Republics of Omerica

Omerican republics Républiques omericaines
Also known as: Commonwealth/Communauté
Category	Federated state
Location	Omerica
Number	26
Populations	293,088 (Cinnabar Island) – 7,461,993 (Mespalia)
Areas	204 km² (Romainbourg) – 16,044 km² (West Calaverde)

Omerica is a federation of twenty-six republics. Originating from the division of formerly sovereign states, the republics retain a degree of sovereignty and self-government and maintain administrative independence from the Union government, including independent executives, legislatures and judiciaries.

Under the Instrument of Government, certain policy areas, such as foreign affairs and defence, are the exclusive prerogative of the Estates General, while others fall under shared authority; the republics retain all other powers not assigned to the Union or expressly denied to them by the federal constitution. Republics therefore have taxation power and responsibility over healthcare, social welfare, law enforcement, public education, job training and promotion of the arts and sciences.

Republics form the basis for apportioning the House of Commons and their executives designate the members of the House of Plenipotentiaries. Additionally, in areas under the republics’ legislative authority, republics have the power to enter into compacts among each other and, subject to parliamentary approval, treaties with foreign states.

Terminology

Each republic designates itself as such in its constitution, though certain republics officially refer to themselves by other titles, such as the use of the style "commonwealth", a historic Anglian translation of the Latin "res publica", by Coleraine and the Emerald Isles. Charlescourt, Port-des-Saints and Romainbourg are simultaneously considered to be cities and republics and consequently refer to themselves as a "Republic of the City", while Cinnabar Island officially refers to itself as the "Republic of the County of Cinnabar Island". Furthermore, eight republics (Braganza, Bridgecastle, East Calaverde, Eastavon, the Free State, Great Arden, North Hesperia and South Provence) are considered direct successors to the eight realms of the Octarchy that united to form the Omerican state and consequently refer to themselves as "Most Serene" as a reference to their historic sovereignty.

Constitution

All republics are constitutionally required to have a democratic and republican system of government, but otherwise, the republics remain free to organise their individual constitutions as they see fit. All republics are governed by a parliamentary system similar to the federal government, though there is wide variation in its implementation from republic to republic.

List

Republic	Gallic name	Code	Seat of government	Population	Area (km²)	Density	GDPpc (NSD)	Official language(s)
Alleos	Tessèlle	TE	Volubourg	4,029,325	11,741	343	41,202	Gallic
Altomare	Haut-Mer	HM	Romainbourg	4,626,931	3,051	1,517	47,653	Gallic
Braganza	Bragance	BR	Sassari	2,514,572	3,852	653	42,408	Gallic
Bridgecastle	Pontchâteau	PC	Saint-Jean	2,585,645	7,258	356	50,251	Gallic
Charlescourt	Charlescourt	CH	Old Charlescourt	5,692,376	558	10,201	47,893	Gallic
Cinnabar Island	Île Cinabre	CN	Castlerock	293,388	682	430	62,294	Anglian
Coleraine	Coleraine	CR	Derry	3,673,500	8,010	459	42,938	Anglian
East Calaverde	Calaverde-de-l'Est	CE	Saint-Christophe	6,640,425	8,382	792	46,575	Gallic
Eastavon	Avon-de-l'Est	EA	Falconhurst	3,925,900	4,646	845	43,839	Anglian
Emerald Isles	Îles Émeraude	EM	Wharfland Ferry	1,980,760	6,224	318	44,341	Anglian
Free State	État Libre	FS	Nassau	6,463,963	6,958	929	43,555	Anglian
Great Arden	Grande Ardenne	GA	Templemore	2,736,853	7,447	368	46,910	Anglian
Heathmoor	Bruyèrelande	HE	Chaplain's Green	2,055,811	8,210	250	40,927	Anglian
Marche Rouge	Marche Rouge	MR	Châlons	662,517	1,695	391	44,679	Gallic
Mespalia	Mespalia	MS	Christiana	7,461,993	1,310	5,696	53,416	Anglian
New Vaucluse	Nouveau-Vaucluse	NV	Bayonnette	1,793,968	5,768	311	43,606	Gallic
North Hesperia	Hespérie-du-Nord	NH	Stockbridge	2,395,329	12,725	188	45,835	Anglian
North Provence	Provence-du-Nord	PN	Carthagène	3,126,017	9,395	333	40,911	Gallic
Northavon	Avon-du-Nord	NA	Forestia	2,602,058	6,060	429	45,453	Anglian
Port-des-Saints	Port-des-Saints	ST	Avonmouth	1,918,846	820	2,340	60,658	Anglian
Romainbourg	Romainbourg	RG	Centre-Ville	3,327,160	204	16,310	63,451	Gallic
Seafoam Islands	Îles Écume	SE	Saint Anne	1,256,475	1,477	851	50,994	Anglian
South Provence	Provence-du-Sud	PS	Syracuse	3,435,538	9,408	365	38,979	Gallic
Terreneuf	Terreneuf	TN	Épiteaux	915,022	1,806	507	38,049	Gallic
West Calaverde	Calaverde-de-l'Ouest	WC	Westhaven	4,743,633	16,044	296	43,699	Anglian
Westavon	Avon-de-l'Ouest	AW	Brétolles	2,809,766	5,998	468	43,716	Gallic
Omerica	Omerique	OR	Port-des-Saints	83,667,771	149,729	559	46,467	Anglian, Gallic

Admission of new republics

With the exception of Port-des-Saints, all new republics admitted since Federation have been formed by secession from other existing republics. Since the end of the Omerican Civil War, all republics possess full voting rights regardless of the circumstances of their establishment and any new republics enter the federation on equal standing with existing members.

The admission of new republics requires a referendum among the affected population, though they are only constitutionally mandated when "major changes" would be made to existing republic boundaries. The merger of multiple republics requires a majority in each republic to be merged, while the splitting of a republic requires either a simple majority on both sides of the new border or a two-thirds supermajority in the seceding territory. In contrast, the accession of a republic from outside Omerica or of a federal territory within Omerica only requires a simple majority to pass.