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The Lusophone Commonwealth

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The Commonwealth of Nations, commonly called the Commonwealth, is a federal monarchy in 6 continents. The nation borders several nations across the 4 continents, since Australia and New Zealand don't share borders with anyone. The Commonwealth comprises of a Federal City, which is the capital of the nation, Ottawa, by 41 Federal Monarchies: 23 kingdoms and 18 principalities and by a government territory in the South Pacific Ocean.

The Commonwealth role in the world is a complex one. Since the end of the 10 Years War (1901 - 1911), the then Luso-British Union created a alliance with Prussia and Greece against Napoleonic France in 1940. It is in a Cold War since 1942, when all sides were recoverd from the 1934 Paris Crash. Plus, the nation just lost a symbol of the world, which had been on the power since 1948, which was Empress Elizabeth II, which reigned for 74 years.
Besides that, the country tries to protect it's culture and language after the end of the war, which gives recognition by other countries because of that efford.

Since the fall of Russia in 1917 and 1918 and then in 1945 with Siberia becoming independent, Commonwealth has become, without question, the largest country in the world, thanks to the territory of New Zealand and the Kingdom of Louisiana. And of course, it is number one in political and civil freedom.

The union, which was created in 1750, has 272 years old, and it seems that everything remains the same, but always changing to keep it up with time.

The nation’s population keeps growing, as a new generation of politicians enters the world of politics and want to change the nation, after convolution with Margaret Thatcher Premiership (1979 - 1997). With the new government in place since 2021, the new generation hopes of one day remove the still old man from power.

1 - Etymology

The term "Commonwealthee" is used since the year of 2022, where it representd the territories of Commonwealth territories around the world.

The term resulted in the creation of a new word, but a necessary change. Since 1750 until 2022, the term that was in use was "Luso-British", representing the union between the kingdom of Portugal and Great Britain. Though the term is not used in national levels, the term is still use inside the United Kingdoms of Portugal and Great Britain.

2 - History

Though the union wasn't a thinkable idea, no one could predict that that would happen in the 18th Century, more than 300 years ago, when the Treaty of Windsor of 1386 was signed by the Kingdoms of England and Portugal.

Portugal's main gift to the world started in 1415, when king John I capture Ceuta on August 21st. This is the start of the Portuguese Colonial Empire (1415 - 1750). For the rest of the century, Portugal embarks on a series of discoveries, beginning of the Age of Discoveries. By 1488, Portuguese sailors had reached the tip of South Africa, which it meant that there was a way to India by sea and started making settlements in Atlantida around the coast. Though in 1492, Christopher Colombus, tried to reach India by going west, which it led to the "discovery" of the Americas.

But, no matter, Portugal by 1498 had reach India by sea, and started to dominate the trade routes, which in return, made the Portuguese Crown very rich. In 1500, Pedro Álvares Cabral, on its way to India, discovered new lands, and those lands are what today we know as Brazil.

All was going well until King Sebastian I was lost in battle in 1578, creating a Succession Crisis in 1580, which lead to Portugal being governed by Spanish kings for 60 years, known as Iberian Union (1580 - 1640). This lasted until December 01st, 1640 , when a new Portuguese king was proclaimed, King John IV, leading to the Portuguese Restoration.

By the end of the XVII Century, Portugal discovered gold in Brazil, which made them, again, the richest crown in Europe and with King John V, the first ever Portuguese Constitution was created in 1745. And, of course, in 1750, the Act of Union was signed in the Portuguese City of Chaves between Portugal and Britain after the death of King George II of Great Britain in the summer of 1749, which left the throne to the Portuguese Royal Family after his son started a rebellion against him. He left instructions to his government to join with Portugal, which the followed and on January 1st, 1750, the Luso-British Union was created, founding the base of the modern Commonwealth of Nations. But not everything was smooth sailing, because on November 01st, 1755, Lisbon was destroyed by an earthquake, follow by a tsunami and a huge fire. Lisbon was lost and, in this chaos, Marquês de Pombal, the man in charge, made plans to rebuild the capital and in the process destroyed his enemies.

The rest of the century was calm, except for the Seven Years War, in which the Union, the Two Sicilies and Prussia lost the war to France, but the Union, although lost the war in Europe, they won in India and Brazil, in which they recover much of the cities lost in the XVI Century. But in 1789, the French Revolution happen and in a matter of two decades, the famous French general, Napoleon Bonaparte, oversaw France, being its first emperor.

By 1807, Bonaparte ordered all Europe to stop making trade deals with Prussia and Russia in the aim to win the Napoleonic Wars, but the Union refuse to stop making trade deals, so France and Spain invaded mainland Portugal, but Queen Maria I and his son, the future king John VI, plus 15.000 people, fled Portugal to Brazil. General Junot arrived late to arrest the royal family. In the beginning of 1808, they arrived in Brazil. The government, instead of going to Brazil, they decided to leave to Boston, in the New World.

By 1815, Napoleon had won in Europe (with the exception of the Iberian Peninsula) and he manage to stay in power, but the Luso-British Royal Family did not return to Lisbon, but the government did return to Europe after a good manage of their American holdings and development, plus, they oversaw the conquest of more lands to them until they reach Louisiana, which became part of the Union.

The Union was in the process of making slavery illegal around the Empire, and making all slaves free people, but some people in Brazil did not wanted this to happen, and so a war started in Brazil and in the North American South Territories, know the Slavery War (1848 - 1852), in which Pedro IV of the Luso-British Union, had to travel to Europe to manage to get support, and he got it from Austrian Empire, Prussia and the United Kingdom of the Netherlands in the war. The Abolitionists won the war, and the slavery was formally abolish on November 1st, 1852 around the Empire, finishing a terrible chapter for mankind. The war show to the world that many people did not want it abolish, but the Union show that many people did not want slaves. Plus, many citizens from Ireland, Portugal and Spain joined the ranks to fight for the abolitionist.

This new type of monarchy manage to adapt in a Europe that was on the hands of France. But the Union had other wars to manage. The first was the War of Paraguay (1865 - 1870), in which the Republic of Paraguay was ended when it was incorporated into Brazil. It later got back independence as a kingdom with a Spanish prince. Next was the Alaska Incident (1871), when the Russian Empire and the Union almost started a war over Alaska. Everything ended up with the Russian Tsar asking for forgiveness to Emperor Pedro V of the Luso-British Union for the mistake. It was around this time that the Union colonized Eastern Australia and New Zealand.

It was also in the 19th Century when the Union went to war with China. This was because the nation had skipped certain restrictions imposed by the Chinese, including selling opium in Canton. This led to the nine Opium Wars (1834 - 1889), in which the Luso-British Army and the Royal Navy ended up destroying the oldest country in the world using only its navy. In the process the union gained more territory for Macau (in Portuguese hands since 1557) as well as Hong Kong. It also opened new cities to trade, like Shangai, and this signalled the end of the Chinese Empire in 1907.

The last conquest were on the African continent. The Union, Napoleonic France, Spain, the Netherlands and the Hellenic Kingdom were the only countries to make into the interior of Africa, but they did not bother to conquer, like, 90% of the continent, since the major economies could not make conquest of all of Africa possible. In 1878, Egypt was conquered by the Union after the Ottoman Navy open fire on Alexandria during a rebellion and hit the Luso-British consulate, making the Royal Navy, stationed in Malta, sail to Alexandria and open fire on the Ottoman Navy. Angola and Mozambique were later add into the Imperial Realms, with their conquest lasting from 1886 until 1899. South Africa was already with Portuguese influence and the Dutch did not interfere in that, or, at least, in the area between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth.

When the 20th Century came into play, Europe went to war, when Prussia ceased to be an ally of France and attacked the Confederation of the Rhine. In what was called the 10 Years' War (1901 - 1911), France, although it had won the war, lost a lot of ground in Europe, as well as seeing countries destroyed. The war ended in 1911 with a loss for the Coalition of Prussia with the Austrian Empire, which was eventually dissolved in 1917 due to several revolts. It was then when Prussia almost fell to the Syndicalist, if it wasn't for the Union helping them.

The Union remained neutral, as it still had conquests to make, both territorially and scientifically. Further, in 1910 until 1919, the territory of Portugal had problems with republican revolts, which ended in defeat for them and a victory for the monarchists. But when France regain strength in 1927, they created problems for Europe, including the building of the dams of the Terranova Project, and then because in 1934, a world crisis occurred with the Paris Crash. This caused the Luso-British Union to federalise and become the Imperial Federation in 1948.

From then on, the Imperial Federation managed to consolidate its power, and the Imperial Monarch gained the title of "Emperor", rivalling the French Imperial Throne. 74 years later, the Empire continues in its conquest for culture and preservation both of nature and of the history that was made in the world, having its museums replicas of what is found. But it was September 2022 when history change forever. On September 1st, 2022, the Empress Elizabeth II had another Jubilee, the Second Diamond Jubilee, celebrating 74 years in the throne. On September 8th, disaster struck: at 15:10pm, the Empress had died on Buckingham Palace. No one expected that she would die this time soon, including her children. She was the longest-reigning monarch of the Empire and of the World, removing the title from King Louis XIV of France. Less than a month later, the Commonwealth of Nations was created.

As of now, the Commonwealth has a new empress, Empress Cristiana I.

3 - Geography and Population

3.1. - Geography

The geography of the Commonwealth is very diverse.

From the mountains of the snow in Canada to the Sahara desert in Egypt, the nation has everything, so to speak.

The Commonwealth has several borders with several countries. In Europe, it has a border with the Kingdom of Galicia, by the Kingdom of Leon and by the Kingdom of Granada via Portugal. and with Brittany, Napoleonic France, the Paris Comune and by the Counties of Flanders and Wallonia via Normandie.

In North America, it borders the several tribal nations, the Kingdom of Texas and the Empire of Mexico, on South America it borders by the Republic of Venezuela, the Kingdom of Gran Colombia, Republic of Peru, the Kingdom of Bolivia, the Kingdom of Paraguay and by the Argentine State.

In Africa, it borders by the French Empire, by the Empire of Mali, by the Kingdom of Granada, by the Hellenic Kingdom and by the Egyptian Sultanate in the north, in the centre by the many tribal states, the Kingdom of Tanzania, by Beachland and in the south by more tribal states, the Union of South Africa and by the Zulu Empire.

In Arabia it borders the Kingdom of Arabia, the Kingdom of Oman and the Imperial State of Iran.
In the Indian subcontinent with the by several Indian states.

In China with the Chinese Empire from Macau and Hong Kong and in South Asia with the Kingdom of Thailand via the Strait Cities and the Dutch East Indies via the Kingdom of Timor and Kingdom of Jakarta.

3.2. - Climate

The Commonwealth's climate is diverse as is its geography.

From the territories of Brazil to Timor, there are several climates that define each territory. In the North, New York and Halifax, during the winter, it snows a lot in these territories, making impossible for people to go around anywhere in vehicles. This also happens in the Falklands

Nassau, Jamaica, Barbados, Guiana and Brazil is known for being a perfect place to go to the beach with its magnificent sun and tropical climate, which makes it known.

In Europe, the climate changes depending on the seasons. London and Coimbra are known for always raining, but it is like that all over Portugal, Great Britain and Ireland. Portugal has a similar climate, but it is more towards the Mediterranean, the same can happen in Madeira but not in the Azores. In Africa, we have the tropical climates that abound in the center, the continent and in some states and also a desert climate in Morocco and Egypt. The situation is the same in Arabia.

In Indian Cities, the climate is like in Southern Italy. The south is warmer, and that helps when people go to make trade or staying on holiday. And in the rest of Asia to the Timor, it is a bit tropical, but also with storms that hit Timor and Jakarta in the years 1949, 1989 and 2002.

3.3. - Environment

The Kingdom of Great Britain is known to have started the Industrial Revolution in 1730, but Portugal manage to adapt all thanks to Marquês do Pombal. And from the 19th century onwards, several factories were built for a population that was moving to cities.

But from the middle of the twentieth century, new environmental measures had to be implemented, before the consequences were observed.

But with the measures implemented, the industries have also adapted. From 1990, new technologies began to be used so that the industry was less polluting and that it helps to contribute to the beautiful environment.

Nowadays, the environment is clean and protected by the measures taken in the last century, being praised by several nations that now have to fight against what the Empire managed to avoid before it was too late, as in several nations in China and elsewhere from Asia.

4 - Demographics

4.1. - Population

The Commonwealthee population is very diverse when it comes to living in cities.

Although in India almost all live together, since the territory is not that big, in cities like Coimbra or Lisbon the population is more spread out, due to the commerce that occupies the old buildings.

But many people live in the countryside, despite indications that the population would live almost entirely on the coast. This is due to government programs to send people to the imperial interior that were beginning to remain as if they were being abandoned. This made it possible for many villages to survive and helped the population of India to descend in many cities, to help with the water distribution system and the environment. Coimbra, although is not in the Top 10 Largest Cities, it is the Imperial Capital.

4.2. - Language

When the Imperial Federation was alived, the official language was English and Portuguese, but now that rule is extinct. There is no official language, but many still use English and Portuguese.

There are other official languages, which are: French, Hindu, Spanish, Arab, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese. The conservation of languages are important for the Commonwealth, which is rich in history and culture.

All languages are taught in all schools of the Commonwealth, and with secondary languages are German and Italian. Portuguese is one of the official languages to help in the territories that were from the old Portuguese Empire; English is an official language due to that it is one of the main languages of the world; French is an official language due to the question of Europe, which France still has some control, Hindi is an official language because India is one of the states with the most population from across the empire, Spanish is an official language because of the border and Morocco, and Arab and Mandarin Chinese are official languages because they are needed for trade and negotiations in Arabia and Asia.

The seven languages make the Commonwealth multicultural and multiracial in the eyes of the world.

4.3. - Religion

The issue of religion is very delicate to discuss.

It has always been a European issue to teach Christianity to various populations, especially in Africa. But when federalism was created in 1948 and then again in 2022, this issue was brought to the table by India, as they had Hindu as their main religion. The same happened with China and Brazil.

This issue was first resolved in 1934, when the Lisbon Proclamation was made, extinguishing the state's official religion and saying that the state did not have an official religion. Many liked this attitude on the part of Coimbra to keep the Commonwealth together. There were another proclamations over the years about this issue, but it did not have impact on the first one.

Even today, despite the coronations being made at Jerónimo Abbey, the monarch is no longer head of the Church of Portugal, but the Archbishop of Jerónimo is now the head of the Church of Portugal.

4.4. - Largest Cities

Rank	City	Metro area population	State
1	São Paulo	21,650,000	Kingdom of Brazil
2	Cairo	20,076,000	Kingdom of Egypt
3	Bombaim	19,980,000	United Kingdom of the Indian Cities
4	Rio de Janeiro	13,293,000	Kingdom of Brazil
5	São Tomé de Maliapore	10,456,000	United Kingdom of the Indian Cities
6	London	9,046,000	United Kingdoms of Portugal and Great Britain
7	Chicago	8,864,000	Kingdom of Columbia
8	Luanda	7,774,000	Kingdom of Angola
9	Hong Kong	7,429,000	The Principality of Hong Kong
10	Toronto	6,082,000	Kingdom of Canada

5 - Politics

5.1. - Government

The Commonwealth of Nations is a federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy.
The parliament is a multi-party with universal suffrage to all citizens of the Commonwealth and all those are abroad and that can't go to their normal polling station to vote, by going to the embassies.

The President of the Government is elected by all citizens of the Empire in a day that the government chooses. On the election night, if the candidate that won doesn't get a majority in parliament, he is forced to make a coalition government, known as the National Goverment, which only happen two times. If he/she gets the majority, then he goes to Dundurn Castle to be asked by the monarch to form a government in his/her name. The prime minister that broke the record on winning five consecutive times was the conservative Margaret Thatcher, serving from 1979 until 1997, almost 20 years.

The monarch, in this case, Empress Cristiana I, is the Head of State of the Commonwealth and part of the Royal House of Chaves. Their powers are ceremonial, but he can often become head of government.

If the president of the government is involved in a corruption case or ends up having health problems and has to leave the government, the monarch will temporarily assume that power until the party finds a replacement. If not found, the monarch will call the population to early elections so that the government can continue or else a new government comes to power.

The Commonwealth of Nations can be divided into three parts: Kingdoms, Principalities and a Metropolitan Capital City.

The Metropolitan Capital City is Ottawa, located inside of the Kingdom of Canada, is the capital of the Commonwealth. The question of where the capital should be located came in 1955, when London and Lisbon couldn't keep up with all, so a new capital had to be pick, and the winner was Ottawa. The then Imperial Government moved to their new work place and the monarch soon follow.

The kingdoms are headed by kings appointed by the Monarch or by the government when the Imperial Majesty is not available and the principalities are headed by princes. The Kingdoms and Principalities are run by Prime Ministers, who are chosen by the local population. These prime ministers have to answer to the President of the Government who is in Ottawa. In Ottawa, the Parliament meats in Parliament Hill, where representatives of all the parties of the Commonwealth are represented in the national level. The Kings/Queens and Princes/Princesses all report the the Monarch, but this is a more of informal, since the real politics is with the Prime Ministers.

Each kingdom, each principality and the federal city is represented by a civil ensign. The flag of each state must fly in the house of parliament, in government buildings and in royal residences when the monarch is there.

These flags must be next to the national flag, and if the monarch or someone important dies, it must be half hoisted. The new flags were created in the beginning of 2001, when a change of the style of flag was in need. It was Empress Elizabeth II herself who asked for the flags to be updated, since the old ones had been in use since 1952.

There was a contest to present the new civil ensign, and no one won. Most of the designs were to keep the canton of the flag, but if there were to have a National Flag change, they would have to change all. So, a new solution was proposed, and every nation has a flag that represents them, like the one in display.
Plus, the colours that each flag will have is to represent each territory, so there is not a colour rule for this.

Of course, there are also other flags for federal states that do not follow the civil ensigns, which is the case with the flag of the United Kingdoms of Portugal and Great Britain, which stands as an example of not following the original pattern. The flag was originaly made for the Imperial Federation, but after the end of the Federation and beginning of the Commonwealth, the flag is now used for the kingdom mention above.

The entire Commonwealth is represented by its flags in front of the Parliament Building, in which only the flags are represented, from the National to the one of each of the kingdoms and principalities. The flag of the Ottawa is already flying around the city, so no need to be there. This shows that since 1922 each population and each culture has its rights preserved and represented and protected from syndicalism.

5.2. - The Imperial Family

The nation is a monarchy, and a monarchy has to have a imperial family, which in this case is the House of Chaves that rules the Commonwealth of Nations since 1934.

The house came into government when the last member of the House of Braganza, King Manuel II, died in 1932, leaving no heir to succeed him. With a looming royal crisis, the then President of the Government Thomas Shelby decided to call the late king's mother, D. Amelia of Orleans, to be regent of the Union which had still been in place since 1750. Amelia's regency lasted almost two years, but on 2 June 1934, a new king was crowned in Chaves, as Prince George Frederick became King George III of the Luso-British Union.

With the entry of the new house, a new era began for the country as changes were implemented for the new house, helping to restrict many of their powers but retaining the properties they brought to the imperial family.
It was also the beginning of what was to become the imperial house that would empower the nation and stand up to the Bonaparte House of the French Empire, as well as creating a new record, as George III's granddaughter, Empress Elizabeth II, surpassed the record of King Louis XIV of France in terms of the longevity of her reign, having reigned between 1948 and 2022, thus making 74 years of reign.

The imperial family is quite powerful, given the wealth they have acquired over the centuries and their influence within the nobility. They have houses in all the states that make up the Commonwealth of Nations as well as companies, as some members have founded companies to support themselves. And of course, no member is exempt from taxes.

Many members also have offices within the Commonwealth, such as the Brazilian Royal Family, where the monarch is the brother of the Empress and who has children in other kingdoms to rule. As this is a powerful family, they have had an impact on the lives of Brazilians as well as the people of the other kingdoms they rule.

Not to mention the adventures the Brazilian king, Jorge I, has had over the decades. He has made a fortune in investing in the military and merchant navy, with one of the imperial yachts always at his service.

Speaking of which, the royal family controls eight yachts: the HMIY Resolute, the HMIY Nyara, the HMIY Naomi, the HMIY Nexus, the HMIY Sarai, the HMIY Pandora, the HMIY Rayla and the HMIY Phoenix. The imperial family takes care of all four, as it is the imperial family that regularly uses them for travel. Of course, they can also lend them to the government when it needs them, but they are still part of the imperial family's furniture.

Each imperial yacht has their captain, been in total 8 captains: 4 men and 4 women. The captains must have serviced either in the Imperial Navy or in the Merchant Navy, but they still have a special class to prepare themselves for what is to come with their new vessels. Since these were ocean liners, most are familiar how one works, but now these were rebuilt, and their machinery was replaced with new one. And they would not carrying normal passengers, but members of the Imperial Family.

Their uniform is all white, except for the shirt, which is black because of the white tie. Most of them have medals, for their deeds during crisis, like the Irish Syndicalist Rebellion or the attacks on Commonwealth ships in the Indian Ocean. They are not appointed by the government, but by the monarch, since its mostly the Imperial Family that uses these yachts.
Inside, they show a splendour that newer ocean liners don’t have. The Room of Louis XIV, which is located on HMIY Nexus, is an example of it. It represents a style that once existed in the beginning of the 20th Century, and it was very popular on ocean liners, but now they have new styles, so the monarch decided to recreate that room inside Nexus.

The ships were heavily modified to fit the standards of the Imperial Family, as well of their crewmen and members of the government, when they use the ships. New engines were put in place to replace the old ones, new ventilation system, etc. People can see these former ocean liners almost around the world since they are constantly on the move. Whenever there is a crisis, the HMIY Pandora is put into service for the Monarch and the Government as an escape plan and strategy plan, in case the capital is threaten or any city that the monarch is currently in.

The yachts attract many people when they are in dock, and they are permitted to visit during a time, before the ships departure, since they would only stop for refuelling or for the night because of the weather..

The Imperial Yachts:

Name	Built	Building Place	Entered Service	Captain
HMIY Resolute former Oceanic II	Original built: April 21st, 1913 Rebuilt: July 6th, 2007	Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Kingdom of Ireland	October 5th, 2018	Captain Américo Rodrigues (2018 - ...)
HMIY Nyara former Titanic	Built: May 31st, 1911 Rebuilt: August 9th, 2010	Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Kingdom of Ireland	May 5th, 2019	Captain Amélia Mota (2019 - ...)
HMIY Naomi former Britannic II	Built: February 1st, 1912 Rebuilt: May 9th, 2013	Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Kingdom of Ireland	July 7th, 2019	Captain Richard Jackson (2019 - ...)
HMIY Nexus former Aquitania	Built: October 11th, 1913 Rebuilt: January 9th, 2015	John Brown & Co, Clydebank, United Kingdoms of Portugal and Great Britain	January 1st, 2020	Captain Mia Dawson (2020 - ...)

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Name	Built	Building Place	Entered Service	Captain
HMIY Sarai former Gigantic	Original built: April 21st, 1913 Rebuilt: July 6th, 2008	Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Kingdom of Ireland	October 10th, 2020	Captain António Albuquerque (2020 - ...)
HMIY Pandora former Mauretania	Built: September 20th, 1906 Rebuilt: August 9th, 2017	Swan Hunter, Northumberland, United Kingdoms of Portugal and Great Britain	April 8th, 2021	Captain Carolina dos Ramos Albertina (2021 - ...)
HMIY Rayla former Lusitania	Built: June 7th, 1906 Rebuilt: May 9th, 2013	John Brown & Co, Clydebank, United Kingdoms of Portugal and Great Britain	August 18th, 2021	Captain Albert Reagen (2021 - ...)
HMIY Phoenix former Republic III	Built: October 11th, 1913 Rebuilt: January 9th, 2015	Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Kingdom of Ireland	March 1st, 2022	Captain Rose Carter (2022 - ...)

But of course, the imperial family doesn't only travel by ship. To get around wherever they go, they always have two means of transport: one is the train, in case they want to go from one city to another, or in case of Africa and North America, from one kingdom to the other; another means to get around in the city is the Rolls-Royce car.

“Take the best that exists and make it better. When it does not exist, design it.”
Sir Henry Royce

The words of one of the founders of the car company are demonstrated in this beautiful car that you see here: the Rolls-Royce 103EX.
This car is the first ever vision vehicle, and embodies just one of the endless possibilities that awaits. A personalised icon for the future, providing a sanctuary of calm in an ever-faster world. The pinnacle of effortless autonomous travel, this new and autonomous car takes all members of the imperial family to anywhere.

The use of this automobile, as well as the ships, shows that the imperial family uses nationally manufactured transport, demonstrating confidence in national products and encouraging people to use these products.

With the future getting closer and closer, the imperial family shows that they don't have to be afraid, but adapt to the future, which will be full of technologies, like the Rolls-Royce, as well as the old ships, which received an enormous overall to continue sailing after more than a century of sailing.

The imperial family is the family that inspired the nation to keep fighting when the fight seemed lost and that helps encourage companies and cities to do more, to become more autonomous and reducing polution. With their many state visits around the Commonwealth, the popularity of the Imperial Family has always risen, though it always had its up and downs.

6 - Foreign Office and Military

6.1. - Foreign Office

After the creation of the Imperial Federation, the old embassies of each kingdom were united into one, and the Foreign Office gained more power, as it now got more opportunities to negotiate.

It was when France became a syndicalist in 1918 until 1924 that Prussia and the Federation came together, not only because of royal marriages, but politically, since the Empire's enemy ended up in revolution and was now attacking them.

Since 1934, Prussia and the Imperial Federation have collaborated to maintain peace, but both have different alliances. Prussia has had the Reichspakt since 1928 and the Empire created its own in 1949.

The Empire, in 1949, along side with the Kingdom of Galicia and the Kingdom of León, founded the European Economic and Military Community, or EEMC for short. It is a economic and military block that was founded to defend against the French Continental System. The Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Tsardom of Bulgaria joined in 1953 and the Hellenic Kingdom and the United Kingdoms of Sicily joined in 1957. The Kingdoms of Denmark and Romania joined in 1959. The Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia joined in 1960

The community has been envolved in various crisis in the beginning of the 50's and they almost every time came up on top of the Syndicalism faction. Today, these 7 nations are more united than before, and with the help of their overseas provinces, kingdoms and principalities in case of Commonwealth of Nations, they can help with the economy of the nine.

They are the second most powerful alliance in the world, behind their main rival, but in terms of economics, they are the most powerful economic in the world. They even developed Concorde, but only the richer people travels on them. Most people travel by sea, on big Ocean Liners.

Of the former nations, none has a special relationship with the Commnwealth, as the old Dutch South Africa continues with Apartheid and Burma and Thailand still have close ties to the Bonapartes.

But it has a special relationship with the Empire of Mexico, since the royal family is also linked to Mexico by the Royal House of Chaves, and this happen in Hellenic Kingdom too, and also has an economic connection with Japan, especially in Oil. Ethiopia and Iran have large embassies in Ottawa, after the Empress Elizabeth II went to the celebrations of each imperial state.

6.2. - Military

Of the entire army, pride is located in the Commonwalth Navy. The oldest navy in the world, the Lusophone Imperial Navy patrols the Atlantic and helps protect the Commonwealth. Although the age of the great warships has passed, there are still three large warships: HMS Portugal, HMS Angola and HMS Brazil.

The navy now has cruisers, frigates and destroyers in every corner of the world, especially in Lisbon, London and Macau. But it also has aircraft carriers, one of which is the most recent, the Empress Elizaebth Class Aircraft Carrier, being the most innovative to help transport planes to any corner of the world. Only two are currently in operation, with three more being built.

The Commonwealth Army is one of the most experienced in the world, being used to any climate on the planet: from the cold of North America to the forests of Africa/Brazil and the Sahara Desert.

Since 1900, the army has participated in several wars, despite the 10 Years War (1901 - 1911), the context in which this federation was created. When the Ottoman Empire fell in 1919, the then Luso-British Union (1750 - 1948), helped the young Kingdom of Arabia to maintain the territories they were allowed, with the exception of Palestine, which would be a safe place for Jews and not only . The Union Army was called upon to protect this territory for 20 years, when they were withdrawn when Palestine signed a treaty with Arabia in 1943.

He also participated in the Thai War (1950 - 1974), when syndicalism tried to overthrow the democratic government. The war lasted 24 years. But also in the Civil War in Afghanistan (1979 - 1990), when the communism that had been tried in Russia tried to be implemented in Afghanistan. Although it was a failure, it helped bring the two countries closer together after the victory of the monarchists in 1990.

The royal army was involved in the Irish Syndicalist Rebellion (1997 - 2001), in which they want to form a synchicalist state alongside a monarchical state. This started when France urged that this situation be reached, to distracted England, which is was over by 2001, when the royalist irish manage to put an end to the rebelion.

The Commonwealth Air Force was created during the 10 Years War, and was important during 1920 to 1925, when it was necessary to help Greece in 1921 and the South Africa and African population in Central Africa.

After that, the CAF played an important role when Argentina, before falling into civil war, attacked the Falklands in the spring of 1987. It was this that helped to retain control of the Falklands and that Margaret Thatcher, the Presindent of the Government of the Imperial Federation between 1979 and 1997, remained in power, despite not being popular.

It also helped in the Afghanistan war in observing the territory and attacking communist/syndicalist positions.

6.3. - NationStates

So, in terms of the game itself, NationStates, The Commonwealth of Nations of NorthPortugal is a colossal nation that is part of the region of Europe. It started in 2017, but it went inactive in January 2020, but by the end of that year it came back as a fully nation and it never went inactive again, being this her reborn.

It makes part of the region of Europe, after been in the region of Portugal since its beginning until December 2020, and it is part of the World Assembly. In the region, the nation served as 2nd Deputy Commissioner between February 2022 until May 2022, under the leadership of The Open Principality of Eco-Paris Reformation, and now is serving as Commissioner after a landslide victory on the 27th of March 2023 election, against The Principality of Helisweerde and The Socialist Democracy of Burvenchkaht. It is also part of the Home Office and of the Foreign Office, been a diplomat in the region of Osiris. After completing its term as Commissioner, the nation will retire of the politics of the region and live a quiet life.
(Written on 03rd of April, 2023)

7 - Economy

The Commonwealth economy is the second largest economy in the world, behind the French economy.

The Commonwealth Pound was once the second most powerful currency in the world, in what was called the Pax Francia (1815 - 1901), but it remains a strong currency because it has managed to adapt to the new times and also able to adapt to the imperial system.

Despite the economic crises of 1934 and 2010, which hit the whole world, the Commonwealth economy had to adapt that times were changing, and many cuts were made, but this also helped that there was no war and that support social programs and programs were created.

It was even the crisis of 2010, when Empress Elizabeth II caused the government to create more social programs and more jobs, and that it started to cut in many aspects. It was also when the royal family started paying taxes, also after the Windsor Castle Fire in 1992 and the Pena Palace Fire in 1999.

The economy is also supported by the tourism industry, which is now an industry that continues to expand, as places with Angola, India, Brazil and even Portugal and Macau are chosen by tourists to visit and learn from. But the transport industry also helps, as many choose Lusophone shipping companies to reach different destinations. One such company is Lusophone Navegation Company.

The company is responsible for a 70% of the profits of the main organization that controls all Commonwealth Shipping Lines, the Imperial Navigation Organization. In the photograph, we can see three ships of different companies. These are: the S.S. Oriana (left) from the Royal Oceania Company; the S.S. America (in the middle) from the Insulin Shipping Company and the S.S. Columbus (right) from the African Navigation Company.

They can also serve in cases of disaster. In the photograph, the three ships are in Rhodes. They had arrived in response to the Tilos Disaster and the Hellenic Government asked help with ships, and they came to the distress call.

8 - Culture

Culture defines a nation. This is the case with the Commonwealth. The culture that the countries had became one when the Imperial Federation was created in 1948 and then the Commonwealth in 2022.

Many cultures were preserved due to this act, since french syndicalism often destroys cultures, as it almost happened in 1923.

Literature, music, painting define the nation's culture in a world where culture is in danger of unionism. And the Commonwealth helped to protect many of these cultures, especially after the Spanish Flu attacked the world between 1918 and 1920.

And one of that culture is Fado, which was invented in Portugal in the 1920's, and had the greasted singer of all times, Amália Rodrigues. And fado is divided between two types: the Lisbon Fado, a more sad fado, and the Coimbra Fado, used by students, a more happy fado.

8.1. - Architecture

When it comes to architecture, it is very diverse.

Modern architecture originated in the decades after the French Revolution, then known as La Belle Époque (1871 - 1901).

Lisbon is a clear example of this. It went from being a medieval city to being a modern city, the capital of a great nation, but now it is the capital of a Kingdom inside the Empire. And of course, now the city has modern buildings that show the growth of the city and of course, many of the old buildings are being recovered, such as the Terreiro do Paço , in Lisbon. The Ribeira Palace, which was in the site of the Terreiro, was destroyed in 1755, and in there, a new building arose from the ashes of the Earthquake.

One of the styles of architecture that is still seen and that is often used in buildings is the Neo-Manueline. Portugal is a clear example of this style, since it is a style that corresponds to the reign of King Manuel I in the 16th Century. Neo-Manueline is a revival style of architecture which drew from the 16th century Manueline Late Gothic architecture of Portugal. Neo-Manueline constructions have been built across Portugal, Brazil, and the rest of the Commonwealth. An example of that is the Pena Palace, the Imperial Palace.

Another example of revival is the Palace of Westminster and Elizabeth Tower, in London. After the old palace was hit with a fire in 1834, a competition for the reconstruction of the Palace was made, and the architect Charles Barry won with a design for new buildings in the Gothic Revival style, specifically inspired by the English Perpendicular Gothic style of the 14th–16th centuries.

The Elizabeth Tower came after. The tower was designed by Augustus Pugin, and completed in 1859. In the same style as the Palace, the tower, know by the people as the Big Ben, is a symbol of London and stands as the last building of the Palace. It was restored between 2017 and 2022, with the bells ringing only in New Year's Eve but they always remained silent until the restoration was completed in 2022.

There is also the Indian style, in which many buildings in India have this style, such as the royal home of the monarchs in Goa or Bombaim. Some houses in Estoril also have a lot of this style.

Alaska also has its own style, which can be seen in the Commonwealth Parliament building in Ottawa. An imperial style that everyone admires a lot. Hong Kong and Macau also have their own architecture and Africa too, but European architecture is often used.

8.2. - Literature

Literature is also an important milestone in culture.

The Commonwealth had great writers in the past, such as Luís Vaz de Camões or José Saramago. Both with two great works: Camões with "Os Lusíadas", the great empope of Portuguese discoveries and José Saramago, which is Nobel Prize of Literature in 1998.

But in the 19th century there was also a great Portuguese writer who demonstrated the great writing that is still read in schools today: Eça de Queiroz, with his most important work "Os Maias". Other of is books is "O Crime do Padre Amaro" which was his first romance. He passed away in 1900.

But there are also other great writers, as well as female writers. In India, we have the writer Arundhati Roy, in which she wrote great novels and remains a great writer.

In Brazil we had Machado de Assis, in which he wrote the pitaph of a Small Winner (1881), a novel that features a whimsical, dead narrator who insists on telling the story of his life with Shandy-esque digressions. His success as a novelist contributed to a more open society. He died in 1908.

In Angola, we had the famous António Agostinho Neto, also known as the "Great Angolan Poet". Agostinho Neto's poetic works were written chiefly between 1946 and 1960, largely in Portugal. He published three books of poetry during his lifetime. Poems included collections like Sacred Hope, which was published in 1974 (Titled Dry Eyes in the Portuguese Version). He passed away in 1979, on a car crash, having Angola losing a great poet.

8.3. - Sports

In terms of sports, the nation plays a variety of sports: you have baseball, volleyball, golf, basketball, etc. But the most important sport of the nation, the one that brings more money and the one that makes everyone go crazy is football.

It is important to say that football was invented in Great Britain, but it did not catch on to everywhere in the nation until the mid-1920’s.

But, by the 1930’s, football was becoming ever more popular and new teams started forming, though there were ones that were founded between the 1880’s and the 1900’s. Every nation in the entire world has their football team, and each one has their national football team, the ones that they represent in international competitions. In case of the Commonwealth, there isn’t one national team, but several. Only on the Olympics the team is the same, but in terms of football, every nation inside of the Commonwealth can show what they are worth it.

Of course, there are regional teams as well, with their own championship, but the most important of all, the Queen of Championships, the Commonwealth Cup, is the one that most clubs don’t have it. Created in 1932, this championship is the toughest of all, since it brings clubs from all over the nation that are strong, and that finish on the 1st and 2nd place, the 3rd places can participate, but after the Elimination Round before the start of the season. Those who wins this coup become legends, like Eusebio and Sport Lisboa e Benfica, when they won in 1968 against Manchester United, or like Grupo Desportivo de Chaves and the Associação Académica de Coimbra – O.A.F. that against all odds won this coup.

The table on the right shows the winners from 2012 until 2022, with this year’s final was cancel, due to problems with corruption inside the competition committee for this year, but it was going to be played in Sydney, Australia in June 2023. The monarch always watches the game, since after the match ends, the monarchs deliver the trophy to the winning team, and they celebrate. It is almost costume to the monarch of the state that the final takes place to appear in the match game. The famous throphy is on display on the left.

This is all that most people have interest at the moment, with 88% preferring football, but other sports are getting more and more popular each year, specially Women’s Football.

9 - Infrastructure

When it comes to infrastructure, the theme differs a lot.

The main form of transport is the train, since the line from Rio to Montevideo Railway was built between 1926 to 1938, but they also had to be updated for the new type of high speed train, developed in the Kingdom of Louisiana, the so-called TurboTrain.

But another means of transport is automobiles. Since the expansion of trains, many roads have also started to be built throughout the Empire, with several and several kilometers of road. It ended up sweetening when the highways were built in the 1960s.

Another means is maritime. The Commonwealth needs a navy to help protect its citizens as well as to transport goods. Ports were built throughout the Commonwealth and the Lisbon Port, for example, was expanded and updated. Although there are also commercial airplanes, many prefer to use the sea to go from side to side, taking advantage of a trip by sea.

And of course, the energy and water supply system is not very complex, since each state has its own system, it is not one, but it would be chaos. All systems are controlled by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

9.1. - Energy

At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, one of the energy sources to be used was coal.

But with the advancement of technologies, oil started to be used, this since the Commonwealth has access to Arabian oil. But from the mid-twentieth century, when environmental measures were being implemented, new technologies were implemented so that pollution started to decrease.

In the 21st century, with the expansion of these measures, renewable energies started to be used, and when 2021 arrived, more than 80% of homes and companies are using renewable energies, making the use of less non-renewable energies, as in the case of oil. And thanks to this, the pollution rate is the lowest in Europe and the world.

10 - References

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