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Motto:- "Freedom and Equality"
National Anthem:- La Marseillaise (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laWIjgWDesE)
BACKGROUND
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Originally the larger of two Duchy's, the smaller being the Duchy of Aquitaine, Marseilles held the balance of power between the two. In the Great War Marseilles played a limited role as a naval supply station for those forces aligned against the Ardian Empire as the battles in the Kyne, Strait of Shaw and Ardian Peninsula took place. This brought Marseilles into initial contact with Rodina who during the cold war years in 1962 sponsored a Communist insurgency in Marseilles that toppled the government and sent the Royal Family into hiding, this would also include the invasion and subsequent annexation of Aquitaine. The Communist government would last until 1995, following them being driven out in a mainly Religious uprising. However the reinstated Royal Family did not grant Aquitaine it's sovereignty they instead sought to justify their continued holding of Aquitaine lands, doing so by means of assassinating the Aquitaine noble family in 1998 what they didn't know was that the youngest of the children was spared by a Marseilles Defence Force Colonel.
The Church of Materna had hoped for increased influence following the uprising, this it didn't get and so the terrorist group the Sorority of Materna was born. In late 2015 this group would launch a coordinated and well prepared terrorist campaign it would result in manipulated government overreaction and then a military coup that installed the embedded Sorority leadership as the leaders of Marseilles. But this was to be short lived as the Sorority's actions had not remained confined to Marseilles it had attracted the attention of the international community and was soon subject to the Commonwealth Treaty Organisation Marseilles Mission or CTOMM. But it was not just the international community that was a concern, within Marseilles a resistance against the Sorority regime grew in confidence this group named the Real Marseilles, supported by Nya Aland (not a CTOMM member) was able to overthrow the terrorist regime. Following this Marseilles became a Republic under its first President Jacques Papin, a butcher who had started and lead Real Marseille. As soon as the nations constitution was put in place he resigned allowing elections to take place and returned to his butchers shop. Today the nation still runs under the constitution that he established and is strongly committed to retaining its identity as a Republic based on equality.
Government Type:- Presidential Republic
Population:-:- 17,170,000
Capital City:- Montaulon (1,850,000)
Demonym:- Marseillais
ECONOMY
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Currency:- Marseilles Franc (f)
GDP per Capita:- $42,139
Unemployment Rate:- 3.4%
Main Industries:- Agriculture, Maritime fishing, ship building, brewing, car manufacture, renewable energy
PEOPLE
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Ethnicity:- Marseillais (native) 92%, Aquitainites 4%, Other 4%
Languages:- French, Latin, Norse
Religions:- Church of Materna 87%, Odinism 4.5%, Christianity 0.5%, Other 8%
Average Life Expectancy:- Male 85 yrs/Female 88 yrs
GOVERNMENT
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Head of State:- President Emile Sauzee
Head of Government:- Prime Minister Ralph Deschamps
Name of Legislative Body:- Council of Representatives