Arlyon

Federation of Arlyon Fédération d'Arliyon
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Prolétaires de tous les pays, unissez-vous! Workers' of the World Unite!
Anthem: Le drapeau rouge The Red Flag
Capital	Champierre
Official languages	Arlyonish
Recognised regional languages	!Italian, !Breton, !Catalan, !Spanish
Ethnic groups	Arlyonish, !Italian, !Breton, !Catalan, !Spanish, Lavish
Demonym(s)	Arlyonish
Government	Federal socialist republic
• President of the Federal Council	Édouard Verpilleux
• President of the Council of Ministers	Mireille Clémentel
• President of the Supreme Council	Adéodat Cassagnac
Legislature	Supreme Council of Communes and Cantons
Formation
• Kingdom of Arlyon	1053
• Republic of Arlyon	1877
• April Revolution	1916
Population
• 2019 estimate	54,485,783
GDP (PPP)	estimate
• Total	$2,004,310 million
• Per capita	$37,058
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	$1,879,048 million
• Per capita	$34,742
Gini	24.8 low
HDI	0.896 very high
Currency	Livre (LIV)
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy
Driving side	left
Calling code	+52
Internet TLD	.ar

The Federation of Arlyon (Arlyonish: Fédération de Arliyon) commonly known as Arlyon is a sovereign state in Cardia bordering Lavaria to the north. Governed as a federal socialist republic Arlyon exercises justification over 6 Communes (which are divided into 24 departments) and 3 canton-level cities.

The modern Arlyonish state consolidate with the unification of several duchies in 1056, although the origins of Arlyon as a geographic and cultural entity predate the Kingdom's creation. The Arlyonish kingdom would steadily expand until the 1500’s when a succession war saw the kingdom reduced in size and prestige. The 1600’s would see the country begin to rise in strength again until entering a golden age from the 1700’s-early 1800’s which ended after prolonged revolutionary activity. In 1812 the first Arlyonish parliament was inaugurated but was shut down just 7 years later restoring absolutist rule, leading to agitation for more radical republicanism. In 1877 the monarchy was overthrown and replaced with a parliamentary republic. The republic was known initially for its anti-clerical and radical reformist nature but during the early 20th century became politically inert despite the country scientifically and culturally going through a golden age.

The Continental War saw Arlyonish's republican government replaced with a military regime. After Arlyon's defeat in the war a revolution saw the regime to collapse and a socialist federation to be declared. Initially the new government was heavily divided between liberal democrats, anarchists and more authoritarian-minded socialists. A left-wing republic was declared mixing in representative elements (including an elected parliament and political parties) alongside direct elements in the economy based on the idea of workers’ self management. From the mid-1990’s there was a period of more right-wing reform and reconciliation with capitalist countries but since more recently there has been a greater trend towards supporting international socialism and revolutionary trends in line with policy followed from the federations creation in 1926. Unrest in *ethnic minority region* alongside far-right terrorism have been perennial issues since 1916.

Arlyon is currently structured as a republic with the head of state being the Chairman of the Council of Cantons and the head of government the Chairman of the Council of Ministers with elections to the Supreme Council of Communes and Cantons being held every five years. The country’s economy is a mix of government-owned businesses, those managed by workers’ cooperatives and a small private sector combining elements of market socialism with mutualism and more traditional state-led initiatives. Arlyon has a large modern military and exercises a foreign policy promoting international socialism. Arlyon is known internationally as a global centre of art, science, and philosophy being renowned worldwide for its rich cultural heritage.

History

Contemporary history

Arlyonish Revolutionary War

Revolutionaries protesting against the military regime during the September Revolution.

The collapse of the Arlyonish army during the closing months of the Continental War and the declaration of the Treaty of X caused popular discontent amongst the population of Arlyon. Nationalists who had supported the military regime were disheartened by the defeat whilst socialists who had opposed both the war and the 1910 coup sought to take workers' anger to the streets, demanding an end to the military regime and the restoration of "republican, democratic and national dignity". The Chairman of the Comité militaire de libération nationale Gaston Lambert refused to accede to the protesters demands, but was quickly losing support from within the military itself. He was replaced by General Pierre Bounine-Cabalé who dissolved the Comité militaire de libération nationale and announced the creation of a provisional government that would hold elections within a year providing parties supported both the Treaty of X and the principles of "republicanism, private property and the church" intentionally a disenfranchisement of socialist parties.

The announcement of this development did little to stop the protests which were quickly morphing into riots and military mutinies. On the 15^th September a general strike was called by the Fédération des travailleurs d'Arliyon (FTA) which aimed to pressure the dissolution of the provisional government and the restoration of the 1877 constitution. In response the Milice Nationale were deployed to disperse the strikers. Bloody Tuesday saw over 54 workers' shot in Champierre by the military and the Milice Nationale resulted in widespread shock across the nation and a collapse in support for Bounine-Cabalé's government. Protesters on the 22^nd September 1916 stormed the Palace of TBA and declared the Gouvernement révolutionnaire d'Arliyon with General Jérôme Diderot appointed Chief of the government and Socialist Party leader Jacques Armand as Chairman of a Council of Ministers. The declaration of a revolutionary government saw similar uprisings into several other cities that claimed loyalty to the Diderot-Armand government which immediately attempted to secure international recognition. The new government was almost universally supported on the left with socialists, communists, syndicalists, anarchists, social democrats, radicals and other left-wing republicans supporting the republic. Some sections of the right - such as secular liberals and conservatives and national syndicalists - gave cautious support to the new government due to their dissatisfaction with both the previous republican and military governments.

The government was not recognised by sections of the military loyal to Bounine-Cabalé which retreated to the city of Belleteau and attempted to continue the provisional government being supported by an important section of the army. This started the Arlyish Revolutionary War which lasted from September 1916 to March 1918 primarily between a loyalist coalition of religious conservatives, ultranationalists, monarchists and conservative republicans based in Belleteau and the supporters of the Champierre revolutionary government which was supported by the left and minority ethnic groups. The loyalist government suffered from a lack of support internally whilst the revolutionary government although beset by infighting was larger and able to count on the broad support of society. In 1917 Armand was killed when the train he was using was bombed by loyalist elements. The revolutionaries eventually were able to capture the last loyalist stronghold in March 1918 declaring the foundation of the Fédération d'Arliyon.

Post-Revolutionary years

The legacy of both the Continental War and the Revolutionary War saw the country economically and socially ruined whilst the new government was unstable, being based on a fragile coalition of competing ideological currents. In June 1918 a constitutional assembly was elected which soon divided between liberal-social democrats, revolutionary socialists, anarcho-syndicalists, national syndicalists and communists. Nevertheless under pressure from the Chief of the government Jérôme Diderot the Assembly was able to create a government of communists, syndicalists and moderate socialists that was able to in 1919 pass a constitution that was based on a mix of liberal democracy, democratic centralism and workers' democracy. The new constitution was controversial being a collection of compromises forced through by Diderot who after the death of Armand in 1917 and due to his status as head of the army and a revolutionary hero was considered a quasi-dictator which aroused opposition from some who feared he would recreate a military dictatorship and use his popularity to enforce a cult of personality.

Jérôme Diderot, the inaugural Chief of State of the Federation, was accused of acting dictatorial during the early years of the federation.

Diderot was however in the early years of the federation able to act as a stabilising factor acting as a mediator between the federations political factions and a popular figure the public could support. This allowed the post-revolutionary government to implement a wide range of economic and social policies considered avant-garde for the time. The economy was slowly reformed to be based on a combination of worker and consumer cooperatives co-existing alongside nationalised industry (often constituting the "commanding heights of the economy") albeit private businesses did still exist, primarily in rural areas as land reform was often slow and haphazard.

The new constitution also saw minority ethnic areas that's culture had been repressed both by the monarchy and the republic to be reformed into federal communes that exercised significant autonomy. However such autonomy was hotly contested - whilst a territorial model had been implemented many especially the communists and anarchists supported a plurinational model in order to diffuse territorial separation. Although minorities were afforded more autonomy then enjoyed historically the new federation still upheld the territorial integrity of Arlyon and saw national self-determination in terms of a cultural rather then nationalist process.

Economy

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