Dunica

The Broken Union of Dunica (Anglyngo: Fractuuruni Dúnica [frak'tyrunɪ ˌdʊnɪkə]), commonly known as Dunica (Silvonian: la Dunique; Aventian: Dunika) is a country located in Northwestern Balteca with overseas territories spreading across the eastern Dunic Ocean. It consists of seven states known as Domaines, and the Dunic Island Territories of Yawbosch, San Jaco, Terbini, Île-de-Dune, and Kami.

Dunica borders Hyokoku to the North, Almeria to the East, Hākatursug to the South, and the Dunic Ocean to the West.

History
Main Article: History of Dunica

Pre-Artopan Period
Main Article: Atolac Civilization

Early Artopan Settlement
Main Articles: Artopan Exploration of Balteca, History of Carissia-Dunica Relations

The Dunic Dominion
Main Articles: the United Companies, History of Dunican Corporatism

Almerian Independence & First Nannasowan War
Main Articles: History of Almeria-Dunica Relations, Nannasowa Confederacy

The Sylvian Purchase
Main Articles: Sylvian Empire, History of Dunican Federalism

Raghead Rebellion & Creation of the Broken Union
Main Articles: Declaration of Dunica, History of Dunican Labor Movements

First Corporate Era
Main Article: History of Dunican Corporatism

The Union Compromise
Main Articles: Banquetville Disaster, Office of Corporate Malfeasance

Second Corporate Era
Main Articles: History of Dunican Corporatism, List of Dunican Corporations

Geography
Main Article: Geography of Dunica

Government and Politics
Dunican governance is heavily devoluted to the nation's seven Domaines.

Dunican Federalism
Per Article 1 of the Declaration of Dunica, the nation-state is to be permanently divided into seven semi-autonomous states known as domaines. While the office of the Federal is responsible for levying federal taxes and maintaining matters of national security, immigration, fiscal policy, standardization, movement of people and goods, and human rights protection, domaines enjoy a large degree of discretion in shaping legislation at the domaine level (e.g. infrastructure, labor, criminal justice, etc).

"Bamberg Model"
The Bamberg Model is a model for municipal governance that, while not originally outlined in the 1738 Declaration, has been a constitutionally accepted practice since its inception. The Bamberg Model grew out of the 17th-century Glasean colony of New Bamberg, and simply holds that municipal governance is more effective when its institutions act as corporations. Proponents of the model argue that corporate hierarchies and a profit-maximization model based on supply and demand is far more effective at generating tax revenue, which can be converted into public spending and thus social good. While this is arguably the case in cities like Bulrey, where public spending per capita is some of the highest on Mytas, critics have pointed to the Bamberg Model as a key catalyst of systemic corruption and inequality in municipalities across the Union.

Fifty-Eighth Amendment ("the Compromise")
Critiques

It is widely acknowledged that the federal system as outlined in the 1738 Declaration of Dunica has resulted in the nation becoming one of the most legally opaque in Mytas, where corporate lobbying, unfair taxes, and jurisprudential conflicts between local, domaine and federal justices routinely lead to legal inconsistencies and corruption. On multiple occasions, legal clashes between domaines have resulted in constitutional crises, most of which remain unresolved due to the Grand Justice Committee's inability to keep up with the pace of new legal conflicts. This has been widely decreed as one of the greatest failures of the Dunican system.

Languages
The country’s official language is Anglyngo, though most Dunicans speak more than one language, with large minorities speaking Silvonian, Carrisian, Nannawat, and Sakaian.

Religion
Dunica has a long tradition of religious tolerance dating back to the establishment of the Dunic Dominion.