Onerepublic

Onerepublic is a government proposition focused on uniting small nations within a vast area under a single banner. The strategy was implemented by MAI, and aims to be acknowledged by the community as a continental leader in both economical and political activity. The concept focuses on a centralised state with similar measures implemented across all states, so as to ease economical tensions and federal issues. The term itself is focused on the unity of nations under a single banner, "onerepublic". It is also meant to contest with other political terms such as free republics, Castillian territory, Snoss territory and so on.

The concept was though of in 2007 and the onerepublic plan began in 2008 with the Republic of Sherby Hoodwounds and Margate Cross Island joining MAI to form the "Republic of the Margate Antarctica Islands". Both Sherby and Cross were in financial crises, and were adjacent to the then-Margate Antarctica Island. The second phase was for Lasoun and Auzua Mostafique to join the republic, but the mergers were delayed due to the then continental financial crisis and wars ongoing in the USA and Ninja Archipelago. The merger was officiated in November of 2011, two years after the initial proposal, and the mergers were completed on 6 and 7 November.

Countries that join/will join/express interest in joining the onerepublic

Due to the extensive coverage of the project, several countries have petitioned to join the onerepublic other than MAI's neighbours. Some countries expressed interest, but others declined the offer, citing various reasons.

Countries that have joined the onerepublic

No.	Flag	Nation	Agreement signed	Join date
1		Republic of Sherby Hoodwounds	November 15, 2008	November 15, 2008
2	30px	Margate Cross Island	November 20, 2008	November 20, 2008
3		Lasoun	April 20, 2009	November 6, 2011
4	30px	Auzua Mostafique	April 15, 2009	November 7, 2011

Conceptualisation

Margate was increasing in economy and population. Margate ranked fourth in GDP output, second in GDP per capita, and first in economic transparency. It's rising status as a powerful nation was made known to the rest of Antarctica.

In 2005, the government proposed a plan to "further expand on GDP output by acquisition of various areas/construction of enclaves in other nations". The plan was never finalised and was shelved. In early 2005, another plan was proposed, this time focusing on "merger with Sherby Hoodwounds (who was then suffering from economic depressions following the war)". The plan also failed to suffice, although there was increased interest in the idea.

Finally, in 2006, the Margatian government set up a committee, known as the "Margatian Merger Committee", to analyse the potential of merger. A list of nations was considered, including Dorkugal, Club Jellyfish and the Finipines. Eventually, the government approved a list of countries, and then assigned the committee to accomplish a set of goals, all of which led to eventual merger between several nations and Margate. What resulted was the "onerepublic" plan.

Trivia

Reports show that a band also has the same name. True enough, the band are humans and reside in something like the USA, just that instead of Antarctica, it's "America". It also gained attention from the penguins.

See Also

• MAI
• One China, the real-world concept with many similarities to this article. The article was not originally based on this, though.
• The article is formulated and loosely based on popular European empires, in which colonies outside of the main area are conjoined to form an entity of sorts. An example is the British Empire.