Central Americana

## INTRO:

Central Americana is a nation that is located in Central America. It consists of 8 unitary states; Baja, Sonora, Coahuila, Mesoamerica, Yucatan, Central America, Panama, and the Capital District. Its capital is Iztacchuatl (ees-tahk-chwah-tl). Its government is a complete autocracy with the head of it being called Gran Unificador if they are male and Gran Unificadora if they are female. Their current leader is justin.exe. It is a decently sized nation with vast gold deposits and other natural resources.

## HISTORY:

Central Americana would gain its independence in the fifteenth of September of 1821. However, to truly understand their history, you must go back to the year of 1738, when the Republic of Mesoamerica would rise out of the ashes of the over two decades of devastating war that had been taking place. The Republic of Mesoamerica was the most powerful nation of the ones that gained their independence. Other nations include: The Yucatan Republic on the Yucatan peninsula, Baja Confederation on southern Baja California, Central American Union in Central America, Andean Empire in the Panama peninsula, and the Northern States in the north. The Republic of Mesoamerica would soon expand into the Yucatan peninsula, and into two of the northern states. This would form the Empire of Mesoamerica. The Empire of Mesoamerica would continuously fight multiple wars with the Sonora State, the deadliest of which would be the battle of Altiplanicie, where over 20,000 Mesoamerican soldiers would perish. The Empire of Mesoamerica had continuously tense relations with the Central American Union, as they competed for economic and political dominance in the region. After years of tense relations and multiple battles with the Northern States, the underlying tension would boil over with the death of Emperor Tutski of Mesoamerica. Rumors had spread that the Central American Union had assassinated him via lacing his dinner with cyanide. While the evidence of this was quite weak, the new emperor, Emperor Peoma, saw it as an excuse to invade the Central American Union in 1766. This saw a massive rise in nationalism in the Empire, but the quick victory Peoma was hoping for was soon forgotten. The Great Central American War, had now begun.

The Empire's army was under-trained and under-supplied, and the military tactics of the Empire were quite weak. Meanwhile, the Central American Union's people wanted to defend their homeland no matter the cost, and fought tooth and nail for every inch of their land. After just five months of fighting, the war became a standstill in 1767. After extensive negotiations, and many promises for the annexation of land in the North the Sonora State decided to open another front and join the war, now. The Great Central America War was now on. The Empire of Mesoamerica saw much success in the Northern front than in the South, while the South was locked in a deadly stalemate, the armies of the Empire in the north were able to reach all the way to the outskirts of the capital of the Sonora State, Iquqalpa. The army and even the citizens of the Northern State would defend the capital desperately, and would finally succeed in the fourth battle for the city, where they repelled the Empire's forces back into the mountains. This would see the beginning of a stage of the war called Guerra Falsa, where both sides were locked in a deadly stalemate. This would last for two years, and would amount to 180,000 deaths total. After two years of devastating war, both sides' populations were starving, angry, and beginning to grow tired of the war. The original phase of national pride for their country had quickly faded with the start of Guerra Falsa. The Central American Union's people began to demonstrate in the streets, and their army had mas-abandonment issues, the Northern State dealt with nation-wide strikes due to low pay and bad working conditions, and the Empire of Mesoamerica's people were rioting in the streets, protesting, and some straight up left the nation for the other nations not in the war. However, strangely enough, the population that was most angry, was the United States'. Banana shipments from the Central American Union had stopped due to the war, and this caused great economic strife in the USA. And after rumors of a planned surprise-attack on the USA by the Empire of Mesoamerica, the people in the USA demanded government action. This led the USA to send in support and relief troops to the Sonora State, which quickly turned the tide of the war in the North. However, it would be another year until direct US involvement. After pretty much all invasion forces had retreated from the Sonora State, the Empire of Mesoamerica grew desperate, and launched an all-out assault on the nation. One last desperate attempt to gain a major victory. This is known as the Great Northern Offensive, and, in the beginning, was a success. Empire forces saw massive gains as they pushed North however they also saw massive casualties. And the USA, knowing the Empire's resentment towards them for sending in relief troops, feared the Empire might just keep going into the USA, and the US government did not want a war on American soil, so, they sent in the US Army.

With US troops now arriving in better-equipped, and greater, numbers, the Empire stood no chance, and within another ten months, would surrender. The Empire would surrender after Emperor Peoma would abdicate and attempt to flee to the Andean Empire. He would, however, not make it far, as he would be caught and arrested in the Central American Union and sentenced to life in prison. The new Provisional Government would make immediate plans for surrender to the coalition. And after nearly 600,000 casualties, the war ended with the Treaty of Tegucigalpa in 1770, where the Empire of Mesoamerica surrendered to coalition forces. The coalition wanted to weaken the Empire permanently, so they could never rise to power again. And so, they freed many of the nations the Empire had invaded, and created some new nations as well. The heart of the Empire was turned into the nation of the Sierra Republic, which is commonly seen as the successor to the Empire. The Central American Union would continue a military occupation of the south in an attempt to "stabilize" the region. The treaty would also specify that the Sierra Republic must pay 125 million in war damages, and could never invade another surrounding nation except if they were explicitly attacked first. With the surrender of the Empire, the Central American Union became the dominant power in Central America. However, that is not to say that the Union was all-powerful, in fact, it was the opposite. The Union was greatly divided after the war, and would fight to remain unified for years after the war. The entirety of Central America was left in economic and industrial ruin, with all industry effectively been destroyed. This was a major problem for the Sierra Republic, who had a massive unemployed population, and an unstable society. The Sierra Republic had nearly no natural resources left after the war, and their new president, Leopada Puez, was effectively useless in stabilizing the country. The Sierra Republic had been established with the main leader of the nation, the president, a legislative body, the National Council, and a Senate. However, these bodies were not very helpful to recover the nation after the war. The capital was also extremely isolated from the rest of the nation, making the northern part of the nation feel very disconnected from the rest of the nation and the government. For the first ten years of the Republic, the government was completely useless, and anarchy reigned in the nation, however, this would all change with the appointment of a new president in 1780. His name was Leonard Pulpa, and he is said to be the savior of the Republic. Pulpa did not agree with the terms of terms of the treaty, and preferred the Republic's rise to greatness as a new Central American Empire. However, the National Council and Senate would not allow him to do these things. However, Pulpa was extremely smart and a well-known con-man. And he decided to trick the National Council and Senate. He asked them to pass a bill that would give the National Council and Senate more power within the government, however, hidden within the fine print, was the clause that said, "His Majesty (The President) may be permitted to appoint, and dismiss, members of the National Council of the Sierra Republic, and Senate". The National Council, and Senate, of whom many were illiterate, did not notice this clause. And so, with the passing of the bill in 1781, Pulpa dismissed the entire National Council and Senate, and replaced them with people loyal to him, creating an effective dictatorship over the Sierra Republic. However, Pulpa was in no way ready for a war, while he did want to return to the greatness of the Empire, the standing army was disloyal, underfunded, and underequipped. The economy was also nearly non-existent. And so, for the next ten years, Pulpa would go on a campaign of modernizing and fixing the nation, and reestablishing order inside of it. Meanwhile, the rest of Central America was relatively peaceful, however, in 1789, disaster would strike in the Central American Union. For almost the past twenty years, the Union had been on the brink of civil war, as the two major parties within the government, the Libèrales, and the Republicanos, had grown increasingly violent towards each other. Things would spill over in the summer of 1789, though, with the Tegucigalpa Riots, where the Republicanos would allegedly stage an attack on protesting Libèrales supporters. This would cause the leader of the Libèrales, Juan Perezo, to declare the Republicanos an illegitimate party, and even to call them "terrorists". He then removed all Republicanos party members from their congress, and declared the Libèrales the one and only ruling party. Republicanos supporters would then take to the streets in protest of these actions, however the new president, Juan Perezo, sent in the Union's military to put down what he called "the insurrection". Republicanos did still hold a majority in the seats of some local councils, mostly the ones in the south, and they knew they had to take action before the Libèrales took full control of the country. And so, the leader of the Republicanos, Parco Macel, told Republicanos supporters to take to the streets in protest, and declared a new government in the south called "The Republic of Central America" in 1790. The Libèrales did not support this action, and sent in the Union's military. Thus began the eight year long Central American Union Civil War.

    With the civil war in the Central American Union, the Sierra Republic became the new dominant power in Central America. And Pulpa saw his opportunity for the reestablishment of the Empire. And on March 12, 1791, Pulpa ordered for the invasion of the Veracruz Republic. The invasion shocked the Central American community, however, the Central American Union could not do anything due to the civil war, and the Sonora State did not want to get involved without the Union backing them up. And so, within two and a half month, the Veracruz Republic surrenders and the Sierra Republic grew larger. Pulpa would then order for the annexation of the Colima Republic into the Sierra Republic, and the demand was met by the Colima Republic's president, who said "I do not wish to see the sons of this republic die in the hands of battle for a lost cause". The Tamaulipas State was next on Pulpa's list, with the invasion ending in just four months. And, just like that, within two years, the Sierra Republic had grown nearly double in size, with no reaction from the coalition.

Pulpa no longer believed that his nation was the Sierra Republic anymore, and in a famous speech, he said "My citizens, I no longer believe I am president of the Sierra Republic. The Sierra Republic is what the enemy wants us to be, it's what they want us to follow. I say, we don't follow the Sierra Republic, we are a new republic, one that the enemy did not create! We are, a confederation of people who have united for a common cause! We are the great Central American Confederation!". And Pulpa proclaimed the new Central American Confederation in 1793. Pulpa would lead the Confederation peacefully for the next seven years, before dying due to a stroke in his palace in 1800. With the death of Pulpa, a new leader, appointed by the National Council, came to power. His name was Azcuca Basi, and he was a notably weak leader. And he would cause arguably the worst disaster to the Confederation, ever. In the years following Pulpa's death, a divide had been created in the Confederation. Some states, mostly the ones which had been forcibly taken over, believed that in the Confederation, they had the right to secede, and other states, felt that they did not have that right. There was no explicit law in the constitution of the Confederation that said that states had the right to secede, however, some states felt that since it was a confederation, they had the right by definition, as part of the definition of a confederation is states have the right to secede. However, other states felt that since there was no definable law, that states did not have the right of succession. This would cause a power struggle between the two sides all the way until 1803, when the Kingdom of Guerrero and Sinaloa were added to the Confederation. This created an imbalance of power in the House of the States, which was created upon the Confederation's creation. The new party called the "Confederationalists" now had a majority vote and would be able to pass a law allowing states to secede. The other party, called the "Federationalists" needed to devise a plan to stop the vote from happening. Luckily, the Federationalists had the backing of the president, Basi, and withy Basi's help, they vetoed the vote and instead, Basi, who was encouraged by both the Federationalists and the National Council, decided to exert his power as president, and show his dominion over the states in the nation, he declared, "No state, no matter how they were entered into the Confederation, has the right or power to secede from our nation". Following this, he passed an executive order to create the "Secession Law", which put his words into writing. However, before the law could created, Basi was reportedly assassinated by a hired Confederationalist hitman. The new president who came to power in 1805, Alpuorto Juilo, declared this as a national tragedy which must be reprimanded. But, before he could come up with a plan for the future of the Confederation, the states which had predominantly Confederationalist leaders formally left the Confederation and declared their independence in 1805. The new president immediately took action, mobilizing the military, and launching a full-scale attack on the seceded states. Thus begun, the five year long civil war.

It is worth noting, that the civil war in the Central American Union had ended by now, with a victory for the Libèrales, and the establishment of a one-party elective system in the nation. The civil war in the Confederation was a shock to the Central American community, and gave way to a power gap for the next strongest nation in Central America. The president of the Confederation, Juilo, was a very powerful and inspirational leader, with him guiding the nation through the civil war. Juilo knew that this war wouldn't be like any other in the nation's history, and began to devise a strategy for victory, which he called the "Huelga Del Sur". This plan included a massive army force to go south and attack the positions of separatist troops. It also had a blockade of southern ports to starve the separatists out. It mostly disregarded the northern separatists, as the north was extremely poor and had little troops, and Juilo did not see them as much of a threat for now. Within the first year of the civil war, massive victories would come for the Confederation, with the northern separatists becoming cornered, and a successful repulsion of the attack on the capital by the separatists. However, the second year saw much less victories, and more of a stalemate in the south. Massive casualties had already been accumulated, and it was also revealed that the Central American Union was providing both financial, and military support to the separatists, who began to favor their own individual independence, rather than the preservation of the confederation. Putting it simply, the separatists wanted to regain their independence like it was before they were added to the Confederation, instead of creating a new Confederation government. As the war entered its third year, it was gridlock along most of the fronts, with no victory clear in sight. However, that would all change, in February of 1808.

A new aspiring general, named justin.exe, would take command of the army of the south in the Confederation. He was a brilliant military strategist, and came up with the "Estrategia en Rodajas" plan. This plan saw the concentration of armies into the heart of the southern separatists, and to cut them into two halves, severing supply lines. It also saw the takeover of ports along the southern separatist's coast, which would see massive economic losses for the south. This plan would take action a few months later, and would see amazing results. The separatist forces were not prepared for an attack into the center of the south, and instead had been expecting counterattacks in the north. This poor planning by the separatists would be their downfall. Entering into the fourth year, the plan had worked, as the south was now split into two halves. It would take another year, however, into 1810, for the separatists to finally admit defeat. With armies closing in on their capital in Colima, and the northern separatists completely cornered into the far north of the nation, the separatists surrendered in 1810. With the surrender of the separatists, the nation was in ruins, with infrastructure and industry completely destroyed. And, to make matters worse, the president Juilo, had died under mysterious circumstances in his palace. This gave way for a power gap in the nation, one which justin.exe would take advantage of. He was extremely popular after the war had ended, and many people preferred him to take power rather than the National Council's candidate, Parlo Ciuez. However, the National Council refused to give up Parlo Ciuez, and told justin.exe that he could not be the next president. In response to this, justin.exe riled up the people of the Confederation, and turned them against the National Council. And in a matter of months, the National Council had lost so much popularity, and Ciuez, the new president of the Confederation, had lost all remnants of his power, that justin.exe usurped the throne. As he did this, he dissolved the National Council and the Senate, and established a dictatorship over the Confederation, with little resistance from the population. justin.exe would rebuild the nation after the civil war, and would also begin to expand the Confederation's borders. In 1816, he would annex the territory of Southern Baja, which had been able to remain neutral throughout all of Central America's recent history. This annexation was highly controversial in the Central American community, however, it went ahead anyways. Then, in 1818, justin.exe would force the Yucatan Republic to join the Confederation. The western half of the Yucatan Republic agreed to join the Confederation, as there was a high amount of people there who supported the Confederation, however, the eastern half was not as keen, and instead, launched a military campaign to free the western half of the Yucatan. This campaign was met with harsh retaliation by the Confederation, which sent in its National Army. The Central American Union also helped the west in their campaign, which began to boil over into another war with the Confederation, called the Yucatan War. The Central American Union launched attacks against the Confederation, and also sent support soldiers to Yucatan, however, the Confederation had recently reworked it's army, and their military was now a lethal fighting force. The Sonora State would remain neutral in the conflict due to their own inner problems in the country.

The Central American Union was caught off-guard by the new and improved Confederation Army, and the war would drag on until 1819, when the Central American Union's army collapsed, and the Confederation officially, after decades of trying, annexed the Central American Union. The Yucatan Republic was also forced to join the Confederation. Then, within the next two years, the Confederation would launch another invasion of the Sonora State, one which would be extremely successful due to the inner problems going on in the country, and the Confederation would launch yet another invasion into the Andean Empire, who had been occupying Panama since the very beginning. This invasion would be extremely successful due to the low amount of modernization of the Andean Empire. And just like that, within five years, the Confederation controlled all of Central America. justin.exe would declare in a speech, "We have united the peoples of Central America under one common cause! The future of our nation is bright! We have succeeded! We have Won! We are a true Central Americana!". This speech would reference the new name of the Central American Confederation, Central Americana, which it would be changed to in the coming month. The reason for the name change is suspected to be due to the fact that justin.exe was attempting to unite many Central American cultures under one nation, and one common cause, and this is an extremely challenging task to do. So, he changed the name to Central Americana, which means, "The Central American Culture", in an attempt to symbolize how they are all one culture united under a common cause. This name change would come into effect in January of 1821.

## GOVERNMENT:

Central Americana's government is labeled as a complete autocracy, with a "Gran Unificador" as the center of the government. The Gran Unificador has supreme authority, and holds all major power within the government. There is, however, three other main government bodies which assist in the governing of Central Americana.

### GRAN UNIFICADOR:

The Gran Unificador, or Gran Unificadora if they are female, is the supreme authority within the government. They hold all major power, and have complete control over the nation. They have the ability to appoint, and dismiss, members of both the National Council and the Federal Court. Any and all decisions made by these bodies must go through the Gran Unificador first. The only government body the Gran Unificador had a more limited control over, is the House of States, due to the Gran Unificador not being able to appoint members, however they do have the power to "reject" elected members of the house.

### NATIONAL COUNCIL:

The National Council has had a turbulent history within Central Americana, however, surprisingly, has been around through the country's history to see it all. The National Council was first created by the first president of the Republic of Mesoameria, Kutski Inzed. The council miraculously made it through the times of the Empire of Mesoamerica, as the body was kept as both an advisory body towards the Emperor, and a more regional governing system. The council then returned to their former greatness in the Sierra Republic, becoming the main governing body of the nation. However, after Pulpa took power, they became a more powerful body, however, were under the hand of Pulpa. While the council approved all of Pulpa's decisions, Pulpa could appoint and dismiss the council members, creating a circular power division. After Pulpa's death, the council usurped the power of choosing the next leader. This strengthened the circular power division, and gave the council more power. During the civil war, the council would gain immense power as a legislative body. With the president busy dealing with matters on the war front, the council became the de-facto rulers of the home front. In the middle of the civil war, the council had become more popular than ever, and total control over the nation was within their grasp. However, the young general justin\_exe\_, would become ever more popular, and was able to challenge the authority of the council. After the civil war, the council attempted to appoint a gullible, young leader so they could use him as their pawn and take over the nation completely. However, justin\_exe\_ challenged this, and quickly swayed the public's opinion of the council against them. And within a matter of months, the council would be completely dissolved. For nearly fifteen years the council was gone, however, with the expansion of Central Americana's borders and ethnic tension within the nation, the council returned in 1836. Today, the council has very limited power, and acts more as a "policeman" to the House of States, and governs at a very regional level. However, they do provide advice to the Gran Unificador.

### FEDERAL COURT:

The Federal Court is a rather new addition to Central Americana's government, being added in 1882. The Federal Court acts as a body to interpret laws, and assist in the creation of new laws to limit the possibilities of legal loopholes. The Federal Court also deals with high-profile court cases within Central Americana. However, once again, the Federal Court has little real power, and the Gran Unificador rules the court with an iron fist.

### HOUSE OF STATES:

The House of States is the newest addition to Central Americana's government, being added in 1902. The House of States is rather unique in its governmental nature, as they are the only "elected" body within the government. They were added due to the difficult job to govern the states of Central Americana, and control their laws. Each state has a limited ability to write laws, however, all laws must be approved by a governing body. Previously, that governing body was the Gran Unificador, however, the job was very time-consuming, and so, a House of States was created to assist in it. The House of States consists of two bodies; The Council of States, and the State Laws Administration. The State Laws Administration is appointed by the Gran Unificador, and they critique the state laws that are proposed to them, and decide whether they are permitted to become state laws, or are rejected and must be amended. The State Laws Administration also meets every two years to look over all current state laws, and can send certain ones back to be amended. The other half, the Council of States, is an "elected" body, that represents the states' interests and represents the states, and in some ways the people, in government. This body is "elected" by the people of each state every four years, however, the state political parties are all puppets of the Gran Unificador. This means, all political parties that appoint candidates to run for election in the Council of States, are approved by the Gran Unificador, and all promote the Gran Unificador's policies. This means, there is no real choice for the people in whom to vote for in the Council of States. However, this is the only real "election" Central Americana has.

## CURRENT EVENTS:

Many events have plagued Central Americana since its creation in 1821, from inner struggles to outside threats, Central Americana has persevered through it all.

### REVOLTS AND REVOLUTION:

Central Americana has been plagued with revolts. The "Libèrales Front" began in 1831, with their leader, Guarro Perico, leading a Revolutionary Front against the Central Americana Government. Their aim is to overthrow the current Central Americana regime and free the Central American Union from Central Americana control. The "conflict" as it has been called by the Central Americana government has been raging on for nearly eight years, and has posed for a massive humanitarian crisis in the region, as both sides use brutal military tactics in an attempt to win even an inch of land. The conflict has shown no signs of getting better, and is expected to get more intense as the years go on.

Another revolution would occur in 1827, called the "Sonora Freedom Front", led by Juena Perco, it was established to try and free the Sonora State from Central Americana control. This group has often been referred to as the "Separatists", and is often seen as a terrorist group by many citizens of Central Americana. The slang term for the group has morphed into "The Cartel", as the Sonora Freedom Front has been accused of selling illegal narcotics to fund their war effort in the north. The conflict is also expected to rise in its intensity as the years continue on.

### TERRITORIAL EXPANSION:

Central Americana has constantly been expanding its borders, and that is no different than today.

#### THE CARIBBEAN:

Central Americana has had special interest in the islands of the Caribbean, as the provide immense coastal protection for Central Americana, and provide naval bases for the nation's immense navy. Central Americana has passed multiple acts to keep the Caribbean under their influence, including the "Caribbean Exclusion Act", which prevented other nations from interfering in the Caribbean's affairs, the "Caribbean Protection Act", which allowed for Central Americana to have naval bases, and use any means necessary to defend the Caribbean, and the "Caribbean Stability Act", which gave millions in financial support to the Caribbean to help stabilize it internally, and also allowed for Central Americana to annex Caribbean islands to ensure stability in the region. Central Americana made use of this act to annex the Caribbean in its entirety. However, the Bahamas and the Windward islands were spared to become protectorates of Central Americana, with very limited autonomy.