Xsampa

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Exile Media; Democratic Party of Xsampa and the Young Xsampa Party codify Constitution for the "United Cantons of Xsampa"; Ultimately amounts to an unrecognized exile government with little legitimacy.
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May 25th, 5742
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For the Xsampan Exiles, whether Monarchist, Republican or Reactionary, they all share a pitiful state. For the Monarchists, they find themselves exiled in Yingdala, or in Kalistan, and argue over Absolutism or Constitutionalism. For the Republicans, they have unity but no legitimacy whatsoever. For the Reactionaries, they have nothing. Yet, this hasn't stopped the Exiles from trying to coordinate. In 5737, the Emperor Gephel Lhanamseng called for a, "restoration of the Royal Serene Empire of Xsampa", but saw little success. And now, in 5742, the main focus is on the Republicans, who have always found themselves in a quagmire within the wider Exile Community. 

Ever since the Xsampan Revolution which toppled the Royal Serene Empire back in 5317, the Liberal Democratic Party of Xsampa found itself in a pickle, to say the least. Do they support the nominally secular, but communist Democratic Republic of Xsampa in the north, which included the Communist Party of Xsampa (and it's pre merger parties such as the Social Democratic Party of Xsampa, Workingmans Party, and Party for the Peasantry) or support the religiously oriented, but anti communist Serene Phdrang of Xsampa in the South? For the LDPX, the answer was to support neither, flee abroad, and hope to form their own government to bring about Liberal Democracy to Xsampa. The hope was to wait out the Xsampan Revolution, and hope the people came to their senses. But, this never came as the Lhanamseng Dynasty fled to Yingdala, taking what they could with them, whilst Xsampa itself would become hopelessly divided up until 5374, in which the Communists would succeed in unifying the country. To make matters worse, the LDPX would fracture as a sense of pessimism would define the Republican Exiles, leaving the Young Xsampa Party (one of the oldest political parties in Xsampa) as the defender of Liberal Democratic values (despite being a nominally conservative party). However, the liberal movement within the Republican Exiles would, in 5598, during the height of the Red Bass War, organize the Democratic Party of Xsampa, hoping to see the Democratic Republic of Xsampa toppled by Beitenyu. When the Bargas Chenpo occured however, and Beitenyu collapsed, those hopes were shattered as the DRX endured and survived both the Red Bass War and the Bargas Chenpo.

Despite this, the Republican Exiles have remained united, and most prominent in Amidum (the modern successor to Beitenyu), Narikaton and Darnussia, and Valruzia. This week, they're taken their unity to a new level, as the three major parties within the Exiles (the Young Xsampa Party, Democratic Party of Xsampa and the newly formed Public Interest Party) have formally modified a constitution for the "United Cantons of Xsampa", a federalist, liberal democratic, capitalist concept. This formally allows for the creation of a "Provisional National Assembly" to organize the "parties of free Xsampa", in which the YXP, DPX and PIP largely hold control of. 

The only issue is, this is essentially mere lip service as no country has ever bothered to really recognize any of the Exiles (nor is the entire Exile Community even united), and no country has any interest in jeopardizing relations with Xsampa for a cheap ideological win. As such, combined with no legal basis to provide legitimacy beyond the existence of the YXP, this ratification has ultimately been interpreted as the creation of an illegitimate government in exile. In Xsampa itself, reactions have largely been one of muted disappointment, or even apathy as the Exiles relatively are irrelevant in modern Xsampa beyond very fringe circles. To top it off, monarchists have of course, criticized the "United Cantons of Xsampa" for its federalist nature, and it's republican nature whilst the Golden Path, the only notable group within the Reactionary Exiles has criticized the "United Cantons of Xsampa" for its liberalism. Suffice to say, this development is ultimately likely to have little effect on Xsampa itself, but it does show that the Republican Exiles are trying to present themselves as united.
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