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.

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.

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.

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, socialist, 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.

Nationally
As the government is made up of National government and the Government of 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.

On State Level
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 limited sovereignty granted, where the federal government does not have jurisdiction.

International Relations
The UIP has observer status 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 on a regular basis. Both the leaders of the country met on 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 but that is planned for 2012-2013 with more focus on internal cricket leagues.

Hockey
Before Doomsday, India fielded a world-renowned 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."