Velorenkya

The Union of Florencian Republics (UFR), or commonly Florencia (Elyrian: Velorensia), is a Social Republican   located in northern Veharia. It faces the Arctic Ocean to the north, the North Pacific Ocean to the west and the Allonian Ocean to its east, while it shares borders with (Placeholder) to the south, as well as (Placeholder) and (Placeholder) to the west and east respectively. Being home to 212 million residents and spanning over 6,523,955 km2, it is the largest nation in the world by land area as well as the second-most populous nation in the world.

Originating from native peoples of central Veharia, what is now Florencia developed from sedentary empires and nomadic tribes of the New World, while external input, including the arrival of Zhenians to the west and Aurorans to the east, spurred further growth and Florencia's integration into the world. While separate entities, either Elyrian, Zhenian or native, would independently co-exist in modern-day Florencia, they were unified into the Velorensian Empire, with the Republic of Shinjin finally being annexed into the Empire as a result of the War of Unification. The Empire was eventually overthrown and reorganized into a social republican federation after the Great Revolution in 1919.

Politics


The Velorenkan Arekh considers itself a National Revivalist state; in the sense that the republic controls the commanding heights of the. According to the Declaration of the Freedoms and Rights of the People, it is the patriotic duty of the population to partake in democracy and specifically the workers, peasents, and other citizens to manage the economy. State control of heavy industry, democratic-self management of light industry, and entrepreneurship exemplify the socialist market economy. Government management and regulation of the economy alongside the expansive welfare state provides for the commonwealth of the Union, uplifting the worker, peasant, and all other laborer to an equitable proper standard of living.

The Declaration of the Freedoms and Rights of the People was a statement adopted by the provisional government in representation of the whole of the Florencian people. The declaration formalized the intention of the revolutionary patriots to form a republic and espoused the inalienable rights granted to the people. This decree issued amidst the conflict of the Great Patriotic Revolution helped shape the basis of the Union. According to the constitution, the principles of freedom and liberty enshrined in the declaration have constitutional value. The Constitution of the Union, which bonded together the many different guerrilla states and factions that arose in coalition during the revolution espouses a firm commitment to the peoples life, liberty, and property within the framework of a republic. It also details the capacity of the federal government, lists a bill of liberties, and organizes the whole of the social republic federal republic, while explicitly outlining a separation of powers divided among three branches of government in the.

All-Velorenkan Supreme Congress


The legislative power is invested by the Velorenkan people and entrusted within the tricameral All-Velorenkan Supreme Congress. The upper house of the Congress constitutes the Senate of the Arekh which represents the constituent states within the Arekh, the middle house is drawn of labor representatives from unions and workers' councils who form the Assembly of Syndicates, and the lower house; the Assembly of the People, represents the whole of Velorenkya. Senators and deputies to the Congress are elected to a term of six and three years respectively, with a limit of four terms each. Deputies to the All national-wide elections for the All-Velorenkan Congress of the Arekh are compulsory, universal, and done by secret ballot for all persons over the age of 17.

The Senate is comprised of 36 senators; that is, two senators per province, chosen by provincial governments via election within the constituent state congress or direct appointment by provincial lieutenant governors. The Senate is an advisory and supervisory board to the Triumvirate, approves supreme court justice and premier nominations. It's most important duty is the appointment and to provide scrutiny to the Supreme Leader of the Arekh.

The Assembly of Syndicates is comprised of deputies drawn from the trade unions which represent a specific industrial sector. Representation is dictated by the preoperational strength of the union in a region with voting constituencies based off those used by the Assembly of the People, for a total of 513 representatives. Deputies to the Assembly of Syndicates are directly elected by their trade unions and subject to recall at any time. In addition to representation from the trade unions, public organizations such as the All-Velorenkan Pioneer Scouts, national academic centers, and the military elect deputies to a select reserved states. Bringing the total number of deputies within the Assembly to 550. The explicit purpose of the Assembly of Syndicates is to set economic policy, regulate foreign and domestic commerce,, and propose laws.

The Assembly of the People is comprised of a total of 513 representatives elected on the basis of mixed-member proportional representation, with one representative per 400,000 people in trans-state constituencies. The Assembly admits provinces into the Arekh, passes or vetoes laws proposed by the Assembly of Syndicates, approval of foreign treaties, and confirms the appointment of members to the National Commissariats.

Executive Triumvirate


The Reborn Velorenkan Arekh is a National Revivalist republic with executive power entrusted within a Triumvirate. Power is divided among the Supreme Leader the Lazh, a Governor chosen via direct national elections, and a Premier nominated by the Lazh who commands a majority within the Assembly of Syndicates.

The Lazh as dictated by the constitution of the Arekh is chosen by the Senate for embodying a "strict adherence to virtuous living, right social and political perspicacity, dedication to the ideals of justice, liberty, and revivalist thought, audacious and courageous leadership, and selfless service to All Velorenkans". The Lazh is beholden to the constitution and people of the Arekh in their capacity as the Supreme Leader, a position which they may hold for life exempting resignation, death, or impeachment by the Senate. The Lazh's duties is the chairing of the Supreme Congress, appointment of supreme court justices, appointment of the attorney general, appointment of a premier from the Assembly of Syndicates, and to mediate disputes between the Triumvirate and the National Council of Commissars. The Supreme Leader is considered the "first among equals" within the Arekh, a passionary of extreme drive, and the ceremonial head of state with general purview over constitutional policy.

The Governor is elected via direct national vote and is only eligible to serve two terms consecutively. The role of the Governor as outlined in the constitution is the purview of foreign policy; that being the negotiation of foreign treaties, nomination of Commissar of Foreign Affairs, Commissar of War, and all other positions deemed by Congress to be necessary and proper.

The premier is appointed by the Lazh from whichever party or coalition commands a majority in the Assembly of Syndicates. Their term lasts the extent that the Assembly is in session (3 years), though they can be removed or replaced at anytime should they lose the commanding confidence of the party in power. Their duties are implementing domestic policy and the regulation of the syndicalist market economy and capitol. To that end they appoint the Commissar of the State, the Commissar of Finance, and all other commissions or offices needed for the basic administration of the state.

Together in their duties, the Triumvirate and their respective cabinets form the National Council of Commissars of Velorenkya, which is the principle organ of executive and administrative power within the Arekh.

The Judiciary


The Supreme Court of the Velorenkan Arekh is the highest court. Supreme Court justices are nominated by the Lazh and approved by the Senate before serving for a single term for ten years, or till retirement. The constitution stipulates that there shall be a limit of 17 Supreme Court justices, with one holding the post of Chief Justice. The Supreme Court is granted the authority by the people to interpret the Constitution, interpret law, and the broad authority of judicial review over the Executive Triumvirate and the All-Velorenkan Supreme Congress.

Constituent States
The Florencian Union is a federation of constituent sovereign republics. Some of these republics represent homogeneous titular nationalities or cultures, others are a grouping of heterogeneous minorities or slim majorities of different peoples that have ultimately emerged as distinct from other republics. These republican governments can follow a federal structure such as the Federative Republic (FR) of Athicar and be further broken into autonomous states to politically represent the diverse peoples and groups living under such the state, or be an unitary entity such as the Republic of Aydakho.

Republics are nominally autonomous and accepted into the Union provided they have a constitution modeled along social republican lines. Every SR has an elected or nominated head of state equivalent position, along with a legislature and supreme court. Typically most republics draw their highest legislature from elected representatives of local municipal and county workers', peasents', and citizens' councils. The natural form of national organization and the basis of the Union is these workers'councils. The authority of the people is therefor invested in a national elected government and their appointed local, regional, and constituent republican deputies.

Republics are allowed to establish their own language alongside the national one and promote their titular culture. Besides retaining their own government, republics are guaranteed their own respective judiciary forces and organize their own National Militia components.

Political Ideology
Revivalism

Political Factions and Elections
- League of Velorenkan Revivalists - far right - Party of Velorenkan National Rebirth - right - Velorenkan Unity - center - Labor and Ecology Party - green/left - Noyonist Revolutionary Party of Velorenkya -far left

Military
The Arekh Armed Forces is divided among the Arekh Army and Arekh Navy. Four independent arms of service exist as well: the Arekh Strategic Weapons Force, Air Defense Forces of the Homeland, All-Velorenkan Marine Corps, the Arekh Stellar Forces. As of 2019 the Arekh Armed Forces comprised 1.2 million active duty personal, making it one of the largest standing armies on the planet. Additionally the reserve components of the ADF: the Provincial Guards and Territorial Defense Militia contribute 2.5 million reservists. Currently it is mandatory for all able bodied male and female citizens to be drafted into the Territorial Defense Militia to perform at least six months of service to the State. The Arekh Army and it's Provincial Guard components, the Arekh Navy, and the four independent arms are comprised of voluntary contract soldiers.

Organized under the War Commision, the Arekh Armed Forces fall under the authority of the Governor, with the Lazh as the de-jure supreme commander in chief.

The Arekh Main Commission for Security (CommSec) operates an extensive force of border patrol units known as the Frontier Guard and internal paramilitary Osnaz forces under the Security Troops that are separate from the structure of the armed forces. Along with the Justice Commission's Coastal Revenue Service these uniformed soldiers answer to the Office of the Premier, however in times of war can be transferred to the National Commission for War.

The Strategic Weapons Forces maintains a respectable stockpile of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. Strategic Weapons operates all of the military's ground based inter-continental, inter-mediate, and medium ranged ballistic missile systems. Coupled with Arekh Army Air Forces's strategic bombers and the Navy's three ballistic missile submarines, a nuclear triad is kept up.

The Reborn Velorenkan Arekh has an extensive military-industrial complex that supplies the majority of arms and equipment to the armed forces. Sophisticated aeronautical electronics or other computer systems are outsourced from nations such as Ordrey. The indigenous arms industry of Velorenkya is one of the largest on the planet, to meet the demands of the "Total National Defense Policy" that calls on virtually all able bodied citizens to personally provision themselves with arms for the defense of the state. Based on the national arms registry there is nearly 121 small arm civilian weapons per 100 citizens. The estimated 7 million militiamen of the Unorganized Reserve Territorial Defense Militia are permitted and encouraged to use personal weapons.

The Arekh Armed Forces is appropriated a budget of 249 billion rubles by the War Department. This being 3.5% of the national GDP. While this is a staggering amount to spend, since the 1990's the Velorenkan government has been scaling back military spending in order to spur growth in other industries. This along with reforms to the military has encouraged the axe to fall on needless or reckless military spending.

Language
The Florencian Republics has four national languages: mainly both Elyrian (spoken by 41.3% of the population, mostly in the Eastern republics) and Zhenian (spoken by 35.6%, mainly in the Shinjin FR). Lyudic is spoken by 20.2% and Sosoni by 2.6% of the population, mostly concentrated within the more sparsely occupied republics in the interior and North East. Additional Aboriginal Florencian languages are spoken by around 630,000 persons, or .3%. Like Lyudic and Sosoni this is in the less thoroughly Achysified and Zhenicized coasts. Modern Standard Elyrian is the most common working language at the federal level, however it has no "official" status.

Culture
The culture of what can be defined as the Florentine people is as ever changing as the demographics that make up such a Union of diverse peoples.