Free Republic of Noundures
Free Republic of Noundures República Lliure de Noundures | |
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Motto: Resistència, Alliberament, Patriotisme Resistance, Liberation, Patriotism | |
| Status | Semi-recognized breakaway state |
| Official language | Salvadoran Spanish |
| Religion | Creeperian Catholicism (official) |
| Demonym(s) | Noundurian |
| Government | De jure presidential republic under a de facto military dictatorship |
| Malaquies Llorca Caparrós | |
| Legislature | National Legislative Junta |
| De facto independence from Salisford | |
• Declaration of Independence | 10 July 1933 |
| Currency | Salvadoran peseta (SPS) |
| Time zone | AMT–5 (HES) |
Noundures (Salvadoran Spanish pronunciation: [nownˈdu.ɾɛs]), officially the Free Republic of Noundures (Salvadoran Spanish: República Lliure de Noundures), and formerly known as the State of Noundures (Estat de Noundures), is a semi-recognized breakaway state located in Sur whose territory is internationally recognized as a part of Salisford. The state is landlocked and located in the northern Salvadoran Valley, being bordered by Salisford in the north and El Salvador in the south. El Salvador is the only nation to formally recognize Noundures; Creeperopolis formerly recognized the breakaway state from 1961 until the signing of the Rubicon Agreement in 1976.
Etymology
The Free Republic of Noundures is named after the Noundures Desert, in which the majority of the state's territorial claim is located. The name "Noundures" is derived from Nou Hondures, which is the Salvadoran Spanish of the Creeperian name given to the Salvadoran Valley: Nuevo Honduras. Honduras was the name of a kingdom which existed in the 13th and 14th centuries until it was annexed by Creeperopolis. The origins of the name "Honduras" is unknown.
History
19th century Salvadoran irredentists
Declaration of independence from Salisford
Insurgency from the 1930s to 1950s
Fighting during the Rubicon War
Post-Rubicon War era
Geography
Government
Government structure
Officially, the Free Republic of Noundures is a presidential republic. The state holds elections for the presidency every six years, however, the elections are widely considered to be fraudulent by the international community, and they are not recognized by the Salisfordian government. Every president has been a member of the country's military or one of the four rebel groups which later merged into the military, and every president, except Boronat Cruilles, has been a member of the state's sole legal political party: the Movement for Noundurian Integration (MIN).
