Fawster

Republic of Fawster Ledeward of Fawster
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: Make thee mightier yet!
Location of  Fawster  (dark green) in Cardia  (green) Location of  Fawster  (dark green) in Cardia  (green)
Capital	Woodshire
Official languages	Fawstonian
Recognised regional languages	Cuthish
Demonym(s)	Fawstonian
Government	Federal socialist republic
• President	Michael Clark
• Prime Minister	Julia Lennox
• Speaker of the National Assembly	Johnathan Marshall
Legislature	Landmoot
Independence from Cornicae
• Declared	13 October 1943
Population
• 2020 estimate	2,567,485
GDP (PPP)	estimate
• Total	$74,349 million
• Per capita	$28,958
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	$60,135 million
• Per capita	$23,422
Gini	26.8 low
HDI	0.845 very high
Currency	Shilling (FWS)
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Driving side	left
Calling code	+12
Internet TLD	.fw

Fawster, officially known as the Republic of Fawster (Cuthish: Ledeward of Fawster), is a sovereign state in Cardia bordering Cuthland-Waldrich to the north. Containing a population of 2,567,485 people, its capital and largest city is Woodshire. Fawster is governed as a unitary parliamentary republic with a ceremonial president and an elected National Assembly, colloquially known as the Landmoot.

Fawster has been inhabited since late antiquity. It was brought under the influence of Ditanery during the early middle ages, but remained largely a collection of small city states under being unified as a duchy in the 1200's. After the 1500's it became increasingly dominated first by Cuthland-Waldrich and later the Cornicae. It would remain under foreign influence until the collapse of the Cornicae in the 1940's when activists regained independence as the Republic of Fawster. Since independence it has remained an electoral democracy.

Fawster is classed as a high-income economy which is mainly based around manufacturing and agriculture, although services take up an increasingly large share of the economy in the last three decades. The economy is small, open and export-oriented and is thus strongly influenced by the conditions of its exporting partners' economies, mainly economies in Cardia and Hallania.

Government and Politics

President Michael Clark

Prime Minister Julia Lennox

Fawster's governmental structure has remained largely unaltered since independence in 1944. The constitution - the most important legal document in the country - outlines Fawster as a parliamentary republic with a ceremonial president, an elected legislature and a cabinet led by a prime minister that is responsible to the legislature. The country is divided into 5 counties, with Fawster having a unitary administrative structure.

The president is mostly a ceremonial office, elected every five years by the unicameral National Assembly. Presidents are by custom non-partisan and usually are figures from civil society rather then career politicians. The president's main duty is to preside over the formation of a government following elections. The current president is former public prosecutor Michael Clark, first elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2019.

Since independence in 1943 up until the 1970's Fawstonian politics was dominated by the centre-right Independence Party, which had originally emerged during the 1890's in the Cornicae advocating independence and linguistic rights from Fawster. After a period of political fragmentation in the 1980's, since then politics has largely developed into a two-party system between the conservative Progressive Republican Party and the social democratic Co-operative Party.

Since 2008 the Progressive Republicans have held governance in alliance with various parties. Since the 2014 election the Progressive Republicans have held office in coalition with the Independence Party, with Julia Lennox serving as the first female prime minister. The coalition was re-elected to a four year term in 2020.