Glen-Rhodes
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| Motto: Regnum Populi Per Populum | |||||
| National Anthem: Glory to the Commonwealth' | |||||
| Region | Jordia | ||||
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| Capital | Grand Port | ||||
| Largest city | Grand Port | ||||
| Official Language(s) | English | ||||
| Government | Parliamentary Republic | ||||
| - Chancellor | Markos Hiahleros (DFP) | ||||
| - President | Elisabeth Yellow (SCP) | ||||
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| - Rhodes | October 21st, 1598 | ||||
| - Glendale | June 14th, 1652 | ||||
| - Commonwealth | December 6th, 1863 | ||||
| - under democracy | December 6th, 1890 | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total | 2,766,890 km² | ||||
| - % water | 9.3% | ||||
| Population | 244,260,000[1] | ||||
| PDAS | B (High) | ||||
| Currency | Glen-Rhodes Dollar (GRD)
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| Internet TLD | .glrd | ||||
| Calling code | +562
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| ISO Code | GLRD
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Glen-Rhodes, officially the Commonwealth of Glen-Rhodes, is a moderately sized country dominated by large forests, lakes, and grasslands. The name is a portmanteau of Glendale and Rhodes, which were two sovereign countries who unified after a series of conflicts[2].
The Commonwealth of Glen-Rhodes is a member-state of the World Assembly and an original member of the Jordia region, currently serving as regional delegate. It has successfully represented three resolutions in the World Assembly: the Food Welfare Act, the WA Copyright Charter, and Microcredit & Microgrants. Glen-Rhodes has an estimated land area of 2,766,890 km², of which an estimated 9.3% is covered by water, 63.2% by heathland and grassland, and the remaining 27.5% covered by forests.
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[edit] History
The majority of the early history of the Glen-Rhodes area has not been documented extensively, most of the information being based on indirect commentators. The origin of the nation is commonly agreed, however, to have stemmed from several communities. Based on archaeological evidence, before the two states of Glendale and Rhodes formed, there existed seven original tribal communities. From these communities, the countries of Glendale and Rhodes arose.
Over centuries, Rhodes emerged as a strong kingdom. Using its power, Rhodes annexed Glendale, often subjecting the Glendale people to harsh treatment and taxation. However, on June 14th, 1652, Glendale gained its independence, only to fall in to anarchy several decades later, and subsequently be re-annexed by the Kingdom of Rhodes. Only after a second attempt, in which the two were equally matched militarily, did Glendale equalize itself on the national stage. After the Rhodesian War, the Kingdom of Rhodes granted Glendale state-level acknowledgment, and the two countries unified to form the Commonwealth of Glen-Rhodes.
[edit] Environment
[edit] Government
[edit] Federal
[edit] Provincial
[edit] Foreign Policy
[edit] World Assembly
[edit] International Federalism
The stance Glen-Rhodes takes in the international federalism vs. national sovereignty debate is that the World Assembly has the inherent legal authority to legislate on any matter, and that the World Assembly is more properly described as a federal government, rather than a mere international organization seeking to establish cooperative international law. In other words, the World Assembly is not legally bound to purely international issues and may legislate on what are considered purely domestic issues.
However, the moral obligations of the World Assembly, according to Ambassador Bradford Castro, include analyzing whether it is necessary and proper for the World Assembly to legislate on domestic issues. Some delegations accuse Glen-Rhodes of flip-flopping on the issue, taking whichever stance is more politically expedient at the time. According to Ambassador Castro:
International law is a complex subject. While it certainly isn't immune to political expediency, I'm not voted in to my office; I'm appointed. I don't deny that on certain subjects — mostly domestic issues that end up, for some reason, on the floor of the World Assembly — I don't deny that I'm required to consider the impacts that debate will have on domestic politics within Glen-Rhodes. Religious issues, such as with Access to Science in Schools, are hot-button in Glen-Rhodes, and most certainly aren't under the World Assembly's moral authority to legislate on. I have to consider how a vote on that international law will disrupt the political environment not only here, but also of our neighbors and territories. It's... messy, to say the least.
—Foreign Policy Forum, Gaines College
[edit] Noncompliance
While Glen-Rhodes, upon joining the World Assembly, agreed to the supremacy of international law, there are a few cases in which the government has explicitly refused to comply with World Assembly resolutions.
Currently, Glen-Rhodes is in blatant noncompliance with "Access to Science in Schools", the government basing its decision on the argument that the resolution is discriminatory against religious persons of poor socioeconomic status, along with numerous other issues, including monetary funds. Ambassador Castro has expressed his intent on repealing "Access to Science in Schools", considering how legally difficult it is for Glen-Rhodes to remain in noncompliance with the resolution.
The second resolution Glen-Rhodes doesn't comply in good faith with is "Dignified End of Life Choices". Unlike "Access to Science in Schools", Glen-Rhodes uses various legal loopholes to prevent euthanasia from being undertaken in the nation's medical hospitals and private medical offices.
