The Republic of Arracia

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The Republic of Arracia is a unicameral Presidential Republic situated in the continent of Eurysia. The Republic of Arracia currently borders the Federal Republic of Obechliand, the Free Democratic Republic of Ralence, the People's Republic of Kremewell, the Czardom of Czervenia, and the Dominion of Arvel. The Republic is led by a President, who assembles a cabinet from members of his own party. The party is legislated by the Arracian National Congress, which consists of 300 members, each elected from individual districts. The current ruling party is the Republican People's Front, a moderate big-tent political party that currently dominates the ANC, holding 147 out of 300 seats.

## Economy

The Republic of Arracia as of 1896 is a thriving economy, with significant growth in GDP, quick industrialization, modernization, and zero national debt. This has been attributed mostly to the efforts of President Enzo di Pasqua, who began the process of industrialization and modernization of agriculture. In addition, di Pasqua is widely accredited for creating the modern Arracian welfare state.

Unfortunately, despite this growth, the Arracian economy still suffers from numerous issues. For one, the agricultural sectors is described by many international observers as "comically backwater" despite the efforts of almost every president in Arracian history. This has created a massive trade deficit in terms of agriculture, with the Arracia's cotten, coffee, sugar, and rubber markets almost exclusively reliant on foreign imports.

Arracia has long suffered under a system of major agricultural areas being held by single families or entities. Smaller farmers have often been under the thumb of either government or markets, and have therefore been the main drivers of innovation, in a desperate battle to stay above water. Back in Arracia's olden days, families like the Caprico held vast territories, at their peak controlling 60% of all the arable land in Bezian. Yet as they internally reformed, throwing the Arracian agricultural into chaos by selling vast lands to the government, the new age of Arracian agriculture set in, as larger companies came to hold the old Caprico position. The newest developments under the Romano administration have been a massive land sale to foreign entities. How the Arracian agricultural sector develops in the future is, at the moment, an entirely open question, yet it remains a painful topic for most of Arracia's rural population.

## Foreign Relations

### Eurysia

On the Eurysian continent, Arracia's foreign diplomatic situation is extremely complicated with both enemies near and far. However, in summary, the Republic has a multitude of rivals to its East, West, and South, these being: The colonial powerhouse Kremwell, the break-away state Ralence, and the Empire of Raszovia. These countries all compete with Arracia colonially, militarily, and economically. Other rivals further away from Arracia's shores include the dictatorship of Reymich far to the North, and the "Republic" of Lentenia, who itself has a multitude of colonies. Arracia faces many rivals, however it also has allies. The Federal Republic of Obechliand, known for their industrial output and professional Armed Forces has been a long-time ally, since the 1880s.

### Belko

Belko is a widely unexplored continent due to its harsh terrain and horrific abundance of diseases, however, despite these hardships, many nations have colonial territories on the coastal areas of the continent, and Arracia is no exception. The small port of East Atcziekand with its small population of almost 50,000 is mostly dry desert-like non-arable land and doubles as a port.

Arracia also maintains contact with the nation of Neekland, another nation in Ancora which officially is a Protectorate under the Arracian government, however, this claim is disputed by many nations around the world including Kremwell, Lentenia, Raszovia, and the Alaequan Federation.

### Equitania

The distant continent of Equitania herolds many nations, most of whom maintain little to no contact with outside cultures. Despite this natural barrier against foreigners, Arracia does have a presence on the continent, particularly with the Tianjin Empire, who is the dominant power on the continent. Arracia currently has an embassy in the capitol city of Xiao'Fu. This embassy is mostly considered a backwater post for newer diplomats due to the extremely limited contact and interaction between the countries.

### Alaeque

Arracia maintains contact with the numerous nations, foreign colonies, and territories of the releatively remote continent of Alaeque. In addition to diplomatic contact, Arracia also adminstrates a colony on the continent (South Alaeque) which operates the only sugar plantations in the Republic's territory.

The Republic maintains cordial contact with the Alaequan Federation, who occasionally clashes with Kremwell, who is the dominant colonial power in the region. The Alaequan Federation, and its various puppet states in the south, including Novár del Cíavas, Raxuaca, and the Confederation of the Río Alta, supplies a large amount of Arracia's cotton. The Republic maintains a relatively active embassy in the country's capitol, New Valen.

## History of the Republic of Arracia

### Founding of the Republic of Arracia

The Republic of Arracia was founded in the churning of blood and iron and the sacrifice of martyrs. In 1868, after years of horrific rule under the last king of Arracia, Nicolo Antonucci, tensions were boiling. The rapidly growing Ralencian independence movement was stirring in the South, and the people at home were furious with the King's numerous abuses of his power. These tensions all came to a head when in late 1868, reformist politician Asterio Totaro was killed by the King's Secret Police in public. His death made him a martyr, and all around the country, the people rose up. Ralence would declare its independence in this hectic time, and King Nicolo would lose all his power. With Totaro gone, a new man would take the helm of the revolution and the Republican People's Front. Nicodemo Calcagni, along with the military headed by General Evodio Cutrona (who had publicly given support to the RFP), marched against the King. The King, in an attempt to crush the riots, ordered his Royal Guard to fire on the protestors, killing hundreds, however this only inflamed tensions even further. King Nicolo, with his power-base gone, his military in revolt, and his political power all but annihlated, would flee to Novar del Ciavas, depriving Arracia of its most food-rich colony.

With the King gone, Calcagni set forth creating a government, establishing the Arracian National Congress and passing the "Arracian Constitution of 1868". In the process, he would be declared the new Republic's first president, with his party the RFP, holding every single seat.

### The Early Republic (1868-1872)

The Early Republic is considered the first era of Arracian history, as it came directly after the revolution of 1868 and the establishment of the ANC. The Early Republic would see both new beginnings and stark divisons, as the RFP began breaking up into multiple parties. The party's right wing would form the Arracian Unity Party (AUP) and the party's left wing would form the Social Democrats of Arracia (SDA). Both would begin battling the RFP for supremacy in Congress. Moving on, Calcagni himself began a series of programs aimed at the modernization of Arracia's agricultural industries to account for the loss of most of Arracia's colonial holdings. Unfortunately as these programs dragged on, Calcagni became increasingly unpopular, and by 1872, General Cutrona, a conservative politician and national hero, declared Colcagni a traitor to the Republic and had him arrested for suspected foreign influence. The RFP was understandably furious, and absolutely immense pressure by Congress and the people forced Cutrona to call fresh elections, the first multi-party elections in the nation's history.

### Election of 1872

The RFP would face its first major opposition in the nation's history. The RPF placed a new candidate Rosario Foti to lead the RPF in the new elections. The AUP selected Giorgio Amelli as their candidate and the SDA chose Luca Marnetti. Arracia uses a single member district system and has a separate presidential election Of the 300 seats in Congress, the AUP won with 148 seats. The RPF won 105 and the SDA won 47 seats. Amelli became President with 44.3% of the vote and was sworn in to quickly reform democracy. Under the steady guidance of Amelli, the Arracian economy saw uninterrupted growth for nearly eight years.

### The Middle Republic (1872-1888)

The Middle Republic is viewed by historians as not only a political golden age for the Arracian Unity Party, but also an economic golden age. After a successful term, Giorgio Amelli was re-elected to a second term, and stepped down after his second term. He would be replaced by one of the most controversial figures in Arracian history behind General Cutrona. Simone Rigano was elected off the back of Amelli's successive two terms, and oversaw Arracia's rapid transformation into a nation of free-markets, with a vibrant middle-class and a powerful upper-class. Under normal conditions, this would be condoned, even celebrated, however Rigano took this one step farther. Unlike Amelli before him, Rigano dipped into the world of corruption, and in several incidents, used his powerful contacts in the upper-class to muscle power away from Congress. This all came to a head in 1886, when it was discovered Rigano planned to disband congress, and call a state-of-emergency in order to sell vast stocks of the Arracia State Corporation to a group of oligarchs who paid him. These oligarchs were never caught, however Rigano and his cabinet were. Rigano would be impeached a 20-11 margin in the Judicial Committee, and for the first time in Arracian history, an 8-7 margin in the Ethics Committee. With abandonment from his own party, Rigano retired from politics, going into a pseudo-exile, whilst his Vice-President, Manuele Vescovi, took the helm until elections could be called in 1888.

### The Modern Republic

The nation, gripped by one of its largest scandals and its first ever Presidential impeachment, sought stability and a guiding hand when they went to the polls for the election of 1888. In the end, they chose the Social-Democratic RFP candidate Enzo di Pasqua to be their guiding hand. di Pasqua rapidly began to capitalize in the modernization programs of old, trailblazing and setting up foundations for an industrialized and mechanized Arracia. In addition, he greatly improved the country's agricultural prospects, leading to an increase in living conditions and food stability, even if the country was still a net-importer of food.

In addition to advances in the agricultural and industrial fields, di Pasqua also arguably raised living standards, introducing state healthcare, state education, and a guaranteed minimum wage at the repeated urging of the SDA. di Pasqua also took to a campaign of nationalization, notably nationalizing Arracia Constructions, and turning it into the Arracia State Corporation, which to this day is the government's primary construction contractor. di Pasqua also nationalized every single major-rail line in the country, and majority of the country's utility grids, creating two new state companies to run his new nationalized assets.

Finally, di Pasqua began the long and hard process of professionalizing the army, organizing the 500,000 man standing force into five separate army groups, to be commanded by a general, and made to be able to operate independently. Unfortunately, most of di Pasqua's more ambitious military reforms were blocked due to fears of a militarist coup such as the one conducted by Cutrona.

In the end, despite di Pasqua's potential failings or misgivings, he left the country in a better place then it started, and going into the elections of 1896, the RFP looked poised to reap di Pasqua's newfound popularity.

### Election of 1896

The country came to the polls once again for the Elections of 1896. In one corner, sat the Republican People's Front, stronger then ever off the successful two terms of di Pasqua, and fielding the young firebrand Alejandro Romano, a moderate-centrist who stood out for his charisma and powerful speeches, promising the people a better tommorrow. In the second corner sits the Arracian Unity Party. The Arracian Unity Party has spent the last eight years attempting to curb di Pasqua's agenda and attempting to regain their reputation after the Rigano incident, and now is poised to attempt to win the Presidential Palace back. In the third and final corner, is the political coalition known as the United Left. Unfortunately, the SDA collapsed in 1894, and the rements of the Socialist and Communist wings of the party formed this loose coalition. In the end, Romano won with 54% of the vote, and his party gained 20 seats. Now, the RFP has 147 seats, the AUP has 90, and the combined wings of the ULC has 63.