United Federal Islands

The United Federal Islands (French: Îles fédérales unies), is an archipelagic country located in the North Pacific Ocean, sharing maritime borders with Magisteria, Minecraftia, and with the El Kadsreian Island countries, and consists of 1,228 islands that are broadly categorized under it's seven current provinces: Cyprien, Auvergne, Aquitaine, Bouches, Bourgogne, Lémieux, and Maxime. The United Federal Islands is a multinational state, with diverse ethnicities and cultures throughout its islands. Alpes-Maritimes is the capital and largest city of the country.

Prior to unification of the islands, the islands were apart of the imperial government of Japan which they took over during the last years of the second World War. The islands were given to Magisteria as a part of an agreement between Magisteria and the United States. Charles Nishiyama, Bevis Finch, and Oscar Hubbard were the three main writers of the 'UFI 15-Year Independence Process' bill that was later passed. After 15 years, the United Federal Islands became an independent state on 10 February 2022, following a constitutional referendum and a presidential election on 9 February 2022.

The United Federal Islands has applied to join the Commonwealth of Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the World Trade Organization, and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. The United Nations Security Council plans to meet on 22 February 2022 to formally discuss membership for the United Federal Islands; and shortly thereafter, it is widely expected that the General Assembly will vote on a resolution to accept the new nation as the newest member state of the United Nations.

History
There is little documentation of the history of the United Federal Islands until the beginning of Japanese rule in the 1940s. There are speculation that Austronesian peoples reached the islands by an historic land bridge around 3,000 to 2,500 BCE.

The Empire of Japan took over the islands now known as the United Federal Islands as the imperial government was taking over most of Southeast Asia. After Japan surrendered, which ended the second World War, an agreement between Magisteria and the United States which led to Magisteria having these islands for almost 76 years before giving them independence.

Government and politics
The United Federal Islands is a multi-party presidential representative republic under a federalist system. The country's constitution establishes a presidential system of government headed by a President who is the head of state, head of government, and the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. Legislative power is vested in the government and the unicameral Congress of the Federation (Elections to be held on 19 February 2022). The Constitution also provides for an independent judiciary, the highest organ being the Supreme Court.

Elections
It's elections are similar to the state that gave it's independence, Magisteria. The president is elected in one ballot, for a four-year term, by direct popular vote, using a runoff voting system: a second vote is held if no party wins more than 45% of the votes, or more than 40% with also at least 10 percentage points more than the runner-up. The parliamentary elections use the first-past-the-post voting system.

Provinces
The United Federal Islands is divided into seven island provinces which correspond to three archipelagic regions: North, Central, South. The names of the seven island provinces was retained from the former dependencies of Magisteria.


 * Cyprien
 * Auvergne
 * Aquitaine
 * Bouches
 * Bourgogne
 * Lémieux
 * Maxime