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| - Erezloke is a unitary parliamentary republic in which the senate is the supreme legislature of the country. The government itself is wholly derived from the person with the most confidence within the senate, and therefore has been the leader of a party or coalition of parties all but once since the foundation of the senate in 1867. The leader of the senate is then declared the prime minister, who is both the head of state and head of government and has the power to appoint members of cabinet, the central government ministers, with the approval of the senate. The government is then inaugurated and has control over the country to the extent so forth approved by the senate. The senate itself is made of up senators voted upon universally by the people of the nation throughout their respective electoral districts. This government was first established by the Erezlokish Revolution, in which the people overthrew the absolute monarchy in a violent uprising and installed a republican government. While not existing in a truly democratic form for a period between 1945 and 1949, the current system of government has been used since the nation's only constitution was written in 1867. The Erezlokish people were the first original inhabitants of the contemporary nation, migrating from around the Balkan Peninsula from around 10 BC to 64 AD. From that point, Erezloke was divided into three different kingdoms, Verebreg, Lenedruzi, and Miresprese, before they were united into the Empire of Erezloke in 314 to deal with the invasive migration of Austronesian people into their lands. The unification lasted even after the end of the Austronesian invasion in 440, and trade with the Byzantine Empire culminated in the first stage of the Erezlokish Imperial Age, which lasted from the 6th to the 11th century. In 1003, Erezloke was once again subject to invasive migration, this time from the Bantu Kilwa Sultanate, which resulted in the Erezlokish-Kilwa War and ended in 1026 with the Treaty of Kilwa, in which Erezloke's sovereignty was recognized by the Kilwa Sultanate. The second stage of the Erezlokish Imperial Age would begin after the victory over the Bantu, within which trade relationships were established with the Byzantines, Chinese, Indians, and Southeast Asians. It is within this time period, 1026 to 1516, that is considered to be one of the most idyllic periods of Erezloke's history. The Portuguese were the first Western Europeans to make full contact with the Erezlokish. In 1516, the Portuguese, with superior weaponry and tactics, overwhelmed and conquered the port cities of the Imperial Kingdom of Verebreg, resulting in Portuguese economic dominance over the rest of the Empire that would see the break up of the three kingdoms from a single ruler and eventual vassalage to the Portuguese. In 1604, the Erezlokish established contact with the English, and the already weak Portuguese control was eliminated with the help of England, with whom Erezloke became an ally of with the Treaty of Zarbarkt in 1634. The Renaissance reached Erezloke with the coming of the English, and as such, the country underwent a massive cultural shift that lasted from the middle of the 17th century to the beginning of the 19th century referred to as the Ezerlokish Renaissance, in which a confluence of European Renaissance, Scientific Revolution, and Enlightenment philosophy became hugely popular throughout the country. Erezloke began to adopt many Southern European cultural facets while remaining distinctly Ezerlokish in their mixing of cultural, scientific, and political thought. The Industrial Revolution had a major impact on the country, resulting in a massive push for urbanization and modernization from 1845 to 1860. As a result of the extreme poverty, poor living conditions, and constant food shortages caused by the Industrial Revolution and the waning power of the Emperor, the people of the country overthrew and executed the nobility of the country en masse in the Ezerlokish Revolution which lasted from 1866 to 1868, in which the modern republic was founded. Living conditions improved substantially, and by the onset of the First World War, Erezloke was considered to be a world secondary power. Erezloke supported the United Kingdom by invading and annexing German East Africa, though it was later given to the British. The Great Depression hit the country incredibly hard and gave way to the rise of Eluterus Kalorelok and the Lokelish-Spokerelish Party that would take control of the government in 1935. Erezloke would align itself with Nazi Germany and invade British Africa in the Second World War, though it would eventually be occupied by the British in 1946 and defeated. Erezloke would recover into a strong economy through laissez faire policies implemented with a moderate amount of socialism, recovering to be a secondary power again by 1960. Joining NATO in 1962, the country was opposed to the authoritarianism of the Soviet Union in the Cold War, and would continue to develop economically isolated from any other larger political region. Erezloke has only been mildly effected by the Great Recession and overcame its challenges quickly. The economy of Erezloke is largely a free market with laissez faire principles to a certain extent. The nation's economy is highly diverse, post-industrialized, and considered to be extremely modern. Agriculture is based largely off of the animals brought to the island with the original migrants, with many different kinds of domesticated animals thriving in the many different climates throughout the nation. An abundance of natural resources and fertile land have given way to a successful, sustainable economy which quickly industrialized in the 19th century to become an extremely significant economy. Erezloke is highly urbanized, with more than 89% of the national population living in cities. While Erezloke is considered geographically apart of Africa, the country refrains from any sort of regional cooperation or development programs because of historic hostility between the Erezlokish and Swahili-speaking peoples of East Africa. This, however, means that Erezloke is one of the world's strongest stand-alone economies, and as such, is one of the most self-sustainable in the world. Erezloke enjoys a high standard of living a low-moderate cost of living. The people are considered politically and economically free, with Erezloke having the best human rights record in Africa by far. Erezloke is a largely neutral, moderate nation in world politics, with centuries of precedent for isolation giving most Erezlokish people an uninterested view of the world at large. Nonetheless, Erezloke is a strong supporter of NATO and a Global Partner of the organization, with some of its strongest alliances being with the United States, Germany, and Italy. Other strong allies include Britannia, Gaul, and Sierra. Erezloke is a member of the League of Nations, the IMF, and the WTO. It is a Global Partner of NATO and an observer of the Council of Europe.
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