Novareach

Novareach (Otherwise known as The People's Federation of Novareach) is a small democratic socialist nation in the east of the continent of Sparwood.

Government
Novareach is a small nation. The primary ideology used by those within Novareach is democratic socialism with hints of other leftist ideology. The nation is ruled over by a senate and a set of two Chancellors, for every five people in Novareach there is one senator with a maximum of 25 senators. The Chancellors act as the supreme governing body but their power is limited by the Constitution and the Senate. The Chancellors may reign for life unless they purposefully choose to resign or if they get impeached.

Because of Novareach’s history there are some similarities with the PSDRB, the nation Novareach gained independence from. However it has tried to distance itself a lot.

One concept that Novareach did somewhat carry over from the PSDRB is the concept of Ministries. Ministries are essentially just specialized government departments meant to split up the bureaucratic duties of the government. Each Ministry has a Head as its leader and each Head has a seat in the High Command. Each head is personally appointed or dismissed by one of the Chancellors with the permission of the Senate. There are 7 Primary Ministries and possibly countless Sub-Ministries.

Senate
The Senate is by far one of the most powerful organizations in Novareach. Having the power to create rules and laws, pass bills, and even remove The Twin Chancellors of Novareach. For every five people in Novareach there is one senator, with a maximum of 25 senators. Through the history of Novareach there has been 3 Senates. The Revolutionary Senate, The First Senate, and The Second Senate.

Revolutionary Senate
The Revolutionary Senate was an extremely quickly organized and very rarely used organization which was in service during the Bloodless Revolution and the time of the BRP. Back then none of the Senators were actually officially elected and mainly just chosen based on their beliefs and policies along with public support. At the time there was no official leader besides whoever was able to make announcements which means that the Revolutionary Senate was the closest thing to a leadership that the BRP had. The Revolutionary Senate was in operation from July 20th 2021 until the 8th of august 2021 when it was formally disbanded and replaced with The First Senate.

First Senate
The First Senate of Novareach came into power shortly after the Bloodless Revolution and the election of the Twin Chancellors. Because the election of the Twin Chancellors was so close with the winners only winning by just one or two votes the First Senate is actually primarily made up of the people who got a substantial amount of votes during the election but did not win. However on the 10th of August one of the Senators had to be forcibly removed during the events of Milk V. The People.

Second Senate
After the events of Milk V. The People The First Senate slowly began to collapse, the only member remaining was Mag3ma but for the most part the Senate no longer had power as there were not enough members to make it functional. Some did apply to join the Senate but most of them were either power-hungry or did not qualify to join. This all changed on October 22th 2021, The Collapse of Frosterium. In the days leading up to the collapse it was clear that something big was about to happen, as the population of Novareach grew many people wanted to help secure the future of the nation, as a result many applied to join the Senate, bringing new and much-needed life to it. This became known as The Second Senate.

Third Senate
By mid December 2022, Novareach was growing larger and larger in population, picking up new citizens, jobs, and towns. During this period of an influx of new citizens, many old inactive government officials were replaced with new people to fill their position. This became known as The Third Senate.

Founding of Novareach
Just a few hours after the Treaty of Nephrdyr was signed Trash_Wizard_ announced the foundation of Novareach and the creation of The City of Nephrdyr on the 30th of July 2021. He also announced the elections for the very first Twin Chancellors of Novareach. After a little bit less than a week of the elections OgCrafted and Trash_Wizard_ were elected as the very first Chancellors of Novareach. Shortly afterwards the construction of the capital city began, being overseen by OgCrafted and Nitro1184.

During the weeks following the Founding of Novareach several events did occur. Including the elections for the Senate, the return and rise of Shark0121, The introduction of The Novareach Constitution, and the events of Milk V. The People.

Milk V. The People
At an unknown date shortly after the Bloodless Revolution but before the elections of the Twin Chancellors was completed, Shark0121 suddenly arrived at the gates of the City of Nephrdyr. This obviously confused the City Guards in service at the time but Shark0121 reassured them. Shark0121 then proceeded to march into the under construction Senate Building and announced he would be running for Chancellor. During the voting process Shark0121 actually got a very significant amount of votes but not enough to win the position of Chancellor. However he did gain enough votes to enter the Senate on August 8th 2021.

Late on August 9th 2021. The Administrator General of Novareach started to notice something strange and immediately contacted the Ministry of Justice and Chancellor OgCrafted. An emergency meeting of the High Command and the Ministry of Justice was called. During that meeting evidence was slowly uncovered which started to prove that Shark0121 was attempting to tamper with the elections of the Twin Chancellors, this revelation was shortly followed by evidence which proved that during the few days he was in power he had attempted to get one of his rivals kicked out of the Senate, and the fact that he was beginning to disturb the climatic relations by getting into arguments with foreign diplomats, as the Ministry of Justice began to dig deeper they uncovered more and more. And with the help of K31Z, the Ministry of Justice also uncovered the fact that Shark0121 had dabbled in the forbidden arts of necromancy to maintain his life, which was the original reason why he disappeared. (He got banned for attempting to ban evade). It was clear that something had to be done.

Just after midnight on August 10th 2021 the Ministry of Justice arrived at Shark0121's home and arrested him. A public announcement was made telling everyone what happened with the evidence that had been gathered in an attempt to limit outrage from the supporters of Shark0121.

The trial which came to be known as Milk V. The People (Called such due to Shark0121's alias while speaking through communications platforms) lasted from August 10th 2021 to August 16th 2021. The trial was a massive learning experience and proved many of the weaknesses of the Novareach Justice System. In the final days of the trial Shark0121 attempted to use his powers of necromancy in an attempt to escape his prison cell, but this quickly failed. On August 16th 2021 the jury finally reached a conclusion, Shark0121 was guilty. It was announced that Shark0121 would be permanently banished from Novareach.

This trial was nowhere near perfect but it would serve as an example for where the justice system needed to improve. In the future hopefully trials will be carried out in a much better manner. But even to this day there are still some who claim Shark0121 is innocent.

Lagardia Insurrection
From August 30th 2021 all the way until September 29th of the same year a Civil War in the shadows was waged in between Novareach and the separatist Constitutional Confederation of Lagaria. Lagaria was led by Shark0121 and his few followers, notably including the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Braznichiya. The Lagardia Insurrection was fought in near complete secrecy with no actual shots or blows being traded. Although soldiers of both sides were well aware of the nearly everything that was happening. Instead of actual battles this Civil War was waged with the sheer might of the counterintelligence divisions of Novareach, Frosmyre, and Braznichiya. Many terrorist attacks by Lagardia were stopped before they could even begin and in the end Lagardia was nearly completely dismantled from within.

Independence of Novareach
On September 10th 2021 the Magisterium and Frosmyre merged into one massive Nation known as The Frosterium. During this time very little changed for Novareach besides possibly greater security and the building of some diplomatic ties. But the union was not to last and on October 22nd the Frosterium suddenly and completely disbanded, granting all of its former provinces (including Novareach) independence in the process. Because of this October 22nd is officially considered a Federal Holiday. On that day the People's Federation of Novareach was born.

Purchase of Rosenberg
As a direct result of the fall of Frosterium every former province was permitted to purchase former Federal property. Novareach practically quadrupled in size overnight, purchasing the new Industrial District Rosenberg (Which used to be a neighbouring province) and the city of Mytharos. Although due to some problems during the purchase there are still some territorial disagreements to this day.

Red Aegis
After the Fall of Frosterium there was no guaranteed peace in Sparwood, despite many attempts to maintain peace. There was a near constant tension in the air which sent most countries in Sparwood into a constant state of paranoia. No one truly trusted each other. The People's Army of Novareach was sent into near-constant preparations for war. What made things even worse was the sudden invasion of Braznichiya by a United Coalition led by Ecclesia and threat of an invasion of Novareach by the Magisterium which only accelerated paranoia. The constant worrying was draining on the high command. Eventually Novareach came into contact with the People's Cubist Tribunal of Tovarisha, the successor state to the UBSR. The High Command knew Novareach was too weak at the time to face off against a United Coalition of all of Sparwood and the constant paranoia was destroying them from within. And thus led to The Red Aegis. Tovarisha and Novareach shared many things in common and through mutual friendly diplomatic chat created an alliance. Eventually, in order to relieve the pressure and the threat of near-constant invasion, Novareach agreed to become a temporary protectorate of Tovarisha on November 13th 2021.

December Crisis
On December 8th 2021, the unthinkable happened. The Nova Crystal was damaged during the excavation of its chamber resulting in the entirety of Rathnir entering into an Ice Age. Most people in Rathnir attributed it to different causes and Novareach rapidly worked to cover up what happened and seal away the large amounts of radiation seeping out of the Nova Crystal chamber.

The December Crisis finally ended on January 18th 2022 although the process towards the end of the crisis started shortly after New Year's. During this period of time leading to the 18th the amount of radiation slowly began to fall and temperatures begin to rise back to normal until finally on the 17th the temperatures of the world suddenly shot back to normal levels, causing most snow and ice to melt over the course of the day. How this sudden temperature increase happened is unknown but it is likely the Nova Crystal was involved in some way. Chancellor Victor Dahorn officially announced the end of the crisis at 4 am on the 18th. Despite the chancellor promising a full scientific report on the crisis to be published to the public, this never happened.

Ministry of Defense
The Ministry of Defense is the military of Novareach. This was possibly the first Ministry founded although it didn't have an official name until the end of the revolution. Although because they haven't been in a war since the Bloodless Revolution it's mainly used for self-defense or used to crush Bandits. As of writing this there is two divisions of the Ministry of Defense, there is the People's Army of Novareach and the Sapper Division.

Ministry of Finance
The Ministry of Finance is in charge of managing financial and ensuring businesses follow socialist policies. They also manage the banks.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in charge of all diplomatic ventures and foreign relations. This is possibly the second oldest Ministry.

Ministry of Health and Alchemy
The Ministry of Health and Alchemy is in charge of healthcare and the manufacturing of Medicine and other substances. This is possibly the newest Ministry. Although because of how strange Rathnir is, the lack of diseases, and the fact that even the most grievous of wounds and the worst of poison can be cured by just eating and drinking a glass of milk, the Ministry of Health and Alchemy is not the most popular.

Ministry of Infrastructure
The Ministry of Infrastructure is in charge of City Planning, building, architecture, and most engineering. This is the first Ministry to actually have a Head.

Ministry of Production
The Ministry of Production covers a wide variety of things and has by far the most Sub-Ministries. In short the Ministry of Production is in charge of producing, gathering, and manufacturing resources not covered by other Ministries. This includes mining, food production, and logging.

Ministry of Information
The Ministry of Information is primarily meant for keeping morale high. This ministry is in charge of all media in Novareach.

Ministry of Agricultural Consumption
The Ministry of Agricultural Consumption or the MoAC is a Sub-Ministry of the Ministry of Justice and Public Security primarily meant for enforcing health codes and disposing of toxic substances. If a food substance has been approved by a Ministry of Agricultural Consumption Officer (MoACO) you know for a fact it's safe.

Ministry of Justice and Public Security
The Ministry of Justice and Public Security is in charge of law enforcement. For the first several months of Novareach’s existence the Ministry of Justice and Public Security was actually one of the main Ministries. However after the Rosenberg Military Reforms this ministry was relegated to a sub Ministry of the Ministry of Defense.

Novareach People’s Revenue Agency
The NPRA is a Sub-Ministry of the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Justice and Public Security. The NPRA is solely responsible for the collection and enforcement of taxes.

Flag of Novareach
The official national flag of Novareach was created by Trash_Wizard_ on August 1st 2021, shortly after Independence from Braznichya was declared. At the time the adolescent temporary government of Novareach was still being developed and created, and as such it was hosting a competition which anyone could take part in, to design an official flag for the new country. The now National flag was one of them in the competition.

Unofficially known as the “Eye flag” there is much history and lore behind this symbol. According to the creator of the flag the meaning behind it is as follows: "'The large golden circle in the middle represents the people themselves. The diamond shape represents Novareach itself and the protection it grants to the people. The golden cross along with the red and white surrounding the diamond more or less represents the bonds we hold and our influence around us, to remind us of the power of the people and how our actions affect people, both in and outside of Novareach'"Originally the “Eye Flag” was planned to be the official flag of the military but due to Frosmyre disbanding the original BRP military and banning the formation of a new military, this could not be done. And after a very narrow vote the Eye Flag won the competition.

Novareach People's Army Flag
Originally designed during the flag competition by JimboSloth on August 2nd 2021. This flag was originally considered to be the national flag with the “eye flag” being the flag of the military, and most of the adolescent temporary government unofficially agreed with this. However due to Frosmyre disbanding the original BRP military and banning the formation of a new military, this original plan could not be done. The Jimbo Flag lost the competition by 1 vote and was subsequently scrapped. Several months later, shortly before October the 22nd the government knew the great collapse of Frosterium was imminent and immediately began preparing a secret military force to be unveiled after independence was declared in order to ensure the security of the country in the case of a possible invasion. Chancellor Victor Dahorn actually kept a large amount of documentation on the old competition, in need of a war flag and with the memory of the old competition still in mind the Chancellor brought back the old flag.

Unfortunately the original meaning of the flag has been lost to time.

The BRP Flag
The BRP Flag was originally designed by Shark0121 on July 20th 2021 although whether or not he actually created it is unknown. Regardless this flag became the symbol of the BRP during the Bloodless Revolution. The meaning of this flag has largely being lost to time and now It is primarily used for ceremonial purposes and is thought to be occasionally used during protests across Eastern Sparwood although this cannot be confirmed.

Due to the controversy surrounding Shark0121. The BRP Flag is very rarely used.

Crafting Table
The crafting table is a very popular symbol in Novareach. Known for being a quite literal representation of the means of production. Originally popularized by Former Senator Argobud. Commemorative masks of crafting tables are known to be worn during two of Novareach’s holidays, more specifically on The Day of Federation (otherwise known as Sparwood Independence Day) on 22nd of each month and on The Day of Sovereignty (Celebrating the founding of Novareach) on 30th of each month.

Blerplin Tundra Fox
A unique species of fox local to the snowy tundras of Novareach with a nearly completely white coat and certain barely noticeable yet unique patterns, larger than most other types of white fox. This particular variant of fox was officially recognized on December 11th 2021 as the national animal of Novareach.

Stamp of Agricultural Approval
It is unknown when the Ministry of Agricultural Consumption adopted this stamp or who designed it but it is primarily meant to be a symbol of government approval for safe public consumption. The Stamp of Agricultural Approval is essentially just an alternative version of the National flag except with dark red replaced with navy blue. The Novareach Government has officially declared that all consumables (Including food, medicine, and drink) without this symbol is not to be consumed as it has not been approved for safe consumption.

This symbol has also been known to be rarely used by a few other Ministries within the government.

Symbol of the Government (Discontinued)
Originally designed during the flag competition by Nitro1184 (Now known as Dukemaen) on August 2nd 2021. The flag was fairly popular during the flag competition but was ultimately got in 3rd place compared to the “eye flag” and the Jimbo Flag. Chancellor Victor Dahorn eventually decided to revive the old flag in a new form, a symbol to represent the High Command and The Senate. This is partially because Dahorn wanted to repurpose a lot of the old unused symbols from the competition.

According to the creator of the Nitro flag the meaning behind it is as follows: "'Red symbolizes our Socialist Democracy, the black cross symbolizes the firm hold to our lands, and the 3 double headed eagles represent the 6 men who gave birth to our nation.'"This symbol was primarily used as a symbol for authentication of the Government. Occasionally, primarily during Senate meetings members of government will wear this symbol as a pin on their shirt. After the December crisis, trust in the government gradually fell and only began to recover after the Ivolich Reforms. In order to lessen the divide between the government and the people Chancellor Ivolich Norxin with the approval of the Senate discontinued the the use of the symbol of government on June 7th 2022.