Mervustan
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Mervustan | |
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| Province of Mervustan | |
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| Mottoes: "Onwards, Mervustan!" | |
| Sovereign State |  Roscamistan |
| Type | Province under a devolved presidential government |
| Body | Mervustani government |
| Established | 27 April 2021 |
| Founded by | Thomas Jacobs and James Irwin |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Matthew Tonna |
| • Lieutenant Governor | Adam Flannery |
| • Speaker of the Legislative Assembly | vacant |
| • Governing party | Republican Bloc |
| Area | |
| • Total | 70 km2 (30 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Total | 20 |
| Time zone | GMT |
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Mervustan, officially the Province of Mervustan, is one of the provinces in Roscamistan, one of the three metropolitan provinces and the oldest province in Roscamistan, having been founded on 27 April 2021. Mervustan was created after the merging of the province of Mervue, the colony of Renmore and a few surrounding protectorates by Thomas Jacobs. It is in the east of the nation.
History
The history of Mervustan dates back to 1 April 2021, when Thomas Jacobs , President of Roscamistan annexed the Galway city east area of Mervue, and after Jacobs devolved some powers to a local government in Mervue. After some negotiations, James Irwin, a low minister in the Government of Roscamistan, was made the local head of government called the Premier of Mervue. The Galway city east area of Renmore was made a self-governing colony, with David Moore as the first Premier.
On 27 April 2021, after Terryland, Briarhill, and Ballybane were annexed, Thomas Jacobs merged the Province of Mervue and the Colony of Renmore with the other regions were merged into the Province of Mervustan, and James Irwin became the first Prime Minister of a larger autonomous province within Roscamistan, and David Moore as the Deputy Prime Minister. On 1 May 2021, James Irwin became the first Chief of the Defence Staff of the Roscamistan Defence Forces, and gained the rank of Captain. He now was the professional head of the Defence Forces, only below the President of Roscamistan in his capacity as Commander in Chief. He was the dominant figure in the early history of Mervustan, but was mad at the Central Government under Thomas Jacobs legislating more and more in Mervustan directly, this is one of the many factors that led to the 17thMayCoup.
May Coup
The 17th May Coup was an attempt from 17 May 2021 to 18 May 2021 to get rid of the Jacobs Government. The main people involved were Captain James Irwin, Major Kayden Conboy, Mayor-Chancellor of Galway City, Dean Merritt, Deputy Defence Minister, and David Moore. Tadhg O’Regan, Minister of Agriculture and a few others were in support of Thomas Jacobs but to no avail, as the rebel forces won. James Irwin became the second President of Roscamistan, and Kayden Conboy became the second Vice President of Roscamistan
Final days of James Irwin’s Presidency
After the success that was the coup, disunity within the entourage of James Irwin was taking its toll and after a long decline, James Irwin on 23 June 2021 resigned from the presidency of Roscamistan and the premiership of Mervustan. Thomas Jacobs became President of Roscamistan, and Kayden Conboy was removed from the Vice-Presidency, being replaced with Culann Burke, fourth Vice President before the coup.
Temporary abolition
On 26 June 2021, Mervustan was stripped of its autonomy and abolished as an entity. The territory of the former Mervustan was reconstituted as the directly ruled Mervue-Renmore. Mervue-Renmore was not a popular entity, and on 28 June 2021, Evan Irwin, brother of James, was invited to become the second Prime Minister of Mervustan, restoring the Province of Mervustan. Evan accepted the invitation, becoming head of government of Mervustan.
Adam Flannery’s time in Mervustan
On 19 September 2022, Premier Evan Irwin and First Secretary of State Adam Flannery decided to create a provincial army unit in Mervustan. The name decided was the Mervustan Militia, with Adam Flannery as the Commander of the Mervustan Militia and Evan Irwin as Lieutenant Commander. Adam Flannery was given the new role of the Governor of Mervustan, the representative of the Central Government in Mervustan. The commander of the Mervustan Militia became an ex officio role held by the Governor of Mervustan. The Prime Minister became the ex officio Lieutenant Commander.
Reforms of November and second national constitution
On 3 November 2021, disunity led to Thomas Jacobs carrying out major reforms. He sacked nearly the entire national cabinet, declared Evan Irwin incapacitated. David Moore became the acting prime minister and Mervustan was revived in a new effort for unity. The Province became the place for all presidential inaugurations in future near the Mervue United sports ground.
December 2021 and January 2022
On 4 December 2021, Captain David Moore resigned from the Premiership of Mervustan, and Dean Merritt, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs succeeded him, becoming the fourth Prime Minister of Mervustan, and the third under Governor Adam Flannery. After a successful period, he resigned on 24 December 2021 due to health issues. The Premiership of Mervustan became vacant, with Adam Flannery in his capacity as Governor ran the province in place of the prime minister.
Annexation of Terryland Region by Ballinfoyleburg
On 19 December 2021, unknown to them, President Sean Mulryan and Vice President Ludwig Collins of Ballinfoyleburg annexed the Mervustani region of Terryland, and created the provinces of New Paris and New Berlin. Adam Flannery, Vice President of Roscamistan and Paramount Leader was mad at this. He passed a bill in the Reichstag that made him infallible. Using this power he sacked Ludwig Collins from his Roscamistan positions, and became the 3rd Chief of the Defence Staff, succeeding Ludwig Collins. Jan Kotonski became the 2nd Propaganda Minister, succeeding Collins.
Eventually Terryland was returned and Ballinfoyleburg was allowed to exist. A joint diplomatic council was created between the two sides. Adam later surrendered his emergency powers.
Adam Flannery as acting Prime Minister of Mervustan
On 7 January 2022, Adam Flannery became the fifth and acting Prime Minister so he can keep running Mervustan properly.
Mervustan gubernatorial referendum
Over the coming months, the province’s government became less and less active. The Mervustan Authority was renamed the Government of Mervustan on 2 February 2022, but other than this, provincial government effectively grinded to a halt.
After the presidential system was introduced to devolution, the Province of Mervustan would be subject to a referendum on whether to introduce the presidential system into the Provincial Government. This would have abolished the Premiership and parliamentary government. On 2 May, the referendum ended with a yes to the new system, and the Governor of Mervustan became an elected position, and a less powerful Legislative Assembly.
Mervustan crisis
The Mervustan crisis was a coup d’etat against Proletarian Democracy Governor Esty Carpentieri by then Junior Vice President Ali Farrokhzad, on the basis of stopping socialism and secularism in the province. Soon the governorship was disputed between the two, with Secretary of State for Local Government Rafe Burfield ruling in favour of Carpentieri as Governor. This resulted in the impeachment of Farrokhzad as Junior Vice President by the National Assembly in joint session.
Government and politics
The provincial government is the devolved authority, granted its powers by the central government. It is divided into executive, legislative and judicial branches, of which the three formally compose the provincial government. The provincial governor acts as head of the executive council, which together form the executive. The legislature, the assembly is the lawmaking body, and in turn also holds veto power over certain actions taken by the executive council, alongside its power to pass bills. The Superior Court in Mervustan, a body more closely connected to the national judiciary, is formally appointed by the Governor after vetting by the minister of justice. The Superior Court interprets the Mervustani-only laws, and also acts as a court of appeal and trial court.
Mervustan has historically been one of the most influential and active provinces in Roscamistan, and as such has always been considered the premier province. Politics in Mervustan have been both populist and pro-establishment. The current executive is dominated by Republican Bloc, alongside its two predecessors, has dominated the political scene, alongside independents. The Premiership of James Irwin was populist towards the government at the time and mildly secessionist.
Military
The armed forces is overall responsible for national defence and by proxy, the defence of the provinces. The armed forces’ branches, and as such their subdivisions are primarily split along provincial lines, with regiments, battalions and the like are considered secondary. The main military unit in the province is the militia, a semi-independent state-sponsored unit in the national army. The provincial governor is the ex officio commanding officer of the militia, and in his capacity as the commanding officer, gives orders to soldiers as a commanding officer of a traditional unit officer would.
Mervustani secessionism
Mervustani secessionism is the belief that Mervustan should gain full independence from Roscamistan. The first Prime Minister of Mervustan, James Irwin was a known Mervustani secessionist, and advocated for both independence and more autonomy.
No current movement or group is known to advocate for Mervustani secessionism, though a legal way for secession was granted in the Mervustani Fundamental Law.
Peoples
Ethnic composition
The Province is majority ethnically Irish, with minorities as well. The leaders of the province have always been historically Irish, whilst in recent times, Italians, Maltese, and Americans of diverse ethnic decent have been in charge.
Languages
The Province’s nominal first language is Irish, though English is more widely used. Polish is also a recognised language in Mervustan, passed by the Polish Language act in Mervustan directly by Central Government intervention to protect the language in the Province.
Religion
Mervustan is majority Catholic, alongside other provinces.
Notable features
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The Province is home to St James’s and James Irwin’s Road. It is renamed in honour of James Irwin by Thomas Jacobs. The Province also has the Renmore Barracks, in Renmore Region. The province is also noted for its churches, the St James’s and Mervue GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) and soccer clubs, the Terryland business park, the Ballybane library, the GMIT (Galway and Mayo Institute of Technology), and the Renmore parish is in both the Regions of Mervue and Renmore, and Gaelscoil Dara, an Irish speaking primary school famous for most of the past and present government of Roscamistan having attended the school for their primary education.