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The climate in Vithinja is defined by the separation between the warmer coastal regions including the Vithinjan isles, the fjord covered northern coastlines the northern mountainous regions and the subarctic lake regions. The nations economic centers have always been tied to the coastal regions, with very little agricultural lands excluding the Vithinjan islands. A few local grains being hardy enough to survive the boreal summers thanks to the north-blowing winds. The coastlines nearest joining the two landmasses of Vithinja together however are constantly a target of the cold arctic winds from the north. | The climate in Vithinja is defined by the separation between the warmer coastal regions including the Vithinjan isles, the fjord covered northern coastlines the northern mountainous regions and the subarctic lake regions. The nations economic centers have always been tied to the coastal regions, with very little agricultural lands excluding the Vithinjan islands. A few local grains being hardy enough to survive the boreal summers thanks to the north-blowing winds. The coastlines nearest joining the two landmasses of Vithinja together however are constantly a target of the cold arctic winds from the north. | ||
==Politics== | ==Politics== | ||
In effect the syndicalist government functions as a hierarchy of unions each of which may function as either an executive or legislative, but usually both branches for part of the nations laws. The powers of each union is based on what has previously been agreed to be delegated to that level of the hierarchy from above. These powers include both serving as the executive branch for any issues the representatives bring from the legislative decisions of their own unions, one step down in the hierarchy, as well as serving as part of the legislative branch for any higher unions they send representatives to. One of the main purposes of this division of power was to ensure the each part of the government could take care of their issues swiftly and effectively. The national council refers to the members of the highest point in the hierarchy | ===Syndicalist Government=== | ||
==== | The Vithinjan syndicalist way of governing has been classified by experts as a kind of '''Hierarchical Top-Down Syndicalism''', with some extra complications from the '''Monarchical Exception''' and it's institutionally-enforced anti-liberal '''Neotribalism'''. This definition can be broken down as thus: '''Syndicalism''' as in the establishing of a system where people may freely form organizations that hold political influence to affect the legislative and executive powers and process of the state. '''Hierarchical''' as in these organizations being expected to form smaller joint organizations with representatives from each, who work together to help take care of matters that is in each of their interests, continuing upward as is necessary to join all organizations together at the highest point. '''Top-down''' as in these organizations were first created with a set of leading organizations above, whose powers where then divided into smaller portions for which new organizations attempted to be established, creating a starting point for the Syndicated systems powers that were then handed down a ladder of smaller organizations until it reached the local level. | ||
In effect the syndicalist government functions as a hierarchy of unions each of which may function as either an executive or legislative body, but usually both branches for part of the nations rules, laws and social groupings. The powers of each union is based on what has previously been agreed to be delegated to that level of the hierarchy from above. These powers include both serving as the executive branch for any issues the representatives bring from the legislative decisions of their own unions, one step down in the hierarchy, as well as serving as part of the legislative branch for any higher unions they send representatives to. One of the main purposes of this division of power was to ensure the each part of the government could take care of their issues swiftly and effectively. The ''Ällänsþinget'' (national council) refers to the members, who hold the title of chancellor, of the highest point in the hierarchy who hold only executive powers, including the first level of delegation of all state power towards the lower branches. | |||
Among the unions the seven top-level unions that all other unions are subdivisions of are all based on the concept of the collar colors that was a pretty popular concept as [[The Syndicalization]] took place. At first there were only four collar-unions that represented the nation: red, black, blue and green, but today that number has risen to seven. They are as follows: the red-collar union (1951), the black-collar union (1952), the blue-collar union (1953), the green-collar union, the pink-collar union (1961), the white-collar union (1977) and the new-collar union (2001). Each of these hold one seat at the ''Ällänsþinget'', while the ''Naþionelförsamligyn'' holds representatives based on the number of people working within each of the top unions. | |||
==== Governing Parliament ==== | |||
The Vithinjan parliamentary body is separated between the legislative ''Naþionelförsamligyn'' (National Assembly) and the executive ''Ällänsþinget'' (National Council). | |||
===== National Council ===== | |||
While some may worry that this would simply lead to the ''Ällänsþinget'' holding full authoritarian power, they are limited by the constitution to some degree, most importantly as they do not control the length of their terms. As each chancellor must be chosen by a union at the lowest level before they are able to start climbing the hierarchy, any chancellor who is seen as failing in their duty to the lower unions may simply be replaced, no need to even wait for an election as the ''Fholktinget'' held to determine the chancellor may be called at any time by those making the decision. This representative election is generally not referred to as an election as it is not a choice of the majority, as this is considered democratic republicanism, something that the state specifically attempts to distance itself from. Instead it is rather an agreement that is not protested by any member. | |||
===== National Assembly ===== | |||
Despite attempting to generally distance themselves from party-like organizations as to not appear too democratic the current Vithinjan government can generally be split into certain factions. While each of the members of ''Naþionelförsamligyn'' (the National Assembly) is and individual and may choose to not follow the lead of others in the same faction, these factions give a general idea of the power balance among those leading the nation.[[File:Vithinjan-National-Council.png]] | Despite attempting to generally distance themselves from party-like organizations as to not appear too democratic the current Vithinjan government can generally be split into certain factions. While each of the members of ''Naþionelförsamligyn'' (the National Assembly) is and individual and may choose to not follow the lead of others in the same faction, these factions give a general idea of the power balance among those leading the nation.[[File:Vithinjan-National-Council.png]] | ||
The largest faction is the '''Syndical Cooperatist''' [Pink], usually shortened to The ''Cooperatists''. They are lead by Chancellor [[Magnus Tornssen]], who is famous for being the creator of the Cooperatist movement and helped move Vithinja away from their previous isolationist direction after the [[1983 Vithinjan Nuclear Test]]. Since 2019 he has been the single longest leading chancellor, leading the reds since 2007 continuously while also leading them between 1991 and 1999. He is nearing 40 years since he first achieved a position in the national council at the young age of 28. Among his achievements he has successfully pushed Vithinja from mostly domestic economy to a vibrant export based economy, while also helping improve relations with foreign partners nearly universally. His critics points out that he has continuously promised to cut down Vithinjan military spending for over 25 years with little success, although more significantly he is often a target of both internal and external environmentalists who point out how he is the main reason for Vithinjan environmental policy being by modern standards especially abysmal considering it is a mainly train-based economy. The Cooperatists as a whole hold 67 seats in the national assembly, mainly from the reds and the blues, but has supporters from every collar-union except the blacks. Currently the Cooperatists are alone in controlling more than one of the Chancellor seats, as both blue-chancellor [[Rikart Ragnersson]] and new-chancellor [[Lina Birgittdotr]] are important figures in the faction. Thanks to this near majority in the national council they maintain great executive powers as long as they can convince a single other faction to work with them on whatever issue may be in question. This is helped by most other factions having greater disagreements with each other than they do with the Cooperatists. | The largest faction is the '''Syndical Cooperatist''' [Pink], usually shortened to The ''Cooperatists''. They are lead by Chancellor [[Magnus Tornssen]], who is famous for being the creator of the Cooperatist movement and helped move Vithinja away from their previous isolationist direction after the [[1983 Vithinjan Nuclear Test]]. Since 2019 he has been the single longest leading chancellor, leading the reds since 2007 continuously while also leading them between 1991 and 1999. He is nearing 40 years since he first achieved a position in the national council at the young age of 28. Among his achievements he has successfully pushed Vithinja from mostly domestic economy to a vibrant export based economy, while also helping improve relations with foreign partners nearly universally. His critics points out that he has continuously promised to cut down Vithinjan military spending for over 25 years with little success, although more significantly he is often a target of both internal and external environmentalists who point out how he is the main reason for Vithinjan environmental policy being by modern standards especially abysmal considering it is a mainly train-based economy. The Cooperatists as a whole hold 67 seats in the national assembly, mainly from the reds and the blues, but has supporters from every collar-union except the blacks. Currently the Cooperatists are alone in controlling more than one of the Chancellor seats, as both blue-chancellor [[Rikart Ragnersson]] and new-chancellor [[Lina Birgittdotr]] are important figures in the faction. Thanks to this near majority in the national council they maintain great executive powers as long as they can convince a single other faction to work with them on whatever issue may be in question. This is helped by most other factions having greater disagreements with each other than they do with the Cooperatists. | ||
Representing the older original Syndicalist ways, the '''Boreal Syndicalists''' [Red] often just called ''Syndicalists'' as many believe they represent the ideals of the ideology. Out of all the factions in the National Assembly they are the most critical of the monarchy in addition to finding entanglement with the global market to be damaging to the rights of the people. They maintain a good 48 seats, although this often holds little power as the only other faction that commonly works with them on policies is the Environmentalists. Today they are lead by green-chancellor [[Sten Vikqvist]], who has been trying to modernize and strengthen the faction in a number of ways. These include shifting their stance from full economic isolationism towards a more moderate total ban on foreign investments or the new stance of tolerance of the Church rather than opposition. In the end their most important shift has been towards more green efforts, creating an ally in the Environmentalists. | Representing the older original Syndicalist ways, the '''Boreal Syndicalists''' [Red] often just called ''Syndicalists'' as many believe they represent the ideals of the ideology. Out of all the factions in the National Assembly they are the most critical of the monarchy in addition to finding entanglement with the global market to be damaging to the rights of the people. They maintain a good 48 seats, although this often holds little power as the only other faction that commonly works with them on policies is the Environmentalists. Today they are lead by green-chancellor [[Sten Vikqvist]], who has been trying to modernize and strengthen the faction in a number of ways. These include shifting their stance from full economic isolationism towards a more moderate total ban on foreign investments or the new stance of tolerance of the Church rather than opposition. In the end their most important shift has been towards more green efforts, creating an ally in the Environmentalists. | ||
The '''Traditional Monarchists''' [Dark Blue], or conservatives, is a conservative faction mainly built around the ideals and values of the Church of Rolv. Ever since the [[Cooperatist counter-coup of 1984]] they have been a close ally to the ''Cooperatists''. Although they were once one of the two dominant factions together with the ''Syndicalists'' they now only hold 43 seats. By tradition the black-chancellor have always been lead by the King, who thus always becomes the leader of the conservatives as well, leaving [[Rolv XI Sortvit]] as their leader today. He has been working hard to maintain his alliance with the ''Cooperatists'' and working to ensure their policies would align more often. The conservatives as a whole have mainly focused on preventing the | The '''Traditional Monarchists''' [Dark Blue], or conservatives, is a conservative faction mainly built around the ideals and values of the Church of Rolv. Ever since the [[Cooperatist counter-coup of 1984]] they have been a close ally to the ''Cooperatists''. Although they were once one of the two dominant factions together with the ''Syndicalists'' they now only hold 43 seats. By tradition the black-chancellor have always been lead by the King, who thus always becomes the leader of the conservatives as well, leaving [[Rolv XI Sortvit]] as their leader today. He has been working hard to maintain his alliance with the ''Cooperatists'' and working to ensure their policies would align more often. The conservatives as a whole have mainly focused on preventing the erosion of more traditional values and ideals, very rarely implementing more reactionary changes instead focusing on denying certain kinds of change. | ||
Among the more reason additions to the assembly, the '''National Syndicalists''' [Brown] (Often referred to as Natsynds) split off from the ''Syndicalist'' factions in the early 2000's. They mostly hold views that can be roughly placed somewhere in between the ''Syndicalists'', ''Cooperatists'' and ''Conservatives''. One of their most defining features is that they believe that Vithinja is a gothic nation first, with it's more celtic inclinations only to be tolerated, not accepted. Despite their short existence they already hold 42 seat, almost surpassing the old ''Conservatives''. They are currently lead by white-chancellor [[Riordan Mayor]], although his hold of the faction is weak. His attempts to similarly make the group more appealing to a modern audience similar to the ''Syndicalists'' has lead to many in the faction considering him soft. Many suspect that one of the more radical representatives within the assembly will soon replace him, which will likely cause him to lose his place as chancellor. | Among the more reason additions to the assembly, the '''National Syndicalists''' [Brown] (Often referred to as Natsynds) split off from the ''Syndicalist'' factions in the early 2000's. They mostly hold views that can be roughly placed somewhere in between the ''Syndicalists'', ''Cooperatists'' and ''Conservatives''. One of their most defining features is that they believe that Vithinja is a gothic nation first, with it's more celtic inclinations only to be tolerated, not accepted. Despite their short existence they already hold 42 seat, almost surpassing the old ''Conservatives''. They are currently lead by white-chancellor [[Riordan Mayor]], although his hold of the faction is weak. His attempts to similarly make the group more appealing to a modern audience similar to the ''Syndicalists'' has lead to many in the faction considering him soft. Many suspect that one of the more radical representatives within the assembly will soon replace him, which will likely cause him to lose his place as chancellor. | ||
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Despite being one of the oldest factions in the assembly the '''Syndical Environmentalists''' [Green] have struggled to gain support for most of their existence. Their ideas for bettering the future are hold strong support in many other nations but this is not to their advantage, as there is a common rumor that they were born from and still gain from foreign supports and especially scandalous: foreign investments. Even with all of this against them they hold 21 seats, which is still the height of their popularity. Being lead by pink-chancellor [[Ingrid Fridsdotr]], they have taken on the ideals of the modern progressive movement. Fridsdotr is was the first councillor and first chancellor to call herself a feminist, which has made her popular especially among many in the more progressive youth, but has also made her many enemies within the assembly who view her ideas as unpatriotic. | Despite being one of the oldest factions in the assembly the '''Syndical Environmentalists''' [Green] have struggled to gain support for most of their existence. Their ideas for bettering the future are hold strong support in many other nations but this is not to their advantage, as there is a common rumor that they were born from and still gain from foreign supports and especially scandalous: foreign investments. Even with all of this against them they hold 21 seats, which is still the height of their popularity. Being lead by pink-chancellor [[Ingrid Fridsdotr]], they have taken on the ideals of the modern progressive movement. Fridsdotr is was the first councillor and first chancellor to call herself a feminist, which has made her popular especially among many in the more progressive youth, but has also made her many enemies within the assembly who view her ideas as unpatriotic. | ||
Finally, the | Finally, the '''Liberal Monarchists''' [Light Blue] who only joined the assembly five years ago hold a decent 8 seats. Many believe that they movement had no chance to ever enter into the assembly, which was true for more than 50 years. But with the efforts of their leader, white-representative [[Aron Watch]] as well as suspected support from the somewhat popular [[Valker Sortvit|Prince Valker Sortvit]]. They currently push ideas that seem to be mainly inspired by a combination of Burgundine and Caeric views on liberalism. Meanwhile, chancellor Watch is most famous for being the first representative to get into a brawl with his own chancellor, Riordan Mayor, over an attempt to pressure white-representatives into supporting the national syndicalists. He attempts to gain support both among his own but also from the ''Environmentalists'', in part by pushing a progressive set of ideas but that are more in line with the common culture within Vithinja. | ||
==== Top-Level Union ==== | |||
Among the top-level unions the red- and black-collars are considered special. The reds generally represent those who should directly support the syndicalists who created the current nation. Because of this there are many additional rules to high level members of these unions. Similarly the blacks represent the powers and interests of the Church of Rolv and through them in part the royal family. As such they have multiple high-level positions in the union be designated by the Church and even one or two designated by the king. It is not law but tradition that no member of the royal family should take the position as union representatives, outside of the chancellor position held by the king. Similarly it is also traditions and acceptance by their members that allow the Church and king to designate positions rather than leaving it to a more direct elective process. | |||
--- | === Judiciary === | ||
The strangest and probably most important two unions below the high seven is the Union of the Lower Courts and the Higher Justice Union. These both represent the courts, one representing the higher courts and the other the lower courts. Despite their obvious connection they belong to different higher unions. The lower courts belong to the red-collars and the higher courts belong to the black-collars. This is because of one of the compromises in the constitution, where the syndicalists received control of the sub-regional courts while the king remained in control of regional and national courts. | |||
=== Constitution === | |||
The Vithinjan constitution, a product of the [[Vithinjan Compromise]], is an unorthodox work as it is a product of three origins. The constitution borrows a few things from the constitution of the old Boreal Republic, however this is the smallest component in the text. Secondly and thirdly it is sourced from the compromise between the government of the royal Sortvit family and their supporters as well as the ''Syndicalists'' that made up the nations labor unions during the [[Second Great War]]. This has caused large parts of the constitution to have proved over the years to be a convoluted mess that contradicts itself in more than a few places. Because of the constitutions contradictory nature most of the time the national council and the king both simply use the powers that previous rulers have used, avoiding actions that may cause a constitutional crisis. | |||
This is not true for a few of the core principles of the Compromise, such as the Syndicalists promising that the Church and the Syndicalists would not use violence against each other to enforce their beliefs, something that has lead to every single breach of this principle causing a severe loss of support for the violating party. It also states that the state must be organized top-down, defining the collar-based system to use as the stability of the Syndical system is believed to be weak if no stable structure is enforced at the top. Even with this principle the top level of the government has been shown to be far more dynamic than most parliamentary systems. | |||
==== Anti-liberal Neotribalism ==== | |||
The constitution is very clear on one issue: the Syndicalist kingdom would NOT hold elections and is NOT a democratic nor republican body. The people would hold power and representation in the government through their union and choose their leaders and representatives, but this choice is not required to be elective in nature. Communities are left to define their own folkmoots rules for these selections and they should NOT be referred to as elections, even if they end up functioning the same. | |||
Despite this decree it is today quite common for Vithinjans to refer to their selection process as an election and being elective, in part because more than half of all unions make their choices in very democratic-like ways. | |||
===Citizenship and Residents=== | ===Citizenship and Residents=== | ||
Because of | Because of the Syndical institutions putting themselves in opposition to common democratic institutions the idea of citizenship doesn't quite exist in Vithinja. However there is still a way for any resident in the country to affect the political makeup of the nations leadership. This comes in only through a single way: union membership. The difficulty of joining a union varies greatly by profession and region. All of this effectively means that if only members of a union are considered citizens (which most agree is a fact) only about 82% of all Vithinjans above the age of 16 (And ~30% of 14-16 year olds) are citizens, leaving 18% to simply be residents. | ||
When the citizenship system was implemented with the ''Compromise'', there was only one union which anyone can always join: the military. To be an official member of the military a Vithinjan needs to be a full time serviceman. Reservists who want the power to elect need to join the separate reservist union, which while also an option it is not usually enough to subside on alone. | |||
Because of the mostly professional requirements for effective citizenship Vithinja is often considered to be a great place to immigrate | Because of the mostly professional requirements for effective citizenship Vithinja is often considered to be a great place to immigrate to for people who have the right skills. It can take as little as a month to go from seeking a temporary residency visa to becoming a union member and thus a voting citizen. | ||
As there are quite a few who believe that either joining a union is too difficult or simply that there should be a union for those who could be classified as residents, there is a modern [[Vithinjan civil rights movement|civil rights movement]] in the nation that in part advocates for these changes. | As there are quite a few who believe that either joining a union is too difficult or simply that there should be a union for those who could be classified as residents, there is a modern [[Vithinjan civil rights movement|civil rights movement]] in the nation that in part advocates for these changes, especially as the vast majority of residents are celts many of whom feel that discrimination is a factor in their lack of representation. | ||
===Military=== | ===Military=== | ||
The Vithinjan military can be divided into three distinct organizations: The | The Vithinjan military can be divided into three distinct organizations: The Kingdoms Flotilla of Vithinja (''Viþinjske Rikysflottjan''), The Union of the National Reserve (''Fhecket fyr Länsvärnent'') and the Guards of the Revolution (''Nydåningsvacktyt''). Some would only consider the first two as actual members of the military and the third as a paramilitary organization, especially since the constitution contradicts itself when describing them. The Kingdoms Flotilla is divided into four main components: The Royal Marines (''Rikysvärnet''), The Valkyries (''Valkyrierne''), the Homeland Navy (''Länsförsvarsflottan'') and the Wolves (''Ulvärne''). | ||
==Economy== | ==Economy== | ||
The economy of Vithinja has in modern times been pushed to switch from an export-oriented market economy during the Boreal Republc, to a totally mobilized arms economy for the duration of the Second Great War, to a partially isolationist decentralized planned economy until the Counter Coup of 1984, to the modern mixed-export-oriented economy with some elements of the previous planned economy remaining. This apparent instability would likely have lead to the nation having further issues if it wasn't for three helpful factors: extensive resource wealth, a continues and successfully maintained legal institution dating back over 200 years and finally a strong working culture where the populations identities, social communities, political movements as well as very often large parts of their families are all organized around their professions. It is these factors that are often pointed towards when investigating the [[Vithinjan 1990 economic miracle]], where the nominal per capita GDP of the nation jumped over $15 000 in a decade, while still growing at a good rate to this day. | The economy of Vithinja has in modern times been pushed to switch from an export-oriented market economy during the Boreal Republc, to a totally mobilized arms economy for the duration of the Second Great War, to a partially isolationist decentralized planned economy until the Counter Coup of 1984, to the modern mixed-export-oriented economy with some elements of the previous planned economy remaining. This apparent instability would likely have lead to the nation having further issues if it wasn't for three helpful factors: extensive resource wealth, a continues and successfully maintained legal institution dating back over 200 years and finally a strong working culture where the populations identities, social communities, political movements as well as very often large parts of their families are all organized around their professions. It is these factors that are often pointed towards when investigating the [[Vithinjan 1990 economic miracle]], where the nominal per capita GDP of the nation jumped over $15 000 in a decade, while still growing at a good rate to this day. | ||