Nueva Rico

Arab Arbiter of Nueva Rico القاضية العربية نويفا ريكو
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Capital	Moncóvila
Largest city	Lasàntos
Official languages	Arabic
Religion	- 63% Islam - 22% Transcendentalism - 15% Other
Demonym(s)	Nuyorican
Government	Provincial, isocratic caliphate
• Caliph	Umar Ibn al-Sa'id
Legislature	People's Directorate (مديرية الشعب)
Establishment
• The Free Land founded	February 2nd, 1957
• The United Isocratic Provinces established	May 21, 1894
• The Candlelight Insurgency	August 28th, 2017
• The Industrial Enlightenment	October 9th, 2018
• Jus Ad Bellum	December 22nd, 2018
• Era of Nirvāna	January 20th, 2018
Area
• Total	712,549 km2 (275,117 sq mi)
Population
• 2020 estimate	7B
• 2020 census	6,984,000,000
• Density	9,801.43/km2 (25,385.6/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	$1,033,045,000,000,000
Gini	1.88 low
HDI	.945 very high
Currency	Ridger (ℜ) (RDG)
Calling code	+22
Internet TLD	.nr

The Arab Arbiter of Nueva Rico is a progressive, Islamic nation which prioritizes its public welfare and stunning environment over its industry. Despite its inclusitivity and drastic reduction of societal stratification, competition is still very present among the social hierarchy. However, a citizen's societal echelon is almost always decided by his or her intelligence, charisma, and aptitude in his or her field, above all else. The official language is Arabic, however, the predominantly multilingual populace also largely speaks English or Frañol, depending on province.

Nueva Rico is divided into five provinces, similar to something like that of New York; Moncóvila, Amaraso, Mochête, Bevira, and Lasàntos, which all share respective cultural and historical differences.

Moncóvila is the nation's capital province - sparsely populated, bordered by both the harbor and the mountain, and renowned for the best public education in the nation; Amaraso, the uptown port city with skyscrapers that tower over the water - prime real estate for the affluent and rife with tourists; Mochête, the prosperous economic hub, ubiquitous with flashy lights and noise pollution alike, home to the Nueva Rican stock exchange; Bevira, the agrarian outskirts that house the nation's flourishing beef industry - renowned worldwide for environmentalist policy that has kept the area rural despite the rapid urbanization of the other provinces; and Lasàntos, the suburban population center of all the provinces - historically a french settler colony, which permeates into the lively culture of the province.

The nation has a 'frighteningly' efficient, centrally-planned economy with a GDP of over 1 quadrillion ridgers (ℜ) - dominated by its world-leading Information Technology industry - with significant contributions from Tourism, Book Publishing, and Public Transport technology. Crime is well under control - despite a complete lack of prisons - due to the nation's progressive education system, famine is unheard-of, and unemployment is below three percent.

Prehistory to Roman Control

Main Article: Prehistoric North Africa

Antiquity - 6000 BCE: The fertile plains of Nueva Rico are occupied by a number of primitive tribes. Usually ruled by a shamanistic system of worship, they often elect chiefs based on supernatural ability. They hunt to survive - highly skilled, often killing animals much bigger than themelves, such as lions, rhinoceroses, and elephants. They are nomadic and tend to follow the herd. With vegetation abundant on its lower side, the countryside provides haven for the rampant wildlife. c. 6000 BCE: Archaeological data shows Neolithic civilization (marked by animal domestication and subsistence agriculture) beginning to emerge. The amalgam of tribes among the indigenous African people begins to dissolve into a larger, distinct population and culture. c. 800 - c. 300 BCE: The arrival of Phoenicians on the Nuyorican coast heralded many centuries of rule by foreign powers. Phoenician traders penetrated the western Mediterranean before the 8th century BCE and set up depots for salt and ore along the coast and up the rivers of the territory of present-day Nueva Rico. Major early settlements of the Phoenicians included those at Chellah, Lixus and Mogador. Mogador is known to have been a Phoenician colony by the early 6th century BCE.

By the 5th century BCE, the state of Carthage had extended its hegemony across much of North Africa. Carthage developed commercial relations with the indigenous tribes and paid them an annual tribute to ensure their cooperation in the exploitation of raw materials.

c. 300 BCE - c. 430 CE: Mauretania was an independent tribal kingdom on the Mediterranean coast of north Africa, corresponding to northern modern-day Nueva Rico from about the 3rd century BEC. The earliest known king of Mauretania was Bocchus I, who ruled from 110 BCE to 81 BCE. Some of its earliest recorded history relates to Phoenician and Carthaginian settlements such as Lixus and Chellah. The Mauretani kings ruled inland territories overshadowing the coastal outposts of Carthage and Rome, often as satellites, allowing Roman rule to exist. It officially became a client of the Roman empire in 33 BCE, then a full province after Emperor Caligula had the last king, Ptolemy of Mauretania, executed (40 CE).

Rome controlled the vast, ill-defined territory through alliances with the tribes rather than through military occupation, expanding its authority only to those areas where it was economically viable. Hence, Roman administration never extended outside the restricted area of the northern coastal plain and valleys. This strategic region formed part of the Roman Empire, governed as Mauretania Tingitana, with the city of Volubilis as its capital.

Islamic Conquest to Dynastic Era

Main Article: Muslim conquest of the Maghreb

c. 600 - 740: The Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, that started in the middle of the 7th century, was achieved in the early 8th century. It brought both the Arabic language and Islam to the area. Although part of the larger Islamic Empire, Nueva Rico was initially organized as a subsidiary province of LinkIfriqiya, with the local governors appointed by the Muslim governor in LinkKairouan.

The indigenous tribes adopted Islam, but retained their customary laws. They also paid taxes and tribute to the new Muslim administration. Nuyorican city Aït Benhaddou, photographed in the evening. A remnant of Islamic culture in the nation.

740 - 743: Spurred on by puritanical LinkKharijite agitators, the native Nuyorican population revolted against the ruling Ummayad Caliphate. The rebellion began among the tribes of western Nueva Rico, and spread quickly across the region. Although the insurrection petered out in 742 AD before it reached the gates of Kairouan, neither the Umayyad nor their Abbasid successors managed to re-impose their rule on the areas west of Ifriqiya. Nueva Rico phased out of Umayyad and Abbasid control, and fragmented into a collection of independent, dynastic states such as Berghwata, Sijilmassa and Nekor. The tribes retained some elements of Islam, however they mostly went on to construct new, syncretic faiths. c. 1060 - 1549: Nueva Rico was at its most powerful under a series of emirates and dynasties, which rose to power south of the Atlas Mountains and expanded their rule northward, replacing local shaman leaders. The 11th and 12th centuries witnessed the founding of several significant emirates, led by noble aristocratic princes, and a number of dynasties led by religious reformers. The majority of the dynasties were based around a tribal confederation that dominated the Maghreb and Al-Andalus for more than 200 years. The syncretic dynasties gave the Nuyorican people some measure of collective identity and political unity under a native regime, for the first time in their history. The dynasties created the idea of an “imperial Maghreb”, an idea that survived to modern day in some form from another. 1439 - 1460: Among the mid 14th century, in the midst of Portugal's global empire, they made a successful effort to control the Atlantic coast of Africa, which began a movement of europeanization among the syncretic dynasties of south Nueva Rico. They established trading posts which further diffused European culture to the less developed countries of the trans-saharan caravan routes. While they began to further acclimate to European culture, mass amounts of gold and salt began to be trafficked across the Saharan desert by the aristocratic nobles of Nueva Rico, making them very wealthy.

With the global empire of Portugal beginning to die out between the mid 15th and early 16th centuries, Portuguese culture scarcely retained among the predominantly Muslim populace of Nueva Rico. However, the trade interaction across the Saharan desert with Portugal marked the first of many European influences to come to the region and the beginning of a European era in Nueva Rico.

French Colonization to Founding

Main Article: Muslim conquest of the Maghreb

c. 1830 - 1912: The French began showing strong interest in Nueva Rico and its trans-Saharan trading posts as early as 1830. The Maghreb had far greater known wealth than the rest of Africa, and its location near the entrance to the Mediterranean gave it strategic importance. After the Napoleonic wars, the Ottoman Empire's surrounding territory in North Africa became increasingly ungovernable from Istanbul, leaving it open to French advances.

The French began to deploy a substantial force of troops among the interior of Nueva Rico, sparking an international crisis, known as the Agadir Crisis, in which Berlin threatened warfare in objection to France's expansion - in the midst of a rebellion against the Sultan of Nueva Rico. On July 1st, 1911, the German gunboat SMS Panther arrived at the port of Agadir, under the pretext of protecting German trade interests, forcing the French and its allies, the United Kingdom and Spain, into negotiations. As a result, both parties signed the Treaty of Fez, which relinquished Nueva Rico from French control and recognized the sovereignty of the sultanate. However, as a condition of the treaty, France kept control over a number of military outposts and settler colonies in the country.

1912 - 1956: After the liberation of the Nuyorican sultanate, a Spanish immigrant and capitalist named Aurelius Colono began making waves in local politics after publicly calling for Sultan Mohammed V's abdication and advocating for the establishment of a secular, laissez-faire state. While officially repudiated by the Sultan, Colono expressed sentiments that represented the zeitgeist of the increasingly-secular Nuyorican people. After garnering support from the royal guard, Colono staged a coup against Muhammad V and successfully usurped his throne.

Upon acquisition of control over the nation, Aurelius Colono began heavily reforming the political and socioeconomic systems of the nation. He heavily reduced government in favor of a more anarchic, self-reliant system; Secularized positions of influence; As well as heavily expanding the rights of citizens.