((WIP)) Name of Nation: The Commonwealth (Formerly the Commonwealth of Nations) Government Type: The Commonwealth is an association of many states around the world. Most are former British colonies or dependencies of these colonies. The head of state is the the Monarch of the United Kingdom, though the role is mostly ceremonial this monarch does possess some minor powers, again mostly ceremonial, over the Commonwealth. All under the banner of the Commonwealth, each nation retains it's own flag and government but is directly subordinate to the Commonwealth it's self, but it is NOT a Federation, as the Commonwealth reserves Emergency Article 23-23-1A, which gives it the power to immediately revoke the Independence of one of it's Nations, thus making it a devolved state rather than a Federation, allowing it to revoke the Independence of a Nation in the event of an illegal coup, widespread terror attack or other emergency, thus allowing it to bypass a possibly Corrupt Devolved Government in order to respond to a major emergency Territory: Territories of the Commonwealth are split into two categories. One category, termed simply 'Free Nations' are those which joined the Commonwealth on their own accord, while there is another set of nations termed 'Occupied Nations' which refers to those which have been conquered for whatever reason by the Commonwealth. Free Territories: Antigua and Barbuda Algeria (Accepted November 11 2025) Australia The Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Belize Botswana Brunei Cameroon Cyprus Dominica Fiji Gambia (Rejoined 2028) Ghana Grenada Guyana Hong Kong (Broke off from China at the height of WW3 and joined the Commonwealth. China was unable to reassert it's control over the territory despite military intervention) India Jamaica Kenya Kiribati Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Malta Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nauru New Zealand Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands Somaliland (Accepted 1st September 2016) South Africa South Sudan (Accepted 3rd September 2016 Sudan (Accepted 10th August 2018 Suriname (Accepted 20th April 2020) Sri Lanka Swaziland Tanzania Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu Uganda United Kingdom (Including all 14 oversea territories and all crown dependencies) Vanuatu Yemen (Accepted 9th December 2021) Zambia Occupied Nations: Argentina (Invaded by the Commonwealth after the Second Falklands Conflict) North Korea (Originally invaded by the UN, moved to Commonwealth Occupied Nation after the collapse of the UN) Military: Her Majestys armed forces of the Commonwealth include: Commonwealth Navy, Commonwealth Air Force, Commonwealth Marines, Commonwealth Army. The Commonwealth special forces mostly take after the names of the British, New Zealand and Australian special forces as they are called the SAS, SBS, SRR, SFSG and are among some of the most elite in the world. The armed forces of all member nations were converged together. Over the years, the Commonwealth forces have come to weild highly advanced weapons, though some branches more than others Their advanced technology includes ship mounted rail guns, military exoskeletons, combat drones and various other pieces of High Tech Equipment. As India has a space program, the Commonwealth has access to the means of breaking the atmosphere, which is useful for placing satellites into orbit when nessercairy or for maintainence The overall motto of the Commonwealth Military is generally cited to be "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum", though each regiment has it's own motto [hider=Images] [img=http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100621154715/endwar/images/7/7b/FN_EF.jpg] Standard Soldiers in Urban Camouflage move down a street [img=http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100617000058/endwar/images/2/25/Enforcer.jpg] Soldiers of the Commonwealth move through a storm in front of the Eiffel Tower during a friendly 'drill' with French Spec Ops[/hider] Economy: Foreign Policy: The massively diverse ethnic groups, religions and beliefs that compose the Commonwealth makes a very cosmopolitan view on the world, and their policy is mostly to remain peaceful but to also remain as a military power, embodying the Commonwealth Military Slogan History:In 1884, while visiting Australia, Lord Rosebery described the changing British Empire, as some of its colonies became more independent, as a "Commonwealth of Nations". The Commonwealth developed from the Imperial Conferences. A specific proposal was presented by in 1917 when the term "the British Commonwealth of Nations" was coined and envisioned the "future constitutional relations and readjustments in essence" at the all-important Versailles Conference of 1919 by delegates from the dominions as well as Britain. The term first received imperial statutory recognition in the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, when the term "British Commonwealth of Nations" was substituted for "British Empire" in the wording of the oath taken by members of parliament of the Irish Free State. Over time, Territories left the British Empire to gain their independence during the 'Fall of Imperialism', but many did not want to cut all ties with the British, who had been extremely influential. As a result, they applied to join the Commonwealth of nations and many were admitted. For much of it's existence the Commonwealth remained a peaceful and loose organisation. It wasn't until the devastating WW3 that the nations within the Commonwealth were driven to fear by the growing conflict surrounding them. While funding was dribbling into the UK from the United States, there was no funding going into the rest of the Commonwealth, who despite the loose alliance at the time were still very much important to Britain. The funding from the US was divided as best as possible between the Commonwealth nations and Britains other allies, but there was not enough to go around. For the nations of the Commonwealth, this was the final straw. They needed to send a strong message, that they would bite back with ferocity if they were attacked Thus, the Commonwealth of Nations Reform Bill was proposed and passed, turning the Commonwealth of nations into a strong and steadfast political union known simply as the Commonwealth, uniting them fully under one banner and essentially becoming the country with it's members being 'states' of sorts. They combined their armed forces, economies and research projects, soldiers from opposite ends of the globe were ready to fight under one banner. Seemingly overnight, the Commonwealth popped up on the world map, with the worlds largest population, GDP and land mass. Nations paused for thought as British Nuclear Weapons were armed and the flags above entire countries were swapped out for the flag of the Commonwealth. But while it was intimidating, it would take a proper message to drive off aggressors. Argentina, reviling from the war in South America and running low on oil, decided to once again invade the Falkland Islands in 2029 in an attempt to get to the 60 billion barrels of oil estimated to be below it. They thought the Falklands were too far away for the Commonwealth to bother with, this was after all a World War and the nearest Commonwealth country was Suriname, beyond Brazil, and Suriname barely had an armed forces scratched together. And so it was Argentina mounted an invasion of the Falklands, taking the Commonwealth by surprise. They had not expected anyone to attack them now they had united as the largest country on the planet, and yet Argentina had. This was an embarrassment, Argentina has seized the Falklands from a country that had many times her population and soldiers. The Commonwealth lashed back in a fashion Argentina had not expected. Special Forces units slipped into the Base Naval Puerto Belgrano, their most vital military harbour, and set off controlled detonations that put holes in the undersides of many ship hulls, ensuring they could not leave port. As the Commonwealth shipped tens of thousands of soldiers on dozens of ships across the world to reclaim the Falklands, Argentina fought on despite the Commonwealth calls for an unconditional surrender. Throughly beaten, Argentina surrendered a week and three days later, and as part of their surrender terms are under Commonwealth occupation until 2100. Hong Kong seceded from China and joined the Commonwealth for protection at the height of world war three, and though China sought to reassert it's might, their forces were pushed back and under the threat of invasion from India the Chinese were brought to the negotiating table, where a deal was struck, giving the Commonwealth Hong Kong) Throughout the vast majority of WW3, the Commonwealth did not fight and preferred to stay on the defensive, guarding it's territories. As the world bickered, the Commonwealth thrived, building up their power in an attempt to become the worlds dominant economic, military, technological and political super power upon the end of WW3. Arguably, they succeeded. Foes: None Demographics: Estimated Total Population: 2,768,442,000 (Two billion seven hundred sixty-eight million four hundred forty-two thousand) Demographics for the population are unknown due to sheer size ((OOC: You try finding me the demographics for 2.42 BILLION people, then factoring in the exponential growth of India to an estimated 1.6 BILLION people by 2050! -.-)) Other:(Anything else interesting about your nation?)