Paxallex

The **Republic of Paxallex** (*De pevordrinamps fressétramps ud Paxallex* in *Amnati* but commonly called **Paxallex**) is a sovereign state on the continent of Tarus.

Compromising 47.2 million citizens, the republic's situated in eastern Tarus and shares land borders with Alahana in the south-west, Mialath in the south-east, Nogard in the west, Calen-Taur in the south-west, Osburn in the north, Kaeidon in the north-east and a water border in the south with the Strekar Sea. Compromising over 305 thousand square kilometers, Paxallex's territory is divided into 5 regions. Possessing a mainly Mediterranean climate and a Oceanic climate. Paxallex is also known as the *riverlands* because of its many rivers flowing through the country. There are 4 major rivers and 37 minor rivers through the country with a total length of 2,223 kilometer.

Paxallex is a federal parliamentary republic with its central seat of government in Gresine. The nation has a prime minister, Braeden Barson who is the head of state is chosen in an election and represents the state as a whole. The head of government is Chancellor Ned Arkey and is also responsible for the executive branch of government. The Paxallexian parliament is responsible for the legislative duties while the High Court of Paxallex is responsible for the Judicial part on the Paxallexian government.

Paxallex is a full state member of the Eurion Alliance and the Tarusian Union. Paxallex has several close allies including, Alahana, Mialath and Rheidon

The economy of Paxallex is focused on exporting food products (mainly fish and crops). Paxallex is also a very prosperous nation with a GDP of over 2,052,00,00,000 dollars. This results in a high standard of living which can be reflected on the GDP per capita which is an astonishing 43,470 dollars per capita and a HDI of 0.903.

## History

*Main Article: History of Paxallex*

2800 bc - first civilizations: Olmus & Mayer

1995 bc - fall of Agoras & azuri river clans

402 - conquest by renillens

814 - conquest by antarpians

1214 - fall of antarpian empire

1320 - war of the riverlands

1389 - union of the river kings

1412 - asanan conflicts

1547 - The Kingdom of Paxallex conquers the Kingdom of Karkan

1569 - The Kingdom of Nogard attempts to conquer the Lottinich and North Karkan region but fail

1600 - In the Kingdom of Paxallex the latest king is killed by his son resulting in the War of the False King and Paxallex becoming a republic as the Republic of Paxallex

1701 - The Republic of Paxallex starts colonizing western Ozuin with their colony of Vend-Azuri

## Geography

Paxallex is located in south-east Tarus and borders Alahana in the south-west, Mialath in the south-east, Nogard in the west, Calen-Taur in the south-west, Osburn in the north and Kaeidon in the north-east. Paxallex has a coastline 1,825 kilometers in the south-east with the Strekar Sea. Paxallex has a total territory that covers 305,640 km² with no overseas possessions.

Paxallex has the Kendarom Mountains that define its western border where the highest peak of Paxallex, *Mt. Daerka (2,870 m)*, is located. The north borders the Episir Highlands in Osburn where most of the Paxallexian rivers originate. In the south, along the border with Mialath, is the Okolis Highlands that are part of the greater Mialathean highland range that extends into Paxallex.

Paxallex is not known for nothing as the Riverlands. Paxallex has four major rivers and many more smaller tributaries and small rivers. These rivers are the Gacyl River, Stryken River, Tylon River and the Treon River. Paxallex is also home to many major lakes such as Lake Zihr & Lake Prir, Lake Trahfer and Lake Danz. All these lakes and rivers gives Paxallex a large portion of its territory being water, the amount is calculated at 6.7%. These lakes and rivers are barely polluted to not at all polluted that
is a source of clean, drinkable water and fertile soil. Paxallex also has a great potential for hydropower and uses multiple hydroelectric plants to provide a large portion of its energy as clean and durable energy.

Gacyl river running through the Kendarom MountainsLakz Zihr, the largest lake of PaxallexMountainous region of Northern KarkanCoastline of the Strekar SeaLandscape of the western Azuri regionThe Sartou waterfalls, a serie of waterfalls near Lake Danz, are a major tourist attraction.Paxallex does not experience a lot of natural hazards other than the occasional floods and mudslides but these are rather rare.

The climate of Paxallex is temperate with warm summers and cool winters. The coastal lands are known to have a Mediterranean climate with hot summers and mild winters. The western and northern mountains and highlands experience a continental climate with mild summers and cold winters. The average temperature of Paxallex is in the winter is around 0°C to 7°C and in the summer in between 15°C and 23°C. It is very dependent on location for example the mountains are always much colder than the sunny coastal areas.

## Politics

The Republic of Paxallex is a Parliamentary Republic under a federal system with its seat of power in the capital city of Gresine. These federal states divided into four states the coastal lands of Strekar, the northern and eastern lands of the Riverlands, the western interior lands of Azurey and the mountainous region of Northern Karkan.

### Government

The Paxallexian government is split into three branches, like most countries: The executive, legislative and judicial branch. Paxallex is a representative republic where every four years the people can vote for both their preferred prime minister and chancellor.

The Prime minister lead the executive branch of the government and the cabinet of ministers. People chose for their prime minister personally while the parliament (legislative branch) is formed by multiple political parties and supplies the chancellor and all other additional ministers. So it is perfectly possible to have a prime minister that is part of a political party which is not even in the parliament.

The job of prime minister is currently is held by the liberal Braeden Barson and the chancellor is Ned Akey of the democratic party. The current government is made up of liberals, democrats and social democrats so the party of the prime minister is part of the government as of now but as states before this does not have to be the case.

### Foreign relations

Paxallex is active on the world stage and is part of multiple international organizations such as the World Council and is an active member of the International Security Organization. Paxallex also has a permanent seat in the Security Council where it represents one of the countries for the Eurion Alliance of which it a part of. Paxallex is also part of the Tarusian Union and is also part of the monetary union and open border pact.

Paxallex is a well received country on the international stage with warm and friendly relations with most of nations but holds especially good relations with Alahana and Mialath and the other nations of the Tarusian union. Paxallex also holds good relations with other nations of the Eurion Alliance and with their former colonial possessions of Aalla, Raslana and Marhoga.

There are some countries with which Paxallex holds negative or even hostile relations. These countries are all part of the United League of Eurion and its main rivals are Sandaria and Al'murtina as they contest Paxallexian economic interests in the reef sea.

Surprisingly Paxallex has only one international dispute with its ally and neighbour: Osburn. The region of Crystalmere has been conquered since 1412 when the Asanan Empire took it but the region still identifies themselves as ethnic Paxallexian and speak the Amnati Language which is the main language of Paxallex. This created a separatist movement in the region which wants to break away from Osburn and go back to Paxallex but this movement is suppressed by the Osburnean law enforcement. This separatist movement is publicly supported by the Paxallexian government which makes it the first and only country to do so.

### Justice

    The Paxallexian judicial system is a civil law type system where law is based upon a comprehensive compendium of statutes. The constitution of Paxallex is the supreme law and is interpreted by the constitutional court. The constitution guarantees a number of things mainly revolving around civil- and human rights and the regulation of the democracy. The parliament, which is the legislative branch of the government, creates or modifies laws. The laws in Paxallex are comparable to the rest of its East Tarusian neighbors: things like abortion, euthanasia and prostitution are allowed but regulated; soft drugs are allowed and regulated but hard drugs are outlawed; all human rights are highly valued thus LGBT rights exactly the same as all other citizens.

Corporal- and capital punishment are not allowed in Paxallex and are replaced by other penal measures such as fines, community service or prison sentences. The judicial system in Paxallex is considered mild but normal to the standards of the 'free world'. The trafficking and use of drugs is relatively high mainly due to the mild and lax judicial policy regarding these drugs. Other, more violent, crimes are low and keep decreasing. Crimes for immediate financial gain (such as theft, burglary and robbery) are increasing in Paxallex as well as everywhere in eastern Tarus. This can be caused by the large influx of immigrants without any job and then turn to criminal activities.

The police forces of Paxallex are responsible for the law enforcement of the country. The are multiple agencies with different responsibilities throughout the country. First and foremost there is the police which is split up in two: the federal police and the local police. The local police are small police forces under direct control of the local government, usually the local municipality. The local police is responsible for first line policing with intervention units and is also the first point of contact for citizens. They enforce the laws and are responsible for managing the bulk of the police work. The federal police mostly work in support of the local police but it can also work the other way around when the federal police has a mission in a local police area. Local police can then provide federal police with auxiliary units but most importantly with intel on their mission and the area.

The federal police are directly responsible to the national government. They do usually don't do community policing but deliver specialist services and patrol the major transportation networks such as rail-, water-, air- and highways. They provide support to the local police when they need it in the form of advanced criminal investigation, heavy riot units and emergency support units. The federal police officers are also more heavily armed than their local counterparts carrying pistols with live ammunition but assault rifles or shotguns in their vehicles as well.

### Military

*Main article: Paxallexian Armed Forces*

The Paxallexian Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps collectively form the Paxallexian Armed Forces, under the command of the Supreme Defense Council, presided over by the Prime Minister of Paxallex. It is a is a professional military force that is comprised out of 115 thousand active and about a 40 thousand reserve military personnel. The budget for the military is calculated at 2.78% of the national GDP which translates to $57 billion.

The Paxallexian Army is the national ground defense force responsible for land based operations. The army is by far the biggest branch of the armed forces with about 60,000 active duty soldiers. The army primarily consist of infantry - and mechanized brigades equipped with various types of combat vehicles and powerful pieces of artillery.The most well known armoured vehicles of the Paxallexian army are the Paxallexian build Chorcen 01 and Chorcen 02 main battle tanks as well as the Ebrond Tank Destroyer. These armored vehicles were build in an attempt to quickly upgrade the fleet of existing vehicles who were mainly build around mobility and speed. Ideal to fight against Ozuinese rebels and insurgents but outdated to fight against imperial vehicles which is starting to begin to form a treat again. The army also operates a multitude of helicopters ranging from heavy lifting cargo helicopters to fast attack helicopters.

The Paxallexian Navy is the second branch of the armed forces which employs about 20,000 active personnel with 126 commissioned surface vessels, nine submarines and one aircraft carrier: the Nimion, which is also the flagship of the Paxallexian navy. The navy of Paxallexian navy is a blue-water navy that operates ships in operations worldwide but is keeping a strong presence in the Reef sea to deter piracy, illegal immigration, illegal fishing but mostly to defend the territorial waters of Tarusian Union states against hostile ships. The navy also includes the coast guard branch which is a sub-branch of the navy tasked with Maritime law enforcement, Search and rescue, Safety of navigation, Protection of marine resources and Fisheries protection and regulation. The Paxallexian Navy also operates a diverse fleet of aircraft including fixed-wing, rotary and UAVs such as the Alahanese made UK-711 Bizon and UK-18a2 Buffalo helicopters.

The Paxallexian Air Force is the branch of the armed forces responsible for defending the air space over Paxallex and perform aerial-based military operations with a strength of 25,000 active military personnel and 427 aircraft including 147 combat jets and 40 transport aircraft. The main combat jet operated by the air force is the Alahanese build TAC-335 multirole jets used by many of the neighboring countries such as Alahana, Osburn and Kaeidon. Paxallex also operates and maintains dedicated bomber craft, reconnaissance and patrol aircraft, tankers, transports and unmanned aerial vehicles.

    The Marine Corps of Paxallex have a strength of about 10,000 and serve as as the main expeditionary forces of the armed forces of Paxallex. The marines are a highly specialized and adaptable light infantry force capable of rapid world-wide deployments and dealing with a wide range of threats both in an amphibious environment and further in-land.

Power projection, WMD's & Deployments

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