Rockfield

Rockfield, officially the Socialist People's Republic of the Rock (Bonitañan Spanish: República Popular Socialista de la Roca) is a small sovereign state in eastern Doggerland. It lies in the narrow region between Newton, Wiltshire and South Eastern Bonitana. Due to its geographical proximity to Bonitana, Bonitañan Spanish is the most widely spoken language in the country, with English as another primary language. The country was established in 3005 as the formation of the Rockfield settlement, the most northern of the Federation refugee settlements.

The small country has historically been in talks with, at different times, Wiltshire, the United Cities of Greater Bonitana, the Almere Socialist Republic, the Eastern Federal Republic, the Novanite Federation and the New Corporate Republic to join these respective countries. However, none of them have ever materialized and Rockfield has remained an independent country.

Unlike most of the countries of Doggerland, Rockfield has never joined international organizations such as S.A.T.O, International Defense Organization or DUOD. However, does play a role in international diplomacy, previously serving on the DefCon Council and as host of the G20 Conference in 3020.

Etymology

The term "Rockfield" was not officially coined until 3009. The original settlement took the name of the "Settlement of the Rock", or by the Bonitañan Spanish name, Balancía. When the settlement declared itself independent of Wiltshire in 3009, it chose the name "The Republic of the Rock", changing to "The Socialist People's Republic of the Rock" following an encuesta (referendum) the same year.

With the adaptation of this official name, the demonym became "Rocan". However, most still identify themselves as "Balancín", and Balancía is still a popularly used term for the country domestically.

History

Settlement

First and second conferences of Wiltshire

Republicanism

Nationalism vs Socialism

Coastal expansion

Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez

Death of Antonio Estévez

Rise of Alejandro

Government and politics

The government of Rockfield is closely linked with the ruling Partido Socialista (Socialist Party or PS). Given the great success of PS in Rockfield's elections, it is the only major political party in the country and controls a super-majority of the seats in the Balancín Cortes Generales. Further more, every El Presidente de la Roca has been from PS. The government of Rockfield is divided into four main sections;

Cortes Generales

The Cortes Generales is the legislature of Rockfield and is made up of elected Deputies from the 324 Departments of Rockfield. At each Cortes Generales election, candidates must win majority support in their respective departments to win victory. In cases where candidates do not win majority support, runoff elections are held two-weeks later in their departments between the top-two candidates (this has only ever occurred three times in history). The Cortes Generales has total legislative control in Rockfield. See below a graphical summary of the Cortes Generales.

Cortes Generales as of 6 August 3020.

Colour	Party	English Name	Leader	Seats
Violet Red	Partido Socialista (PS)	Socialist Party	Emiliano Matias Alejandro	243
Lime Green	Partido Monárquico (PM)	Monarchist Party	Stephen Mears	18
Crimson	Partido Nacionalista de Bonitanan (PNDB)	Bonitanan National Party	Marques Luis	15
Yellow	Sindicato de Trabajo Social (SDTS)	Social Labour Union	Mario Turos	8
Grey	Independently elected candidates			40

El Presidente de la Roca

El Presidente de la Roca is the Head of State and Head of Government of Rockfield. Elected by an electoral college system, El Presidente is the most senior member of the government and the official representative of the country abroad. El Presidente is responsible for the execution of government, the enforcement of laws, the expenditure of budgets, the command of the military, the appointment of constitutional and national judges and the appointment of the cabinet secretaries.

While not constitutionally required, El Presidente has always been the incumbent General Secretary of the Socialist Party (Secretario General del Partido Socialista). The incumbent President is Joseph Laos, who took office as El Presidente on 23 May 3020. Following the 3020 El Presidencial Election, Emiliano Matias Alejandro became El Presidente-electo and will take office on 16 August 3020.

List of El Presidente de la Roca

Number	El Presidente	Political Party	Election	Term dates	Primer Vicepresidente
1	Palos De Santa	PS	3009	16 August 3005 until 21 February 3012	Temar Cruize
			3010		Temar Cruize
			3011		David Winston
2	David Winston	PS	3012	21 February 3012 until July 1 3013	Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez
3	Ramón Gerard Antonio Estévez	PS	3013	1 July 3013 until 23 May 3020	Joseph Laos
			3014		Joseph Laos
			3015		Patricia Westbrooke
			3016		Joseph Laos
			3017
			3018
			3019
4	Joseph Laos	PS	N/A	23 May 3020 until present	Vacant
Electo	Emiliano Matias Alejandro	PS	3020	Assuming office: 16 August 3020	Jia Lu Jintao (electo)