Blendison

Blendison, officially the Blendison Republic (Spanish: República de Blendison), is a country in the western portion of Espiria. It is bordered to the north by the Atte Lee and the Espirian Ocean; to the west by Carlamastia and the Espirian Ocean; to the south by Gulf of Blendison; and to the east by the Ghostland and Titolemppi. Blendison covers 2,058,026 square kilometers (203,058 sq mi) and has approximately 93,173,672 inhabitants, making it the world's 20th-largest country by area, 15th-most populous country, and most populous Spanish-speaking nation. It is a federation comprising 11 states. Vania its capital city and largest metropolis. Other major urban areas include Alondra City, Lannoy, Carbon City, Romerito, Porth Keyle, Tomé, and Duck City.

Pre-Majestican Blendison traces its origins to 2,000 BC; it was home to many advanced Blendisonian civilizations, most well-known among them the Tores and the Mores. In 1204, the Majestic dictatorship submitted the territory from its base in Morkush City, which then became known as Vania. These populations were annexed to Majestica, although they retained a partial autonomy in exchange for allowing the exploitation of the rich deposits of precious material. which became a major source of wealth for the Majesticians. Blendison became an independent nation state after the successful Blendisonian War of Independence against Majestica in 1914.

Historically, Blendison covered up to the Barusania Peninsula, in the north of the country, however, from the independence of Atte Lee, in 1945, the peninsula declared its independence, establishing a de facto government that controls the region. Later, Carlamastia established a military base in the area, a situation that has been questioned by Blendison. Although Blendisón claims sovereignty over the peninsula, the international community supports the self-determination of the territory in its sovereignty. Other territories that Blendision has lost are in the south of the country, the cities of Athos and Monroe, they are controlled by Berdeleto, who took over the territories during the wave of Berdeletense expansionism of the 1950s.

During the 8 decades of independent Blendison, internal politics has favored the emergence of three republics. The first federal republic was characterized by political instability and a brief return to military rule. The nationalist republic constituted a period of social peace, although no economic growth. While the second federal republic (in progress) has been characterized by more conservative policies and constant social progress.

Government
The Blendisonian Republic are a federation whose government is representative, democratic and republican based on a presidential system according to the 1951 Constitution. The constitution establishes three levels of government: the federal Union, the state governments and the municipal governments. According to the constitution, all constituent states of the federation must have a republican form of government composed of three branches: the executive, represented by a governor and an appointed cabinet, the legislative branch constituted by a unicameral congress and the judiciary, which will include a state Supreme Court of Justice. They also have their own civil and judicial codes.

The federal legislature is the bicameral Congress of the Union, composed of the Senate of the Republic and the Chamber of Deputies. The Congress makes federal law, declares war, imposes taxes, approves the national budget and international treaties, and ratifies diplomatic appointments.

The federal Congress, as well as the state legislatures, are elected by a system of parallel voting that includes plurality and proportional representation. The Chamber of Deputies has 300 deputies. Of these, 200 are elected by plurality vote in single-member districts (the federal electoral districts) and 100 are elected by proportional representation with closed party lists for which the country is divided into 11 electoral constituencies. The Senate is made up of 44 senators. Of these, 22 senators (two for each state) are elected by plurality vote in pairs; 11 senators are the first minority or first-runner up (one for each state), and 11 are elected by proportional representation from national closed party lists.

The executive is the President of the Blendisonian Republic, who is the head of state and government, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Blendisonian military forces. The President also appoints the Cabinet and other officers. The President is responsible for executing and enforcing the law, and has the power to veto bills.

The highest organ of the judicial branch of government is the Supreme Court of Justice, the national supreme court, which has eleven judges appointed by the President and approved by the Senate. The Supreme Court of Justice interprets laws and judges cases of federal competency. Other institutions of the judiciary are the Federal Electoral Tribunal, collegiate, unitary and district tribunals, and the Council of the Federal Judiciary.

Politics
The Politics of Blendison take place in a framework of a federal presidential representative democratic republic whose government is based on a congressional system, whereby the President of Blendison is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system.

Constitutionally, political parties in Blendison must promote the participation of the people in the democratic life of the country, contribute in the representation of the nation and citizens, and be the access through which citizens can participate in public office, through whatever programs, principles and ideals they postulate. Traditionally, Blendison's political parties have been controlled by the families who founded this parties. In all cases, the political parties represent a certain social ideology.

All political parties must be registered with the Electoral Institute, the institution in charge of organizing and overseeing the federal electoral processes, and must obtain at least 3% of votes in the federal elections to keep their registry. Registered political parties receive public funding for their operation and can also obtain private funding within the limits prescribed by the law. En 2020 the following political parties are registered with the IE and all have representatives at the Congress of the Union:


 * Democratic Nation Party (PartIdo Nación Democrática, PND), founded in 1900 by the Scheherezade family.
 * Social Alliance (Alianza Social, AS), founded in 1906 by De la Cruz family;
 * Political Revolution (Revolución Política, RP), founded in 1915 by the Salgado family;
 * Nationalist Society Party (Partido de la Sociedad Nacionalista), founded in 1927 by the Cabrera family;
 * Popular Party (Partido Popular), founded in 1938 by the Ivernet family;
 * Labor Party (Partido del Trabajo, PT), founded in 1942 by the De La Rosa family;
 * Green Ecological Party (Partido Verde Ecologista, PVE), founded in 1990. by the Kasyare family.

Political parties are allowed to form alliances or coalitions to nominate candidates for any particular election. The coalition must identify itself with a particular name and logo. Proportional representation (plurinominal) seats are assigned to the coalition based on the percentage of votes obtained in the elections, and then the coalition reassigns them to the constituent political parties. Once each party in the coalition has been assigned plurinominal seats, they do not necessarily continue to work as a coalition in government.

Military
The Blendisonian military provides a unique example of a military leadership's transforming itself into a civilian political elite, simultaneously transferring the basis of power from the army to a civilian state.

The Blendisonian Armed Forces have three branches: the Blendisonian Army, the Blendisonian Air Force, and the Blendisonian Navy. The Blendison Armed Forces maintain significant infrastructure, including facilities for design, research, and testing of weapons, vehicles, aircraft, naval vessels, defense systems and electronics; military industry manufacturing centers for building such systems, and advanced naval dockyards that build heavy military vessels and advanced missile technologies.



Blendison has the capabilities to manufacture nuclear weapons, but abandoned this possibility with the Agreement of Veta in 1971 and pledged to only use its nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.

Historically, Blendison has remained neutral in international war conflicts, however, during the 1950s it expressed its rejection of the Berdeletesian expansion, creating a maritime front in the Gulf of Blendison. The Blendison - Berdeleto war, which culminated in the loss of Athos and Monroe, has been the only officially declared war by the country.

On the other hand, the deployment of armed forces carried out on the border of South Barusania during the years 1945 to 1948, constituted a cold war between both nations. Although Blendisón still claims sovereignty over the Barusania peninsula, there have been no military exercises on the border since 1994.

Political divisions
The Blendison Republic are a federation of 11 free and sovereign states, which form a union that exercises a degree of jurisdiction over Vania.

Each state has its own constitution, congress, and a judiciary, and its citizens elect by direct voting a governor for a fourth-year term, and representatives to their respective unicameral state congresses for three-year terms.

The states are divided into municipalities, the smallest administrative political entity in the country, governed by a mayor or municipal president (presidente municipal), elected by its residents by plurality.

Transportation
The roadway network in Blendison is extensive and all areas in the country are covered by it. The roadway network in Blendison has an extent of 425,398 km (264,330 mi), of which 325,258 km (202,105 mi) are paved, making it the largest paved-roadway network in Espiria. Of these, 102,364 km (63,606 mi) are multi-lane expressways: 95,384 km (59,268 mi) are four-lane highways and the rest have 6 or more lanes.

Starting in the late nineteenth century, Blendison was one of the first Espiria countries to promote railway development, and the network covers 34,958 km (21,721 mi). The Secretary of Communications and Transport of Blendison proposed a high-speed rail link that will transport its passengers from Vania to Alondra City. The train, which will travel at 300 kilometres per hour (190 miles per hour), will allow passengers to travel from Vania to Alondra City in just 2 hours. The whole project was projected to cost 500 billion landos, and is being paid for jointly by the Blendisonian government and the local private sector.

Blendison has 180 airports with paved runways; of these, 50 carry 90% of the passenger traffic. The Vania International Airport remains the busiest in Espiria and the 25th busiest in the world transporting 55 million passengers a year.

Religion
In 2017, the proportion of Blendisonians who identified themselves as Protestants Christians was 95.3%. The Protestantism Christian is officially the state religion since independence.

The Charismatic neo-Pentecostal church, maintains the central government of the Potestant Blendisonian religion. It is recognised by other christian denominations the main church, headed by the Apostle, who is also the Bishop of Vania.

In 2019, minority Christian faiths in Blendison included an estimated 1.1 million Catholic Christians, or 1.5% of the population; 500,000 Budists, 300,000 Jehovah's Witnesses, 25,000, Seventh-day Adventists, 30,000 Latter-day Saints, 1000 Muslimss.

One of the longest-established minority religious faiths in Blendison is Naturalists, A pagan religion that has been present in Blendison since the pre-majestic era. However, the vast majority of naturalists were converted or exterminated during the last 800 years. Today the naturalistic religion is kept in hiding, although it is socially accepted.

The Blendisonian state, protects the Protestant religion by assigning it an annual budget, corresponding to 10% of GDP. This government support is maintained in all aspects of Blendisonian political and social life, as the government supports the Protestant church, and vice versa.

Education
In 1235, The Majestican Dictatorship created the half school, the second and final stage of secondary education that prepares students for higher education studies or a profession. Nevertheless, the {[company of friars]] is considered the fathers of the Blendisonian modern school, leading reforms in the middle ages that established free, secular, and compulsory education.

Blendisonian education is centralized and divided into three stages: Primary, secondary, and higher education. Primary and secondary education are predominantly public, run by the Ministry of National Education. While training and remuneration of teachers and the curriculum are the responsibility of the state centrally, the management of primary and secondary schools is overseen by local authorities. Primary education comprises two phases, nursery school (jardín de niños) and elementary school (escuela primaria). Nursery school aims to stimulate the minds of very young children and promote their socialization and development of a basic grasp of language and number. Around the age of six, children transfer to elementary school, whose primary objectives are learning about writing, arithmetic and ciences. Secondary education lasts for three years, in which students undergo a core subject curriculum and co-curricular workshops, finishes with a national exams leading to a baccalaureate (bachillerato) or certificate of professional competence (bachillerato profesional).

Higher education is divided between public universities and the prestigious and selective Universities, such as Facultad de Ciencias, the Colegio de Humanidades, the Centro Economia, el Instituto Politécnico, the Escuela de Altos Estudios Sociales, the Escuela Normal Supeior, or the Escuela Nacional de Administración for careers in the Grands Corps of the state. The Grandes Universidades have been criticized for alleged elitism, producing many if not most of Blendison's high-ranking civil servants, CEOs, and politicians.