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Over the course of the 20th century, Josephinia was subject to an alternating series of civil and {{wp|democracy|democratic}} governments and {{wp|military junta}}s; the near century-long {{wp|one-party rule}} of the [[National Party of Josephinia|National Party]] dominated Josephinian politics, gradually strengthening {{wp|racial segregation}} and rapidly {{wp|industrialization|industrializing}} the formerly {{wp|protectionism|protectionist}} {{wp|agriculture|agrarian}} economy. In [[1920 Josephinian coup d'état|1920]] and [[1944 Josephinian coup d'état|1944]], the [[Armed Forces of Josephinia|military]] repeatedly seized control. Amidst mounting {{wp|sanctions}} by its continental neighbors, Josephinia's [[Constitution of Josephinia|amended constitution]] formally abolished racially motivated hindrances for the native population in 1977. | Over the course of the 20th century, Josephinia was subject to an alternating series of civil and {{wp|democracy|democratic}} governments and {{wp|military junta}}s; the near century-long {{wp|one-party rule}} of the [[National Party of Josephinia|National Party]] dominated Josephinian politics, gradually strengthening {{wp|racial segregation}} and rapidly {{wp|industrialization|industrializing}} the formerly {{wp|protectionism|protectionist}} {{wp|agriculture|agrarian}} economy. In [[1920 Josephinian coup d'état|1920]] and [[1944 Josephinian coup d'état|1944]], the [[Armed Forces of Josephinia|military]] repeatedly seized control. Amidst mounting {{wp|sanctions}} by its continental neighbors, Josephinia's [[Constitution of Josephinia|amended constitution]] formally abolished racially motivated hindrances for the native population in 1977. | ||
A {{wp|developed country}}, Josephinia ranks highly in international measures of {{wp|Human Development Index|quality of life}}, {{wp|human rights}}, and suppressed {{wp|corruption}}, but still retains a significant {{wp|economic inequality}} between the white and native populations. Nationally, {{wp|legislature|legislative}} power is vested in the {{wp|unicameralism|unicameral}} [[National Parliament of Josephinia|National Parliament]], while {{wp|executive}} power is exercised by the [[President of Josephinia|President]] heading the [[ | A {{wp|developed country}}, Josephinia ranks highly in international measures of {{wp|Human Development Index|quality of life}}, {{wp|human rights}}, and suppressed {{wp|corruption}}, but still retains a significant {{wp|economic inequality}} between the white and native populations. Nationally, {{wp|legislature|legislative}} power is vested in the {{wp|unicameralism|unicameral}} [[National Parliament of Josephinia|National Parliament]], while {{wp|executive}} power is exercised by the [[President of Josephinia|President]] heading the [[Politics of Josephinia|Government]]. Josephinia is a member state of the [[United Congress (Teleon)|United Congress]], [[Organization of Elian States]], [[Fallish Community]], [[Alconian Forum]], and the [[X]], and it enjoys particularly close relations [[Falland–Josephinia relations|with Falland]] and [[Free States–Josephinia relations|with the Free States]]. | ||
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{{see also|President of Josephinia|National Parliament of Josephinia}} | {{see also|President of Josephinia|National Parliament of Josephinia}} | ||
[[File: | [[File:NYSCapitolPanorama.jpg|220px|thumb|right|The [[House of Parliament, Haliburt|House of Parliament]] in southern [[Haliburt]] is the seat and meeting place of the [[National Parliament of Josephinia|National Parliament]].]] | ||
Josephinia is a {{wp|unitary state|unitary}} {{wp|presidential system|presidential}} {{wp|representative democracy|representative}} {{wp|democracy}}, as codified and set by its [[Constitution of Josephinia|Constitution]]. Exercising the {{wp|separation of powers}}, the country's {{wp|political system}} is divided into the {{wp|executive}}, {{wp|legislature|legislative}}, and {{wp|judiciary|judiciary}} branch, each controlled by a separate institution. Formally and ''{{wp|de jure}}'', the [[President of Josephinia|President]] is the head of the executive branch and, therefore, the {{wp|head of state}} and {{wp|head of government}}, the {{wp|commander-in-chief}} of the [[Armed Forces of Josephinia|armed forces]], and the most influential political instance in Josephinian politics. The President is responsible for appointing a [[Politics of Josephinia|cabinet of ministers]] and has the responsibility to sign and {{wp|veto power|veto}} bills. The current President is [[Lloyd Gladstone]] since 2022. | |||
The {{wp|unicameralism|unicameral}} [[National Parliament of Josephinia|National Parliament]] is the unified {{wp|legislature}}. It is {{wp|direct election|directly elected}} using the {{wp|mixed-member proportional representation}} and {{wp|parallel voting}} systems with {{wp|plurality vote}} in {{wp|single-member district}}s. The National Parliament can make national law, issue a {{wp|state of war}} and {{wp|taxation}}, and {{wp|power of the purse|approve of the national budget}} and the ministers nominated by the President. It has 149 voting members elected to four-year terms; at least one third of the candidates presented by the parties must have native heritage. | |||
The {{wp|judiciary}} is embodied in the [[Supreme Court of Josephinia|Supreme Court]], the nation's highest {{wp|court of appeal}} and comprised of 10 judges nominated by the President and approved by the National Parliament. It is the country's official {{wp|source of law}} and protector of the Constitution, enabled to {{wp|judicial review|overturn}} bills deemed {{wp|constitutionality|unconstitutional}}. The political system is laid out by the frameworks of the supreme constitutional document last amended in 1977. Essential concepts of the system, such as the unitary structure, respect for {{wp|human rights}}, and the {{wp|rule of law}} are protected by a status of perpetual validity. {{wp|Direct democracy}} is supported through the availability of protests, referenda, a {{wp|multi-party system}} and accountancy of the government, and guaranteed {{wp|freedom of expression|freedoms of expression}}, {{wp|freedom of assembly|assembly}}, {{wp|secret ballot}}, and {{wp|universal suffrage}} beginning at age 18. | |||
In Josephinia's political history, the respective {{wp|catch-all party|catch-all parties}} of the {{wp|right-wing politics|right-wing}} [[National Party of Nadauro|National Party]] and the {{wp|left-wing politics|left-wing}} [[Labour Party of Nadauro|Labour Party]] as well as its predecessors have been the dominant parties, with almost every President to date having been a member of either. | |||
===Foreign relations=== | ===Foreign relations=== | ||
===Military=== | ===Military=== | ||
===Law=== | ===Law=== | ||
===Administrative divisions=== | ===Administrative divisions=== | ||
==Economy== | ==Economy== | ||
===Infrastructure=== | ===Infrastructure=== |
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Commonwealth of Josephinia 𐒿𐓂͘𐓄𐒰 𐓀𐒰͘𐓓𐒰͘ 𐓁𐒻 𐓓𐓎𐓊𐒷 Sopʼa Mąžą Ni Žucʼe (Ínts’o) | |
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Motto: Ex Unitate Vires (Hernician) "Unity is Strength" | |
Anthem: "Land of Old and Plenty"
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![]() Location of Josephinia in Elia Borealis (dark green) | |
Capital | Haliburt![]() |
Largest city | Port Royal |
Official languages | Fallish |
Recognised regional languages | Ínts’o Polhetan |
Ethnic groups | 54.6% Native 28.5% White 9.1% Mixed 2.0% Yinese 5.8% others |
Religion |
1.2% Tahir 4.5% others |
Demonym(s) | Josephinian Josephine |
Government | Unitary presidential constitutional republic |
Lloyd Gladstone | |
Trygve Kapal | |
Gwen Youngkin | |
Legislature | National Parliament |
Independence from Falland | |
15 June 1759 | |
2 August 1776 | |
27 October 1884 | |
12 September 1889 | |
5 January 1893 | |
9 February 1977 | |
Area | |
• Total | 101,827 km2 (39,316 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | 3.3% |
Population | |
• December 2023 estimate | 6,395,096 |
• 2022 census | 6,378,935 (14th) |
GDP (PPP) | 2023 estimate |
• Total | |
• Per capita | |
GDP (nominal) | 2023 estimate |
• Total | |
• Per capita | |
Gini (2023) | low |
HDI (2021) | very high |
Currency | Josephinian guilder (Jƒ, JSG) |
Time zone | UTC+4 (Eastern Elian Time, EET) |
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy (CE) |
Driving side | left |
Calling code | +76 |
Internet TLD | .js |
Josephinia, officially the Commonwealth of Josephinia (Ínts’o: 𐒿𐓂͘𐓄𐒰 𐓀𐒰͘𐓓𐒰͘ 𐓁𐒻 𐓓𐓎𐓊𐒷, hernicized: Sopʼa Mąžą Ni Žucʼe), is a sovereign state in Elia Borealis. It is bounded to the north by X, to the west and southwest by Kahneska, to the southeast by Siskiyou, and to the east by the Alconian Ocean. Its capital is Haliburt while its largest city is Port Royal; other major population centers include Delamore, Gracebridge, Sequaneake, Providence, Fairview, Hamill, Pembroke, and Springfield. With a population of approximately 6.3 million, it is the fifth-most and least populous country in Elia Borealis, but its most densely populated. Josephinia spans 101,827 km2 (39,316 sq mi), making it the single-smallest country on the continent and among the smallest in the Elias.
Josephinia is located on the middle section of the Elian Alconian Plain, the foothill region of the Abaroskine Mountains which crosses the country diagonally from north-west to south-east; the adjacent Big Misty Mountains form the natural boundary to Kahneska. The centrally located Golden Valley is the country's breadbasket and most fertile region. The densely populated coastal areas around Sequaneake Bay are largely shaped by drowned river valleys, low firths, and tidal marshes known as the Tidewash.
Various native Elian tribes have inhabited the territory of modern-day Josephinia for at least 11,000 years, including the Polhetan and the eastern Ama. In 1515, Fallish explorer Francis Edward Barpfylde became the first known Calesian to make landfall in the region. Subsequently, in 1608, the United Wixdon Company created the Colony of Cisylvania around the trading posts of Port Royal and Delamore as the second permanent Fallish colony in the New World after Fastings in X. Renamed in 1702, the inhabitants of now Josephinia fought for independence in the Elian Revolution of Nations in 1759 and became part of the Grand Federation in 1776.
Dissatisfied with Fallish authority in Calesia, religiously prosecuted Cowerers and other minorities flocked to Josephinia en masse in the late 18th century, nearly quadrupling the state's population in the span of 20 years. By 1800, the so-called Steaders had repeatedly violated the Proclaimed Demarcation Line of 1750 and began to settle and colonize the continent's interior from the eastern frontier; the native populations were, often times violently, displaced. Following an armed rebellion in the 1880s, the weakening Grand Federation recognized the approximately 90,000 Steaders' independence beyond the Big Misty Mountains through the 1889 Casper Convention. The Elian Civil War coincided with a final attempt by the Free States to seize back control over Josephinia, before such desires permanently ceased.
Over the course of the 20th century, Josephinia was subject to an alternating series of civil and democratic governments and military juntas; the near century-long one-party rule of the National Party dominated Josephinian politics, gradually strengthening racial segregation and rapidly industrializing the formerly protectionist agrarian economy. In 1920 and 1944, the military repeatedly seized control. Amidst mounting sanctions by its continental neighbors, Josephinia's amended constitution formally abolished racially motivated hindrances for the native population in 1977.
A developed country, Josephinia ranks highly in international measures of quality of life, human rights, and suppressed corruption, but still retains a significant economic inequality between the white and native populations. Nationally, legislative power is vested in the unicameral National Parliament, while executive power is exercised by the President heading the Government. Josephinia is a member state of the United Congress, Organization of Elian States, Fallish Community, Alconian Forum, and the X, and it enjoys particularly close relations with Falland and with the Free States.
Etymology
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History
Prehistory
Denvsoqua period
Fallish colonization
Steader migration
Independence
Cobtemporary period
Geography
Climate
Biodiversity
Government and politics
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Josephinia is a unitary presidential representative democracy, as codified and set by its Constitution. Exercising the separation of powers, the country's political system is divided into the executive, legislative, and judiciary branch, each controlled by a separate institution. Formally and de jure, the President is the head of the executive branch and, therefore, the head of state and head of government, the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and the most influential political instance in Josephinian politics. The President is responsible for appointing a cabinet of ministers and has the responsibility to sign and veto bills. The current President is Lloyd Gladstone since 2022.
The unicameral National Parliament is the unified legislature. It is directly elected using the mixed-member proportional representation and parallel voting systems with plurality vote in single-member districts. The National Parliament can make national law, issue a state of war and taxation, and approve of the national budget and the ministers nominated by the President. It has 149 voting members elected to four-year terms; at least one third of the candidates presented by the parties must have native heritage.
The judiciary is embodied in the Supreme Court, the nation's highest court of appeal and comprised of 10 judges nominated by the President and approved by the National Parliament. It is the country's official source of law and protector of the Constitution, enabled to overturn bills deemed unconstitutional. The political system is laid out by the frameworks of the supreme constitutional document last amended in 1977. Essential concepts of the system, such as the unitary structure, respect for human rights, and the rule of law are protected by a status of perpetual validity. Direct democracy is supported through the availability of protests, referenda, a multi-party system and accountancy of the government, and guaranteed freedoms of expression, assembly, secret ballot, and universal suffrage beginning at age 18.
In Josephinia's political history, the respective catch-all parties of the right-wing National Party and the left-wing Labour Party as well as its predecessors have been the dominant parties, with almost every President to date having been a member of either.
Foreign relations
Military
Law
Administrative divisions
Economy
Infrastructure
Agriculture
Mining
Tourism
Demographics
Languages
Religion
Education
Health
Cities and towns
Largest cities in Josephinia
National Census Office estimates (2021) | |||||||||
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Rank | Region | Pop. | Rank | Region | Pop. | ||||
![]() Port Royal ![]() Haliburt |
1 | Port Royal | Port Royal | 734,732 | 11 | Aconahee | Pequennock | 82,752 | ![]() Delamore Sequaneake |
2 | Haliburt | Haliburt | 314,503 | 12 | Durhamsburg | Haliburt | 75,208 | ||
3 | Delamore | Sequaneake | 245,590 | 13 | Oxcross | Treaty | 63,597 | ||
4 | Sequaneake | Sequaneake | 225,428 | 14 | Kingston | Haliburt | 61,410 | ||
5 | Providence | Providence | 181,172 | 15 | Namtahala | Abaroskine | 49,045 | ||
6 | Gracebridge | Pequennock | 160,338 | 16 | Fort Scott | Pequennock | 45,097 | ||
7 | Fairview | Golden Valley | 127,650 | 17 | Rupertsburg | Golden Valley | 44,659 | ||
8 | Hamill | Pequennock | 123,344 | 18 | Manassas | Haliburt | 42,027 | ||
9 | Pembroke | Treaty | 100,693 | 19 | Treaty Forge | Treaty | 41,841 | ||
10 | Springfield | Golden Valley | 92,234 | 20 | Fort Trumblin | Abaroskine | 39,919 |