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* {{wp|Mapuche languages|Arboladan Mapuche}}
*{{wp|Guarani languages|Arboladan Guaraní}}
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* 34% [[Mestizo Arboladans]] (incl. {{wp|castizo}})
* 20% [[Euclean Arboladans]]
* 17% [[Bahian Arboladans]]
* 5% Two or more races, excl. mestizo (incl. {{wp|mulatto}}, {{wp|pardo}})
* 5% [[Satrian Arboladans]]
* 4% [[Native Arboladans]]
* 3% [[Coian Arboladans]] (south, southwestern [[Coius]])
* 2% [[Rahelian Arboladans]]
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** 38% [[Solarian Catholic Church|Solarian Catholicism]]
** 29% [[Amendism|Amendist Sotirianity]]
** 5% {{wp|Non-denominational Christianity|Non-denominational Sotirianity}}
** 1% [[Episemialist Church|Episemialist Catholicism]]
* 9.0% {{wp|Irreligion|Irreligious}} (incl. {{wp|atheism}}, {{wp|agnosticism}})
* 18% Other faiths
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|leader_name1 = [[Reuben Jackson]] ([[Democratic Party of Arbolada|DA]])
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|leader_name2 = [[Bartholomew Zhihao]] ([[Democratic Party of Arbolada|DA]])
|leader_title3 = [[Speaker of the House of Deputies of Arbolada|House Speaker]]
|leader_name3 = [[Christian Orellana]] ([[Democratic Party of Arbolada|DA]])
|leader_title4 = [[Chief Justice of Arbolada|Chief Justice]]
|leader_name4 = [[Adrian DeStefanis]]
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'''Arbolada''', officially the '''Free Republic of Arbolada''' ({{wp|Spanish language|Esmeiran}}: ''República Libre de Arbolada'') is a sovereign country in [[Kylaris]]. It lies on the eastern portion of the continent of [[Asteria Inferior]], consisting of approximately 42 million people; over half of the population is concentrated along the coastline with the [[Lumine Ocean]], with the rest dispersed in villages, small towns, and cities deep within the Arboladan interior. Arbolada is bordered by [[Adamantina]] to the north, the [[Azure Coast]] to the west and [[Satucin]] to the east. Arbolada's capital city is [[Sunpoint]], but the largest city in the country is [[Port Andrew]] since 1985. This is alongside large cities such as [[Los Bosques]], [[Fort Lammerdale]], [[Orangegrove]], [[Calusa]], and [[Boca Afilada]]. The most notable feature of Arbolada is [[Lake Karai]], the largest on [[Asteria Inferior]]. Arbolada consists of a huge amount of different peoples, ethnicities, and races thanks to its diverse and racially inclusive history since its independence in 1784. The name ''Arbolada''  translates to "Land of Trees" in Esmeiran.
 
{{wpl|Homo sapiens|Modern humans}} arrived to the area of Arbolada approximately fifty thousand years ago, but consolidated groups such as the derivatives of the Guaraní and Mapuche peoples settled the area around ten thousand years ago. These tribes would remain disparate and underdeveloped until the arrival of [[Paretia|Paretian]] explorer [[Tadeo Mandujano]] in 1565. Seeking a region to stake for the Paretian crown not taken by the [[Gaullican Empire|Gaullica]] or other colonial powers, the Esmeiran explorer under Paretian charter established the oldest settlement in Arbolada, San Felix (now modern [[Sunpoint]]). After his death in 1580, the growing colony was organized into the [[Viceroyalty of San Felix]], which quickly grew to encapsulate most areas not occupied by Gaullican colonies or major native powers. Proselytization began under the actions of [[Solarian Catholic Church|Solarian Catholic]] priests from Paretia, converting many Guaraní tribes in the process as a means to gain a potent ally against their Mapuche enemies. With the conquering of these interior Mapuche tribes and the importation of slaves from [[Bahia]], {{wpl|slavery}} commenced in the Viceroyalty, with thousands of slaves being fielded on {{wpl|plantation|plantations}}. Independence was achieved in 1784 as a result of the [[Arboladan War of Independence]], waged by a coalition of native tribes, white secessionists, and revolting Bahian and native slaves under General [[Juan Antonio Durán]] against the government of the Viceroyalty of San Felix and Paretia. He was subsequently elected the first President of the novel [[United Republic of Arbolada]]. By the 1800s political parties such as the [[Democratic Party of Arbolada]] formed in a diverse political atmosphere. The United Republic would eventually be transformed into the modern Free Republic of Arbolada through the writing of the [[Constitution of the Free Republic of Arbolada]], a revision of the [[Constitution of the United Republic of Arbolada|United Republic's original constitution]] as a result of the [[White Troubles]] that started in 1804. Arbolada quickly became racially and culturally diverse with granted equality between all religions, races, and ethnicities. The [[Estmerish Rush]] allowed for a flood of [[Amendism|Amendist]] [[Estmere|Estmerish]] folk into the nation, and although it had caused the White Troubles, was later reconciliated by the efforts of the first Estmerish president, [[Mason Hayward]], through his [[Hayward Plan]] that begat the Free Republic. Following this, Arbolada experienced further prosperity and growth through the 19th century, ascending in political and economic power to be one of the most developed nations of Asteria Inferior until the [[Great Collapse]] of 1912. Facing an imminent domestic crisis, President Iago Aragón rushed multiple acts through [[Congress of Arbolada|Congress]] that helped to nationalize key industries. However, in 1916, Congress issued the [[Emergency Governmental Authority Order of 1916|Emergency Governmental Authority Order]] that sought to immediately fill the void of the 1916 elections and install a legally indefinite executive authority. General [[Marcos Castellano]] of the [[Arboladan Army]] was chosen, becoming the first and only [[Supervisor Temporary]] of the Free Republic — later earning (and embracing) the title of ''{{wpl|Caudillo}}''.
 
Under the military regime of [[Castellanoist Arbolada]], multiple quasi-socialist policies would be implemented to prevent the breakdown of civil and governmental order, such as large-scale nationalization of industries, implementation of curfews and price controls, in addition to the harsh policy of the domestic deployment of the [[Arboladan Armed Forces]] against criminal and protest elements. Castellano also rendered Arbolada as closed off from the rest of the world economically until 1929, where he discreetly aligned Arbolada with the [[Entente]] powers during the [[Great War (Kylaris)|Great War]]. However, the loss of the Entente left Arbolada an international pariah state for such, and in late 1935 Castellano formally requested Congress to remove his powers in order to save his homeland from further diplomatic distress. He later retired from the military in 1937 and retired to his estate near Lake Karai, staying there with his family until his death in 1949. Following the voluntary end of the military junta, newly-elected President [[Gabriel Pastor]] reversed many of the policies of the regime in 1936. However, under the administration of the charismatic [[Liberal Republican Party of Arbolada|Liberal Republican]] President [[Sean Armstrong]] in 1950, the [[Red Troubles]] began as socialist revolutionaries rose within certain cities and parts of the Arboladan interior. This led to the election of the anti-communist [[Democratic Party of Arbolada|Democrat]] [[Reagan Gilmore]] in 1952, who started the [[Arboladan Bush War]] and drastically increased the Arboladan security budget. Despite losing the 1956 election to the [[Liberal Republican Party of Arbolada|Liberal Republican]] Byron Gomez, the latter's ineptitude in dealing with the crisis led to Gilmore's re-election in 1960 under a more pacifistic premise, finally leading to the [[Sunshine Compromise]] with the socialists and starting the [[Sunshine Miracle]].
 
With the Sunshine Miracle came a bountiful wealth of opportunities and growth for Arbolada; presidents such as [[Abraham Blattner]] and [[Nikolai Vorobev]] fostered such growth for the benefit of the nation's people, infrastructure, and international standing through the 1960s and 1970s, and the election of the Democratic [[Paul Wainwright]] prevented another economic disaster from occurring in 1980. Under the careful hand of Wainwright, Arbolada underwent its largest economic boom ever recorded, and as a result had the highest immigration rate in history from nations across the globe. The cultural scene of Arbolada during this time was practically dominant worldwide, with the nation spawning famous genres such as [[Calusa bass]] and {{wpl|Freestyle music|freestyle}} alongside several chart-topping {{wpl|dance-pop}} records from famous artists such as the [[Kinsley Brothers]] and [[Deandrae Dougall]]. However, by 1991, Arbolada would fall from grace as a result of interior economic output stalling and the fall of the [[Arboladan arbol]] in value. This was compounded by the beginning of a massive {{wpl|cocaine}} epidemic in 1992 that saw thousands of deaths and injuries alongside the rise of major criminal organizations such as the [[Medeljicá Cartel]]. However, the election of Democrat [[Deven Slaughter]] would lead to his enactment of the eponymous [[Slaughter Initiative]], starting a war on drugs within the nation. Despite his harsh disposition, Slaughter's methods helped to clean up Arbolada and save it from further harm. By 2004, Arbolada's shifting crime rates and increase in immigrant violence lead to the election of President [[Lewis Kennedy]] of the [[National Conservative Party of Arbolada]], a party that had split from the Democrats in the 1980s. He would revive the Slaughter Initiative and restrict immigration, in addition to promoting rural jobs to revive the interior's economy. His more unfavored actions included crackdowns on {{wpl|LGBT}}+ rights and restrictions on abortion. In 2012, executive power returned to the Democrats, who — under President [[Patrizio Gigante]] — capitalized on Kennedy's successes to return the country to a stable and profitable state. This was accomplished by cleaning up the cities of crime and reviving the tourism industry. In 2020, the Democrats once more won under [[Reuben Jackson]], who sought to address the newfound {{wpl|crack cocaine}} epidemic and the rise of criminal syndicates once more in the nation as a side effect of the new economic boom.
 
Arbolada is a {{wpl|Unitary state|unitary}} {{wpl|Presidential system|presidential republic}} with three separate branches of government, including a {{wpl|Bicameralism|bicameral legislature}}. Its a member of the //TO BE ANNOUNCED//, and other international organizations. It is considered to be one of the world's largest {{wpl|multiculturalism|multicultural}} countries in the terms of member cultures and peoples, which is due to the centuries of immigration involved. A {{wpl|liberal democracy}}, Arbolada ranks high in the {{wpl|human development index}} but nominal in {{wpl|income equality}}. It retains a {{wpl|universal basic income}}, {{wpl|publicly funded healthcare}}, and {{wpl|free education}} for all public education facilities due to policies enacted by presidents from the [[Social Labor Party of Arbolada]]. However, it also retains {{wpl|capital punishment}}, ranks low in LGBT+ equality, and has restrictive {{wpl|abortion}} rights.
 
Arbolada is one of the most {{wpl|developed nations}} in Asteria Inferior, and it is one of the most potent nations in the terms of its {{wpl|tourism industry}} thanks to its picturesque terrain, {{wpl|biodiversity}}, ecological regulations, and vibrant culture.
 
==Etymology==
 
The term ''Arbolada'' was coined by the Paretian explorer [[Tadeo Mandujano]] upon visiting the land in 1565, in his mother tongue of {{wp|Spanish language|Esmeiran}}. It means ''Land of [the] Trees'', and was named so due to the abundance of jungles and forests that Mandujano encountered upon his exploration journey.
 
==Geography==
 
===Climate===
 
===Environment===
 
===Biodiversity===
 
==History==
 
===Prehistory===
 
The land that currently constitutes Arbolada has been a tropical domain for hundreds of thousands of years thanks to its proximity to the equator of [[Kylaris]]. This subsequently unlocked its biodiversity, with countless thousands of species of plants and animals evolving to call it home; and later contributing to the rise of pharmaceutical and agriculture successes in its modern history.
 
===Tribal Arbolada===
 
The tribes that would settle Arbolada originate from the migrations of the Mapuche and Guaraní peoples to [[Asteria Inferior]], splitting into various individual clans and tribes as they dispersed throughout the confines of Arbolada. No one tribe would come to dominate the other for long, leading to countless centuries of small-scale warfare as tribes both fought against one another and against external pressures as a result of incursions from other, more powerful tribes within the continent. This "constancy" of war and lack of the development of civilization within Arbolada would contribute to the vulnerabilities of Arboladan tribes by the time of the arrival of Paretian conquistador [[Tadeo Mandujano]].
 
===Paretian colonization===
 
Mandujano’s in-depth exploration of the region that he would christen “''Arbolada''”, or the [i]land of trees[/i], would later be reported to the Paretian crown and begin a process of colonization across the coastline of this newfound land. Happening concurrently with the onset of [[Etruria|Etrurian]] and [[Gaullica|Gaullican]] colonization, Arbolada served as Paretia’s chief colonial outpost on the southern shores of Asteria Inferior, with the city of San Felix (later [[Sunpoint]]) serving as its primary fort.
 
Paretian colonial administration gradually grew towards the interior of the continent in wariness of transgressing the coastal colonial properties of other empires. This prompted direct and constant contact with the inland Mapuche tribes, who had conflicted with the more coast-bound Guaraní tribes until the advent of Paretian colonization. Guaraní auxiliaries and Paretian conquistadors reinforced with homeland troops were able to wrest control over vital arteries of the interior over the course of thirty years, leading to eventual Paretian victory but the death of men such as Mandujano, who had fallen from a native arrow in battle.
 
After Mandujano died in 1580, the colony was formally reorganized into the [[Viceroyalty of San Felix]]. The viceroys in control of the colony were charged with maximizing the economic potential of the colony with what space was available, thus leading to the enslavement of tribes that had previously went against the Paretian colonial expansion. Allied tribes, mainly of Guaraní origin, were gradually subsumed from [[Solarian Catholic Church|Catholic]] proselytization and the diffusion of [[Euclea|Euclean]] culture and philosophy, leading to the birth of the first ''{{wpl|mestizo|mestizos}}'' and ''{{wpl|castizo|castizos}}''.
 
In 1590, the first [[Bahia|Bahian]] slaves began importation towards Arbolada from slave markets based in [[Coius]]. Staffing the various  {{wpl|plantation|plantations}} that dominated the midlands and portions of the coast, they gradually began to intermix with Mapuche slaves to birth the first ''{{wpl|pardo}}'' Arboladans. This slavery system would persist until the late 1700s, and eventually lead to a potent Bahian minority.
 
Prior to independence, the Viceroyalty focused on developing its coastal infrastructure, including the opening of rudimentary fishing industries. Arbolada also served as an important stop along the east-to-west and west-to-east [[Lumine Ocean]] trade routes, supplying foreign and Paretian ships with fresh supplies, slaves, and products to be sold across the world such as {{wpl|citrus}}, {{wpl|sugarcane}}, {{wpl|tomatoes}}, {{wpl|watermelons}}, {{wpl|cotton}}, {{wpl|potatoes}}, {{wpl|timber}} and exotic animals and plants or their products.
 
===Independence===
 
Independence for Arbolada was achieved in 1784 as a result of the [[Arboladan War of Independence]] against Paretia. A combination of factors including the successes of the northern [[Asterian War of Secession]], brutal enslavement processes, increased taxation measures, exploitation of domestic resources for foreign markets, and the growing presence of ''{{wpl|peninsulares}}'' troops in the colony that disavowed the naturally grown nuances of Arboladan culture fostered between ''{{wpl|criollos}}'', castizos, mestizos, pardos, and natives all led to an explosion of anti-colonial violence as early as 1773. A combined, but individually autonomous, coalition of slave revolts, native attacks, and secessionist rebels rose in 1780 under the overall command of {{wpl|abolitionism|abolitionist}} and colonial military officer [[Juan Antonio Durán]], committing to multilateral offensives against Paretian outposts along the Arboladan interior. The sudden fall of these outposts led to a direct Paretian military intervention that was ultimately defeated by the use of {{wpl|guerrilla warfare|guerrilla tactics}} from rebel forces.
 
Achieving independence in the 1784 [[Treaty of San Felix]], Arbolada initially existed as the [[United Republic of Arbolada]] under the [[Constitution of the United Republic of Arbolada|First Constitution]]. However, the instabilities of the First Constitution would be felt over the coming decades, as much of the country existed as a fragile union of allied tribes, freedmen communities, and the dominant mercantile towns and cities of the coast. Durán was elected as the first [[President of Arbolada]] almost unanimously by the electorate of literate men, and he promptly moved to consolidate Arbolada through issuing new subdivision reorganizations and allotments of fair taxes and budgetary investments.
 
Durán’s presidential term ended in 1792, leaving the country much more developed than before as a Paretian viceroyalty. Although agricultural production significantly declined following independence due to the dispersal of freed native, pardo, and Bahian slaves across the country, Durán was able to move many back into paid farmwork through redirecting investments from the coastal cities to the interior. Although this soured his reputation to a degree with the white and mestizo/castizo populations, this helped ensure the political loyalty of the colored populations to the new Arboladan state. He also approved of the slow repair of Paretian and Arboladan relations through the ''Ley de Reconocimiento de la Patria'', or [[Homeland Recognition Act]]. The true boons of this law would not come for decades as Paretia initially viewed all approaches with hostility and suspicion, but Arbolada’s disposition towards heightened trade with her mother country despite independence would help strengthen the Paretian cultures’ survivability within the nation to the present day.
 
The vice president that served under Durán for his first term, a {{wpl|mulatto}} by the name of [[Antonio Jesus Cueva]], was elected in the 1792 presidential elections under his promises to transform the nation into a tropical haven for colored folk, while also ensuring the continuance of white and mestizo/castizo prosperity. His first move was to strengthen ties with the [[Solarian Catholic Church]] directly — as the state still had clear Catholic loyalties in government until at least the 1830s. Being a devout Catholic, Cueva also allowed the opening of several new hospitals and churches under Catholic administration through the interior, allowing healthcare and education under Catholic funding to be extended beyond the coast and raise up the majority-illiterate colored populations. Being elected again in 1796, the end of his administration in 1800 left Arbolada a much healthier and educated state, even if still heavily behind any Euclean nation or even behind some [[Asteria Superior]] countries.
 
However, Cueva’s clear Catholic loyalties had left a bad taste in the mouths of minority Amendist populations in addition to secularism proponents and those who still harbored native faiths. This led to the birth of the political party system, where the Cueva-Duránists would move to create the [[Democratic Party of Arbolada]], the oldest political party in the nation, and their major opponents creating the [[New Arbolada Party]], the ancestor to several modern {{wpl|liberalism|liberal}} parties.
 
In 1800, the Democratic Party of Arbolada won the presidential elections under its candidate [[Gerard Arán]], a white man of Gaullican and Paretian origin who was also a major merchant based in San Felix with Euclean connections. Although many in the New Arbolada Party disparaged Arán as having Gaullican and/or Paretian loyalties, President Arán continued the policies of his predecessors by starting the industrialization process of Arbolada. Using his mercantile connections, Arán was able to attract foreign investors from [[Estmere]], Gaullica, Paretia, and even some Northern Asterian nations such as [[Rizealand]] to begin opening manufacturing and industrial plants at reduced land prices through the ''Ley de Investidura Extranjera'', or [[Foreign Investiture Act]]. Arán made sure that this plan did not backfire by creating legal defenses for workers in what would be the first labor laws in Arbolada, ensuring a minimum wage for all workers regardless of race. His smart maneuvering of politics and commerce led to Arán winning the 1804 elections, placing the Gaullican-Paretian “''Padrino de la Industria''” in the crosshairs of the [[Estmerish Rush]].
 
===Estmerish Rush, White Troubles, and Birth of the Free Republic===
 
In 1804, the first large waves of Estmerish immigrants began arriving to Arbolada due to the resurgence of Estmerish political power in Euclea and subsequent economic opportunities existing in the New World for such a burgeoning market. Settling mainly within the [[Estmere Quarter]] in San Felix, they would straight away subsume the commercial power along the coastline in the coming decades, inevitably forcing native and Paretian cultures into the interior and starting the [[White Troubles]].
 
The White Troubles were named so due to growing sociocultural unrest between culturally Estmerish [[Amendism|Amendist]] populations and culturally Paretian Catholic populations, both of which being almost all white and castizo/mestizo in origin. While many colored populations were Catholic at this point, the divide between the coast and the interior was still wide enough for them to avoid most of the issues sans for concurrent problems with natives clamoring for land that was at that time owned by Bahian, pardo, and mulatto communities.
 
Before Arán left office, he had made sure to organize the ''Guardia Nacional'', or [[National Guard]] — the predecessor to the [[National Gendarmerie of Arbolada]]. The National Guard served as an auxiliary element to the still-novel [[Armed Forces of Arbolada|Arboladan military]], which at that time mainly consisted of militia units and a small, professional infantry corps.
 
The 1808 elections became increasingly contentious, with the voterbase rapidly shifting in favor of the New Arbolada Party. Although the Democratic Party won, it was only slightly, with [[Joel Valladares]] being elected on his promises to restore order to the situation on the coast. The [[San Felix Riots]] occurred in 1810 as a result of direct confrontations between mestizo Catholics and Estmerish Amendists on [[Ricardo Boulevard]], which separated the Estmere Quarter from the rest of the city. Leading to over a hundred deaths and countless injuries as a result of fires breaking out on both sides of the avenue, President Valladares ordered for the deployment of the National Guard into the city and subsequent declaration of martial law.
 
This rapid increase in violence between Catholics and Amendists led to a concurrent increase of violence between natives and blacks in the interior in what would be called the smaller [[Black Troubles]]. Although these smaller conflicts were still of a major concern to Valladares, the growing problems in the coast were simply unacceptable as it could paralyze the economy of the entire nation. Thus, Valladares moved in 1811 to organize an assembly of Catholic and Amendist community representatives in the city of [[Calusa]]. This assembly outlined the grievances of both communities in relation to each other and the government; seeing no end in sight to the immigration of the Estmerish, Valladares pushed out the ''Ley de Unidad de Población'', or [[Population Unity Act]], prior to the 1812 presidential elections. The act outlined total religious equality between all religions — a centerpiece of the later Second Arboladan Constitution — but simultaneously empowered the government with the ability to limit (not stop entirely) immigration through the employment of quotas.
 
In 1812, despite the positive work of the Valladares administration, the New Arbolada Party won its first election under a firebrand politician of Estmerish origin by the name of [[Mason Hayward]]. Hayward was elected as a result of his campaign promises to bring “true religious and racial equality” that the Paretian and Bahian Catholics had been holding from natives and Estmerish Amendists. Finding rapport with the native community and the novel immigrant communities that were not Catholic, he sought an end to the White and Black Troubles through the [[Hayward Plan]].
 
The Hayward Plan, which was proposed to Congress in 1814, outlined a series of government and bureaucratic restructurings that would prevent further violence between populations. Primarily, it enshrined both Esmeiran and Estmerish as official languages of government, upheld the Valladares administration’s quota law and total religious equality and solved the land issues between black Catholics and natives in the interior through the creation of native-only reservations that received government assistance in organization. Hayward also committed to small-scale secularization of the healthcare system, in which the Catholic dioceses that administered the interior of Arbolada were blocked from opening more hospitals. However, to avoid Catholic ire, Hayward also passed a protection act for the hospitals that already existed for decades, preventing them from further government impediment.
 
Despite Estmerish immigration being quota-limited starting in 1812, their community nevertheless continued to grow. This ensured Hayward’s re-election in 1816, where he worked on improving immigrant conditions until 1820 and opening the gates for a plethora of future immigrant communities to move into the country.
From 1820 to 1848, the New Arbolada Party reigned over the country nearly unimpeded as a result of attracting a portion of the Democratic Party’s voterbase through improving the interior’s infrastructure at the behest of Bahians and natives alike; this was done through the administration of Hayward’s protégés [[Simon Blackstone]], [[Sterling Erickson]], and [[Luis Gabasa]]. Under Gabasa, the Free Republic of Arbolada was proclaimed, replacing the United Republic’s previous constitution with [[Constitution of the Free Republic of Arbolada|one approved by Congress]] that held the plans of Hayward and Valladares in mind. However, in the 1848 election, an unseen victory by the Democratic Party of Arbolada under [[Matthew del Valle]] would prepare the nation for its first true round of industrialization beyond the few manufactories that existed.
 
President del Valle ran under the campaign of industrialization; to bring Arbolada to an economic and developmental parity with not only the nations of Northern Asteria, but even that of Euclea itself. Knowing that such a feat could not be done in one term, let alone two, del Valle instead emphasized his administration’s dedication to preparing the nation for such a brutal regimen, beginning with tactics like President Arán in attracting foreign investments. President del Valle also opened numerous mining operations in the interior that would export their products either abroad or to manufacturing centers in the midlands of Arbolada, expanded agricultural-related manufacturing industries such as textiles, and created low-tax enticements for foreign private entities to enter the country.
 
===First economic booms===
 
With del Valle being elected to a second term and continuing his plans, he left office in 1856 with a promise that his successor would continue his plans of industrialization if elected. This successor was the first [[Bahian-Arboladan]] president by the name of [[Horacio Sallent]]. Despite receiving initial suspicions due to his origins in a poor Bahian-Arboladan neighborhood within the interior city of [[Ocorate]], Sallent proved his worth by starting an urban industrialization and expansion plan that piggybacked off del Valle’s work. Many Estmerish and other immigrant communities that stayed in the coastal cities without work had found new opportunities in the factories and farms that Sallent opened, buying land off the white and castizo/mestizo landowners in the process through {{wpl|eminent domain}}. The coastal cities swelled in population and subsequent power as a result through the eight years of Sallent’s tenure, and by 1864 the newly rechristened capital city of Sunpoint had reached a population of nearly 180,000.
 
Even with Sallent’s economic developments, the country was still struggling to match the pace of industrialization that occurred in more northerly nations. Part of the reasons for this was the concentration of economic and political power on the coast, where the Catholic white and mestizo/castizo populations held the bulk of the financial and commercial power. Thus, in 1864, the New Arbolada Party won under a campaign to further equalize the distribution of this party under President [[Truman Parham]]. Parham began a four-year transfer of economic power towards the interior with the further opening of new farming and mining centers, including the growth of the city of [[Orangegrove]] into becoming the third largest city in the nation behind the coastal urban centers of [[Boca Afilada]] and Sunpoint.
 
Parham was re-elected in 1868 but was immediately beset upon by a crowd of mestizos, Paretian whites, and castizos armed with pipes and clubs that pushed past his security escort. Injured to the point of a coma, his Vice President was selected as the newfound president until Parham could recover. This man, a mestizo by the name of [[Lukas Leñero]], would immediately move towards stalling further interior development efforts to deal with the growing anger in the white and mestizo community. Instead, he balanced Parham’s industrial advancements, including opening several new ports and harbors for the coast in tandem to building the first train infrastructure along the coast, connecting Sunpoint to coastal cities such as Boca Afilada, [[Los Bosques]], [[Fort Lammerdal]]e, [[Terrier]], [[Port Andrew]], [[Antony]], Calusa, and [[Saint Paul]].
 
Parham woke up from his coma with significant intellectual degradation, thus rendering him ineffective for further administration. Leñero lost the 1872 presidential elections to the part-Gaullican [[Markel C. Charpentier]] of the Democratic Party, who turned back to del Valle’s original intentions of rapid industrialization. Pollution under Charpentier increased in both the air and sea, but Arbolada was quickly developing along its path to achieve parity with various modernizing nations. Inland commercial relations were also fostered under Charpentier with nations such as [[Adamantina]], the [[Azure Coast]], [[Gapolania]], and the western South Asterian nations, putting aside past territorial disputes in favor of economic prosperity.
 
Following Charpentier’s tenure ending in 1880, the Democratic Party continued to win elections under mestizo president [[Saul Sáenz]], mulatto [[Lamont Woolhead]], and castizo [[Miguel A. Ascaso]]. However, in 1904, control was wrested into the hands of the novel [[Social Labor Party of Arbolada]], a {{wpl|social democracy|social democratic political party}} that arose from the collapse of the New Arbolada Party in the 1890s. The victor from this party, President [[Patrick Vahlen]], won as a result of the wave of {{wpl|left-wing politics}} that was flooding into the country from Euclea. However, since this left-wing political movement was associated with white influence, this victory was seen as a fluke that would not be repeated following Vahlen’s administration until much later. Regardless, Vahlen’s social improvement policies included increased funding to healthcare industries, improving workers’ conditions, the formation of a welfare system known as [[Vahlen Welfare]], and {{wpl|women’s suffrage}} movements being answered with the right to vote, own property, and have equal economic and political opportunities.
 
Following Vahlen’s short tenure was the return of softer left-wing politics under the [[Liberal Republican Party of Arbolada]] and their candidate in 1908, [[Oscar Morterero]]. Promising not to dismantle Vahlen’s work, they also gave into capitalist influences of the nation further with the opening of a new tourism industry that took advantage of the wilderness of Arbolada’s wide interior and large coastline. Morterero’s administration would be credited for starting Arbolada’s foray into tourism that would last into the present, but for the time would be stunted by the arrival of the [[Great Collapse]] in 1913.
 
===The Great Collapse===
 
The Great Collapse impacted Arbolada fiercely in 1913, only a year into the tenure of President [[Iago Aragón]] of the Democrats. His immediate reaction to the crisis was to ensure some form of economic stability even though collapses in raw material prices were wrecking the nation, and this was accomplished through the eventual draining of the coffers of the state to keep vital industries afloat to feed and clothe the people. With skyrocketing unemployment as a result of foreign-invested factories closing down, Aragón also rushed the [[Emergency Employment Act]] through Congress, allowing the state to employ people directly through the [[National Rehabilitation Corps]], or NRC, an arm of government dedicated to maintaining infrastructure and protecting the people both security-wise and health-wise. At this time, the [[National Gendarmerie of Arbolada]] was formed from the National Guard to increase policing authorities to a national agency.
 
Although Aragón’s policies brought initial relief, it was only a matter of time until the façade collapsed under the weight of government debt. On the eve of the 1916 election, congressmen drafted and legislated the [[Emergency Governmental Authority Order]] that was subsequently approved by the [[Supreme Court of Arbolada]]; this order allowed executive authority to be delegated to a chosen individual by Congress and with approval by the Supreme Court in the event of impending national disaster. They chose General [[Marcos Castellano]] of the [[Arboladan Army]], turning Arbolada into a voluntarily elected {{wpl|military dictatorship}}. Castellano was thus given the formal title of [[Supervisor Temporary]], but instead adopted the pejorative title of ''{wpl|Caudillo}}'' himself after being called such by critics.
 
The ''Caudillo'', despite being a military strongman, was not chosen simply for no reason by Congress. Castellano had been one of the few non-socialist supporters of the Vahlen administration due to its dedication to the people, and he himself was known as a populist, if a bit jingoistic. Already being known as a people’s man and with a strong image, Castellano moved to consolidate his power by declaring a nationwide curfew and enforcing it through the domestic deployment of the Arboladan military alongside local police forces and the National Gendarmerie.
 
The Castellano regime also cut off all exportation of essential resources, such as foodstuffs, and raised {{wpl|tariffs}} on non-essential resources being imported into the country. Moving immediately towards ensuring self-sufficiency in the wake of global economic disaster, Castellano nationalized the bulk of the production sector and redirected all products towards the domestic market. With the fall of the [[Arboladan arbol]] in value, Castellano instituted {{wpl|price controls}} on essential items such as food and water, clothing, and medicine.
 
In 1919, a massive demonstration was organized across the nation by reactionary elements of Arboladan government and society that opposed the rapid nationalization of various industries, ranging from previously wealthy white and mestizo/castizo families to disenfranchised natives and blacks whose lands were seized to expand nationalized industrial capacities for the “betterment of the nation”. This coalition indirectly threatened to plunge the country into a civil war, and several bloody clashes occurred between Castellano’s troops and the protestors in cities such as Sunpoint and Orangegrove.
 
The Golden Capitol building, home to the [[Congress of Arbolada]] in Sunpoint, was stormed by protestors on July 11th, 1919 in what would be known as the [[July Capitol Siege]]. A combination of black, native, and white protestors fortified the structure and held out against national gendarmes and police until the arrival of military troops and armor that led a two-day siege and eventual liberation of the structure. Dozens of protestors had been killed and dozens more injured and arrested, alongside the death of several police officers and two soldiers. This clear sign of growing unrest did not perturb Castellano in the slightest, and his military regime would continue to rule the country until 1927 and the advent of the [[Great War]].
 
During this time, the ''Caudillo'' also permitted the expansion of the Solarian Catholic Church once more, but only under humanitarian motives. This allowed Catholic programs to run concurrently with government relief programs, including the opening of new orphanages, soup kitchens, schools, and hospitals.
 
===The Great War===
 
The outbreak of the [[Great War]] in 1927 occurred under [[Castellanoist Arbolada]]. Castellano at this time was still under congressional charter to rule the country in place of a President, and as such, he saw it fit to control Arbolada’s approach to the war himself. Sharing a border with the Gaullican-oriented [[Satucin|Satucine state]], Castellano did not want to pull Arbolada into a senseless war in its northern frontier when he was already so close to pulling the country out of the muck of economic depression.
 
Initially, the Caudillo declared {{wpl|neutrality}} of the Arboladan state to any new rising global conflict. Nevertheless, he was reported espousing positivity to the ideology of [[Functionalist Gaullica]], even if he saw it “personally incompatible with Arboladan culture”, and with initial [[Entente]] victories, he moved Arbolada’s position to {{wpl|Non-belligerent|non-belligerency}}, beginning the first economic interactions of Arbolada in decades with various Entente powers in 1929.
 
During this time, Castellano permitted the expansion of the National Gendarmerie to supplant the void left by army units moving to Arbolada’s borders in anticipation of possible incursions from any nearby power. The Arboladan army was the largest in history during this time, numbering nearly 300,000 soldiers strong, and Castellano had spoke of a “Grand Arboladan dream” to unite the Southern Asterian continent. Even so, this dream never came to fruition, as the war turned against the Entente and forced Castellano to once more return to true neutrality by 1931.
 
With the war’s end in 1935, Arbolada was left in a precarious diplomatic and economic position. Its trade partners had been effectively rendered defunct, and its implicit support for the Entente had left many commercial opportunities moot post-war. This thus forced Arbolada to not enter the [[Community of Nations]] until 1942 on the grounds of Entente support.
 
===Recovery and redirection===
 
In order to prevent a Community of Nations intervention in the homeland that he fought and bled for, and to save face for his country in the international community, Castellano made the harsh personal decision to declare the end of his military regime. He formally requested Congress to remove his charter of control of the country, and he thusly retired from politics. In 1937, he retired from military activities as well, returning to his villa near [[Lake Karai]] to spend the rest of his days in peace with his wife and family. To this day, he is remembered for allowing Arbolada to survive the roughest of economic times with a firm hand, and his funeral in 1949 was spectated by millions of Arboladans in sorrow and was attended by future presidents [[Gabriel Pastor]] and [[Sean Armstrong]].
 
The 1936 elections won strongly in favor of the Democratic Party, with Gabriel Pastor taking office that year under a campaign to de-nationalize nonvital industries and return Arbolada to commercial prominence. The Pastor administration returned several tens of thousands of acres of land to native and black communities and restored ownership of several businesses and corporations that were nationalized on the coast to white and castizo/mestizo families. He was subsequently re-elected in 1940, where he spectated the anticipated entry of Arbolada into the Community of Nations in 1942 and rebuilt portions of the tourism industry lost in 1912. Before the 1944 elections, he also began Arboladan support for the Community of Nations in their intervention in the [[Solarian War]].
 
In 1944, Sean Armstrong, a charismatic Bahian-Arboladan, was elected as a part of the Liberal Republican party on a platform of {{wpl|rapprochement}} with the international community. Elected for two terms, he formed strong bonds with Euclean, Bahian, and Asterian nations, inviting them to trade with Arbolada and encounter the “unique Arboladan experience”. Armstrong sponsored multiple Bahian cultural projects, including the creation of the Bahian-majority coastal city of [[Nuevo Bahia]], and cooperated with white and mestizo/castizo families to grow the tourism industry further.
 
===The Red Troubles===
 
Towards the end of President Armstrong’s tenure in 1952, {{wpl|Socialism|socialist}} sentiments were rising across Arbolada as a part of a second, more violent “red wave”. Although Armstrong tried to stop the violence from rising further, talks of revolution were spreading across the Free Republic, and the risk of a civil war plunging Arbolada into war and destitution were all to real. Yet, the memory of the ''Caudillo'' Castellano still existed, and even though Castellano was seen ultimately as a positive force, such concentrations of power could not be issued again in the face of a liberalizing world order that only recently forgave Arbolada for their decisions.
 
In 1952, the fiercely anti-communist Democrat [[Reagan Gilmore]] was elected, with the coastal elite having fears of potential revolution being a good source of his campaign funding. Gilmore immediately overstepped Armstrong’s previously timid measures and deployed the Arboladan military and National Gendarmerie into left-wing hotbeds in the interior, sparking the [[Arboladan Bush War]] that raged from 1952 to 1960. This low-level conflict, although not a true civil war, nevertheless lead to the deaths of thousands of civilians, police, military troops, and rebels, and even consumed a portion of Orangegrove in the conflict. Several protests and riots by anti-war activists and left-wing activists costed Gilmore the 1956 election, losing to the Liberal Republican [[Byron Gomez]].
 
President Gomez immediately floundered the war effort, ordering the retreat of gendarmes and soldiers despite the clearly identified threat of resurgent socialist militancy. This led to entire portions of the interior jungle falling once more to socialist rebels and his popularity tanking. Rather surprisingly, Reagan Gilmore won the 1960 election under a new, reformed campaign of “diplomatic renewal”, reneging on his past actions and reaching the [[Sunshine Compromise]]. This compromise instituted a universal basic income for all Arboladans, expanded union rights, and significantly reduced tuition for major public Arboladan universities in exchange for disarmament of socialist rebels and the arrest of some of its most noted offenders.
 
===The Sunshine Miracle===
 
Although Gilmore is seen with mixed reputation due to his first term’s firebrand approach that started the bush war in the first place, his ability to correct President Gomez’s ineptitude and form the Sunshine Compromise was a key factor in the start of Arbolada’s Sunshine Miracle. Thus, he is seen often moderately in modern day politics.
 
The Sunshine Miracle is a term used to refer to the start of Arbolada’s economic growth that has generally continued to the present, with exception to a decline between 1991 and 2001. This Miracle was as a result of Arbolada finally achieving political and social stability, allowing effort to be redirected towards infrastructure development and upgrading and the start of Arbolada’s service and tourism industries. Although some historians distaste to mention it, the Sunshine Miracle may have roots in Castellano’s survivalist economics, which built a base for Arbolada to expand on.
 
The end of Gilmore’s second term in 1964 led to the election of [[Abraham Blattner]] of the [[Libertarian Party of Arbolada]]. Blattner won through his campaign of promising economic revitalization that carried the momentum of the rising state of Arbolada, and he sought to accomplish this through increasing the freedoms of private enterprises. Risking another socialist uprising only four years after the end of the last, Blattner navigated such treacherous waters through simultaneously declaring that he would not dismantle any previous policies instated by the Sunshine Compromise. His actions allowed a blooming of immigration of both people and companies alike to Arbolada, including an explosion of [[Coius|Coian]] populations from [[Senria]], [[Shangea]], and the region of [[Satria]]. He welcomed these migrants with open arms, and was seen by many within the Libertarian Party as betraying his original libertarian sentiments. To save face to his party, he pushed through the [[Private Corporate and Personal Tax Benefit Act]], decreasing both corporate and personal taxes to counterweigh profit generation from industries still under Arboladan nationalized control. Blattner’s acute balancing of party politics and the desires of the Arboladan population won him the 1968 election, and his tenure ending in 1972 subsequently matched with the steady ascent of Arbolada in both {{wpl|Human Development Index|Human Development indices}} and {{wpl|GDP}}.
 
The 1972 elections saw the rise of [[Nikolai Vorobev]], a charismatic Arboladan of {{wpl|mestizo|Metyso}} origin from Vinalia who ran under the Liberal Republican Party. Being from a more conservative wing of the party, his tenure ensured that the country ran smoothly and attracted as many businesses as possible from abroad. In addition, Vorobev also sponsored the rise of Arboladan corporations, such as the first cruise and air lines to service the country (particularly [[Arbolada Air]] and [[Elysium Cruiseworks]]). He was re-elected once more in 1976 and supervised the construction of the [[Interprefectural Highway System]], finally linking all the interior, midlands, and coastlands under one ground-based transportation network. Before he ended his term in 1980, he approved plans for expanding rail networks in the country to accompany the highway system.
 
===1980s economic boom===
 
In 1980, a smaller recession occurred that briefly stalled the Arboladan economy under the presidency of [[Paul Wainwright]], a Democrat who previously served as the prefect of the Los Bosques prefecture, as a result of global economic perturbances influencing the home market. To prevent the rise of another ''caudillo'' or the start of another domestic crisis, Wainwright immediately moved to briefly provide government assistance to all domestic corporate entities and a degree of financial assistance plans to foreign enterprises who wished to continue business in Arboladan territory. Although the arbol dipped in value, it had gradually recovered by 1982, and the Arboladan economy rebounded by 1985 to begin its meteoric ascent under Wainwright’s second term.
 
A new migrant boom compounded this economic ascent, with peoples from all over the globe finding homes within the country. This lead to further growth of cities across Arbolada and the establishment of the [[Los Bosques-Sunpoint-Calusa metropolitan area]] with an accelerated population growth.
 
Several new neighborhoods grew in these cities from older immigrant communities, such as the Shangean and Senrian communities blossoming to form “Shangeatowns” and “Senriatowns”, respectively. Immigration from Bahia, [[Rahelia]], and Satria enriched the coastal cities further during the period of decolonization. Some violence rose during this massive spike in immigration, such as between Bahians and Senrians, but this would not arise again until the start of the Arboladan decline in 1991.
 
The 1980s are often seen as the apex of Arboladan culture, with a plethora of music, art, theatre, and film being made by novel and established artists alike. Arbolada itself is most popular for spawning [[Calusa bass]], {{wpl|freestyle music}}, and {{wpl|dance-pop}} tracks that resounded across the globe in clubs and the radio waves.
 
In 1988, [[Luiz Brandão Kimura]] was elected as a member of the Social Labor Party of Arbolada, and was of Senrian and [[Luzela|Luzelese]] ancestry. Many would blame the onset of the Decline on Kimura, as he was incumbent during its start and tried pushing a bill for free private university tuition, but supporters claim that his work softened the blow of the impending slump.
 
===1990s economic decline===
 
In 1991, during the midst of President Kimura’s administration, Arbolada suffered a massive slump in its economy as a result of the fall of the arbol’s value and economic output in the interior stalling. Ending the “Sunshine Miracle” with a whimper, the decline saw Kimura attempting to abate the economic fall through price controls and minor nationalization of industries that destroyed his chance to win the 1992 election cycle. [[Deven Slaughter]], a Bahian-Arboladan of the Democratic party, would win against Kimura’s re-run and other candidates, and would attempt to alleviate most of the issues that Arbolada would come to face from both external and internal sources.
 
The first {{wpl|cocaine}} epidemic struck Arbolada this time, with the drug proliferating throughout the coastal cities and later into the rest of the country. Being sourced into the country from the rest of Southern Asteria by drug traffickers primarily through the sea, Slaughter would increase funding to the naval wing of the National Gendarmerie and the military’s [[Arboladan Navy|navy]] as well, ordering for a cooperation to attack drug trafficking routes under the [[Slaughter Initiative]]. He also redirected funding from infrastructure development to the police, increasing their militarization and directing them into inner cities in raids against drug dens.
 
His strong hand against drugs would be balanced by his investment into healthcare, increasing support for drug treatment and rehabilitation centers. His re-election in 1996 would continue this drug war until 2000, with important milestones such as the capture of drug kingpin [[Jose Zamorano]] of the [[Medeljicá Cartel]] and its subsequent destruction.
 
===Modern Arbolada===
 
Arbolada would enter the modern age under Liberal Republican and castizo [[Sotirian Javier Albacete]], who was elected in 2000. Albacete softened the harsh nature of the Slaughter Initiative and also sponsored the increase in technological innovation and infrastructural development for Arbolada, completing various rail lines originally planned by President Vorobev. By the end of his term, the economy was restored, but still suffering from major crime throughout the nation. He would keep police investments high, but also redirect investment from the military towards education and towards the [[Albacete Education Reform]] that sought to increase the quality of public schools as a bid against crime.
 
By 2004, he was replaced by a surprise victory from the [[National Conservative Party of Arbolada]], a faction split from the Democratic Party. Under the national conservatives was the far-right President [[Lewis Kennedy]]. The Kennedy administration would revive the Slaughter Initiative, and to stop immigrant violence, place high restrictions on immigration quotas and the naturalization process. Overpopulation of cities was beginning to be an issue, and Kennedy sought to solve this by promoting rural jobs and infrastructure that would also hopefully revitalize the slumping agricultural market. It was a success, and Kennedy would see a second term until 2012 where he would bring economic favoritism to native businesses, crackdowns on {{wpl|LGBT}}+ rights groups, restrictions on abortion, and further sponsorship of rural businesses primarily ran by Bahian Arboladans, pardos, and native Arboladans.
 
Despite the National Conservatives existing, the Democrats nevertheless won the 2012 elections under [[Patrizio Gigante]]. Gigante’s platform was to begin the restoration of Arbolada to the quality of the country under the Sunshine Miracle, and this was to be done by cleaning up the coastal cities of crime and to revitalize the tourism industry. Millions of arbols were invested into municipal police departments, tourism companies, and water and sanitation departments, leading to the resurgence of Arboladan tourism by 2014 and the proliferation of resorts, hotels, and casinos across the nation. That year, Gigante also endorsed the expansion of cultural programs celebrating the “unique Arboladan experience”.
 
Gigante was re-elected in 2016 and switched his platform towards strengthening other components of the service industry, such as the financial sector. Downtown Sunpoint was revitalized as a major financial center, with the completion of the largest skyscraper in Arbolada, the [[Sunspear]], that stood at 620 meters in height.
 
The 2020 election saw the victory of the Democrats again under Reuben Jackson, who sought to address the newfound {{wpl|crack cocaine}} epidemic and the rise of criminal syndicates once more in the nation as a side effect of the new economic boom. His first two years have been marked by a mix of successes, such as the grand re-opening of the expanded Sunpoint International Airport and Harbor, but also with failures, such as the [[2021 North Los Bosques Massacre]] perpetrated by a lone wolf terrorist.
 
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