The Most Serene Republic of Arcana

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Introduction

The Most Serene Republic of Arcana is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its compassionate, hard-working population of 408 million have some civil rights, but not too many, enjoy the freedom to spend their money however they like, to a point, and take part in free and open elections, although not too often.

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked morass -- juggles the competing demands of Education, Law & Order, and Social Welfare. It meets every day to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Cockplay. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 34%. A large private sector is dominated by the Automobile Manufacturing industry.

Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Arcana's national animal is the dragon, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the cana.

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Government Type: Constitutional, Federal, Representative, Presidential, Direct Democratic, Mixed Capitalist, Secular, Republic

National Motto: "Courage and Faith!"

Capital City: Cockplay

Largest City: Sexmoan

Official Language: English

Demonym(s): Arcanian

Independence from Hazardians: 1707
- Declared February 4, 1707
- Recognized November 13, 1707

Area:
- Total 433,978.826 sq mi
- Water (%) 8.92

Population: 940 million

GDP 2009 estimate
- Total $16.279 trillion
- Per Capita 98,056

Gini: 34.5

HDI: Very High

Currency: Cana (C)

Drives on the: Right

Internet TLD: .ost .gov .mil .edu .arc

Calling Code: +1

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LAND AREA: 1,124,000 square Kilometres
COAST LENGTH: 75,342 Kilometres
HIGHEST POINT: Cloudscraper Mountain, 6,101 Metres
LOWEST POINT: East Basin Lake, 4 Metres below sea level
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED: 40 degrees Centigrade
LOWEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED: -40 degrees Centigrade
AVERAGE HUMIDITY: 39%
MINERAL RESOURCES: iron, bauxite, gold, silver, platinum, uranium, tin, coal, oil, and gas

Geography

By total area (including its waters), Arcana is the thirteenth largest country in the world. By land area, Arcana ranks ninth. The country lies between latitudes 41° and 84°N, and longitudes 53° and 141°W

Arcana has an extensive coastline on its north, east, and west, and since the last glacial period it has consisted of eight distinct forest regions, including extensive northern forest on the Arcanian Shield. The vastness and variety of Arcana's geography, ecology, vegetation and landforms have given rise to a wide variety of climates throughout the country. Because of its vast size, Arcana has more lakes than any other country, containing much of the world's fresh water.There are also fresh-water glaciers in the Arcanian Rockies and the Coast Mountains.

Environment

Arcana's many lush forests and extensive coastlines make it home to a diverse range of birds, plants, animals, and sea creatures. It is one of the ten most biologically mega-diverse countries and is at or near the top in terms of biodiversity per unit area. Around 2,100 land vertebrate species can be found in Arcana including over 100 mammal species and 170 bird species not thought to exist elsewhere.

Arcana lacks large predators, with the exception of snakes, such as phytons and cobras, and birds of prey, such as the Arcanian Eagle. With an estimated 15,500 plant species in the country, 5,200 of which are unique to the country, Arcanian forests boast an array of flora, including many rare types of orchids and rafflesia. The oak is considered as the most important type of hardwood

Arcanian maritime waters encompass as much as 3.2 million square kilometers producing unique and diverse marine life and is an important part of the Coral Triangle. There are 4,400 fish species and over 600 species of coral. The Lolo Reef is the country's largest contiguous coral reef system and the second-largest in the world. Arcanian waters also sustain the cultivation of pearls, crabs, and seaweeds.

Climate

Average winter and summer high temperatures across Arcana vary according to the location. Winters can be harsh in many regions of the country, particularly in the interior and grassland provinces, which experience a continental climate, where daily average temperatures are near −15 ° C (5 °F) but can drop below −40 °C (−40 °F) with severe wind chills. In noncoastal regions, snow can cover the ground almost six months of the year (more in the north).

The south coast enjoys a temperate climate, with a mild and rainy winter. On the east and west coasts, average high temperatures are generally in the low 20s °C (70s °F), while between the coasts, the average summer high temperature ranges from 25 to 30 °C (77 to 86 °F), with occasional extreme heat in some interior locations exceeding 40 °C (104 °F).

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Early Period

Since at least the 3rd century, the indigenous peoples were in contact with other Western-neighboring nations.

Fragmented ethnic groups established numerous city-states formed by the assimilation of several small political units known as kyokara each headed by an Ereño, who was then answerable to an Airiz, who headed the city state. Each kyokara consisted of about 100 families. Some kyokaras were big, such as Forfinal, Timlong, Rallatte, Preeves, Thanri, and Biltura. Each of these big kyokaras had a population of more than 2,000.

Even scattered kyokaras, through the development of inter-island and international trade, became more culturally homogeneous by the 4th century. Hindu-Buddhist culture and religion flourished among the noblemen in this era.

By the 9th century, a highly developed society had already established several hierarchies with set professions: The Ereño or ruling class, the Lacsina or noblemen, the Ison or freemen, and the dependent class which is divided into two, the Maoh (Serfs) and You (Slaves).

In the earliest times, the items which were prized by the peoples included jars, which were a symbol of wealth, and later metal, salt and tobacco. In exchange, the peoples would trade feathers, rhino horn, hornbill beaks, beeswax, birds nests, resin, rattan

In the period between the 7th century to the beginning of the 15th century, numerous prosperous centers of trade had emerged, including the Kingdom of Namayan, Sunhill, Nactao, Lapor, the Kingdom of Sanfotsi, the Kingdoms of Zabag and Wak-Wak and Junhol.

There was no unifying political state that encompassed the entire Arcana until 1506. Before such times, the islands were divided into thalassocracies by reigning ereños, airizes, or paulis. Among these were the airizates of Forfinal and Timlong, the paulinates of Preeves and Biltura, and the kingdoms of Thanri and Rallatte.

Hazardian Period (1506-1707)

In 1506, Fernando Aguirre arrived and claimed Arcana for the El Hazard Kingdom. Colonization began immediately when explorer Miguel Lopez arrived in late 1506 and formed the first Hazardian settlements in Forfinal. In 1515, Rallate was established as the capital of the Hazardian West Indies.

In 1684, revolutions started when three priests - Manuel Ramirez, Emilio Chavez, and Teodoro Margarito (known collectibly as Rachamar) - were accused of sedition. They were eventually executed. This inspired a propaganda movement in El Hazard, inspired by Graciano Zamora, Marcelo M. del los Reyes, and Jose Ramos. The three were then executed on December 30, 1693 on charges of rebellion and treason.

Angered by the wrongful executions, Basilio Aquino established the secret society known as the Clow, which sought independence through armed revolt. The Clow, led by Aquino and Thomas Magsaysay, started the Arcana Revolution on January 4, 1707.

Basilio Aquino declared independence on February 4, 1707. Five days after the declaration, the Arcana-Hazardian war began. Armed with inferior weapons but boosted by high morales, the Arcanians won the war on November 13, 1707.

Isolationist Streak (1707-1809)

From 1707 to 1809 the Republic remained in isolation, with little to no outside contact. During the 80s Arabian expansion did have an effect on Arcana, however they only entered the nation once, and all who came in were never seen by the outside world again. During the 90s the Republic gained a reputation for being a nation that was never to be gone into, and until 1809 Arcana remained so isolated, that even today little is known about this time.

Expansion Period (1809-1909)

After the isolation period a new president named Franklin Rathbone made Arcama emerge as a power by colonizing the 'new world'. Arcana soon established itself as having one of the largest navies in the world, as it expanded into territory never before seen, with not only explorers but sheer military might. Expansion was quick, and soon Arcana was a true colonial power, holding pieces of land in every continent in the world. Arcana began an immediate taxing program with the colonists which made the Republic's economy boom. However colonists grew tired of having no representation in the Senate, however still being taxed, so by 1820 several rebellions ad uprisings sprouted throughout the colonies, only to have the Senate begin stationing troops inside major cities. By 1830 the Senate was in furious debate over the rights of colonies, because even with the Colonial army stationed throughout the world, uprisings were still rampant everywhere.

That was when in 1831 the Senate ruled that the colonies would be allowed representation in the Senate. Once this was enacted rebellions and uprisings dramatically dropped, and so the Republic was once again ready for expansion. For the next twenty years Arcana gained nearly it's entire size before colonization simply by conquering. After the main expansion was concluded Arcana retreated to a phase of economic growth and continual stability.

By 1848, nearly nothing could bring Arcana down, that was until the Empire of Dulcegata declared war on Arcana in the name of their 'gods'. The war came as a surprise to everyone and in the late winter of 1849 when the first Dulcegata forces were spotted off the coast of several colonies belonging to Arcana, the Republic knew that the war would be long and harsh.

War Period (1850-1900)

In 1750 the first Dulcegata troops were landing in the colonies. While the colonial army was well trained, the sheer mass in numbers of the Dulcegatans was enough to overrun several colonies. By 1852 over twenty territories had fallen to the enemy and the Senate was growing impatient. In 1856 the Colonial army was beginning to take back the territory lost before the war.

Then by 1860 all the captured colonies were taken back, and the Senate enraged over the losses taken during the war, the race was on, and the government was bound and determined to conquer and destroy all of Dulcegata. While it was bloody and viscous, the army managed to lay waist to nearly the entire southern half of Dulcegata. However a defeat at the Battle of the Great Field saw a slow down of the war machine.

It was then in 1865 that a treaty was called with Dulcegata and eventually the war died out. But only one month after the war, another conflict was begun. This time it was from within however; Royalist revolutionaries began to attack army outposts and eventually cities. Initially ignored, by 1868 a full civil war was declared. The war lasted several years before any progress was made by either side, it was bloody and consumed thousands of lives in mere years, yet the Senate refused to allot Colonial forces to the war, so the regular army and navy was alone to fight the Royalists. By the time 1880 became the Republicans were losing every battle and were being crippled by the Royalists.

And ten years later in 1890, things still weren't looking any better. The army was in full retreat and was losing resources quickly, the Senate was debating a surrender, and the Royalists were planning their victory. However in 1893 things turned around at the battle of Assloss, which saw a crushing defeat for the Royalists. The general who led the operation was Richard Gago, who created a new maneuver that works to this day, he surrounded the Royalists with Calvary and cannons, then had the fifth musket regiment charge the Royalists then fall back, as the Royalists fallowed the musket regiment to chase them into retreat, the Calvary charged and the cannons fired, which decimated the entire Royalist force. Thanks to the general's quick thinking it quite possibly saved the war.

As the Royalists fell back in defeat, they still didn't know why, but by 1895 Royalist forces were at the brink of destruction, but managed to hold out for 5 more years until 1900, when they surrendered unconditionally to the Republican forces.

Reconstruction Scare Period (1900-1930)

After the civil war, a long and painful reconstruction period ensued. In 1910 the tired regular army went back to prepare for another disaster, in the mean time because of the massive draft, police forces were considerably reduced, and their funding was cut dramatically. What troops didn't go back to the military, began a string of crimes lasting from 1910 to 1930. Each year they got deadlier.

By 1915, the crime had gotten so bad, that the Federal Government was beginning to step in. The government even set up a special operations crime unit, called the Federal Bureau of Criminal Offenses and Punishment or FBCOP.

The Department was highly successful and in 1920 the crime rates reached record lows, however by 1930 a much more dangerous type of criminal was emerging, and they called themselves the Mob.

The Mob Period (1930-1940)

The mob period is marked by the massive loss of life by the criminal underworld, Mob bosses were rampant and they had a vengeance out for police who stopped or impeded their operations. Being a police officer was increasingly unpopular as a job occupation due to the high fatality rate, and as a result the Mob ruled the streets until the president, declared a 'War on Crime' which saw the deployment of National Guard troops. By 1940 the Mob was only alive in a few cities.

The Great Depression Period (1940-1950)

This period is marked by the Stock Market Crash of 1940, which in one day, caused over 20% of the populous to lose their jobs, that number drove even higher in 1943, and soon by 1944 over 70% of the entire country was impoverished. It was only in 1947 that the market began to heat up, and it took three long years but by 1950 the market had finally returned to normal levels, and the nation began to reestablish itself.

Cold War Period (1950-1990)

In 1950 strong communist resentment plagued Arcana, as most Arcanians blamed communists and communism itself for the Great Depression. Strong hate for 'Reds' as they were known saw not only police brutality, but public beatings from officials and the public itself at Communists. So bad were the conditions for communists that in 1960 the Communist party had dropped to only two hundred members, from over six thousand the before year.

Soon by 1970 restrictions on communists were taking place, including a Federal Ban on Communist 'sympathizing' goods, which banned everything from simple red flags, to wrongly shaped hammers and sickles. By 1980, an extremely aggressive stance was taken against Communist nations, and it was only a matter of time until the newly formed United Socialist States of Dulcegata declared war on Arcana. This war was ended within a matter of months, but it led to a series of proxy and direct wars between the two states.

In 1990 the Cold War with the entire communist world saw no chance of slowing down, however a sudden change of direction in not only public opinion but also in the leadership of Arcana, ended many of the economic embargoes and hostile attitude against communists. Many scholars have tried to figure out the cause of this, but many simple can offer no answer.

Non Intervention Period (1990-2008)

In 1990 change in leadership made Arcana much less aggressive, and much less interventionist, while still highly active on the world stage, Arcana refused to partake in many wars and conflicts which were rampant at the time. The nation continued to moderate many issues but did nothing more, it is unknown why the sudden change caused this, but in 2000 the only thing that Arcana had intervened on, was after a terrorist attack in another nation, Arcana joined a coalition of forces to topple the government that had sponsored the attack.

After that incident Arcana was only aggressive when it came to the economy, any sign of problems would see immediate action from the Government, which some credit this policy to the rapid growth of the economy and the gain in value of the Credit. Little slowed the economy down and by 2008 Arcana was continuing to grow in peace.

Imperialist Period (2008)

This period was marked when during the period of massive growth, a small Imperialist military group that had gained a power base in the military, toppled the democratically elected Federal Government; installing George Percy as the Lord Imperator of Arcana, with only a Senate as the legislature. The Imperialist period was met with sharp criticism on the world stage, however due to the newly declared United Imperium of Arcana maintaining a large amount of allies, little was done to combat the new power. During this time however Arcana became one of the most aggressive nations in the world, intervening in nearly every conflict that involved some form of Royalist or Imperialist forces.

The Imperium was eventually toppled by Federalist forces after the Imperator began to fire nuclear weapons against the now protesting and rebelling citizenship. Merely eleven months into the Imperium's reign, it was toppled and destroyed in it's infancy, and the new Republic was once again declared.

Modern Period (2009)

Today there is little Arcana has done, however it has had a war with Dulcegata once again making it the fifth engagement between the two nations. The war was fought with allies, and today is still being negotiated.

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Culture

Arcana is a multicultural nation, home to a wide variety of ethnic groups, traditions, and values. The Arcanian ethnicity is the main ethnicity of the nation however it is mostly interbred with other ethnicity as of late. The culture held in common by most Arcanians—mainstream Arcanian culture—is a Western culture largely derived from the traditions of European immigrants with influences from many other sources, such as traditions brought by slaves from Africa. More recent immigration from Asia has added to a cultural mix that has been described as both a homogenizing melting pot and a heterogeneous salad bowl in which immigrants and their descendants retain distinctive cultural characteristics.

While the mainstream culture holds that Arcana is a classless society, scholars identify significant differences between the country's social classes, affecting socialization, language, and values. Arcana's middle and professional class has initiated many contemporary social trends such as modern feminism, environmentalism, and multiculturalism. Arcanians' self-images, social viewpoints, and cultural expectations are associated with their occupations to an unusually close degree. While Arcanians tend greatly to value socioeconomic achievement, being ordinary or average is generally seen as a positive attribute. Though the Dream of Arcana as it's known, or the perception that Arcanians enjoy high social mobility, plays a key role in attracting immigrants.

Women now mostly work outside the home and receive a majority of bachelor's degrees. In 2005, 28% of households were married childless couples, the most common arrangement. Same-sex marriage is contentious. All except one states permit civil unions in lieu of marriage. Since 2003, four state supreme courts have ruled in favor of allowing same-sex marriage, while voters in Lindon have ruled every year to keep in place the constitutional ban on Same-sex marriage.

Popular media

The nation's first commercial motion picture exhibition was given in Shrekville in 1894, using Harold Gonzaga's Kinetoscope. The next year saw the nation's first commercial screening of a projected film, also in Shrekville, and Arcana was in the forefront of sound film's development in the following decades. Since the early 20th century, the film industry has largely been based in and around Kingston, Steichen. Director D. Ramirez was central to the development of film grammar and Michael Enriquez' Star City (1941) is frequently cited as the greatest Arcanian film of all time. Arcanian screen actors like Alfred Gutierrez and Rhianne Mercado have become iconic figures, while producer/entrepreneur Charles Ramos was a leader in both animated film and movie merchandising. The major film studios of Kingston have produced some of the most commercially successful movies in the nation's history.

Arcanians are the heaviest television viewers in the West Pacific, but the average viewing time has begun to drop. Before the drop, viewing times were reaching five hours a day in 2006. The four major broadcast networks are all commercial entities. Arcanians listen to radio programming, also largely commercialized, on average just over two-and-a-half hours a day. Arcanians are also some of the most users of computers.

Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts

The rhythmic and lyrical styles of African Arcanian music have deeply influenced Arcanian music at large, distinguishing it from Hazardian traditions. Elements from folk idioms such as the blues and what is now known as old-time music were adopted and transformed into popular genres with global audiences. Jazz for one has become especially popular among the older citizens of Arcana. Country music, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll emerged between the 1920s and 1950s, these genres are popular among the general population over the age of forty. More recent Arcanian favorites include hip hop and house music which are popular among the younger generations.

In the early centuries of existence, Arcanian art and literature took most of its cues from El Hazard. Writers such as Joaquin Santiago, Allan Garcia, and Jose Burgos established a distinctive Arcanian literary voice by the middle of the eighth century AD. Mark Ibarra and poet Marcelo Mulach were major figures in the century's second half; Emily Villamor, virtually unknown during her lifetime, is now recognized as an essential Arcanian poet. A work seen as capturing fundamental aspects of the national experience and character—such as Erwin Sanchez’ The Red Butterfly (1851), Ibarra's Touch Me Not (1885), and Benigno Katigbak's The Reign of Greed (1925)—may be dubbed the "Great Arcanian Novel."

Twelve Arcanian citizens have won the Nobel Prize in Literature, most recently Fiona Rivera in 1993. , Edwardo Marcos, the 1954 Nobel laureate, is often named as one of the most influential Arcanian writers of the 20th century. Popular literary genres such as the Western and hardboiled crime fiction was developed in Arcana. The Lightning Club writers opened up new literary approaches, as have postmodernist authors such as Antonio Mendosa, Thomas Aguilar, and Don Gaga.

The transcendentalists, led by Rafael Honasan and Sunny Park, established the first major Arcanian philosophical movement. After the Civil War, Jacob Jante and then William Ballesteros and Manuel Rosario were leaders in the development of pragmatism. In the eighteenth century, the work of W. V. Mercedez and Richard Robles brought analytic philosophy to the fore of Arcana academics.

In the visual arts, the Dwarfina River School was a mid-19th-century movement in the tradition of Hazardian naturalism. The 1913 Armory Show in Shrekville, an exhibition of Hazardian modernist art, shocked the public and transformed the Arcanian art scene. Gregory Lopez, Santana Mariano, and others experimented with new styles, displaying a highly individualistic sensibility. Major artistic movements such as the abstract expressionism of Jackson Baretto and Klaus Dayrit and the pop art of Andy Escolano and Roy Lacsina developed largely in Arcana. The tide of modernism and then postmodernism has brought fame to Arcanian architects such as Franklin Dimaano, Philip San Jose, and Daria Cuneta.

One of the first major promoters of Arcanian theater was impresario P. C. Legaspi, who began operating a lower Shrekville entertainment complex in 1841. The team of Ada and Adelle produced a series of popular musical comedies in Shrekville starting in the late 1870s. In the twentieth century, the modern musical form emerged on Crossrhodes; the songs of musical theater composers such as Melvin Cruz,Nicolas dela Rosa, and Stephen Segunda have become pop standards. Playwright Eugene Domingo won the Nobel literature prize in 1936; other acclaimed Arcana dramatists include multiple Pulitzer Prize winners Nina Domingo, Edward Diaz, and Catherine del Mundo.

Though largely overlooked at the time, Victor Martinez’ work of the 1910s established him as the first major Arcana composer in the classical tradition; other experimentalists such as Henry Zaragosa and Johnny Bondoc created an Arcanian approach to classical composition. Aaron Bagay and Joey Rungduin developed a unique synthesis of popular and classical music. Choreographers Imelda Pacquiao and Martha Lee helped create modern dance, while Beatrice Legarda and Jerome Alfonso were leaders in twentieth century ballet. Arcanians have long been important in the modern artistic medium of photography, with major photographers including Adam Go, Matthew Espiritu, and Melissa Reyes. The newspaper comic strip and the comic book were both highly popular in Arcana. Nakedlad, the quintessential comic book superhero, has become the greatest if not the most popular of all comic book genres in Arcana.

Food

Mainstream Arcanian culinary arts are similar to those in other Western countries. Wheat is the primary cereal grain. Traditional Arcanian cuisine uses ingredients such as turkey, white-tailed deer venison, potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, squash, and maple syrup, basic indigenous foods. Slow-cooked pork and beef barbecue, crab cakes, potato chips, and chocolate chip cookies are very popular in Arcana. Soul food, developed by African slaves, is popular around the South and among many African Arcanians elsewhere. Syncretic cuisines such as Africhado, Tinodobo, and Saw-Kwek are regionally important. Characteristic dishes such as chocolate cake, fried chicken, pizza, hamburgers, and hot dogs derive from the recipes of various immigrants. French fries and dishes such as burritos and tacos, and pasta dishes freely adapted from Italian sources are widely consumed. Arcanians also generally prefer coffee to tea. Marketing by Arcanian industries is largely responsible for making orange juice and milk ubiquitous breakfast beverages. During the 1980s and 1990s, Arcanians' caloric intake rose 24%; frequent dining at fast food outlets is associated with what health officials call the "obesity epidemic." Highly sweetened soft drinks are widely popular; sugared beverages account for 9% of the average American's caloric intake.

Sports

Since the late nineteenth century, baseball has been regarded as the national sport; Arcanian football, basketball, and ice hockey are the country's three other leading professional team sports. College football and basketball attract large audiences. Football is now by several measures the most popular spectator sport in the nation. Boxing and horse racing were once the most watched individual sports, but they have been eclipsed by golf and auto racing. Soccer is played widely at the youth and amateur levels. Tennis and many outdoor sports are popular as well.

Most major Arcanian sports have evolved out of Hazardian practices, or were imported by immigrants. Lacrosse and surfing arose from Hawaiian activities that predate Western contact. Two Olympic Games have taken place in Arcana. Arcana has won a total of 2,301 medals at the Summer Olympic Games totally and 216 in the Winter Olympic Games since the nation first entered the Olympics.


Achievements

Many achievements have been reached by Arcana in recent and later years, these include several of the tallest buildings in the world, technology and other forms of achievements. Some major ones include the tallest towers in the Western Hemisphere; The Safalan International Business Complex, largest hospital in the world; the United Care Providers of Arcana Health Center and the longest constitution in the modern world at 2,012 pages long.

The Safalan International Business Complex is a series of two towers, both in a circle around a large statue of gold in the center. Each tower stands at a specific size; the first tower stands at 1,345 feet tall, the second tower stands at 2,632 feet tall. They are located in downtown Shrekville, Rootkit.

The United Care Providers of Arcana Health Center is a medical treatment facility in northern Fanning, the island off the coast of eastern Arcana. The health center is known for it's large size and continual expansion.

The constitution is a matter of much debate, some even call it too long. It has the largest amount of Articles of any constitution and the longest overall length of any charter and or constitution of any nation or alliance in history. While the constitution was not originally written as long as it was, it was made by the revolutionaries who fought the Hazardians which them alone made the constitution over seven hundred pages long.

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Anus
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Tittisee
Cockintake
Ballplay
Caulkerbush
Agay
Assloss
Bohner's Lake
Bigadic
Backside
Cockplay
Bangs Beach
Bare
Dickey
Forfinal
Timlong
Rallatte
Preeves
Thanri
Biltura
Blackdykes
Pennis Wood
Gofuku
Three Cocks
Dickeyville
Dunmovin
Peterhead
Mount Gay
Beaverville
Little Dix Village
Vergennes
Bone Gap
Boody
Tightsqueeze
Iron Knob
Namayan
Sunhill
Nactao
Lapor
Sanfotsi
Zabag
Wak-Wak
Junhol
Big Knockerstown
Climax Springs
Fertile
Ironwood
Willacoochie
Moreheadsville
Weener
Deep Gap
Glasscock
Seman
Long Dong
Titless
Handcock Town
Onacock
Maiden Gully
Penistone
Fort Dick
Gash
Shitlingthorpe
Probe
Butztown
Thong
Mary's Inlet
Bobbin Head
Mount Titlis
Sexmoan
Elephant Butte
Pis Pis River
Reamstown
Blowhard
Sexbierum
Dikshit
Pecker's Point
Lickdale
Pickles Gap
Nether Wallop
Petting
Mount Mee
Titting
Titty Ho
Yocumtown
Fugit
Assinippi
Big Cockup
Little Cockup
Cocktown
Cockburn
Bangor
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Ballville
Prickwillow
Kinmount
Euren
Cockland
Spuzzum
Bloody Dick
Shafter
Beaver
Mt. Buggery
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Twatt
Muff
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Titz
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Zip Down
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Land of the morning,
Child of the sun returning,
With fervor burning,
Thee do our souls adore.

Land dear and holy,
Cradle of noble heroes,
Ne'er shall invaders
Trample thy sacred shore.

Ever within thy skies and through thy clouds
And o'er thy hills and sea,
Do we behold the radiance, feel the throb,
Of glorious liberty.

Thy banner, dear to all our hearts,
Its sun and stars alight,
O never shall its shining field
Be dimmed by tyrant's might!

Beautiful land of love, o land of light,
In thine embrace 'tis rapture to lie,
But it is glory ever, when thou art wronged,
For us, thy sons to suffer and die.

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Foreign Affairs

Arcana exercises global economic, political, and military influence. It is a member of the World Assembly. Most major countries have embassies in Dikshit or Cockplay, and many host consulates around the country. Likewise, nearly all nations host Arcanian diplomatic missions. However, some nations still do not have formal diplomatic relations with Arcana.

Arcana enjoys a special relationship with Astrocols and fellow CAG and GDF signatories. Arcana also enjoys strong ties with most nations, however relations with most are still being built. It also works closely with its neighbors in ICN. In 2005, Arcana spent $27 billion on official development assistance.

Military

The president holds the title of commander-in-chief of the nation's armed forces and appoints its leaders, the Secretary of Defense and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Arcana Department of Defense administers the armed forces, including the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force. The Coast Guard is run by the Department of Homeland Security in peacetime and is administered as it's own branch in time of war. In 2005, the military had 1.38 million personnel on active duty, along with several hundred thousand each in the Reserves and the National Guard for a total of 2.3 million troops. The Department of Defense also employs about 700,000 civilians, not including contractors. Military service is voluntary, though conscription may occur in wartime through the Selective Service System. Arcanian forces can be rapidly deployed by the Air Force's large fleet of transport aircraft and aerial refueling tankers, the Navy's fleet of twenty nine active Super aircraft carriers and thirty other ships of different types of Carriers, and Marine Expeditionary Units at sea in the Navy's Atlantic and Pacific fleets. The standard weapon for military forces is the A-18 Assault Rifle.

Total military spending in 2006, over 894 billion credits. The proposed base Department of Defense budget for 2009, 715.4 billion, is a 7% increase over 2008 and a nearly 74% increase over 2001. The total combined proposed military budget is over 912 billion credits.

Law Enforcement

The Republic of Arcana maintains a small but effective law enforcement contingent that handles domestic law enforcement, foreign intelligence, and domestic intelligence. Due to budgetary constraints of law enforcement departments, many are dependent upon links to other departments and commercial entities; however significant funds from The Arcana Government's 'black budget' are diverted to cover costs. The Arcana Government maintains a largely 'hands off' approach because of it's liberal stance towards drugs and prostitution, therefore only serious crimes such as rape, assault, murder, fraud, hacking, smuggling, and corruption are investigated. As a member of The World Assembly, Arcana's law enforcement divisions strictly adhere to human rights regulations when investigating crimes and prosecuting criminals. Arcana also has an independent judiciary, which is divided into Civil Courts (dealing with civil issues like divorce etc), District Courts (minor crimes such as theft and assault), and The High Court (serious crimes like fraud, murder).

Divisions of Law Enforcement

DIVISION 5 - Division 5 is Arcana's intelligence agency responsible for foreign intelligence gathering, to counteract threats to Arcana. Division 5 has over 50,000 staff, and has an official annual budget of US$1.5 trillion, which is funded by the New La Habana Government's 'black budget'. Division 5 has existed since 1963; and was preceded by The Foreign Intelligence Agency. Division 5 operates in nations which are considered a threat to Arcana, or monitors individuals in friendly nations that are known to harbour desires to subvert or attack Arcana's civilians or government. Division 5 has close links to Arcana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and is subject to regulation by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

DIVISION 10 - Division 10 is Arcana's intelligence agency responsible for internal intelligence and law enforcement. Division 10 has over 75,000 core staff, plus 100,000 more local law enforcement personnel, mostly volunteers. Division 10 has an official annual budget of US$2.5 trillion, which is funded by the Arcana Government's 'black budget'. Division 10 was formed in 1963, and was preceded by The Civil Guard, and The Special Investigation Bureau. Division 10 has a presence in all major population centres, with smaller local teams in the outlying islands of Arcana; and is responsible for investigating crimes committed in Arcana, and the prevention of domestic terrorism. Division 10 has links to a variety of private security companies and research institutes.

DIVISION 11 - Division 11 is Arcana's intelligence agency responsible for cyber security of Arcana, investigating issues related to cyborg and cyber affairs affecting security. Division 11 has over 50,000 staff plus volunteers. Division 11 has an official budget of US$2 trillion, which is funded by the Arcana Government's 'black budget'. Division 11 was originally created as a subsection of Division 10, but in 1972 was split from Division 10, and now operates independently. Division 11 is by it's nature one of the most high-tech of all Arcana's intelligence agencies, and is actively engaged in monitoring cybernetic affairs, as well as the net. Division 11 has close links to Futurama Corporation.

Law Enforcement Ranks (Descending Order)

* Commissioner [C]
* Deputy Commissioner [DC]
* Senior Assistant Commissioner [SAC]
* Assistant Commissioner [AC]
* Chief Superintendent [CS]
* Senior Superintendent [SS]
* Superintendent [S]
* Chief Inspector [CI]
* Senior Inspector [SI]
* Inspector [I]
* Probationary Inspector [PI]
* Station Sergeant [SSGT]
* Sergeant [SGT]
* Senior Constable [SCO]
* Constable [CO]

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