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| The Osage Republic; National Description and History | |
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| Topic Started: Feb 12 2018, 02:41 AM (62 Views) | |
| Wahzhazhe | Feb 12 2018, 02:41 AM Post #1 |
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The Osage Republic (Osage: Wazhazhe Nikashi) is a nation in North America and former Union Republic of the Union of Socialist States. It is a single party democracy with the Osage Communist Party currently controlling the government, although multiple factions representing various communist ideologies exist within the Party. Its current Chairman of the Central Committee is Walter Elias Revard, and has recently convened its first People's National Assembly in its capital, Dawantonka (English: Great City). The major industries of the Osage Republic, such as agriculture or manufacturing, are entirely nationalized, although smaller industries are typically managed collectively by employees. The economy is currently struggling due to its dependence on the oil and fuel production, although the new administration has promised to diversify the economy and has already had some success in doing so. The Osage Republic is made of both Osages and people of European descent, as well a sizable Kaw population. Ethnicity in the Republic is determined by language rather than descent, with little more than 50,000 of the population of 15 million actually being of Osage descent. The official language is Osage, with English being the official auxiliary language. Only those able to pass an Osage (Or Kaw) literacy test are able to hold office or vote in government elections, although Communist Party membership is open to all. A little less than half of the population speaks only English, with the other half speaking some combination of Osage, Kaw, and English. On the international stage the Republic lacks much real influence, being made somewhat of a pariah by the combination of language policies and sudden regime change. Chairman Revard has made somewhat bellicose remarks about foreign policy, especially in regards to decolonization, but nothing in an official context. History The Osage have inhabited the area of the current Republic for hundreds of years. Historians disagree on exactly when the Osage and other Dhegiha peoples (Such as the Kaw, Quapaw, Ponca, or Omaha) arrived, but they seemed to come from the Ohio River valley after conflict with the Iroquois. The Osage dominated the area between the Osage and Missouri Rivers for much of their history. They were great warriors and who subsisted on a combination of agriculture and buffalo hunting. The Osage were described by many Europeans as the largest or strongest men they had ever seen. Issac Mccoy said of the Osage: "uncommonly fierce, courageous, warlike nation" and said they were the "finest looking Indians I have ever seen in the West." George Catlin described them as "the tallest race of men in North America, either red or white skins; there being... many of them six and a half, and others seven feet." With the advent of European contact the Osage traded and intermarried heavily with the French, obtaining both horses and guns from them. They used these new tools to continue their hegemony of the central plains. After a series of unequal treaties with the United States they were forced onto their reservation in northern Oklahoma. The Osage Republic as a political entity began with the Second American Revolution, and the subsequent American Civil War of 1917. It was one the original 58 Socialist Republics to declare its independence from the United States and, with the discovery of oil on Osage controlled territory, became one of the most heavily disputed areas of the war. Despite it's small initial population, it was heavily supported by both the stronger settler and indigenous Socialist Republics. The Osage were instrumental during the Battle of Saint Louis, one of the most decisive of the war. Leading the First Dhegiha Mounted Rifles, General James Inshtadoho was able to maneuver around the Federal forces garrisoned within the city and cut off their supplies while other Red Army units assaulted them in earnest. This victory finally split the Federal forces in two, and united the Northeast-Midwest and Southwest fronts. Post-war, the Osages had much work to do: a great deal of their territory was devastated, the vast majority of the young Republic's population did not speak its language, and its supposed capital was the site of one of the largest battles of the war. Furthermore, despite the oil and other mineral resources found on their lands, the Republic's economy was growing much slower than projected. The Osage Republic, however, was able to meet the quotas and progress of the first of the Union's 2 Five-Year-Plans. The extensive language and cultural reforms proposed by the Union's Central Committee Chairman and Russian exile Vladimir Lenin expedited the assimilation of many Europeans into Osage culture, even if the majority of the Osage Republic's citizens still only spoke English. Throughout the 1930's the Osage Republic, as well as the rest of the Union republics, was subject to much political infighting. After Lenin's death, the Communist party splintered due the lack of central leadership. While the divide never came to violence, it did hamper the politics and development of the Union and of the Osage Republic. This political fighting also did little to help respond to the Japanese invasion of the Pacific Republics and Alaska, which dragged the Union into the Second World War. During World War II, the Osage Republic was one of the largest suppliers of oil and processed fuel for not only for the USR, but for many of the Allies as well. The Osage also were part of Talking Leaves Initiative, where Native American languages were used as code by the Allied forces. The Cold War ended with the collapse of the USR and subsequent independence of all Union Republics. Many other communist nations across the world followed. Entering the modern era, the Osage Republic faced many problems. The collapse of the Union meant the collapse of the domestic oil market and the Osage Republics chief source of income. The majority of its population still spoke English, and tensions were high between the two populations. In 20XX the Osage Republic took protection of its sister nation the Republic of the Kaw, but this was the first good news out of the Republic in nearly a decade. In 20XX, XX years after the collapse of the USR, communism has again sprung in the Americas. The 20XX election crises saw Walter Elias Revard of the Osage Communist Party take control of the Republic from the Liberal Geoffery Red Corn after the nation could not elect a president. In an immediate plebiscite, the Osage people voted overwhelmingly to establish a new Marxist-Leninist state under Revard, with the Kaw Protectorate soon following. Edited by Wahzhazhe, Feb 15 2018, 12:28 AM.
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| Wahzhazhe | Feb 15 2018, 12:12 AM Post #2 |
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Politics The Osage political system is a single party vanguard democracy in line with Leninist ideals, led by the Osage Communist Party. Although the party is officially Marxist-Leninist in nature, communists of all tendencies are allowed and encouraged to participate in party affairs and criticize or propose policy. In general, the three largest factions of the Communist Party are the Marxist Leninist strain, the Anarcho-Communist strain, and the Social Democratic strain, although other, smaller tendencies exist within the party as well. The government of the Osage Republic has its powers separated into 4 branches: Executive, Legislative, Judicial, and the People's Commissariat. The Executive branch is made up of the 7 member U'bake Kishto (Central Committee). Membership in the Central Committee is decided by a single transferable vote system, with the most popular candidate being awarded the position of A'thinkiwa tonga Kishto (Chairman of the Central Committee). The Central Committee's purpose is to enforce the laws created by the People's National Assembly, handle diplomatic relations, and manage the military of the Republic. The members of the Central Committee can propose legislation to the People's National Assembly, and the Head of the Central Committee can overrule economic decisions made by the PNA. There is no term limit for members of the Central Committee, and a term can only be ended when the People's National Assembly calls an election after 4 years. The current head of the Central Committee is Walter E. Revard, or Guthazhudse (Red Eagle). The Legislative branch is made of the People's National Assembly and associated departments and committees unicameral and made up of 152 seats, one for ever 100,000 citizens. Electoral districts are redrawn by an independent committee after every 5-year census, although the idea of having an algorithm created to create the districts from census data has been suggested. The Legislative branch of the government handles the creation and amendment of new laws, as well as the day-to-day management of the nationalized sectors of the economy and declaration of war. Elections for the National Assembly happen every 5 years. Any member of the PNA can propose legislation. The National Assembly elects a head from its ranks, who has a variety of duties including breaking any tie votes or assigning PNA members to committees. The current Head of the People's National Assembly is Domas Daska (Thomas White Deer). The Judicial branch houses the Osage People's Supreme Court, the highest court of the Osage Republic. The Osage People's Supreme Court interprets the law not only of the Osage Republic, but also that of the Union of Socialist States. The Kaw Republic, notably, has an independent Supreme Court of the Kaw. These are the only two national-level courts to interpret matters of USR law. The People's Commissariat is a branch of government dedicated exclusively to the rooting out of corruption within the Republic Government and Communist Party. It has broad and vague powers over members of the other three branches, but has very little jurisdiction outside of the ranks of government officials and bureaucrats. It is largely expected to be self regulating. The only checks offered to another branch are the ability of the Chairman of the Central Committee's to appoint the Chief Commissar and the Chairman's pardon. The People's Commissariat is the only body allowed to investigate the Supreme Court. The PC often recruit from the military and police forces of the Osage Republic, and investigate nearly all members of the Osage Republic Government. They are often called "Rats" or "The Rats" by the English-speaking population of the Republic.
Edited by Wahzhazhe, Feb 16 2018, 02:15 PM.
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