Southern Republic

The **Southern Republic** (SR or S.R.) more commonly known as Australia, was a democratic nation in Oceania. It consisted of 14 commonwealths, a Federal District and 6 overseas territories stretching as far west as the Indian ocean basin, the Southern Republic was a minor world power.

## Historical

### Dissolved

11/30/2022United with Oceanic Empire to form the Oceanic Republic

## History

### Early History & Founding

The townships that eventually would become the Southern Republic trace their start back to a region of the New British Empire located in northern Australia. The region gained its independence from the New British Empire as a result of growing distrust of the region from its rapid growth. Following this the region entered a tentative alliance with the Empire of Japan, which dissolved soon thereafter due to lack of common interests and ideals.

#### Formation of the Southern Republic

At this point the fledgling Australian nation was formed from a small group of these town in the northwest of the continent. Upon realizing the need for greater protection, the alliance made the fortress of Wombeck. After experiencing a period of moderate territorial growth, the alliance then merged with New France to form the Southern Republic on September 1st in 2022 AD.

## Geography

Surrounded by the Indian and Pacific oceans, The territory of the Southern Republic was separated from Asia by the Philippine and South China seas, with the Coral Sea lying off the Queensland coast, and the Tasman Sea lying between the mainland and the Southern republics eastern holdings.

The Southern Republic's mainland lies between latitudes 9° and 44° South, and longitudes 112° and 154° East. The nations size gives it a wide variety of landscapes, with tropical rainforests in the north-east, mountain ranges in the south-east, south-west and east, and desert in the center. The desert or semi-arid land commonly known as the outback makes up the majority of the land area.

## Government and Politics

The government of the Southern Republic was (As of 11/29/2022) a basic Parliamentary Republic with further development and expansion of the government currently underway to assume greater control over its territories. The SR's government was attempting to remediate this issue and had drafted the *Articles of Governance,* a rough constitution for the new nation, which would await ratification until they were no longer needed following the Unification of the Oceanic Republic.

### Articles of Governance

The AoG were the first and final major proposal for the codification and consolidation of the SR's government, *The Articles of Governance of the Southern Republic* were drafted in early November 2022 and were a proposition for the formation of a new government. They consisted of nine articles, these pertained to different aspects of the new nation and were subdivided into sets of main points.

#### Rejection

The AoG were eventually rejected in light of a shifting diplomatic situation The recent negotiations with the OE led to the SR's interim council to attempting the unification of the continent of Oceania by way of a formal union between the nations of the SR and OE.

### Unification

After prolonged negotiations between the leadership of the southern republic and the Oceanic Empire, the two nations entered into an official union on 11/30/2022 forming the Oceanic Republic.

## Economy

The economy of the Southern Republic was based on the capitalist economic philosophy and utilizes the standard currency system for its monetary system. The economy is largely based on local mining, intranational trade and sale of domestically produced processed goods.