So... What happened to Hindopia? (OOC)

You may have noticed (or may not, depending on how important my nation is to you) that Hindopia has undergone some pretty big changes. First of all you need to know that I took a little bit of time away from NationStates. There was a time when my nation came close to CTE but I got back in time to save it from... *shiver*... The Rejected Realms. I've been slowly re-aquatinting myself with NS, and for the time being I've moved Hindopia to Lazarus.

During this time I've been working on a "Revised Hindopia" and the changes have just been made official. Most importantly, a new President and Cabinet have been elected after the old ones were dismissed by the Senate.

After the end of the Hindopian/Borucistan War, a new government was installed and a new President was elected in Borucistan. The Lyons government had never been more popular, and it was expected they would win the next election hands down. This newfound popularity was short-lived, as just over a year later an investigative team for The Nightly National published an article that rocked the nation. The new 'democratic' government of Borucistan was in reality nothing more than a puppet government controlled by a highly secretive cabal in the upper echelons of the Lyons administration. The people were furious. Many expected Lyons to fire those involved and ask the Attorney General to lay criminal charges against them. However, the nation was stunned when Lyons held a press conference to announce that he would be asking the Senate to perform an inquest into the matter. This was not good enough in the public's eye and the voters booted Lyons and his government out of office in the next election.

Hindopia now had a new President, an Edward Sargon. He was a progressive politician and had fought for causes such as an overhaul of healthcare and the modernization of Hindopia's schools. The people weren't enthralled by his policies, but rather his enviable speaking skills. He was revered and feared throughout the political world for this skill and it was a major factor in his decisive victory.

Sargon had very high goals and did not like people getting in his way. He saw the High Council of Hindopia as a threat to his attaining those goals as tradition dictated he confer with the Council anytime he planned significant legislation or policy. This was not a legal requirement but had been traditional to do so for hundreds of years and to do otherwise would seem 'un-Hindopian'. Determined to get his way, Sargon and some of his cabinet tried to persuade the Senate to disband the Council and then, failing that, arranged for an attempted assassination on his life pinning the blame on the Council (saying that they feared his previous attempt to dissolve them). His plan worked and the Council, after more than 600 years existing in one form or another, had to pack up shop.

For the rest of his term Sargon campaigned for various things including the expansion of the public health care system and the introduction of the Future Schools Program, a program aimed at preparing the public schooling system for the new technologies available. 81% of people polled in the Hindopian Report said they were happy with Sargon's performance and policies as President.

Sargon's demise began when he, the Secretary of Defence and various other cabinet members were bribed by ExeFin Technologies, one of the largest defence manufacturers in Hindopia, to grant them the permits needed to test bio-weaponry inside Hindopia's borders. Under the guise of testing the prohibited weapons for defensive purposes (producing them for profit was illegal), ExeFin manufactured the bio-weapons in Hindopia and sold them via a puppet corporation in another nation, having the profits flow back to ExeFin. A still unnamed individual came to Pandarra Senator Jamie Oorn, a Senator famous for her ruthless pushes for accountablity in government officials, and revealed all of the details to her. Oorn did not succeed in bringing Sargon down as a Senator but after finishing her term she founded the National Truth League and managed to convince the Attorney General to bring criminal charges against Sargon and a large portion of his Cabinet.

The trial was one of the most explosive in Hindopian history. Sargon and 7 cabinet members were found guilty of a list of charges and therefore were unable to serve in office anymore. With mounting evidence that every single cabinet member had been intricately involved in at least one of the plots at some point in time and with the entire population up in arms, the Senate took the drastic measure of dismissing the entire Sargon government.

Left without a leader the Senate quickly re-established the High Council, whose many long unused emergency powers included the mandate to govern in such an instance. The High Council governed until the new elections were held and the reformed National Party won government.

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And there you have it. Keep an eye on this blog or on my twitter account (@Hindopia) for new updates as they happen.