User blog:SArchangel/Alyeska Rough Draft


 * This article is about the sovereign state in Altverse.

The Federative Republic of Alyeska (IPA: ) (: федеративная республика Аляски, : ᐊᓛᓯᑲ, : República Federativa de Allesca), or simply Alyeska, is a in northwestern, composed of seven states and one capital district. Alyeska is bordered to the east by and the, and Sierra to the south. To the west of Alyeska lies the. The separates the country from Soviet Russia, and part of Alyeska’s northernmost region is part of the. Alyeska has a total land area of about 3,649,822 square kilometers, making it the 7th largest country by land area. Alyeska also has an estimated current population of 58,220,000 people, making it the 24th most populated country.

Alyeska is a  with a Obolenskian   and a. The 7 States which make up Alyeska share sovereignty with the federal government, which is operated by the sole Obolenskian Blue Party. Administrative powers wielded by the federal government are split between three primary branches of government, with power possessed by the  Congress,  power invested in the President and the Prime Minister,  and  power possessed by the Supreme Court. The Congress is responsible for amending the Constitution and passing laws, or “bills” that are approved by both the President and the Prime Minister before they can be put into action. Both the President and the Prime Minister get one each, an action that renders the bill’s enactment null. If a bill recieves one veto, Congress can override the veto by over-1/2 vote. If a bill recieves two vetoes, Congress can override both vetoes by over-2/3 vote. The President presides over foreign policy and diplomacy by forming agreements with international bodies and representing his country on an international stage; during war, he is the commander-in-chief of the military and national security. The Prime Minister presides over domestic policy by making specific orders within the operational and budgetary power he possesses over federal institutions; outside of war, he is the commander-in-chief of the military and national security. Both the President and Prime Minister are responsible for selecting the leaders of the Executive Administration (Cabinet), although the Prime Minister tends to be the expert in this matter. The actions of Congress, the President, and the Prime Minister are held accountable by the Supreme Court, which judges whether or not their actions are constitutional. The Supreme Court is also the highest court in addressing the most controversial issues that may arise from unsettled cases at the lower levels of the national court system.

There is also two other unique deputations of government, filled by the Office of Supervision and the Anti-Corruption Deputation. The Office of Supervision is much more directly connected to lower institutions of government, such as from townships, counties, to states, etc; as a federal deputation, this influence also extends to the federal government “trinity” as whole. In Alyeska’s meritocratic institution, the power of assessing the merit of individuals in the candidacy for positions of government is delegated to the Office of Supervision, the go-to institution for any citizen of Alyeska who wants at least the possibility of a position in governance. For executive powers, the Office assesses individuals’ merit, and has the power of rejection or provision-of-candidacy. If candidacy is offered, the Office and presents information gathered and their review to the Executive Administration, which can approve or disapprove of the Office’s decision. If disapproved twice, the candidate is rejected by the Office. For legislative powers, the Office does the same process, only sends their review to the lower cameral legislation, the State Duma, where the same conditions apply to the candidate. For judicial powers (a position in court), not only must the target court approve, but the court above it in the court system hierarchy. The Anti-Corruption Deputation’s job is essential to maintaining transparency of the federal government’s domestic actions, no matter what branch. The Anti-Corruption Deputation is obligated to report every documentation of federal government policy to the public via media unless all three government branches disapprove (at least 2/3 of Congress, both executives, and any majority among Supreme Court Justices) within 168 hours (seven days) after documentation, which by then is released. These entities can also vote to extend the period of non-release to as much as 336 hours (fourteen days). The Anti-Corruption Deputation also extends its influence into the private sector, and is responsible for auditing businesses, approving warrants for investigations of inter-business transactions, and reporting financial statements to the government for the same approval system before reaching public. Since the founding of the Pacific Merchants Organization in 1992, the Anti-Corruption Deputation is a PMO firm on behalf of Alyeska.

The economy of Alyeska is considered to be a  with the highest standard of living in North America and a moderate cost of living. The private sector of the economy is free from regulation, but is still subject to strict auditing in order to maintain economic transparency and diminish corruption in accordance to Obolenskian economic philosophy, especially ensuring that corporations pay their taxes honestly. This has made the Alyeskan private economy the least corrupt and most transparent economy in the world. The 100% inheritance tax accounts for a large portion of government budget and entirely fuels the nation’s high-quality, free central education and healthcare systems for children the age of sixteen and under. As a meritocracy, Alyesky culture is defined by the endeavor for excellence in the fields you work in or strive to achieve. This is the driving incentive for good quality in all aspects of society. Alyeska is the only country in the world that maintains an “Equal Opportunity Policy” that disregards the importance of parental financial situation in a child’s life. Because of this, Alyeska is commonly cited as the most individualistic country in the world, where Alyesky parents are the most relieved in the burden of caring for a child, allowing them to focus on work and other autonomies. This system helps Alyeska generate high output from work yet support a very happy population at the same time. Standards of education, sanitation, health, and general livability are incredibly high, while mortality, disease, and crime rates are very low. Recently heavy reliance on migrant labor for low skill jobs has caused many Alyeskies to leave Alyeska and seek opportunities elsewhere, where competition is generally lower. Because Obolenskian philosophy requires a large pool of competitors in every possible field, invite-based immigration has increased significantly in the last decade. However, many Alyeskies oppose this immigration, as they are increasingly facing competition with foreigners.

History
The earliest inhabitants of Alyeska were the various scattered across the country, with hundreds of different cultures and languages flourishing in the period before European exploration. While British captain  may have been the first to set foot on the land of what is now Alyeska in 1579, naming the land “”, much of the true discovery is attributed to, who charted what is now southern Alyeska for the , as well as Ivan Kuskov of the Russian-American Company, who charted and began settlement of the region on behalf of the , which declared what is now northern and southern Alyeska part of Russia in  and  respectively. For decades, the Russian colony of Alyeska remained free from the Tsar’s strict and oppressive rule over the Russian motherland due to its importance in naval trade with other European prescences in the. When the Imperial Russian government adopted a during the mid-19th century, Alyeska saw the mass immigration of deportees of non-Slavic, Altaic-descent, who did not find much difficulty integrating into colonial society since the earlier acceptance of Aleuts and other indigenous peoples.

Colonial-born Russians actively participated in Imperial Russia’s wars, with the most largest effort being the. However, Russia’s defeat was bewildering to colonials, especially those that supported the failed war effort. Sharing angry, anti-Tsar attitudes with revolutionaries in the motherland, colonials demanded more autonomy including popular leave from any future wars that did not directly effect them. The Tsar allowed more autonomy and the ability to elect a State Duma led by their own governor, as long as he had the power to disapprove of whoever they elected. The Tsar also rejected the right of popular leave from Russia’s future wars, angering many. In 1912, the new State Duma appointed Saveliy Churkin, a revolutionary politician who was the student of moderately well-known colonial-born philosopher, Fyodor Obolensky, who is today considered a founding father of Alyesky politics under the “Obolenskian meritocracy” model. Echoing Obolensky, Churkin reasonably argued that the popularized “American democracy” was not the best compromise for feudalism, and that a system must be created where all children are given equal opportunity to achieve what they strive for in education, and obtain their positions based on merit, not popularity, not a Divine Right of Kings, and not the financial situations of their families. While Obolenskian ideas were highly unsuccessful in the motherland, they appealed greatly to the colonials who had worked in meritocratic societies in the form of business and the private sector. Since then, meritocrats and democrats competed for political victory over the populace.

This political battle was interrupted by World War I. It was a highly unpopular war, and attempts to draft colonials led to full scale anti-Tsar rebellion in 1915 known as the Alyesky War of Independence. When ocurred in 1917, the Tsar gave up on regaining the colonies, and the colonials declared independence as the Republic of Alyeska, a provisional republic with two main parties in conflict, the Demokraty (Orange Party), represented by the color orange and promoting American democracy, and the Narody (Blue Party), represented by the color blue and promoting Obolenskian meritocracy. The conflicts between both parties greatly destablized the unity between different regions in the colonies, especially in 1918 when the Federalist Articles were passed, dividing the colonies into states, following American fashion.

The destablization of the colonies led to the rise of Russian communism and the Communist Party of Alyeska led by Anton Pushnoy, who began communistic activities by establishing a radical collectivist “Soviet” among coal miners in Sitka state in 1918. In 1919, Pushnoy united other industrial worker’s “Soviets” that followed his example, and organized a full-scale rebellion in the provisional capital of Novoarkhangelsk, which spread to north to oil miners and fishermen in the North and lumbermen in the Tongass Forest of the central Yekaterina state, establishing the Soviet Socialist Republic of Alyeska. The capital of Alyeska was reestablished in Alexandrapol. Churkin took the war as the opportunity to beat the Orange Party; his staff consisted of many former generals of the and the. Churkin told the people of Alexandrapol: “Modern war is fought by the best, the ones with merit in the art of strategic warfare, not idealistic leaders that train themselves to sway the public to do stupid things, such as fighting Japan in blind greed over unnecessary land.” Desperate to counter the communist threat, Alyesky loyalists voted in a landslide victory for the Blue Party, and the Orange Party was dissolved. With US and Canadian military aid, the Alyesky Armed Forces crushed the communist last stand in Severesk, Klondike state, winning the Alyesky Civil War. The 1920 Treaty of Severesk reunified Alyeska as contemporary, Federative Republic of Alyesky and ratified the Constitution, establishing the Obolenskian meritocratic system, featuring a 100% inheritance tax, a free private sector, and a high quality, government-funded basic education system that would act as a role model to educational reforms in other countries.