Flevo-Frisia

The Flevo-Frisian Commonwealth, or simply Flevo-Frisia is a souvereign state located in Western Europe. It borders the Netherlands to the east and to the south and Lake IJsselmeer en Lake Markermeer to the west.

History
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Geography
Arkmarken is located in Western Europe. It's total area is 4,969 km², and it's the 167th largest country in the world, above Cabo Verde but beneath Trinidad and Tobago.

President
The 5th and current President of Flevo-Frisia is Sybrand Buma. Buma took office on May 23rd, 2015. He is a member of the Christian Democrats Party.

Volkskamer
The 6th and current People's Chamber (Volkskamer) of Flevo-Frisia was elected on November 17th, 2014. The Chairman of the People's Chamber is Fred Crone. He is a member of the Labour Party.

{{legend|#AD1FFF|Labour Party: 28 seats}} {{legend|#F58F15|LPFD: 16 seats}} {{legend|#82AC26|Flevo-Frisian Party: 25 seats}} {{legend|#69DCFD|Christian Democrats: 11 seats}} {{legend|#9793C1|Frisian Party: 3 seats}} {{legend|#0B4E59|Dutch Party: 2 seats}}



Crisis of 2015
After the 2014 legislative election, a crisis occured due to several failed government formations. On February 1st, 2015, the Labour Party announced that the formation with LPFD and the Christian Democrats failed. A FFP-LPFD-Frisian Party also failed on the 18th of February. After several other failed attempts to start another formation, incumbent President Halbe Zijlstra called for a referendum for a new constitution increasing the presidental power and decreasing the legislative power, factually removing parliamentary-led cabinets and change them to an administration appointed by the President. On May 14th, on the same day as the presidental elections were held, the referendum was held in Flevo-Frisia. Eventually, 70% voted in favor of the new constitution, with only 30% opposing it. The referendum turned out in a landslide victory for Zijlstra, even though he lost to Sybrand Buma in the election on the same day. The constitution was changed on June 28th, thus ending the crisis.

Foreign Relations
The foreign relations of Flevo-Frisia are made by the President in co-operation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Wobben Bouma. Flevo-Frisia is a member of the FleBeNeLux Alliance, alongside with the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. It's also a member of the Flevo-Friso-Dutch Custom Alliance (Flefrined). The nation has extremely good ties with the Netherlands following the Treaty of Ljouwert (1998).

Transport
Flevo-Frisia's rail company is the FlevoRail. Other companies are Nederlandse Spoorwegen and Fryske Spoarwegen.

The main international airport is Lelystad Airport. The second largest airport is Ljouwert International Airport. Both airports are visited by about 10 million passengers in 2017.

Flevofryske Luchtvaart Maatschappij (FLP) is the national air company of Flevo-Frisia. It is based at Ljouwert International Airport. Lelystad and Ljouwert provide good routes to Europe and North America.