Atlantican Congressional Republic

The **Atlantican Congressional Republic**, which is also known as **Atlantica** or the **ACR**, is a federal democratic congressional republic located in Southern Labrador, Newfoundland, and Anticosti Island. It is split into ten commonwealths, the Anticostian Federal Territory, and the Capital Department of St. John.

## Government

The ACR's ten commonwealths and the Capital Department each send one member to the Congressional Union of Atlantica per 10,000 inhabitants. Currently, there are 64 Congressional Seats, but Central Labrador is nearly at 20,000 inhabitants, so likely a 65th seat will open at the next election, which occurs every two years, but congressmen have no term limit. Congress handles all executive and legislative decisions by simple majority vote and elects a Chairman to serve as temporary semi-leader for a 12-month period, currently, Jonathan Callistine of Avalon is serving in this position. LAW Although the CUA passes laws, the Atlantican Liberty Court (ALC) is the group that oversees their usage. The ALC is a group of courts, ranging from city to commonwealth, and lead by the High Atlantican National Court. HANC takes the most impactful cases and also reviews congressional legislation. Legislation must get through a simple majority in both the CUA and HANC to pass, but if HANC vetoes it, the CUA can still pass it if they manage a two-thirds majority. HANC can also vote to have impeachment trials of congressmen so that HANC and the CUA can remain balanced.

## Flag

The flag has a couple of meanings. It's designed similar to the IRL Newfoundland flag, which in turn is based on the Union Jack. However, the red is on the left to symbolize the horrible post-nuclear past and the blue is on the right to symbolize the blue skies of the future. The blue ring in the middle represents the ACR as it is right now, in between the two. Inside the ring/ACR is 11 stars to symbolize the eleven commonwealths, based on the US flag, which the ACR partially based themselves upon. Inside the circle of eleven stars is the capital, which contains the Congressional Union of Atlantica and the High Atlantican National Court, the two main halves of government.

## Lore

In 1950, when the People's Liberation Army entered the Korean War on the DPRK's side, the United States dropped 50 atomic bombs on the People's Republic of China. This quickly threw the United Nations into a frenzy, and resulted in the PRC and the USSR joining the war on the North Korean side, changing the Korean War into the Third World War. The result was major cities on both sides of the world going up in the eternal hellfire of the newly invented atomic bomb. On January 9th, 1951, the remaining representatives of NATO met up with the remaining Soviet and Chinese representatives and declared the war over, and that it was lost by all parties. However, because nuclear missiles hadn't been invented yet and the bomb was so new, the world wasn't entirely transformed, but it definitely was changed. The Soviet Union, United States, United Kingdom, People's Republic of China, Japan, Canada, Western and Eastern German occupation Zones, and countless other nations were officially dissolved. However, the brand-new Canadian province of Newfoundland took not one nuclear bomb and suffered much less than more populated areas, allowing it to quickly grow. On just July 8, 1951, the Atlantican Congressional Republic was declared, and in its Constitution, it cites its main goal: to unite the Atlantic under one democratic nation, a nation similar to the Empires and Republics of before the bombs fell. However, it is very friendly to neighbors and foreign nations alike and is a very fair trade partner.