Pineland Commonwealth

The **Pineland Commonwealth**, or just simply **Pineland**, is a Marxist-Leninist agrarian socialist nation on Usonia that was a micronation in New Jersey that had 33 acres. Now it has grown into a full nation that is recognized by the United Confederacy of Exiles. It is a neighboring nation of Vinland, the American States of Japan, and the Cascadia Republic.

## History

The Pineland Commonwealth was originally a micronation that had 33 acres in the USA state of New Jersey with only 6 people, including President Ronnie Miller, governing it since June 22nd of 2018. Yet it was called the **Burlington Democratic Federal Republic**, but it was changed back to the Pineland Commonwealth after being booted after the second phase of the apocalypse. They believe that using the old flag might attract more people and to ward off the warring the Workers' Unity and to fool the fascist American States of Japan, a colony of the Empire of the Rising Sun. Although it did ran into trouble with the Cascadia Republic from the Fallout 4 mod, Fallout: Cascadia since they don't like any form of socialism or communism no matter what. Due to the state it is in, it became a federal agrarian socialist republic. Much of their lands are in Yankland and a large island close to the size of Greenland known as, Temperate.

As of now, they are part of the United Confederacy of Exiles in order to make sure that none of the other nations would pull any tricks or try to invade.

## Government

The Pineland Commonwealth is a federal agrarian Marxist-Leninist socialist republic being lead by a president. As of now, the current president is the founder of the original Pineland Commonwealth, Ronnie Miller. Much of the constitution is from the Constitution of Burlington from the original Burlington Democratic Federal Republic. The president is bound to the sentiment of the people in order to remain in power.

The People's Council is the executive branch of Pineland that enforce the laws that is written on the Constitution. Members of the People's Council are elected by the people once every five years and serve two terms. The president has maximum authority in the People's Council.

The Constituent Assembly is the legislative branch of the Pineland Commonwealth. There are four members for each state for a total of 132 with each member of the Constituent Assembly being elected and serving five years and only one term. Even though the majority of its members are part of the **Agrarian Socialist Party (ASP)**, there are a small number of independent parties that do fill the seats.

People's Court is the judicial branch of the Pineland Commonwealth.

## Culture & Society

There isn't much in terms of urban development as it is an agrarian nation that focuses on farming, as it focuses on agrarian socialism. It combines an agrarian way of life with a socialist economic system, as in a socialist planned economy. In other words, the entire national economy in socialist society develops in a planned and proportionate way. Also, much of the nation focuses on protecting much of the natural environment with little industry while also increasing farms. Thanks to the agrarian way of life, the other countries won't invade as they trade some of their goods for healthy crops.

As a socialist democratic nation, many workers and laborers have a great deal of rights. Not to mention the free healthcare and treatment they receive. Pending on the amount of crops that have been produced, much of the food can be free but it all depends on how good the harvest is and the abundance.

Much of the nation is relatively peaceful as many of the farmers tend to their fields and livestock with the only difficulty is the local wildlife taking their food. Many are content as they make a wide array of foodstuffs available that can also be used for trading. As a socialist nation though, they don't like the idea of being closed to a fascist monarchy colony at their borders in fear of an invasion. And they do not wish to have their natural surroundings being carelessly torn down and will fight to protect the beauty of their home.

For the most part, people are relatively peaceful with 70% of it being wilderness, 27% being farmland along with towns and villages, and 3% being urban. The cities don't have much in terms of advance technology, but they do get many consumer goods and farming equipment from trading at a very good price. And some of the alien races such as the Cardassians and Haroshems do bring in some of their own sci-fi farming tech but limiting. There are a small number of Halflings that use magic to enhance and enrich the lands they tend to.

Despite being an atheist state, it does celebrate Christmas in order to keep morale for many of those that love the holidays.

## Economy

The entire economy follows a socialist planned economy, as in the entire national economy in socialist society develops in a planned and proportionate way. As a socialist nation, they use labor vouchers as a currency.

As an agrarian nation, much of their economy and trade is done through farming and ranching along with some logging. The lumber they harvest is very high quality that is used for a wide variety of ways. They do have a wide array of temperate trees that are used such as oak, elm, maple, ash, beech, birch, and a very large selection of pine that are similar to the ones from Earth. As for crops, they also have a wide selection of temperate crops such as carrots, black mulberries, cumin, Einkorn wheat, ginseng, lemon balm and a vast number of different crops that can grow in temperate climates. They even grow Yubnuts, Kohlanese Barley, and many other fictional forms of crops. That also includes mushrooms such as Carandol and Lothrond. And thanks to many Halflings, they have a wide selection of alcohol drinks to choose from such as ale, mead, beer, wine, and other such things.

They also have a wide selection of various livestock that are raised and fatten with care before becoming food. This also include a variety of Earth-based livestock such as chickens, cattle, pigs and other such beasts. Yet the selection also includes a few other creatures such as Targ, Grox, and other such creatures that are tasty by all races. They even have Mosswines from the Monster Hunter games they raised to delicious, fatty perfection. This kind of pork is hard to ranch, but the meat is very delicious when given some of the magical and alien feed. On that note, they do have a large selection of cheeses.

Despite being agrarian, they do have a few factories and a small number of mining industries. Some mines happen in the northern part of Temperate where there is some volcanic activity where raw iron and nickel can be extracted followed by remains of ancient forests where coal can be extracted as well. Some of the factories make aviations, railways, and maritime transports that they trade with other countries and use some of them between Yankland and Temperate. But they also make solar panels, windmill parts, and other eco-friendly technology.

## Military

The military is the **Pineland Commonwealth Military** that is divided between navy, army and air force. The military prefer to use the same style as the Japanese Self-Defense Force rather than trying to invade. The whole reason being is because they are environmental conservationist that prefer to keep their home safe and the environment of their land.

There are a few unofficial militias such as the Sickle Defenders, the Defending Union of the Greenwood, and many more.

## Trivia

* Almost all states are named after the scientific species name of various pine trees. Yet Pinus is a genus name, which is where the capital is located.
* The stars of the flag originally is meant to represent the 33 acres back when it was a micronation. Now it represents the 33 states under its control.