Rondônia- Overview (Hellfire)

## Rondônia

### Languages

Portuguese (Official Language; 78%), Spanish (48%), Aikanã (6%), Eru-Eu-Wau-Wau (5%), Other (1-14%)

### Religions

Roman Catholic (60%), Protestant (12%), Folk Catholicism (6%), Other (9%), Non-Religious (13%)

## Population

### Ethnic Groups

Pardos/Mixed (40%), Branco/Caucasian (31%), Indigenous (18%) , Pretos/Black (6%), Amarelos/Asian (2%), Other (3%)

## Overview

Rondônia (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʁõˈdonjɐ]), officially the *Republic of Rondônia*, is a small nation in central South America. It gained its independance from Brazil during the 2006 Brazilian Civil War. It is a presidential republic under the influence of the Rondônian Braganza summoners. It is an overall rural and poor country.

## History

* **Precolonial Age-** The Rondônian jungles have been inhabited by indigenous hunter-gatherer soceities since thousands of years. Unlike other south american cultures they rarely erected settlements or larger buildings. The only exception for this where the great temples they build in the debts of Rondônias western jungles; to honor the Neverborn they summoned and coexisted with. The Rondônian indigenious tribes had a long tradition of invocing Neverborn for guidance and support, and their priests would court them to create Halfblood lines to serve as the shared embodiment of the spiritual and material world. With the arrival of the first european settlers, these temples where soon abandoned and forgotten.
* **Colonial Age-** It is unclear who first discovered the guapore valley, but soon the first europeans arrived with imperial ambitions. Over time different european nations claimed and lost ownership over the region. During the 19th century the region became formally part of the brazilian empire; although it took years for it to be properly mapped by Marshal *Cândido Rondon*, after which the territory would later be named. It became officially recognised as federal territory through the actions of Coronel *Mendoza Corez*, who persecuted an indigenous Halfblood partisan that had destroyed much of Rondônias train lines. After capturing and executing the Halfblood Corez established his office on the burial site and became the first Rondônian governor.
* **Brazilian Rule-** As time went on Rondônia became more and more integrated in Brazil as a whole, with infrastrucute projects and modernisation efforts. Like in many other parts of Brazil the tensions between the european settlers, the slaves of african descend and the indigenous population grew more and more problematic; often leading to violence in cities or across the countryside. These peaked in brazilian military dictatorship and the subsequent civil war in 2006.
* **War for Independance-** As war broke out across all of western and southern Brazil, Rondônia was among the federal states to seek independance. The largest of the independance movements was called *United Front for Rondônia (FUR)* lead by *Alexandre Braganza,* a disowned Summoner from the old brazilian nobility. Together they overthrew the provincial goverment and Alexandre was elected president only a month later. Due to the conflict all across the country it took the brazilian goverment almost half a year to send over their military in an attempt to contest Rondônias indepenance status with force. While the rondônian army was crushed at the eastern border, *Alexandre Braganza* managed to claim victory through the involvement of his Neverborn. In the following months he made a pact with the indigenous groups at the eastern border, gathering their support and halfblood troops for the promise of autonomy. Together they started a counter-offensive and claimed two new territories at their borders in the name of national secutiry. Afterwards the war ended.
* **A depuração-** After the military conflict had ended Alexandre resumed his presidency. He would not rule for long however, as he was assassinated. Since his term was not over and no official successor had been assigned his nephew, Filipe Baraganza, stepped in and assumed to position of presidency. He went on to lead a series of reforms collectivly called "*A depuração"-* these included reforms of the military, policeforce, education system aswell as a complete nationalisation of the economy. As a result, the economic, demographic and cultural landscape of the country was altered drastiacally. He also broke the pact his uncle had made with the indigenous groups of the east, removing their autonomy to profit of their land and rainforest. He also build an entirely new modernised capital at the sight of governor *Mendoza Corezes* former office in an attempt to rekindle the national spirit; which sank the country into massive debt. Even though these reforms helped shape Rondônia into a stronger and more industrious; they where also widely controversial. As a result he cancelled the elections, claiming Rondônia was too weak and too exposed to undergo the risk of a new presidency. He remained in office for over 10 years before he was killed by one of his Neverborn.
* **The New Rule-** After Filipe Braganzas death his son refused to claim the presidency and instead decided to hold a democratic election. A group of new parties emerged and one of them, the *Rondônian National Party* **(PNR)** crushed him and inaugurated the first democratically elected non-summoner president of the country. In the following years the Summoner-lead **FUR** and the more civic PNR became the largest parties in the political landscape and had a back and fourth in claiming the presidency. Under their switching leadership the country went through many reforms and attempts to modernisation; some successful and others destructive.
* **Modern Rondônia**- During the 2040 election, *Gabriel* *Joan Braganza* switched parties and ran for the PNR; thus capturing the votes of centrist liberals and tradionalist monarchists. As a result he has a crushing victory and has remained in office ever since. *Gabriel* *Joan Braganza* is a very moderate president that places the interests of his family advisors and the parlament over his own. He has mostly resisted change and while the authority he commands is enough to ensure reelection; rondônian politics have grinded into a halt under his rule. Many have grown increasingly dissatissfied with the conventional parties and shifted more towards the fringes of the political spectrum.

## Goverment

### Political Parties

* **(PPRR)** **The Peoples Revolutionairy Party of Rondônia**- *Partido Popular Revolucionário de Rondônia***:** The PPRR is a far-left party that rejects parlamentarian rule and seeks to bring about political change with direct action and protest. Their declared goal is gathering support for a revolution to overthrow the current goverment. Even if gaining enough votes they activly refuse to claim parlamentary seats or involve themselves with electoral politics.
* **(UP)-** **Progressive Union-** *União Progressista*: The UP is a social democratic party that prioritises welfare, workers rights, civil liberties and nationalistation of the economy. Even though they are openly sympathetic to socialist ideas they claim to not activly work towards it in their current state; instead seeking to unite any left-leaning voters in the country.
* **Green Alliance**- *Aliança verde*: The green party of Rondônia has its roots in indigenous activist groups and ecoterrorists that arose in the early 2000s due to the increasing deforestation and destruction of Rondônias enviroment. Over time they became more involved in electoral politics and in the recent years they rebranded themselves as *Aliança verde*. Their have formally renounced their more radical elements and are almost entirely focussed on enviromental policies. They are also fervent supporters of indigenous autonomous zones.
* **(PNR)-** **Rondônian National Party-** *Partido Nacional Rondoniense:* The PNR was created by the first democratically elected president after the *depuração* and has remained the most popular party in the country ever since. They openly advertise themselves as a major party, claiming to advocate and support the interests of all of Rondônias. They are often hesitant to implement fast or more radical changes and are the largest advocates for a privatisation of the economy and the strengthening of relations with the rest of the world.
* **(FUR)-** **United Front for Rondônia-** *Frente Unida por Rondônia:* The FUR was Rondônias first political party and used to be heavily associated with the Braganzian Summoner Nobility. Since Braganzian Summoners have begun to run for the PNR the FUR has degraded to a far right party with far less popular support. Their main policies include increased funding and legal priveleges for the members of the royal family; increased political power for the catholic church aswell as a mandatory catholic education, and the strenghtening of the police force and military.
* **(NA) The New Dawn-** *Novo Amanhecer*: The Novo Amanhecer are a newly founded far-right party that have broken off the monarchist and catholic angle of the FUR. They campaign on the supression of indigenous groups, stricter laws against homosexuality and the introduction of civic militias. They are friendly to seperatist interests and many of them openly advocate for a reunification with brazil.

### Organisation

The Rondônian goverment is organised in the Cabinet which contains its ministries and offices; the parlament and the royal assembly. The Cabinet proposes bills and both the parlament and royal assembly have to vote on it; requiring 40% of the votes from both institutions for it to pass. The parlement has a total of 10 seats and the royal assembly a total of 5.

#### The Cabinet

* **President:** The head of state and goverment, elected for four years
* **Minister:** Representative and leader of a ministry, appointed by the President
* **State Secretary:** Elected politicians serving in the ministries, responsible for official statements and draft bills, appointed by their Minister
* **Federal Judge:** A federal judge that sits in the state court, appointed by the President
* **Director:** Head of one of the federal agencies, such as the ISR, the federal police or the tax agency

#### Parlament

* **Head of Parlament:** Leader of the Parlament, decides when a bill is voted on, can veto any descision the parlament makes; elected by the Parlament
* **Representative:** An elected representative that votes on bills; the number of which is allocated based on their parties election results

#### Royal Assembly

* **Head of the Royal Assembly:** Leader of the Royal Assembly, can veto any descision the royal assembly makes; chosen internally by the Braganza family
* **Royal Deputy:** Deputy that votes on bills; each chosen internally by the Braganza family

### Ideologies

The *Centre for Political Research Rondônia* categorises the most common political dispositions in Rondônia in the following categories:

* **Anarchists** oppose state controll and representative democracy, fighting for radical freedom and leftist economic models such as socialism.
* **Autonomists** are insigenous groups that seek autonomy over their own lands. Some of them wish to have their reservations become entirely independant from the Rondônian state; others simply seek goverment representation and civic liberties.
* **Social democrats** are a broad group of leftists that seek economic reform, civil rights and oppose monarchist rule. They range from socialists and syndicalists to left of center liberals.
* **Republicans** are centrists that value the constitution, liberty, the rule of law and free markets. They range from neoliberals to tradional conservatives.
* **Monarchists** are fervent supporters of the Braganzian monarchy, the power of the catholic church and tradionalist values.
* **Seperatists** are far right groups that seek reunification with Brazil aswell as a clear seperation between racial groups and the removal of Halfbloods from the federation

### The Braganza Family

The Braganza are the leading Summoner family and are guaranteed legal protections, state funding and improved housing opportunities. The Rondônian Braganza, which are not officially recognised as related to the protuguese Braganza, have courted several lesser Summoner families in their shadow which are reliant on their status and protection. The largest of these are: *Algarves*, *Faro* and *Alcântara*.

### Current Political Situation

Since the victory of *Gabriel Braganza* under the PNR, the goverment fully represents the interest of the Summoners, royalists and democratic republicans. Because of this authority they ensured their election victories since the last 12 years; however Gabriel Braganza is a universal moderate with little interest in broad reforms or changes that might upset any part of his base. In the shadow of this neoliberal goverment extremist parties have grown in populartity and power, and will no doubt continue to do so. It has gotten so bad that no other party was willing to enter a coalition with PNR in 2048 since the FUR moved further rightwards and the UP did not want to implicate themselves- leading to a minority goverment that has little power to pass legislation.

## Provinces

* **Madeira-** is a modern and relativly progressive district. Its provincial capital, Porto Velho, is by far the largest city by population and hosts both historic and modern buildings. Madeira is the center for tourism in Rondônia, offering historic buildings, closeby nature and wild parks aswell as an opening minded population trained on hospitality. The authorities ensure that tourists remain unbothered by crime and poverty; and have among the most brutal and well armed police forces in the entire country. Despite its generally left-leaning population Madeiras police force has been systematically infiltrated by far-right and white supremacist groups; a fact the provincial goverment tries to cover up as best they can.
* **Coração-** represent the Rondônian heartlands. They are the most densly populated area and have large roads and rail systems that connect the country side to the larger cities. Compared to western countries Coração is still a rural province with low development; but it is leading in the area. Coraçãos capital is Carcoal, a city that has grown fairly large in recent years and host most of the provinces urban workers. Many international corporations have begun investing in it since parts of the economy where privatised and build large factories and production halls since regulations where eased. Carcoal is also renowned for its export of high quality coffee.
* **Ocidente-** is a troubled province. It is extremly poor and the prime example of the damage the reforms of *A depuração* caused*.* It is systemically underdevelopment, ridden with organised crime, and suffers from countless structural failings. Its many indigenous groups have been driven out of their traditional territories and many remain dispossessed and disenfranchised. Its population is extremly divided in both politics and demographics and large parts of the countryside are controlled by the (...) cartel. Most the cocaine and synthetic drugs produced in Rondônia are grown here and the goverment has struggled against organised crime without much success.
* **Sul**- is the southernmost province and dominated by its vast countryside and rural communities. Most of its forests have been burned down for the vast cattle farms that are spread across the region and are its main export. Sul has the largest branco population and is by far the most conservative of provinces. It is caught in conflict between monarchists and far-right seperatist groups that seek reunification with brazil. Its capital is Comodoro, decently large and more modern city that is build in the style of the rural mansions found in Suls heartland.

* **Serra da Cutia-** is the largest rainforest area in Rondônia and has the lowest population density in the entire country. It mostly consists of conservation areas, indigenous reservations and unexplored jungle. It hosts some of the largest indigenous groups such as the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau and the Guapore.
* **Zoró**- is one of the new provinces and almost entirely covered in rainforest. It hosts many indigenous groups, intercepted by small villages, anarchist communes and seperatist military camps. It hosts many conflicts, both civic and militarily, which broader rondonian soceity knows little to nothing about.
* **Vilhena-** is a divided province. To its west lies a rural country side that mostly subsists off cattle farming and agriculture; and a dense rainforest inhabited by various indigenous groups to the west. The west is staunchly liberal while the east is a stage for conflicts between anarchist and seperatist groups.
* **Massacao-** is a mountainous region surrounding the capital. Its indigenous groups are much more organised than their counterparts in the east and they are staunchly anti monarchist. The goverment fears potential attacks from this region, but this far it has layed dormant.