The Greater Kingdom of Michigan

The Greater Kingdom of Michigan is a nation existing in the areas of and around Michigan, a former state in the Midwest Commonwealth. Their government operates in a system with a constitutional monarch who acts as a figurehead for the state, a president elected by the people, and a representative body elected by each region of the Kingdom.
== History ==
=== Pre-Unification ===
The Kingdom was originally two nations, one being The Republic of Michigan, which controlled all of southern Michigan and extended to parts of Ohio and Indiana, the other being The Kingdom of Michigan, which controlled all of northern Michigan and the upper Michigan peninsula. The Republic operated, self-explanatorily, as a representative democracy ruled by an elected president. The Kingdom was, also self-explanatorily, ruled by an absolute monarch.
The two nations had been engaged in a long war over dominance in the region since 2237, dubbed by the populace of Michigan as The Stalemate, that had come to a standstill. Both forces were relatively similar in strength, and had resorted to trench-warfare style tactics. When the Kingdom won battles in the east, the Republic would quickly counter it by winning in the west. After 6 years of warfare, both sides began sending ambassadors to attempt to bring peace to the region.
After several failed peace conferences and an ongoing state of a ceasefire, a conclusion eventually arrived. In the Conference of Mount Pleasant, delegates from The Kingdom of Michigan proposed a unification of the Republic and Kingdom. In this new state, they would operate as one nation but allow the southern region to govern itself with republican principles and the north with monarchical principles. There would be a royal family, a senate made up of elected senators in the south and lords appointed by the monarchy in the north, and a president elected by all citizens across the country.
With tense concessions being made to the Republicans, eventually the Conference of Mount Pleasant succeeded in 2243, with the war ending and unification slowly beginning. The process concluded in 2244, with both nations united under one banner, but signs of civil war already showing.
=== Post-Unification ===
The state was formed initially with heavy doubts of its sustainability from both sides of the nation, primarily from south Michigan. The Republicans believed they had good odds of winning the war, but instead chose to submit to monarchical rule. The Monarchists believed they had good odds of winning the war, but instead chose to submit to republican rule. Naturally, this was not good.
Several protests erupted in both Cheboygan, the former capital of The Kingdom, and New Detroit, the former capital of The Republic and new capital of The Greater Kingdom. Republicans demanded immediate secession and the Monarchists demanded the same. However, as it does in all nations, immediate police actions shut them both up. In the founding ceremony of The Kingdom, President Marie Swan and King Ulysses III met in Mount Pleasant in front of a crowd of thousands and shook hands, both signing the constitution of The Kingdom.
As the news of the signing spread across the state, radical republicans in the south began to feel enraged at what they saw as a betrayal of the republic by the president. While the Monarchists were more easy to silence, as the king retained a fair amount of power, the president was limited in power by the king's ability to block her veto of laws passed by the Senate, although the president had the same power towards the king's vetoes. The perceived surrender of the republic, along with the police action against protests in south Michigan, began to build up towards an armed revolution.
==== The Spring Revolution ====
On April 19th, 2245, protests boiled over into a full uprising in south-western Michigan by radical republicans. Republicans began taking up arms against the new government, gunning down policemen that hadn't defected, along with soldiers. The revolution, led by radical senator Philippe Winston, was able to seize a large amount of land and cities in the southwest before the military was able to mobilize and begin a counter-offensive. In the time before the counter-offensive, rebels began burning propaganda made by the new Kingdom, raiding supplies outside of the rebellion's controlled territory, and sabotaging supply routes of the Kingdom.
Upon the arrival of the Kingdom's armed forces, several mutinies began amongst the ranks of the army, with a good amount of Republicans breaking away from the army and converting to the revolution. Despite their setbacks, the now mostly monarchist counter-revolutionary force began slowly taking out the rebels. The downfall of The Spring Revolution began with the assassination of their primary leaders in May of 2245, including political leaders such as Philippe Winston and military leaders. This resulted in a decrease of morale amongst the rebellion's army and disorganization amongst their ranks. This resulted in several divisions of rebels being rendered undersupplied and undermanned, being easy targets for the Kingdom's army.
By June of 2245, the revolution had been crushed by the army, with the still living leaders tried in New Detroit and executed. Rebel soldiers were all given anywhere from 1 to 10 years in federal prison, depending on their ranking and job. With the defeat of the first and only organized rebellion against the Kingdom, the new government had cemented their rule.
==== Post-Revolutionary Era ====
With the Spring Revolution crushed, the Kingdom began focusing on solidifying their new state's rule. The King began ordering his regional Lords to tighten restrictions on free speech and gatherings which could potentially lead to rebellious acts. The Senate began working on counter-revolutionary laws, restricting the rights of citizens to acquire guns. With the new laws, citizens in Senatorial states (southern) were at most able to acquire and own small arms (pistols generally), while citizens in Noble states (northern) weren't able to own any firearms.
With the Kingdom entering a new era of stability after the first few months of the Kingdom being coated with blood and the death of Republicans, they began looking outward. The King, who had already been quite fond of colonialism, began expanding the colonies that had been absorbed into the Kingdom. Colonists were sent out from the north into Wisconsin and Ontario in 2248, colonizing land and setting up settlements to spread the grasp of the Kingdom. Colonies in upper Michigan were fully absorbed into being proper states of the Kingdom in 2249, being ruled by Lords.
Tensions slowly cooled over time, with Republicans becoming accustomed to Monarchical rule and the Monarchists becoming used to Republican rule. A new president was sworn into office in the year of 2255, and a new Queen being crowned in 2278, marking an end to the transitionary period between the formerly separated states into one nation.
=== Present Day ===
As of 2288, tensions have slowly been rising in the Kingdom. Republican politicians have been accusing the current Queen, Isabelle I, as plotting to depose the president and dissolve the Senate, converting the Kingdom into an absolute monarchy. The current president, Jacque Manwell, has only been fueling the fire as an attempt to depose the monarchy. Many civilians on both sides have begun preparing for a potential civil war, with illegal arms dealers skyrocketing in profits.
== Government ==
The government of the Kingdom is divided into 3 major branches: The Presidency, The Monarchy, and The Senate. The Presidency encompasses the President and all employees of the Republican arm of the government, with their role being to govern the southern half of the Kingdom and veto or sign laws passed by the Senate. The Monarchy encompasses the royal family and all employees of the Monarchist arm of the government, with their role being the same as that of the Presidency, but for the northern half of the Kingdom. The Senate encompasses the two wings of the Senate, the Senators and Lords. Their role was the voting upon and creation of new laws, along with the potential removal of laws from the constitution.
=== Elections ===
While The Monarchy and Lords are not elected, the Presidency and Senators hold regular elections. The President is able to run for president as many times as they want, with no term limits. Elections for president occur every 5 years, but the constitution states that the Royal Family can call for an emergency election essentially whenever they want. The Senate as well holds this power, but requires a 75% vote to pass the election, and if they so wish, the Monarchy can veto it.
The Republican half of the Senate holds elections every 4 years, but unlike the President, have 4 term term limits.
== Military ==
The Kingdom's military is divided into four branches, the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Royal Order. The Army covers all ground operations, composing the large majority of the Military. While being primarily infantry, the Kingdom does have very experimental tank brigades and has begun investing into robotics. The Navy is incredibly small, having only one "fleet" composed of 13 fishing boats, 2 speed boats, and 1 yacht. The Air Force is also incredibly small, mostly existing to support the Army with paratrooper landings via refurbished commercial airplanes. The Royal Order is comparable to the old world America's Central Intelligence Agency. The Royal Order focuses on covertly quelling foreign and domestic threats, like terrorist organizations, potential rebels, and foreign raiders.
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