Republik Bebas Ketiga

Third Free Republic Republik Bebas Ketiga
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Motto: Kebebasan, Pembebasan, Kemerdekaan
Anthem: TBA
Capital	Bandar Sungai Berkembar (Twin River City)
Largest city	Bandar Sungai Berkembar
Official languages	Modern Murut (Malaysian), Mutli, Other
Recognised national languages	M-Murut, Mutli, Nyele, Raji
Recognised regional languages	Rejang, Embaloh, Salako
Ethnic groups (2018)	Murut, Mutli, Matara, Other
Demonym(s)	Keturunan
Government	Tricameral Parliamentary Republic
• President	Dumadi Kepli
• Federation Minister	Khairi Haleem
Formation
• Third Murut Revolution	1864
• Second Murut Civil War	1959
• Establshment of the Third Free Republic	1969
Population
• 2020 estimate	18 million
• 2020 census	18,216,198
GDP (nominal)	2024 estimate
• Total	$75,000,000
• Per capita	4,117
Gini (2022)	64.5 very high
HDI (2022)	0.501 low
Currency	RBK Cip
Time zone	East Ochran
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+45
Internet TLD	.rbk

The RBK, officially the Third Free Republic (Modern Murut: Republik Bebas Ketiga) is a country in East Ochran comprising the land immediately around the Badan Kembar, the twin bodies of water which the early Murut population would congregate around. The Third Free Republc is a Tricamerial Confederal Republic, comprised of approximately 13 provinces, each of which possess autonomy over the vast majority of policy, excluding control of structures established by the federal government within their territory. It shares no direct land borders with neighboring powers, but is geographically close to Kiram and Shimlar-Pashmir. The Third Free Republic is one of the poorest and smallest nations in Ochran- with a total GDP of 75 billion fueled primarily by the cobalt extraction and export industry and a population of 18 Million, with the vast majority of the population in some form of poverty.

Etymology

The RBK is the third unified nation surrounding the Badan Kembar to follow the "Free Republic" naming scheme, which originated from the Pertubuhan Pegawai Republikan Percuma (Organization of Free Republican Officers) which emerged as a major anti-state force in the prelude to the First Murut Revolution. The name was also chosen to attempt to assist in the organization of the new state- with the lack of an overt mention of the Murut pseudo-majority, it was hoped that it would reduce the conflict between ethnic groupings within the new nation.

History

Pre-Siriwang

The Tahamaja and Bayarid would use the area around the Badan Kembar as a point of both trade and struggle- with the Tahamaja eventually coming to the forefront in regards to influence, leading a mass influx of Tahamaja who would eventually form the basis for the Murut population in the states which would descend from the pseudo-colonized territory of the eventual RBK. This influx would also see the decline of the previously major native population, who would be forced from key lands by newly-entrenched economic figures in the search for fertile land near the banks of the Badan Kembar.

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Siriwang

The collapse of Tahamaja control over their collaborators and administrators would lead to a short-scale conflict between these figures, who would begin placing themselves in direct positions of power via carving out the entities which would later form the provincial concepts exhibited in later political developments. Also around this period would be a return to prominence of the native population, who were given land in exchange for service and guidance in the armed groupings of these carved-out nations.

Uluujol Colonization

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Mutli Colonization

Main Article: First Murut Revolution

Independence

Main Article: Republik Bebas Pertama

Civil War

Main Article: Republic Bebas Kedua, Second Murut Civil War

Modern Period

Main Article: 2018 South Kembar Scandal

Geography

The RBK possesses a generally tropical climate, although with an pseudo-arid north. The main site of fertile land and noticeable agricultural development is the small stretch of land surrounded by the Badan Kembar, although growth also occurs in the land bordering the Northern Kembar. The RBK lacks major mountains, excluding in the northernmost regions surrounding the Badan. Monsoons are a semi-common problem, which has lead to economic issues for the southern provinces surrounding the severe costs required for the repair of cities, and which has encouraged movement north.

Government and Politics

Branches

The RBK is governed in a Tricamerial fashion, with the central government being arranged around the Federation Parliament, the State Parliament, and the Popular Parliament, the former and latter being controlled at current by the Kesatuan Demokratik Popular Baharu, while the State Parliament remains in the control of the Party Rakyat Popular Kebangsaan, more specifically the modernist wing lead by Khairi Haleem, the current Federation Minister.

The Federation Parliament is organized around a group of 150 directly elected officials from 15 "Federation Districts" organized around major cities, with 10 candidates of potentially (and usually) differing parties being chosen from an overall roster based on the amount of votes they receive.

Major Parties

Main Article: Political Parties in the RBK

Confederal States

Main Article: States of the RBK

Foreign Affairs and Military

Military

Main Article: Angkatan Pertahanan Diri

The Angkatan Pertahanan Diri (Self-Defense Forces) is the military of the RBK, split into three branches (Air Self-Defense, Ground Self-Defense, and Naval Self-Defense). The Angkatan is widely perceived to be corrupt and generally ineffective, with a lack of exercises or active training (most notably- soldiers being restricted to using a single bullet when performing live fire excercises) for its members being compounded by the movement of funds away from military matters towards personal recreation for major members of the higher staff.

Foreign Affairs

Main Article: Foreign Affairs of the RBK

The RBK maintains a close relationship to a variety of nations, based primarily on its cobalt export industry. This list includes Tsurishima, Pulau Keramat, and others. The RBK has also, in the relatively recent period, attempted to broach the concept of membership into a variety of international organizations, including the Forum of Nations and the Harmonius Covenant of Ochran

Economy

The Economy of the RBK follows the Zulkarnain Model, which encourages low interventionism and the opening of the country to large-scale foreign investment, two policies which the majority of Party Rakyat Popular Kebangsaan leaders have followed to a great extent. These policies have been criticized greatly for the perceived amount of power they have handed corporate leadership in regards to determining policy, and for the social struggle and outright worker-lead violence said corporate policies have caused. Supporters, however, have argued that the policy is the only thing maintaining the still-sluggish pace of industrialization and advancement, and that economic changes now would throw the RBK into social and political chaos from which it would be unable to recover.

Mining

Cobalt mining remains primary vessel for economic growth and foreign interaction, with mining as a whole making up an approximate 40% of the GDP of the entire nation, with cobalt making up an approximate 25% of that high percentage. Mining in the RBK, despite the efforts of key political leaders, remains highly unsafe, with casualties being a regular occurrence and benefits for such work being low. The poor conditions have driven the creation of worker-operated "Parallel Societies" wherein the working population of a town associated with the cobalt mining industry will siphon resources from the mine and sell them on grey-or-black markets to fund the capability to acquire access to healthcare or other key resources/services. Approximately 3.2 million tons of Cobalt exist in the territory of the RBK.

Agriculture

Another 20% of the economy is made up by the fertile land of the area surrounding the Badan, and the agriculture which occurs on such. A majority of crop-growing land is owned by major agricultural corporations, with small-scale farming being near-eradicated due to the lack of restrictions upon the actions these corporations can take to "encourage" the leaving of rival agriculturalists.

Trade and Imports

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