Sardinia (Great Nuclear War)

The Sardiniaor the Republic of Sardinia is a survivor state in Europe.

History
Sicily was one of the most great regions of Italy, and the most populous. On the 28 of October 1962 the bombs fell on Italy, battering on Rome and Apulia. The President of the region Giuseppe D'Angelo attempted to contact Rome or any authority outside of the Island, though when no one have responded, they realized they were alone. D'Angelo have called for a special reunion of all the prefects of Sicily, all the mayors and all surviving military officials in Sicily in the City of Palermo. From this meeting it was agreed that they would try and best accommodate the survivors as possible and create a new state. In order to do so agriculture was temporarily put in state control. The fledgling government quickly created the Sicilian Armed Forces to keep the people safe in the island.

The harsh winter of 1963 had little effect on the island, this thanks to it's position within the Mediterranean.

A New Republic
The 30 of October of 1963 the regional assembly of the Sicily (Now called the National Costituent Assembly) proclaimed the independence of the Sicily from the Italian government, and any institution made to follow it. The new government was named the Sicilian Republic. The National Constituent Assembly held conference to write a Sicilian Constitution. The flag and the coat of arms selected were the Sicilian Flag with the triskelion, an ancient and a traditional symbols for the Sicilians, who used it first during 1282, for the revolt against Charles I of Sicily.

Giuseppe D'Angelo was elected President of the Republic by the National Constituent Assembly, on the 1stofundefinedFebruary of 1964. The new president ran on a platform of improving the economy, keep the people safe and building a social state.

Nearly a million Spanish, French, and other refugees flooded to the island, and were met with the best accommodations as possible.

The Sicilian Mafia was a new threat to the forming government, and this led to massive crackdown on clan chiefs. Since this, the mafia has been in decline, and some predict the organized mobs will be totally eradicated by 1965.

Diplomatic incident and expeditions.
In the summer of the 1975 a ship from the Italian Navy docked in the port of Palermo, saying that it was part of Italy and the Italian Republic. The ship was immediately seized and it's crew. After a interrogation of a day, the ship is returned to the crew, and the men released. In light of this Italian Republic, the Sicilian Government sent an ambassador and a squad of 10 Sicilian Soldiers to open a embassy in Turin.

Over the years, Sicily has also started exploring the rest of the Mediterranean, and the republic has made contact with San Marino, Monaco, Albania, Greece, Cyprus, Sardinia, and Crimea.

They have also started to annex the ex-region Calabria, the Gen. Della Chiesa have supposed Calabria will be full liberated in the 1980.

In 1985 the Calabria was unificated with the Sicily with a parliamentary law, after this the republic have fight the Ndrangheta, who is a allied of the Cosa Nostra, of the Sacra Corona Unita and of the Camorra.

After the battle of Cosenza the three family who have ruled the Ndrangheta have fleat in the Republic of the Sacred United Crown. The gangsters who remain in Calabria have served at least 40 years in jail.

In the 1966 they have send humanitarian and medical aid at the Tuscany, it also have send 1000 Military for help the young republic and preserve the greatest assets that the Italians have give to humanity.

Statute
Formally and according at the Special Statute of the ex-region Sicily is organized as such :


 * President of the Republic, elected by the National Constituent Assembly every five years, the first president of the Republic is Giuseppe D'Angelo.


 * Prime Minister, nominated by the President. The Prime Minister and their government is responsible for the administration of the Sicily, the first prime minister is Benedetto Majorana della Nicchiara.


 * The Prime Minister appointment his government, with the suggestions of the President.


 * The President cannot hold office in any other branch of power, and the office's salary and privileges are established by law.


 * The National Constituent Assembly is a unicameral system and is the legislative body of Sicily. It is composed of ninety deputies elected by direct universal suffrage every ten years.


 * The National Constituent Assembly can proclaim and vote the laws, they must be countersigned by the President and Prime Minister.


 * According to the Statute, any citizen that is fifty on the day of the election, and enjoys civil and political rights, can be elected President.


 * In addition to powers inherent in being a member of the cabinet, the prime minister holds specific powers, most notably being able to nominate a list of cabinet ministers to be appointed by the President of the Republic.


 * Often the Prime Minister's activity consists more in mediating between the various parties in the majority coalition, rather than directing the activity of the Council of Ministers.

Political Parties
The political parties of the National Sardinian Assembly are :


 * Sardinian Communist Party (Partito Comunista Sardo) a anti-fascist party and a leftist party : 15/50
 * Sardinian Action Party (Partito d'Azione Sardo) a social-liberal and a central party : 20/50
 * Sardinian Democratic Party (Partito d'Azione Sardo) a liberal and a rightist party : 10/50
 * Sardinian Nationalist Party (Partito Nazionalista Sardo) a nationalist and a far-rightist party : 5/50

Administrative organization
The Sardinian Republic is divided into provinces and communes. The Provinces are in the charge of a Prefect, named by the President, who is in charge of all aspects of the state administration and public order. The chief magistrate of a commune is a mayor, elected by the citizens of a city or in special case by a prefect. He was assisted by a Municipal Consul, composed of five councilors named by the Mayor. Cagliari has a Mayor, elected by the Citizens, assisted by a consult of ten councilors named by the Mayor.

The Provinces are :

 * Cagliari
 * Sassari
 * Oristano
 * Medio-Campidano
 * Nuoro
 * Olbia-Tempio
 * Ogliastra
 * Carbonia-Iglesias

Economy
The Sardinian Republic has a mixed economy system. Though traditionally the Sardinian economy has been dominated by agriculture and tourism. Sardinia suffered little damage from the war, and has a surplus of labor at the moment. Education, banking service, security service, telecommunication, transport, health care, social security and access to cultural resources are under the control of the state.

The Sardinian economy is based heavily on agriculture, naval industry, wind energy, light manufacture, mineral extraction, viticulture, fishing and shipping. There is also a small tourism Industry.

The Sardinia is self-sufficient for the energy, they take the energy from the wind power station of the Island.

Health Care
Health care is free and accessible for all the citizens of the republic, funded by the state through general taxation and direct revenues collected by local health, through prescription charges and other chargeable services.

Most major cities have a hospital or a general hospital. The smaller cities or the villages have a Local Health Office (L.H.O.) (Italian: Uffici Sanitari Locali (U.S.L.))

Education
Schooling is required by law, and free, compulsory education is obligatory until the 16 years of age. The Italian school system is divided into three stages of education :


 * Primary education, which includes the kindergarten for three years and primary school, five-year.


 * Secondary education, which includes the secondary school level (Middle school) for three years, and the secondary school of second degree (High school) of five-year duration.


 * Higher education, including the universities, the higher education in art, music and dance and vocational training.

The city of Cagliari, Sassari, Oristano, Medio-Campidano, Nuoro, Olbia, Ogliastra and Carbonia have some some universities. Cagliari has an officially sanctioned military academy, and a officially sanctioned naval academy.

Mass media
In the republic, the official news agency is the Agenzia Stampa Sarda Associata (ASSA). The most read newspapers are the Corriere della Sera, the Repubblica, the Sole 24 ORE, the Messaggero, the Gazzetta dello Sport, Tuttosport and the Secolo XIX. There are no restrictions upon the press based on religion or other factors.

The Radio Televisione Sarda (RAS) is the property of the state. There are only a few private radio stations, though television and radio are fairly common and popular.

Military
The Sardinian Armed Forces (Forze Armate Sarde) an armed force made up of volunteers. All citizens of 18 years can to serve in the Armed Forces for 18 months.

The Sardinian Armed Forces are equipped with M1 Garand, M1 Carabine, MAB-38 and Beretta BM-59 as main rifles, with the Beretta M34 and Beretta M35 as sidegun, they have also use the MG 42/59 and the Breda M35 as squad weapons.

Armed Forces :

 * Sardinian Army (Esercito Sardo) : 40,000 Military
 * Sardinian Military Navy (Marina Militare Sarda) : 15,000 Military
 * Sardinian Military Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Sarda) : 10,000 Military

Internal Security :

 * Sardinian Police (Polizia Sarda) : 15,000 Policemen