Psamdaclan-Torachea

History
Was once an ancient triumvirate of 3 city states(founded 50 AD). All were eventually destroyed over the centuries. After many generations, the modern descendants banded together on October 2 2007. They live on a floating city, that is kept in the eastern Mediterranean. An absolute ruler was needed to manage the city properly in its first days after conception. Horatio Longworth was the king of this city until 10-23-07. The nation is now a republic, Horatio Longworth is the prime minister.

On 10-7-07, Psamdaclan-Torachea was a charter member of the Natron Association in-School Alliance. (Also known as NASA) Horatio Longworth was the official chairman of the alliance.Until it disbanded

Nation Information and Government Position
Psamdaclan-Torachea is a growing, developing, and established nation at 155 days old with citizens primarily of Arab ethnicity whose religion is Baha'i Faith. Its technology is first rate and its citizens marvel at the astonishing advancements within their nation. Its citizens pay extremely high taxes and many despise their government as a result. The citizens of Psamdaclan-Torachea work diligently to produce Lead and Pigs 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. When it comes to nuclear weapons Psamdaclan-Torachea will not research or develop nuclear weapons. The military of Psamdaclan-Torachea has been positioned at all border crossings and is arresting all drug traffickers. Psamdaclan-Torachea does not allow any form of government protests. Its armed police forces work quickly at "dissolving" any and all government protests. Its borders are closed to all forms of immigration. Psamdaclan-Torachea detains individuals who participate in the slanderous comments about the government. The government gives foreign aid when it can, but looks to take care of its own people first. Psamdaclan-Torachea will trade with other nations with questionable ethical treatment of their citizens but prefers to keep such trade agreements a secret.

Government
The government system is a republic in nature. It has two branches: a legislative branch, called the senate; and an executive branch, run by a Prime Minister and his Secretary. Members of the senate are called tribunes. The executive branch is controled by the Horatio Party. The Senate is controlled by the Isolationist Party

There are currently 17 mebers of the Torachean senate. All seats in the senate are voted on by the country's populace each year. There duty is to make laws and run the country as governors. Election take place on October 23. The mebers of the Senate of Psamdaclan-Torachea,(elected 10/23/07) as of 10/28/07 are


 * Klenn Class (H)
 * Boris Tolton (I)
 * Anthony Smithson (I)(Removed 3/4/08)
 * Hugar Tolcok (I)
 * Wilson Orec (I)
 * Orsev a-Lomarlac (I)
 * Caracunde Rocdavent (I)
 * Nomus Monadnock (I)
 * Lechrems Kemtor (I)
 * Abdec IV (I)
 * Selmivate Aulus (H)
 * Lenrom De'ento (H)
 * Richard Brown (I)
 * Eric Philipson (I)
 * Sigmund Berton (I)
 * Calvin Burton (I)(Removed 3/4/08)
 * Jaffar al-Hamid (H)
 * Svent Aqlem (H)
 * Seguntus al-Jadid (I)

H= Horatio Party I=Isolationist Party

There are two members of the executive branch: Prime Minister Horatio Longworth (H), and Secretary Nomus Veralenk. (H)

Politics
Psamdaclan-Torachea has freedom of religion. Religious tolerance is prevalent. However, the government prefers its citizens practice Christianity, Judaism, or Islam. Psamdaclan-Torachea has no constitution, and under law, Horatio Longworth cannot be removed from power. Horatio Longworth is the current head of state.

Because of Longworth's dictator like status, as well as his desire to dominate, a political party has risen up against him.

The party Horatio Longworth belongs to is being called the Horatio Party. Its agenda is that of discrete empire building. They believed they also had the right to control NASA. They believed that they were the most qualified to control it, and they do not want to share power. Horatio Longworth pushed for the elimination of the articles of NASA's constitution that give equal power to the member. He wanted to be given what he calls "emergency power" which would give him total control over NASA.

The party that opposes him is being called the Isolationist Party. They believe that power over NASA should stay divided among the other members. They want the country to stay "under the radar of global politics". They believe that NASA should stay out of foreign affairs. They are strongly opposed to Longworth's rise to power. The nation's senate has decided to side with this party.

So far, there have been no protests against Horatio Longworth, since protests are considered illegal.

When NASA disbanded, the Isolation party started to fall apart, as there was no real reason to fear Horatio anymore. Four members of the Senate resigned, and Horatio replaced them with other tribunes that were simpethetic to his cause.

Armed Forces
Psamdaclan-Torachea has a strong army, and has used it many time in it's history.The army is roughly 40 percent the size of the total population. The official name of the Army branch is the Torac Defense Militia

Wars
Before the formation of NASA, the country engaged in a few minor skirmishes. These did very little damage, and peace was quickly resolved. Since then, it has been involved in many raids, but these raids helped contribute it the collaps of the alliance

Other Information
National Sport: Running National Animal: Monosaur

Current Events
The consensus of the people is a desire for isolationism. The government also supports staying out of major foreign politics.

10/25/07--A dissident of the Longworth in a crowd thew a rotten tomato at him. He yelled "Step down from power you ... despot!" The dissident missed and was arrested.

The people of Psmadaclan-Torachea are concerned over Horatio Longworth's usurpation of power in NASA. They are wary of his power, even though he leads their nation, and their nation would benefit from their leader having power.

Since Horatio Longworth resigned as chairman, the concerns started to die down.