Sainte-Chloé

Republic of Sainte-Chloé République de Sainte-Chloé
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Prudence, Pureté, Courage" "Prudence, Purity, Courage"
Anthem: "Hymne à Sainte Chloé" "Hymn to Saint Chloé"
Capital	Port de la Sainte
Official languages	Gaullican Chloéois Creole
Recognised regional languages	Asterian Ziba
Ethnic groups	Bahiaux- 83.1% Mixte- 7.6% Gaullois- 5.4% Gowsa-2.8% Other- 1.1%
Religion	92.8% Solarian Catholicism 2.1% Irreligious 1.6% Bahian Folk 1.4% Badist 1.3% Other Sotirian 0.8% Other
Demonym(s)	Chloéois Chloesian
Government	Unitary Semi-Presidential Republic
• President	Michel Thiele
• Prime Minister	Henri Montas
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	Chamber of Commons
History
• Discovery and Settlement	1507
• Colonial Period	1507-1935
• Great Slave Uprising	1829-1830
• Abolition of Slavery	October 28, 1832
• Allied Mandate	1935-1945
• Member of United Provinces	1945-1954
• Republic Established	February 14, 1954
Area
• Total	120,982 km2 (46,711 sq mi)
Population
• 2020 estimate	10,761,180
• 2020 census	10,456,998
GDP (PPP)	2020 estimate
• Total	131.31 billion (XXth)
• Per capita	12,202 (XXth)
GDP (nominal)	2018 estimate
• Total	80.32 billion (XXth)
• Per capita	7,464 (XXth)
Gini (2020)	39.5 medium
HDI (2020)	0.785 high
Currency	Aurucian Shilling (ARS)
Date format	mm-dd-yy
Driving side	right
Calling code	5

This article is about a sovereign country in the Arucian Sea. For the Gaullican Saint it is named after, see Saint Chloé.

Sainte-Chloé (Chloéois Creole: Sen Chloe), officially the Republic of Sainte-Chloé (Gaullican: République de Sainte-Chloé, Chloéois Creole: Repiblik Sen Chloe) is a sovereign nation situated in the Western Arucian Sea in the world between the continents of Asteria Superior and Asteria Inferior. It shares maritime borders with Eldmark to the north, Imagua and the Assimas to the east, Aucuria to the southwest and Nuvania to the south. It is comprised of five different islands, the largest main island of Sainte-Chloé, which contains the majority of the population and the southern island of Sainte-Geneviève, and the three small islands of the coast of the main island called Falaise, La Roche and Tranquille. The country has a Tropical climate and is known for its historic sugar-making output. Among the Arucian states, it has both the greatest land area and has the greatest population with 10.5 million.

Before the arrival of Euclean settlers, the islands were home to several native Asterian cutlures. Sainte-Chloé was discovered in the late fifteenth century by the Gaullican explorer Avenard, who named after one of Gaullica's most important Saints, Saint Chloé. It was soon colonized and settled by 1507 by Gaullican settlers, becoming the first Gaullican colony in the New World. Its climate proved well for the making of sugar, and it very quickly became a major trading hub as the "Gateway to the Asterias" because of its key position and its rich sugar production. As the native Asterians used for labor began to die off, the sugar plantations soon became filled with slaves from Bahia. For the next few centuries the colony began to grow and to thrive, growing wealthy off of the sugar trade and its metropolitan trading centres. In 1829, worsening conditions led to the Great Slave Rebellion, in which the slaves rose up against their colonial masters. The Gaullicans were able to crush the revolt, but after continued tensions, they finally abolished slavery in 1832, beginning a long and slow process in relations between the two races. During the Great War, the island served as Gaullica's primary naval base in the Asterias, and eventually was besieged by Allied forces, although the Gaullican forces were able to hold off the attack.

After the war, the island was stripped from Gaullica's possession and fell under the control of a joint Allied commission known as the Arucian Federation. During this time, it transitioned from a colonial possession into a democracy. In 1945, it was joined with Imagua to form the United Provinces of the Western Arucian Islands. Imagua left the United Provinces in 1948 due to cultural and linguistic tensions, and the remaining islands remained in the union. In 1953 the Catholic Labour Party took power under the leadership of Raymond Rivière. The country was reorganized and a new constitution was drafted, with the Republic of Sainte-Chloé being formally established by 1954. Rather than a federal system, it used a unitary system, although it still kept the same flag, provinces and administrative divisions, replacing Imagua with a new province for the capital, Port de la Sainte. Since then, the Republic has been a developing state in the Arucian Sea, known for its two-party system between the Catholic Labour Party and the Social Democrat Party. Recently, heavy ashfalls from the 2020 eruption of Pico de Sangue greatly affected the country, crippling tourism and agriculture and causing a massive disaster for the economy, and political and social unrest is high.

Sainte-Chloé is a relatively developed country with a large service sector, as well as a popular tourist destination for its natural features, beaches and tropical climate. Both historically and still today, the country is called the "Joyau de l'Arucian" or the "Jewel of the Arucian" for its natural beauty and historically for the riches which it brought to Gaullica. Sainte-Chloé is a full member of the Community of Nations and the Organization of Asterian Nations, as well as one of the founding members of the Arucian Cooperation Organization.

History

Pre-Colonial History

Before the arrival of Euclean settlers, the island was occupied by several native Asterian cultures.

Gaullican Discovery

Sainte-Chloe was discovered in the late fifteenth century by Gaullican explorers, named after one of Gaullica's favorite Saints. It was soon colonized and settled by 1507 by Gaullican settlers. The island was one of the first Gaullican colonies in the New World, and would become a major trading hub as the "Gateway to the Asterias".

"Gateway to the Asterias"

It was a valuable source of sugar, which proved to be its main export. After the native Asterians who worked on the plantations began to die off, the sugar plantations soon became filled with slaves from Bahia, with Gaullicans settling mostly in the cities or as plantation owners. For the next few centuries the colony began to grow and to thrive, growing wealthy off of the sugar trade and its metropolitan trading centres.

Great Slave Uprising

There were minor slave rebellions occasionally. In 1829, worsening conditions led to a great slave rebellion, in which the slaves rose up against their colonial masters. The Gaullicans were able to crush the revolt, but after continued tensions, they finally abolished slavery in 1832.

Later Colonial Period

Although they were full subjects and not slaves, they still lacked many of the rights which the whites had. In addition, those who were of mixed race had greater privileges but still less than the whites. The situation gradually improved, although until the Great War the island continued to be dominated by the wealth of the Gaullicans.

Great War

During the Great War, the islands served as Gaullica's primary naval base in the Asterias, and eventually was besieged by Allied forces, although the Gaullican forces were able to hold off the attack.

Allied Mandate

After the war, the island was stripped from Gaullica's possession and fell under the control of a joint Allied commission known as the Arucian Federation. During this time, it transitioned from a colonial possession into a democracy, especially under the leadership of Pierre Voloix, a wealthy white man who had ties to the Grand Alliance and was appointed to oversee the transition from colonial possession to democracy.

United Provinces of the Western Arucian Islands

In 1945, under the influence of Estmere, it was made a part of the United Provinces of the Western Arucian Islands with Imagua. Sainte-Chloé was divided into six federal provinces, ruled by a common legislature and presidency with Imagua. An Imaguan, Lionel Hegan, was elected as the first President, while Pierre Voloix was selected as the first Prime Minister in a cooperation between his Democratic Party and the Sotirian Democrats of Imagua. The idea seemed viable at the time, and hopes ran high for the project to succeed as cooperation blossomed initially. Plans for a new planned capital city for the United Provinces were developed and the beginning of construction was made. During this time, the United Provinces adopted the common currency of the Shilling with Imagua and developed increase trade with it, as well as a customs union and increased travel. However, the linguistic and cultural differences of the Gallophone and the Estmerphone factions soon developed and tensions festered, and debates over national unity and culture became prominent. One of the most prominent differences was the fact that the vast majority of the Chloéois politicians were Bahian (with a few notable exceptions like Voloix) while most of the Imaguan politicians were Euclo-Imaguans.

Once the Assimas Islands were incorporated into the United Provinces after the Etrurian War, conflict arose on whether or not to make them their own province or to incroporate them as part of Imagua. The Gallophone parties of Sainte-Chloé advocated for them being their own Province, but Imagua, the most prominent of the individual provinces, wanted it under its direct control. The Sotirian Democrats threatened Voloix with a vote of no confidence and to tear the government apart if the Chloéois continue to veto the consolidation. Voloix relented, but the relationship between the government parties was shattered. After relations continued to sour, tensions eventually reached a breaking point. Members of both major Gallophone parties of the Chamber of Commons brought up a motion in 1948 moving to expel Imagua from the United Provinces. The Sotirian Democrats, knowing that although the project might continue to work economically but not politically, agreed with the motion. President Hegan tried to veto the motion, citing the dangerous precedent it would create for the provinces to leave the Union. However, the Chamber of Commons overrode the veto by a large majority, and passed the resolution in early 1948. After a period of negotiation and transition, the process of Imagua's departure from the United Provinces was completed by April of 1948.

The six remaining Chloéois Provinces continued as members of the United Provinces, which now operated practically for Chloéois interests. Although the system worked for a time, the usage of a federal system and insitutional corruption under Pierre Voloix eventually began to give rise to opposition. Under the leadership of Raymond Rivière, the Labour Party and the Catholic Democrat Party merged in 1953 for the third elections of the United Provinces under a platform of constitutional and economic reform, and swept Parliament from the control of the Democratic Party. Voloix managed to secure the Presidency and tried to oppose the reform, but Rivière pushed hard for constitutional change with popular backing. There was very nearly a crisis; however, before tensions reached a boiling point, Voloix agreed to not interfere with the reform process and to see it through in an attempt to keep his position after the transition process. The constitution was rewritten, and the Republic of Sainte-Chloé was declared on Febuary 14th, 1954.

Republic of Sainte-Chloé

Since then, the Republic has been a developing state in the Arucian Sea, with a two party system, composed of the Catholic Labour Party, which was instrumental in the transition to democracy and the formation of the early Republic, that has support from Catholic unions and supports economic populism and Sotirian Democracy; and the Social Democrat Party, which has support from more secular trade unions and economic equality and social democracy. The two have fought for control over politics since then. Since the primary struggle in the country is between the urban and the rural voters, both sides attempt to appeal to the rural voters, who often prove the swing vote in elections.

Geography

Provinces

10,761,180 143,482.4

Administrative divisions of the United Provinces

Provinces
Province	Population (2020 Estimate)	Capital	Seats in the Chamber of Commons	Notes
Cap Gaullois	979,105	Escalade	7
Capitale	2,323,495	Port de la Sainte	16
Côte d'Avenard	1,411,741	Decouverte	10
Domaine Central	1,964,812	Volonté	14
Pays du Sucre	2,293,209	Tranquille	16
Sainte-Geneviève	1,320,843	Sainte Geneviève	9
Sainte Trinité	467,975	Citadelle	3

Politics

Government

Semi-Presidential System

• President is popularly elected every six years, appoints 4 Senators, can dismiss pariliament, selects Prime Minister and
• Parliament is bicameral, split between Senate and Chamber of Commons
• Senate has 25, 21 seats elected from each province for six-year terms in two year cicles, 4 seats appointed by President
• Chamber of Commons has 75 seats, proportionally elected by the Provinces

Military

Sainte-Chloe's military is small, being located as an island nation with no major threat since the Great War. Its forces are divided into two major groups, the Security Forces, which include its ground forces, air forces, and police; and the Navy, which includes its coast guard forces as well as a handful of combat ships for defense.

Demographics

Ethnic Groups

83.1%- Bahian 7.6%-Mixed 5.4%-Gaullican 2.8%- Gowsa 1.1%-Other

Religion

92.8%- Solarian Catholicism 2.1%- Irreligion 1.6%- Bahian Folk 1.4%- Badists 1.3%- Other Sotirian 0.8%- Other

Culture

Public holidays

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