Federated Republic of Southern Chile

A season 8 country on the server, controlled by Lukepiwalker31. It is the first nation to have significant development without any roads, and thus without any cars. Instead, Trains, Trams and Metro systems are used to get around the nation. The capital city is Puerto Montt.

## Politics and Elections

Southern Chile is a democratic nation, using a parliamentary system. There are two houses of parliament, the House of Representatives and the Senate. These are elected by pure popular vote, like the President.

Elections are found here.

## Information

The Federated Republic of Southern Chile is a Neutral nation, with no alliances or enemies as such. They have a slightly cool relationship with BenjaminLand, due to its repeated violations of Puerto Montt. This means that asylum is automatic and the supreme court has a lot of power.

The nation occupies the lands of Chile south of the city of Chillian. It also occupies small amounts of Argentina, received as compensation for a loss of land around Tierra Del Fuego.

List of important Settlements:

* Puerto Montt (Capital of Lagos; Southern Chile)
* Puerto Bertrand (Capital of Aysen)
* Punta Arenas (Capital of Magallanes)
* Conception(Capital of Zona Nord)

## History

This nation was formed right at the beginning along with the other "big four." It quickly established its neutrality in the War that never happened. It continued to develop its train network, almost religiously, before taking a Hiatus from the server. During this time, the Republic lost its equal position with the North Argentine Confederation, falling well behind in economic development. It is assumed that after the introduction of Lorentz Factor that Chile will begin to catch up again. It is then that the intense economic, but not military, rivalry developed between it and ConnorLand. This did not carry over to their diplomatic relations, which remained neutral.

### Sussing and conflict with Cape Horn Federation

Chile was heavily sussed, along with the now-friendly NAC, which led to them justifying war on the Cape Horn Federation. This was a highly controversial decision in the Federated Republic, causing protests and a highly-publicised Supreme Court Case.'

### *Gonzalez v. Federated Republic of Southern Chile*

The appeal against the Federated Republic of Southern Chile's Justification of War against the Cape Horn Federation began in the Supreme Court of the Federated Republic of Southern Chile at approximately 09:30. Proceedings are expected to start shortly in the case of *Gonzalez vs Federated Republic of Southern Chile.*

The Prosecution made its case. Former president Benjamin Gonzalez argued that the sussing is not only unproved but a disproportionate reaction was carried out. His argument rested on the fact that the previous ruling did not specify what constituted a severe threat to national security, and since there was no imminent invasion threat there was no severe threat to national security.

The Attorney General of the Federated Republic of Southern Chile's argument hinged on the threat of griefing that had occurred in his previous post as Attorney General of the Czechoslovak Imperium. Here he argued that there is precedent, not only in previous seasons but the current season for griefing and other acts of terrorism being a significant threat to national security. He pointed to the deaths of 144 Czechoslovak Civilians back in Season 8, which no action was taken because there was insufficient evidence. He vowed to never let this occur again.

A back and forth then occurred on the relevancy of previous seasons on the law of this nation. The Attorney General pointed to the fact that without taking into account previous incidents progress will never been made. He also commented that backing out of a war now would damage Chile's credibility on the world stage and invite further terrorism, as opposed to going through with the war which would show the world that Chile stands up for its people's rights.

The Supreme Court of the Federated Republic of Southern Chile ruled in favour of the government in *Gonzalez vs Federated Republic of Southern Chile.* However its ruling mandated that:

1. The economy must maintain its growth rate during the war,

2. If a victory is achieved, the peace deal must be fair and take into account the views of the Cape Horn Federation's People,

3. That the Federated Republic of Southern Chile returns to absolute neutrality after this war.

### The Sus War

The Republic did not suffer any casualties and came out on top with a weaker rival to the south. For more info see the main page.

## Transportation

### Rail

Chile is one of the best connected nations on the server. A high-speed line starts at Chillian and connects all the way to Punta Arenas along with several other lines.

* North-South Main Line
* Regional Route 1
* Regional Route 2
* International Route 1
* International Route 2
* Circle Line

### Air

The Republic does not recognise the authority of the UNAA over its airspace after rules were implemented that particularly the Left party did not agree with. Eventually there was wide political and grassroots support towards leaving what it considered the overly-nerdy UNAA and so it left and formed the Southern Chilean Aviation Authority (SCAA)