Our Fair Country: The Commonwealth of New England
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51st New England Opposition
Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition in New England is composed of members of the main Opposition party responsible for ensuring the Government is held accountable, as well as a platform for advancing the party's policy agenda to citizens of the country. Members of the Opposition are referred to as the Shadow Government, and members of the Opposition Cabinet as Shadow Ministers, as each of them hold the member responsible for each Portfolio accountable. The Shadow Cabinet does not need to line up to the Official Cabinet, and the Opposition can form Shadow Ministries to demonstrate new governmental departments they would establish if allowed to form a Government. The most notable of these Shadow Ministries was the Shadow Ministry of Education, which operated from 2014 until 2017. The Conservative Party of New England has held the position as the Official Opposition since 2009. The party is led by Elinor Carbone, who was also the Leader of the Opposition during the 50th Parliament after replacing interim leader Richard Kos.
Nothing to do with the US Republican Party, BTW, it's republicanism generally I go "boo, hiss!" to.
Yeah, I know what you meant. But the Large commonwealth is somewhat of a staple of this thread.
Republic of Turkey
The Republic of Turkey is a transcontinental country in Eurasia, occupying mostly Anatolia in Western Asia, with its European holdings being on the Balkan peninsula in Southeastern Europe. Turkey is bordered by five countries, Bulgaria to the northwest, the Soviet Union to the north, Persia to the east, and Iraq and Syria to the south. Around 60% of the population identifies as ethnic Turks, with a further 20% identifying as Greek, the largest minority, with 10% identifying as Kurdish, the second largest minority. Around 5% identify as Bulgarian, and the remaining 5% are other ethnic minorities.
Turkey is a stable, secular, Democracy formed during the Turkish War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire and the allied powers of the Great War, led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Turkish politics revolves around the political ideas of Mustafa Kemal, known as Kemalism. The country had been a key American ally during the Cold War, acting as a bulwark against Soviet incursions into the Middle East. Since the end of the Cold War, Turkey has reformed itself into a regional power, getting into minor conflicts with Bulgaria over long-standing border issues, as well as deploying security forces to Lebanon and Syria to defend against Israeli incursions into their territory. Turkey today maintains a close relationship with Syria and Egypt, and has often assisted the two economically and militarily.
Turkey's citizens enjoy some of the broadest civil rights of any western Asian or Middle Eastern country, with political and civil freedom comparable to any western European democracy. Elections have been held without suspension since the declaration of the Republic in 1923. The government of Turkey is currently headed by Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu of the Democratic Left Party, which is in a coalition with the Democratic Liberal Party.
Turkey is a stable, secular, Democracy formed during the Turkish War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire and the allied powers of the Great War, led by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Turkish politics revolves around the political ideas of Mustafa Kemal, known as Kemalism. The country had been a key American ally during the Cold War, acting as a bulwark against Soviet incursions into the Middle East. Since the end of the Cold War, Turkey has reformed itself into a regional power, getting into minor conflicts with Bulgaria over long-standing border issues, as well as deploying security forces to Lebanon and Syria to defend against Israeli incursions into their territory. Turkey today maintains a close relationship with Syria and Egypt, and has often assisted the two economically and militarily.
Turkey's citizens enjoy some of the broadest civil rights of any western Asian or Middle Eastern country, with political and civil freedom comparable to any western European democracy. Elections have been held without suspension since the declaration of the Republic in 1923. The government of Turkey is currently headed by Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu of the Democratic Left Party, which is in a coalition with the Democratic Liberal Party.
Quick Question about NZ, Did the MMP election system referendum still suceed.
I don't know if it is an accident, but I'm quite grateful, because I've once asked for a glimpse from South Africa, and there is some inforamtion regarding famine
New Zealand (Aotearoa); 2017 general election; Helen Zille
New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses, the North Island and the South Island, along with around 600 smaller islands. New Zealand is 1,500 kilometres east of Australia across the Tasman Sea. New Zealand's pre-colonial history was one of extreme isolation, creating a distinct biodiversity. New Zealand is home to the Māori people, which make up a significant portion of the country's population.
New Zealand is a close ally of Australia, and works to support Commonwealth operations in the Asia-Pacific Region. Since the 1960s, the country has welcomed refugees from southern Africa escaping the Apartheid regime in South Africa, which compose nearly ten per cent of the country's population. Two federal leaders, Prime Minister Helen Zille and TRA Alliance leader Frank Chikane, were born in South Africa.
New Zealand's position on African refugees has long been the subject of great debate, with the two main parties, the Nationals and Labour, strongly supporting an open immigration policy and ensuring that the refugees from Africa are able to find a safe home. Other potential countries that refugees could call home, such as Australia, Ceylon, or Sarawak, have refused them entrance into their countries, citing national security and economic reasons.
The joint 2015 decision to allow one hundred thousand more refugees from South Africa into New Zealand in the next decade by the National and Labour parties was the major catalyst for the rise of Winston Peters and his New Zealand First Party from a minor populist party to a major political force within New Zealand's politics. Peters, along with Maori and Green party politicians, stood staunchly against further African immigration, and demanded that New Zealanders should be cared for first, and that New Zealand simply did not need more people who, according to Peters, "Need thousands of dollars in aid, while normal New Zealanders are left with nothing."
The New Zealand general election, 2017 was the first test of Peters' new rhetoric. The Labour party under Andrew Little continued to decline into near irrelevancy, as the Nationals campaigned against NZ First's message of exclusion. Peters talked about not only becoming the second largest party, but also of potentially becoming Prime Minister in his own right. The threat of Peters rising to Premier House caused a surge in voter turnout of African New Zealanders.
Many of these new voters cast ballots for the newly formed TRA Alliance (Taxpayers, Refugees, and Academics), which is composed of mostly people of African descent who pledge their allegiance to New Zealand, and promote a more inclusive New Zealand nationalism than Peters more exclusive one.
The election saw the Nationals lose their majority, and Peters gain seven seats, but Labour was still able to win enough to retain their position as the main opposition party. The Nationals under Zille formed a coalition with the TRA Alliance, with Frank Chikane becoming Deputy Prime Minister. During the first sitting of Parliament, Winston Peters was ejected for Parliament for attacking the "African cabal" which had taken over New Zealand, and for attacking Andrew Little for being so "useless at defending New Zealand's rights."
Little would remain as leader until a leadership election in early 2018 would see Jacinda Ardern take control of Labour, giving signs of life to the long moribund party.
Prime Minister Helen Zille has held her office since 2010, taking over for the last Labour Prime Minister Helen Clark. She was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1951 to German parents who had immigrated in the 1930s to South Africa amidst growing Jewish persecution by the nationalist German government. Zille and her parents left South Africa via Natal in 1967 and settled in Christchurch, the centre of the White African diaspora in New Zealand. Zille would go on to study journalism at the University of Canterbury, where she would meet her future husband, and fellow refugee, Johann Maree.
She has long been an activist against the apartheid regime in South Africa, even going so far as to travel to Natal and try and sneak into South Africa to smuggle out news from the dictatorial hermit country. Her journalism in the 1990s actually uncovered the 1998 assassination of F. W. de Klerk. She gained notoriety in 2014 when, during a function in Indonesia, she physically assaulted South African leader Marthinus van Schalkwyk who had unexpectedly shown up at the last minute.
Zille entered politics as a strong supporters of the National Party's anti-Apartheid stance, and was chosen as leader only two years after entering Parliament because of her extensive humanitarian and anti-apartheid activism throughout the Asia-Pacific region and in southern Africa. Each year, she still travels to Natal to meet with recently escaped South Africans and volunteers at local shelters. Under her leadership, New Zealand has contributed record amounts to aid efforts in Natal and southern Africa. New Zealanders also own a majority of Natal's transportation infrastructure and control a large portion of its economy. Investment into Natal by New Zealand interests has greatly assisted aid efforts, and continues to grow the economy by record numbers, far surpassing anything compared to its South African neighbour.
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I don't know how my body is going to contain this much awesome, even before the Soviet Election on Sunday.
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