Corburn

Corburn, officially the Republic of Corburn is an independent republic formed December 7th 2013. It is the very first Republic in the history of the world, and is the pioneering state in the Era of Republics-- a worldwide political era which ended the Era of Extremities.

Overview
Corburn is located in the Hammerhead Peninsula, bordering the Central Ocean on the Northeastern continent. As a republic, it was formed by the unification of dozens of city-states within several regions after the North Eastern Allied Region (NEAR) talks of June-July 2013. The 14 most-prominent city-states of the region (Littlewood, Corburn (City), Renswick, Farnham, Ruthing, Wessex, Bolton, Forton, Charleston, Bridgeham, Sussex, Halton, Oxport and Hull) formed 7 regions and allied together to form NEAR, which lasted just under 6 months.

NEAR was finally unified to form one nation, the Republic of Corburn, on December 7th 2013.

The transition was abrupt and confused all public employees so much as they looked elsewhere for work. As of December 7th 2013, there is no national police force, military or proper legislature. Corburn is in a state of quasi-anarchy. A Senate has been present all along, but elections have been postponed to later in the month.

Corburn suffers from high unemployment (12.57%), despite having an average economy. The mean annual income of the average Corburnian is $21,407.40, but 55.28% of the population are poorer than that. A total 88,238 businesses are registered, 506 of which are dubbed "big businesses" due to their larger-than-average size. The average Corburnian lives up to the age of 60, and under 2 in 3 Corburnian adults can read. Due to a freely-open border policy, under 7 in 10 permanent residents of Corburn call themselves Corburnian. Corburn is crime riddled, with a 1.2% chance of being victim of a crime on average.

The flag of Corburn, a white cross on a black and yellow background, represents the unification of NEAR, with Black representing the North and Yellow the South. The white cross symbolizes the River Locke which traverses the peninsula in a T-Shape. The Locke River has historically been used to denote division between the North of Hammerhead and its South.

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