“-Husband and Wife.” And then Hezago snapped the book shut. “Mr. Romanov of Russia, you may now kiss the bride, Mrs. Varias of America.”
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And so they kissed, the attendees of the wedding applauding loudly as Hezago smiled, clapping too.
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“Well, though this is quite lovely, your respective governments are discussing unity and all that and I must be there, as the public requests, to ensure things don't go too- you know.” Mr. Romanov smiled and nodded understandingly, his now wife walking off in her magnificent gown to go meet with family.
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Hezago smiled once more, stepped down from the altar, and promptly disappeared with a woosh, unnoticed.
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3:36 P.M
9/26/59
Palace of Pacifica
Honolulu, Hawai’i
Commonwealth of Western Pacifica
Commonwealth of North America.
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Hezago appeared in front of the building, umbrella opened. It was pouring, hurricane season in Hawai’i, oddly enough.
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The building in question that stood before him was a large piece of infrastructure that looked like the old Society of Nations headquarters in 2021, that is, before they chose elsewhere. Hezago walked across the lawn, pitying the bland plain of grass that inhabited the building's front area. Just that and flags, nothing else, no flowers, no symbols, just green, unexotic, grass.
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How distasteful.
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Anyways, he stepped through the front doors and was met with a well decorated hall, mahogany in colour, with a rather large set of double doors encrusted with the American Monarchy's Crest and the American Monarchy's coat of arms respectively, a sight at the other end of the hall. Upon walking through those doors, he came upon a large congregation of Commonwealth leaders from both America and Russia, and people of other positions from their respective governments, debating aggressively, writing what was to be their new constitution.
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Attention turned to him and he simply smiled lightly as they, some tense and some relaxed, watched him walk to the table in which their new constitution was being organised and written. He then spoke, after taking a look at what they’d already written. “Hello, then! Your people thought it best if I was involved in this process even though they’d only knew of my nation for a few weeks, but we’ll ignore that. Now as a foreign leader, you may think that I should have no say this, and I quite frankly don’t want to be here, but the top two largest countries are merging, and their constituents see fit for my interference.”
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Murmurs began upon Hezago's finishing, with most, if not all, thinking he would at least help if a point of conflict in compromises that were to be made came up. Hezago, being a very likeable leader, even though little was known about him, was usually accepted on a multinational level with either open arms and welcome or at least in acknowledgment of his presence. This was mostly because of the fact that New Galaxia’s ports were open to all (as long as you didn't touch their boats) and free access to their oceanic waters were permitted.
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“Now,” Hezago continued, “for the basics. Your country needs a new name. Any ideas? No Russian American whatever, it's too long and very much generic.” The room filled with murmurs, most of them being good ideas, but nobody spoke up, Hezago did so himself. “Well then, the Commonwealth of Pacifica it is!” The room agreed with said name, allowing a good move on. “Now, there needs to be a new capitol. Any suggestions? Yes?” The American governess of the Yucatan-Panamanian Commonwealth spoke. “How about Anchorage or somewhere in the northern pacific?” Hezago thought for a moment, contemplating this idea. “As good of a location that is, I'm afraid to say it will not do. Temperature wise, it is unagreeable, as many leaders from southern areas would find it difficult to inhabit, and also interruption there is due in a few hours, but i’m not going to freeze the movement of the continental plates for a while.” Rather confused by that last comment, the room spoke again. “Then where are we going to put it?”
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Hezago paused, and then smiled knowingly. “Midway.” Bouts of confusion filled the room, with some proposing he was off his rocker. “Don't worry, with a bit of magic-” his umbrella sparkled lightly- “I can make the island fit a capitol that can accommodate 100,900 per senator ratio. It's not very hard.” Approval was heard and another subject was moved on to, the location of the new capitol being added to the draft of the constitution.
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“Now, flags. Develop that later, not very important. However, currency…” He then paused, thinking. “We slowly phase out both nations' currency in favour of a new one, which we should call the Pacifican. We'll use base 10 units, but you all can decide on that later, your job, not mine. Now on to a different conversation!...” He flicked his wrist; clauses and amendments appearing in their new constitution. “I've added all government department specifications here, but, basically, most of them will merge with their counterparts under the rules listed. On the call of taxes…” The room tensed ever so slightly. “Would you all like to join the International Revenue Service?”
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The International Revenue Service was and is the tax system for New Galaxia. With most taxes at a reasonable level, there was never any government scuffle over its rates. This is because, as the most populous country in the world, you can get plenty from collecting the sensible. With taxes on millionaires and the rich much higher, it also kept out unfairness in the system. This, although successful in Galaxia, failed in other countries due to their low populations.
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Galaxia then, with a bit of reworking, opened the system to other countries so that taxes collected by Galaxia and said other countries amounted to trillions and higher. The money is then proportionally split depending on which government needs it the most, along with other factors. As of then, Poland-Lithuania, New Ivory, and Wallonia were part of the system.
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Intense discussion broke out, a battle between the pros and the cons ensuing. Eventually, it was agreed upon that there were to do so, as any country could leave the system upon request, though the consequences of doing so were mighty high (a vacancy of money normally had through the system, etc.)
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“Lovely! There will be no change of internal borders, but the old capitol cities will be put to state or provincehood later down the line. Now, by-” he checked the time on his fathers’ pocket watch, which appeared in his hand “-five thirty, the constitution should be completed, as it needs to be announced to your people. Just send me a copy when you are all finished, and I’ll give it my approval. Oh, and yes, parties from both former countries will be present in this Union, with removing parties and those from the ballot being illegal. I'll be off!” And with that, Hezago disappeared, the room returning to its loud discussion.
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They didn't finish until seven.
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Hi! Welcome to the Borealis's list of fun facts!
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Did you know?
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Pacifica, the second largest country to exist on Terra, is a prosperous nation of billions living happily and relatively stable lives. A combination of The Commonwealth of North America and The People’s Commonwealth of Russia, union was achieved through monarchical marriage. With one of the biggest standards of living on the planet, it also has the lowest poverty rate ever, resting at a permanent zero.
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A life of joyous bliss!
