Constitutional Republic of Columbia

Welcome to Libertarian Columbia!

Official Nation

* October 7th, 2020

The **Constitutional Republic of Columbia**, formerly and mostly known as the **Dan Republic**, is a micronation that was planned in late 2018 and founded on 25 June 2020 by its first and current president, Daniel Lawrence Maloney, originally in protest of Donald J. Trump, who was the sitting president of the United States from 2017 to his assassination. Now it is an official nation in another planet on the planet, Usonia.

## History

### Founding

The idea of the Columbia was first conceived in 2018 by the current president, Daniel Maloney, under the name "Dan Army". Maloney claims during this period of time, the Dan Army consisted of around 500 members. No records of this were ever recorded, leaving the claim unsubstantiated. After this period, Maloney would begin making plans for the foundation of the micronation. On 25 June 2020, Maloney had declared the Dan Republic independent from the United States. Later, Maloney would then declare that the Dan Republic would become a virtual micronation on Garry's Mod as stated in an apology video to the Micronational Assembly. Exactly 21 days afterward, Maloney retracted these statements, the Dan Republic would reestablish its real-world claims.

### Apocalypse

During the apocalypse, the CRC recruited some of the non-infected Avatars when the members started to seek shelter during this time. With the Avatars, they managed to set up on Beaver Island in Lake Michigan as they establish a realistic nation with plenty of people agreeing to join in for safety. Some fought not only zombies, but also creatures such as Wendigos, a bunch of criminals from RoboCop, and a few other unwanted "guests" that arrived on Earth.

The people of Beaver Island managed to hang in there using whatever they had on hand such as weapons from Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Battlefield Hardline, and the PlayStation 2 game, Ghosthunter. They even recruited some people with augmentations from Deus Ex to help them fight against all sorts of trouble. Not just from Detroit or Michigan, but from the Canadian territory, Ontario.

### The Big Move

When the second phase of the apocalypse happened and the founding of new nations, they were forced out by the Great Plains Federation and the new United Nation States of America from their island home and forced to relocate to a new home. Many resisted at first, but they were overwhelmed by superior firepower from space. All members of this former micronation were relocated to the planet, Usonia. From here, they managed to find a new opportunity on a new world.

They became situated between the Kingdom of Gendarania and the Mojave Coalition with a small desert to the south, vast alpine mountains and valleys to the northwest and in the northeast, there are plenty of marshes, swamps and a few plains. Later, they were welcomed into the United Confederacy of Exiles.

## Government

Like its original micronation counterpart, the government became a liberal and democratic republic under a constitution. It is a one-party dominated republic that is democratic and libertarian.

Despite being part of the UCE that is against the UN&C, it does maintain a very healthy dialogue with the Great Plains Federation.

## Society & Culture

Columbia is a very libertarian republic where there is plenty of freedom and privacy with little government interference. A small time farmer or factory worker can become a big time corporate executive with the right amount of finances, skill, and business know-how. High class society makes up to 40% of the population with over 59% being middle class while the lower classes make up less than 1%. Education is at the highest standards as everyone can freely learn in order to become big shots themselves.

Almost everything is privatized in the CRC such as the police force, housing, jails, wildlife protection, healthcare and there isn't much in regulation. Thankfully though, people are responsible after learning from the mistakes on Earth (or wherever the immigrants come from). To make things more interesting, some of the richest people have mansions that are up to five stories high. There is plenty of arcologies just to fit lots of people.

CRC is very multicultural with many species with their cultures coming into the nation with large-scale buildings reaching high as the stratosphere with unique designs. There is no limitations to mixing and blending various cultures as it is a melting pot of everything and anything in between.

## Economy

The CRC has many companies and businesses that have extended beyond Usonia that it is on the number five spot in terms of GDP in the UCE. There are thousands of companies with a few factories that make all sorts of goods ranging from cyberware to ship manufacturing to electronics. The CRC has a vast array of anything and everything that is made cheaply, tested for safety, and ensure there are no hazards. They even conduct businesses with Nation 01 and the Concordance Nomadic Republic to further their economic growth.

There are a few handful of oil fields in the southern desert yet there are more solar farms than refineries. There are some farms in the valleys and some of the plains. However, there are many arcologies located in certain parts of the nation that have space elevators in order to prevent any harm to the environment. In many cities, there are special machines that may look like some fancy piece of art but in actuality they are meant to absorb all the smog and air pollutants while also releasing fresh oxygen and nitrogen through special processes to achieve it.

Many of the arcologies do have there own farms, but there are some outside of cities in certain areas of the country. Their biggest grain crop is Jet-Black Rice from Toriko is many swamp areas. Their major crops are mangoes and Qi Fruit from Stardew Valley with the Qi Fruit sold at high prices.

There is much privatization in the CRC as many companies privatized healthcare, wildlife preservations, police forces, and many more. And there isn't any taxes so the government makes money with their own nationalized businesses.

## Military

The **CRC Military** is the primary military forces in the CRC. They are equipped with the most advance weapons, gear and vehicles they can make or buy with the most advance training regiments there is. They also have a large collection of ships that protect 50% of the planet from invaders, no charge. They don't have any maritime navy since the nation is landlocked. And thanks to the multiple environments, the troops can do much ground training in order to adapt except at sea. Yet they do receive help from the Republic of Susquehanna up north to learn about maritime warfare at sea with a treaty they signed.