Australia

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Australia



General Rank	21
Demographics
Language	English
Population	3126▼
Capital	Canberra, New South Wales
Politics
Current President	Cerridwen Voeland
Political Party	True Blue Party
Economics
Currency	Australian Dollar, AUD
GDP (last 7 days)	767.92 GOLD▼
Inflation	-8.60 %
Minimum salary	1.00 AUD
Average salary	9.51 AUD▲
Unemployment rate	38.13%▼
Monthly exports	44.88 GOLD▼
Monthly imports	8.65 GOLD▼
Military
Territories	7
Average Strength	4.29▲



Last Update	November 19, 2009 - Day 730 of the New World

Australia is a nation located in the southeastern hemisphere of the New World. It was annexed by Indonesia on April 18, 2008, as a result of the Indonesia-Australia War; however, since the Agreement for the Independence of Australia and the Australian - Indonesian Region Return Agreement, the regions of New South Wales, Victoria, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania and South Australia have been regained. Australia became whole again after Western Australia was liberated in a resistance war against Indonesia.

History

Main article: History of Australia

Australia was discovered November 20, 2007. The continent attracted few residents at that time. Zaney became the country's first president, and also lead the nation through its first big conflict, the Indonesia-Australia War, which started after then president neo26988 sent an apparently insulting letter to Indonesian president isnuwardana. The introduction of war capabilities found 2000 Indonesian troops conquering the small nation of nearly 200. War was declared on April 14, 2008, ending on April 18 with the fall of Tasmania.

After the war, many expatriates - zaney, MachineMadness, Cheeseball - fled to the United Kingdom. From there, they organized the DropBears, Australia's elite military force, training in current wars. The exiles attempted to diplomatically regain their lost country through talks with the Admins and Indonesian representatives. However, talks were slow and continually stalled by the Indonesians. A resistance war was attempted October 2008, but communications problems and a glitch in the travel module prevented United Kingdom supporters from helping, and the resistance was lost.

Even with the failed resistance war, Indonesia was not ready to begin more battles on its southern front, so the two nations began to speak once more about independence. This time, the Agreement for the Independence of Australia was signed, allowing the regions of New South Wales and Victoria to be regained through a peaceful resistance war, provided that the National Bank of Australia bought out all Indonesian owned companies in the regions.

Cottus Arci of the Aus Democratic Socialist Party became the first Prime Minister of the new nation. Political rivalries among them and other parties like the Australian National Party and True Blue Party would ensue. All Territories have now been regained.

Government and Politics

The Australian government is divided into three branches. The executive deals with the enforcement of laws and overall management of the country. The Senate is the democratic view of the people of Australia who work on debating and voting on government policies and laws. Finally, the Inspector General works as the moderator of all government workers.

Executive

Prime Minister

Main article: Prime Ministers of Australia

The Prime Minister of Australia is elected on the fifth day of every month by the citizens of Australia. Upon taking office, a Prime Minister's first set of duties require him to organize his cabinet ministers, who assist him in the running of the country. There have been ten Prime Minsters since the beginning of the New World. After the Indonesia-Australia War, a provisional government was created and run by Zaney. Though the provisional government was not organized through the actual State, he is usually seen as the first Prime Minister since independence.

The Lodge, the official residence of the Prime Minister of Australia, in 1927.

The Lodge is simply a Q5 House that is donated from the outgoing Prime Minister, to the new Prime Minister (much like the real life counterpart). The Lodge was finished on February 3, 2009, just in time for Prime Minister Cottus Arci to take office.

The current Prime Minister is Cerridwen Voeland of the True Blue Party. She is the ninth elected Prime Minister since independence and the first to be elected as Prime Minister of a full Australia.

Government Departments and Cabinet of Ministers

See also: Australian Cabinet

See also: Cabinet Ministers of Australia

Each term, the Prime Minister of Australia selects politicians to assist him in the day to day running of the country. The Cabinet Ministers are the Prime Ministers advisors and also manage their respective departments through the Australian government. The Prime Minister has the full power to appoint or remove any Minister or Department.

Department	Position	Minister	Party	Deputy	Party
Office of the Prime Minister	Prime Minister	Cerridwen Voeland	TBP	Garven Dreis	ACP
Department of Industry	Minister for Industry	Xavier Darkmyre	ADSP
Department of Defence	Minister for Defence	Timeoin ~~Cozza~~	ADSP ~~ADSP~~	Reminisce Binda33 Dean Kong	AI ANP ACP
Department of Defence	Military Marshal	William Shafer	AMP	Mack Craft binda33 Dean Kong	AMP ANP ACP
Department of Foreign Affairs	Minister for Foreign Affairs	Newt Gingrich Mark Sanchez	ANP TBP
Department of Information	Minister for Information	Corey Blake	ANP	~~Crowded House~~	~~TBP~~
Department of Cultural Services	Minister for Culture	Listhp Tomptos	AI	Dycey Farley Rakkeyal	ADSP AI
Department of Immigration, Customs and Security	Minister for Immigration and Security	Patrick Reckitt	ACP	Dylan of the Darkness	AMP

Crowded House resigned as Minister of Information on November 6th stating "conflict of policies".
Devlin Cameron became Deputy Minister of Information on November 6th
Cozza resigned from Minister of Defence on November 8th

Senate

The Senate of Australia operates through the Congress implemented through the eRepublik system. Senators are elected on the twenty fifth of each month. The entirety of Senate operations are conducted through the eAustralian forums. A Speaker is elected out of each newly elected Senate who operates as the moderator of debates and the manager of bills and voting.

Current Senate

See also: Congress of Australia

Party	Votes	% of Votes	Seats	% of Seats
Aus Democratic Socialist Party	142	28.45%	12	30.77%
Procreate and Populate Party	71	14.22%	8	20.51%
Australian National Party	101	20.24%	6	15.38%
Australian Independents	114	22.84%	6	15.38%
True Blue Party	71	14.22%	6	15.38%
Australian Communist Party	N/A	N/A	0	0%
More Beer Party	N/A	N/A	0	0%
Australian Military Party	N/A	N/A	0	0%
National Pirate Party	N/A	N/A	0	0%
Australian Zombie Party	N/A	N/A	0	0%
Totals	499		39	100%

Inspector General

The Inspector General is elected two days after each Prime Minister election. Because of the level of security of the position, incumbents must be Senators or Order of Australia recipients and their nomination must be seconded by another Senator. A only a majority vote may elect an Inspector general.

The IG's main duties are to watch the Senate and Cabinet sections of the forums, and ensuring that no office holder is breaking any of the laws. If they do suspect anything, they may call for an investigation, which could lead to that office holder's loss of forum privileges.

Political Parties

Main article: Parties of Australia

The Australian party system comprises five majority parties as well as various minority parties. The Aus Democratic Socialist Party has been the majority leader since February 2009 with the Australian National Party, the country's only rightist party, in second. The True Blue Party, Australian Independents and Procreate and Populate Party also have comparable memberships.

Party Name	Party President	Orientation	Members
Aus Democratic Socialist Party	Xavier Darkmyre	Center-left, Libertarian	274
Procreate and Populate Party	Paul Hamon	Center, Libertarian	188
Australian National Party	sir_c0nstant	Center-right, Libertarian	179
Australian Independents	Aussie Vegeta	Center, Libertarian	134
True Blue Party	TheBlackAdder	Center, Authoritarian	88
Australian Communist Party	Garven Dreis	Far-left, Libertarian	59
Australian Military Party	zaney	Center, Totalitarian	43
Drunken Zombie Pirates Party	Johnny Citizen	Center, Anarchist	26
National Pirate Party	Brian P'Donnel	Center-Left, Authoritarian	15
Australian Zombie Party	Etheodoria Vulpine	Center-Left, Anarchist	13
		Total	1019

Policies

Current policies in effect in Australia are:

Military

DropBears

The DropBears are Australia's elite special ops military force. It consists of the 40 strongest, non-landlocked, soldiers. The current Marshall of the Dropbears is Mack Craft. New requirements for the Dropbears are that you also must be at least 10 strength, and also have Australian citizenship.

ACUK

The Australian Commando Unit Koalas of the next 40 strongest, possibly landlocked, Australian soldiers, broken up into 5 squads of 8 soldiers. The current Marshall of the ACUK is Binda33.

AAR

The Australian Army Reserves is open to all Australians who wish to be involved in the military. The current Marshall of the AAR is Dean Kong.

Bootcamp

Is a government-funded program, originally introduced by Ranger Bob, that trains new players in how to fight and increase their military rank.

National Medical Research Centre (NMRC)

In addition to the Government Training Companies, Centrelink also operates NHMRC Australia, a Q5 Hospital Company with the mandate to provide hospitals for the all the regions of Australia. Any surplus will be sold to foreign Governments for profit. On April 14, 2009, construction was completed on Australia's first Q5 hospital which was placed in New South Wales.

States and Territories

The Australian continent consists of seven regions; all seven are under Australian control.

Region	Population
New South Wales	1225 ▼
Northern Territory	62 ▼
Queensland	581 ▼
South Australia	169 ▼
Tasmania	91 ▼
Victoria	683 ▼
Western Australia	315 ▲

Economy

Regional Productivity

Region	Grain	Diamonds	Oil	Iron	Wood
New South Wales	High			Medium	Medium
Northern Territory		High		Medium
Queensland	Medium
South Australia	High			Medium
Tasmania				Medium
Victoria	Medium				Medium
Western Australia	High	High	Medium	Medium	Medium

Taxes

These are the taxes for Australia. The data is up to date as of November 12, 2009.

Income Tax	Import Tax	VAT
12%	99%	5%
12%	99%	5%
12%	99%	5%
12%	99%	5%
12%	99%
12%	99%
12%	10%
12%	10%
12%	10%
10%	99%	5%
1%	99%	5%
10%	99%	5%

Currency Rates

Since December 12, 2008, the National Bank of Australia has been regulating the monetary market to ensure eAustralians are given a fair go when they wish to transfer AUD to GOLD and vice versa. The following exchange rates are enforced to ensure the AUD's stability;

1 GOLD = 40 AUD

1 AUD = 0.025 GOLD

Government Training Companies (GTC)

Due to the nature of the skill system in New World, it is not cost effective for a company (even Q1) to hire "unskilled" workers. The GTCs seek to take in the new Citizens and "train" them until they've reached a higher skill; currently the "graduation" happens when a player reaches skill 3.

The Government currently has trainers in the following sectors:

Sector	Company	Managed By
Manufacturing	Medicare Gifts	Centrelink
Raw Material	Medicare Diamonds	Centrelink
Construction	Department of Housing	Centrelink

Culture

Order of Australia

	“ For the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service. ”
	(Prime Minister Cottus Arci)

Established January 6, 2009, the Order of Australia is way of the Government to give recognition to individuals who have been very active in the Australian Resistance, the Rebuilding, and the Current Government.

A medal awarded to those honored by the Order of Australia.

The ranks within the Order are in this order:

Knight/Dame (AK/AD)
Grand Officer (AGO)
Commander (AC)
Officer (AO)
Member (AM)

The Australians who've received this prestigious honour:

Knights/Dames of the Order (AK/D):

Sir Zaney (AK)

Sir Cottus Arci (AK)

Sir Derek Apollyon (AK)

Grand Officer of the Order (AG):

MachineMadness (AG)

Patti11 (AG)

Commanders of the Order (AC):

corny-ratbag (AC)

Officers of the Order (AO):

Xavier Griffith (AO)

Members of the Order (AM):

Ottogustavo (AM)

The OA Survival Plan was approved by the Senate on February 3, 2009. In the plan, all recipients of the Order of Australia, who are inactive citizens, will be prevented from dying by the NBA buying Q1 food and donating it to their account to keep their wellness up. The logic for such a plan is that:

All OA's are likely to be high in exp. points/stats, so it keeps them alive and keeps our ranking up.
It's a golden retirement, and serves as a testament to their hard work, that they do not die. Also, it provides our newer citizens a dream of one day being eligible, and kept 'alive' in a dignified, immortal state.

eMentor Program

The eMentor Program was designed by Derek Apollyon and Mouj and put into action on March 5, 2009. It was designed to educate citizens of Australia about the New World, the underground politics and economics of Australia, the history of Australia and, most importantly, the agreement between Australia and Indonesia, since various new and/or inactive players had become active again and started useless resistance wars in other Australian regions.

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