Monroe Republic

The Monroe Republic is a fictional nation located in the Haven alternate reality game, with the land being represented as a small, private section of the Atlantic Ocean. The Monroe Republic was founded in 2013 with the formation of the states Hardy and Euphrates before the latter's disbandment in 2014. The Monroe Republic is a Federal Parliamentary Republic.
The makeup of the Monroe Republic's government consists of one prime minister, a vice premiere to serve in place for an inactive elected prime minister, and a speaker of the commons, always appointed by the acting prime minister and always being a member of a party other than that of the prime minister's own. Distinct power is held within the federal government, and the Prime Minister's ability to pass law depends on the ability to earn a majority vote from their overseen parliament. Monroe Republic services 130 members of parliament, each representing a city within the country. There are 130 cities in the Monroe Republic, and they are all equally divided up amongst 26 central territories, known in the country as provinces. Unusual in national politics, each member of parliament serves as the head of legislation in their respective cities, overseen by no central provincial government. Thus, all members of parliament oversee the law, budget-spending and legislation-tending responsibilities for their respective cities, ensuring parliament is comprised of 130 smaller figureheads at all times. The members of parliament vote on the approached legislation, following which the prime minister has the power to veto any accepted ruling they wish, with the ability for parliament to override said veto with a 2/3 majority.
The current Prime Minister of the Monroe Republic is Madeline Perry, the leader of the Centrist Party.
The Monroe Republic currently has six main political parties and five major political parties, each gaining a significant amount of power in each election. A main political party is defined as one holding at least one seat in parliament, whereas a major political party is defined as holding a minimum of eight seats in parliament. Currently, the only party in parliament that does not qualify for major party status is the Green Party. 
The Independent Party is the oldest in the Monroe Republic, founded in 2014, is a centre-right leaning party, commonly compared to the United States' Libertarian Party. It is led by Jessie Solo. 
The Conservative Party, led by Cairo Rodney, founded in 2020 with the combination of the Patriot Party and the Republican Party of Monroe, also votes in a centre-right fashion. 
The Centrist Party, lead by Madeline Perry, founded in 2020 from the combination of the Liberty Party and the Jewel Party, is a moderate party, often having views traditionally held on equally liberal and conservative views, though has held centre-right views often under the Perry Administration. 
The Liberal Party, founded in 2020 from a combination of multiple environmentalist and liberal factions, is traditionally viewed as a heavily-left wing party, and is leaderless following Tayla Good's resignation on 29 May 2024. 
The Labour-Demoratic Party is led by Tayla Good, who abandoned the Liberal Party suddenly alongside eleven constituents on 29 May 2024, forming the Labour-Democratic Party and declaring herself the party leader after months of dissent within a secondary faction of the original Liberal Party. It is a labour-focused party that embraces some socialist ideals and considers itself a 'left-wing party'. 
The Green Party is led by Eve Mudie, who led her party to winning two seats in parliament during the 2022 Federal Election, officially earning her party status as a major party in the nation. Other smaller parties run in different local elections, but do very little to influence the majority of parliament's makeup outside of potential regional influence in federal elections.
The Monroe Republic election cycle features a federal election every two years, with 130 elections taking place on what tends to be the first Friday in the month of October. For each member of parliament, one party gets elected in their respective city district, the party itself earns one seat in parliamentary power. Each party is fronted by a leader that does not run for a seat in parliament, instead representing their party in an effort to be elected prime minister. If a party elects 66 members of parliament, their leader will become the prime minister with a majority government, meaning the prime minister will likely be able to present parliament with any article of law or governance they please with a reasonable expectation that such article will be approved. If a party elects fewer than 66 members of parliament, but holds more seats than any other one party, their leader will become the prime minister of a minority government, where the only way to get articles of law and governance passed will be to form coalitions with other parties, ensuring they will be able to pass whichever articles they please as long as they also greatly take into account their fellow coalition parties' needs as well. The prime minister of the Monroe Republic can govern with both a minority government and an outnumbered coalition without being removed from office, they will serve their term as the prime minister with a difficult path to approving any articles they please into law. Unlike other countries with such a system, the Monroe Republic does not allow outnumbering coalitions to vote on a lack of confidence in the prime minister, thus eliminating the possibility of the prime minister being removed from office early, or a previously unscheduled election taking place.
Strong allies of the Monroe Republic feature the United Kingdom, Canada, South Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France, Spain and Portugal. Other enemies of the Monroe Republic are both Palestine and Israel, as both Prime Minister's Mike Perkins and Andrew Populous have voiced frustration with both territories' claims over land in the Middle East. Despite these allies and enemies, the Monroe Republic trades with every nation in the world, their written declaration of independence ushering the birth of their independent nation to be rooted in neutrality, the first country since Switzerland to do so. The Monroe Republic vows to no longer enter wars on behalf of allies or against enemies unless otherwise provoked, in which case the country swears to act in self-defense in whichever way it sees fit. Though not a strong ally or enemy, the United States and the Monroe Republic have a strange relationship, with the creation of the Monroe Republic having been founded in an invasion of privately-owned land in retaliation to what the Monroe Republic's original founders viewed as 'corruption beyond repair.' Despite these troubling roots, and a large portion of the 2010's spent with the United States and Monroe Republic constantly on the verge of war, tensions seemed to greatly dissipate once the United States certified a referendum in 2021, which would result in the Monroe Republic being granted it's independence. On June 1, 2021, one day before the signing of the Monroe Republic's official declaration of independence, all flagpoles in the country were ordered to wave the flag of the United States rather than Monroe's own, and all light guards in the country were ordered to dawn red, white and blue, all in a show of respect, solidarity and appreciation to the United States. Following these events, the Monroe Republic and United States have maintained a civil, friendly relationship.
The Monroe Republic has a quick immigration standard, allowing immigrants from nearly all countries to enter the Monroe Republic and gain citizenship. However, there are exceptions to the Monroe Republic's immigration standard. When negotiating with the United States over the 2021 Monroe Republic Independence Referendum, the Monroe Republic agreed to cease accepting American applications to emigrate to the country with intention to stay for an unapproved prolonged period of time, or with the intention to immigrate fully on May 7, 2021. The Monroe Republic, in the six days between the agreement and the final day of accepted applications, granted over 30,000 American applications for immigration. The Monroe Republic has diplomatic relationships with many countries to allow foreign travel with the intentions of staying for prolonged periods of time, these countries including every nation allied with the Monroe Republic, and many South American countries. The Monroe Republic has an open-door policy in regards to approving immigrants seeking refuge or asylum from dangerous situations or undiplomatic governments and regimes, planning with such immigrants towards gaining full citizenship in the Monroe Republic and living situations ahead of such citizenship approval. Non-English speaking immigrants in the country are also supplied with government-paid language classes, allowing immigrants to learn the English language.
The Monroe Republic have many national symbols. The national tree of the Monroe Republic is the oak tree, which is also the national symbol of Monroe. The Monroe Republic has two national animals, the North American River Otter is the official land animal, and the Spinner Dolphin is the official water animal. Monroe has two national sports, Hockey and Association Football. The National Anthem is "Monroe, Our Home" and the national bird is the Atlantic Puffin.
Monroan holidays include "Monroe Day" which takes place on June 2 of every year to celebrate the country's independence. "Pecuniary Day" which takes place on February 1 to mark the new fiscal year in the country, including potential grants of federally-issued UBI's. Monroe offers what is referred to as the "Five Day Festivities", a line of nationally-recognized holidays including; "Festival Day" which takes place on January 2, the day after Kwanzaa's conclusion, in which festivals, parades and carnivals take place throughout the country in celebration of the conclusion to various religious holidays. "New Year's Eve" and "New Year's Day" take place on December 31 and January 1 respectively, marking the end and beginning to the prior and new years respectively. "Recognition Day" takes place on December 30, where the nation recognizes the lives lost and sacrifices made for their gained independence, and "Commencing Day" takes place on December 29, where the Five Day Festivities begins.