Fortistan

The Federation of Fortistan is a Representative Democracy located in the south west of Eldham in the Arsine continent. It borders Montrium, Ravenguard and Santochi. The Federation has gained most of its reputation from the Fortistani war of Independence which occurred in December of 2022.

Fortistan mainly consists of two peninsulas, the Old Lands, in which the City of Fortistan, Icefell, and Fishroom Island reside, these lands were where independence was first declared. On the other hand the New Lands are the territories that border Santochi, these lands were acquired during the peace negotiations, post-independence.

Structure
The fortistani Political structure is a full Representative Democracy, with a judicial, executive, and legislative branch.

Executive Branch
The fortistani Executive branch is headed by the Chancellor, who is elected every 90 days, with one vote being cast by every fortistani citizen for their candidate. The Chancellor's role is to be the face of the nation to the world, be a civil servant, and have the ability to veto bills cast by the senate. The Chancellor also has a Cabinet, which currently consists of the following roles: Head of Military, Head of Intelligence, Head of State and Head of immigration. Other potential positions would be: Head of Treasury, Head of Home Affairs. All these roles work together to manage different aspects of the government.

Legislative Branch
By far the largest and arguably most important branch, the Legislative Branch consists of the Senate, who create and cast votes on different bills that affect the Federation. There are two sects to this part of the government, Parliament create bills and cast a first round of voting, 1 parliament member is voted for every state, plus another one for every 5 civilians in that state, this election occurs every 45 days, making 2 parliament elections for every 1 chancellor election. Following this the Wardens (sometimes referred to as governors) also cast a round of voting with a majority vote for approving or rejecting the bill. One Warden is voted for every state by every citizen of that state every 90 days. Finally the bill is approved by the Chancellor before being enacted.

Judicial Branch
Currently the smallest branch of the Government, the Judicial branch manages the courts of the federation, however due to a lack of criminal or civil law, it has not been developed yet.

Foundation
The origin of the war far predates the actual war, when Kennymcyeetus, Llarc, Troy16 and spoons_net originally founded the City of Fortistan and claimed Fishroom island, in November of 2021, they played the server for a month, and nearly intergrating into the current GoonGuard empire that existed in place of what is now Ravenguard, however, the Fortistani's eventually dipped into obscurity for some time, until precisely one year later in early November of 2022.

Upon seeing the state of Ravenguard, and under the impression that it had gone into inactivity and obscurity, Kennymcyeetus and spoons planned a meeting with Emperor Paul of Ravenguard, in which they would express their intentions to leave. But first they needed support.

Annexation of Icefell
During the Fortistani's time of inactivity, AdamekG and his mother WalterG built an unknown and unregistered fort named Icefell in the Fortistani peninsula, undisrupted by any of the Empire. upon the Fortistani's returning, Exhaustive reached out to the close fort and proposed they joined the soon to be rebellion, to which Adamek agreed under the assurance of autonomy under a new nation.