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Fortestan

Flag of Fortestan
Motto: "Veritas!"
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Region	The Proletariat Coalition
Capital	Ferroton
Official Language(s)	No official language
Leader	President Dr. Roland B. Durandana of Wassa
Population	546 million (10/3/04)
Currency	tolar
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The United Socialist States of Fortestan is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its absence of drug laws. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 546 million enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level social equality free of the usual accompanying government corruption.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it concentrates mainly on Education, although Social Welfare and Social Equality are on the agenda. The average income tax rate is 100%. The private sector is almost wholly made up of enterprising fourteen-year-old boys selling lemonade on the sidewalk, although the government is looking at stamping this out.

Crime is totally unknown. Fortestan's national animal is the raphus cucullatus, which is also the nation's favorite main course, and its currency is the tolar.

Government

to be written.

Executive Branch

The Executive Branch of the Fortestan is headed by the President and is based in the Presidential Hall of the People. The President is assisted by the Vice President. The current President is Dr. Roland B. Durandana of Wassa. The current Vice President is Orlando Ferrara.

List of the Cabinet Secretaries:

1. Boleslaw D. Joyeuse - Secretary of Treasury
2. Tizona Kusanagi - Secretary of Foreign Affairs
3. Tyrfing Szczerbiec - Secretary of War and Home Defense
4. Franklin Tepani - Secretary of Law and Order
5. Baeda Gratian - Secretary of Energy
6. Stsypan Os-Beorht - Secretary of Housing, Health, Education, and Social Welfare
7. Kata Messalina - Secretary of Postal Services
8. Willem Adal-Heid - Secretary of Natural Resources and Agriculture
9. Ari Adnos - Secretary of Commerce and Labor
10. Courtney Conchobhar - Secretary of Communications and Transportation

Legislative Branch

The Federal Legislative branch is made up of the bicameral National Free People's Congress. The Congress is made up of two houses, the People's House of Representatives and the Senate. The number of members of the People's House of Representatives is based on the population of each state. The number of members of the Senate is consistent, with three from each state. The Congress is headed by the Prime Minister, who is elected by the Congressmen, who in turn are elected by the people. The Deputy Prime Minister assists the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister chooses an advisory council, made up of the heads of each legislative ministry, who are approved by the whole Congress. The current Prime Minister is Wilhuff Arn-Wald. The current Deputy Prime Minister is Franklin Al-bric.

List of Heads of Ministries:

1. Anta Situwa - Finance Minister
2. Undine Timur - Justice Minister
3. Vinzenz Cephas - Foreign Affairs Minister
4. Diarmaid Fuerte - Tourism, Arts, Culture, & Heritage Minister
5. Achilles Vrijheid IV - Interior Minister
6. Makaio Manlius - Science and Education Minister
7. Hros Adal-Bern - Labor, Trade, and Industry Minister
8. Saggezza Astuto, Jr. - Environmental Protection Minister
9. Araqiel Thoth - Health and Social Welfare Minister
10. Ovis Leng - Citizenship and Immigration Minister
11. Horatio Bence - Transport and Technology Minister
12. Horatio Bence - Constitutional Affairs Minister

Judicial Branch

to be written.

Political Divisions

Fortestan is made up of seven semi-autonomous states, one capitol district, and two territories. The states are Rutas, Pellucidar, Laconia-Messinia, Ozymanda, Golgafrimchan, Belostavia, andWassa. The two territories are Kalmiya and Chat Noy. Each of the seven states is allowed to set up its own legislature, its own court system, and its own administrative branch. The state laws must be compatible with federal law, and federal law takes precedence over state law. Each state is run by an elected Governor, who heads the state-unique administrative branch. The Governor also serves as the Commander-in-Chief of the state militia.

States

Each member-state of the Fortestani Union has a certain level of independence, though state law cannot contradict federal law unless the Fortestani Supreme Court says otherwise on a case by case basis. Each state has a similar form of government administration, though in some cases it differs greatly. Each state maintains a state militia, which can be called to duty to serve alongside the Federal Military if the state legislative, executive, and judicial branch allow it to do so. There is no federal, currently, defining how a state must be run. Rutas, for example, is a benevolent dictatorship, while Ozymanda is a civil rights lovefest, and Golgafrimchan is a democratic socialist state.

The states have a long tradition of independence, stemming from the various wars of independence from the Divine Empire of Holy Dystopia. Each state fought a war of independence from this empire, although some were allied with other states. This war led the states to want complete self-rule, without interference from each other. Not until a bloody 12-year war between the states of Wassa and Belostavia did the states realize that a form of union could keep the peace. The states made sure to hold great independence, although they federal government has given itself a more centralized role in governing the nation.

The process of gaining Fortestani citizenship is the same in each state. If you are born in a state, you are a citizen. If you are born outside of the nation, but one of your parents was a citizen at your birth, then you are a citizen. If you are an immigrant under 12 years of age and your parents gain citizenship, then you are a citizen automatically. If you served a full six years in the military, you are granted citizenship. These rules are different if they apply to the territories, with the exception of military service.

Territories

The two territories are considered 'experiments in capitalism' for the traditional social democracy. Kalmiya and Chat Noy were two colonies set up by the young, united Fortestani nation, but either did not meet the qualifications for statehood or did not want to be apart of the Fortestani Union. The terriories are run by an elected legislature, called the Territorial Assembly, and a Governor-General who is appointed by the Fortestani President and approved by the National Congress. Neither territory is allowed to set up a militia, and are subject to the laws of the Fortestani Supreme Court. People born in either of the territories do not become Fortestani citizens automatically, as if they were born in the states, instead they must go through an exhausting procedure for acquiring citizenship. Even if someone does meet all requirements for citizenship, it is still up to the Governor-General and his/her appointed Citizenship Council to decide who becomes a Fortestani citizen.

Capitol District

to be written.

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