Peoples Republic of Fishland

Flag of the Peoples Republic of Fishland (December 6th 2022 - December 11th 2022)

## Overview

The Peoples Republic of Fishland (*Not to be confused with the towns on previous seasons; Fishland and New Fishland*) was a military dictatorship that took control of the area surrounding the town of Fishburg leading to a the RoP-PRF War of Annexation. The state is the only ever officially Satanist state in history and was lead by Chairman Cosmic throughout its 5 day existence. The ending of the war marked a significant chapter in the Time of Troubles.

## Culture

Despite being a relatively small state the nation had a long history dating back to August 2019 with the original creation of the town of Fishland. Despite the massive time difference between the events of the founding of Fishland and the independence of the Peoples Republic they remained with the same culture that had been there since the start, a distinctively Fishlandian identity that had been able to persist.

Despite this near ancient culture of the original Fishland from the Season 1-2 Map from 2019 there were many differences from the get go culturally, For a start a large reason for the states founding was the major religious issues that were ongoing in the Republic of Polynesia at the time of its founding, Fishlands people were opposed to the growth of Christianity on the server that had came from a recent boom in religious discussion.

Cosmic the original Fishland founder heavily combated the Christians and constructed a large satanic statue outside of a Christian cathedral in the capital of the RoP at the time Port Royal which lead to a stand off and the Christians then leaving to form a new city, Wicklow. Cosmics actions being denounces would leave to the final tipping point for the states independence.

## Population, Demographics and Land Claims

### Population

Fishland had a pre-independence population of 3-4. The area had big connections to the nations capital during the period, Port Royal which it allowed it exstensive travel connections which it massively benefited from economically this connection allowed many Port Royal citizens to have second homes in the nearby but rural Fishland. Despite this it is unclear if the population remained the same as it was pre-war. This is due to a lack of real population research as the state was hastily founded and most of its national actions were all related to the war in some way.

### Demographics

Similar to the issues regarding the states population it remains unclear what the true demographics of the Peoples Republic were however it can be assumed that the majority of those who considered them true fishlandian citizens saw themselves as Satanists religiously and typically supported a relatively radical strand of the old style of Polynesian Centrism. However holiday homes in the nation allowed for a sizeable Christian and Kelpish minority groups to be in the nation,

### Land Claims

Fishland gave itself relatively extensive land claims compared to the territory it actually controlled, An issue that the government combatted by creating road ways during the war, Road ways that were not well made and were quickly constructed allowing for them to be in a state of disrepair following the war as well as constructing small villages, houses and towers across the nations lesser explored provinces to give itself more room to fight the war.

Province List:

* Province 1 (Fort Fishland)
* Province 2 (Fishburg)
* Province 3 (Vietkong)
* Province 4 (Village Province)
* Province 5 (Villa Province)
* Province 6
* Province 7
* Province 8
* Province 9 (Plains Reach)

## Government and Politics

### Government

The Government of the Peoples Republic of Fishland was ran as a millitary junta and held an iron fist over the nation, It was essentially a full dictatorship with Chairman Cosmic running the entire government from various different locations including his own private home in Province 5 after the fall of Fishburg and Fort Fishland to the RoP Forces in the first days of the war. Cosmic was able to effectively govern the state during the war creating some large scale infastructure projects such as the previously mentioned roadways which whilst damaged during the war were revamped by the RoP and are still used today as highways allowing for roadways from a city like Wicklow to the far reaches of Circhester,

### Politics

The Politics of Fishland are relatively bizzare at points mainly due to the mess that was the states official ideology, Briefly claiming to be a Communist state before dropping the title and contiuning simply as a millitary junta it is assumed that the state followed the same political philosophy of Cosmics political party in the Republic of Polynesia the "Renew Polynesia Party" Who sufffered at the elections due to the controversy Cosmic caused with the war.