Platina

Platinan Republic República Platina (Castellanese) Capital: Montedorado Population: TBD (2024) Motto: « Dum vita est, spes » ("While there is life, there is hope")

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Platina, officially the Platine Republic (Castellanese: República Platina, pronunciation: [reˈpuβlika plaˈtina]), is a country in West Uletha and member state of the Liberan Union. It is situated on the central portion of the Liberan Island at the crossroads of the regional ranges. Platina is bordered by Alvorán to the northwest, Jarcón to the northeast, Martani to the southeast and Xatãera to the southwest. Its twenty-three provinces cover a total area of 138,094 square kilometers (53,631 square miles) and have an estimated population of X.X million. Montedorado is the nation’s capital, while its largest city is Santa Cruz; other major cities include Lutos de la Santa Inquisición, Flamaria and Borgoña.

Platina has been at the crossroads of numerous cultures and civilizations for millennia, including the Tasetians, Hellenesians, Romantish and Mazanics. Its modern identity is rooted in a 13th-century crusade led by the Order of the Holy Cross, founded in northeastern Castellán, who seized control of the modern Platina and Alvorán by expulsing the Mazanic colonizers from the region and getting administrative control of the territory through an agreement with Ulethan powers, sponsored by the Pope, in the aftermath of the crusade. The Order permanently moved to Platina and then established settlements with church-leased agricultural lands for Mesembric tribes to migrate there, creating a prosperous economy which eventually expanded to the extractive industry, and a Castellanese-inspired common culture.

Following numerous independentist movements throughout the region which inspired the separation of Alvorán in the early 19th century, the Order supported political reforms that created a secular and democratically-elected government under a parliamentary system. By retaining its prominent role in numerous enterprises involving the industry and service sector, the Order was fundamentally responsible for turning Platina into an economic stronghold in the region that has recently diversified into the tech services market.

Politics

Platina is a sovereign state that has been for eight centuries under a hoplarchical system, that is, governed by the Order of the Holy Cross—an Ortholic military order, founded in northeastern Castellán in the middle 12th century, which seized control of the territory during a crusade against the Mazanic expansion into the Liberan Island. Following the 1848 democratic reforms, the Order ceded its governmental authority to five secular institutions within the framework of a unitary, parliamentary and liberal democratic republic.

The executive power is vested into forty-six councils of state (Castellanese: consejos de Estado), which are deliberative bodies comprised of career service personnel and responsible for proposing executive policy in their respective fields, and subsequently into the Platinan Council (Castellanese: Consejo Platino), comprised of the heads of a ministry with jurisdiction over certain related councils of state and responsible for reviewing and approving/rejecting policy proposed by any council. There are fifteen ministries within the Platinan Council^∈⊾ƨ, with their heads as non-voting members of each council of state under their jurisdiction and responsible for assuring the proper discussion of any policy proposed by them, and each one of them are listed below:

1. Ministry of Government and Citizen Affairs.
2. Ministry of Foreign Relations and International Cooperation.
3. Ministry of Finance and Economic Policy.
4. Ministry of National Security and Emergency Management.
5. Attorney General's Office and Ministry of Justice.
6. Ministry of Commerce, Tourism and Industrial Development.
7. Ministry of Health and Human Services.
8. Ministry of Education and Professional Development.
9. Ministry of Scientific and Technological Development.
10. Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Sports.
11. Ministry of Work, Pensions and the Civil Service.
12. Ministry of Housing and Territorial Planning.
13. Ministry of Public Infrastructure and Transportation Services.
14. Ministry of Agriculture and Food Policy.
15. Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources Management.

The legislative power is vested into the bicameral legislature known as the Congress of the Platine Republic (Castellanese: Congreso de la República Platina^∈⊾ƨ), comprised of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. There are three senators from each province, popularly elected under the single transferable vote in province-wide elections for four-year terms, with half of all seats up in each general elections. Each province is also granted three deputies, and may have additional deputies if exceeding the quota outlined in the constitution, allocated to numerous multi-member districts represented by three to five of them for two-year terms. All members of Congress are subject to constitutional restraints, including mandatory retirement at age 75, only two consecutive terms and a maximum total service of 20 years in either chamber.

The Grand Master (Castellanese: Gran Maestre) of the Order of the Holy Cross, the highest-ranked member as the sovereign and religious superior of the order, is the head of state of Platina and invested primarily with representative responsibilities and powers. The prime minister is the head of government and serves as chair of the Platinan Council, appointed by the Grand Master upon the nomination of the Chamber of Deputies as the leader of the party or coalition with the most seats in the chamber following a general election. The ministers of the Platinan Council are also members of the Chamber of Deputies, which are nominated by the prime ministers and confirmed by the Senate for a total term not exceeding twelve years, which may be shortened at the discretion of the prime minister.

Order of the Holy Cross

The Order of the Holy Cross (Castellanese: Orden de la Santa Cruz), officially the Brotherhood of Fellow-Soldiers and Knights of the Saviour and Holy Cross (Castellanese: Orden de los Pobres Soldados y Caballeros del Salvador y la Santa Cruz; Romantish: Fraternitas Pauperum Commilitonum Equitatuumque Salvatoris et Crucis Sacrae) is an Ortholic military order, traditionally of a military, chivalric and noble nature. It was founded in middle 12th century in Ricuesa, a coastal city in northeastern Castellán, sponsored by the Castellanese monarchy as a counterforce to further Mazanic expansions into West Uletha and, specifically, trying to expel them from the Liberan Island. They joined the Order of St. Openge in a crusade that ultimately led to the expulsion of the Mazanics from the region and allowed the Order to settle the current territories of Platina and Alvorán, through a system of agricultural land-leasing that attracted Mesembric people, while decimating indigenous population throughout the Inquisition sponsored by the Ortholic Church.

The Grand Master (Castellanese: Gran Maestre) is the head of the order and governs both as sovereign and religious superior. He is entitled to sovereign prerogatives and honors as the head of state of Platina, subject to constitutional regulations, as is elected to a ten-year term and may be elected to a second term; but may not serve beyond the end of his 75th or before his 30th year of life. The membership of the Order of the Holy Cross is organized in four hierarchical branches or administrations:

• • Military administration. Led by a Grand Marshal (Gran Mariscal), comparable with a four star general rank in the army, who is a member of the Great Council (Gran Concilio) and the head of Platina's military.
  • Organisational branch. Headed by the Great Council (Gran Concilio), consisting of 13 members and responsible for electing the head of the order and strategic decisions. The Grand Master leads the Small Council (Concilio Pequeño), consisting of 13 members (Tredecimvires), which could be seen as the executive branch and is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day organisation of the Order; the Grand Chanchellor (Gran Canciller), a member of the Great Council (Gran Concilio); and the Chancellors (Cancilleres) who are generally in control of public buildings owned by the order, religious ceremonies and the political party which is part of the order. Preceptors (Preceptores) are in command of maintaining law and tradition.
  • Financial branch. The Great Treasurer (Gran Tesorero), a member of the Great Council.
  • Enterprise branch. Lead by the Grand Seneschal (Gran Senescal), the second in command in the executive branch after the Grand Master (Gran Maestre). Below him we find the order Priors (Prior), who are generally in command of provincial order provinces (Prioratos) and below them are masters (Maestres) who are in control of smaller businesses or districts. Priors and Masters are assisted in their work by Senescals (Senescales).

Provinces

Main article: Administrative divisions of Platina

Platina is a unitary state whose territory is divided into twenty-three provinces. Each province is subsequently divided into a determined number of municipalities which, depending on their population, may be divided into communes. A table of provinces with information about their capital, largest city, population, area (in km²), population density (in km²) and municipalities is provided below.

ID	Province	Capital	Area (km²)	Population	Density	Flag	Code	Map
01	Arcos		7,912				AC	Map∈⊾ƨ
02	Asunción	Santa Cruz	1,179				AS	Map∈⊾ƨ
03	Bahía de los Pobres		4,215				BP	Map∈⊾ƨ
04	Cabo de los Mártires		2,962				CM	Map∈⊾ƨ
05	Camelopardalia		6,352				CP	Map∈⊾ƨ
06	Costa de Tiburones		6,203				CT	Map∈⊾ƨ
07	Custodia		5,646				CS	Map∈⊾ƨ
08	Dehesas		4,045				DH	Map∈⊾ƨ
09	La Donación		5,071				LD	Map∈⊾ƨ
10	La Purísima	Nuestra Señora del Lago	7,253				LP	Map∈⊾ƨ
11	Minas	Montedorado	1,116				MN	Map∈⊾ƨ
12	Nueva Ricuesa	Lutos de la Santa Inquisición	2,859				NR	Map∈⊾ƨ
13	Nuevo Azul		3,525				NA	Map∈⊾ƨ
14	Prioratos		7,858				PR	Map∈⊾ƨ
15	Sacralinas	Macondo	10,264				SC	Map∈⊾ƨ
16	Salvación	Flamaria	718				SV	Map∈⊾ƨ
17	San Blas	Baños de San Blas	1,651				SB	Map∈⊾ƨ
18	San Marcos	Monjardín	9,454				SM	Map∈⊾ƨ
19	San Tirso		9,868				ST	Map∈⊾ƨ
20	Santa Fe		14,063				SF	Map∈⊾ƨ
21	Septimania	Borgoña	3,257				SP	Map∈⊾ƨ
22	Valle de los Abades	Suso	1,341				VA	Map∈⊾ƨ
23	Valle del Tigre		5,239				VT	Map∈⊾ƨ

Economy

Enterprises owned by the Order

Enterprise name		Enterprise type
Ingerish	Castellanese
Bank of the Poor	Banco de los Pobres	Small business and personal loans
Agricultural Bank of the Knights	Banco Agricultural de los Caballeros	Agricultural loans
Tiger Valley Mineries	Minera Valle del Tigre	Mining company in west Platina
Orange Tree Mineries	Minera el Naranjo	Mining Company in east Platina
Good Winds Petroleum	Petrolera Buenos Vientos	Oiling company
Calata Bank	Banco Calata	Investment bank
Custodians of the Land	Custodios de la Tierra	Agricultural land lease
Saint Matthew Fund	Fondo San Mateo	Investment fund
Saint Jude Fund	Fondo San Judas	Investment fund
Order Schools	Escuelas del Orden	Primary and secondary school education system
Saint Raphael Hospitals	Hospitales San Rafael	Hospital system mostly focused on the poor in society
Tierrenegra Agriculture	Tierranegra Agricultura	Agriculture company in Southwest Platina.
Purest Agriculture	La Purísima Agricultura	Agriculture company from near lake la Purísima.
Dehesa Farms	Granjas La Dehesa	Agriculture in Northwest Platina.
Santa Juliana Nursing Homes	Asilos Santa Juliana	Nursing home system focused on the chronically ill