Calderan Republic: Difference between revisions

|official_languages = [[East Gothic language|Gothic]]<br>[[Ænglish language|Ænglish]]<br>Volin

|religion =          Christianity<br>Volinism

|government_type =    One party democracy

|Gini                  = 55

|area_km2=250|GDP_PPP=$135.277 billion|GDP_PPP_year=2030|HDI=0.8|HDI_year=2030|common_name=Caldera|linking_name=Flag of Austro-Caldera|established_event2=Establishment of the current [[Volkspartei]]|established_date2=February 16th, 1600}}

Austro-Caldera is infamous for a ruling class of Gothic speakers, while the majority of the population are [[Indigeno-Calderan]] and speak Volin.

In the first century, Austro-Caldera was migrated to by natives around Crona. They developed differently than elsewhere in Crona, building their society around fishing. Because of this, they developed a religion coined as "[[Indigeno-Calderan|Volinism]]", based around their God of the Sea (Mashk) being the most supreme being. This culture was the culture that Paul Aster encountered in his [[Aster's expedition|1387 expedition]]. These indigenous Calderans also wore different clothes and adopted a much different language seen elsewhere in Crona, which this has been attributed to the death of Calderans who didn't make it to Nuyak.  

===Post-Seuber Rule (1600-Present)===

Austro-Caldera has been a very isolated nationalistic country, with mostly internal struggles with the natives. During the [[First Great War]], Austro-Caldera managed to narrowly evade involvement, while contributing manufactured weapons to Yonderian allies. However, during the [[Second Great War]], [[Daxia|Daxiaese]] forces invaded Crona, forcing Austro-Caldera to begin pouring funding into military and launch defensive engagements. This began the tradition of [[Calderan Armed Forces#Native Conscription|native conscription]], causing mild controversies within the Vokspartei, but eventually it was decided that Volins exist to be the guard of the Volkspartei. Austro-Caldera was never fully conquered during the Second Great War, thanks to Caldera's vast mountains and defensive structure.

As an island, Caldera has an unusual tropical climate which contrasts with harsh winters elsewhere in Crona. Caldera also has a mountainous center surrounded by its caldera, with the Krein river flowing through much of the island. These unique conditions have led to the development of propriety Calderan wildlife.   

The leader of Austro-Caldera, called the Prime Leader, is voted in power by a direct election that all citizens of Austro-Caldera can participate in. However, the Prime Leader must be a member of the Volkspartei, which has restrictions on who must can run for Prime Leader. The Prime Leader must be male, ethnically Gothic, and pledge his allegiance to the Volkspartei over the people of Austro-Caldera.

 

The Prime Leader has a term limit of 15 years, and if the Prime Leader dies during their term, an immediate election is held, with any members of the Volkspartei temporarily taking control until a leader is formally elected.

Legislature is written by representatives of the 3 provinces. Called the Volkshaus, or people's house in English, members of the Volkshaus do not need to be members of the Volkspartei, but if a representative is a member of the Volkspartei, their opinion on how to handle a matter is worth twice as much of an opinion as other members of the Volkshaus.

 

Each province in Austro-Caldera has 10 representatives, and representatives have a term limit of 1 year, unless they are members of the Volkspartei, then their term limit is 5 years. However, representatives can serve unlimited terms, meaning that predominantly Volin provinces can elect Volin representatives who serve for decades.  

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Law is enforced by the Calderan Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, and the CBCA is also responsible for ensuring no human rights are violated by the government, as established in the 1600 Constitution. There has been a debate on whether the conscription of Volin people is a violation of the Calderan constitution, under clause 12.B, which states "No citizen of Caldera shall be subject to participation in a war that the subjected party is opposed to.", however, pro-conscriptionists agree that it's not a violation, because the Volkspartei represents everyone, and the Volkspartei supports native conscription.

The grand majority of Calderans are Volin, or Indigeno-Calderan, while other minor ethnic groups include Gothic and Ænglish.

The primary official language used by the Volkspartei is Gothic, as this is the language that was brought to Austro-Caldera by Yonderian immigrants. However, the majority of the population speaks Volin, which is a language that developed in Caldera after the separation of native Calderans from the rest of Crona in the first century. The third official language, which is by far the least spoken, is Ænglish, which became an official language after protesting by the Ænglish Minority Party.

Transportation in Caldera is defined by the car. In the early ages of the country's existence, Volins simply did not travel far accross the island, due to the harsh brush and environments that separated people. This changed when the Yonderian migrants came to Caldera and built infrastructure like roads for horses, now the Volins were able to traverse anywhere on the island they wanted. The invention of the car only amplified the ease of access across the island, and it's now the number 1 way that Calderans commute to work.