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*[[Imaguan shilling]]
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The '''Arucian Cooperation Organization''' is an {{wp|Intergovernmentalism|intergovernmental}} {{wp|regional organization}}, comprised of three member states, one associate member, and four observer states situated in the [[Western Arucian Sea]] and [[Eastern Arucian Sea]].


Established in 1988 with the [[Treaty of TBD]], the Arucian Cooperation Organization promotes economic cooperation and integration between its member states, as well as to coordinate foreign policy among its members. To this end, the Arucian Cooperation Organization has established a common {{wp|customs union|customs area}} in 1993, and a {{wp|common market}} in 2017 among its member states, as well as loosened visa restrictions for visitors travelling between member states (albeit no full {{wp|freedom of movement}} exists among its members).
The '''flag of [[Surrow]]''' is the {{wp|national flag}} of Surrow. Designed in 1891 by [[Ervin Suchet]], it was adopted in 1916 after Surrow gained full {{wp|self-government}} from [[Rythene]] by the [[Parliament of Surrow|Surrowese Parliament]] the previous year over the [[#Red ensign|red ensign]] previously used until 1916, or [[Joerg Angstroem]]'s [[#Surrowese Tricolor|tricolor]], and retained its status as Surrow's flag after its independence from Rythene in 1950.


==History==
==Design==
The Arucian Cooperation Organization has its roots in the aftermath of the [[Great War (Kylaris)|Great War]], when [[Estmere]] established the [[Oriental Commonwealth]], which comprised of the Estmerish [[Colony of Imagua]], the Estmerish-occupied [[Sanslumiere]], and the [[Sabanas|Mandate of the Sabanas and Santi Aquila e Priscilla]] in late 1935. While this effort was extremely short lived, particularly after Estmere collapsed into chaos, leading to Sanslumiere declaring its independence, this was seen as a proof of concept that cooperation can be done between states in the Arucian.
The flag is comprised of a centred white [[Tyrnican cross]] on a Rythenean green field, with the {{wp|Big Dipper}} on the canton.


In 1938, the [[Imaguan-Sanslumieran Friendship Treaty]] was signed, which established cooperation between the two countries on a matter of issues, mostly economic.
When the flag was designed by [[Ervin Suchet]] in 1891, the flag was made similar to the [[Flag of Rythene|Rythenean flag]] of that time, with Suchet declaring in a pamphlet which saw the flag be distributed that the green was to "symbolise our islands' indisputable Rythenean heritage," white "for the purity of the souls who inhabit this far northern land," the cross representing both "the [[Perendism#Symbols|Sword of Perende]] spreading civilisation" to the [[Native Surrowese]] and Surrow's "indisputable Rythenean heritage," and the Big Dipper "representing our land being the closest to the {{wp|North Pole}}." Suchet did not include any red in the flag design as he claimed that "no Surrowese blood has ever been spilled in any war."


(TBC)
However, per the [[Constitution of Surrow]], the green is meant to symbolise Surrow's {{wp|krummholz|tuckamore}} forests that cover much of [[Holcot Island]], the white is meant to symbolise the long winters that Surrow experiences, the cross is meant to symbolise Surrow's democratic traditions, and the Big Dipper is meant to represent Surrow's geographic position as the northernmost nation of [[Maurceania Major]].


*ACO established in 1988
==Historic flags==
*ACO {{wp|customs union}} established in 1993
===Red ensign===
*ACO {{wp|common market}} established in 2017
[[File:Surrowese_red_ensign.png|250px|thumb|left|Red ensign]]
*talks about a {{wp|currency union}} among its members?
The first Surrowese flag was adopted in 1859, when the Rythenean government granted the Colony of Surrow the right to have its own {{wp|civil ensign}} to be used by Surrowese civilian boats. The Surrowese red ensign is comprised of the Rythenean {{wp|red ensign}}, with the Rythenean flag in the canton, and the [[Coat of arms of Surrow|colonial seal]], comprised of the shield of the [[Coat of arms of Surrow|Surrowese coat of arms]] surrounded by the text "Colony of the Surrow Islands" on a white disk in the fly half.


==Structure==
The red ensign became associated with the Surrowese colonial government, and in 1866, the red ensign was declared by the Surrowese colonial government to be its {{wp|state ensign}}, allowing ships owned by the Surrowese government to use the red ensign. From the 1870s onward, the Surrowese red ensign was increasingly used on land by both the colonial government and by Surrowese civilians, and in 1886, the colonial government officially adopted the Surrowese red ensign as its official flag, "to be used in all circumstances where a local flag is deemed neccessary," although the Rythenean flag remained a co-official flag of Surrow. By the 1890s, the Surrowese red ensign became the only flag regularly flown at government buildings, with the Rythenean flag being consigned to military bases or at [[Government House, Holcot Inlet|Government Inlet]].  
===Chairman===
The head of the Arucian Cooperation Organization, or the Chairman, is a position that rotates every three years among the {{wp|heads of government}} of the member states of the Arucian Cooperation Organization, with the current holder as of 2020 being [[Sabanas|Sabanan]] [[Premier of Sabanas|Premier]] [[Giuliani Bianchi]].  


The responsibility of the Chairman of the Arucian Cooperation Organization is to help administer the day-to-day operations of the ACO (in a role analogous to that of a {{wp|head of government}}), as well as represent the ACO at international events as the equivalent to a {{wp|head of state}}.
However, the Surrowese red ensign faced competition from both Suchet's flag and the Surrowese tricolor, leading to the Surrowese red ensign declining in popularity until it was replaced in 1916 with Suchet's flag design. The red ensign remained in use as a civil ensign until 1950, but by then, the red ensign has fallen into "virtually complete disuse" in favor of the Surrowese national flag.


===Committees===
===Surrowese Tricolor===
As of 2020, there are five committees under the aegis of the Arucian Cooperation Organization, each devoted to a certain field of regional integration.
[[File:Surrowese_Tricolour.png|250px|thumb|right|Surrowese Tricolor]]
{| class="wikitable"
In 1887, [[Joerg Angstroem]] designed a green-white-blue {{wp|tricolor}} for the [[Fishermen's Protective Union (Surrow)|Fishermen's Protective Union]] as a party flag. According to Angstroem, green was meant to represent the Rythenean population, white was meant to represent Surrow's long winters, and blue was meant to represent the Tyrnican population, with Angstroem seeing the [[#Red ensign|red ensign]] used by the Surrowese government at the time as being "too Rythenean to be accepted by a sizable portion of the Surrowese population."
|-
! Committee !! Acronym !! Purpose
|-
| Committee for Finance and Planning || CFP || Coordinating financial policies among its members
|-
| Committee for Foreign and Community Relations || CRÉC || Coordinating the ACO's foreign policy
|-
| Committee for Trade and Economic Development || CCDÉ || Coordinating trade and economic development among its members
|-
| Committee for Legal Affairs || CAJ || Advises the members of the ACO on how to deal with regional crime and security
|-
| Committee for Budgetary Affairs || CAB || Providing a budget for the ACO
|}


===Agencies===
Angstroem's flag became popular, with the flag being extensively promoted by the Fishermen's Protective Union throughout the late 1880s and early 1890s. By the mid-1890s, the Surrowese Tricolor became a popular flag, especially among Surrow's Tyrnican population. However, its rise in popularity among the Surrowese Tyrnican population led to a decline in the flag's popularity among Surrow's Rythenean population, especially in the context of the then-ongoing [[Surrowese language question]], with ethnic Rytheneans trending towards flying the red ensign, or towards Suchet's flag. This led to the Fishermen's Protective Union changing its flag in 1896 from the tricolor to a blue banner with a white fish.
As of 2020, there are TBD agencies operating under the Arucian Cooperation Organization. While these organizations are autonomous, they all report back to, and receive funding from the Arucian Cooperation Organization.


(TBC)
With the outbreak of the [[First Great War (Levilion)|First Great War]] in 1908, the colonial government banned the Surrowese tricolor as the colonial government feared that the flag could be used by "traitors who seek to bring Surrow back under the Tyrnican yoke." Although the flag was relegalized in 1913 after Tyrnica negotiated a separate peace with the Coalition, high levels of anti-Tyrnicanism at the time meant that the Surrowese Tricolor was not adopted by the Surrowese government in 1916, and the flag largely fell into disuse until the mid-1940s, when the [[Independence League (Surrow)|Independence League]] adopted the flag and used it to promote Surrowese independence, with leader [[Todd Lester]] proposing that the flag be adopted as the flag of an "independent Surrow."


==Members==
However, [[Ted Fisher]]'s decision to keep the current Surrowese flag led to the Surrowese Tricolor falling back into disuse. The Surrowese Tricolor would only see a revival in the mid-1980s, with [[Deacon Parker]]'s administration encouraging its use as a "secondary Surrowese flag," with a particular focus on touristic areas. Since then, the Surrowese Tricolor has become more popular, particularly in and around [[Holcot Inlet]] and [[Tern Harbour]].
As of 2020, the Arucian Cooperation Organization has three full members, four observers, and one associate member participating in its institutions.


===Associate members===
==Gallery==
As of 2020, there is one associate member of the Arucian Cooperation Organization. Associate members are regions under the direct control of another state within the Arucian region: thus, while they participate in most of the institutions of the Arucian Cooperation Organization, they are exempt from participating in certain areas, particularly the {{wp|common market}} and {{wp|customs union}}.
Below are a list of flags used by the Surrowese government in the modern day.


{| class="wikitable sortable"
<gallery>Surrow_Flag.png|National flag
! Nation !! Capital !! Language !! Population !! Gross domestic product<br>(nominal) !! GDP (nominal)<br>per capita !! Area (km²) !! Year joined
Surrow_presidential_standard.png|Presidential standard
|-
Surrow_military_flag.png|Military flag
| {{flagicon|Gaullica}} [[Îles des Saints]] || [[Saint-Thomas]] || {{wp|French language|Gaullican}} || TBD || TBD || TBD || TBD || 2018
Surrow_constabulary_flag.png|Constabulary flag</gallery>
|}
 
===Full members===
As of 2020, there are three full members of the Arucian Cooperation Organization. Full members participate in all areas of the Arucian Cooperation Organization, including the {{wp|common market}} and {{wp|customs union}}.
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Nation !! Capital !! Language !! Population !! Gross domestic product<br>(nominal) !! GDP (nominal)<br>per capita !! Area (km²) !! Year joined
|-
| {{flagicon|Imagua and the Assimas}} [[Imagua]] || [[Cuanstad]] || {{wp|English language|Estmerish}}<br>{{wp|Italian language|Etrurian}} || 1,306,505 || $44,423,783,010 || $34,002 || 24,085 || 1988
|-
| {{flag|Sabanas}} || [[Confluenza]] || {{wp|Italian language|Vespasian}} || 1,825,360 || $40,002,764,400 || $21,915 || 13,830 || 1988
|-
| {{flag|Sanslumiere}} || [[Découverte]] || {{wp|French language|Gaullican}} || 10,342,850 || $65,738,223,700 || $6,356 || 120,982 || 1988
|}
 
===Observers===
As of 2020, there are four observer states of the Arucian Cooperation Organization. Observer states are allowed to participate in at least one of the bodies and/or institutions of the Arucian Cooperation Organization, but are ineligible to vote in affairs concerning the Arucian Cooperation Organization.
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Nation !! Capital !! Language !! Population !! Gross domestic product<br>(nominal) !! GDP (nominal)<br>per capita !! Area (km²) !! Year joined
|-
| {{flag|Aucuria}} || [[Kalnaspilis]] || {{wp|Lithuanian language|Ruttish}} || 30,223,510 || $213,649,992,190 || $7,069 || 1,098,581 || TBD
|-
| {{flag|Eldmark}} || [[Hammarvik]] || {{wp|Swedish language|Geatish}} || 34,764,129 || $1,129,834,192,500 || $32,500 || 1,614,037 || TBD
|-
| {{flag|Halland}} || [[Avelon]] || {{wp|English language|Estmerish}} || 63,873,808 || $2,652,743,120,048‬ || $41,531 || 1,831,549 || TBD
|-
| {{flag|Satucin}} || [[Gatôn]] || {{wp|French language|Gaullican}} || 125,105,368 || $1,690,673,943,152 || $13,514 || 3,051,077 || TBD
|}
 
==Relations==
quite friendly to [[COMSED]] and the [[Euclean Community]], less so with [[Narozalica]], [[ROSPO]], and [[IFDS]]
 
{{Kylaris}}

Latest revision as of 04:59, 16 December 2024

Surrow
Surrow Flag.png
UseNational flag
Proportion5:8
Adopted1916
DesignA centred white Tyrnican cross on a Rythenean green field with the Big Dipper on the canton

The flag of Surrow is the national flag of Surrow. Designed in 1891 by Ervin Suchet, it was adopted in 1916 after Surrow gained full self-government from Rythene by the Surrowese Parliament the previous year over the red ensign previously used until 1916, or Joerg Angstroem's tricolor, and retained its status as Surrow's flag after its independence from Rythene in 1950.

Design

The flag is comprised of a centred white Tyrnican cross on a Rythenean green field, with the Big Dipper on the canton.

When the flag was designed by Ervin Suchet in 1891, the flag was made similar to the Rythenean flag of that time, with Suchet declaring in a pamphlet which saw the flag be distributed that the green was to "symbolise our islands' indisputable Rythenean heritage," white "for the purity of the souls who inhabit this far northern land," the cross representing both "the Sword of Perende spreading civilisation" to the Native Surrowese and Surrow's "indisputable Rythenean heritage," and the Big Dipper "representing our land being the closest to the North Pole." Suchet did not include any red in the flag design as he claimed that "no Surrowese blood has ever been spilled in any war."

However, per the Constitution of Surrow, the green is meant to symbolise Surrow's tuckamore forests that cover much of Holcot Island, the white is meant to symbolise the long winters that Surrow experiences, the cross is meant to symbolise Surrow's democratic traditions, and the Big Dipper is meant to represent Surrow's geographic position as the northernmost nation of Maurceania Major.

Historic flags

Red ensign

Red ensign

The first Surrowese flag was adopted in 1859, when the Rythenean government granted the Colony of Surrow the right to have its own civil ensign to be used by Surrowese civilian boats. The Surrowese red ensign is comprised of the Rythenean red ensign, with the Rythenean flag in the canton, and the colonial seal, comprised of the shield of the Surrowese coat of arms surrounded by the text "Colony of the Surrow Islands" on a white disk in the fly half.

The red ensign became associated with the Surrowese colonial government, and in 1866, the red ensign was declared by the Surrowese colonial government to be its state ensign, allowing ships owned by the Surrowese government to use the red ensign. From the 1870s onward, the Surrowese red ensign was increasingly used on land by both the colonial government and by Surrowese civilians, and in 1886, the colonial government officially adopted the Surrowese red ensign as its official flag, "to be used in all circumstances where a local flag is deemed neccessary," although the Rythenean flag remained a co-official flag of Surrow. By the 1890s, the Surrowese red ensign became the only flag regularly flown at government buildings, with the Rythenean flag being consigned to military bases or at Government Inlet.

However, the Surrowese red ensign faced competition from both Suchet's flag and the Surrowese tricolor, leading to the Surrowese red ensign declining in popularity until it was replaced in 1916 with Suchet's flag design. The red ensign remained in use as a civil ensign until 1950, but by then, the red ensign has fallen into "virtually complete disuse" in favor of the Surrowese national flag.

Surrowese Tricolor

Surrowese Tricolor

In 1887, Joerg Angstroem designed a green-white-blue tricolor for the Fishermen's Protective Union as a party flag. According to Angstroem, green was meant to represent the Rythenean population, white was meant to represent Surrow's long winters, and blue was meant to represent the Tyrnican population, with Angstroem seeing the red ensign used by the Surrowese government at the time as being "too Rythenean to be accepted by a sizable portion of the Surrowese population."

Angstroem's flag became popular, with the flag being extensively promoted by the Fishermen's Protective Union throughout the late 1880s and early 1890s. By the mid-1890s, the Surrowese Tricolor became a popular flag, especially among Surrow's Tyrnican population. However, its rise in popularity among the Surrowese Tyrnican population led to a decline in the flag's popularity among Surrow's Rythenean population, especially in the context of the then-ongoing Surrowese language question, with ethnic Rytheneans trending towards flying the red ensign, or towards Suchet's flag. This led to the Fishermen's Protective Union changing its flag in 1896 from the tricolor to a blue banner with a white fish.

With the outbreak of the First Great War in 1908, the colonial government banned the Surrowese tricolor as the colonial government feared that the flag could be used by "traitors who seek to bring Surrow back under the Tyrnican yoke." Although the flag was relegalized in 1913 after Tyrnica negotiated a separate peace with the Coalition, high levels of anti-Tyrnicanism at the time meant that the Surrowese Tricolor was not adopted by the Surrowese government in 1916, and the flag largely fell into disuse until the mid-1940s, when the Independence League adopted the flag and used it to promote Surrowese independence, with leader Todd Lester proposing that the flag be adopted as the flag of an "independent Surrow."

However, Ted Fisher's decision to keep the current Surrowese flag led to the Surrowese Tricolor falling back into disuse. The Surrowese Tricolor would only see a revival in the mid-1980s, with Deacon Parker's administration encouraging its use as a "secondary Surrowese flag," with a particular focus on touristic areas. Since then, the Surrowese Tricolor has become more popular, particularly in and around Holcot Inlet and Tern Harbour.

Gallery

Below are a list of flags used by the Surrowese government in the modern day.