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Republic of Chenes Name in national languages Audonic: République des Chênes Tsalagi: ᎠᏓᏯᎯᎢᎾᎨᎢ Adayahi Inagei Wôbanakiôdwawôgan: Wachilmezi
Flag Coat of arms
Capital	Ville de Augusta
Largest city	Piscataquis City
Official languages	Audonic Tsalagi Wôbanakiôdwawôgan
Ethnic groups (2019)	Chênique
Demonym(s)	Chênique
Government	Federal parliamentary republic
• President	René Mitterrand
• Prime Minister	Oconostota
• Upper house	Senate of Chenes
• Lower house	House of Chenique Delegates
Establishment
• Spring Accords	1625
• Augusta Assembly	March 1813
• War of Arossagunticook-Étienne	1824-1827
• Penobscot Conventions	1914
Currency	Chênique Pehikan (CQP, P.)
Date format	MM/DD/YYYY
Driving side	right
Calling code	+56
Internet TLD	.cq

Chênes, officially the States of Chênes (Audonic: États des Chênes) is a sovereign nation located in Norumbia. It borders the countries of Moxaney and Awasan to the north, Mniohuta to the west and Gristol-Serkonos to the south. Its eastern coastline leads to the North Thalassan Sea. The capital of Chenes is Ville de Augusta and the most populous city is Piscataquis. Chênes is politically divided between West Chenes and East Chenes, both of which differ politically, socially, economically, lingually and culturally. The population of Chenes is approximately 19.7 million people, with over 82% living in East Chênes. The majority of people within the country self-identify as Chênique.

Chênes has historically been inhabited since the ice ages and is considered to be the homeland of two Norumbian groups: the Serkonian Anigiduwagi and the Kadowakan Wαpánahki. At the zenith of both groups power, there were over twenty five different Anigiduwagi and Wαpánahki clans spread out through Chenes. The two largest tribes that influenced events during this time were the Anigiduwagi Quanassee clan and the Wαpánahki Androscoggin clan. In 1625, a group of Audonic dissatisifed merchants, tradesmen and civilians that formed the Company of New Augusta landed on the shore near contemporary Ville de Augusta. The settlement was established as the first Audonic settlement. The Company of New Augusta was welcomed by the Wαpánahki tribe of Winnibisauga. Initially, Ville de Augusta flourished with the help of the Winnibisauga during winter times. Much of early Augusta-Winnibisaugan commerce evolved using the Wαpánahki currency of wampum to purchase fur and pelts that were made by Augusta tradesmen.

By 1775, Chenes was still not a unified entity. Ville de Augusta and Ville de Amiens were the two major Audonic settlements on the coast while Vignobles served as the only Audonic settlement in the mainland. Vignobles was the first settlement of its kind and was near the land of the Wαpánahki tribe of Amaseconti. From 1775 to 1791, Ville de Amiens was abandoned twice due to disease, famine and conflicts brought on with the native Anigiduwagi clan of Telliqo. In 1813, the Augusta Assembly was held between the Audonic settlers and representatives from the Androscoggin and Quanassee. The Augusta Assembly created the Confederation of Chenes, which was a very loose union between the Audonic settlers, now called the Chenique; and the Androscoggin. The Quanassee delegates abandoned the Assembly midway due to disagreements.

The Quanassee and the majority of smaller Tsalagi tribes later declared war on the Confederation of Chenes in the War of Androscoggin-Etinne in 1824. The war saw the eventual inclusion of the Quanassee and Tsalagi tribes under the Confederation with almost free-reigning autonomy. In 1914, the Penobscot Assembly was held which federalized the confederation and saw a stronger central government with weaker state governments. The Penobscot Assembly also resolves to recognize the Quanassee as a singular political entity that participated within the federal government and held free reign as an almost entirely separate country under the protection of Chenes.

Chenes is currently a federal legislative-dependent republic. The head of state and head of government are elected within the Senate of Chenes, the upper house in the Legislature of Chenes. The executive branch is the Executive Council of Chenes, which is led by the President of Chenes. Chenes is officially trilingual at a federal government level, with states being able to choose which languages to represent as their official language. Chenes has historically been a nation that focuses on railroad and transportation as an economic option, and is a founding member of the Commercial Railway Company that serves Moxaney and Gristol-Serkenos. Chenes is strictly an unaligned nation and refuses to engage with international conflicts that do not threaten Chenes. As a result, Chenes military is extremely small and only contains one branch, the Border Guard of Chenes.

Etymology

The term Chêne comes from the Audonic word for the oak tree. While the majority of wood that was used was pine tree wood, the oak tree was considered to be unique to the Audonic settlers. Many different trinkets or special things that were created by the Audonic settlers were made of oak, signifying its value to them.

The term Chênique was coined by René Sieyes during the Augusta Assembly in 1813, which caught in very quickly during the Penobscot Trade Revolution. The cultural and societal revolution sought better integration between the Audonic settlers and the Wαpánahki.

History

Main article: History of Chenes

Pre-Audonic History

This section will serve to explain history of the Tsalagi before the introduction of the Audonic settlers. The general area this takes place is West Chenes with potential involvement of neighbors. Alongside this is a primary focus on the expansion of Tsalagi and their existence during the expansion of Chenes.

Audonic Colonization

This section will serve to explain history of the Audonics, a brief summary of their actions before leaving Belisaria and the afterwards sailing from any of the countries from Belisaria. The general area from there will be in East Chenes, specifically on the East Coast. Much of the colonization will further go into a large center, Ville de Augusta. Afterwards, different trade outposts will be set up along the East Chenes Coast and trading posts along the Sagadahoc network of roads.

Augusta Convention & Penobscot Mercantile Revolution

This section will serve to explain the Augusta Convention and the establishment of East Chenes. The cultural divide between the Sagadahoc-Chenique and the Maskwacis becomes more and more expanded, until the Penobscot Mercantile Revolution which serves to fully unify the Chenique and Sagadahoc as a single nation.

War of Androscoggin-Étienne

This section will serve as a brief explanation of the Maskwacis attack on the Chenes border as a reaction to what they believed to be a cultural invasion that violated the Agreement of Augusta, the only treaty that the Maskwacis, Sagadahoc and Chenique agreed to sign. Eventually the Maskwacis would attend the Penobscot Convention and the Penobscot Agreement as they began to lose different tribes in their alliance. They lost those allies to the Chenique and Sagadahoc during the war, and eventually they agreed to a ceasefire and seceded control and influence over several different eastern and central Tsalagi tribes.

Golden Era of the Merle

This section will serve as an explanation of the era, the Golden Era of the Merle, alternatively the Industrial Revolution.

Asherionic Wars

This section will serve as an explanation of Chenes during the Asherionic Wars and under Asherion's control. Under Asherion's control many of the Abenaki, Creole and Chenique communities suffered from the ordinances that were placed upon them, especially the Chenique.

Reformative Era

This section will serve as an explanation of Chenes in the aftermath of the collapse of Asherion's Empire. Much of Asherion's brief conquest embittered the Chenique and Creole factions who were subject to Asherion's relocation policy on children. Much of the Reformative Era is marked by quickly entering and exiting presidents, often without an election as Chenes attempts to reform their country.

Geography

Physical Geography, Geology & Hydrology

Chenes is bordered by Moxaney to the north, Awasin to the northwest, Mniohuta to the west, Gristol-Serkonos to the south, and the Thalassian Sea to the east. Chenes is divided primarily between West Chenes and East Chenes. West Chenes is divided into six states, while East Chenes is divided into twelve states.

Government & Politics

Government

Chenes is a federal republic that utilizes a legislative-dependent system, similar to a semi-presidential system that awards more power to the Chenique Legislature. The Chenique government is divided into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. These consist of the Statesman Congress, led by the President of Chenes; the bicamerial Legislature of Chenes, and the Supreme Court of Chenes. All branches of government are headquartered and operate within Ville de Augusta in the Government Square. The only exception to this is the House of Delegates that operates with other government entities headquartered in the Merchants Square.

Chenes has historically invested the legal powers of government into the legislative branch and is considered to be an identifying value within Chenique government and politics. The Augusta Assembly was the first legal assembly within the country until its transition into the Unified Assembly of Chenes after the signing of the Treaty of Oaks and the establishment of the Union of Chenes. Historically in Chenique political history, the government has operated under a two-party system until XXXX. The two politically dominant parties have been the Chenique-Wαpánahki aligned Société des Commerçants and the politically neutral Comité des Indépendants. The political alignment between these two parties has generally been fluid. A third party, the Alliance de l'Ouest, rose in 1933 and turned the two-party system to a multi-party system and has orientated itself to aligning with the Anigiduwagi

The presidency of Jacques Champlain hosted the Penobscot Assembly after the 1912 Election of Chenes. The 1914 Constitution of Chenes was authored and signed during the Penobscot Assembly in response to the 1908 Chenes Civil War. The 1914 Constitution establishes the current form of a federated government, allowing more autonomy from the newly created subdivisions of West Chenes and East Chenes. Alongside this, lower-division units were standardized from the previous system, creating subdivisions from the two areas into states and subsequently into Departments. Continuining the traditions passed from the Augusta Assembly, the 1914 Constitution retained the legislative-dependent system. However, this was tampered with more authority given over the governments of West Chenes and East Chenes, alongside more power over their individual states.

The Government of West Chenes, typically referred to as the Quanassee Government, is governed tribally by ethnic Anigiduwagi. East Chenes is entirely bound to the 1914 Constitution of Chenes and is represented in the legislature by the General Assembly. East Chenes is bound to the national executive branch, the Executive Council and primarily consists of Chenique and Wαpánahki states. West Chenes governed by a tribal government, the Quanassee Government.

Regional & State Government

Chenes is divided into

West Chenes

West Chenes is an autonomous part of Chenes that makes up one of the two large administrative divisions of Chenes. West Chenes is still considered to be governed by the 1914 Constitution, but has its own legal document that determines the full stretch of its autonomy. The 1915 Constitution of West Chenes is the full legal document that proscribes the powers of the autonomous division. West Chenes consists of the states of Quanassee, Sitigu, Talikwa, Esseneca, Chatuga, and Tuckasegee. All of these states are recognized to be ethnically and linguistically Tsalagi. West Chenes has been governed since the 1915 Constitution by the Government of Quanassee.

Administrative Division

Chenes is divided between West Chenes and East Chenes. The borders between the two were determined by the Penobscot Assembly and are governed separately. East Chenes is governed by the current government, and is subdivided by states. States do not have sovereignty but retain self-governship and are somewhat independent from the federal government. States are divided further into regions, and the subdivided into departments, which is the smallest level of local government. There are 18 different states, 12 states under the jurisdiction of East Chenes and 6 states under the jurisdiction of West Chenes.

Flag	State	Capital City	Largest City	Governor	Population
	Augusta	Ville de Augusta	Ville de Augusta	Jacques Santerre	XXXX
	Montgomery	Rennes	Rennes	Hélène Myriam	XXXX
	Lanaudiere	New Calais	Machias	Donatien Ludovic
	Vignobles	Vignobles City	Vignobles City	Cédric Dieudonné
	Amiens	Ville de Amiens	Ville de Amiens	Barnabé Édouard
	Sarthe	Évreux	Évreux	Maxence Gauthier
	Ardèche	Épernay	Épernay	Éliane Simone
	Penobscot	Penobscot	Penobscot	TBD
	Androscoggin	Île de Androscoggin	Île de Androscoggin	TBD
	Winnibisauga	Île de Winnibisauga	Île de Winnibisauga	TBD
	Piscataquis	Île de Piscataquis	Mérignac	TBD
	Souhegan	Île de Souhegan	Périgueux	TBD
	Quanassee	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Sitigu	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Talikwa	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Esseneca	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Chatuga	TBD	TBD	TBD
	Tuckasegee	TBD	TBD	TBD