Republic of Truseau

## Description:

The Republic of Truseau, often simply called Truseau, is a medium-sized nation located in Western Breit, bordering the Kodian State to its east and Nolina to its west. Truseau has been a major player on the world stage for several hundred years, leveraging its size, large population, geographic location, and fertile farmland to remain influential and wealthy. Truseau maintains positive relations with the WRE and Union of Birmingham while maintaining suspicious relations with its other neighbors, including Nolina and the Kodian State.

The Republic of Truseau is located in Western Breit. Truseau has large coasts on its north and south, with large sections of wooded forests covering a majority of the country, broken up by a few grasslands. After the War of Vile Men, however, large sections of Truseau were transformed into Neverlands. Truseau has a moderate climate with warm summers in the south and harsh winters in the north; its climate allows for a wide variety of crops to be grown, including a large harvest of grains every year and shipments of Truseauch wine sold to people all over the world.

### Organization:

#### Capitol: [REDACTED]

Truseau is led by the Assembly of Equals, or "Assembled Equals," which originated as a secret society of revolutionaries over a century before Truseau freed itself from monarchical rulers; the Assembly serves as a Parliamentary body, and while it elects several high-ranking positions to preside over operations, Truseau has no single prime minister, president, or other centralized figurehead leader. Instead, all representatives within the Assembly hold equal sway; their votes are determined by a combination of population and GDP, but each receives a minimum of 1 vote. The Assembly is led by an Assembly Minister, who is chosen by a vote carried out by the citizens of the target province, which rotates on a set pattern every election season; the Assembly Minister presides over meetings of the Assembly and does not get a vote, but instead is tasked with keeping order within the Assembly and organizing meetings. The Assembly also elects the Commerce Minister, who manages finances and the national budgets, the Defense Minister, who oversees military resources, the Foreign Minister, who maintains foreign relations with other nations, the Religious Minister, who enforces Truseau's secularist policies and regulates religious organizations within Truseau, and the Common Minister, who represents The Common Guard in political matters. At the provincial level below the Assembly, Truseauch citizens elect their local governors every 4 years; mayoral positions are also elected by the townsfolk, as are the town councils that represent the citizenry to the mayor. Unlike most other nations in K5, Truseauch politicians can be removed from office for any or no reason if a majority of the citizens living under that politician vote to do so; in that case, a new election is called to replace the deposed individual, although the deposed individual is allowed to run for office again. This system ensures that the people are able to change their representation if they feel their representative failed them in some way and encourages political participation by even the most uneducated of citizens through demonstrations of direct impact on local politics. Every Truseauch citizen is portrayed as a "politician," and voting is obligatory; voting days are considered federal holidays, and programs to encourage voting are pushed every year with much success.

The Republic of Truseau's political system is infamous within K5 for its high turnover rate and risk for politicians; the extreme oversight provided by Truseau's most recent constitution prevents corruption and forces political and economic transparency from the government and its members. Despite this, Truseau suffers from the same political party alignments as most other representative governments. The Republic of Truseau operates under 3 political parties: the Resistance Coalition, who follow revolutionary and anarchist ideology, the Unconditional Voice Party, that follows democratic ideology, and the Sovereign Equality Party, who follows socialist and libertarian ideology; the Sovereign Equality Party is currently in power and has remained so since the last Revolution. Truseau has 2 voting bodies: the Assembly's members, and the people; however, the Assembly's votes must represent the opinions of the people under that representative, or else the people within that constituency can vote to overturn their Assembly rep's vote. Assembly members who do not represent their citizens are often removed from office. Despite the high turnover rate for politicians in Truseau, rivalry between political parties is extreme; while the tension has never been as violent as during the Reign of Justice Period, that event remains a grave reminder in the minds of politicians of what the Sovereign Equality Party will do to keep power. Political dissidents in Truseau are relatively rare, as the government is commonly perceived as more extreme than the citizenry; however, large gangs and terror organizations who support the return of monarchism or a fall into dictatorship do exist. Political corruption in Truseau is nonexistent, as the penalty for any such offense is a painful death. Truseau does not discriminate against any class of its citizens, although the people do dislike those from other nations, especially the Kodian State; Truseau's noble culture still remains in fragments, however, which has created a divided population between the wealthy elites and the impoverished, although the gap remains smaller than when Truseauchs lived under monarchies. The noble class of Truseau was all but eliminated during the last Revolution, and while pockets still exist and continue to infiltrate Truseau's politics, The Common Guard continues to hunt them down.

Truseau is not a particularly warmongering nation, having gotten its fair share of warfare in the past, most recently with the War of Vile Men that reduced most of Truseau to rubble. While Truseau remains an active colonial power, it lacks the same zealous expansionism of nations like Nolina or Birmingham. That being said, Truseau is one of the most heavily militarized countries in K5, beaten only by the Jexan Union, WRE, and Birmingham. After the War of Vile Men, Truseau promised its citizens that it would not be victimized by warfare again, and expanded its military considerably.

Truseau dedicates most of its resources to maintaining its internal security, rooting out corruption, improving the lives of its citizens, and expanding its military for self-defense. Truseau is also heavily involved in international trade, and maintains close trade ties with Birmingham and the WRE, as well as several nations in Ostia, especially Buon.

Truseau maintains a close alliance with the Union of Birmingham and the WRE, both of whom saved Truseau from Kodian invasion during the War of Vile Men. However, Truseau's extremist political views and revolt-happy populace make it difficult to improve diplomatic relations.

The War of Vile Men had a tremendous impact on Truseau, reducing its population by a considerable margin, reducing a majority of it to rubble, dotting it in Neverlands, and obliterating its economy and industry. Truseau only survived the War thanks to the people's hardiness and endurance in the face of the foreign invaders. Even years after the end of the War, Truseau remains damaged and unrepaired, and the economy remains a shadow of its former self despite the tremendous efforts undertaken by Truseauch elites and politicians to rebuild. Truseau is the 2nd most heavily affected country by the War, beaten only by the Kodian State.

#### Internal Factions:

1. Political Parties
	1. Sovereign Equality Party: The party of extremist socialist libertarians that conducted and carried out Truseau's most recent Revolution; have remained in power ever since, despite efforts from their rivals, mostly as a result of the [REDACTED], when the Party assassinated the now-extinct [REMOVED].
	2. Resistance Coalition: The extremist anarchist party that seeks to further weaken and eventually dissolve Truseau's central government; attracts members from the Sovereign Equality Party and holds a minority in the Assembly. Previously considered a terrorist organization before the last Revolution.
	3. Unconditional Voice Party: The more moderate party in Truseau's Assembly that fights for greater democracy and upholds democratic, individualistic values; the 2nd strongest political party in Truseau, beaten by the Sovereign Equality Party.
2. The Common Guard: The secret police of Truseau, entrusted with the patriotic duty of seeking out and eliminating anyone that poses a threat to the democratic values of Truseau, including dissidents, rebels, separatists, terrorists, and, most importantly, surviving nobility and other monarchists; also responsible for policing corruption within Truseau and maintaining the morality of the Truseauch people, including the military.
3. The High Guard: Military police responsible for policing Truseau's countryside, outlying villages, etc.; urban centers have their own constabularies.

#### Economy:

Truseau operates on a capitalist economic model, although their socialist elements allow the government to become involved in order to prevent exploitation and anything that seeks to reduce the independence of Truseauch citizens. Truseau otherwise has a relatively free market in a mimicry of Birmingham's model, remaining mostly hands-off with the economy unless necessary.

As a result, Truseau's trade and industry has become world-renowned, and the country continues to produce a large portion of Breit's agricultural products. Truseau's biggest export is culture, however; art, fashion, music and entertainment, etc. are considered Truseau's most valuable assets, as Truseau remains one of the most high-class and modern countries.

### Equipment:

The Republic of Truseau maintains a moderate level of technological development, but lags behind more advanced nations like the WRE and Birmingham. Truseau's military makes use of large mechs, limited Airships, Arc weapons, etc.; Truseau civilians have access to radio, telegraph, telephones (available only in cities), and limited [REDACTED]. Rural Truseau has considerably less technology than major urban centers; urban citizens often drive cars or rely on train systems, while farmers in the countryside still rely on horses and carriages.

Like all the major nations in K5, Truseau has access to a large variety of mechanized units. From tanks and lighter armored vehicles to building-size walkers and some automated droids, Truseau remains one of the most militarily focused countries in Breit, beaten only by Birmingham and the Jexan Union. Mechs are also employed in the civilian space, mostly in heavy industry and mining operations, as well as construction.

Due to being almost solely on the ground, Truseau has a very limited supply of Aether, and must rely on other nations to trade it to them in order to meet the industry's needs. As a result, Truseau has not made the choice to move their country towards Aetheric industries and remains reliant on oil and steam power.

Truseau maintains a small-sized Airship fleet to patrol their limited Sky-Islands but focuses more on naval power and defensive structures. The Airships that Truseau does maintain are primarily for military use, although major Truseauch cities, like the capitol of Leris, do have Sky-Ports.

## Religion:

Truseau is one of the few nations in K5 not to have an established religion; and, more than that, one of the few countries to actively ban organized religion.