Praeteria

Praeteria, officialy the Democratic Republic of Praeteria, is an island country located in the Philippine Sea located northeast of Aslana. Praeteria is the fifth largest island behind Borneo.

The largest city and capital of Praeteria is Rockford City. Rockford City has 7.2 million residents, while Praeteria as a whole has about 45 million residents including Rockford City.

30th Century BCE - 1555: Prehistory
Praeteria broke off from the Aslanian Subcontinent during the late Eocene period. forming the island of Praeteria. Later, humans from Aslana would venture from Northeast Aslana across the strait looking for new land. Eventually, they discovered Praeteria, starting human civilization in Praeteria.

In 50 B.C.E, the major first kingdom arose in Praeteria, named the Kingdom of Fidesia. The kingdom expanded, conquering most of South Praeteria. In the North, many kingdoms had existed for over 300 years prior to Fidesia. One notable kingdom in the area was the Kingdom of Garandu. The kingdoms warred with each other for centuries until the Fidesian Empire was formed in 1555, with the Kingdom of Garandu fracturing into various warlord states.

1555 - 1922 - Imperial Era
The Fidesian Empire was quite far reaching, reaching from the Eastern coast of Aslana to the islands of Papua New Guinea. In 1702, with the creation of the Aslanian Empire, they forged an alliance called the Oparta-Yelmenax League, named after the capitals of Fidesia and Aslana.

In 1858, with the capitulation of the Aslanian Empire, the Fidesian Empire launched an attack on British forces in North Aslana. The British mounted an invasion of North Fidesia, conquering the Northern region. Fidesia sued for peace in 1861 and the region became the Territory of Northeast Aslana.

Fidesian Civil War
In 1918, with the fall of the British presence in the region, the Republic of Northwest Aslana was formed, immediately declaring war on Fidesia. At this point, Fidesia began to enter a state of civil war. In 1922, the Fidesian Civil War began after the fall of the Fidesian Empire, marking the end of 367 years of imperial rule.

The sides in the war included:


 * Northwest Aslanian Republic (battling League of Nations mandate of same region)
 * Fidesian Monarchist Army
 * People's Fidesian Republic
 * United Fruit Company (they wanted to establish a corporatist exploitation state in the region to export bananas to the United States)
 * League of Nations Mandate of Northwest Aslana (created after the British left Aslana during WW1)
 * United Fidesian Nationalist Army (a branch of the Aslanian Nationalist Army attempting to create an ultranationalist state in Fidesia)
 * Praedesian Republic (based on the Fidesian imperial department of Praeteria)

Territories
Praeteria has an area of approximately 650,000 km². It is a unitary state consisting of three departments and the Rockford City Capital Region (RCCR)

Provinces
The list of Praeterian departments by size are:


 * 1) North Praeteria
 * 2) South Praeteria
 * 3) Central Praeteria

Government
Praeteria is a unitary, unicameral, presidential republic. The head of state and government is the President, elected through a winner-takes-all electoral system. Along with the president, the deputy president is The administrative capital is Rockford City, which is the house of government. The government

Each of the three departments has a departmental capital that governs the department. Each department has a department governor that exercises power to govern the department, but may be vetoed by the President if a majority of residents in the department oppose an action the governor approves.

The government consists of three branches, the executive, judicial, and legislative branch.

There are 450 assembly members, or AMs, that make up the Praeterian National Assembly, the unicameral legislative branch of the government.

There are 13 justices in the Praeterian Supreme Court, the highest court of law in Praeteria. The 13 judges review legal cases and legislation proposed by the National Assembly.

The are 2 adminstrative executive positions, the President and Deputy President. If the president were to die, resign, or be unable to perform the duties of their job, the Deputy President shall take over as Acting President until the president is able to perform the duties of their job. If the president is determined to no longer be able to perform his job within their term limit or has died, the Deputy President, which may or may not be Acting President, will be sworn is as the new president. If the President and Deputy President are both unable to perform the duties of their job, the Speaker of the Assembly becomes Acting President and the same process repeats down the line of sucession, reaching into the Praeterian Ministries.

There are __ government ministries. Each ministry has a minister. The most recently formed ministry is the Ministry of Homeland Security, formed after the Mall of Praeteria Bombing of 2001, part of the revised Bojinka Plot.

Current

 * 1) Ministry of Defence
 * 2) Ministry of Immigration
 * 3) *Border Enforcement Administration
 * 4) **Bureau of Aviation Border Enforcement
 * 5) **Bureau of Nautical Border Enforcement
 * 6) Ministry of Intranational Affairs
 * 7) Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 * 8) Ministry of Transportation
 * 9) * Civil Aviation Administration
 * 10) * National Ground Transportation Administration
 * 11) * Civil and Commercial Nautical Transport Administration
 * 12) Ministry of Justice
 * 13) * Praeterian Court System
 * 14) Ministry of Commerce
 * 15) Ministry of Housing and Urban Development
 * 16) Ministry of Health, Humanitarian Aid, and Human Services
 * 17) Ministry of Education
 * 18) Ministry of Agriculture
 * 19) Ministry of Food and Drug Safety
 * 20) Ministry of the Treasury
 * 21) Ministry of Homeland Security

Former

 * 1) Ministry of Internal Defence (dissolved 1981, now Ministry of Justice)
 * 2) Ministry of Internal Finance (dissolved 1993, now Bank of Aslana-Praeteria)
 * 3) Bank of Praeteria (dissolved 1995, joined Bank of Aslana to become Bank of Aslana-Praeteria)