Union Interim Parliament (1983: Doomsday)

The Union Interim Parliament of India (UIP) is the official successor state to the former country of India, with its capital in Bombay, formed in 2003 to reunite the breakaway nations of the former country of. Despite many nations seceding shortly after its formations, thanks to a military alliance with the, the UIP has successfully been able to return some of these nations to the fold through conquest.

Post-Doomsday
After Doomsday, India took a turn for the worse. With a massive drop-off in food imports, and fertilizers, a food shortage began to occur. Civil unrest, already at a high before Doomsday, became worse and worse. Crackdowns occurred against the rioters, and rebels, who in the state of unrest held more support than they had had previously. One of these crackdowns, against Sikh militants operating out of the Golden Temple in Amritsar, was controversial, but the activities of the militants meant it had to occur.

It proved a bad decision. The Sikh bodyguards of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi took offense to it, as did many Sikhs, and assassinated her. Rebellion erupted in the Sikh state of Khalistan, alongside massive dissent, resignations, and mutiny in both the civil service and the army. Elements of the army went over to the rebels as well. Taking advantage of the situation, the Maoist and Nationalist insurgents in the east took up arms. Both the eastern rebels and the Sikh rebels proved very successful, something which militants in the south readily noticed and took advantage of, adding to the problem. To top it all off, Pakistan took advantage of the situation, and invaded Kashmir, securing it. Other nationalities elsewhere rose up as well, which was added to by refugees, making the problem worse.

Between all of these activities, the army lost control of the situation. Their equipment, for the most part, was damaged or destroyed. Other states, loyal up to this point, isolated themselves from the entire matter and declared themselves independent, leaving the rump government in charge of only a few of the states.

Formation of the UIP
Yet, most did not want it that way in the long-term. In the end, the rump government, the majority of the states which had isolated themselves form the troubles, and a few of the nationalities, made an agreement in 2003, with the help of ANZC negotiators, to join together in a lose union, the Union Interim Parliament, or UIP. In 2008, the League of Nations recognized them as the government of India.

Initially, the new government was very weak, barely able to keep all the states together. It seemed like the newly unified country was going to disintegrate but with help from the ANZC and versatile Prime Minister Manmmohan Singh at the helm, things started to stabilize. The Jan Lokpal Bill was passed through parliament, decreasing corruption on a large scale.

Recent Times
In recent years, good weather has helped to yield good harvests. Due to this,

An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.9 hit the border region between the UIP state of Sikkim, and eastern Nepal on September 18th, 2011. Between Nepal, the UIP, and Tibet, about 1,100 people are believed to have died.

Politics
Politics in the UIP are a prickly issue as some parties blame the Congress party for its bad handling of post-doomsday India, while others applaud it for pulling a broken country together and minimizing the effects as much as possible. The main parties in the UIP today include:


 * INC-flag.png All India Congress Committee (Congress)


 * BJP-flag.png Bharatya Janta Party (BJP)


 * BSP-flag.png Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)


 * RPI-flag.png Republican Party of India (RPI)

These parties usually battle it out on election day and are also dominant in the UIP membership as well. The latter two parties on the list are dedicated to helping Dalits (the lower caste populace) while the upper two mostly focus on the populace in general.

Government
The UIP is a Federation with a parliamentary system governed by the Constitution of the UIP, which serves as the country's supreme legal document. It is a constitutional republic and representative democracy. Federalism in the UIP defines the power distribution between the federal government and the states. The Constitution of the UIP, which came into effect on 26 January 2010, states in its preamble that the UIP is a sovereign, secular, democratic republic. The new constitution also gives much more power to the states in local affairs than they had been given with the old constitution established on 26 January 1950.

The Members of parliament are elected by universal (adult) suffrage based on a proportional representation system by state to a five year term.

The "center" has about half of the strength held by the government of India before Doomsday, an impressive feat considering they started out with almost nothing. The governments of the states have gradually allowed more power to sift through to the central government.

Nationally
As the government is made up of National government and the Government of the individual states, it is classified as a Federal Republic. The national government has power over issues like national security and defense, monetary policy, and other issues of a "national" scope. Therefore, these are handled at the "federal" level and the federal government has ultimate sovereignty.

The States
The states of the UIP also maintain the Federation, helping to decide road and infrastructure maintenance and education policy due to the local scope of the issues. The states do have much sovereignty granted, where the federal government does not have jurisdiction.

Military
Military-wise, the UIP is slowly getting stronger. Following Doomsday, the military ended up in the midst of a civil war around the country, and large portions of its equipment was destroyed. It has since worked to rebuild its army, even through the turmoil of the 90s and now hosts a pretty formidible army, largely in part to ANZC aid and Siberian equipment.

Service in the armed forces of the UIP is entirely voluntarily and many citizens have joined to uphold the pride of their beloved country. Many cizitens believe that the UIP's stance towards reconquering the breakaway states is the right way forward and support the government on this matter.

The army is the strongest part of the Union armed forces. It has around 1.3 million personnel serving actively, with another two million or so between reserves and militias. It is composed of infantry units, artillary units, and armored units.

The airforce of the Union is slowly but surely growing in number. There are around 20 MiG 29s in operation with the Union airforce, with many of these having been repaired from their dismal state post-doomsday, while the remainder of MiG 29s that remain are still undergoing repairs. It has also acquired 15 Su-35s, and these will accompany form the main body of any air attacks on enemy lines and aircraft. Another outdated but still vital part of the Union Air Force is the fleet of around a 100 or so MiG-21s, which form the UIP's main body of aircraft for air-to-air combat.

The UIP does, however, still has in its possession a few functional nuclear weapons produced by the Indian government before Doomsday, that were kept in Bombay. It has pledged never to use them - and in all likelihood, it would destroy itself if it did. Their current location is a state secret, though it is suspected that they have been moved to an island somewhere offshore of the sub-continent.

Economy
The economy of the UIP is finally seeing the sunrise it has hoped for 25 years. After the collapse of India, the economies of survivor states were in complete disarray. Only after the formation of the UIP and continuous aid from the ANZC and other nations, has the country finally been able to be able to feed most of its people and establish an economic base. The nation now has a stable and rapidly growing economy, starting to provide much needed jobs for the populace while earning revenue for the government. This also has the positive side efffect of helping to establish new industries for the manufacture of many goods.

Some leading economists have also predicted that the UIP could have the capability of becoming an Asian Economic Tiger with continuous aid from other countries in the next decade. This, however, remains to be seen.

Agriculture
Agriculture plays an important part in the economy of the UIP. Before Doomsday, the country boasted a large agricultural base. However, since Doomsday growing crops has become significantly harder. Since the extremes in temperature and after the continous aid given in the form of fertilisers, groups have begun to grow in large numbers yet again.

Yet many farmers are growing organic, and frequently crop rotating along with using cheaper options for fertilisers in the form of organic manure. Although not as much crops are produced, the advantage of growing organic is that fields remain rich in nutrients and can sustain many different types of crops.

Industry
Prior to the Doomsday, India was a largely agrarian economy with a substantial manufacturing base. But devastation carried out during the civil war ensured that most of it was destroyed. A New Economic Policy was established in the year 2005, two years after the UIP was founded, which paved way for other countries to invest in the nation easier.

Military aid from ANZC has helped UIP to establish a large Military Industrial Complex (MIC) and it is hoped that by the next decade, the UIP will become a net exporter of arms and ammunitions on account of cheap labour and raw material.

It is hoped that in next five years the UIP will break into the top 10 economies of the world.

Climate
The Indian climate was not directly effected by Doomsday, unlike the northern hemisphere. However, afterwards global effects on climate caused heatwaves and stronger monsoons to occur, hurting crop production.

It took until the 1990s for things to return to normal in this regard - though with slightly increased rainfall in some areas. The areas which saw most of the increased rainfall were Rajastan and the Deccan region. This helped these areas to expand their cropland into previously marginal areas, eventually allowing them to feed more people than before.

International Relations
The UIP is a member in the. It has strong ties to the ANZC, whose military aid has allowed the government to reinstate authority over several breakaway states in the region. Their actions, however, has caused increased tensions with and their supporter, the. SAC diplomats have threatened to cut the UIP off from South American goods if the UIP continues to make war on the breakaway states. Meanwhile the UIP/Pakistan border remains heavily militarized by both sides.

Relations with Bangladesh, however, are very good and both leaders have met various times to discuss various topics. Most of these topics have included the protection of wildlife, mainly the Bengal tiger and the Indian elephant.

Relations have also been re-opened with Siberia. Things have gotten off to a great start and trade is now occurring on a regular basis, with Siberia delivering a small number of aircraft and tanks for the armed forces. Both leaders have been meeting on a regular basis since 1995 to discuss military and trade issues as the vast natural reserves of the country remain untouched.

Football
The UIP is a member of. The most support for football in the country comes from football-crazy Kolkata. Although, like most other sports, the craze for football nearly died out with Doomsday, it has seen a popular revival with the (apparent) stablization of the country. The National Football League being re-established in India was mainly due to the fact that the people of Kolkata did not want to see football as a popular sport completely disappear from India.

Cricket
The UIP also fields a cricket team which has toured internationally. Most, if not all of the states field a cricket team. The main format was the which was hugely popular pre-doomsday. It was suspended for a few years since doomsday due to the civil unrest happening in the country. However, after 2003, the league was re-established and has proved to be a great success.

Bombay has always fielded one of the best teams and has had some of the greatest Indian players on their team including Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar and Rahul Dravid (their present captain). They have won the Ranji Trophy League many times and continue to field a brilliant team year in and year out.

There are plans for a cricket tour with the ANZC and maybe even the West Indies to boost interest in sport. Dialogues are planned to be opened with ANZC and the Celtic Alliance as well as the West Carribean Federation about restarting International matches this year. Depending on the response, the offer might as go as far as Canada.

Field Hockey
Before Doomsday, India fielded a world-renowned field hockey team.

Bollywood
After Doomsday, Bollywood was all but lost. Riots everywhere, breakaway states and violence all led to the film industry being closed down. However, with the UIP being established and Mumbai seeing new light, Bollywood was reestablished, with tremendous success. At first, it was all propaganda, but after a year, more entertaining movies started to be made. Movies with Amitabh Bachchan were great hits with people who had watched his movies as children. More actors, such as Shah Rukh Khan, also took up the slack and starring in numerous movies, such as "RA-1."

Television
The television industry is mainly dominated by the state run channels of Doordarshan. These channels include Doordarshan National, Doordarshan Regional, Doordarshan Sport and Doordarshan News.

The television market in India has not expanded much since Doomsday and will continue to stagnate until the average Indian's live gets better. Yet manufacturers still see some hope as the country begins to grow and progress toward a bigger economic power in the region.