The Republic of Atrocha

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Atrocha, officially the Republic of Atrocha, is a constitutional parliamentary republic under a semi-direct democracy, a member of the World Assembly. It is a country divided into 19 provinces and 2 territories.

Atrocha emerged as an independent nation in 1876. After national reforms such as parliamentarism, Atrocha was a nation with a successful democracy. Despite the socialist dictatorship of the 1960s, democracy, now more participatory, was reinforced.

Atrocha is a predominantly Altusian identity (Hispanic) nation. Economic freedom is guaranteed in the constitution and the main industries are technological. The nation is politically and economically liberal, and socially conservative.

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Etymology
Atrocha comes from the Sanctish "La trucha", which means "trout". It is due to the trout fishing that was on the island by Nonscians. Immigrants from San Sierra were the ones who popularized the term, which a Cardonian lawyer wrote as "La Atrocha" in his "Brief treatise on fishing in the islands of Solitas."

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History
Main article: History of Atrocha
The island was populated by indigenous Atakau until the arrival of the Nonscians (mainly the Altusians) in Atrocha in 1621. Ending up as a colony-consortium for the Nonscio nations, the Creole population began to rebel against the authorities of the concessions for the high cost of living, which caused a struggle for independence that ended in 1876, with the formation of the Republic of Atrocha.

Born as a one-party presidential country led by Carlos Antonio Montero, the parliamentary reforms of Henrique Henríquez Henricado between 1896 and 1898 modernized and democratized Atrocha. Subsequently, a country dominated by two parties, the Nationalist Party of Atrocha and the Parliamentary Republican Party, was the constant until the socialist coup of 1959 that led to a dictatorship led by Rodrigo Vargas. Antonio García Vivar, prime minister of Vargas and of social democratic ideas, carried out another coup in 1965 to restore democracy. Since then, the country has been dominated by two parties, the National Party and the Social Party, with relevant participation of the nationalists and the republican-parliamentaries. However, now citizen participation has increased and with it better government management.

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Geography
Main article: Geographic description of Atrocha
Atrocha is divided into 19 provinces, 151 municipalities and around 268 communes.
The provinces are the highest level division, and they have self-government: they elect a governor general, a regional chamber, and have a court superior to the provincial jurisdiction. These are: Atrocha, Prata, Alao, Mar Grande, East Coast, West Coast, Fitzguillén, Salvadora, Taranao, Lautremont, Levantedionia, Calómagovia, San Jacobo, Montalba, Buenviento, Boreya, Graia, Caladia and Valle del Noria.
The municipalities are the second level division, which elect a mayor, a municipal council and hold open meetings for citizen participation.
The communes are the third and last level division, and they are localities rather than territorial entities, which are within the municipalities. They are governed by citizen assemblies, which choose their chief, the community president, by lottery or by election.

The physical geography has elevations of more than 300 meters predominate in the interior of the islands that make up Atrocha. On the coast the terrain is flatter. The lands on the island of Atrocha are clayey and only 30% is arable. The topography on the island of Salvadora is mostly volcanic, while on the island of Fitzguillén, the flat terrain does not favor plowing, as it has limestone soils. On the island of Montalba, clayey soil predominates, while in Thrace, silt soil predominates. Eastern Illyria has stony soils, and Alta Viconia has mixed soils: clayey, limestone and humid. In Goya, Nonscio, there are loamy soils.

The climate of temperate deciduous forest predominates in Fitzguillén and the south of the island of Atrocha. The temperate steppe predominates in the northwest of the island of Atrocha and in most of the island of Salvadora. In the rest of the island of Atrocha and Montalba Mediterranean vegetation predominates, and in Salvadora temperate steppe is the predominant climate, with northern Montalba having some subtropical dry forest. In Eastern Illyria, its north has Mediterranean vegetation, and the rest has temperate deciduous forest. In Thrace the temperate steppe predominates and finally, in Alta Viconia, the cold subtropical forest, the temperate deciduous forest and the temperate steppe. In Goya, Nonscio, is predominantly humid temperate forest.

The hightest point of Atrocha is the Yonatao volcano, which is part of the Yonatao volcanic chain. Also, there are important places like: caldera of María la Justa (Salvadora), Santiago el Menor peak and Sierra Morena range (Atrocha), Ustepe Mountains (Montalba), Cerro Pedrana (Thrace).

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Demographics
The population is growing slightly but steadily. The majority religion is Protestant Christianity (due to the influence of the British Valsora territory), with Sanguis Catholicism and the Atakuana Christian Church being a minority.
The youth is greater than the elderly population. The Atrochans are mestizos, most of them do not have a clear race. 26% of the population are peoples from the rest of the world.
There are minorities of Jukian people, who have inhabited Atocha since the 19th century, and Hellenics who live in the westernmost provinces. Non-humans, prevalent in many places in Valsora, are very rare and have hardly settled in Atrocha.

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Politics
Main article: Government of Atrocha
The government is small, transparent and accountable.
A hybrid between direct democracy and representative democracy is a reality, the first being applied to local administration and the second to national administration.
The head of the State does not fall on a single person, but on the Consulate, made up of 2 people. The senior consul and the minor consul are in full capacity of power and functions.
The functions of the consuls are: to propose a candidate for prime minister, to participate in the government by approving or rejecting edicts and laws, to open Parliament, to call emergency elections and to represent the nation abroad.
The consuls are elected in an election where each one is chosen by the position that is postulated, that is, the minor consul and the senior consul are elected separately. The current consuls are Josefo Garcés de Iturralde (senior) and Javier Elizondo (minor), both from the Parliamentary Republican Party.
The prime minister is the head of government, heads the council of ministers and is elected by parliament. After his legislative election, the consuls decide whether to accept him, and the people are consulted in a referendum if they approve or reject his appointment.
The current prime minister is Astrid Bethancourt of the National Party.

Political parties in Atrocha are very relevant. There are currently 7 parties: The National Party (centre-right, founded in 1967), the Social Party (social-democratic, founded in 1938), the Parliamentary Republican Party (liberal, founded in 1896), the Nationalist Party of Atrocha (right-wing, founded in 1876), the Labour Union (far left, founded in 2008), the Green Party (ecologist, founded in 2003), and the Democrats (centre, founded in 2011).

Parliament has 226 members, elected in the constituencies. The electoral districts are formed in territories where there are rates of inhabitants between 100,000.

The judicial body, autonomous from the government, is made up mainly of the Supreme Court of Justice. It has 7 members for life, appointed by the consuls and elected by the National Chamber of Justice.
The National Chamber of Justice, made up of 25 members, is the body that controls judicial institutions.

Below the rank of the Court, there are the Provincial Superior Audiences, the general tribunals and finally the local judicial trustee.

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Economy
Main article: Economy of Atrocha
The official currency of Atrocha is the peso (Ps.) Digital currencies are also popular and legal.
Atrochan economy, worth several billion pesos a year, is widely diversified and dominated by the tourism industry, with significant contributions from information technology, book publishing, and basket weaving. Atrocha specializes in both traditional and biogenerated mining, the main ones being uranium, platinum, nickel, copper and magnesium. Agriculture is underdeveloped, making the country dependent on imports, but its main crops are spices. State companies are reasonably common. The average income is between 3 and 4 thousand pesos.
The main economic institutional organizations are the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Department of Treasury and Currency, the latter is the issuing entity of the currency. The main banks in the country are Credit Bank of Atrocha, Banco Popular, Financiera Comunitaria and MarBanco. Cooperatives are very common. Another super important institution is the Corales Stock Market, where the main companies are located and on which the price of the peso depends.
Atrocha's economy is generally based on foreign trade, being one of the countries that distributes the most products worldwide, having access to ports from countries on all continents.

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Infrastructure
The nation's infrastructure is basically modernist, with government buildings built solely for its operation. The houses are built in the Baroque and Rococo style, while the country's great museums, galleries and laboratories have neoclassical architecture.
Roads are built by highways, and bike paths are very common. The Atrocha railway is the second transportation option after the buses.
Public works and the decoration of the country are in charge of the Ministry of Development.

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Culture
Main article: Society, peoples and languages of Atrocha
The Atrochans are very religious, and they celebrate Corpus Christi and Holy Week as national holidays.
National music is very varied, with classical (predominantly opera) and traditional (trovada) being the most popular. In Atrocha the citizens are very pacifist and open, despite their conservatism. In the countryside and in fishing towns, parties are held for a great harvest or for an event involving a family. The Hadaguean language, recognized by Law 2 of 1991 as a national and protected language, is spoken by 3% of the population and is a direct descendant of the language of the Atakau culture, original inhabitants of the island, whose society has been almost erased completely.

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Education
In Atrocha there are 9 non-profit educational organizations and another 13 scientific entities.
The Ministry of Social and Cultural Development is in charge of most of the scientific entities, together with the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education.
Since the 80s there is a boom in Atrocha for pro-education organizations, due to the deplorable state of literacy of the population at that time. During the government of Prime Minister Natanael Cospedal (1982-1983), the first on a large scale was the Universal Institute of Varied Education, IUEV-UIVE. They started from school to school, reinforced the content taught, and opened schools for adults who had not finished their studies.
In 1997, the then Minister of Sciences, Abdiel Ibarruren, inaugurated the Atrocha Astronomical Research Center (AARC), the first institution that would be in charge of the study of outer space, astronomy and exploration.

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Communication
The main means of communication are radio and television. The radio is more consumed, and there are 156 stations throughout the country, with three networks predominating: Radio Nacional-Corales, Red Radial Pacífico and Cadena de Radiodifusión Amplia. The international station of Atrocha is WSBC-ERNI (World Stations Broadcasting Company-Estaciones Radiodifusoras Nacionales e Internacionales).
The public broadcasting company is the Atrochan Radio and Television Society (SRTA). There are 31 local television channels, the main ones being NB1 and Teleatrocha. Satellite and cable channels are booming.

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Energy
The energy consumption of the country is strong. Renewable and nuclear energies are those that maintain electricity production, after the abandonment of oil and gas in 2012.
The HonorCen nuclear power plant, located in the northwest of the province of Atrocha, is, together with the Montes Alegres geothermal plant, the ones that mainly supply Atrocha, while other production points are the Llantén wind farm, the Prata hydroelectric plant and the solar panels in Portasena. 1 of 4 households in Atrocha are self-sufficient in solar energy. The problem of intermittence is solved due to the batteries that save energy in the long term. Technological innovations could lead to a new method of energy: the attraction of lightning, whose charge would be transmitted to batteries. The current experiments have given good results, and also, protecting the towns from lightning attacks.
The energy company AG&E is the main company, owning 57% of the energy production. Then there is the state Electric Diffusion Institute and the company Solartel.
68% of the country's cars are electric. The country still buys fossil fuels for the operations of the industry.

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References / Resources
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