People's Republic of the Amurrhine

NOTE: THIS ARTICLE IS VERY OUTDATED WITH THE FOLLOWING:

RECENT HISTORICAL EVENTS

NEW GOVERNMENT

INUTILIA IS NOT OWNED BY THE PRA ANYMORE

The People's Republic of the Amurrhine, commonly known as the PRA, is a Unitary Constitutional Monarchal Parliamentary Democratic Socialist republic located on Mediterrae and named after the Amurrhine river that runs through it. Its capital and largest city is Spirova and the nation is currently lead by a governing coalition under the People's Democratic Socialist party (PDS), the Party for Inutillian Freedom (PIF), and the Amurrhine Great Democracy party (AGD) under PDS Minister-President Veranzilarno Kalonip. The country currently has the sixth largest population than other state. Due to its fertile lands around the Amurrhine river the country's economy mostly relies on agriculture, particularly farming rice. The nation currently borders Borogravia, Haluria, Eleutheria, and the Free State of Inutilia.

Location
The PRA mainland is located on Mediterrae on the larger Amurrhine river basin.

Mainland Administrative Divisions
The PRA mainland has 6 different administrative divisions, known as districts. They are, in decreasing order of land area:
 * North-West District
 * East District


 * Central District


 * South-West District
 * Inutillian Autonomous District
 * Spirova Special Capital District

Colony
The PRA used to have many colonies across the globe, however most of these were taken away from them in the aftermath of the First World War. The only remaining colony is in Borealis, which has a small population and is primarily used for iron mining. It's official name is the Amurrhine Far North Territory. It is governed directly by the office of the Minister-President.

History
'''Note: this section is subject to change and ought to be rectified. Some details are distorted, others missing.'''

Ancient History
The Amurrhine historically presented a barrier between the Empire and the East between c-500 and c-350. Following this, Borogravia-Amurrhine was a province of the Empire, providing food. By c175, it fragmented.

Two Homarist saints have connections to the Amurrhine:

Bathynectos, a former Imperial centurion, became a missionary, went on a long journey to establish churches in Eleutheria, Valan, and what is now Borogravia, and presumably the Amurrhine valley.

Saint Picta was a Borogravian convert who became a Homarist during the Journey of Bathynectos. He was exiled from the country and fled to Eleutheria along the Amurrhine.

Global Defense Council (897-1896)
[THIS SECTION IS IN THE WORKS]

Founding (1896-1904)
The modern PRA was founded as the successor state to the anarchist Global Defense Council (GDC) following a coup from the GDC's Grand Ambassador Yurichivo Kalonip in 1896 that established an authoritarian communist state.

Modern History (1904-Today)
The PRA's modern history arguably began after the PRA's founder and first Minister-President, Yurichivo Kalonip, was assassinated. After his assassination his successor was his eldest son Veranzilarno Kalonip, who quickly took over as Minister-President and after the Socii-PRA war established free elections for the seats in the PRA Economic Council and the position of Minister-President.

Despite establishing democracy and many freedoms in the nation the general dissatisfaction for the government was at an all time high, mostly due to the outcome of the Socii-PRA war. Also during this time period an Aliturian prince, Areik Amaura, became the constitutional monarch of the PRA under the name Alitanop Kiraqal. This dissatisfaction for the government came to a head when the Amurrhinian True Communist Party (ATCP) managed to win the 1906 PRA general election. Many citizens saw this election as rigged and a coup quickly occurred comprising of the People's Democratic Socialist Party of the Amurrhine (PDSPA) under the former Minister-President Veranzilarno Kalonip, the Greater Amurrhinian Monarchy Party (GAMP) under the king Alitanop Kiraqal, and the United Nationalist Party of the Amurrhinian People (UNPAP) under the former Executive Chairman of the Economic Council Rilan Kalonip.

Despite all three parties working together in the coup the tensions between the PDSPA and the UNPAP increased greatly, while the alliance between the UNPAP and the GAMP continued to increase. These tensions flared up in early 1907 when a large part of the army, supported by the UNPAP and the GAMP, revolted against the PDSPA and therefore started the First PRA Civil War. The civil war ended in mid 1908 after the UNPAP and the GAMP, more commonly known as the Monarchist-Nationalist Coalition or MNC, defeated the PDSPA, more commonly known as the Democratic Socialists or DemSocs, by encircling and capturing the PRA capital city of Spirova.

After the conclusion of the first civil war tensions across the country were high as many citizens supported the Democratic Socialists, this culminated in the assassination of king Alitanop Kiraqal in early 1909. As Alitanop Kiraqal had no heirs this made Rilan Kalonip become the regent for the PRA. With this new power she declared war on the Deltasraki State to try to increase her support among the people, however this backfired as she was forced to back out of the war due to threats of war from the W.C.C..

This backing out of the war lowered her already small amount of support amongst the Amurrhinian population causing a riot to occur in Spirova that overtook the Spirova Central Prison and freed Veranzilarno Kalonip, who fled to the South-West District, this caused the Second PRA Civil War. In early 1910 the second civil war ended after negotiations between the two sides. However this post second civil war government, under order of the Empress Rilan Kalonip, joined the First World War on the side of its alliance the Spirova Accords and surrendered to Socii Mundial in 1911, losing its Occidentalis Major and Minor colonies and having an army cap established. Just before the surrender and peace deal happened the Empress fled in exile and abdicated, leading to the current government structure.

Government
The current government system of the PRA is Unitary Constitutional Monarchal Parliamentary Democratic Socialism. The unicameral legislature of the PRA is the Supreme People's Council, the current council in session is the Session of the First Supreme People's Council. The PRA head of government is the Minister-President and is voted into office by the Supreme People's Council, the current Minister-President is Veranzilarno Kalonip. The PRA head of state is the reigning monarch of the nation, the current monarch is Queen Frui Kiraqal I, however the current actual head of state is regent Nicholas Basileus who will serve as regent until Frui Kiraqal comes of age. Elections for the Supreme People's Council occur every 5 years from the first planned election of 1915. The requirements to be a member of the Supreme People's Council are the following:

Have lived in the PRA for at least 8 years. Is a PRA citizen. Have been born in any lands that were under the control of the PRA or the Global Defense Council at the time of birth*. Are not a member of a foreign government body.

* This requirement can be waved if the person wins over 50% of the popular vote in their district.

District Governments
District governments comprise of a 50-person "District Council" that governs the local affairs of the district. The members of these District Councils are chosen every 10 years onward from 1920 by the Supreme People's Council* and the executive of the district, also chosen by the Supreme People's Council, is known as the Chief Minister.

* The PRA Inutillian Autonomous District votes directly for the members of their District Council every 5 years and their Chief Minister every 10 years using the same election laws as the elections for the Supreme People's Council.

Departments
The PRA has a high number of government departments, notable once are the following:


 * Department of International Affairs - In charge of organizing foreign relations with other nations.
 * Department of People's Finances - In charge of executing the yearly budget plan of the Supreme People's Council.
 * Department of My Taxes - In charge of keeping track and collecting taxes.
 * Department of Their Complaining - In charge of being really annoying to the ruling party.


 * Department of People's Infrastructure - In charge of the planning and building of public infrastructure in the PRA.
 * Department of People's Security - In charge of aspects of security in the PRA. It is most well known for its authority over the PRA's intelligence agency the International Committee for External-People's Intelligence Control (ICE-PIC).
 * Department of Silly Walks - In charge of organizing, keeping track, and inventing silly walking methods.
 * Department of People's Education - In charge of all aspects of the public education system of the PRA.
 * Department of People's Transportation - In charge of all aspects of the public transportation system of the PRA.
 * Department of People's Health - In charge of healthcare and the health of the populaton.
 * Department of Etc. - In charge of coming up with more departments.

Demographics
The majority of the PRA population is ethnically Amurrhinian, however Inutillians and Eleutherians make up a large minority. The state and majority religion in the PRA is Riverianism. The state has two official languages, Amurrhinian which is used by the public and is the first language of 93% of the nation's population, and Esperanto which is primarily used only in official government capacities and a second language of 61% of the nation's population. Languages such as Inutilian, Borogravian, Halurian, Homaric, Omarese, and Eleutherian are all recognized minority languages.

Flag
The current flag of the PRA is known as the "Peace, Prosperity, People's Power, Protection" flag, it was created during the aftermath of World War 1 and the Democratic Socialists regaining of power. The central icon of the flag, the shield, was created by @Teppic. The PRA has had many other flags however:

Anthem
The anthem of the PRA, titled "Our Ideals, Our Flag.", was created by musician Tuldinov Trelopic after being commissioned by the Amurrhine government to create the song. Despite the recording on this article being instrumental the anthem has official lyrics which do not fit with the song properly, they are:

Anthem Lyrics
In our land many flags have flown,

but only one is our people's true flag!

Our flag, our grand flag, it symb'lizes so much!

Liberty, equality, freedom, and liberation!

There are what the people are given!

These are what the people need!

We shall free all workers, all people!

Striving for liberty, equality, freedom, liberation!

With these ideals no one can stop us!

With these ideals the people shall be freed!

With these ideals, our flag shall forever wave!

Constitution
See Constitution of the People's Republic of the Amurrhine.

Taxes
The majority of PRA government income comes from taxation, specifically its land value tax. PRA taxes for the middle class and upper class are some of the highest in the world to afford the socialist system.

Judicial System
Although the PRA overall bureaucracy is generally well regarded as one of the most efficient and effective governmental bureaucratic systems in the world the PRA judicial system is infamously understaffed and slow. The highest court in the PRA is the Supreme People's Court.

Elections
(See main article List of General Elections in the People's Republic of the Amurrhine)

Elections in the PRA to elect members to the Supreme People's Council take place every 5 years onwards from 1915. The PRA uses the single transferable vote system in its elections. The PRA elections are run in a way that means that citizens vote using the single transferable vote for their parties, the then new members of the council are selected via a list that said party has provided, the amount of members that party then gets in the council is of course proportional to the amount of votes they received. The PRA has universal suffrage for all citizens over the age of 18.