Rockfield

Rockfield, officially the Socialist People's Republic of the Rock (Bonitañan Spanish: República Popular Socialista de la Roca) is a sovereign state in eastern Doggerland. Rockfield borders onto the Eastern Sea, as well as sharing a long land border with Wiltshire and Bonitana. Comprised of over one-hundred towns, villages and localities, Rockfield's main territory is in Doggerland. However, it also administers the oversees territories of Madeira and the island of Porto Santo.

Rockfield is among the oldest states in Doggerland, having its direct history date back to 2640 and the independence of the New Murica colony. Rockfield has also been able to maintain its independence, besides its voluntary membership of the United Federation of Planets (2986-2994) as a Spanish and Portuguese country. With the migration of Federation refugees in the late 2990s, the country has become a more urban and and progressive country, while still maintaining many of its traditional customs. Rockfield is a heavily Christian nation, being primarily of the Pontifical Church of Ecclesia.

Etymology

The term "Rockfield" is the unofficial name of the country, primarily used by English-speaking countries to refer to the country. The formal name for Rockfield is the Socialist People's Republic of the Rock, named for Rockfield's coastal rocky terrain.

The original Spanish name for the country, Balancía, is still unofficially used by traditionalist nationalists, with many calling for the name to be restored over the anglicised version. The original name has led to the official demonym of the country, Balancín.

History

New Murcia Settlement

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 El Presidente is Emiliano Matias Alejandro who assumed office on 16 August 3020, following his election earlier that same month.

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 16 August 3020	Vacant
5	Emiliano Matias Alejandro	PS	3020	16 August 3020 until present	Jia Lu Jintao