Verbiza
Verbiza
People's Communal Republic of Verbiza Republica comunală populară verbița | |
|---|---|
| Motto: Supraviețuirea este insuficientă Survival is insufficient | |
| Anthem: Arise! Arise! Arise! | |
| Capital and largest city | Dobescau |
| Official languages | Verbizan |
| Demonym(s) | Verbizan |
| Government | Multi-party socialist state under a federal system |
| Elisabeta Dobescu | |
| Vasile Țăranu | |
| Legislature | National Congress |
| Council of Overseers | |
| 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: Republica comunală populară verbița) 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, Dobescau, 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 Dobescu 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 as a system of government.
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. Since 2006, however, Elisabeta Dobescu, granddaughter of the founder Elmo Dobescu, 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.
Politics
Verbiza operates as a federal republic under a multi-party socialist system wherein all citizens live workers' communes. Verbiza is divided into three provinces, each of which contains several major workers' communes (analogous to cities) and hundreds of smaller satellite communes (analogous to towns and villages).
The three provinces are:
- Central Verbiza
- North Verbiza
- South Verbiza
The Verbizan legislature, the National Congress (Congres național) of Verbiza, is bicameral. The upper house is the Council of Overseers (Consiliul supraveghetorilor), and the lower house is the Popular Forum (Forum popular). The Council of Overseers is comprised of all the elected commune overseers from across the nation. The Popular Forum is comprised of two elected representatives from each of the major communes. The Popular Forum is responsible for creating all legislation. The Council of Overseers can offer advice and consent to the Popular Forum; it has limited veto powers to limit the legislative ability of the Popular Forum, but the Popular Forum can vote to reject any veto made by the Council of Overseers.
The President of Verbiza, currently Elisabeta Dobescu, and the Vice-President of Verbiza, currently Vasile Țăranu, are elected by a national popular vote.
There is no independent judiciary in Verbiza. All matters related to the law are handled at the level of local commune leaders, who are responsible for interpreting the law and applying it.
Political parties
While the ruling Communist Party of Verbiza has a majority of seats in the current government, Verbiza has free and open elections with multiple political parties generally competing for seats and representation in the Council of Overseers and the Popular Forum.
The table below lists the parties that currently have representation in the legislature:
| Party | Orientation | Council of Overseers | Popular Forum |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communist Party of Verbiza | Far-left, | Example | Example |
| Democratic National Salvation Front | Far-left | Example | Example |
| Social Democratic Party | Centre-left | Example | Example |
| Liberal Reformist Party | Centre-right | Example | Example |