Verbiza

Verbiza

People's Communal Republic of Verbiza Us Peepseye dem Verbiza
Flag Emblem
Motto: Survival is insufficient
Anthem: Arise! Arise! Arise!
Capital and largest city	Dobbston
Official languages	English, Verbizan
Demonym(s)	Verbizan
Government	Multi-party socialist state under a federal system
• President	Elizabeth Dobbs
• Vice-President	Dennis Moore
Legislature	National Congress
• Upper house	Council of Overseers
• Lower house	Popular Forum
Population
• 2015 estimate	1.2 million
• 2010 census	1.105 million
Date format	01 Jan 1900
Driving side	right

Verbiza, officially the People's Communal Republic of Verbiza (Verbizan: Us Peepseye dem Verbiza), is a landlocked sovereign federal republic under a multi-party socialist system wherein all citizens live in primarily remote, mountainous communes instead of traditional cities and towns. The capital and largest city, Dobbston, is the sole exception and largely resembles a normal population center, though its neighborhoods are largely organized along the same lines as the communes found in the five provinces.

The People's Communal Republic of Verbiza was born out of protests by left-wing trade unions in the hills of central Verbiza during the early 20th century, then a province of !NATION. Dissatisfied with poor working conditions and marginalization of the Verbizan language and culture, community organizer Elmo Dobbs began organizing general strikes in an effort to improve working conditions and earn recognition of Verbizan rights. Escalation of tensions from both sides eventually led to violence between the protesters and the government, which led to the Verbizan Revolution (1922 - 1926). The Verbizan Revolution ended with the formal establishment and recognition of Verbiza as an independent state. Verbiza adopted a socialist, multi-party, communal federation to maximize workers' say.

Landlocked, mostly mountainous, and lacking sophisticated infrastructure, Verbiza remained a poor backwater for the entirety of the 20th century. This was also due in part to the inefficiencies of an economy solely based on manual mining from communal villages. In 2006, however, Elizabeth Dobbs, granddaughter of Elmo Dobbs, rose to power and began implementing economic reforms to open the country to more modern economic methods, while retaining the prima facie aspects of the communal system her grandfather designed.

Today, Verbiza is slowly developing its national infrastructure, education system, and economy. Despite improvements, the country is regularly criticized by international monitors for human rights abuses, unfair election policies, and general lack of freedom for political voices right-of-centre.