Drauvania

Drauvania
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Capital	Moslenin
Official languages	Valsa
Demonym(s)	Drauvanian
Population
• Estimate	153,985,000

The Unified State of Drauvanian, is a large nation in northeast Glaskarn. Its bordered by Dresdinia to the west, Herzenia and Vondelishine to the southwest, and Florani to the south. Its bordered by the North Falgren Ocean all along its eastern and northeastern borders. Drauvania is the largest nation by square miles in Glaskarn, and _th in the world. Its population of 153,985,000 ranks Drauvania second in Glaskarn (behind Krystallum) and _th in the world.

History of Drauvania

Independence from Ljilislovia

The Drauvs had long been a major ethnic group segregated to themselves in both the Krystallic Empire and Ljilislovia. They attempted multiple times via political means to gain independence and settled for military means. They fought the first Ljilislovian civil war, known as the first Druavanian war for independent from 1649-1652. The Drauvs suffered major losses during the entire campaign. Laws were enacted in 1653 to punish the state which enflamed tensions even more. The Drauvs relaunched a campaign targeting the Ljilislovian artistocracy who were bankrolling the nation. After four years (and four long winters of fighting), the Drauvs finally secured their independence.

Unified State of Drauvania (1652-1947)

The beginning of Drauvania was chaotic and corrupt. Looting and pillaging was common and the state was in ruins. The public morale was low after suffering huge losses in life, financial stability, and food during the war. The winters of 1649-1653 were the coldest the nation had ever experienced and severe draught and disease struck the lands. Disease was throughout the nation and many were dying of starvation and malnutrition.

There was a single leader, the Chief Commissioner, chosen by the Commission of the State in an internal election and served for seven years. Low Commissioners were other members of the Commission of the State, and advised the Chief Commissioner. The First Secretary served as the commissioner wrangler and was often seen as the top advisor to the Commissioner, but this was not always the case.

Wimbourne War (1777-1779)

Druavania united with Ljilislovia in 1777 to put a nail in the coffin of Wimbourne. Launching a major joint offensive, after two swift years of war, Wimbourne was taken; divided between the two emerging powers.

Venishlavian Revolution (1791-1796)

Drauvania initially assisted Ljilislovia in putting down the Venishlavian revolt but pulled their assistance in 1794 due to the war being too costly and disagreeing with Ljilislovian military strategy. When Venishlavia gained independence in 1796, the relationship between the two was bruised.

Krystallic Trade War (1835-1843)

After decades of tense relations with Drauvania, they sided with Ljilislovia against Krystallum, enforcing the embargo. The USG and Gowcester sided with Krystallum.

Drauvanian Migamoralist Revolution (1945-1947)

In 1945, the Druavanian government went bankrupt. Depression hit Druavania and public became fed up with the Commission of the State's corruption and self-serving nature. The wealthy grew wealthier and the poor grew poorer. The entire Commission of the State had become bankrolled by early industrialist business owners who sought to turn the largely agrarian economy into an economy based on manufacturing. The Ljlislovian government assisted in an overthrow their government for two years, installing a Migamoralist government. This event re-aligned the two nations until The Great Bjorland War.

The Chief Commissioner and Commission of the State had absolute power in the country, but largely remained oblivious to populist movements and civil engagement. They remained isolated in their social hierarchy they didn't realize what was happening under their noses.

The Migamoralist Assembly was formed in 1943 and began preparing for an overthrow of the commission. The Assembly had put in place not only the planned revolt, but how they would install themselves as the government after the Commission was overthrown. They had military advisors from Ljilislovia who educated them on guerilla tactics and civil disobedience to ensure their foothold as an aggressive force. Beginning in December of 1945, textile workers in Moslenin left their jobs and went on strike. Their services were heavily needed during the winter and businesses were hurting. Workers on strike spent their days protesting outside their factories and spent their nights in Assembly-hosted camps. All the financial needs of the Assembly came from Ljilislovia's Confederation Assembly, specifically their defense authority.

In fall of 1946, food processing workers went on strike, forcing the nation into a winter of hunger.

In March of 1947, riots broke out in the plaza of Moslenin. The main Commission building, Unitary Hall, was stormed by armed rioters. Commissioners were in a debate session attempting to solve the worker issue. Many commissioners were killed, some were tortured and some were held hostage. The Chief Commissioner was on vacation in south Drauvania, in the city of Gratursber. The Chief Commissioner and his family was kidnapped and taken to the plaza in Moslenin before all being executed.

The Migamoralist Assembly (who had encouraged the riots), publicly denied involvement and claimed authority over the state, asking the rioters to end their tyranny. Most of the commissioners were dead, and the rioters ended their campaign. The Migamoralist Assembly called an internal snap election and elected Valoran Krupin as President of the Migamoralist Assembly and the People's Republic of Drauvania.

People's Republic of Drauvania (1947-1988)

President Krupin (1947-1965)

President Valoran Krupin stated his first goal in the new nation was to solve the worker issues. He established the United Worker's Collective, and named his Vice President Gregor Zima as Chairman of the UWC primarily in charge of central planning for the businesses.

Krupin also established an education and training system to create security professionals. He established the Bureau of Republican Security that acted as a paramilitary force utilized to ensure elitists and former Commissioners weren't undermining the new government. He gave the BRS authority to conduct operations in any manner they pleased.

Krupin also created the United Businessman's Collective, hoping to give a voice to the wealth elitists that bankrolled the Commission of the State. Any businessmen who disagreed with central planning or did not follow the direction of the UWC was removed from the Collective and their business was forcibly shut down.

Krupin outlined his dream of a collectivist society, one where workers and intellectuals could co-exist and form a tighter-knit Drauvanian society.

On September 1948, the first nation-wide election was held to elect members into the Migamoralist Assembly. The ballots also had national priority options for citizens to select and assist in guiding the direction of policy.

The Migamoralist Assembly was primarily in charge of drafting legislation. The President was in charge of the Assembly, but if he so pleased he could name a Chairman of the Assembly to preside over matters he wished not to deal with. Sometimes the President played the Chairman role, sometimes he did not.

In 1950, the Bureau of Republican Security and the Bureau of Republican Armed Forces joined a Collective called the Republican Defense Collective, which represented the interests of defense officials, military members, law enforcement, and businesses in the defense industry.

Also in 1950, Krupin established a law that required all citizens to be a member of some assembly or collective, ensuring their representation in government at some level. Each collective also paid taxes to the government to maintain their status, and citizens paid fees to be members.

Chairmen of these collectives also served as vice presidents to the President of the MA and PRD.

In 1953, central planning in the nation wasn't driving business growth and innovation, and both industry and agriculture were stagnate. Many in the nation opposed Migamoralist collectivism as a bureaucracy, but accepted the idealist framework for it. The National Assembly emerged as an opposing faction with the goal of establishing a socially collectivist society while freeing businesses from control by the UWC. President Krupin, in hopes of collaboration and cooperation in the political realm, created the State Assembly, of which the Migamoralist Assembly and National Assembly would share control of. As elections occurred, whichever assembly gained more votes, earned more power in the State Assembly and ultimately internally elected the President.

President Bolikovsky (1965-1973)

President Krupin stepped down from his role in 1965. Prokhor Bolikovsky replaced him as President and sought to strengthen the RDC and wanted to see growth in industry. National Assembly representatives praised Bolikosvsky initially, but began to realize he wanted more regulation of businesses to monitor their progress and created more demands from them. This forced style of business innovation was unsuccessful and made Bolikosvky despised by the business elite.

The nation's foreign policy since the 1940s was isolationist, so while their efforts to grow their industry and manufacturing sectors, it was mostly for internal use, earning no outside revenue. With wages and profits being controlled so heavily, the benefits of a growing industrial economy wouldn't have even been seen if efforts proved successful.

As Bolikovsky gained more adversaries in both the Migamoralist Assembly (higher demands on business were having negative implications for workers) and the National Assembly, Bolikovsky's found allies in the bolstered RDC. Bolikovsky made national security his primary goal and shifted much of the State Assembly's focus to internal skepticism and paranoia of infiltration and downfall.

As defense spending rose, Bolikovsky raised taxes on collectives to make up for it - thus making membership fees for citizens (as they were required to be members) to go up as well. None of the central plans for industry were working, and regulations on agriculture disallowed individual farmers to produce at their maximum levels they could to be highly profitable.

Due to citizenry unrest and economic downturn, Bolikovsky was forced out of his role in 1973.

President Lagunov (1973-1977)

President Nikolas Lagunov served from 1973-1977. His goal was to revolutionize the agricultural economy and bring it fully into collectivist farming. He abandoned the heavy spending on defense of the previous President, leaving many projects stalled. He cut taxes to the government and funneled most money toward agricultural projects. By 1977, many fields and existing farms had failed and scientists attempts to make breakthroughs in cross-breeding crops and multiply production left many areas with degraded soil inhospitable for future growth. The shift from industrializing and relying on industry for production and the destruction of agrilcutural land was heavily criticized. He was forced to step down in 1977.

President Pasternak (1977-1994)

President Max Pasternak was a much more moderate collectivist and migamoralist. He viewed collectivism as a moral good, but knew the consequences a centrally planned economy with no outside investment would have on business and agricultural growth. He felt the defense industry was the best way to secure employment for people, remain a secure nation, and could lead to adopting a foreign policy open to cooperation and collaboration with other nations.

In 1980, after three years of discussions, Drauvania and Ljilislovia entered into a mutual defense pact. Drauvania also agreed to produce military aircraft and other weapons systems for sale to Ljilislovia in exchange for agricultural goods to supplement the Drauvanian failed agricultural economy.

In 1981, Drauvania acquired technological and intellectual details on Ljilislovia's Skorsky initiative and began the rapid production of their own nuclear weapons.

In 1983, Drauvanian farmers found what was later discovered to be a major oil shale in southern Drauvania. Upon discovery, President Pasternak immediately created the United Petroleum Collective and nationalized the oil production industry. He stripped national funding from agriculture and began pulling workers away from other industries. He began seeking international investors and customers for their new industry.

By 1985, production demanded higher output from workers that Collective restrictions did not allow for. For the first time in decades, Drauvania was facing a major source of revenue for its economy and President Pasternak recognized that.

Migamoralist Assembly members rejected the notion that worker's protections and business regulations could be lifted to reap the benefits of the oil industry. They rejected the abandoning total collectivism and threatened to remove President Pasternak if he moved forward. Ideologues in the government were so tied to their beliefs they refused to weigh the costs and benefits. For three years, the economy continued to suffer, no foreign deals were solidified for oil because the nation couldn't operate businesses in a way that would be quick enough or profitable enough.

President Pasternak felt a political movement coming and called for national elections in 1986 and 1987, both elected more members from the National Assembly to the State Assembly. These members sought to grow industry and business in ways that were rejected by collectivist ideology.

In a third consecutive national election in 1988, the National Assembly won enough votes to control 80% of the State Assembly. President Pasternak called on the assembly to draft a new constitution, one that solidified a collectivist moral society, but freed the government and business from collectivist bureaucracy and economic central planning. The entire restructure of the government was deemed illegal under the 1947 constitution, but there was not enough Migamoralist Assembly representation nor enough public support to oust Pasternak. The new constitution was drafted within two months and voted through. President Pasternak presided over the transfer of the government of the People's Republic of Drauvania to the government of the Unified Republic of Drauvania.

Unified Republic of Drauvania (1988-present)

President Pasternak saw the major downfall of the nation as the factionalism of the Migamoralist Assembly and the politicalization of issues of national growth and security. He immediately saw how the National Assembly's growth created a major competitive challenge between the two Assemblies and how representative, in just three years, became politicians, attempting to sway the public to vote for them and elect them based on politics and not on true representation and growth. He outlawed political factions or parties, and established the Unified Pact. The Unified Pact was a singular collective of all employed, married men above the age of 20. The new constitution also created the position of a Prime Minister, appointed by the President, to preside over the Parliament.

Drauvanian Parliament

The Drauvanian Parliament under the new constitution used the method of sortition. With the Unified Pact as the pool of potential members for the Parliament, the President randomly selected members from each Gorodtsentr (urban center/district). This process occurred every four years, and incumbent members could serve a second term with consent from the President.

Women were allowed into the Unified Pact in 1994.

Drauvanian presidency

The president is the only nationally elected representative in the Drauvanian government.

1990s

In 1993, President Pasternak announced the first presidential election would take place in 1994. He was stepping down and allowing for new leadership of the nation. In 1994, President Isaak Antonov was elected.

Government and Politics

Constitution of Drauvania

Main article: Constitution of Drauvania

Government Structure

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Executive Branch

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Domestic Politics

Political Parties in Drauvania

Political parties are outlaws in Drauvania since the Unified Republic's founding in 1988. There are special interest groups that represent specific issues, but they are heavily scrutinized by the executive and legislative branches and the group's scope must be limited.

The Unified Pact is the main body of political engagement in the nation. Each urban center has a chapter of the Unified Pact, and host regular meetings in which issues may be discussed.