Schnabo

Republic of Schnabo Erenílc Escá'aníána רקפובליקת אשקניאן
Flag Coat of arms
Motto:  "Þerek lév eúlætem" (Escanian) "Peace through unity"
Anthem:  "Aíǽrtéd etète Erenílce" (Escanian) Heart of a Nation
Capital and	Schnabooton
Official languages	Escanian · Deparel · English
Recognised regional languages	French
Demonym(s)	Escanian Schnaboiana
Government	Federal semi-presidential constitutional republic
• President	William Ackerfield
• Vice President	Marylin an Ceníe
• Prime Minister	John Campbell
• Speaker of the House	Alexander Beaumont
Legislature	Teìl Erenílce
• Upper house	Federal Council
• Lower house	House of the People
Establishment
• Confederation of Free States	22 November 1706
• War of Secession	14 June 1842
• Reunification as a unitary state	5 February 1845
• Federal republic established	12 May 1848
Population
• 2017 census	132,024,734
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	ͼ 814 trillion
• Per capita	ͼ 63,529
HDI	0.953 very high
Currency	Escanian Schnab (ESB)
Date format	yyyy-mm-dd
Driving side	right
Calling code	+55
ISO 3166 code	EE
Internet TLD	.ee
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Schnabo (shnah-boh; Escanian: Escá'aníàn [ˈeskʰɑnjɑn], officially the Republic of Schnabo (Escanian: Erenílc Escá'aníàna; Deparel: רפובליקת אשקניאן, tr. Republikat Ashkanyan), is a federal republic consisting of 20 states and single federal district encompassing the capital Schnabooton and its vicinity.

The area that today makes up the territory of Schnabo has been inhabited since ancient times. By the 18th century, several independent nation och city states had been established and many were weakened after years of nearly-constant war. The first attempt at a Pan-Escanian state came with the establishment of the Confederation of Free States in 1706, which lasted for 136 years until the outbreak of the War of Succession. Pro-unionist forces won, and forced a re-unification of the then-torn up federation under a centralized government. Threats of a second secessionist war paved way for the establishment of the modern federal republic in 1848, where central powers were relinquished in favor of strong autonomy for individual member states.

Etymology

The Escanian name Escá'aníàn is ultimately derived from Early Common Escanian escaai hian meaning "Escan land", through Middle Escanian Escá'an ían "Land of the Escans" and is attested since at least the 15th century. Originally, the term was used to describe lands inhabited by the Escans in general and did not refer to any political entity in specific, but after the formation of the then loosely associated Confederation of Free States (CFS) by several Escanian republics, states and other independent entities in 1706, it was adopted as a national designation to refer to the nascent, unified state. The etymology of the ethnonym Escan is not certain; however it may be related to Old Escanian Esoz'ce, meaning "jurisdiction", referring to a group of people being subject to a common set of laws.

The modern English name Schnabo began as a metonym to refer to the CFS after the election of Íoúnebtéan Schnabo as its first president in 1707. In the early periods of the confederacy, English was increasingly used as a lingua franca in areas of mutually unintelligible dialects of Escanian and other regional languages, and over time Schnabo became the primary English word to describe the political entity as a whole. Upon the addition of English as an official language in the Republican Constitution of 1848, Schnabo was officially adopted as the English name.

Politics and Government

Constitutional framework

Schnabo is a federal semi-presidential constitutional republic. It is a representative democracy. The political system operates within the framework laid out in the current set of constitutional laws, commonly referred to as the Republican Constitution of 1848 (Escanian: Lernukín Erenílctal nem 1848), which established Schnabo as a symmetrical federation after a brief period of centralized governance following the pro-unionist victory in the War of Secession of 1845. Today, the federation encompasses 20 member states along with the federal capital district of Schnabooton.

Federal governance of the republic is generally separated along three branches: the Executive, the Legislative and the Judicial. The executive branch consists of the President of the Republic, along with the Prime minister and the national Cabinet. Legislative powers are vested in the bicameral parliament, the Republican Assembly (Teìl Erenílce). The federal judiciary is led by the Supreme Court of the Republic (Kovestæì Aóles Erenílce) with ultimate appellate jurisdiction over lower courts part of the judiciaries of each federal subject.

Military

The Escanian Defense Forces or EDF (Esteíercir Escike Escántalir, EEE) is the main military organisation tasked with defending and guaranteeing territorial integrity and Escanian sovereignty. It is divided into four branches: the Ground Army (Næbúkinev), the Navy (Vaberìl), the Air Force (Esteíerc Ilanþtal) and a military police force called the Lenærilstinev, which, along with the National Police (Poliċ Estébtetal), also performs some civil law enforcement duties. It is also the responsibility of the Lenærilstinev to maintain border security through a subdivision called the Escik Léræùsiraì (National Border Protection) which patrols and guards national frontiers as well as ports of entry, where it also provides security and policing (for example, in airports).

The commander-of-chief of EDF is the President of the Republic as head of state. The EDF operates under the jurisdiction of the Ministry for Defense and is headed by the Commander of the Forces (Coveùker Esteíerciraì), subordinate to the Minister of Defense.