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|conventional_long_name      = Vurthungrian Free Association of Communes<br><small>[[Vurthungrian language|'''''Vurthungrian''''']]: '''''𐑜𐑷𐑯𐑷𐑕ß𐑭𐑥𐑤𐑯𐑛𐑧𐑯 𐑴'𐑓𐑴𐑮𐑑𐑯𐑜𐑰𐑮''' (Traditional)'' <br> '''''Ganasdsåmlenden oFortungir''' (Aesculized)'' <br> {{wpl|Old English|''Innan''}}: ''Þéodcyning Framscipe á Landen Vorþongerisc'' <br> {{wpl|Corsican language|''Escara''}}: ''Associu Libera di Comuni Fortongrolu''
|conventional_long_name      = Mannatiuan Free Association of Communes<br><small>''Kommunalvabamaa Mannatiulaane {{wpl|Estonian language|(Liidurian)}}''<br>''Irekle Kommunal-Berlәšmә  Mannatiyo {{wpl|Tatar language|(Forthons)}}''<br>''Dibenindi'zobemaadzidkaa Mangitigweyaa {{wpl|Ojibwe language|(Ziibwingon)}}''</small>
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|national_motto              = "Peace to all, death to tyrants!"
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|regional_languages         = {{wpl|Old English|Innan}}, {{wpl|Corsican language|Escara}}
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|leader_title1              = [[Executive Minister of Vurthungria|First Citizen]]
|leader_title1              = [[Executive Minister of Mannatiua|First Citizen]]
|leader_name1                = [[Gerall Berrhe]]
|leader_name1                = [[Remond Povel]]
|leader_title2              = [[First Commissar of Vurthungria|First Commissar]]
|leader_title2              = [[First Commissar of Mannatiua|First Commissar]]
|leader_name2                = [[Olle Eldannadid]]
|leader_name2                = [[Ulle Must]]
|legislature              = [[Revolutionary Commissary of Vurthungria|Revolutionary Federal Commissary]]
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|established_event1          = Settlement by the {{wpl|Ashinaabe|Ziibwingon Peoples}}
|established_date1          = {{Circa}} 650-300 BCE
|established_date1          = 12th Century CE
|established_event2          = [[History of Vurthungria#First Vurthungrian Kingdom|First Kingdom]]
|established_event2          = Establishment of Mannatiua Colony as part of the [[Forthons People#Persecution#Expulsion to Vestrim|Forthons Expulsion]] from [[Liiduria]]
|established_date2          = 499-1137 CE
|established_date2          = 19 March 1749
|established_event3          = [[History of Vurthungria#Second Vurthungrian Kingdom|Second Kingdom]]
|established_event3          = Crown Colony
|established_date3          = 1221-1401 CE
|established_date3          = 18 July 1805
|established_event4          = [[History of Vurthungria#Imperial Principality of Vurthungria|Imperial Principality]]
|established_event4          = First Republic
|established_date4          = 1798 CE
|established_date4          = 18 August 1866
|established_event5          = [[History of Vurthungria#Independence|Declaration of Independence]]
|established_event5          = Kevmian Empire
|established_date5          = 1903 CE
|established_date5          = 5 October 1867
|established_event6          = [[History of Vurthungria#Revolution of 1943|Anarchist Revolution]]
|established_event6          = Second Republic
|established_date6          = 1943 CE
|established_date6          = 16 May 1895
|established_event7          = [[Vurthungrian Revolutionary Constitution|Constitution]]
|established_event7         = Free Association of Communes
|established_date7           = 1947 CE
|established_date7          = 18 December 1922
|established_event8         = [[Mannatiuan Revolutionary Constitution|Constitution]]
|established_date8           = 8 January 1943
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|population_estimate_year    = 2019
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|population_census          = 19,989,772
|population_census          = 21,442,089
|population_census_year      = 2010
|population_census_year      = 2020
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|GDP_PPP                    = 219.24 Billion IRM
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|GDP_PPP_year                = 2019
|GDP_PPP_per_capita          = 10,225 IRM
|GDP_PPP_per_capita          = 10,225 US$
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|GDP_nominal                = 384.39 Billion IRM
|GDP_nominal                = 384.39 Billion US$
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|GDP_nominal_year            = 2019
|GDP_nominal_year            = 2019
|GDP_nominal_per_capita      = 17,927 IRM
|GDP_nominal_per_capita      = 17,927 US$
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|Gini                        = 26.1
|Gini                        = 26.1
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|currency                    = [[Vurthungrian Bezond]]<br>(28.37 VUB = 1 IRM)
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'''Vurthungria''', officially styled the '''Vurthungrian Free Association of Communes''', and occasionally abbreviated as the '''Free Association''', is a country in [[Plateia|Eastern Plateia]]. It is bordered to the east by [[Hoylend Bay]] and [[Aesculia]], and to the west by the [[Bay of Furth]] and [[Vetonia]]. It is trisected by the branches of the [[Vordons River]], generally divided, from east to west, into the historic regions of [[Hoylend]], [[Ennalend]], and [[Wardania]]. The nation's capital is [[Taradabourgh]]; other major cities include [[Bittabourgh]] and [[Bastia]]. With a territorial size of [TERRITORY], it is Plateia's [RANK] country, and the [RANK] in the world.
'''Mannatiua''', officially styled the '''Mannatiuan Free Association of Communes''', is a {{wpl|federation|federal union}} of [[Communes of Mannatiua|Nineteen Communes]] and [[Federal Cities of Mannatiua|four Federal Cities]], including the nation's ''de facto'' capital of [[Chauegan]]. While acting as a {{wpl|sovereign state}}, the nation's governmental system is founded upon the principles of {{wpl|Communalism|Communalist Anarchism}}, the {{wpl|Non-aggression principle}}, and {{wpl|direct Democracy}}, making the terminology of conventional {{wpl|statehood}} highly contentious in reference to Mannatiua.


The earliest societies with surviving structures in modern Vurthungria were the {{wpl|Neolithic}} Cushbåro culture, who primarily resided in the coastal lowlands of Hoylend around 4,500 BCE. In Antiquity, the area became a battleground contested by the [[Vordons people|Vordons]], {{wpl|Thracians|Gattars}}, {{wpl|Dacians|Sacaronians}}, and {{wpl|Celts|ancient Rians}}; though stability came to the region as the Gattars established martial hegemony {{circa}} 35 CE from Haim, near modern Taradabourgh. The Haimic Kingdom would become a vassal of the Old Aesculians, though increased incursions from the Vordons began making inroads towards the coasts after unifying the disparate tribes {{circa}} 300 CE. Without the backing of the Old Aesculians, who were in terminal decline by this period, Haim suffered numerous sieges until becoming largely abandoned by the latter half the 4th Century CE. In 499, the [[First Vurthungrian Kingdom]] was declared, and grew to significantly affect the cultural traditions of the {{wpl|Celts|Rianic}} cultures by introducing the {{wpl|Shavian script|Ervash script}}. This Kingdom endured until 1137, when it was dismantled by a series of naval invasions by the {{wpl|Anglo-saxons|Innan}} peoples, centered at the mouth of the Bay of Furth. A successful revolt in 1221 led to the formation of the [[Second Vurthungrian Kingdom]] under the Fotavalat Dynasty, which established the Vurthungrian's territorial apex under under the [[King Baghnemore III the Magnanimous of Vurthungria|Baghnemore III the Magnanimous]] (1289-1334 CE). After numerous disastrous campaigns and feudal strife among the later kings, the Second Kingdom fell in 1401 to the [[Aesculia|Second Aesculian Empire]], who would dominate the region for the next four centuries.
While technically {{wpl|land-locked country|land-locked}}, Mannatiua is located in the core of the Vestric Great Lakes region, with all but one of the five Great Lakes composing significant portions of the nation's territorial waters. It is bordered to the Northwest by [[Skjoldeland]], to the southwest by the [[Free Territories (Aeia)|Free Territories of Cartessa]], and to the south by [[Encessia]]. In total, Mannatiua is 2,326,532.44 km<sup>2</sup> (898,279.20 sq mi) in area. Much of the country is unpopulated, with the south-central regions of the country being occupied by the [[Great Zhingwaakwag Forest]], one of the largest {{wpl|boreal forest|boreal forests}} in the world - a region that has generally been left undeveloped for much of history, and is a [[World Education and Cultural Organization (Aeia)|WECO]] Ecological World Heritage Site. Due to the vast regions of wilderness in the center of the country, much of the population and economic activity takes place in and around the [[Mannatiua River]] Lowlands in the Northwest and the shores of Lakes [[Lake Madakweda|Madakweda]] and [[Lake Ostego|Ostego]] in the South, with the largest economic center being located in [[Agogibing]], the nation's sole current {{wpl|Alpha city}}.


Vurthungria became a semi-autonomous [[Imperial Principality of Vurthungria|Imperial Principality]] in 1798, though many nationalists were frustrated by the Empire's refusal to grant control of Eastern Hoylend to the Principality, due to the cultural significance of the region to Vurthungrian history, as well as the substantial military presence at Vurthungrian ports. In the early phases of the [[Great Continental War (Narisis)|Great Continental War]], Vurthungria remained loyal to the Empire, though in 1902, with [[Imperial Prince Baghnemore V of Vurthungria|Baghnemore V]] ascending to the throne, the country was in dire straits. In 1903, a string of riots led to nationalist mobs taking over large swathes of the country, prompting Baghnemore to declare independence on the side of the nationalists, and to pull Vurthungria out of the war.Despite recognition of an independent [[Third Vurthungrian Kingdom|Third Kingdom]] by the end of the year, ethnic violence and rising inequality would eventually lead to an [[Vurthungrian Officers' Coup of 1939|coup d'etat]], establishing a junta that itself would fall during the [[Vurthungrian Revolution]]. After four years of abortive conflicts towards the liberation of further historic Vurthungrian lands, as well as continued tactical betrayals by the other post-war radical states, Vurthungria would go into isolation and focus on rebuilding their country after the passage of the [[Vurthungrian Revolutionary Constitution of 1947|Constitution]], largely disbanding their military and focusing on defense rather than expansion while they worked to solidify the newly-declared Free Association of Communes, which would become one of the most stable {{wpl|autarky|autarkies}} of the 20th century before resuming normal relations with most countries by the 1990s.
Mannatiua has been host to {{wpl|Native Americans|native Vestric peoples}} since {{circa}} 1100 CE, with the {{wpl|Ashinaabe peoples|Ziibwingon cultures}} being the most prominent, establishing major settlements along the Mannatiua River and Great Lakes. The earliest arrival of Asuran colonists came in the form of the [[Forthons people]] as a result of mass expulsions from [[Liiduria]] in the mid-18th Century, with promises of resettlement in the Vestric Interior being used to mask an attempt to halt [[Lhedwin|Lhedwinic]] influence in the Great Lakes region. The contact between the Forthons exiles and the Ziibwingon was, in contrast to previous relations with the Liidurians, marked by cooperation and mutual respect. While Liidurian imperial interest in the Mannatiuan interior was low for much of the early history of the settlement, the discovery of vast mineral deposits near the North Shores of Lake Madakweda, primarily of {{wpl|copper}} and {{wpl|iron}}, resulted in much more rapid exploitation of these resources and a revocation of the First Colonial Charter that established autonomy for the Forthons, with the region being organized into the [[St. Aubert's Land]] colony in 1805. A [[Times of Troubles (Mannatiua)|string of revolts]] took place throughout the 19th century, largely started by the increasingly disenfranchised Ziibwingon and Forthons in response to combative colonial policies. The Colonial Governor held largely responsible for the violence was recalled in 1859, placing the colony directly under imperial control. This move forcibly ended {{wpl|slavery}} and {{wpl|indentured servitude}} in the colony, and restored many of the rights lost to the Forthons and Ziibwingon since 1805 thanks to reforms in Liiduria proper. This, however, led to a period of political and extrajudicial hostility by the Liidurian populations which settled in the Colony over the 19th Century, which resulted in a [[First Kevmian Republic|short-lived republic]] in 1866, and a coup in 1867 which established the [[Kevmian Empire]] that, while not reinstating the most egregious of abuses against formerly-enslaved peoples and persecuted minorities, was a brutally repressive and kleptocratic state, which through economic mismanagement and nepotism collapsed in 1895. Attempts by a [[Second Kevmian Republic|new republic]] at meaningful reform were made, none of which were successful, leading to the radicalization of the nation's lower classes and an extremely violent [[Mannatiuan Revolution|Revolution in 1922]] that installed the first iteration of the modern {{wpl|Anarcho-communism|anarchist}} government. Political violence finally ceased in the country following reforms in 1942, setting the nation on a trajectory towards peaceful, independent development as a non-aligned nation during the Cold War years.


Since the adoption of its [[Vurthungrian Revolutionary Constitution of 1947|Constitution]], Vurthungria has been organized as a voluntary {{wpl|federation}} founded upon the principles of {{wpl|Libertarian Socialism|Libertarian Socialist}} {{wpl|Communalism}}, the {{wpl|Non-aggression principle}}, and {{wpl|Consensus Democracy}}, making the terminology of conventional {{wpl|statehood}} highly contentious in reference to Vurthungria, while acting as a ''de facto'' {{wpl|sovereign state}}. In the decades since its stabilization after the [[Vurthungrian Civil War]], it has become a fairly decentralized society politically and economically, though cultural unity has generally been on the increase. Unlike many of the other {{wpl|far-left politics|far-left}} states which rose and fall over the course of the 20th Century, Vurthungria has maintained a steady population size, though its growth is relatively sluggish in comparison to its neighbors.
21st Century Mannatiua is a {{wpl|multiethnic society|multiethnic}} and {{wpl|multicultural society}}, composed of numerous identities from across Vestrim and the Western Hemisphere at large, colonial and indigenous, all of which participate actively in the governance, economy and cultural development of the nation. Its official language is {{wpl|Estonian language|Liidurian}}, and its two subordinate national languages are the culturally-significant {{wpl|Tatar Language|Forthons}} and indigenous {{wpl|Ojibwe language|Ziibwingon}} languages, both of which are taught in all schools across the country. It is considered a {{wpl|newly-industrialized nation}}, and is among the fastest growing economies in the world, though it continues to face issues rooted in relative political isolation due to its consistently radical policies and beliefs.
 
Vurthungria is a member of the [[International Coalition for Liberty]], though otherwise is generally hesitant to sign on to many supranational political organizations. While not a part of the Plateian Common Market, it is one of the chief exporters of machinery, minerals, and grain in the region. Since the liberalization of the Vurthungrian markets to allow for far less restrictive border crossings, it has become a major hub of tourism in Plateia, especially thanks to its {{wpl|ecotourism|high-quality environment}}, world-class {{wpl|winter sports}} sites, and numerous ancient {{wpl|megalith|megalithic}} structures among other historic regions.


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The name ''Vurthungria'' is derived from the [[Vurthungrian language|Proto-Vurthungrian]] ''[[Vurthungrian people|Vordons Gir]]'', an alliance of tribes of [GOTHIC] origins which migrated and settled in the region of the modern Vurthungrian nation between the seventh and fourth centuries BCE, and are credited with its foundation. Their name is not entirely understood, and references to the Vordons Culture cannot be reliably traced past {{circa}} 300 BCE, making the location of primary sources which might determine its linguistic origins extremely difficult for modern scholars. It may have been rooted in the {{wpl|Old English|Innan}} term ''Wárdan Cynn'' ("strange deer people") in use as an {{wpl|exonym}} during the Vordons migrations in antiquity, in possible reference to headdresses worn by Vordons warriors adorned with the antlers of {{wpl|Red deer}}, as well as their noted reverence for the animal in their {{wpl|oral tradition}}.


==Geography==
==Geography==
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===Political Geography===
===Political Geography===
==History==
==History==
:''Main Article: [[History of Vurthungria]]''
:''Main Article: [[History of Mannatiua]]''
===Prehistory and Antiquity===
===Pre-Colonial Mannatiua===
The earliest habitation by {{wpl|human|modern humans}} of the region constituting modern Vurthungria took place around 11,000 BCE, as {{wpl|reindeer}}-hunting nomadic cultures entered the area during the recession of the Tennescösh Glacier which began two millennia earlier. Recent evidence suggests that a small population of {{wpl|Neanderthals}} resided in the southern portions of the country {{circa}} 150,000 BCE as well, though it is unlikely that the population survived to make contact with ''homo sapiens'' in the area due to a phase of glacial advance. The first sedentary {{wpl|agriculture|agricultural}} societies in the area began to emerge around 4,500 BCE in the form of the Cushbåro Culture, which resided largely in the coastal lowlands and created a number of {{wpl|dolmen|dolmens}} and {{wpl|megalith|megalithic}} tomb structures which are still observable today.
''Main Articles: [[Pre-Colonial Vestrim]]''


The Gattars, the primary non-[GOTHIC] ancestors to the Vordons, would establish themselves as the prominent culture in the region during the {{wpl|bronze age}}, and would be among the earliest {{wpl|Metallurgy|metallurgists}} in the region of [NORTHEAST EUROPE], as well as noted charioteers and later, skilled horsemen.
===Forced Settlement by the Liidurian Forthons===
''Main Articles: [[Forthons People]], [[Forthons People#Discrimination|Antiforthonsism]]''


===First Kingdom===
===Liidurian Crown Colony===
===Second Kingdom===
===Times of Troubles===
===Aesculian Imperial Rule===
===First Mannatiuan Republic and Empire of Kevmia===
===Imperial Principality===
===Second Mannatiuan Republic===
===Independence===
===Revolution of 1922 and Early Radical Period===
===Revolution and Early Anarchist Period===
''Main Articles: [[Mannatiuan Revolution]]''
''Main Articles: [[Vurthungrian Revolution]]''
* Revolution begins in two waves - the [[Vurthungrian Officers' Coup of 1939|Officers' Coup of February 1939]] which established the short-lived [[Vurthungrian Provisional Republic|Provisional Republic]] (effectively a {{wpl|military junta}}), and the Revolution of June 1943.
* The [[Black Terror (Vurthungria)|"Black Terror"]] of 1944 takes place primarily in major urban centers, with greatest effect in Innan-majority areas, which disproportionately supported the Officers' Coup and the Principality before it. As the [[International Coalition for Liberty (Narisis)|International Coalition for Liberty]] begins to pull out of its alliance with the Authoritarian Leftists, Anarchists begin to target "Orthodox" Leftists as part of the campaign to "save the revolution" through to 1945, a period of violence known as the [[Little Terror (Vurthungria)|"Little Terror"]], which had a relatively small scope domestically.
* [[Tenemore Tarradh]] suffers a stroke in August 1945 and functional authority is passed to the leadership of [[Dauben Bitt]], the head of the Black Army throughout the combat in support of and against the 1939 Coup. Tarradh is still the official figurehead of the Revolutionary Movement until his death in 1946, but makes no public appearances as his declining health is kept a secret to maintain morale.


===The Terrors===
''Main Articles: [[Black Terror (Mannatiua)]], [[Little Terror (Mannatiua)]]''
===New Constitutional Era===
===Free Association of Communes===
===Free Association of Communes===
===21st Century===
* November 2012: Mannatiua comes under fire for support of the resurgent [[Chawpisuyu]] rebellion, though aid has been limited to providing food and developmental aid, no current plans to provide direct military support - volunteer units with Mannatiuan arms have been reported however, souring ties with [[Rosia]]
* January 2019: Point Sylvestri Observatory Incident in [[Isolaprugna]] results in five Mannatiuan scientists going missing alongside the other 27, status unknown
* May 2020: Mannatiua becomes the first signatory to the [[Tibu Charter]], aligning with its founder [[Linavia]], breaking with its post-Cold War policy of strict non-alignment.
==Politics and Government==
==Politics and Government==
===Executive Ministry===
:''Main Article: [[Politics of Mannatiua]]''
:''Main Articles: [[Executive Minister of Vurthungria]], [[Executive Ministry of Vurthungria]]''
:''Further Information: [[Union of Citizens for the Federal Welfare (Mannatiua)]], [[Caucus politics of Mannatiua]]''
While officially regarded as a {{wpl|federation}} which practices a form of {{wpl|semi-direct democracy|semi-direct}} {{wpl|council democracy}} with {{wpl|universal suffrage}}, Mannatiua in practice utilizes an unconventional form of {{wpl|multi-party system|multi-party}} {{wpl|parliamentary democracy}}, filtered through the lens of {{wpl|Communalism}} and {{wpl|Libertarian Socialism}}. The Development of the [[Mannatiuan Constitution of 1942]], which replaced the prior national governing document, the [[Proclamation of Universal Human Liberty]], led to the country going from a full-on experiment in operating as a {{wpl|stateless society}} to becoming something more resembling a republic founded upon anarchist ideals, and codifying law rooted in the {{wpl|non-aggression principle}} and a more {{wpl|anarcho-syndicalism|syndicalist}} mode of organization. The sole extant officeholding {{wpl|political party}} in Mannatiua at the national level is the [[Union of Citizens for the Federal Welfare (Mannatiua)|Union of Citizens for the Federal Welfare]], which is subdivided into a number of political {{wpl|caucus|caucuses}}, which perform the roles that political parties generally do in other democracies. Other regional interest parties are allowed to operate on the regional and community level, to varying degrees of prevalence.
 
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[[Remond Povel]] is the current [[First Citizen of Mannatiua|First Citizen]] since 2016, though the role of {{wpl|head of state}} is shared between all eight members of the [[Executive Commission of Mannatiua|Executive Commission]] ''in corpore''. [[Ulle Must]] is the [[First Commissar of Mannatiua|First Commissar]], presides over the [[Revolutionary Commissary of Mannatiua|Revolutionary Commissary]], and is {{wpl|head of government}}. Typically, the First Commissar is the more politically influential domestically, while the First Citizen is more focused on foreign relations and diplomacy.
 
===Executive Commission===
:''Main Articles: [[First Citizen of Mannatiua]], [[Executive Commission of Mannatiua]]''
The [[Executive Commission of Mannatiua|Executive Commission]] is a group of ten elected officials which act ''in corpore'' as the {{wpl|head of state}} of Cukobai. The [[First Citizen of Mannatiua|First Citizen]] is the chief executive officer of the government ''{{wpl|primus inter pares}}'' and the head of Cukobai's {{wpl|order of precedence}}, though they do not hold any explicit powers which supersede the other nine members of the Commission. Sitting members are responsible for overseeing one of the ten Constitutional Departments, as well as to discuss inter-departmental policy with their fellow members of the Commission.
 
Each Member is elected during a meeting of the [[Revolutionary Commissary of Mannatiua|Revolutionary Commissary]] via {{wpl|secret ballot}}. The election process undergoes a number of rounds via the process of {{wpl|exhaustive ballot|exhaustive balloting}}. No one District or Federal City can be represented by more than one member of the Directorate. During the first round of ballots, any citizen of Mannatiua is capable of putting their name in for consideration, though the pool of candidates are restricted to the top 20 candidates in the second, top 10 in the third, and so on until a candidate achieves an {{wpl|absolute majority}} of votes. This process repeats for each of the ten offices present in the Directorate, with the role of First Citizen going to direct popular vote among the general public out of the ten members of the Commission. Members are eligible for holding a total of four terms in office, for a total possible twenty years in office.
 
===Legislature===
===Legislature===
:''Main Articles: [[Revolutionary Federal Congress of Vurthungria]], [[Revolutionary Commissary of Vurthungria]], [[Federal Assembly of Vurthungria]], [[First Commissar of Vurthungria]], [[First Assemblyman of Vurthungria]]''
:''Main Articles: [[Revolutionary Commissary of Mannatiua]], [[First Commissar of Mannatiua]]
The [[Revolutionary Commissary of Mannatiua]] is the national-level {{wpl|legislature|legislative body}} of Mannatiua. It operates under a {{wpl|unicameral parliament|unicameral}} structure. Mannatiua utilizes a {{wpl|part-time legislature}} on the national level, as each representative also works as part of the political and administrative leadership of their respective regional jurisdiction, which are organized as {{wpl|citizen legislature|citizen legislatures}}. Constitutionally, there are no explicit term limits to members of the Assemblies, though tradition typically dictates they serve a maximum of five terms on the national level. All elections take place every five years; the last set of elections took place in 2016, with the next set for 2021.
 
The Commissary is composed of [x] representatives, with a minimum of three being present from each [[Districts of Mannatiua|District]] and [[Federal Cities of Mannatiua|Federal City]], with additional seats being allocated for every 275,000 Citizens. Representatives are elected from the {{wpl|incumbent}} body of Commissars of each District-level Council, with the top candidates being granted positions {{wpl|proportional representation|proportional to their caucus' performance}}. Similarly to the Executive Commission, these representatives undergo an {{wpl|exhaustive ballot}} in which the field is narrowed down over the course of a single section until the top candidates remain.
 
The general electorate is capable of challenging, proposing, and altering legislation through the use of {{wpl|ballot initiative|ballot initiatives}} and {{wpl|referendum|referenda}}, thus making Mannatiua a {{wpl|direct democracy}}. Legislation introduced through these methods are approved and enacted by a meeting of the Combined Assemblies, and enforced by the Executive Commission.
 
===Jurisdictional Tier Structure and Direct Democracy===
[[File:Repcouncil1.jpeg|250px|thumb|right|Participation in the local council is often considered the cornerstone of civic life in Mannatiua.]]
{{wpl|Direct democracy}} practiced through {{wpl|council democracy|a nested arrangement of councils}} and {{wpl|federalism}} are key elements of the Mannatiuan political system. Citizens participate in three political jurisdictions: the municipal, regional, and national levels. In [[Federal Cities of Mannatiua|Federal Cities]], municipal and regional jurisdictions are referred to as neighborhood and municipal levels, respectively.
 
All citizens of voting age are required by the 1942 Constitution to attend monthly sessions of their third-tier (municipal or neighborhood) council, in which policy and local happenings or issues are discussed, and proposals for legislation are made. Each council is overseen by a Political Commission, modeled on their national-level counterpart. Votes on the third-tier level are carried out by public, non-secret vote following the end of deliberation on a given matter. Members of these councils' Commissions are elected by {{wpl|secret ballot}}, however, with a different vote set for each of the positions mandated to be filled. Additionally, these Directors engage in monthly gatherings of their second-tier (regional or municipal) council to discuss region or city-wide policy - where they are collectively referred to as Commissars. While not a requirement of citizenship on this level, the general electorate is encouraged to participate as an observer in these councils as well, and are still permitted to present and discuss policy and issues before the council. Processes of voting and election take place similarly as on the Third-tier, though restricted to Commissars in this case. The body of each second-tier council composes the extent of the candidate pool from which national-level representatives may be chosen for that given [[Districts of Mannatiua|District]] or [[Federal Cities of Mannatiua|Federal City]].
 
All citizens are guaranteed the constitutional right to propose and submit {{wpl|ballot initiative|initiatives}} and {{wpl|referendum|referenda}}, which may be utilized to alter, challenge, or overturn legislation on any of the three levels of government. Each level of jurisdiction require different numbers of signatures within 120 days of their drafting in order for it to be formally considered for passage in their given council - 1,500 for third-tier, 5,000 for second-tier, and 50,000 for national-tier consideration, respectively. Once achieved, the given proposal will be placed on the appropriate ballot during one of the three annual election days (20 April, 18 August, or 21 December), in which the motion can be passed or rejected upon achieving a {{wpl|simple majority}}.
 
Initiatives for constitutional amendments are similarly accomplished, but demand additional votes. First, the amendment process requires a motion by a total of at least nine Districts or Federal Cities for the calling of a special session of the Combined Assemblies for its consideration, as well as the gathering of at least 250,000 signatures from among the electorate within 18 months of its drafting. If it achieves the required signatures and motions for amendment, it is then put to a vote in the Combined Assemblies, which then can either pass immediately by achieving a {{wpl|supermajority}}. If this does not happen, the amendment will be put to a national vote, which then must only achieve a simple majority, similarly to standard initiatives or referenda.
===Law and Order===
===Law and Order===
:''Main Articles: [[Law Enforcement in Mannatiua]], [[Mannatiuan Revolutionary Justice]], [[Crime in Mannatiua]], [[Citizen Guard(Cukobai)]]''
With its basis in the philosophy of {{wpl|Communalism}}, the {{wpl|legal system}} utilized in Mannatiua is largely divergent from most conventional forms of law present around the world, though it shares many attributes with {{wpl|common law}} systems. The [[Mannatiuan Constitution of 1942]] is the ''de facto'' source of {{wpl|rule of law}} in the MFAC, though it states that the "popular will" is the source of its legitimacy. Under the country's hybrid policy of {{wpl|distributive justice|distributive}} and {{wpl|restorative justice}}, cases are taken to be issues that affect entire communities, and as such, demand arbitration and consultation with all affected parties therein. Unlike conventional legal systems, offenses are not considered to be made against the state, but instead to the directly affected party or parties. Legal authorities are separate from the legislative and executive, and must be consulted for constitutionality when legislation is considered or reviewed. As such, the processes of {{wpl|judicial review}} and {{wpl|habeas corpus}} are highly important to Mannatiua's unconventional legal system.
Actual courts are referred to as "arbitrations" under the Mannatiuan system, with the judge, called "Mediators", acting as an impartial referee between the plaintiff and defendant. During {{wpl|Civil suit|civil cases}}, the Mediator can call for no third-party legal representatives to be present in order to immediately address issues between the plaintiff and defendant if suitable for the case, unless it is a {{wpl|class-action suit}}. In {{wpl|Criminal Suit|criminal cases}}, legal representatives are required to be provided, and often resemble more traditional court trials seen elsewhere utilizing a common law system, especially in cases of violent offenses. Due to the basis of legal proceedings in the smallest possible jurisdictional circles, legal appeals are generally limited in use, though sometimes can act as a change in venue if a case is deemed too high-profile to be handled objectively. During an active case, compulsory {{wpl|gag order|gag orders}} are generally employed by most communities, though press sources can gain limited access if the Mediator approves. Juries are selected from the immediate locale(s) of a given offense, or from neighboring areas if the population is not sufficient enough to provide for an adequate jury pool. The changing of venue for a suit is extremely rare, as it is generally seen as avoiding adequately addressing the impact to the community an offense happened in.
The earliest form of this legal system was implemented in the final days of the [[Mannatiuan Revolution]], though it would not truly come into widespread use until the cessation of the events of the [[Black Terror (Mannatiua)|Black Terror]]. This was accomplished through the introduction of the [[Peoples' Revolutionary Committee for Truth and Justice (Mannatiua)|Peoples' Revolutionary Committee for Truth and Justice]]. This committee granted victims of offenses associated with the pre-revolution regime in the country a platform to give accounts of violations of their rights, discrimination, and hate crimes, as well as granting those associated with these offenses to air their perspectives and seek forgiveness or amnesty, and provide the means for reconciliation with affected persons. The latter was intended to draw out associates of the [[Sword of St. Aubert (Mannatiua)|Sword of St. Aubert]], the military cabal associated with the events of the breakdown of the second republic, the {{wpl|Marxist-Leninism|Marxist-Leninist}} [[Red Faction (Mannatiua)|Red Faction]], as well as other individual perpetrators of other anti-minority and counterrevolutionary offenses, to discredit the organizations and promote a process of genuine reform that improved the conditions of minorities and disenfranchised groups in a grassroots manner, as well as work to dismantle the nation's historic problem with political violence. After these peaceful, mediated confrontations and processes of arbitration between victim and offender were proven successful in many cases, the practice was encouraged among developing municipal and neighborhood councils, gradually leading to its mass deployment throughout the country and enshrinement at the core of the nation's legal tradition.
====Law Enforcement====
====Law Enforcement====
Mannatiua utilizes a largely decentralized model of policing based upon the principles of {{wpl|proactive policing|proactive}} {{wpl|community policing|community}} and {{wpl|Peelian principles|consent-based policing}}. Police agencies are non-heirarchical on an operational level, with each third-level jurisdiction holding control over their given police precinct. All officers are recallable at any time if found in violation of policy in their given jurisdiction. Officers are required to live in their area of policing (often known as a "{{wpl|beat (policing)|beat}}" colloquially), work in community outreach services that promote personal and public safety, as well as {{wpl|neighborhood watch}} efforts. "Red Flag" identification programs, which are aimed to prevent self-harming or publicly dangerous behavior (such as suicidal ideation, substance abuse, violent designs, or domestic abuse and violence, etc.) and aid affected persons in accessing the necessary remedial services, is heavily reliant on maintaining an open channel of transparency and non-hierarchical relationships with police officers, and is generally the most common form of investigation beyond regular patrols.
One of the members of the Directorate for a given area is the Administrative Chief of Police for that area, though like the [[First Citizen of Mannatiua|First Citizen]], they act as {{wpl|primus inter pares|''primus inter pares''}} for policing in that area, though still in practice a regular {{wpl|line officer}}, as the general concept of the police arrangement is to require greater initiative and discretion from all officers on duty. Additionally, local officers can be called upon by their respective second-level council for issues which affect the entire region on a temporary basis, though they do maintain a permanent force of their own. This structure is immediately condensed in [[Federal Cities of Mannatiua|Federal Cities]], with a single Administrative Chief presiding over the entire city as opposed to its more confederal regular structure. Areas in which Regional Police Forces have direct permanent authority include national parks, nature preserves, regional public facilities, highways, rail stations and yards, ferries and docks, and airports.
At the national level, Mannatiua employs a {{wpl|national police}} force known as the [[Citizen Guard (Mannatiua)|Citizen Guard]] (CG). It is by far the most thoroughly organized and advanced police force present in the country, with three distinct divisions - the active police services (Federal Police Service; MFPS, or P-Division), intelligence and support services (Federal Investigative Service; MFIS, or I-Division), and penal services (Rehabilitation Facilities Service; MRFS, or R-Division). Members of the Citizen Guard are actively recruited from within the regional and local policing services on the basis of professional merit and public commendations, from which they receive additional training in the field they gain employment into free of charge prior to their deployment into federal police work. P-Division is actually the smallest of all portions of the CG, with its staff only accounting for about 20% of its total composition. It is assigned to handling cases which cross regional and sometimes national borders, financial crimes, smuggling, cybercrime, hostage situations, and anti-terrorist operations. I-Division is the largest portion of the Kaval, acting as the central and often sole provider of services related to crime scene investigations, forensics, criminal psychology and profiling, public outreach, and mortuary services. All police operations rely heavily on I-Division resources and expertise, especially outside of the Federal Cities, where little or no local services of similar purpose might be available. R-Division administers the nation's non-local {{wpl|correctional facility|rehabilitation facilities}}, and oversee {{wpl|criminal rehabilitation}} and therapy programs. R-Division also assists other policing services in the country with addressing of "red flag" cases, though actual arbitration on the matter is carried out on the appropriate level of jurisdiction.
====Crime====
====Crime====
====Penal System====
===Administrative Divisions===
===Administrative Divisions===
===Military===
===Military===
:''Main Articles: [[Free Association Army of Vurthungria]], [[Black Navy (Vurthungria)|Black Navy]]''
:''Main Articles: [[Free Association Army of Mannatiua]], [[Black Navy (Mannatiua)|Black Navy]]''
===Human Rights===
===Human Rights===
===Foreign Relations===
===Foreign Relations===
==Economy==
==Economy==
===Labor===
===Labor===
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Mannatiuan Free Association of Communes
Kommunalvabamaa Mannatiulaane (Liidurian)
Irekle Kommunal-Berlәšmә Mannatiyo (Forthons)
Dibenindi'zobemaadzidkaa Mangitigweyaa (Ziibwingon)
Motto: "Peace to all, death to tyrants!"
Anthem: Unto The Breach
CapitalChauegan
Largest cityAgogibing
Official languagesLiidurian
Recognised national languagesForthons, Ziibwingon
Recognised regional languagesRegional languages in Mannatiua
Demonym(s)Mannatiuan
GovernmentLibertarian Socialist Federation under a Unicameral Nonpartisan Consensual Soviet Democracy
Remond Povel
Ulle Must
LegislatureRevolutionary Federal Commissary
Formation
• Settlement by the Ziibwingon Peoples
12th Century CE
• Establishment of Mannatiua Colony as part of the Forthons Expulsion from Liiduria
19 March 1749
• Crown Colony
18 July 1805
• First Republic
18 August 1866
• Kevmian Empire
5 October 1867
• Second Republic
16 May 1895
• Free Association of Communes
18 December 1922
8 January 1943
Area
• Total
2,326,532.44 km2 (898,279.20 sq mi)
• Water (%)
5.4
Population
• 2020 census
21,442,089
• Density
9.22/km2 (23.9/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)2019 estimate
• Total
219.24 Billion US$
• Per capita
10,225 US$
GDP (nominal)2019 estimate
• Total
384.39 Billion US$
• Per capita
17,927 US$
Gini (2016)Positive decrease 26.1
low
HDI (2017)Increase 0.833
very high
CurrencyMannatiuan Misuabic
(28.37 MAM = 1 US$) (MAM)
Date formatdd/mm/yyyy
Driving sideright
ISO 3166 codeMT
Internet TLD.mt

Mannatiua, officially styled the Mannatiuan Free Association of Communes, is a federal union of Nineteen Communes and four Federal Cities, including the nation's de facto capital of Chauegan. While acting as a sovereign state, the nation's governmental system is founded upon the principles of Communalist Anarchism, the Non-aggression principle, and direct Democracy, making the terminology of conventional statehood highly contentious in reference to Mannatiua.

While technically land-locked, Mannatiua is located in the core of the Vestric Great Lakes region, with all but one of the five Great Lakes composing significant portions of the nation's territorial waters. It is bordered to the Northwest by Skjoldeland, to the southwest by the Free Territories of Cartessa, and to the south by Encessia. In total, Mannatiua is 2,326,532.44 km2 (898,279.20 sq mi) in area. Much of the country is unpopulated, with the south-central regions of the country being occupied by the Great Zhingwaakwag Forest, one of the largest boreal forests in the world - a region that has generally been left undeveloped for much of history, and is a WECO Ecological World Heritage Site. Due to the vast regions of wilderness in the center of the country, much of the population and economic activity takes place in and around the Mannatiua River Lowlands in the Northwest and the shores of Lakes Madakweda and Ostego in the South, with the largest economic center being located in Agogibing, the nation's sole current Alpha city.

Mannatiua has been host to native Vestric peoples since c. 1100 CE, with the Ziibwingon cultures being the most prominent, establishing major settlements along the Mannatiua River and Great Lakes. The earliest arrival of Asuran colonists came in the form of the Forthons people as a result of mass expulsions from Liiduria in the mid-18th Century, with promises of resettlement in the Vestric Interior being used to mask an attempt to halt Lhedwinic influence in the Great Lakes region. The contact between the Forthons exiles and the Ziibwingon was, in contrast to previous relations with the Liidurians, marked by cooperation and mutual respect. While Liidurian imperial interest in the Mannatiuan interior was low for much of the early history of the settlement, the discovery of vast mineral deposits near the North Shores of Lake Madakweda, primarily of copper and iron, resulted in much more rapid exploitation of these resources and a revocation of the First Colonial Charter that established autonomy for the Forthons, with the region being organized into the St. Aubert's Land colony in 1805. A string of revolts took place throughout the 19th century, largely started by the increasingly disenfranchised Ziibwingon and Forthons in response to combative colonial policies. The Colonial Governor held largely responsible for the violence was recalled in 1859, placing the colony directly under imperial control. This move forcibly ended slavery and indentured servitude in the colony, and restored many of the rights lost to the Forthons and Ziibwingon since 1805 thanks to reforms in Liiduria proper. This, however, led to a period of political and extrajudicial hostility by the Liidurian populations which settled in the Colony over the 19th Century, which resulted in a short-lived republic in 1866, and a coup in 1867 which established the Kevmian Empire that, while not reinstating the most egregious of abuses against formerly-enslaved peoples and persecuted minorities, was a brutally repressive and kleptocratic state, which through economic mismanagement and nepotism collapsed in 1895. Attempts by a new republic at meaningful reform were made, none of which were successful, leading to the radicalization of the nation's lower classes and an extremely violent Revolution in 1922 that installed the first iteration of the modern anarchist government. Political violence finally ceased in the country following reforms in 1942, setting the nation on a trajectory towards peaceful, independent development as a non-aligned nation during the Cold War years.

21st Century Mannatiua is a multiethnic and multicultural society, composed of numerous identities from across Vestrim and the Western Hemisphere at large, colonial and indigenous, all of which participate actively in the governance, economy and cultural development of the nation. Its official language is Liidurian, and its two subordinate national languages are the culturally-significant Forthons and indigenous Ziibwingon languages, both of which are taught in all schools across the country. It is considered a newly-industrialized nation, and is among the fastest growing economies in the world, though it continues to face issues rooted in relative political isolation due to its consistently radical policies and beliefs.

Etymology

Geography

Climate

Biodiversity

Political Geography

History

Main Article: History of Mannatiua

Pre-Colonial Mannatiua

Main Articles: Pre-Colonial Vestrim

Forced Settlement by the Liidurian Forthons

Main Articles: Forthons People, Antiforthonsism

Liidurian Crown Colony

Times of Troubles

First Mannatiuan Republic and Empire of Kevmia

Second Mannatiuan Republic

Revolution of 1922 and Early Radical Period

Main Articles: Mannatiuan Revolution

The Terrors

Main Articles: Black Terror (Mannatiua), Little Terror (Mannatiua)

New Constitutional Era

Free Association of Communes

21st Century

  • November 2012: Mannatiua comes under fire for support of the resurgent Chawpisuyu rebellion, though aid has been limited to providing food and developmental aid, no current plans to provide direct military support - volunteer units with Mannatiuan arms have been reported however, souring ties with Rosia
  • January 2019: Point Sylvestri Observatory Incident in Isolaprugna results in five Mannatiuan scientists going missing alongside the other 27, status unknown
  • May 2020: Mannatiua becomes the first signatory to the Tibu Charter, aligning with its founder Linavia, breaking with its post-Cold War policy of strict non-alignment.

Politics and Government

Main Article: Politics of Mannatiua
Further Information: Union of Citizens for the Federal Welfare (Mannatiua), Caucus politics of Mannatiua

While officially regarded as a federation which practices a form of semi-direct council democracy with universal suffrage, Mannatiua in practice utilizes an unconventional form of multi-party parliamentary democracy, filtered through the lens of Communalism and Libertarian Socialism. The Development of the Mannatiuan Constitution of 1942, which replaced the prior national governing document, the Proclamation of Universal Human Liberty, led to the country going from a full-on experiment in operating as a stateless society to becoming something more resembling a republic founded upon anarchist ideals, and codifying law rooted in the non-aggression principle and a more syndicalist mode of organization. The sole extant officeholding political party in Mannatiua at the national level is the Union of Citizens for the Federal Welfare, which is subdivided into a number of political caucuses, which perform the roles that political parties generally do in other democracies. Other regional interest parties are allowed to operate on the regional and community level, to varying degrees of prevalence.

Remond Povel is the current First Citizen since 2016, though the role of head of state is shared between all eight members of the Executive Commission in corpore. Ulle Must is the First Commissar, presides over the Revolutionary Commissary, and is head of government. Typically, the First Commissar is the more politically influential domestically, while the First Citizen is more focused on foreign relations and diplomacy.

Executive Commission

Main Articles: First Citizen of Mannatiua, Executive Commission of Mannatiua

The Executive Commission is a group of ten elected officials which act in corpore as the head of state of Cukobai. The First Citizen is the chief executive officer of the government primus inter pares and the head of Cukobai's order of precedence, though they do not hold any explicit powers which supersede the other nine members of the Commission. Sitting members are responsible for overseeing one of the ten Constitutional Departments, as well as to discuss inter-departmental policy with their fellow members of the Commission.

Each Member is elected during a meeting of the Revolutionary Commissary via secret ballot. The election process undergoes a number of rounds via the process of exhaustive balloting. No one District or Federal City can be represented by more than one member of the Directorate. During the first round of ballots, any citizen of Mannatiua is capable of putting their name in for consideration, though the pool of candidates are restricted to the top 20 candidates in the second, top 10 in the third, and so on until a candidate achieves an absolute majority of votes. This process repeats for each of the ten offices present in the Directorate, with the role of First Citizen going to direct popular vote among the general public out of the ten members of the Commission. Members are eligible for holding a total of four terms in office, for a total possible twenty years in office.

Legislature

Main Articles: Revolutionary Commissary of Mannatiua, First Commissar of Mannatiua

The Revolutionary Commissary of Mannatiua is the national-level legislative body of Mannatiua. It operates under a unicameral structure. Mannatiua utilizes a part-time legislature on the national level, as each representative also works as part of the political and administrative leadership of their respective regional jurisdiction, which are organized as citizen legislatures. Constitutionally, there are no explicit term limits to members of the Assemblies, though tradition typically dictates they serve a maximum of five terms on the national level. All elections take place every five years; the last set of elections took place in 2016, with the next set for 2021.

The Commissary is composed of [x] representatives, with a minimum of three being present from each District and Federal City, with additional seats being allocated for every 275,000 Citizens. Representatives are elected from the incumbent body of Commissars of each District-level Council, with the top candidates being granted positions proportional to their caucus' performance. Similarly to the Executive Commission, these representatives undergo an exhaustive ballot in which the field is narrowed down over the course of a single section until the top candidates remain.

The general electorate is capable of challenging, proposing, and altering legislation through the use of ballot initiatives and referenda, thus making Mannatiua a direct democracy. Legislation introduced through these methods are approved and enacted by a meeting of the Combined Assemblies, and enforced by the Executive Commission.

Jurisdictional Tier Structure and Direct Democracy

Participation in the local council is often considered the cornerstone of civic life in Mannatiua.

Direct democracy practiced through a nested arrangement of councils and federalism are key elements of the Mannatiuan political system. Citizens participate in three political jurisdictions: the municipal, regional, and national levels. In Federal Cities, municipal and regional jurisdictions are referred to as neighborhood and municipal levels, respectively.

All citizens of voting age are required by the 1942 Constitution to attend monthly sessions of their third-tier (municipal or neighborhood) council, in which policy and local happenings or issues are discussed, and proposals for legislation are made. Each council is overseen by a Political Commission, modeled on their national-level counterpart. Votes on the third-tier level are carried out by public, non-secret vote following the end of deliberation on a given matter. Members of these councils' Commissions are elected by secret ballot, however, with a different vote set for each of the positions mandated to be filled. Additionally, these Directors engage in monthly gatherings of their second-tier (regional or municipal) council to discuss region or city-wide policy - where they are collectively referred to as Commissars. While not a requirement of citizenship on this level, the general electorate is encouraged to participate as an observer in these councils as well, and are still permitted to present and discuss policy and issues before the council. Processes of voting and election take place similarly as on the Third-tier, though restricted to Commissars in this case. The body of each second-tier council composes the extent of the candidate pool from which national-level representatives may be chosen for that given District or Federal City.

All citizens are guaranteed the constitutional right to propose and submit initiatives and referenda, which may be utilized to alter, challenge, or overturn legislation on any of the three levels of government. Each level of jurisdiction require different numbers of signatures within 120 days of their drafting in order for it to be formally considered for passage in their given council - 1,500 for third-tier, 5,000 for second-tier, and 50,000 for national-tier consideration, respectively. Once achieved, the given proposal will be placed on the appropriate ballot during one of the three annual election days (20 April, 18 August, or 21 December), in which the motion can be passed or rejected upon achieving a simple majority.

Initiatives for constitutional amendments are similarly accomplished, but demand additional votes. First, the amendment process requires a motion by a total of at least nine Districts or Federal Cities for the calling of a special session of the Combined Assemblies for its consideration, as well as the gathering of at least 250,000 signatures from among the electorate within 18 months of its drafting. If it achieves the required signatures and motions for amendment, it is then put to a vote in the Combined Assemblies, which then can either pass immediately by achieving a supermajority. If this does not happen, the amendment will be put to a national vote, which then must only achieve a simple majority, similarly to standard initiatives or referenda.

Law and Order

Main Articles: Law Enforcement in Mannatiua, Mannatiuan Revolutionary Justice, Crime in Mannatiua, Citizen Guard(Cukobai)

With its basis in the philosophy of Communalism, the legal system utilized in Mannatiua is largely divergent from most conventional forms of law present around the world, though it shares many attributes with common law systems. The Mannatiuan Constitution of 1942 is the de facto source of rule of law in the MFAC, though it states that the "popular will" is the source of its legitimacy. Under the country's hybrid policy of distributive and restorative justice, cases are taken to be issues that affect entire communities, and as such, demand arbitration and consultation with all affected parties therein. Unlike conventional legal systems, offenses are not considered to be made against the state, but instead to the directly affected party or parties. Legal authorities are separate from the legislative and executive, and must be consulted for constitutionality when legislation is considered or reviewed. As such, the processes of judicial review and habeas corpus are highly important to Mannatiua's unconventional legal system.

Actual courts are referred to as "arbitrations" under the Mannatiuan system, with the judge, called "Mediators", acting as an impartial referee between the plaintiff and defendant. During civil cases, the Mediator can call for no third-party legal representatives to be present in order to immediately address issues between the plaintiff and defendant if suitable for the case, unless it is a class-action suit. In criminal cases, legal representatives are required to be provided, and often resemble more traditional court trials seen elsewhere utilizing a common law system, especially in cases of violent offenses. Due to the basis of legal proceedings in the smallest possible jurisdictional circles, legal appeals are generally limited in use, though sometimes can act as a change in venue if a case is deemed too high-profile to be handled objectively. During an active case, compulsory gag orders are generally employed by most communities, though press sources can gain limited access if the Mediator approves. Juries are selected from the immediate locale(s) of a given offense, or from neighboring areas if the population is not sufficient enough to provide for an adequate jury pool. The changing of venue for a suit is extremely rare, as it is generally seen as avoiding adequately addressing the impact to the community an offense happened in.

The earliest form of this legal system was implemented in the final days of the Mannatiuan Revolution, though it would not truly come into widespread use until the cessation of the events of the Black Terror. This was accomplished through the introduction of the Peoples' Revolutionary Committee for Truth and Justice. This committee granted victims of offenses associated with the pre-revolution regime in the country a platform to give accounts of violations of their rights, discrimination, and hate crimes, as well as granting those associated with these offenses to air their perspectives and seek forgiveness or amnesty, and provide the means for reconciliation with affected persons. The latter was intended to draw out associates of the Sword of St. Aubert, the military cabal associated with the events of the breakdown of the second republic, the Marxist-Leninist Red Faction, as well as other individual perpetrators of other anti-minority and counterrevolutionary offenses, to discredit the organizations and promote a process of genuine reform that improved the conditions of minorities and disenfranchised groups in a grassroots manner, as well as work to dismantle the nation's historic problem with political violence. After these peaceful, mediated confrontations and processes of arbitration between victim and offender were proven successful in many cases, the practice was encouraged among developing municipal and neighborhood councils, gradually leading to its mass deployment throughout the country and enshrinement at the core of the nation's legal tradition.

Law Enforcement

Mannatiua utilizes a largely decentralized model of policing based upon the principles of proactive community and consent-based policing. Police agencies are non-heirarchical on an operational level, with each third-level jurisdiction holding control over their given police precinct. All officers are recallable at any time if found in violation of policy in their given jurisdiction. Officers are required to live in their area of policing (often known as a "beat" colloquially), work in community outreach services that promote personal and public safety, as well as neighborhood watch efforts. "Red Flag" identification programs, which are aimed to prevent self-harming or publicly dangerous behavior (such as suicidal ideation, substance abuse, violent designs, or domestic abuse and violence, etc.) and aid affected persons in accessing the necessary remedial services, is heavily reliant on maintaining an open channel of transparency and non-hierarchical relationships with police officers, and is generally the most common form of investigation beyond regular patrols.

One of the members of the Directorate for a given area is the Administrative Chief of Police for that area, though like the First Citizen, they act as primus inter pares for policing in that area, though still in practice a regular line officer, as the general concept of the police arrangement is to require greater initiative and discretion from all officers on duty. Additionally, local officers can be called upon by their respective second-level council for issues which affect the entire region on a temporary basis, though they do maintain a permanent force of their own. This structure is immediately condensed in Federal Cities, with a single Administrative Chief presiding over the entire city as opposed to its more confederal regular structure. Areas in which Regional Police Forces have direct permanent authority include national parks, nature preserves, regional public facilities, highways, rail stations and yards, ferries and docks, and airports.

At the national level, Mannatiua employs a national police force known as the Citizen Guard (CG). It is by far the most thoroughly organized and advanced police force present in the country, with three distinct divisions - the active police services (Federal Police Service; MFPS, or P-Division), intelligence and support services (Federal Investigative Service; MFIS, or I-Division), and penal services (Rehabilitation Facilities Service; MRFS, or R-Division). Members of the Citizen Guard are actively recruited from within the regional and local policing services on the basis of professional merit and public commendations, from which they receive additional training in the field they gain employment into free of charge prior to their deployment into federal police work. P-Division is actually the smallest of all portions of the CG, with its staff only accounting for about 20% of its total composition. It is assigned to handling cases which cross regional and sometimes national borders, financial crimes, smuggling, cybercrime, hostage situations, and anti-terrorist operations. I-Division is the largest portion of the Kaval, acting as the central and often sole provider of services related to crime scene investigations, forensics, criminal psychology and profiling, public outreach, and mortuary services. All police operations rely heavily on I-Division resources and expertise, especially outside of the Federal Cities, where little or no local services of similar purpose might be available. R-Division administers the nation's non-local rehabilitation facilities, and oversee criminal rehabilitation and therapy programs. R-Division also assists other policing services in the country with addressing of "red flag" cases, though actual arbitration on the matter is carried out on the appropriate level of jurisdiction.

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