North Arcasia

North Arcasia, officially the Arcasian Democratic Republic (ADR), is a country in Western Europe, constituting the northern part of the Arcasian Island and sharing a land border with South Arcasia. From 1949 to 1989, North Arcasia claimed to be the sole legitimate government of the entire island until the Treaty of Vaucluse was signed on 19 November 1989. A communist state, it describes itself as a socialist "workers' and peasants' state". It has a population of over 48.03 million and occupies an area of 129,457 km2 (49,983 sq mi).

The provisional government that preceded the ADR was established as the administrative structure that the Soviet Union used to govern what would become North Arcasia following the division of Arcasia. The Arcasian Democratic Republic was officially declared on 14 January 1950 after the adoption of the first constitution, with the Party of Arcasian Socialism (PAS) as the sole legal party, although other parties nominally participated in its alliance organization, the Democratic Bloc of the Arcasian Democratic Republic.

Cold War-era North Arcasia benefited greatly from economic aid and expertise provided by other Eastern Bloc countries, particularly the Soviet Union and China. However, when Hélier Cousineau was elected as the General Secretary, Cousineau enacted economic reforms and began on balancing the reliance on Soviet economic aid. Cousineau's economic reforms were hugely successful, and their reliance on Soviet economic aid became a thing of the past. Cousineau also signed the 'Unity Decree of 1961' which expanded civil rights for every ethnic group, multiculturalism was affirmed in the constitutional amendment, and criminalized Arcasian slavery denial.