Federation of the Internet

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The **Federation of the Internet**, also known as the **United States of the Internet**, and commonly referred to as the **Internet**, is a large nation existing within the internet. The Federation of the Internet has control over the entire land known as "the Internet".

The Federation of the Internet is a federal presidential republic. The President is the Head of State, Head of Government as well as the Commander-in-Chief of the United Internet Forces. The Prime Minister is the Partisan Majority Leader of Parliament. The Internet is divided into three states: Baybridge, Isle Green, and Victoria. The State of Panhandle is a state currently being processed from an autonomous territory into a full-fledged state.

## History

### Creation

The Internet was formed in the late 1960s after the creation of multiple websites on the Internet. At the time being, the Government of the Internet didn't exist yet and multiple websites competed for superiority over one another. Some websites including Symbolics.com and Internet Explorer were often contesting each other for the title of "Most Popular" website.

The Government of the Internet was formed in 2021, when a group of Fandom users created the government of the Internet. Laying claim to the entirety of the Internet, they were the undisputed head of the Internet.

### First Actove Era

Two Fandom users, American2006 and TheJake123 (now known as SimplyJake15) met on the Future forum to discuss an idea. In November 2020, the two tried and failed to make a mock government for lack of support, they would not have a problem with the Government of the Internet, a largely unregulated space.

After a group of Fandom users once met again, they vowed to reunite the internet under their new government. After declaring themselves the rulers of the Internet, they founded the Second Republic, a presidential democracy under a multi-party system.

The first president, SimplyJake, was from the Liberal Party. Alongside SmashingThreePlates and American2006, the new government forum grew. More parties were formed, including the Patriot Party, the Socialist Party, and the Moderate Party.

However, soon cracks began to form. April 6th, 2021 saw a controversial recall election in which a series of events resulted in the Silencing, where President SimplyJake15 locked down the forum. In the aftermath of the Silencing and in result of drama on other forums, DianaPolitics left as did AlNeiman, and American2006 was appointed Chief Justice.

In April 15th, members of the parliament declared the Internet to be a "purely liberal state" and a "strongly secular state". Since then, the Internet has been a de facto dominant-party state, although this claim is untrue in terms of the Prime Ministership and the parliament seats. Following the creation of the Ultra-Conservative Party on April 19th, tensions between the Liberals and Conservative population have been strained.

The pending August Parliamentary Election led to a chain of Attack Ads between the Ultra-Conservative leader CheesyDolphins and incumbent Parliament seat holder Stanlee Hudson. The chain is now known as the "Attack Ad Flow". After tensions calmed down the following day, new Attack Ads from higher-ranking members of the dominant Liberal Party declared the Ultra-Conservative Party to be "far-right" and "dictatorial". In response to this, CheesyDolphins declared the Ultra-Conservative Party to be more progressive while retaining their traditional name.

MJ Abarca strengthened the Federal Armed Forces of the Internet due to the impending crisis. After CheesyDolphins rallied the Conservatives to arms, the President-Emeritus Presidential Connor responded by stating he "declared war" and later calling him a "corrupt, biased politician". A compromise was secretly agreed on, and the protests ended. This is commonly referred to as the "Ultra-Conservative Uprising". As civil war had been avoided, peace protests have ceased as their goal had been reached. Tensions ran high for the Parliamentary Elections, mostly for the August seat.

As the second Parliamentry elections early voting began, FNC (Fandom News Network) became the first news organization based out of the Government of the Internet.

On April 22, the Ultra-Conservative Party was renamed into the Progressive Conservative Party, sealing the fact that the party has transitioned into progressivism-conservatism. The Voluntary Capitalist and the Progressive Conservative Party later merged into the Capitalist-Conservative Party.

During the aftermath of the May Legislative Election Campaign Flow, anti-President Jake ads were created constantly. Many of these were prompted by previous decisions that many people, especially Patriots, considered "wrong". Connor, the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party, left the Liberal Party in retaliation. These were all met with little resistance from the President. A day later, the President was unexpectedly killed in a Plane Crash on his way to Alephia. Immediately, SmashingThreePlates was sworn in as President Sam.

On April 30th, contact was established with a far-away nation named D'Ourume through their prince, CheesyDolphins. At the time, this was the only international relation established with the Internet.

On May 2nd, the Republic of Discord deported the President and the Ambassador, a notion that was not taken lightly by the Parliament. The Parliament voted that this was a declaration of war, which caused a lot of controversy whether to enforce conscription or not. Meanwhile, President Sam (SmashingThreePlates) and Prince Anthony (CheesyDolphins) signed the Azure Treaty, forming the Azure Alliance against the Republic of Discord. D'Ourumean soldiers had been shipped to the Internet to fight in the war as part of the Treaty.

The Discordian Republic and the Internet never formally declared war on each other, which led to a conflict known as the "Discordian-Internetian Standoff". The standoff ended with a Discordian victory due to more members. At the end of the Standoff, only about 5 members of the Internetian government were participating in the conflict. President Sam called for an end to hostilities and the Federation of the Internet was forced to witness the drafting of the humiliating Treaty of Columbus City.

President Sam and CheesyDolphins embarked on a series of negotiations that resulted in the long end to conflicts and a relatively equal treaty. The Discordian city of Freemont was established as part of the treaty and the Freemont Legion was installed as a peacekeeping force in Freemont. To this day, Freemont has been under Discordian rule, although the city has not had many incidents and appears to be deserted.

After the revised Treaty of Columbus City was signed, the Internet joined the G3, a military alliance between the Republic of Discord and other nations. The Internet participated in the UN War against the United Nations after an insult was sent to the Republic of Discord. The UN was dissolved and an organization called the "United Discords" was created, with the Internet being the 6th official member.

New Moderates took control soon after and remained in power for months. However, in December, a major change began to take place. American2006, a former President and Prime Minister and founder of the Patriot Party reappeared, and defeated the leader of the Liberal Party MJ Abarca in a Baybridge Parliamentary race. American2006 became a key leader in the 8th Parliament, even in the minority, proposing 6 items of legislation and a constitutional amendment which recieved broad support. American2006 also became the Ministry of the Treasury, Commerce, and Economic Affairs and founded RightPowerPolls and the Abraham Lincoln Digital Law Association and began to accululate a large amount of political power.

In the January elections, Patriots swept control of parliament, receiving 57% of the vote. American2006 became the Prime Minister in the first Patriot parliament in months.