[center][b]Nation Name:[/b][/center]
[center][b][u]Free Republic of Grodland[/u][/b][/center]
[center][b]Flag[/b][/center]
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[center][b]Government:[/b][/center]
The Free Republic is governed by directly elected representatives in the Grand Council made up of two hundred Councilors, who then elect an executive Small Council, made up of 12 heads of particular branches of the government.
The Free Republic is a new nation, recently formed from rebellion against a monarchy that previously ruled the people of Grodland. It is a nation with a unified culture, with a focus on individualism and personal achievement, and a history of industrial progress and a proud military tradition. The Free Republic is very overtly expansionist, demanding land and resources to fuel Progress, and to spread the freedoms within the nation to the rest of the world. The nation has a very small amount of Elan available to it, and has set its sights on other nation to supplement this natural weakness.
Liberty is the chief virtue of government in Grodland. The people are beholden to no one but the government, and the State takes a very lax role in internal policies. There are almost no restrictions on industry, freedom of speech is guaranteed, voting is open to every citizen, and there is legal gender equality [the common person still believes in the dogma of women being subordinate to men, however] along with property rights and freedom of religion. The one area in which the freedom of the people is compromised is in the military: there is a three-year mandatory military service for every able-bodied man, with certain aspects of the government pushing to extend this requirement to women.
[center][b]Economy[/b][/center]
The Free Republic is as capitalist as a nation can be. There are almost no restrictions on industrialists, many of whom have created vast manufacturing empires within the small borders of Grodland. Taxes are very light, with the government relying on the private sector to service its people with services such as roads, utilities and healthcare. Trade is unrestricted, with merchants of all stripes visible in the bustling markets of the nation. Technological advancement is prized by the Republic, and in the military especially the Republic is one of the technological frontrunners. The drawback of such things is that there is massive income disparity, with the poorest citizens living in abject poverty in the dirty shanty towns outside the major cities, and the wealthy industrialists living in opulent decadence.