San Stravinsky

San Stravinsky is a small, under developed, and new nation with citizens primarily of Mixed ethnicity who follow mixed religions. It is a backwards nation when it comes to technology and many refer to it unkindly as a 'Third World Nation'. Its citizens enjoy freedom from high taxation and as a result tend to earn more money. The citizens of San Stravinsky work diligently to produce Aluminum and Gold as tradable resources for their nation. It is a mostly neutral country when it comes to foreign affairs. It will usually only attack another nation if attacked first. San Stravinsky is currently researching nuclear technology for the use of nuclear power plants but believes nuclear weapons should be banned. The military of San Stravinsky has been positioned at all border crossings and is arresting all drug traffickers. San Stravinsky allows its citizens to openly protest their government, even if it means violence. It has an open border policy, but in order for immigrants to remain in the country they will have to become citizens first. San Stravinsky believes in the freedom of speech and feels that it is every citizen's right to speak freely about their government. The government gives whatever is necessary to help others out in times of crisis, even if it means hurting its own economy. The government of San Stravinsky will trade with any other country regardless of ethical consequences.

History
San Stravinsky started out in 2009 as a state in the former Federation of Wellow, which was broken up in the later days of 2009. Wellow consumed most of the Appalachian Region when it deformed and had its capital located about 150 miles southwest of the City of Peltodirectus. In January, a group of 3 teenagers got the idea of turning the state into a nation and reclaiming the lands of old Wellow. On February 14, 2010, the Republic of San Stravinsky was declared independent.

Federation of Wellow
The Federation of Wellow was formed in the mid-summer of 2009. There it became a member of an alliance that supported it financially and helped it form itself into a large nation consuming mainly the Appalachian Region. It was led by a Premier known as Philip Joseph. In August, war sprung in Wellow as it was attacked by a neighboring nation. Wellow then expanded their army to a large extent thus winning the war. Although Wellow then became a military dictatorship, causing more forced labor to it's citizens. In November, the Wellecian Revolution began when many states, including the San Stravinsky Autonomous Republic, revolted against the capital. On November 25, 2009, the Federation of Wellow surrendured to the revolutionaries and thus causing the nation to break up. The San Stravinsky Autonomous Republic stayed under Anarchist Government until the Republican Conquest in February 2010 and the formation of the republic.

Anarchy Era and the Republican Conquest
San Stravinsky was never claimed by any nation nor was it declared independent, thus leading to an anarchy. However, the citizens never acted wrongly and the nation was basically unharmed. Though, many citizens sought a governing body. In January 2010, three political movements, The Social Democracy Party, the Republic Democracy Party, and the Federal Democracy Party, formed the Republican Conquest Movement which had federal, democratic ideals. the members of the group then wrote a Declaration of Independence and elected 3 leaders from each party. In February the Republic was officially formed.

Geography
San Stravinsky has a land area of approximately 100 miles and most of it is very mountainous. It claims areas of both metropolitan and rural and has an estimated total of 23 medium sized cities including Peltodirectus, Morgantown, and Clarksburg.

Government
According to the Government Statments, the Republic of San Stravinsky is a multi-presidential constitutional federal republic, it is also considered a confederation. It is run by a Council of Presidents, a National Parliament, and a High Court. The Council of Presidents consists of 4 seats, the High President, High President pro Tempre, the Armorial President, and the Constitutional President. There is one Vice President. The current seat holders are High President Elijah Lutz, High President pro Tempre Benjamin Berman, Armorial President Ethan Goldcamp, and Constitutional President William Byerley. The Vice President is Levi Kouns.

Resignation of Daniel Hodges
On March 3, 2010, it was announced on the |government official portal that Daniel Hodges resigned office for personal reasons. (This is about a recent event)

Parliament
The Parliament is divided into 2 groups, the House of Freeholders and the National Council. There is one person, elected from the House of Freeholders, who is over the Parliament known as the Chairman of the Republic Legislature. The seat is currently held by Baylee Salyers, OOTR. There are 5 members of each group, each from the nations 5 districts. Current members; Baylee Salyers, Gefforey Bowling, Michael Brislin, and Bjorn Thorrison.

Anthem
The Anthem of San Stravinsky uses the tune of Auferstanden aus Ruinen from old East Germany but has different lyrics written by the Council.

Fisrt Stanza ''Let us be one, united in love, never shall we part again. Standing alone, broken always, we shall be one again. But for those who'll always hate us, we shall never call them off. But for those who are always for us, holding hands we shall advance, For the Republic of San Stravinsky.''

Second Stanza ''One Under God, we are united again. Peace, and Harmony helped us through the great advance. But for those who thought they'd break us, we were never harmed again. Trustful under our great leaders. We will never hurt again, us the great Republic of San Stravinsky.''

Third Stanza ''Our Leaders, the presidents, shall lead us in the gread advance. Truthful, honest, loyal, loving, they shall never lie again. But for those who try to take them, we shall we shall harm thee once again. That is our love for our nation, and our homeland and liberty, The Republic of San Stravinsky!''



Council of Presidents
There are 4 seats to the Council, in order to obtain the vacant seat you must be an official citizen of the republic, living in one of the 5 districts, and chosen by the council. When a President resigns, the president next in line will take his/her spot.

Parliament
Members of Parliament are hand picked by the Constitutional President. They must be a citizen of the nation.

Diplomatic Relations
Due to the Size and Age of the Republic, no nation has offered diplomatic relations, thus it has no diplomatic relations with any nation.

District One
The Southwestern Quarter of San Stravinsky.

District Two
The Northwestern Quarter of San Stravinsky.

District Three
The Southeastern Quarter of San Stravinsky.

District Four / Район Четыре
The Northeastern Quarter of San Stravinsky. They have learned to speak in English and Russian, making it a unique district.

District Five
District Five is an unofficial district of San Stravinsky, located in California and Governed out of Newhall. It connected to the republic via Military and International Airport.

Federal Capital District
The 10 mile range outlying Peltodirectus.