Terreriches

Terreriches, officially the Socialist Federative Republic of Terreriches (French: République Socialiste Fédérative de Terreriches) is a country located at the Bay of Biscay, sharing maritime borders with France. It covers 31,830 square miles of land, and has a population of 8.7 million people. It's capital is Mélisande, and it's largest city is Cassandra.

Terreriches was first inhabited in the Palaeolithic era. It wasn't until the 16th century when France colonized the land now known as Terreriches, it was one of the first colonies by the French colonial empire. The country declared it's independence on 25 November 1891 after 293 years as a colony.

The country declared it's first republic on the same day they declared their independence, and it went through a complicated history of elections. In 1940, the country fell into the hands of Nazi Germany and became the Free Terrerichese State meanwhile it was going through a civil war between communist revolutionaries. After Nazi Germany surrendered in 1945, the communist revolutionaries had a big advantage on winning the civil war.

In 1945, the Communists declared their victory after the Nationalists surrendered. At the start of the Cold War, Terreriches was the most prosperous communist country and it was the only communist country during the Cold War to not be part of the Eastern Bloc.

A developed country with a high income economy, Terreriches is one of the most competitive economies in the world. It is part of international and intergovernmental institutions including the United Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement, the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, the World Trade Organization, and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Etymology
When French colonizers stepped foot into the land now known as Terreriches, they noticed the amazing biodiversity and the amount of valuable minerals that they dubbed Terreriches "Land of the Rich", which in French means Terre des riches.

Prehistory (1.8 million years ago)
The oldest traces of human life in what is now Terreriches date from approximately 1.8 million years ago. Over the ensuing millennia, humans were confronted by a harsh and variable climate, marked by several glacial periods. Early hominids led a nomadic hunter-gatherer life.

French Terreriches (1589-1891)
In 1589, the French colonization of Terreriches began and the land became one of France's first colonies.

First Republic (1891-1940)
The country declared it's independence and it's first republic on 25 November 1891. Political corruption, a complicated history of elections, and an economic crisis plagued the Nationalist-dominated First Republic. The First Republic later fell in the hands of Nazi Germany.

Nazi Terreriches and Civil War (1940-1945)
After falling into the hands of Nazi Germany, Terreriches' politics got influenced by Nazism and the regime was authoritarian, xenophobic, antisemitic, corporatist and traditionalist in nature. While Nazism already influenced the country's politics, communists revolutionaries declared a civil war against the current nazi government. With the support of the Soviet Union, the communist revolutionaries had an advantage and by the end of 1944, they conquered the capital of Mélisande.

First constitution under Communism (1945-1989)
In 1945, the same year Nazi Germany surrendered, the Nazi-influenced Nationalists surrendered to the Communist revolutionaries, establishing the communist government under the 1945 Constitution. They started to reform the country in 1984 with economic, social reforms.

Second constitution under Communism (1989-present)
A second constitution was introduced, it had notable changes, with federalism applied, and the country adopted the socialist market economy system that China currently uses. As of today, the country enjoys being in the ranks as one of the free countries.

Geography
Terreriches is located in Western Europe, sharing maritime borders with France in the Bay of Biscay and has a total area of 82,441 km2 (31,830 sq mi).

Government and politics
Terreriches is a    , the final communist state in Europe. Although Terreriches remains officially committed to socialism as its defining creed, its economic policies have grown increasingly capitalist, with The Economist characterising its leadership as "ardently capitalist communists". Under the current constitution, the country allows different political parties to co-exist with the ruling Revolutionary Communist Party of Terreriches. One of the parties represented in the unicameral National Assembly are the left-wing Democratic Socialist Party and Green Party, and the opposing right-wing Nationalist Party.

The general secretary of the RCP is the head of state and performs numerous key administrative functions, controlling the party's national organisation. The president and the prime minister are both heads of government, which makes Terreriches a de facto diarchy.