ᴍ:History of the Hveden Federation

This is the history of the Hveden Federation

Map of the seven empires

Period of unification

Between 2200 and 2302, the 96 countries that comprised the territory of the Vaiyan Document were consolidated into 7 empires and their subjects.

Vaiyan Document

Signed in 2302 between all 7 members: the Republic of Kusfeld, the Republic of Nacrilia, the Republic of Dazulia, the Republic of Matkalvina, the Confederacy of Egovia, the Republic of Ellya, and the Confederacy of Blaszkya–Avstedet (known as the CBA), alongside all client states such as the Crimslette State and Wyndgreis Protectorate (controlled by Kusfeld) and the Rosalian League (controlled by Matkalvina).

Establishment of the union

The union was created 1 July 2302.

The government would comprise of 10 senators from each member country, plus a single senator from each client state, allowing for a 73-member senate. The lower house, known as the House of Commons of the Hveden Federation, would be comprised of 250 seats elected proportionally to population. The President would be elected directly by the people, but only candidates nominated by the senate (a minimum of 20% support or 15 senators) could run.

United era (2302–2340)

Skalgar's presidency (2302–2310)

2302 presidential, senate, and commons elections

Main pages: 2302 Hveden Federation presidential election, 2302 Hveden Federation senate election, and 2302 Hveden Federation parliamentary election

The first elections were held prior to the establishment between 1 April 2302 and late June 2302, with the winners taking office on 1 July 2302. Elections for president would be every 5 years, senate every 4 years, and commons every 4 years, every year on 1 April, with them taking office 1 July. All votes were separate. The main running parties were the United Party, the National Party, the People Party, the Conservative Party, and the Progressive Party.

Maar Skalgar, the President of Kusfeld, would win the presidential election for the United Party.

Skalgar's cabinet

Skalgar's term would expire in 2307 and would begin with his appointments.

Having a minority in both the senate and house, they would settle on a supply and demand agreement with the People's Party to receive a combined majority in both houses. Alone in the senate they had 31 senators and combined had 40 senators (above the 36 for a majority). Alone in the house they had 199 MPs and combined had 249 MPs (short 2 of a majority). The list of appointments is organised from most to least important. All are members of the United Party except when stated.

Name	Maar Skalgar	Karl Seiger	Inge Starlit	Fen Sven Garr	Alessand Braune	Emelie Milket	Peter Skrebitz	Klemens Freitag	Robyn Bucket
New Position	President	Foreign Secretary	Home Secretary	Defence Secretary	Finance Secretary	Prime Minister	Premier	Justice Secretary	Welfare Secretary
Position	n/a	Kusfeld senator (since 2302)	Kusfeld senator (PP) (since 2302)	Member of parliament (since 2302)	Crimslette senator (since 2302)	Member of parliament (since 2302)	Matkalvina senator (since 2302)	Member of parliament (since 2302)	Member of parliament (PP) (since 2302)
Previous experiences	President of Kusfeld (2295–2302)	Foreign Secretary of Kusfeld (2295–2302)		General of the Kusfeldic Army

Skalgar and Seiger heavily worked on the Expansion Initiative together to bring in states from the South Vaiyan regions.

The National Party made up the largest opposition in both chambers of congress. Rasel Bardot, the former President of Egovia, would represent them in the Senate from 2302 to 2304 until her resignation. At which time Fritz Wentzel, the former National Party Home Secretary in Kusfeld from 2291–2295, and later Shadow Home Secretary from 2295–2299, and Leader of the Opposition from 2299–2302 in Kusfeld, would become the National Party's senate representative. While Volkmar Skemetz represented them in the House of Commons.

2302–2306 Absorption of the South Vaiyans

Over 20 states were absorbed between 2302 and 2322 under the Expansion Initiative created by President Skalgar, Foreign Secretary Seiger, and Defence Secretary Garr. The Expansion Initiative Act 2302 passed through the House of Commons on 4 December 2302 with 255–236, with 9 abstentions from various parties. It passed through the Senate on 14 January 2303 with 38–31, with 4 abstentions. It was signed into law the following day on 15 January 2303. The act would allow the government to raise an army without the approval of both houses in the interest of expansionist policies. It also set about the procedure of absorbing new land into the union and how they would go about being represented in congress.

Expansion of welfare

Under the People Party's supply and demand agreement, they wanted to use their opportunity to influence government to work on domestic affairs. The President, and three most important members of the cabinet were too focused on expanding the border of Hvede and so it was Inge Starlit, the Leader of the People Party, to be appointed Home Secretary to input their ideas of welfare reform. Robyn Bucket was appointed Welfare Secretary to help.

The major reforms to the welfare state began with major work reform. The government introduced a minimum wage in the Minimum Wage Act 2304 with 47–22 in the Senate (4 abstentions), and 276–219 in the House of Commons (5 abstentions).

The government introduced a worker safety law in the Safety Act 2305 with 65–8 in the Senate, and 468–14 in the House of Commons (18 abstentions).

2306 presidential, senate, and commons elections

Main pages: 2306 Hveden Federation presidential election, 2306 Hveden Federation senate election, and 2306 Hveden Federation parliamentary election

Between 1 April 2306 and 28 June 2306, the voting would open for the 2306 elections with winners taking office 1 July 2306. Both United and People parties received a large boost in support following their policy victories and popularity of ministers. This election would see the Senate reformed to be divided into several first-past-the-post subdivisions, while the House of Commons remained the same, finalised in the Electoral Reform Act 2305 passed 40–33 in the senate and 257–243. Skalgar won re-election with 56.32%, a margin of 24.96pp over second place Edgar Edwin Gore, who won 31.36% of the vote. With this victory, he was endorsed for a second term continuing his agenda of expansion. He was no doubt helped however by the People Party not running a candidate.

In the senate, the United Party received 34 senators, short 3 of a majority but up 3 senators from 2302. In the House of Commons, the United Party received 208 seats, short 43 seats of a majority, but up 9 seats from 2302. Liking the People Party's efforts and reforms during the 2302–2306 congress, and incredible reception and approval from the public, the United Party renewed the supply and demand agreement creating an official coalition. Together, the coalition would have 54 senators, a majority of 34 (thanks to the People Party massively increasing their senators from 9 to 20 since the last election) and 297 MPs in the House of Commons, a majority of 92.

2306–2310 Expansion initiative

Three countries would join the union between 2306 and 2310. The first was the Kingdom of Baznia on 3 October 2306, then the Prinsesslotte on 16 September 2308, and finally the Isolated Kingdom of Horton on 5 February 2309. When these countries join the Hveden Federation, the current royal families would be given generous pensions, great wealth, estates, and titles to keep as they go into exile or keep some ceremonial power. In Horton, the current King would become Governor, while the other countries' prime ministers would become their governors. The Queen of Prinsesslotte would be given the most generous titles being honoured by the Hveden government and given residence in the capital. Each would be represented by two senators in the senate, increasing the number of senators to 79.

During this expansion, the Foreign Secretary Karl Seiger made very clear to the Imperial Oraclus of Eselgor that they had no intention of threatening their hold over the oracle there. In 2308, the two countries signed a mutual defence pact, and ratified non-aggression pacts. On 5 March 2309, the Mutually Beneficial Alliance of the Imperial Oraclus of Eselgor and the Hveden Federation (MBA) was signed granting countries free trade.

Domestic reforms and scandal

The federation would pass several domestic reforms aimed at strengthening the economy and decreasing poverty. Their first major reform was the creation of a welfare state fuelled by increased tax revenues and lowering costs of medical technology thanks to the treaties with the Oraclus and advance of technology. This state would abolish all private medical insurance and instead introduce a flat rate of tax to fund a free-at-use service. This was criticised by some rural people who wouldn't have many nearby places, but overall was incredibly well received and decreased average family costs for medical attention by incredibly significant amounts. This was one of the most consequential bills passed and lowered poverty, increase life expectancy, and reduced infant mortality rate.

A scandal would hit the People Party in October 2309 as it was revealed that the cost of purchasing many private medical facilities was billions more than necessary and that many private business holders demanded more than its worth to buy medical equipment and such. One People Party undersecretary was sacked for possibly getting shares of money as a result. The People Party promised in December 2309 to launch a full inquiry into missing money and open fraud cases.

Other bills were passed, and passively infrastructure continued to be built to interconnect the Hveden Federation. Over 100,000 kilometres of rail was built by various public and private departments and companies from 2306 to 2310. Starlit was very clear to push for public transport rather than private and car ownership.

2310 presidential, senate, and commons elections

Main pages: 2310 Hveden Federation presidential election, 2310 Hveden Federation senate election, and 2310 Hveden Federation parliamentary election

Skalgar would decide to run for a third term in office, believing he still had a lot of potential to expand the republic. Having been incredibly hands off domestically, the People Party publically endorsed the coalition going into the 2310 elections. In all senate races, the UP and PP would not stand in each other's seats. The 2310 elections saw tremendous success for the United and People parties.

In the senate elections, the Conservatives were wiped out, losing all 7 senators. The coalition between United and People saw a consolidation of senate seats, with both parties gaining 7 senators. This put the United Party, alone, over a majority of senators. With the coalition they had a combined 68 out of 76 senate seats (over 85%) which saw total domination of the upper chamber. Passing laws there would become a formality. The Nationals were the only other party, maintaining just 8 senators (down 4 from the previous election).

In the parliamentary elections, the United Party and People Party both gained 12 seats and their governing coalition rose to 321 seats, which gave them a majority of 140 seats (251 for a majority). Together, the two parties achieved an extra 9 million votes between them, with a total of 46 million votes. In the parliament, the other parties were extremely fractured too. The breakaway Nationalist parties such as the Matkalvina Party of Nationalists, Egovian Independence Party, and the Blaszkyan and Avstedeten Nationalist Party received a combined 72 seats, which was one more than the actual National party (although they received 100,000 less votes). With the national parties practically in half and an overwhelming majority, passing laws would become very easy.

As for the presidential election, Skalgar won re-election with 60.52% of the vote, against Eleanor Es Gala's 19.57%, a margin of 40.95pp, the largest in Hveden history. Skalgar achieved 44 million votes, up 10 million from the previous election, and a margin of 30 million against second place Gala's 14 million. With the biggest result yet, Skalgar was guaranteed office until 2314 when he planned to retire.

2314 presidential, senate, and commons elections

With Skalgar not running for re-election in 2314, one of the first things following the election was questioning who would succeed Skalgar as President. Karl Seiger, Skalgar's good friend and Foreign Secretary, put his name forward to succeed him. The United Party would hold a primary to decide their next leader after Klemens Freitag and Alessand Braune threw their name into the ring. A whole vote of United Party members did not take place, but the 5,380 members of the attending United Party Convention on 3 January 2314 would vote. These were not explicitly VIP members, but just those at a planned bi-annual conference. Skalgar did not endorse any person. The first vote was inconclusive. 2,691 members for a single candidate would automatically give them the nomination, but the votes split 2,234 for Seiger, 1,998 for Braune, and 1,148 for Freitag. Therefore, Freitag would drop out of the competition coming third. A second vote was scheduled for the 17 January 2314 where a different group of members would vote between the final two. However, on 13 January 2314, Seiger would travel up to the convention with his family when a tragic accident injured him severely and killed his daughter. Mortified, he dropped out of the competition. Braune won the nomination unopposed the following day. Freitag, despite technically coming second in retrospect and being technically able to contest the result, endorsed Braune. Skalgar would endorse Braune in February.

The National Party nominated Fritz Wentzel as their candidate for president. He had served as a senator since 2302, and the Senate Leader since 2304, therefore serving simultaneously as the Senate Leader of the Opposition from 2304 to 2306 when they held second place. Prior to his election to the senate, Fritz Wentzel had led the National Party of Kusfeld and was Leader of the Opposition there from 2299 to 2302. He had also previously served as Home Secretary of Kusfeld from 2291 to 2295 during the last National government there, and continued as the Shadow Home Secretary until 2299. He was 60 years old at the time of his nomination.

The People Party would maintain the long-serving coalition once again and would not field a candidate for the presidential election. The Conservative Party, the Matkalvina Nationals, all fielded candidates again. The Egovian Independence Party fielded a candidate for the first time too. With the Matkalvina National and Egovian Independence parties fielding candidates together, they stated that they did not think they could win an election but rather wanted to show the popular opinion for independence and their views on nationalism against the phony nationalists in the National party. The Conservative party candidate was a 66 year old local politician from Ellya, Peter Crebensz. The Matkalvina National candidate was Mersey Turpitz for the third time in a row, hoping to expand his vote share heavily (having gone from 2.4% to 8% from 2306 to 2310), while the Egovian Independence candidate was a 34 year old Kourtney Ebs–Keller who was primarily a famous activist.

Declining era (2380–2403)

Hveden Civil War

war begins 2391. Hveden Federation dissolved on 25 October 2393, with the incumbent government moving to controlling the Kusfeldic State.