Founding Fathers

For the founding members of a region, please see Founder.

Founding Fathers is a common term used by many nations to describe major figures behind the formation of the national political structure and/or system of governance, and other historical persons who played a role in the nation's establishment. Despite the paternalistic term, "founding fathers" don't always have to be male.

This article deals with Founding Fathers as it relates to NationStates. For more general information, see the Wikipedia article on this subject.

List of national founders

Nations may use any number of terms (besides "founding fathers") to refer to the people who originally set up their government structure. Below is a list of these people, sorted alphabetically by nation.

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