[hider=Republic of Figueria][center] [img=http://i.imgur.com/9B5zRMM.png] [b]Federated States of Alleghany[/b] [b]Nation's History[/b] Work in progress. [b]Race[/b] The Usonians are a species of sentient near-humans from the eastern hemisphere of Kervan. Although some specimens are rather portly, Usonians are typically powerfully built, with a humanoid body of two arms, two legs, a torso, and a head. Each hand sports five fingers capped by nails. Their skin is typically a shade of bright white, although it can fluctuate from darker to lighter hues and even into tones of blue as their emotions shift. The Usonian face is characterized by two eyes, a central nose, and a mouth. The eyes are proportionally large and came in the colors red, violet, and black. Eyebrows grow above each eye, and the eyelids feature lashes. Their hair, waxy in some, ranges in color from brown through violet to silver and white. Regardless of its original color, the hair whitens with age and thins or recedes in some male members of the species. The mouth, lined by lips of a shade darker than the rest of the skin, contains a dark-purple tongue and rows of white dentition; some Keshiri exhibit noticeable gaps between teeth. Their throat is sometimes subject to buildups of fluid that required clearing. Separate populations of Usonians exhibit slight phenotypic differences. For instance, the Usonians to the north of Kevran have lower foreheads, narrower faces, and smaller and more narrowly set eyes in comparison to those of the south. The Usonians have two sexes, male and female. Physical characteristics distinguish the two sexes, such as facial hair on men. Because they are extremely similar to humans in their appearance, they are found by members of the human species to be particularly attractive. As such, they often intermarry with the human population on Kevran, despite the fact that the two species are fundamentally different enough on a biological level to preclude reproduction. Usonians are still considered young at age fifteen, and their lifespan exceeds sixty years. Usonians require sleep each night, a period during which they sometimes experience vivid dreams. [b]Form of Government[/b] The Federated States of Alleghany (FSA) is a democratic republic, and its head of state is its president, elected every four years by a group of appointed electors from each of the Federacy’s states and territories. The business of Federacy government officially lies in the hands of the FSA Congress, which retains its pre-Civil War structure of Senate and House of Representatives. In practice, however, the central government holds far less power now that it did before the Civil War; the individual state governments are fiercely protective of their right to govern their own territories with an independence of spirit that borders on actual autonomy. It was the issues of government and economics that drove the southern states to take up arms in the previous century against what they saw as the intransigent and high-handed attitudes of the last chancellor of the former Alleghian Republic. The initial flashpoint was a dispute over whether state or central government should have control over the extensive oil and uranium reserves of southern Alleghany – indeed, early on the conflict was known as the ‘Ore War’. However, the clash rapidly became about much broader and more fundamental issues of governance. After several years of bitter fighting, the rebellious states were victorious, resulting in a considerable scaling-back of central government powers. [b]CURRENT LEADER[/b] President Nathaniel Adamns [b]NOTABLE FIGURES[/b] Work in progress. [b]TOTAL POPULATION[/b] 132,000,000 [b]NATION'S LOCATION[/b] [b]NATION'S GEOGRAPHY[/b] Work in progress. [b]ECONOMY[/b] Work in progress. Technology Overview WIP Military Overview Population (If your nation is hardcore military, it can't be more than 7%, if not, 5%) Army Overview Navy Overview Air Force Overview WIP [/center] [/hider]