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==== Immigration to Gabon ====
''Citation needed for this particular article - Pending Gabonese government review''
Remarking upon the Colony’s initial Success, the First Sea Lord of the Admiralty, Captain Television, decided that the time had come to expand the number of mainland colonists. Thus, with the steamboat The Ben Campbell, the First Lord sailed 6,748 miles to the Port of Cobh to engage with the Mayor of Cobh, Humphrey de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, on the topic of finding suitable prospective free settlers from the Irish Free State to journey back with the First Sea Lord to Gabon.
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The Gabonese Lord High Chancellor, BritishWanderer served the United Northern Congress for 118 days as the Alliance Spokesperson and was the last serving Spokesperson at it's disbandment on 13th July 2019
=== The Gabonese Civil War
==== Disillusionment Within Gabon ====
By October, Her Majesty Queen GetSkinny, had been out of the public eye for over two months. The duties that would normally be undertaken by the Queen were being added to the daily tasks of The Lord High Chancellor and his councillors. This extra workload began to aid in the stagnation of Gabon which was felt throughout the country. Republicanism was reportedly growing to unprecedented levels among the citizenry and members of the provincial assembly. The Gabonese Railway Company controversially dropped the 'Royal' title from it's name in support of the peaceful '''Green Flag Protests''' which saw citizens take to the streets to express their discontent with the monarchy and the government of Gabon.
During this time, members of the senate of Varkonia were charged with numerous criminal offences in the courts of [[Mount Augusta]] leaving Gabon awash in shame, striking at the heart of the connection between the sister nations. The Provincial Assembly's request for additional funding to aid with internal damages caused by a terrorist attack was also declined around this time, adding to the growing rift between the two nations.
===== The Return of the Queen =====
In early November, Queen GetSkinny, returned to a nation seemingly divided. Disagreements had broke out within the Assembly of the Provincial Government of Gabon on how to respond to the dissatisfaction with the actions of Varkonia, alongside heated debates of government reform. The Queen's return was coldly received by her citizenry, including her own Provincial Assembly who had seen the costs of funding the monarch's private lavish lifestyle increase rapidly without any visible benefit to the nation especially that in regards to the construction of the luxurious Balmoral Castle.
==== The Red Night ====
On the 9th of November, commonly referred to as the Red Night, was to have vast impacts on Gabon not only in the decisions that were made by the Assembly that night but also the country-wide mass outcry caused by the ensuing controversies. It began with Her Majesty calling for an emergency assembly meeting of every councillor, government staff were said to have been practically dragged from their beds to attend the meeting in Balmoral.
The Queen called a total of three important votes that night, all relating to the dissolution of the union between Varkonia and Gabon. Once all councillors of the Assembly were within the doors, they were forcibly locked in by members of the Queen's royal guard. Her Majesty, above the commotion, called for the following vote, taking many of her councillors by surprise. Loyalists of the Monarchy were quick to throw their support behind the vote, with the rest of the Assembly along with the Lord High Chancellor himself safely voting against or abstaining once it was clear that the Act would not pass the 50% required by all bills in the Assembly.
[[File:Signing of Treaty of Ghent (1812).jpg|thumb|380x380px|Pictured: The Lord High Chancellor making a short speech to the Provincial Assembly of Gabon during the night of the 9th.
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With this initial vote, The Queen declared that she had the support she needed to call for independence which sent the ministers that voted nay and those that voted abstain
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! colspan="2" |Should we hold a second referendum on independence?
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Although not legal binding and not possible to enforce by the Assembly, it was a clear display of the feelings of a majority of councillors. The Queen sacked her Lord Chancellor before swiftly branding the rest of the Assembly as traitors and dissolving the entire government. From this, the Independent Principality of Gabon was again formed with Her Majesty The Queen as its head, the previous Grand Prince of the Province of Gabon.
==== Declarations of War ====
Both [[Varkonia]] and [[Hjaltland]] decided to rally behind the revolutionaries in their revolt against the Independent Principality of Gabon. Invoking the Security Act of Gabon<ref>https://balmoral.ga/law/security</ref>, Her Majesty declared war on The Grand Duchy of Varkonia and U.F.R Hjatland<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/9vgf6t/declaration_of_war_by_gabon_against_varkonia_and/</ref> along with the republican rebels. The rebels, led by BritishWanderer, promptly made a response with their intention of an official military coup of Gabon<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/9vgqvw/declaration_of_official_military_coup_of_gabon/</ref>. Large outpourings of 'Long Live Gabon!' came in from home and abroad in support of the revolutionaries.
With the military of Gabon giving their assurances of continued loyalty to their Queen, The rebels were forced to wait outside city boundaries for support from the Grand Duchy of Varkonia and Hjatland. However outside of the Capital, vast progress was being made by the rebels forces, taking position in the town of Bakerswood and surrounding Cottingham to the far south. Upon hearing updates about the incidents occurring in Gabon, The Red Duke of Varkonia ordered a bombing raid by the Varkonian special military forces of the Gabonese capital, the City of Salisbury. This sole horrific act devastated the loyalist stronghold in the centre of the city allowing for it's immediate capture by supporting revolutionary forces.
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===== Aftermath =====
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After the declaration of peace, the city experienced rapid growth internally and externally with immense funding being put into the Gabonese diamond mining industry by the Executive Council of the Grand Mercantile Republic of the Autonomous Free Sovereign State of Gabon, the Abode of Peace. This saw the Executive Council fund extensive repairs and complete long-awaited construction projects that had been waiting for Varkonaian tax, allowing citizens to visit cafes, bars, and the theatre like never before.
=== Period of Growth ===
The end of the Civil War in Gabon bought about a much-needed period of growth to the nation. After the accession of BritishWanderer and Gobblin to high ranking positions in the Gabonese government, both of whom supported relaxing regulations and expanding diplomatic ties across the globe, the economy and construction industry subsequently began to truly flourish, bringing the DPP [Diamonds per person] up to 164% compared to the quarter beforehand.
==== Construction Industry ====
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Grants were also provided to the district of '''Winchester''' to provide more environmental benefits to the local housing and businesses. Winchester is widely regarded as one of the prettier parts of Salisbury thanks to the additions of the BnB and the Gloriana Cafe, both constructions overseen by the Chancellor and his Vice counterpart.
In late December, the Executive Council came together to formalise and negotiate the funding and construction of a sturdy wall, 12 metres in height and 6 metres in width, surrounding Salisbury. The negotiations took 13 hours and ended with a fully funded wall, slight changes were made to the design which made it overall more defensible, in line with the policy set out by the government. As of January 2019, the wall was
==== Chancellery Act ====
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Gabon is a Republic with a Monarchical form of government under the '''Chancellery Act''' passed by the Executive Council in early January 2019, shortly after the signing of the ''civil war peace treaty''<ref>https://balmoral.ga/treaty/peace</ref>. The head of state for Gabon, namely the Lord High Chancellor is a hereditary position. The position is served until death or abdication. The Lord High Chancellor has the power to appoint and dismiss any government position outside of the elected Lord's Council. The Chancellor has supreme authority in all the affairs of Gabon, assuming the highest representation of Gabon in international relations and exercises the functions expressly conferred on him by the Constitution and the laws of Gabon. The Command-in-Chief of the Land and Naval Militia, and of all Naval and Military Forces, of and in Gabon, is vested in the said Lord High Chancellor.
Gabon has a unicameral legislature with a Lord's Council. The Council currently has
The Vice Chancellor alongside The Lord High Chancellor both together possesses the power and authority to declare a state of war against another state.
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=== Foreign Relations ===
Since becoming a province under The Grand Duchy of Varkonia, Gabon has officially delegated their affairs to the foreign office of Varkonia. However Gabon still enjoys close relations with its neighbouring countries engaging in official visits, embassy construction on behalf of Varkonia and gift giving. On December 16th 2018, BritishWanderer was officially appointed by the Red Duke of Varkonia to be the ambassador to Bloom, remarking on the close ties enjoyed between Gabon and Bloom throughout their respective histories.
Gabon has extremely close ties with the fellow province of Westmore, seen as sister states under the Grand Duchy, these provinces are tightly knitted in terms of their ideals, citizenry and their close cooperation with one another. The representing senators have formed a provincial wide company known as G&W between these nations as well as assisting in construction projects in both capitals.
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