Portugal (PhantomUltima's)

Portuguese Transitionary Government ; Governo de Transição Português (Portuguese)
Flag	Coat of Arms
	Map of Portugal
Server Icon
Motto
	"And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up"
Official Languages
	Portuguese, English
Capital
	Lisboa
Demonym
	Portuguese
Administration
Form of Government	Semi-Presidential Republic
President	Azazel
Prime Minister	Zeron
Ownership
Founder	PhantomUltima
Current Owner	Neieder
Member Count
	140
Link
	Discord Invite

The Portuguese Transitional Government (Portuguese: Governo de Transição Português), commonly just known as Portugal is a Discord-based Mock Government derived from its real-life counter part. It proclaims itself as one of Mock Government's leading democracies as it's also one of the only Mockgovs to have a hard-line ban on Anti-TOS stuff. Portugal was founded by PhantomUltima.

History

Founding of Portugal - October 8th, 2023

On October 8th, with a template gained from Jaden, PhantomUltima created the Portuguese Republic. He set up the server and spread the invite across to his close friends, including The Landlord, Encoded Skyro and Jet Pilots. Quickly, the server sprouted as a growing mock government. This is the founding era of the state, but this blossoming era ended shortly. This is what some people call "The First Republic"

The Nuke

On October 26th, a user in the staff team had nuked the server in the morning. The server was quickly put under emergency as both the nuker and nukebot were banned and PhantomUltima had made an emergency announcement stating that "Operation Iberia" would quickly commence to reinstate the server. It took a few days but with the help of the remaining staff team, the Portuguese Republic was quickly rebuilt from the ground and was relaunched after extra security measures were made to make sure that it would never happen again.

Growth and Blossoming

Around this time, The Portuguese Republic began to blossom and grow into a larger state, conjuring alliances and developing the server. The elections that followed had PhantomUltima win the elections, and continue his work on the country. The nation had experienced little dilemma during this period and grew quietly, eventually with the plan to expand their foreign policy.

Subsequent Decline of Portugal

Around this period was when Portugal's member growth and activity had come to a halt. It was obvious that activity was dying in the nation and Phantom had noticed. Reforms were initiated in the country to help keep its previous status quo; However, this turned into failure, and soon the server plunged into inactivity.

The Authority Drama (March 2024)

Despite initially siding with The Authority, being an applicant for the Berlin Pakt, Portugal eventually distanced itself from The Authority as their regime began to collapse; bringing their ally, Romania, to also distance itself from The Authority. These were precautions to protect their sovereignty and to not suffer a nuke from the opposing coalition which included Angel of Spades, Leon's USSR, Omsk etc. Portugal eventually sided with this coalition against The Authoritty. Portugal had to make radical change to their foreign diplomacy as the power dynamic between Mock Government countries had swiftly changed.

Major Decline and Plunge

Portugal quickly began to lose activity at a rapid pace, and the nation fell dormant. Nobody would talk for entire days and the chat was empty. Despite several reforms being placed to revive the server, they failed. Months passed by with little to no activity. The country planned to make a revival, and after several reforms, finally came "The Great Reform"

Great Reforming of 2024

PhantomUltima had now stepped down in favor of a new successor. He called for snap elections to take place on August 16th 2024, with The Landlord and Jebediah Skywalker (Also known as Jebediah Paul as displayed on the election) and with a 7 - 5 vote difference, The Landlord won. Soon followed a period of increased activity as the server started to reform its government and improve. Reforms were passed and future reforms were planned for the near future. Activity had finally skyrocketed after months of the server being dead. The country during this period can be known as the "Third Portuguese Republic", showing its transition from a dead server to a reviving one, with democratic institutions to be planned to be put into full enforcement.

A New Era

With the conclusion of the 6th Portuguese Presidential Election, Zeron, leader of the People's Party, had taken power as the new President, appointing Azazel as Prime Minister and Gkrms as Minister of Interior to replace Zeron's old position. From this point the national assembly was in full force, despite only having 7 people out of the 20 total seats due to the lack of votes in the Parliamentary election. However, plans for further expansion of Portugal's administrations, including that of the newly-founded Diplomatic & Delegation Administration, the path for the future seemed very clear. The problem being, however, was that activity had dropped a lot before election season, with the "expiration" of the Great Reform. However, Activity had also heavily increased in this era, spelling a good future for Portugal. However, this only led to a major inactivity period, which nearly led to a full-on coup d'etat against Presidente Azazel and Primeiro Minsitro Zeron

In late November of 2024, Portugal would enter a minor crisis. During a poll which would decide whether or not to leave NATO, it was revealed that many NATO leaders and members had voted in the poll to keep Portugal in NATO. Along with this, many TA member also voted in the poll that would force Portugal to join the Berlin Pakt, including a user known as "Reichsburo.Official". This poll was eventually closed and would not be considered.

In Early December of 2024, Phantom would announce that Portugal would be migrating to a new server he created starting in 2025. He explained that this was due to an issue with Onboarding, and many unsolvable issues due to the age of the server.

The New King in the Castle

The server was migrated around the end of 2024 and start of 2025 yet it had remained considerably bloated in terms of onboarding and template. The server hadn't amassed a high number of members and activity since the migration, being stuck at around 130. This and PhantomUltima's main focus being Japan caused PhantomUltima to announce the server's shutting, where Neieder came in and said he'd take care of the server. The server was transfered to him and a series of debloatation, template, onboarding and governmental reforms started simultaneously with Silesian settlement.

Politics & Government

Political Parties

Portugal is made up of 8 Political Parties

Democratic Socialist Party - The Democratic Socialist Party is a center-left party, focusing on socialist economics and progressive values. This party also advocates for democratic institutions, being strictly anti-authoritarian, and is partially interventionist when it comes to authoritarian regimes.
National Unitary Party - The Portuguese National Unitary Party is a far-right political organization that advocates conservative values, nationalism, and the preservation of traditional Portuguese culture.
Libertarian Worker's Party - The Classic Libertarian Worker's Party is a Libertarian-Right, Conservative, and Classical Liberal party that has the goal to transform the Government into something similar to a Public Service.
Communist Party of Portugal - The Portuguese Communist Party is a Marxist-Leninist Party that has historically advocated for the working class, socialism, and the establishment of a classless society.
People's Party of Portugal - The Portuguese People's Party is a Christian Democratic Party that's Center Right to Right Wing socially and Center to Center Left Economically.
Sphere of Ascensionism and Neo-Futurism - a new party founded as a branch of the Silesian Sphere of Ascensionism and Neo-Futurism by Silesian settlers. It promotes an ideology called "Ascensionism" (called "Space nazism" by enemies) that is mainly composed of transhumanist, globalist and technocratic elements.

President

The President of Portugal is the Head of State within the country. The president is meant to act as a representative of the nation to the rest of MockGov. They also oversee the Staff Team and other institutions in the server.

Prime Minister

The Prime Minister of Portugal is the Head of Government in the country. The Prime Minister is the chief executive of the country and is responsible for operation of the Government, such as the National Assembly and the Ministries.

Ministries

Portugal has 10 Ministry Positions each split into 4 Departments: Department of Security, Department of The Community, Department of Political Affairs and Department of Server Function.

Ministries of Portugal
Ministry	Group	Main Function
Ministry of Defense	Department of Security	Responsible for the defense systems and responses towards attacks.
Ministry of Espionage	Department of Security	Responsible for gathering intel from enemy nations.
Ministry of Counterintelligence	Department of Security	Responsible for countering intelligence agencies and foreign influence that exist.
Ministry of the Economy	Department of Community	Responsible for managing the server shop and job sector.
Minister of Justice	Department of Community	Responsible for administrating all court positions and all systems relating to justice.
Minister of Broadcasting	Department of Community	Responsible for managing State News and publishing news by the state.
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Department of Political Affairs	Responsible with dealing with the server's foreign policy and managing embassies.
Minister of the Interior	Department of Server Function	Responsible for managing the General Police Department.
Minister of Activity	Department of Server Function	Responsible for making sure that activity remains at decent levels.
Minister of Recruitment	Department of Server Function	Responsible for employing people to vacant positions in Government.

Legislative Branch

National Assembly

The National Assembly is the official Parliament of Portugal. The NA is made up of members, a Vice-President, and a President of the Assembly. Appointed after Parliamentary elections, the members of the National Assembly are responsible for passing laws, helping the President with ballots & referendums, and being able to decide if certain motions go through or not.

Judicial Branch

Supreme Court

Unlike the Regular Courts, The Supreme Court is the Highest Court in the Country. The SC is responsible for matters such as a disputed court procedure, corruption, and election fraud. The courts are separated in order to maintain efficiency between the Supreme and Lower Courts. They are responsible for leading a court case and making sure that it runs efficiently, and is decided fairly. The President of the Supreme Court leads both the Lower Courts and the Supreme Court