Romanian Republic

### Government Type

Direct Democracy - the ideology of the currently ruling party is Democratic Socialism

### Official Language

Romanian and English (de facto and de jure); Bulgarian, Hungarian, Turkish, Russian and other minority languages (de jure only);

## Culture

### Population

15 players + one bot in the Discord server

### Religion(s)

Orthodox Christianity - 100%While Romania is officially secular, the lack of any religion besides Christianity makes it basically pluralist.

## Season

### Season

3

The **Romanian Republic**, sometimes abbreviated as the **RR**, under the current ruling party de facto also the **Romanian Socialist Republic**, abbreviated the **RSR**, also just **Romania** is a sovereign nation in Eastern, Central and Southern Europe. It approximately borders the region of Alfold in the East, the northern Outer Eastern Carpathians in the North, the Dniester river in the West and the Danube river in the South.

## History

### Founding

Founded on 2/26/2023 as a response to the Romanian lands being entirely occupied by foreign nations, the country, then called the Romanian National Salvation Government announced its ultranationalist, ultramilitarist intentions quickly, their core principle ("mission") being the restoration of Romanian independence and uniting all Romanians within their borders.

On the same day, an agreement was reached with Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, according to which the PLC would abandon its claims on Moldova, Bukovina and Bessarabia. The following day, on 2/27/23, the nation south of Romania, Oakania, abandoned its claims on the remainder of the Romanian lands. Nevertheless, the ultramilitarist directorate did not step down yet, for "security reasons" - though it should be noted that after the "mission" is accomplished, a transitional government (most likely transitioning to a democracy of some type), as well as the stepping down of the National Salvation Front (the then ruling party) have both been promised.

### Expansion and Foreign Intervention

Romania got two new members on 2/27/2023, thus making the country's population 3. It also vowed to support Israel against the Syrian nation, due to their relations to Prussia which is allied to Poland. Why this has happened given the 'Moldovan Treaty' is unknown.

Romania also slowly developed ties with the SPQR, which culminated in the foundation of the Latin League - later, the Kyivan Rus' also joined this alliance.

By 3/2/2023, the country's population stood at 6, having expanded by 3 people: one person join the nation on 3/1/2023, and two on 3/2/2023. On the same date, the Latin League was formalized.

On 3/3/2023, a defensive alliance was signed with the SPQR, the Holy Kushite Empire, Israel and the Socialist Republic of Turkey, later also joined by Japan. This became known as the Jeddah Accords.

On 3/5/2023, all of the Romanian lands were unified: Muntenia, Dobrogea (in its entirety - also including Silistria), Bessarabia, Moldova, Transylvania, the entire (better known as the historical) Maramureș, Crișana, Banat (both the Romanian and West/Serbian, in this universe Oakianian Banat) and Oltenia. As such, the ultramilitarist government stepped down, and a free elections were held to decide the country's future. In this election, the proposed ideologies for the country were: classical anarchism, democratic Georgism, democratic conservatism, democratic socialism, absolute monarchy, constitutional monarchy, democratic ecologism and democratic neoliberalism. The elections ended on 3/7/2023, at 21:10. After them, a transitional government was announced, named the Romanian Socialist Transitional Authority. Before the elections' end, it was merely called the Romanian Transitional Authority.

Since the nation's founding and to the moment of writing this (3/7/2023), its members have increased to a number of 10, of which a reported 7 have the possibility to join the server - only these members partook in the election.

To realize the unification of all ethnically Romanian lands, Romania sparked a diplomatic conflict with the nation of Oakiana. This resulted in the Oakianan leader abandoning MT after an announcement of Romanian claims over West Banat and a reaffirmation of the claims over Silistria - this was, apparently, "not at all planned" according to the Romanian leader. Nevertheless, the Romanians obtained their claims and were able to achieve the **Great Liberation** - the de facto name of the ultramilitarist government's general policy, aimed completely at liberating the Romanian lands. The Poles also retreated from the Historical Maramureș region, conceding it to Romania in order to ease tensions.

By 3/9/2023, the nation's population stood at 11, with the entrance of another member into the state being debated.

### Founding of the Republic and the Luucca Administration

On 3/9/2023, the Romanian people decided on the country's current flag, changing the flag of the Transitional Authority to what was called in common language as the "RPR flag", RPR being the abbreviation of ”Republica Populară Română”, translated from Romanian as the Romanian Popular Republic. After this, the government went through a series of changes, both to the name of its ranks and its structure. A parliament, as well as a mostly unofficial yet still very much involved directly in state politics "Popular Council" were both formed. What would become "The First Popular Gathering" was almost instantly called to an official start, having unofficially started with the vote over the new flag. Many matters - military, diplomatic and administrative - were discussed there. Notably, Romania remained in the Jeddah Accords and joined the International Solidarity Front, an alliance of socialist nations.

With the passing of time, diverse plans were made for internal developments within the nation. Moreover, elections were held, although XiphosS won in both of them. As of 6/8/23, not only have there been very close elections for the position of Leader of the Parliament (LP), but a new government has already been appointed by the new LP, Luucca. In this time, the nation's population mostly remained at a stable 12 citizens, making it one of the most populated nations in Magna Terra's Iteration 3 pre-launch period. The administrative approach widely propagated by XiphosS, that of a massive-scale internal development and a complete exploitation, development and "re-development" of exploited areas, all in only the already-owned lands of the Republic. This approach proved fruitful, plans for things as great as ice roads being made very quickly and the provinces being divided in a most efficient manner, despite there being a crisis in regards for the mountainous northern area of Transylvania, which has been solved as of the aforementioned date.

On 6/13/23, the nation officially changed its name to the Romanian Republic from its previous name, the Romanian Socialist Republic. In spite of this, the Romanian Socialist Party, which also changed its name to the Romanian People's Democratic Party, continued its mandate in complete normalcy.

Romania was perhaps the main participant in the Crimean Crisis on the 'anti-Crimean side', with XiphosS messaging as much as 5 or 6 people at almost the same time. Although the Crisis ended peacefully, it had far-reaching implications which were very much felt in Romanian society. Going through a moral crisis relating to the notion of international self-determination' the president was angered at his own handling of the crisis but also at the international rhetoric and the immoral approach employed by most other parties in the event. This resulted in a sort of Red Scare happening in Romania, though rather than being against communists it was against almost all foreign elements in the country. Nevertheless, the Cluj Courier, the server's first newspaper, was published in Cluj and spread all over the world in this period, and as of 24/07/23 the Romanian population stood at a record 15. Somewhere around this time, the size of the Parliament's voting chamber was greatly reduced in order to ease administrative difficulties regarding votes.

#### The 1SeBi3 Administration

On 31/07/23, as was made possible by laws passed before, LP Luucca was removed from office by the president XiphosS due to incompetence (the lack of any political activity). For 3 days (which were extended 4), citizens could candidate for the position. Only former Minister of Agriculture, 1SeBi3, expressed his wish to become the next LP. Due to this bizarre democratic situation coupled with the former's contribution to the past development of Romania, 1SeBi3 was made LP without an election being held, for reasons of administrative efficiency. A new government was then quickly assembled on 04/08/23. RAUL was made Minister of Agriculture, MrTommy2o's kept the leadership of the Army, 1SeBi3 himself became the Minister of Civil Infrastructure and XiphosS was named Minister of the Economy due to the lack of qualified people for this position. Starting a fiery campaign of reforms, the position of Minister of the Army was split into 3 different positions (of the land, naval and air forces), which were all given to MrTommy2o. XiphosS also began drafting a new Constitution for the country, which is being worked on as of the writing of this article.

Since XiphosS made it clear many times that, due to the server's launch being constantly delayed, he was starting to lose interest in Magna Terra and that he was preparing for "academic endeavors" (school and contests in a vast array of subjects), plans which are secret as of now also began to be made in order to assure the survival of democracy and of the country itself.

## Political System

*Also see Politics of Romania for a more in-depth review.*

### Romanian National Salvation Government

The Romanian National Salvation Government (RNSG) was an overly-oppressive, totalitarian state, employing nothing short of draconian brutality in its methods to unite the Romanian lands. As XiphosS and the members of the former government have stated, the RNSG was mostly meant to be a "scary meme" before the server's launch which would intimidate potential threats of the nation into either seeking a Romania-leaning solution or adjusting their will to Romania's, in an effort to reclaim all the Romanian territories (process known as the Great/Grand Union). As such, when said territories were acquired, the RNSG was disbanded and replaced with today's democracy.

During its short existence, the RNSG held a council, composed of all the nation's citizens at the time, with the aim of deciding foreign policy matters at the very beginning of the state's existence. Since all the members of the nation were, at the time, members of the "Council of Generals" (basically a stratocratic government), the conceived totalitarianism of the state was never put to the test.

The RNSG was made to be akin to the state of Omsk in the alternate timeline of The New Order.

### The Romanian Republic

#### The Initial Elections

Immediately after the disbanding of the RNSG, Romania reformed into a republic and began elections. XiphosS founded the Romanian Socialist Party and encouraged the formation of parties to oppose him, in order to facilitate a real political system and make the country seem more lively. However, this did not come to be, and in spite of the vote being reformed, as a result of this, into a vote of what ideology the people would want him to represent, democratic socialism still won. After this, a Provisional Government was formed in order to change the flag and assemble a Parilament. Although this government drafted important legislation, such as the "popular veto clause" (which basically allows citizens to overturn any law) and the National Constitution, it was maintained for a very long time due to the server's inactivity. Most certainly one of its most notable achievements is the very in-depth planning of the country's administrative divisions and future infrastructure projects. These have been kept secret, as of now.

#### The Parliamentary Elections and the "New System"

Beginning de jure on 29/5/23, though de facto on 31/05/23, Parliamentary Elections were held. The importance of these elections was notable, as they were held for the post of Leader of Parliament (LP). Below can be found more information about the importance of this position.

In the Republic, the most powerful figure is the President, both representing the nation externally and having notable governmental abilities. In order to ensure democracy, the president XiphosS created the "popular veto clause", basically allowing citizens to overturn any law so long as a notable number of them agree on said overturning. Moreover, the Parliament was created (officially the Popular Assembly), both to serve as a legislative and executive state organ and to make the nation's political landscape more interesting. The Parliament is basically also the government in the Romanian Republic, with them being so closely intertwined that they are referred to by using the same term. The LP is the leader of this Parliament, being able to propose laws without presidential approval and to assemble a new government or replace ministers, at the request of the President. Moreover, the LP is able to represent a political party, while the position of President is supposed to be mostly apolitical in internal nature.

The Parliamentary Elections were very tight, as only one vote set the two candidates apart. Luucca won in the end, being an independent candidate and being declared Leader of the Parliament on 1/6/23. He assembled a government 8 days later, which was approved (in spite of the legal deadline for the assembly of a new government being 7 days), and composed of the following positions: the Ministries of Agriculture, of the Army, of Civil Infrastructure and of the Economy. Although much controversy was made by the president himself after being named Minister of Civil Infrastructure, he accepted the position due to being the one behind the country's previous administrative and infrastructure projects, but also due to popular urging of him to keep the position.

Currently, only one citizen of Romania is not a Member of the Parliament (MP).

The country continued to create plans for diverse situations and gained another member on 6/22/23.

While planning activities somewhat declined in number in the 03/07/23-13/07/23 period, there nevertheless remained mostly oral attempts at creating plans for events of less perceived importance.

## Diplomacy

The Romanian Republic is the creator of the Mutual Assistance Compact and has signed an alliance with the Benelux. Moreover, it is de jure part of the Jeddah Accords.

Romania has also proposed a trade treaty with the Icelandic Commonwealth, which was accepted and ratified.

## "Societies", or other National Organs/Institutions of Global Interest (NOIGI)

A number of Romanian groups have gained international prestige over the time. This can be traced back to XiphosS' approach to developing his city of Toulon in Iteration 2, when he made great plans for a University (which was never built) and created the only globally-sold book on the server, as of now (a historical atlas). As such, even before the beginning of the season, these following institutions have garnered notable fame for their works.

List of such "societies" (note: the following are not all NOIGIs. The list of NOIGIs can be found on the Romanian Discord server):

-The Romanian Cartographical Society: credited with the creation of many maps of claims of both Europe and the entire world.

-The Romanian Statistics Bureau: credited with creating lists of the populations and other statistics.

-The Romanian Cultural Service: while the last two are also part of this institution, the Romanian Cultural Service (RCS) serves a much greater role, being a proto-academy to which most important intellectual works are linked.