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Nation Name: Los trabajadores del Estado, de la República Federal de Centroamérica (The Workers State of the, Federal Republic of Central America or FRoCA), Informally known as Centroamerica(You are encouraged to include both its formal name and its informal name)
Head of State: Chairman Fernandez Sevoroa
Head of Government: General Secretary Kristina Fuevala
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Capital City: Karatá
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Ideology: Syndicalism
Foreign Policy: The República Federal de Centroamérica, has had to tread a careful line over the years ensuring that it does not get caught up in the cold war, this is in no small part due to the distaste both for the Soviet Union’s perverse mockery of a workers state and a hearty dislike for the conduct of the west against those who would differ from them. Pragmatism has however won out over emotionalism and numerous deals and agreements have been made both in the interests of the people of Centroamerica and the workers of the world caught in between blind power mongers, which is not to say however that the Federal Republic will not defend itself from aggression and has done so on several occasions.
Domestic Policy: Domestic Policy is determined every four years during the Congreso de Sindicatos, or Congress of Trade Unions during which the local workers councils are re-elected based on the votes of their members, which would then elect a new series of Delegates for their local Syndicate, who would then in turn elect delegates to the national federation which would then vote on the direction of internal policy, this has frequently led to varying ideological platforms operating different organs of governance, more often than not however a coalition of platforms directs the broad strokes of state while the Unions on their respective levels ensure the voice of the people is heard and their will enacted. (How does your nation internally operate?)
Civil Freedoms 8/10: By sheer reality of their system the people of Centroamerica enjoy unparalleled freedoms, the right to free speech among other things is dearly cherished as part of the bedrock of the Syndicalist movement and while disagreements between the differing ideological platforms are frequent they all agree that without the voice and will of the worker the Syndicalist Revolution could never succeed.
Political Freedoms 10/10: Any Centroamerican may hold political office, they simply need to be able to demonstrate the ability both practically and theoretically in order to gain the votes from their peers, however it is ever made clear that those in power are Delegates, not representatives and are thus easily recalled should their actions not be in line with the will of the people. The entire nation votes on future “governments” during the Congress of Trade Unions, during which local trade unions elect delegates which in turn then elect delegates to regional Syndicates who then in turn elect Delegates to national Federations who in turn then vote on issues and platforms to create the basis of the government for the next four years, truly no other state can boast such direct democracy as the Syndicalist State!
Economic Freedoms 6/10: Economic freedoms are a somewhat more nebulous subject, collective ownership of the means of production means that while a person may be free to advocate a different path, unless they are able to convince their peers they must abide by the collective will of the Workers Commune’s.
Military Size: 510,000 In active Service, 820,000 Reservists can be called up and be combat ready within two months.
Military Description: The Federal Military is an entirely volunteer force, and is highly trained motivated and well equipped, doctrinally they favour rapid swift pinpoint strikes to destabilise and throw an enemy off balance. Small unit tactics are prevalent along with the healthy application of air power, in the last twenty years the Centroamerican Navy has received a healthy amount of attention with an ambitious research and development and naval construction program being initiated, chief amongst which is a Carrier development program. Originally Centroamerican equipment was of comparatively poor quality interspersed with both surplus from the United States and the Soviet Union, in time however domestic Design Bureau’s began creating indigenous designs for military use and then iterating upon them. By the 1980’s Centroamerica possessed the beginnings of parity with nations such as France and Italy but would be several years before equalling one of the two major superpowers, a fact that would remain much like the Federal Republic, distinctly under the radar due to foreign policy.
Strengths and Weaknesses: The Centroamerican military has by in large pioneered small unit combat operations both offensively in the form of guerrilla warfare, rapid insertion, marine landings and aerial infiltration. While the Federal Republic does maintain a small force of tanks, the terrain of the nation is ill suited to such fighting and as a result the practical application of the sound theories of armoured warfare is somewhat lacking, additionally the fact that by in large since it’s re-organisation into a professional fighting force both its equipment, tactics, organisation and methods are untried. In terms of Aerial and Maritime Operations however Centroamerica is oft referred to as an unknown David to the more traditionally known goliaths.
Law Enforcement: Crime is by in large a rarity in Centroamerica, the workers state being the ideal both in idea and in reality, however a modest constabulary does exist as a subset of the armed forces, the Yellow Jackets are a rare site in the cities with the exception of those near the Panama Canal.
Intelligence agencies (Domestic and Foreign): Due to the highly Communalistic nature of Centroamerica internal security is by in large a much more simple process. That is not to say there have never been instances of discovered spies and the like, most notably was during the second congress when a bomb attempt and then subsequent assassination attempt was discovered against the speaker of the Anarcho-Syndicalist Platform, Antonio Che Guellas. Subsequent investigation unearthed an American network designed to overthrow the workers states, through careful application of this knowledge several high ranking American Intelligence officials were captured and their actions greatly publicised, the ensuing embarrassment to the United States ensured the safety and relative free hand in defending itself against Aggression by Colombia and Mexico in 1958, in a brief conflict that lasted barely three months. Both nations still protest that they were justified in their actions ascribing it to an as of yet unnamed Centroamerican Intelligence Bureau
Description of Your Nation's Economy: The Economy of Centroamerica is both highly developed and diverse and is often referred to as the Centroamerican Jaguar, organised along Syndicalist lines local industries are ran by local Trade Unions with input from local Syndicates, which are groupings of similar trade Unions on a regional level and overseen by Federations which are national groupings of Syndicates. The economy is highly stable and efficient due to a highly motivated worker base which is in no small part attributed to the solidarity society of Centroamerica, one attribute worth noting is the complete lack of private ownership of motor vehicles instead Centroamerica boasts one of the most advanced and extensive public transport systems in the world.
Description of Your Nation's Government:The Government, as such as it could be called that is organised along Syndicalist lines, and is elected every four years, during the Congress of trade Unions, a process beginning at local level when local Trade Unions elect Delegates to represent them in the Regional Syndicates, whom in turn then elect Delegates to the National Federations who in turn will the debate ideology and policy and vote on who shall form the government, this is frequently done by members of an Ideological Platform, Delegates who follow a strain of Syndicalism and have lain out their policies for our they would run one of the Commissaries for the next four years and beyond. There have been various Ideological Platforms, such as the Dominant Anarcho-Syndicalists, the Social-Reformists, Syndicalist-Union, Techno-Syndicalists, National-Syndicalists and Eco-Syndicalists.
History of your Nation: The ideal of a united Central American state has been a long treasured ideal in the hearts and minds of much of the populace of the region, an ideal denied by petty bickering and politicking of an entrenched elite, it was not until the 1930’s when the changing world situation and upheavals brought about by the advent of Communism that this would begin to change. Initial Negotiations had been ongoing since the early 1920’s with little progress being made one way or another, this would in time change during the second world war when low level strikes began to break out in the Central American Nations in protest of various policies and political scandal, the status quo however would be forever destroyed when an altercation between strikers and local law enforcement escalated leaving thirty nine strikers dead and a great deal more injured. In less than three weeks vast sections of the Central American states were out of the various governments control, and it would not be long before these small “havens of order” would be swept away in a civil war unnoticed by a world too focused on the war to end all wars.
It was during late 1944 that the various parties sat down at Juticalpa and began discussing the future, initially it seemed that no agreement would be reached until the Trade Unions who had called for the initial strikes threatened to walk out of the talks and act unilaterally that an agreement was made, the Federal Republic of Central America (FRoCA) was born. The trade unions movement held a pre-eminent position in the interim government and set about organising the new state along Syndicalist lines by 1946 the preparations were completed for the first Congreso de Sindicatos, or Congress of Trade Unions, to be held, at first there was some confusion as to what this entailed and the whole process took four months before finally the Anarcho-Syndicalist Platform in coalition with the Social Reformists secured a majority and begun a series of programs to develop the nation. One of the first acts was an expansion of both the nations industry and a considerable investment in sending away the best and brightest in vast numbers to foreign centres of study so that upon their return the foundations for a native Centroamerican Institute of learning could be established.
These first four years were perhaps the hardest of all as great pains were made to meld several different nations into a glorious whole, and low level famine’s did little to ease matters, however by the time of the second congress the situation began to improve but not enough to salvage matters for the Social Reformist platform which was assigned much of the blame for the hardships. Their high level disputes over policy common knowledge throughout the nation they did however retain enough of a share to remain in coalition with the Anarcho-Syndicalists although in reduced numbers. This change in the balance of power allowed the Anarcho-Syndicalists to implement wide ranging reforms and bring about true syndicalism.
The economy was completely re-organised along Syndicalist lines with domestic policy harmonised in line with these efforts to foster a healthy sense of community and solidarity. It was at this time however that the external situation began to become a factor, as the first winter of the cold war began to set in, a winter not helped by strikes and agitations in Mexican and Colombian border regions. These efforts were endorsed by neither the Anarcho-Syndicalists nor the Social-Reformists nonetheless were a source of great friction between both one another and the three states. Industrialisation was however helped along somewhat by an outreach to the United States and Soviet Union by the Social Reformists, who at the time controlled the office of the Commissary of external affairs.
By the advent of the third Congreso de Sindicatos, the development of a solid economic base was underway and the first graduates were beginning to return home, the efforts of the workers were lauded and after a short debate the Anarcho-Syndicalist platform won an overwhelming majority and began implementing a series of plans designed to dramatically expand Centroamerica’s now modest industrial base and to formally establish a new Intellectual, Scientific and Educational community with the long term goal of achieving Parity with both the Americans and the Russians, a goal that was often derided as overly ambitious by the Social-Reformist platform that argued the resources could be better spent bettering the lot of the workers of the world.
The next Congress would mark an abrupt change in fortunes for the Social-Reformist platform as Mexico and Columbia, having been plagued with agitators and unrest in the bordering regions declared war on the Federal Republic placing the blame for the local agitators and strikes on Centroamerica, the invasions would eventually grind to a halt due to extensive guerrilla campaigns culminating in the disastrous battle of Patzun in which the Mexican Second Army was captured or killed in less than two days, which by sheer chain reaction caused a complete military rout on both fronts. With Mexico now severely depleted in available manpower for immediate use, and Columbia by a complete collapse in morale, they sought to expand the conflict by wooing Cuba and Jamaica into the conflict, however within days od formal declarations workers Militia stormed Havana and Kingston who declared their immediate intention to federate with Centroamerica.
Shortly thereafter an armistice was signed and borders redrawn and reparations agreed upon, this new expansion however was a source of instability for the next decade as the new citizens at first struggled to adapt to the communal spirit so vital to the Syndicalist state. By the time of the sixth Congress however many of these problems had been dealt with due to a lengthy series of intergrationalist policies and the now ferociously healthy economy of the original Federal Republic. This Congress saw the emergence of three new platforms, that of the National-Syndicalists, the Techno-Syndicalists and the more minor Eco-Syndicalists, the three movements came about as a result of the downfall of the Social-Reformists, minor splintering within the Anarcho-Syndicalists and the feeling that a new path in general was needed.
In the end though the Anarcho-Syndicalists retained their majority, which they would retain for the next five Congresses with coalitions being formed during three of them, it was during this period that the Military of Centroamerica was reorganised following a nationwide debate, and the transition from workers militia’s to a professional standing army began.
It was during the tenure of the eighth Congress that the Anarcho-Syndicalists secured now and forever their place in the nation’s history books, after a lengthy series of negotiations and protests, during this time securing an agreement to begin repatriating the Panama Canal back to Centroamerica.
Population of entire nation: 72,891,000
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