2021: A Brave New Decade (OOC) Open

[Untecna]

Read what New Lakotah helpfully said- you can't write a treaty to fire your own head of state.

Read it again very closely and you'll see that isn't exactly the case.

[Hanovereich]

Read it again very closely and you'll see that isn't exactly the case.

Sorry, I've read it again and again. And I still don't know what you mean... can you tell me? Unless it's the 'doesn't make sense' part.

[The Manticoran Empire]

Nationstates Name: Untecna
Nation Name: Canada
Capital: Ottawa
Territory: IRL Territories of Canada
Population: 38 million
Official Language: English, French
Recognized Languages: English, French, other various languages
Flag: IRL Canadian Flag
National Anthem (optional): O Canada

O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all of us command.

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!

From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

---

Ô Canada! Terre de nos aïeux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!

Car ton bras sait porter l'épée,
Il sait porter la croix!

Ton histoire est une épopée
Des plus brillants exploits.

Et ta valeur, de foi trempée,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.

Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.

Head of State: Justin Trudeau
HoS Picture: -Putting a picture later, stand by-
Head of Government: Justin Trudeau
HoG Picture (If different from HoS): Same
Legislature Name: Parliament
Party in Power (If bicameral note who controls each): Liberal

GDP (PPP): 1.643T USD
Currency: Canadian Dollar

Military Information (If different from irl you must indicate that here): Same as IRL

Alliances (If different from IRL): Same as IRL

History Changes (Subject to review and approval by OP and Co-OP): Canada is now a republic, and no longer connected to the UK

 Separation from the Crown would've happened by gradual change and the eventual signing of a treaty, ending the rule of the crown in Canada and letting Canada remain in the Commonwealth.

The Republic is shaped similar to the US government, with Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches.

The President is elected by direct vote to a 5 year term. A Prime Minister is elected by the President for the Parliament.

The legislature is still Parliament. The PM oversees the Parliament and acts like a vice president.

Do not remove - Alpha777

So you directly state here that a treaty is signed. As others have mentioned, a treaty isn't needed. Republics are allowed in the Commonwealth of Nations. A sizeable majority of the Commonwealth is Republics, after all. So ending the monarchy is simply a referendum vote to establish a new form of governance.

[Deblar]

Apologies for the delay, but I should(?) have a post up relatively soon

[NewLakotah]

Read it again very closely and you'll see that isn't exactly the case.

You can't sign a treaty to eliminate the head of state. Who are they signing the treaty with exactly?

Not to mention, i think you are confusing the Commonwealth of Nations with the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth are all the nations (16 I believe) who have Queen Elizabeth II as their Monarch. the Commonwealth of Nations are all former nations of the British Empire (minus a few, if I'm not mistaken). Moving to a Republic would automatically remove you from being a Commonwealth Realm, but would still be allowed membership to the Commonwealth of Nations.

[Newne Carriebean7]

Should be finished now.
Nationstates Name: Newne Carriebean7
Nation Name: Sudan
Capital: Khartoum
Territory: Sudan
Population: 45,000,000
Official Language: Arabic
Recognized Languages: English
Flag:
National Anthem (optional):

Head of State: President of the Islamic Republic of Sudan Omar al-Bashir
HoS Picture:

Head of Government: Man Yatbae of the Loya Jirga of Sudan (one who follows in arabic) Hassan Al-Turabi
HoG Picture (If different from HoS):

Legislature Name: Constituent Assembly of Sudan, comprised of the Loya Jirga of Sudan and the Constituent Military Council of Sudan
Party in Power (If bicameral note who controls each):
Loya Jirga of Sudan
Elections are held every 18 years. For the upper house, Sudan is divided into 33 "Council-Area-States" which entitled to have three members each. One of the members is elected at-large by the people of the Area-State. Another is appointed, (with confirmation by the lower house) by the President himself and the remaining seat is held by a hereditary member which passes by the family, like the House of Lords in the UK. The 99-member Loya Jirga of Sudan is officially nonpartisan, though the party registration of individual members breaks down thusly:

76 National Congress
13 Sudanese Socialist Union

Constituent Military Council of Sudan
The Constituent Military Council of Sudan (297 total members, 165 elected via General and 132 elected via Corporal designations in seats)
For the lower house of the country, Sudan is divided into 5 main "General Provinces" managed by a Governor-General. Each General Province is sub-divided into 12 "Corporal Provinces". Each General Province is entitled to 33 seats each. All of the "Corporal Provinces" are granted 11 seats. Elections are held every 4 years and six months with the "General Provinces" and "Corporal Province" seats swapping every election year as to which goes up for election.

The current composition of the Constituent Military Council is the following:
230 National Congress
45 Sudanese Socialist Union
11 National Umma Party
11 reserved for the armed forces



GDP (PPP): $181 billion
Currency: Sudanese Pound

Military Information (If different from irl you must indicate that here):
Active Duty: 304,000
Reserve Duty: 100,000
Total Manpower: 404,000
Sudanese Army
1,230 Main Battle Tanks
25 T-34 MBTs
315 T-55 MBTs
500 T-62 MBTs
360 T-72 MBTs
30 Type 96 MBTs

AFVs: 600
Self-Propelled Artillery: 14

Sudanese Air Force: (219 total aircraft of all types)
Fighters/Interceptors: 49
Trainers: 12
Dedicated Attack: 9
Dive Bomber: 59
Transports: 45
Attack Helicopters: 20
Biplanes for Training: 25

Sudanese Navy:
"Sea-Technicals": 40
Patrol Craft: 21
Gunboat: 2
Destroyer-Escort: 1



A Paramilitary force known as the Jabhat-Al'Iislamia (Jabhat aldifae alfidraliat al'iislamia, or Islamic Federal Defense Front) is one of the largest portions of Sudan's armed forces. Standing strength is 102,500 fighters. Jabhat-Al'Iislamia is organized along 205 regiments of 500 poorly equipped but highly motivated fighters. Each regiment is almost universally known for their bright green and red striped Motorcycles with sidecars, often with the passenger wielding a Rocket Propelled Grenade. Roughly 250 motorcycles are given to each regiment for two fighters each. The force also assist the local police in pursuits of criminals and keeps order in highly controversial areas of the country with histories of religious violence.




Alliances (If different from IRL): Sudan has had historic ties with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and it's eventual successor state, the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics. These are mostly based off of increased military aid and humanitarian assistance in the form of food shipments to the country. In return, Sudan grants the Soviet Union a military port off the coast of the Red Sea for the Soviet Navy to utilize.

History Changes (Subject to review and approval by OP and Co-OP): In 1971 the Sudanese Communist Party's Abdel Khaliq Mahjub led a military coup that overthrew the government of Gaafar Nimeiry. The new regime sought and received numerous weapons via the Soviet Union. During the ongoing Sino-Soviet split the SCP broke along pro-soviet and pro-chinese factions. In 1975, however, the pro-chinese faction lost influence following another military coup by Hashem al Atta, a strong proponent of the Soviet Union. The pro-Chinese faction would be purged violently following the military coup and sees close ties along with the delivery of many Soviet tanks and military equipment to Sudan during this time.

Sadiq al-Mahdi of the Ansar faith then leads a military coup on April 8, 1980 with his followers and establishes the General Committee of Just Laws and Practices as a military/religious junta headed by spiritual imams and backed by the Generals of the Sudanese Army. One of these generals, named Omar Al-Bashir, then seizes power from the General Committee on June 25, 1986. He immediately reforms the General Committee into a vastly powerful upper house known as the Loya Jirga of Sudan. In order to at least appeal to the lower classes for popular support and to prevent a possible end to his rule via Democratic methods, he establishes the lower house of the Constituent Military Assembly, later renaming it in 1989 to the Constituent Military Council.

At least on paper the two houses have some say in the day-to-day political proceedings. In actuality however, most of the country is managed by the President in co-ordination with the Loya Jirga of Sudan. The lower house has largely been left constitutionally toothless in a say in the day to day manners of governance, having only the power to Confirm legislation debated in the Loya Jirga. Should legislation proposed by the upper house be rejected by the lower house there are two options:
1. Reintroduce the legislation again with changes that would enable passage by the Constituent Military Council. Legislation can only be re-introduced two additional times. On the second appeal's rejection the Loya Jirga must move onto the next item on the agenda.
2. Request the intervention of the President of the Islamic Republic of Sudan, who can either mediate the situation or propose the bill himself as a work-around to an obstructionist filled Constituent Military Council.

The President himself can also propose legislation, and has done so numerous occasions, though he mostly leaves the Loyal Jirga of Sudan to craft legislation. The Constituent Military Council holds only the powers to impound at least 5 percent of the national budget during negotiations and contains at least some say in the way the Sudanese Military Industry Corporation receives state funding, and holds veto power over nominations of Ambassadors of Sudan to international bodies or other nation states, though this veto can be overridden by a plurality (50 of the 99 members) within the Loyal Jirga of Sudan.


Do not remove - Alpha777

[Deblar]

Newne is here? Now it's a party!

[Chewion]

Work in Progress so far.
Nationstates Name: Newne Carriebean7
Nation Name: Sudan
Capital: Khartoum
Territory: Sudan
Population: 45,000,000
Official Language: Arabic
Recognized Languages: English
Flag:(Image)
National Anthem (optional):

Head of State: President of the Islamic Republic of Sudan Omar al-Bashir
HoS Picture:

(Image)

Head of Government:
HoG Picture (If different from HoS):
Legislature Name: Constituent Assembly of Sudan, comprised of the Loya Jirga of Sudan and the Constituent Military Council of Sudan
Party in Power (If bicameral note who controls each):
Loya Jirga of Sudan
Elections are held every 18 years. For the upper house, Sudan is divided into 33 "Council-Area-States" which entitled to have three members each. One of the members is elected at-large by the people of the Area-State. Another is appointed, (with confirmation by the lower house) by the President himself and the remaining seat is held by a hereditary member which passes by the family, like the House of Lords in the UK. The 99-member Loya Jirga of Sudan is officially nonpartisan, though the party registration of individual members breaks down thusly:

76 National Congress
13 Sudanese Socialist Union

Constituent Military Council of Sudan
The Constituent Military Council of Sudan (297 total members, 165 elected via General and 132 elected via Corporal designations in seats)
For the lower house of the country, Sudan is divided into 5 main "General Provinces" managed by a Governor-General. Each General Province is sub-divided into 12 "Corporal Provinces". Each General Province is entitled to 33 seats each. All of the "Corporal Provinces" are granted 11 seats. Elections are held every 4 years and six months with the "General Provinces" and "Corporal Province" seats swapping every election year as to which goes up for election.

The current composition of the Constituent Military Council is the following:
230 National Congress
45 Sudanese Socialist Union
11 National Umma Party
11 reserved for the armed forces



GDP (PPP): $181 billion
Currency: Sudanese Pound

Military Information (If different from irl you must indicate that here):
Active Duty: 304,000
Reserve Duty: 100,000
Total Manpower: 404,000
Sudanese Army
1,230 Main Battle Tanks
25 T-34 MBTs
315 T-55 MBTs
500 T-62 MBTs
360 T-72 MBTs
30 Type 96 MBTs

AFVs: 600
Self-Propelled Artillery: 14

Sudanese Air Force: (219 total aircraft of all types)
Fighters/Interceptors: 49
Trainers: 12
Dedicated Attack: 9
Dive Bomber: 59
Transports: 45
Attack Helicopters: 20
Biplanes for Training: 25

Sudanese Navy:
"Sea-Technicals": 40
Patrol Craft: 21
Gunboat: 2
Destroyer-Escort: 1



A Paramilitary force known as the Jabhat-Al'Iislamia (Jabhat aldifae alfidraliat al'iislamia, or Islamic Federal Defense Front) is one of the largest portions of Sudan's armed forces. Standing strength is 102,500 fighters. Jabhat-Al'Iislamia is organized along 205 regiments of 500 poorly equipped but highly motivated fighters. Each regiment is almost universally known for their bright green and red striped Motorcycles with sidecars, often with the passenger wielding a Rocket Propelled Grenade. Roughly 250 motorcycles are given to each regiment for two fighters each. The force also assist the local police in pursuits of criminals and keeps order in highly controversial areas of the country with histories of religious violence.




Alliances (If different from IRL): Sudan has had historic ties with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and it's eventual successor state, the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics. These are mostly based off of increased military aid and humanitarian assistance in the form of food shipments to the country. In return, Sudan grants the Soviet Union a military port off the coast of the Red Sea for the Soviet Navy to utilize.

History Changes (Subject to review and approval by OP and Co-OP): In 1971 the Sudanese Communist Party's Abdel Khaliq Mahjub led a military coup that overthrew the government of Gaafar Nimeiry. The new regime sought and received numerous weapons via the Soviet Union. During the ongoing Sino-Soviet split the SCP broke along pro-soviet and pro-chinese factions. In 1975, however, the pro-chinese faction lost influence following another military coup by Hashem al Atta, a strong proponent of the Soviet Union. The pro-Chinese faction would be purged violently following the military coup and sees close ties along with the delivery of many Soviet tanks and military equipment to Sudan during this time.

Sadiq al-Mahdi of the Ansar faith then leads a military coup on April 8, 1980 with his followers and establishes the General Committee of Just Laws and Practices as a military/religious junta headed by spiritual imams and backed by the Generals of the Sudanese Army. One of these generals, named Omar Al-Bashir, then seizes power from the General Committee on June 25, 1986. He immediately reforms the General Committee into a vastly powerful upper house known as the Loya Jirga of Sudan. In order to at least appeal to the lower classes for popular support and to prevent a possible end to his rule via Democratic methods, he establishes the lower house of the Constituent Military Assembly, later renaming it in 1989 to the Constituent Military Council.

At least on paper the two houses have some say in the day-to-day political proceedings. In actuality however, most of the country is managed by the President in co-ordination with the Loya Jirga of Sudan. The lower house has largely been left constitutionally toothless in a say in the day to day manners of governance, having only the power to Confirm legislation debated in the Loya Jirga. Should legislation proposed by the upper house be rejected by the lower house there are two options:
1. Reintroduce the legislation again with changes that would enable passage by the Constituent Military Council. Legislation can only be re-introduced two additional times. On the second appeal's rejection the Loya Jirga must move onto the next item on the agenda.
2. Request the intervention of the President of the Islamic Republic of Sudan, who can either mediate the situation or propose the bill himself as a work-around to an obstructionist filled Constituent Military Council.

The President himself can also propose legislation, and has done so numerous occasions, though he mostly leaves the Loyal Jirga of Sudan to craft legislation. The Constituent Military Council holds only the powers to impound at least 5 percent of the national budget during negotiations and contains at least some say in the way the Sudanese Military Industry Corporation receives state funding, and holds veto power over nominations of Ambassadors of Sudan to international bodies or other nation states, though this veto can be overridden by a plurality (50 of the 99 members) within the Loyal Jirga of Sudan.


Do not remove - Alpha777

Is this still WIP?

[Hanovereich]

Read it again very closely and you'll see that isn't exactly the case.

You can't sign a treaty to eliminate the head of state. Who are they signing the treaty with exactly?

Not to mention, i think you are confusing the Commonwealth of Nations with the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth are all the nations (16 I believe) who have Queen Elizabeth II as their Monarch. the Commonwealth of Nations are all former nations of the British Empire (minus a few, if I'm not mistaken). Moving to a Republic would automatically remove you from being a Commonwealth Realm, but would still be allowed membership to the Commonwealth of Nations.

'Commonwealth' and 'Commonwealth of Nations' can be used interchangeably. Nations who have Elizabeth II as their head of state are 'Commonwealth Realms', which sometimes can be used interchangeably with 'Commonwealth' but not 'Commonwealth of Nations'.

[Arvenia]

Read it again very closely and you'll see that isn't exactly the case.

You can't sign a treaty to eliminate the head of state. Who are they signing the treaty with exactly?

Not to mention, i think you are confusing the Commonwealth of Nations with the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth are all the nations (16 I believe) who have Queen Elizabeth II as their Monarch. the Commonwealth of Nations are all former nations of the British Empire (minus a few, if I'm not mistaken). Moving to a Republic would automatically remove you from being a Commonwealth Realm, but would still be allowed membership to the Commonwealth of Nations.

Which means that you are now a "Commonwealth Republic".

[Untecna]

Nationstates Name: Untecna
Nation Name: Canada
Capital: Ottawa
Territory: IRL Territories of Canada
Population: 38 million
Official Language: English, French
Recognized Languages: English, French, other various languages
Flag: IRL Canadian Flag
National Anthem (optional): O Canada

O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all of us command.

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!

From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

---

Ô Canada! Terre de nos aïeux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!

Car ton bras sait porter l'épée,
Il sait porter la croix!

Ton histoire est une épopée
Des plus brillants exploits.

Et ta valeur, de foi trempée,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.

Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.

Head of State: Justin Trudeau
HoS Picture: (Image)
Head of Government: Justin Trudeau
HoG Picture (If different from HoS): Same
Legislature Name: Parliament
Party in Power (If bicameral note who controls each): Liberal

GDP (PPP): 1.643T USD
Currency: Canadian Dollar

Military Information (If different from irl you must indicate that here): Same as IRL

Alliances (If different from IRL): Same as IRL

History Changes (Subject to review and approval by OP and Co-OP): Canada is now a republic, and no longer connected to the UK

 Separation from the Crown would've happened by gradual change and the eventual signing of a treaty, ending the rule of the crown in Canada and letting Canada remain in the Commonwealth.

The Republic is shaped similar to the US government, with Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches.

The President is elected by direct vote to a 5 year term. A Prime Minister is elected by the President for the Parliament.

The legislature is still Parliament. The PM oversees the Parliament and acts like a vice president.

Do not remove - Alpha777

Application is finished.

[Newne Carriebean7]

Work in Progress so far.
Nationstates Name: Newne Carriebean7
Nation Name: Sudan
Capital: Khartoum
Territory: Sudan
Population: 45,000,000
Official Language: Arabic
Recognized Languages: English
Flag:(Image)
National Anthem (optional):

Head of State: President of the Islamic Republic of Sudan Omar al-Bashir
HoS Picture: BASHIR MY BABY BASHIR MY HONEY
Head of Government:
HoG Picture (If different from HoS):
Legislature Name: Constituent Assembly of Sudan, comprised of the Loya Jirga of Sudan and the Constituent Military Council of Sudan
Party in Power (If bicameral note who controls each):
Loya Jirga of Sudan
Elections are held every 18 years. For the upper house, Sudan is divided into 33 "Council-Area-States" which entitled to have three members each. One of the members is elected at-large by the people of the Area-State. Another is appointed, (with confirmation by the lower house) by the President himself and the remaining seat is held by a hereditary member which passes by the family, like the House of Lords in the UK. The 99-member Loya Jirga of Sudan is officially nonpartisan, though the party registration of individual members breaks down thusly:

76 National Congress
13 Sudanese Socialist Union

Constituent Military Council of Sudan
The Constituent Military Council of Sudan (297 total members, 165 elected via General and 132 elected via Corporal designations in seats)
For the lower house of the country, Sudan is divided into 5 main "General Provinces" managed by a Governor-General. Each General Province is sub-divided into 12 "Corporal Provinces". Each General Province is entitled to 33 seats each. All of the "Corporal Provinces" are granted 11 seats. Elections are held every 4 years and six months with the "General Provinces" and "Corporal Province" seats swapping every election year as to which goes up for election.

The current composition of the Constituent Military Council is the following:
230 National Congress
45 Sudanese Socialist Union
11 National Umma Party
11 reserved for the armed forces



GDP (PPP): $181 billion
Currency: Sudanese Pound

Military Information (If different from irl you must indicate that here):
Active Duty: 304,000
Reserve Duty: 100,000
Total Manpower: 404,000
Sudanese Army
1,230 Main Battle Tanks
25 T-34 MBTs
315 T-55 MBTs
500 T-62 MBTs
360 T-72 MBTs
30 Type 96 MBTs

AFVs: 600
Self-Propelled Artillery: 14

Sudanese Air Force: (219 total aircraft of all types)
Fighters/Interceptors: 49
Trainers: 12
Dedicated Attack: 9
Dive Bomber: 59
Transports: 45
Attack Helicopters: 20
Biplanes for Training: 25

Sudanese Navy:
"Sea-Technicals": 40
Patrol Craft: 21
Gunboat: 2
Destroyer-Escort: 1



A Paramilitary force known as the Jabhat-Al'Iislamia (Jabhat aldifae alfidraliat al'iislamia, or Islamic Federal Defense Front) is one of the largest portions of Sudan's armed forces. Standing strength is 102,500 fighters. Jabhat-Al'Iislamia is organized along 205 regiments of 500 poorly equipped but highly motivated fighters. Each regiment is almost universally known for their bright green and red striped Motorcycles with sidecars, often with the passenger wielding a Rocket Propelled Grenade. Roughly 250 motorcycles are given to each regiment for two fighters each. The force also assist the local police in pursuits of criminals and keeps order in highly controversial areas of the country with histories of religious violence.




Alliances (If different from IRL): Sudan has had historic ties with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and it's eventual successor state, the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics. These are mostly based off of increased military aid and humanitarian assistance in the form of food shipments to the country. In return, Sudan grants the Soviet Union a military port off the coast of the Red Sea for the Soviet Navy to utilize.

History Changes (Subject to review and approval by OP and Co-OP): In 1971 the Sudanese Communist Party's Abdel Khaliq Mahjub led a military coup that overthrew the government of Gaafar Nimeiry. The new regime sought and received numerous weapons via the Soviet Union. During the ongoing Sino-Soviet split the SCP broke along pro-soviet and pro-chinese factions. In 1975, however, the pro-chinese faction lost influence following another military coup by Hashem al Atta, a strong proponent of the Soviet Union. The pro-Chinese faction would be purged violently following the military coup and sees close ties along with the delivery of many Soviet tanks and military equipment to Sudan during this time.

Sadiq al-Mahdi of the Ansar faith then leads a military coup on April 8, 1980 with his followers and establishes the General Committee of Just Laws and Practices as a military/religious junta headed by spiritual imams and backed by the Generals of the Sudanese Army. One of these generals, named Omar Al-Bashir, then seizes power from the General Committee on June 25, 1986. He immediately reforms the General Committee into a vastly powerful upper house known as the Loya Jirga of Sudan. In order to at least appeal to the lower classes for popular support and to prevent a possible end to his rule via Democratic methods, he establishes the lower house of the Constituent Military Assembly, later renaming it in 1989 to the Constituent Military Council.

At least on paper the two houses have some say in the day-to-day political proceedings. In actuality however, most of the country is managed by the President in co-ordination with the Loya Jirga of Sudan. The lower house has largely been left constitutionally toothless in a say in the day to day manners of governance, having only the power to Confirm legislation debated in the Loya Jirga. Should legislation proposed by the upper house be rejected by the lower house there are two options:
1. Reintroduce the legislation again with changes that would enable passage by the Constituent Military Council. Legislation can only be re-introduced two additional times. On the second appeal's rejection the Loya Jirga must move onto the next item on the agenda.
2. Request the intervention of the President of the Islamic Republic of Sudan, who can either mediate the situation or propose the bill himself as a work-around to an obstructionist filled Constituent Military Council.

The President himself can also propose legislation, and has done so numerous occasions, though he mostly leaves the Loyal Jirga of Sudan to craft legislation. The Constituent Military Council holds only the powers to impound at least 5 percent of the national budget during negotiations and contains at least some say in the way the Sudanese Military Industry Corporation receives state funding, and holds veto power over nominations of Ambassadors of Sudan to international bodies or other nation states, though this veto can be overridden by a plurality (50 of the 99 members) within the Loyal Jirga of Sudan.


Do not remove - Alpha777

Is this still WIP?

It should be done, I just forgot to remove that part.

[Hanovereich]

Nationstates Name: Untecna
Nation Name: Canada
Capital: Ottawa
Territory: IRL Territories of Canada
Population: 38 million
Official Language: English, French
Recognized Languages: English, French, other various languages
Flag: IRL Canadian Flag
National Anthem (optional): O Canada

O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all of us command.

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!

From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

---

Ô Canada! Terre de nos aïeux,
Ton front est ceint de fleurons glorieux!

Car ton bras sait porter l'épée,
Il sait porter la croix!

Ton histoire est une épopée
Des plus brillants exploits.

Et ta valeur, de foi trempée,
Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.

Protégera nos foyers et nos droits.

Head of State: Justin Trudeau
HoS Picture: (Image)
Head of Government: Justin Trudeau
HoG Picture (If different from HoS): Same
Legislature Name: Parliament
Party in Power (If bicameral note who controls each): Liberal

GDP (PPP): 1.643T USD
Currency: Canadian Dollar

Military Information (If different from irl you must indicate that here): Same as IRL

Alliances (If different from IRL): Same as IRL

History Changes (Subject to review and approval by OP and Co-OP): Canada is now a republic, and no longer connected to the UK

 Separation from the Crown would've happened by gradual change and the eventual signing of a treaty, ending the rule of the crown in Canada and letting Canada remain in the Commonwealth.

The Republic is shaped similar to the US government, with Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches.

The President is elected by direct vote to a 5 year term. A Prime Minister is elected by the President for the Parliament.

The legislature is still Parliament. The PM oversees the Parliament and acts like a vice president.

Do not remove - Alpha777

Application is finished.

Clearly you have not listened to the feedback we gave.

[Untecna]

Application is finished.

Clearly you have not listened to the feedback we gave.

I would guess the OP only wanted me to add it to the app for reference. In that case it seems they are fine with it.

If you wish for everything to be realistic in all ways than perhaps you should not be doing an RP that skipped over things such as COVID.

[The Manticoran Empire]

Clearly you have not listened to the feedback we gave.

I would guess the OP only wanted me to add it to the app for reference. In that case it seems they are fine with it.

If you wish for everything to be realistic in all ways than perhaps you should not be doing an RP that skipped over things such as COVID.

It...it's an Alternate History RP, dude...which means you do ACTUALLY have to elaborate on your history changes and their impacts.

[Yaruqo]

Nationstates Name: Yaruqo
Official Nation Name: The People's Federal Republic of Syria (Arabic: جمهورية سوريا الاتحادية الشعبية ; Kurdish: Komara Federal a Gel a Sûriyê)
Short Nation Name: Syria
Capital: Damascus
Territory: RL Syria
Population: 17,500,657
Official Language: In all regions: Arabic and Kurdish; in the Jazira Region: Syriac; in the Manbij Region: Turkish and Adyghe
Recognized Languages: Syriac, Turkish, and Adyghe are recognized languages in all regions where they are not already the official language.
Flag:

Head of State: Co-Presidents of the Transitional Authority, Anas al-Abdah (SNC/MJDS) and Îlham Ehmed (DFNS/TEV-DEM); After elections, there will only be one elected President.
HoS Picture: WIP
Head of Government: Currently vacant, but elections will soon lead to the appointment of a Prime Minister
HoG Picture: N/A
Legislature Name: Currently: People's Assembly; After elections, it will be reformed into a bicameral Constituent Assembly (composed of the lower "Chamber of Deputies" and the upper "Senate").
Party in Power: On paper, the transitioning People's Assembly is made up entirely of independents who were appointed by the power-sharing Syrian National Coalition (SNC) and the former Democratic Federation of Northern Syria (DFNS). Per their agreement, the SNC and DFNS appointed an equal number of members. In reality, the DFNS packed their appointees with partisans hailing from the Democratic Nation List (LND), an umbrella group of 18 leftist political parties including many ethnic minority parties, and the Syrian National Democratic Alliance (TWDS), while the SNC filled their seats with partisans from the liberal Movement for Justice and Development in Syria (MJDS), members of the Syrian National Coalition, some members of the Syrian National Council, and the leftist National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change (NCC).

GDP (PPP): $136 billion
Currency: Syrian pound (SYP)

Military Information: The Syrian Armed Forces are now overwhelmingly made up of divisions from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), with Assad-era soldiers from the Syrian Armed Forces vetted and investigated for prior crimes against humanity or war crimes. As such, the final numbers are in flux. At the time of the conclusion of the Syrian Civil War, the FSA numbered around 50,000, while the SDF numbered around 150,000, while the Syrian Armed Forces were numbered at around 142,000 active personnel and 50,000 paramilitary personnel, though desertions and defections near the conclusion of the Syrian Civil War means specific numbers are currently unavailable. That being said, the Transitional Authority has committed to drawing down the militias and paramilitary groups, while iterating that they hope to have around 120,000 active personnel once all is said and done.

With regards to hardware, the Syrian Air Force post-Civil War now possess 403 aircraft, of which there are 150 fighters, 18 dedicated attack planes, 5 transports, 67 trainers, 134 helicopters, and 27 attack helicopters; the Navy was untouched, maintaining 56 total vessels, of which there are 33 patrol vessels and 7 mine warfare vessels; and the Syrian Army has 3,614 surviving tanks, 5,017 armored vehicles, 520 self-propelled artillery pieces, 2,187 towed artillery pieces, and 538 rocket projectors.

Alliances: Arab League

History Changes: Leading up to the 2011 Civil War, everything has remained the same. Unlike in this timeline, the Syrian National Council doesn't split from the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) and its Interim Government in 2013 when they sat down for talks with the Assad regime, ensuring that the foreign opposition doesn't fracture. In 2015, as with this timeline, the Syrian Democratic Forces declares northern Syria to be autonomous from the rest of Syria, embarking on a democratic experiment that was reminiscent of the Swiss model. Tensions did persist between the SDF and the Syrian National Coalition, though in this timeline, the two factions manage to maintain communication and relations, avoiding a breakdown in relations that would lead to a Turkish-backed SNC advancing into territory held by the SDF.

In this timeline, in January 2017, the SNC and the SDF would send their respective representatives to Amman, which both parties considered neutral ground. There, the two would hammer out the framework of an alliance to coordinate a response against ISIL, which they both viewed as an existential threat in their bids against the Assad regime. In this timeline, rather than seize Raqqa by themselves, the SDF is joined by fighters from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the four month siege lasting from June 6 - October 17, 2017. Taken off guard by the cooperation of the two factions, the Assad regime overplays its hand and sends troops to assault SDF positions near Afrin and the joint SDF-FSA positions near Raqqa, shortly after the Assad regime's own brutal victory in Deir ez-Zor against ISIL that November. While the Afrin front maintained its position, the Raqqa front repelled the regime's forces. Emboldened by these successes, the SNC and the political leadership of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria (DFNS) built on the Amman Agreement.

In January 2018, the DFNS and the SNC declared that in the event the Assad regime was toppled, the two would enter into a political agreement to establish a transitional authority. Both had to compromise: the DFNS/SDF would instead settle for a federal republic, as opposed to the direct democracy canton system, and would publicly and privately guarantee Turkey that it wouldn't fund Kurdish groups in Turkey, and the FSA would allow the SDF to maintain their control of Raqqa in exchange for FSA forces being granted free movement throughout SDF controlled territory, while adopting some of the DFNS's more progressive policies, and they promised to give SDF officers positions in the new Syrian military once the civil war was ended.

With the foreign recognition and resources of the SNC and the military prowess of the SDF, the new coalition, the Democratic Front of Syria, worked in tandem to repel the Assadist forces from Afrin. Ultimately, the regime's forces were pushed back, but aside from a few more territorial gains in northern Syria that would connect the disparate territory of the DFNS, the united opposition and the forces of the regime were stuck in a war of attrition. The climax of the civil war would come in mid-2018, when the Democratic Front of Syria lobbied hard with the United States, Turkey, the EU, and the Arab League for diplomatic and military support. While they gave their own assurances, they were very clear that they could not provide any overt military support while the USSR maintained its support for the Assad regime. Left with little choice, the Democratic Front of Syria made diplomatic overtures to the USSR. The opposition's representatives suggested that they could offer what Assad could not: stability. The opposition argued that the Assad model clearly could not work any longer, as it had sparked multiple rebellions and uprisings that threatened not just the region's stability, but the USSR's interests as well, as was indicative of the rise of ISIL. The opposition promised the USSR that if they did not support the Assad regime in whatever came next, the Democratic Front would remain neutral when it came to disputes between Washington and Moscow, and they further promised that the Soviet base in Tarsus would be allowed to remain and that, should they come into government, they would not demand the punishment of Soviet soldiers who participated in war crimes or crimes against humanity in Syria.

The Soviets would ultimately agree to allow the chips to fall where they may, and withheld critical support from the Assad regime. The Western and Arab response came swiftly, though it varied from air support to the provision of military hardware, military trainers, and financial aid to the Democratic Front. With these developments, the war for Syria was renewed, and over the next year, united Democratic Front forces pushed against Assadist forces. By the end of 2019, in the face of new anti-regime protests, an emboldened armed opposition, and the lack of Soviet support, Assadist forces began to collapse, facing desertions and defections to the Democratic Front reminiscent of the early days of the 2011 uprisings that seemed a lifetime ago. In April 2020, the Assad family fled Damascus for refuge in the USSR, and the Chief of Staff of the Syrian Armed Forces negotiated the peaceful surrender of the remaining pro-regime forces. The hardest part was over, but with a war-torn nation, an economy in ruins, and the legacy of brutality at the height of the civil war, the new government's position is still tenuous. A new democratic and federal constitution was agreed to, and the framework of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission has been established, and the first democratic elections of the newly christened People's Federal Republic are to be held in 2022.

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[Untecna]

I would guess the OP only wanted me to add it to the app for reference. In that case it seems they are fine with it.

If you wish for everything to be realistic in all ways than perhaps you should not be doing an RP that skipped over things such as COVID.

It...it's an Alternate History RP, dude...which means you do ACTUALLY have to elaborate on your history changes and their impacts.

Which I did, to the extent that I could.

[NewLakotah]

Clearly you have not listened to the feedback we gave.

I would guess the OP only wanted me to add it to the app for reference. In that case it seems they are fine with it.

If you wish for everything to be realistic in all ways than perhaps you should not be doing an RP that skipped over things such as COVID.

The Op is Chewion who has explicitly asked for more detail. Mant is the other Co-Op who has also explicitly asked for more detail. You should look over the other apps and the suggestions made by fellow RPers as to what you need to do.

[Hanovereich]

I would guess the OP only wanted me to add it to the app for reference. In that case it seems they are fine with it.

If you wish for everything to be realistic in all ways than perhaps you should not be doing an RP that skipped over things such as COVID.

The Op is Chewion who has explicitly asked for more detail. Mant is the other Co-Op who has also explicitly asked for more detail. You should look over the other apps and the suggestions made by fellow RPers as to what you need to do.

And the elephant in the room, so to speak, is how Canada became a Republic.

[Chewion]

Should be finished now.
Nationstates Name: Newne Carriebean7
Nation Name: Sudan
Capital: Khartoum
Territory: Sudan
Population: 45,000,000
Official Language: Arabic
Recognized Languages: English
Flag:(Image)
National Anthem (optional):

Head of State: President of the Islamic Republic of Sudan Omar al-Bashir
HoS Picture:

(Image)

Head of Government: Man Yatbae of the Loya Jirga of Sudan (one who follows in arabic) Hassan Al-Turabi
HoG Picture (If different from HoS):

(Image)

Legislature Name: Constituent Assembly of Sudan, comprised of the Loya Jirga of Sudan and the Constituent Military Council of Sudan
Party in Power (If bicameral note who controls each):
Loya Jirga of Sudan
Elections are held every 18 years. For the upper house, Sudan is divided into 33 "Council-Area-States" which entitled to have three members each. One of the members is elected at-large by the people of the Area-State. Another is appointed, (with confirmation by the lower house) by the President himself and the remaining seat is held by a hereditary member which passes by the family, like the House of Lords in the UK. The 99-member Loya Jirga of Sudan is officially nonpartisan, though the party registration of individual members breaks down thusly:

76 National Congress
13 Sudanese Socialist Union

Constituent Military Council of Sudan
The Constituent Military Council of Sudan (297 total members, 165 elected via General and 132 elected via Corporal designations in seats)
For the lower house of the country, Sudan is divided into 5 main "General Provinces" managed by a Governor-General. Each General Province is sub-divided into 12 "Corporal Provinces". Each General Province is entitled to 33 seats each. All of the "Corporal Provinces" are granted 11 seats. Elections are held every 4 years and six months with the "General Provinces" and "Corporal Province" seats swapping every election year as to which goes up for election.

The current composition of the Constituent Military Council is the following:
230 National Congress
45 Sudanese Socialist Union
11 National Umma Party
11 reserved for the armed forces



GDP (PPP): $181 billion
Currency: Sudanese Pound

Military Information (If different from irl you must indicate that here):
Active Duty: 304,000
Reserve Duty: 100,000
Total Manpower: 404,000
Sudanese Army
1,230 Main Battle Tanks
25 T-34 MBTs
315 T-55 MBTs
500 T-62 MBTs
360 T-72 MBTs
30 Type 96 MBTs

AFVs: 600
Self-Propelled Artillery: 14

Sudanese Air Force: (219 total aircraft of all types)
Fighters/Interceptors: 49
Trainers: 12
Dedicated Attack: 9
Dive Bomber: 59
Transports: 45
Attack Helicopters: 20
Biplanes for Training: 25

Sudanese Navy:
"Sea-Technicals": 40
Patrol Craft: 21
Gunboat: 2
Destroyer-Escort: 1



A Paramilitary force known as the Jabhat-Al'Iislamia (Jabhat aldifae alfidraliat al'iislamia, or Islamic Federal Defense Front) is one of the largest portions of Sudan's armed forces. Standing strength is 102,500 fighters. Jabhat-Al'Iislamia is organized along 205 regiments of 500 poorly equipped but highly motivated fighters. Each regiment is almost universally known for their bright green and red striped Motorcycles with sidecars, often with the passenger wielding a Rocket Propelled Grenade. Roughly 250 motorcycles are given to each regiment for two fighters each. The force also assist the local police in pursuits of criminals and keeps order in highly controversial areas of the country with histories of religious violence.




Alliances (If different from IRL): Sudan has had historic ties with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and it's eventual successor state, the Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics. These are mostly based off of increased military aid and humanitarian assistance in the form of food shipments to the country. In return, Sudan grants the Soviet Union a military port off the coast of the Red Sea for the Soviet Navy to utilize.

History Changes (Subject to review and approval by OP and Co-OP): In 1971 the Sudanese Communist Party's Abdel Khaliq Mahjub led a military coup that overthrew the government of Gaafar Nimeiry. The new regime sought and received numerous weapons via the Soviet Union. During the ongoing Sino-Soviet split the SCP broke along pro-soviet and pro-chinese factions. In 1975, however, the pro-chinese faction lost influence following another military coup by Hashem al Atta, a strong proponent of the Soviet Union. The pro-Chinese faction would be purged violently following the military coup and sees close ties along with the delivery of many Soviet tanks and military equipment to Sudan during this time.

Sadiq al-Mahdi of the Ansar faith then leads a military coup on April 8, 1980 with his followers and establishes the General Committee of Just Laws and Practices as a military/religious junta headed by spiritual imams and backed by the Generals of the Sudanese Army. One of these generals, named Omar Al-Bashir, then seizes power from the General Committee on June 25, 1986. He immediately reforms the General Committee into a vastly powerful upper house known as the Loya Jirga of Sudan. In order to at least appeal to the lower classes for popular support and to prevent a possible end to his rule via Democratic methods, he establishes the lower house of the Constituent Military Assembly, later renaming it in 1989 to the Constituent Military Council.

At least on paper the two houses have some say in the day-to-day political proceedings. In actuality however, most of the country is managed by the President in co-ordination with the Loya Jirga of Sudan. The lower house has largely been left constitutionally toothless in a say in the day to day manners of governance, having only the power to Confirm legislation debated in the Loya Jirga. Should legislation proposed by the upper house be rejected by the lower house there are two options:
1. Reintroduce the legislation again with changes that would enable passage by the Constituent Military Council. Legislation can only be re-introduced two additional times. On the second appeal's rejection the Loya Jirga must move onto the next item on the agenda.
2. Request the intervention of the President of the Islamic Republic of Sudan, who can either mediate the situation or propose the bill himself as a work-around to an obstructionist filled Constituent Military Council.

The President himself can also propose legislation, and has done so numerous occasions, though he mostly leaves the Loyal Jirga of Sudan to craft legislation. The Constituent Military Council holds only the powers to impound at least 5 percent of the national budget during negotiations and contains at least some say in the way the Sudanese Military Industry Corporation receives state funding, and holds veto power over nominations of Ambassadors of Sudan to international bodies or other nation states, though this veto can be overridden by a plurality (50 of the 99 members) within the Loyal Jirga of Sudan.


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Accepted

[Chewion]

Nationstates Name: Yaruqo
Official Nation Name: The People's Federal Republic of Syria (Arabic: جمهورية سوريا الاتحادية الشعبية ; Kurdish: Komara Federal a Gel a Sûriyê)
Short Nation Name: Syria
Capital: Damascus
Territory: RL Syria
Population: 17,500,657
Official Language: In all regions: Arabic and Kurdish; in the Jazira Region: Syriac; in the Manbij Region: Turkish and Adyghe
Recognized Languages: Syriac, Turkish, and Adyghe are recognized languages in all regions where they are not already the official language.
Flag:

(Image)

Head of State: Co-Presidents of the Transitional Authority, Anas al-Abdah (SNC/MJDS) and Îlham Ehmed (DFNS/TEV-DEM); After elections, there will only be one elected President.
HoS Picture: WIP
Head of Government: Currently vacant, but elections will soon lead to the appointment of a Prime Minister
HoG Picture: N/A
Legislature Name: Currently: People's Assembly; After elections, it will be reformed into a bicameral Constituent Assembly (composed of the lower "Chamber of Deputies" and the upper "Senate").
Party in Power: On paper, the transitioning People's Assembly is made up entirely of independents who were appointed by the power-sharing Syrian National Coalition (SNC) and the former Democratic Federation of Northern Syria (DFNS). Per their agreement, the SNC and DFNS appointed an equal number of members. In reality, the DFNS packed their appointees with partisans hailing from the Democratic Nation List (LND), an umbrella group of 18 leftist political parties including many ethnic minority parties, and the Syrian National Democratic Alliance (TWDS), while the SNC filled their seats with partisans from the liberal Movement for Justice and Development in Syria (MJDS), members of the Syrian National Coalition, some members of the Syrian National Council, and the leftist National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change (NCC).

GDP (PPP): $136 billion
Currency: Syrian pound (SYP)

Military Information: The Syrian Armed Forces are now overwhelmingly made up of divisions from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), with Assad-era soldiers from the Syrian Armed Forces vetted and investigated for prior crimes against humanity or war crimes. As such, the final numbers are in flux. At the time of the conclusion of the Syrian Civil War, the FSA numbered around 50,000, while the SDF numbered around 150,000, while the Syrian Armed Forces were numbered at around 142,000 active personnel and 50,000 paramilitary personnel, though desertions and defections near the conclusion of the Syrian Civil War means specific numbers are currently unavailable. That being said, the Transitional Authority has committed to drawing down the militias and paramilitary groups, while iterating that they hope to have around 120,000 active personnel once all is said and done.

With regards to hardware, the Syrian Air Force post-Civil War now possess 403 aircraft, of which there are 150 fighters, 18 dedicated attack planes, 5 transports, 67 trainers, 134 helicopters, and 27 attack helicopters; the Navy was untouched, maintaining 56 total vessels, of which there are 33 patrol vessels and 7 mine warfare vessels; and the Syrian Army has 3,614 surviving tanks, 5,017 armored vehicles, 520 self-propelled artillery pieces, 2,187 towed artillery pieces, and 538 rocket projectors.

Alliances: Arab League

History Changes: Leading up to the 2011 Civil War, everything has remained the same. Unlike in this timeline, the Syrian National Council doesn't split from the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) and its Interim Government in 2013 when they sat down for talks with the Assad regime, ensuring that the foreign opposition doesn't fracture. In 2015, as with this timeline, the Syrian Democratic Forces declares northern Syria to be autonomous from the rest of Syria, embarking on a democratic experiment that was reminiscent of the Swiss model. Tensions did persist between the SDF and the Syrian National Coalition, though in this timeline, the two factions manage to maintain communication and relations, avoiding a breakdown in relations that would lead to a Turkish-backed SNC advancing into territory held by the SDF.

In this timeline, in January 2017, the SNC and the SDF would send their respective representatives to Amman, which both parties considered neutral ground. There, the two would hammer out the framework of an alliance to coordinate a response against ISIL, which they both viewed as an existential threat in their bids against the Assad regime. In this timeline, rather than seize Raqqa by themselves, the SDF is joined by fighters from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the four month siege lasting from June 6 - October 17, 2017. Taken off guard by the cooperation of the two factions, the Assad regime overplays its hand and sends troops to assault SDF positions near Afrin and the joint SDF-FSA positions near Raqqa, shortly after the Assad regime's own brutal victory in Deir ez-Zor against ISIL that November. While the Afrin front maintained its position, the Raqqa front repelled the regime's forces. Emboldened by these successes, the SNC and the political leadership of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria (DFNS) built on the Amman Agreement.

In January 2018, the DFNS and the SNC declared that in the event the Assad regime was toppled, the two would enter into a political agreement to establish a transitional authority. Both had to compromise: the DFNS/SDF would instead settle for a federal republic, as opposed to the direct democracy canton system, and would publicly and privately guarantee Turkey that it wouldn't fund Kurdish groups in Turkey, and the FSA would allow the SDF to maintain their control of Raqqa in exchange for FSA forces being granted free movement throughout SDF controlled territory, while adopting some of the DFNS's more progressive policies, and they promised to give SDF officers positions in the new Syrian military once the civil war was ended.

With the foreign recognition and resources of the SNC and the military prowess of the SDF, the new coalition, the Democratic Front of Syria, worked in tandem to repel the Assadist forces from Afrin. Ultimately, the regime's forces were pushed back, but aside from a few more territorial gains in northern Syria that would connect the disparate territory of the DFNS, the united opposition and the forces of the regime were stuck in a war of attrition. The climax of the civil war would come in mid-2018, when the Democratic Front of Syria lobbied hard with the United States, Turkey, the EU, and the Arab League for diplomatic and military support. While they gave their own assurances, they were very clear that they could not provide any overt military support while the USSR maintained its support for the Assad regime. Left with little choice, the Democratic Front of Syria made diplomatic overtures to the USSR. The opposition's representatives suggested that they could offer what Assad could not: stability. The opposition argued that the Assad model clearly could not work any longer, as it had sparked multiple rebellions and uprisings that threatened not just the region's stability, but the USSR's interests as well, as was indicative of the rise of ISIL. The opposition promised the USSR that if they did not support the Assad regime in whatever came next, the Democratic Front would remain neutral when it came to disputes between Washington and Moscow, and they further promised that the Soviet base in Tarsus would be allowed to remain and that, should they come into government, they would not demand the punishment of Soviet soldiers who participated in war crimes or crimes against humanity in Syria.

The Soviets would ultimately agree to allow the chips to fall where they may, and withheld critical support from the Assad regime. The Western and Arab response came swiftly, though it varied from air support to the provision of military hardware, military trainers, and financial aid to the Democratic Front. With these developments, the war for Syria was renewed, and over the next year, united Democratic Front forces pushed against Assadist forces. By the end of 2019, in the face of new anti-regime protests, an emboldened armed opposition, and the lack of Soviet support, Assadist forces began to collapse, facing desertions and defections to the Democratic Front reminiscent of the early days of the 2011 uprisings that seemed a lifetime ago. In April 2020, the Assad family fled Damascus for refuge in the USSR, and the Chief of Staff of the Syrian Armed Forces negotiated the peaceful surrender of the remaining pro-regime forces. The hardest part was over, but with a war-torn nation, an economy in ruins, and the legacy of brutality at the height of the civil war, the new government's position is still tenuous. A new democratic and federal constitution was agreed to, and the framework of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission has been established, and the first democratic elections of the newly christened People's Federal Republic are to be held in 2022.

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Great app! Just confirming with the US that they’re ok with the history and then I’ll accept you!

[Chewion]

Also, I highly encourage people to join the Discord if you can.


https://discord.gg/JtP8az4KMa

[The Manticoran Empire]

It...it's an Alternate History RP, dude...which means you do ACTUALLY have to elaborate on your history changes and their impacts.

Which I did, to the extent that I could.

You didn't elaborate, though. Your "elaboration" is a grand total of six sentences, only ONE of which ACTUALLY covers the change. The way it covers the change is vague, providing no timeline for when this changes or the factors which drove the change, and involves actions which are not realistic or even necessary. A treaty isn't required for Canada to change from a monarchy to a Republic, a referendum and Constitutional Convention is.

A Republican system in Canada can be accepted. But it NEEDS to be elaborated upon. Not a simple sentence that raises more questions than it answers. You need to actually explain Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How. Otherwise no one will be willing to suspend their disbelief and accept the Republican Canada.

[Chewion]

Nationstates Name: Yaruqo
Official Nation Name: The People's Federal Republic of Syria (Arabic: جمهورية سوريا الاتحادية الشعبية ; Kurdish: Komara Federal a Gel a Sûriyê)
Short Nation Name: Syria
Capital: Damascus
Territory: RL Syria
Population: 17,500,657
Official Language: In all regions: Arabic and Kurdish; in the Jazira Region: Syriac; in the Manbij Region: Turkish and Adyghe
Recognized Languages: Syriac, Turkish, and Adyghe are recognized languages in all regions where they are not already the official language.
Flag:

(Image)

Head of State: Co-Presidents of the Transitional Authority, Anas al-Abdah (SNC/MJDS) and Îlham Ehmed (DFNS/TEV-DEM); After elections, there will only be one elected President.
HoS Picture: WIP
Head of Government: Currently vacant, but elections will soon lead to the appointment of a Prime Minister
HoG Picture: N/A
Legislature Name: Currently: People's Assembly; After elections, it will be reformed into a bicameral Constituent Assembly (composed of the lower "Chamber of Deputies" and the upper "Senate").
Party in Power: On paper, the transitioning People's Assembly is made up entirely of independents who were appointed by the power-sharing Syrian National Coalition (SNC) and the former Democratic Federation of Northern Syria (DFNS). Per their agreement, the SNC and DFNS appointed an equal number of members. In reality, the DFNS packed their appointees with partisans hailing from the Democratic Nation List (LND), an umbrella group of 18 leftist political parties including many ethnic minority parties, and the Syrian National Democratic Alliance (TWDS), while the SNC filled their seats with partisans from the liberal Movement for Justice and Development in Syria (MJDS), members of the Syrian National Coalition, some members of the Syrian National Council, and the leftist National Coordination Committee for Democratic Change (NCC).

GDP (PPP): $136 billion
Currency: Syrian pound (SYP)

Military Information: The Syrian Armed Forces are now overwhelmingly made up of divisions from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), with Assad-era soldiers from the Syrian Armed Forces vetted and investigated for prior crimes against humanity or war crimes. As such, the final numbers are in flux. At the time of the conclusion of the Syrian Civil War, the FSA numbered around 50,000, while the SDF numbered around 150,000, while the Syrian Armed Forces were numbered at around 142,000 active personnel and 50,000 paramilitary personnel, though desertions and defections near the conclusion of the Syrian Civil War means specific numbers are currently unavailable. That being said, the Transitional Authority has committed to drawing down the militias and paramilitary groups, while iterating that they hope to have around 120,000 active personnel once all is said and done.

With regards to hardware, the Syrian Air Force post-Civil War now possess 403 aircraft, of which there are 150 fighters, 18 dedicated attack planes, 5 transports, 67 trainers, 134 helicopters, and 27 attack helicopters; the Navy was untouched, maintaining 56 total vessels, of which there are 33 patrol vessels and 7 mine warfare vessels; and the Syrian Army has 3,614 surviving tanks, 5,017 armored vehicles, 520 self-propelled artillery pieces, 2,187 towed artillery pieces, and 538 rocket projectors.

Alliances: Arab League

History Changes: Leading up to the 2011 Civil War, everything has remained the same. Unlike in this timeline, the Syrian National Council doesn't split from the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) and its Interim Government in 2013 when they sat down for talks with the Assad regime, ensuring that the foreign opposition doesn't fracture. In 2015, as with this timeline, the Syrian Democratic Forces declares northern Syria to be autonomous from the rest of Syria, embarking on a democratic experiment that was reminiscent of the Swiss model. Tensions did persist between the SDF and the Syrian National Coalition, though in this timeline, the two factions manage to maintain communication and relations, avoiding a breakdown in relations that would lead to a Turkish-backed SNC advancing into territory held by the SDF.

In this timeline, in January 2017, the SNC and the SDF would send their respective representatives to Amman, which both parties considered neutral ground. There, the two would hammer out the framework of an alliance to coordinate a response against ISIL, which they both viewed as an existential threat in their bids against the Assad regime. In this timeline, rather than seize Raqqa by themselves, the SDF is joined by fighters from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) in the four month siege lasting from June 6 - October 17, 2017. Taken off guard by the cooperation of the two factions, the Assad regime overplays its hand and sends troops to assault SDF positions near Afrin and the joint SDF-FSA positions near Raqqa, shortly after the Assad regime's own brutal victory in Deir ez-Zor against ISIL that November. While the Afrin front maintained its position, the Raqqa front repelled the regime's forces. Emboldened by these successes, the SNC and the political leadership of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria (DFNS) built on the Amman Agreement.

In January 2018, the DFNS and the SNC declared that in the event the Assad regime was toppled, the two would enter into a political agreement to establish a transitional authority. Both had to compromise: the DFNS/SDF would instead settle for a federal republic, as opposed to the direct democracy canton system, and would publicly and privately guarantee Turkey that it wouldn't fund Kurdish groups in Turkey, and the FSA would allow the SDF to maintain their control of Raqqa in exchange for FSA forces being granted free movement throughout SDF controlled territory, while adopting some of the DFNS's more progressive policies, and they promised to give SDF officers positions in the new Syrian military once the civil war was ended.

With the foreign recognition and resources of the SNC and the military prowess of the SDF, the new coalition, the Democratic Front of Syria, worked in tandem to repel the Assadist forces from Afrin. Ultimately, the regime's forces were pushed back, but aside from a few more territorial gains in northern Syria that would connect the disparate territory of the DFNS, the united opposition and the forces of the regime were stuck in a war of attrition. The climax of the civil war would come in mid-2018, when the Democratic Front of Syria lobbied hard with the United States, Turkey, the EU, and the Arab League for diplomatic and military support. While they gave their own assurances, they were very clear that they could not provide any overt military support while the USSR maintained its support for the Assad regime. Left with little choice, the Democratic Front of Syria made diplomatic overtures to the USSR. The opposition's representatives suggested that they could offer what Assad could not: stability. The opposition argued that the Assad model clearly could not work any longer, as it had sparked multiple rebellions and uprisings that threatened not just the region's stability, but the USSR's interests as well, as was indicative of the rise of ISIL. The opposition promised the USSR that if they did not support the Assad regime in whatever came next, the Democratic Front would remain neutral when it came to disputes between Washington and Moscow, and they further promised that the Soviet base in Tarsus would be allowed to remain and that, should they come into government, they would not demand the punishment of Soviet soldiers who participated in war crimes or crimes against humanity in Syria.

The Soviets would ultimately agree to allow the chips to fall where they may, and withheld critical support from the Assad regime. The Western and Arab response came swiftly, though it varied from air support to the provision of military hardware, military trainers, and financial aid to the Democratic Front. With these developments, the war for Syria was renewed, and over the next year, united Democratic Front forces pushed against Assadist forces. By the end of 2019, in the face of new anti-regime protests, an emboldened armed opposition, and the lack of Soviet support, Assadist forces began to collapse, facing desertions and defections to the Democratic Front reminiscent of the early days of the 2011 uprisings that seemed a lifetime ago. In April 2020, the Assad family fled Damascus for refuge in the USSR, and the Chief of Staff of the Syrian Armed Forces negotiated the peaceful surrender of the remaining pro-regime forces. The hardest part was over, but with a war-torn nation, an economy in ruins, and the legacy of brutality at the height of the civil war, the new government's position is still tenuous. A new democratic and federal constitution was agreed to, and the framework of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission has been established, and the first democratic elections of the newly christened People's Federal Republic are to be held in 2022.

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Accepted.

[Chewion]

Again, highly encourage y’all to join the discord. Link is a few posts above.