prior to colonisation, culture was !notMesoamerican (rl equivalents being the Aztecs and Mayans). After colonisation the country became deeply Catholic and !notItalian speaking. Country is today roughly split between white !notItalian speaking settlers, natives who continue their traditions and those of mixed !notItalian-native descent.
Government Type: Semi-presidential democratic republic with devolved power to provinces
Head of State: President Giorgio Macciocchi (elected to a non-renewable six year term)
Head of Government: Prime Minister Rosa Michelozzi (PM is weaker then the president, like the real life French system)
National Overview: Pre-colonial Marirana was the home of a large, ancient !notAztec civilisation before being colonised by !notItalians in the 16th-17th century. In the early 1800's republicans in Marirana led a successful independence war with the establishment of a federal republic, but the republic collapsed after ~3 years to be replaced with a reactionary monarchy. The monarchy was overthrown in 1905 by republicans, but political instability led to a military government between 1921-54, which was rapidly anti-communist and somewhat aligned with the DITO (although its status as a dictatorship has meant that was never accepted into the DITO). 1954-70 saw a weak democracy function until 1970 when the military took over again triggering a leftist insurgency before it was deposed peacefully in 1987, although the communist insurgency continues in some parts of the country. Since then Marirana has been a liberal democracy, joining the DITO proper in 1988. A leftist administration from 1999-2011 attempted to cool ties with the QTO, but the election of rightists in 2011 has meant that Marirana has been staunchly supportive of the DITO.
Currently the main political forces in Marirana are the United National Party (right-wing; liberal conservative) the Christian Democratic Party (centrist; social conservative, economic interventionist) and the Popular Socialist Alliance (left wing; democratic socialist). The current president is from the United National Party; however, the current Parliamentary Assembly (the unicameral legislature) and Prime Minister comes from a centre-left coalition led by the Popular Socialist Alliance, creating a system of cohabitation. The country's GDP is focused on industry, logging, mining (especially of bauxite and gold), crude oil and coffee being considered a newly industrialised country - nevertheless, inequality is very high with GDP per capita being in the range of $16,000-18,000.
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Factbook: Going to create one on Iiwiki if accepted.
RP Preferences: Diplomatic
RP Samples: https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=384991 (my posts are from the Kaona account)
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