Republic of Arabia

Flag of the Republic of Arabia

Arabia, Officially The Republic of Arabia (Formerly "The Arab Republic of Al-Qassim") is a country situated In the southern Arab Peninsula incorporating a number of former Gulf and Arab States. The nation was founded in 2134 by Ikram Al-Kader (Fmr. Commander and President of the ARoQ) of the Ba'athist Liberation Front in the current Capital City, Buraydah. The Republic relies heavily on clean energy and much of the deserts have begun the process of "Greening". The Major Exports of the Republic include agricultural products, livestock goods, oil and other things.

## Establishment to Present

The Republic of Arabia, Formerly the Arab Republic of Al-Qassim was founded in the year 2134 by Former Commander and President Ikram Al-kader after issuing General Order No. 134 which officially established the Republic. The Republic's beginning years was not glamorous and Ikram and the Al-Qassim Ba'athist Party in the House of Representatives focused on building up the nation and the capital, Buraydah. Seeing it's situation the Republic began expanding westwards to the red sea, during this time the politics were mostly stable as the administration built up the nation establishing outside trade, building the economy internally and restoring law and order. The stability of the republic wouldn't be challenged until the year 2153 where citizens began to become divided and the (Now defunct and outlawed) Islamic Fundamentalist Party (IFP) was formed.

The Formation of the IFP challenged the political basis of the republic which until then had been heavily influenced by the AQBP, but the IFP still remained small. The rise of the IFP started a cascade of political disunity as many did not agree with the Ba'athists secular views and policy with protests starting to become common place, IFP supporters who were radical in nature also began to target minority groups justifying their violence with Islam. While this was going on, by 2156 the ARoQ had managed to establish relations with the Giant of the Arabic world starting a cycle of free trade and positive relations between the two. Later that year Ikram would announce that he would not run in the 2156 elections, Hafez Uddin with endorsement from the Former President would win the Presidency with 76.6% of the vote. In 2162 the stability supporting the AQBP would see some cracks as that year saw the IFP gain more seats in the HoR, that very year more cracks would begin to show as the Federal Democratic Party (FDP) would be formed.

While the Republic had it's issues the Formation of the FDP exacerbated them. The republic saw more political upheaval and dis-unity due to the FDP's formation, by 2180 the AQBP lost the elections to the FDP's Omar Suleiman. The current trend would continue with more political disunity and the Caucasus Crisis period would only increase the issues as the ARoQ found it self in the middle of a diplomatic conflict over the newly formed Caucasian Federal Republic (CFR). In 2205 the IFP in response to the governments decision to assist the CFR against Chechnya rebels would stage a terrorist attack in the Riyadh Cultural and Economic city. After investigation the IFP was found to be a the head of the terrorist attack and the party was promptly outlawed, listed as a terrorist organization and mass persecution and violence against the party ensued with the leadership having been destroyed and many members executed. Today the former ARoQ is now known at the Republic of Arabia (RA) and encompasses the entire southern Arab peninsula excluding the United Arab Republic controlled Qatar.

## State Security and Policing

The Republic of Arabia's Ministry of the Interior is the nations internal affairs ministry, along side this the MoI is responsible for policing and national security. Under the MoI is the nations National Police force called the "Republican National Police" (RNP) and the State Security Agency (SSA). The RNP serves as the National Police Branch that serves to police the area's outside of cities with established local police, they also are responsible for border security as well as customs and immigration enforcement with a dedicated "Immigrations and Customs Office". The RNP is also in charge of national level criminal investigations (Corruption, white color crime, terrorism etc.) and may assist local police forces in murder cases etc. Meanwhile the SSA is the national security office, serving to investigate, asses and protect the nation from internal and external threats such as terrorist groups, extremist criminal groups, foreign nations and more.