Western Republic

The Western Republic  (IPA: /wɛstˈɛrn ɹɪˈpʌblɪk/) is a colossal sovereign independent state located in Western North America which is bordered by the Russian Federation through the Bering Strait and Diomede Islands, the State of Canada, the United States of America, and the United Mexican States. As the population of the country documented as 98,681,972 people, it is the 14th largest country in the world in terms of population. It is aforementioned that it is colossal in its area.

British settlers discovered the West somewhere during a date between the 18th century. Since the British settlers were found on the western side of North America, they began to call the new colony the "British West".

The colony was originally located in Manitoba, but expanded into Saskatchewan, and then into Alberta, et cetera. Since the size of the colony was humongous and there were a lot of native tribes in the colony itself, Britain declared the West a loosely sovereign independent state within the British Empire. The people of the West were satisfied with this, but they wanted total independence from the British Empire, so they hosted a referendum in the late 1890s. Most of the citizens of the West voted yes, and soon after in 1902, they declared total independence and the Western Republic was officially proclaimed.

The Western Republic fought in World War I on the Allied Powers' side, and the same thing happened in World War I, only this time it came in from the bombings of Pearl Harbour, and it infringed with nuclear weapons, and dropped two of them on the Japanese imperial cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Its capital city is Calgary, while the largest city is Los Angeles, which translates into "The Angels" in the Spanish language. Other major metropolitan areas in the Western Republic include, , , , and.

Its official languages are English and French, while there are three regional languages that include Spanish, Russian, and Hawaiian which are spoken by a minority of the people in the Western Republic.

Th Western Republic is a member of the, the , the , and also a founding member of the and the.

Colonization
During the hatred of France and Great Britain during the 1700s, the British Empire decides to set up a colony in Western North America, which was called the "British West" (even though they were not on the Pacific Northwest, but they made plans to do so.) It is estimated that the earliest British settlers in the West set up a colony in around 1755. Due to the West having about 1/14th of the size of the current Western Republic, they expand west, north, and southwest. While the colonization process was in place, Britain thought that if they expanded into Spain, they could get a hold of the Strait of California, so Britain declared war on Spain. While the war raged on, settlers in the British West claimed more land for the country. Due to this, by the end of the war claimed almost all (except present-day Sonora) of the British wanted lands in store for the West. Due to the fact that this British colony in western North America being huge in size, Britain decided that this land would be divided into twelve sub-colonies.

Semi-independence from Great Britain
In the late 1860s, Great Britain decided to grant the West a piece of independence due to the large size of the colony and the diverse set of people in the West themselves. The twelve sub-colonies became provinces for this new Confederation. Citizens of the West were satisfied with this, but that changed in the late 1880s when they demanded a official exit from British rule, so in the 1890s, they set up a referendum to see if the citizens of the Western Confederation wanted total independence. They ended up voting "yes", and in November of 1902, they declared official independence from the United Kingdom and founded the Western Republic. The new Western Republic was divided into twenty-one states. The final Prime Minister of the Western Confederation, James O'Neil of the Western Party, was re-elected into office as the first President of the Western Republic.

World War I
In 1914, the Western Republic joined the first World War in order to aid the Allied Powers, but, another reason was found out by the Western government somewhere between 1916 and 1917. Due to Germany wanting Mexico to declare war on the Western Republic to take Sonora, Azatlan, Baja California, et cetera, the opposite took place, where the Western Republic declared war on Mexico due to the Western Republic claiming "they wanted to get this over with". The war ended in 1918, with an Allied victory. No change was brought upon the borders of the Western Republic, but a change in diplomatic ties was found, which stated "The United Mexican States shall ally the Western Republic, and commit a breakage in the diplomacy between the German Empire and Mexico."

World War II
Upon the news the Japanese Empire bombed the Western/Hawaiian harbour city of Pearl Harbour, the Western Republic declared an immediate act of war, mainly on the Japanese Empire, but also on Nazi Germany, due to speculations that Mexican officials are possibly reconciling ties with Germany. The same story in World War I played out in World War II, only this time, the Western Republic infringed on nuclear weapons. Prior to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Western government tested a nuclear bomb in Trinity, Azatlan to make sure the bombs actually worked, and not a fraud. The process turned out to be a success and two bombs, both dropped in the morning of Japan, were planted in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Present day
The modern the Western Republic is doing well in terms of population, agriculture, autonomy of certain native groups, et cetera. It currently has political ties with Canada, the United States, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and France.

Geography
As a nation with a total area of 12 ,372,000 square km, the Western Republic is very diverse when it comes to geography.

The Rocky Mountains are located in the Western Republic. They stretch across 991,691 square km of land, from northern British Columbia to northern Azatlan. Several other mountain ranges are present in the Western Republic. They are mostly located west of the Rocky Mountains. The Pacific coast of the Western Republic, which stretches from Nome to La Paz is dotted with mountains.

Lots of lakes can be found in the north of the country, with the largest being the Great Bear Lake, located in Borealia. The longest river in the country is the Yukon River, with a length of 3190 km.

Climate
As a huge nation, the Western Republic is very diverse when it comes to climate. The northern portions of the country have subarctic climates, the central areas of the country have humid continental climates and semi-arid climates, and the southern portions of the country have desert climates.

Government and Politics
The Western Republic is a federal presidential republic. The head of state is the President. The current President is Skyler Falconer of the Western Party, who has been leader since 2014, and was re-elected in the 2018 election. The second highest officer is the Vice President, who is elected with the President. The current Vice President is Jacob McAndrew.

The Western Republic's presidential elections have operated under a two-party system, as candidates running for president are only allowed to run under the two major parties, the Western Party and the Democratic Party. The Western Party is considered to be "conservative", while the Democratic Party is considered to be "liberal".

The Western Republic has had nineteen presidents since it's creation in 1902. Of those nineteen presidents, twelve were members of the Western Party, and seven were members of the Democratic Party.

The Parliament of the Western Republic is dominated by the Western Party and the Democratic Party, as the nation runs under a two-party system.

Parliament
The Parliament of the Western Republic administrates supreme legislative authority over the nation. The Parliament consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate consists of 100 members, who are elected every four years. The House of Representatives consists of 300 members who are elected every four years as well. The House of Representatives is more powerful than the Senate, as it is able to propose and pass bills.

The Western Republic Parliament building was built in 1918, and was built in Confederation Park, in northwest Calgary. The original Parliament building needed to be replaced because it was considered too small for the Western Republic Government. The original Parliament building became a historic landmark and was converted into the Western Republic National Museum.

States
The Western Republic consists of twenty-two federal states. Each state has its own state constitution and is largely autonomous in regard to its internal organization.

Military
The Western Republic has one of the strongest militaries in the world, with about 750,000 active members, as well as roughly 500,000 reserve members.

The Western Republic Air Force is both the oldest and most advanced Air Force in the world, with roughly 8,000 total aircraft and roughly 200,000 total personnel.

Demographics
The Western Republic is a nation with a large population of almost 100 million people. Out of those people, the majority racial group in the country are Caucasian, while minorities such as African Americans, Asians, and Hispanics are also found in the nation.

Urbanization
The Western Republic has a number of large cities. There are seventeen metropolitan areas in the Western Republic with over a million people. The largest metropolitan area is the Los Angeles metropolitan area, with over 18 million people, which includes the cities of Los Angeles, Anaheim, Long Beach, Pasadena, and more.

Religion
The Western Constitution guarantees the free exercise of religion in the Western Republic, and forbids the Parliament from passing laws respecting its establishment.

Roughly 75% of the Western population identifies as Christian, mainly falling under the categories of Protestantism and Catholicism. After Christianity, the other major religious affiliations in the Western Republic, include irreligion, Mormonism, and Judaism.

Language
The official language of the Western Republic is English, but the Western Republic recognizes French, Spanish, Russian, Hawaiian, and other native languages as regional languages of the people in the Western Republic.

Air travel
The Western Republic is the home of Boeing. Based out of Seattle, Boeing is the largest aerospace company in the world and the world‘s largest producer of airplanes.

The national airline of the Western Republic is none other than WestAir, based out of Calgary International Airport. WestAir is also the largest airline in the country. It has a fleet of over 900 aircraft, and flies to over 200 destinations. WestAir also has a low cost subsidiary called Western Skyways. Western Skyways is based out of San Francisco, and is the largest low cost airline in the Western Republic, and flies to over 60 destinations with a fleet of 200 aircraft.

The Western Republic's largest cargo airline is called Global Air Cargo. Based out of Oakland, Global Air Cargo flies to over 200 worldwide destinations and has a fleet of over 450 aircraft.

The busiest airport in the Western Republic is the Los Angeles International Airport.

Space program
The Western Republic operates a very active space program. It develops rockets and satellites, and conducts research on aviation, deep-space and planets.

The Western Republic is the home of SpaceX, which is based out of Hawthorne, California. SpaceX was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk with the goal of reducing costs of space transportation, as well as colonizing Mars.

As well as aviation, Boeing also develops space products. Boeing is the world’s largest producer of satellites.

Currency
The Western Republic's main currency is the Western Dollar (W$). The subunit of the Western Dollar is the cent. The Western Dollar has been the currency of the Western Republic since it became a republic on November 6, 1902. Before, the Western Confederation used the Western Pound, based on Britain's currency.

The Western Dollar is known for having the skylines of cities on their currency.

Sports
The Western Republic's people love sports. They have 4 major national leagues, the Western Hockey League, the Western Football League, the Western Basketball Association and the Western Baseball League, as well as one semi-major league, the Western Premier League.

The Western Republic’s national teams for soccer, hockey, basketball, and baseball all have large followings in the country, as fans of these teams, especially for hockey, are known to be very hardcore.

The Western Republic hosted the 2018 Mapperdonian Olympic Games in Los Angeles.

The largest indoor arena in the nation and the largest hockey arena in the world is located in Calgary, the WestAir Centre. It has a capacity of 24,000 people, and was built specifically for hockey. The WestAir Centre has hosted major hockey events, and was also the host venue for Mappervision Song Contest XXVII.

The Western Republic's largest stadium and sporting venue is the Western National Stadium in Calgary, the nation’s capital. It is one of the largest stadiums in the world with a capacity of 110,000 people, and has hosted world class events because of its capacity.

The Western Republic is also home to the headquarters of the Mapperdonian Ice Hockey Federation, based out of Vancouver.

Music
The Western Republic's music industry is huge, as a large number of some of the most famous pop stars, rappers and rock bands originated from the Western Republic.

The most popular music genres in the Western Republic include pop, hip hop, and electronic dance music. Grunge was also a very popular genre in the Western Republic, as it was pioneered in Seattle.

The Western Republic is home to some of the most famous music festivals in the world, including Coachella, held annually in Indio, California, as well as Electric Daisy Carnival, held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada. Coachella features many artists from all sorts of genres. Electric Daisy Carnival is known as one of the world's best electronic dance music festivals, as it features some of the world's best DJs and electronic dance music producers.

Cinema
Hollywood, a northern district of Los Angeles, is known for being one of the leaders in motion picture production. Major film distributers based out of the Western Republic include Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, and Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Some of the world's best actors of all time were born in the Western Republic, such as Marilyn Monroe, Tom Hanks, and Leonardo DiCaprio. Some of the world's all time best film directors were also born in the Western Republic, such as George Lucas and Clint Eastwood.

Every year, the Golden Globe Awards and the Academy Awards are held in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Academy Awards is a set of awards for artistic and technical merit, while the Golden Globe Awards is a set of awards recognizing excellence in film and television.

Media
The main public broadcaster in the Western Republic is the Western Broadcasting Corporation. It broadcasts music, news, sports, and TV shows. The Western Broadcasting Corporation is responsible for broadcasting all major sports events hosted in the country, both domestic sporting events and international sporting events.

Public holidays
The Western Republic celebrates holidays which are derived from Christian traditions and important events in the history of the Western Republic.

Day Of The West on November 6th celebrates the day the Western Confederation officially became a republic. Confederation Day on July 1st celebrates the day the Western Confederation became independent from Great Britain.

Some holidays such as Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Halloween and Boxing Day are not officially recognized by the federal government, however they are celebrated across the nation.

These are the holidays recognized by the federal government.