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Government

The Serene Death is a republic with powers shared between the President of the Serene Death and the legislature called the National Assembly. The president is chief of state and is elected for a term of 5 years. He appoints a Cabinet who helps him run the government. The 75 members of the Senate are elected to 5-year terms while the 1,000 members of the House of Parliament are elected to 2-year terms. The Serene Death's federal judicial system comprises a Judicial Tribunal, Courts of Appeal, and States District Courts.

Country name

• conventional long form: The Armed Federal Republic of the Serene Death
• conventional short form: The Armed Federal Republic, The Serene Death

note: the Serene people's generally use the term "The Republic" to refer to their country

• abbreviation: AFRSD

Data code

AFRSD, AFR, SD

Government type

Constitution-based Federal Republic; strong democratic tradition

Capital

Ini (population 19,560,000); Tinia system (Population 26,593,000)

Administrative divisions

5 Fortified Metropolitan Planets (FMP(s)), 17 Militant Systems (MS(s)), 6 Coordinated Sectors (CS(s)), and 2 Territorial Sectors (TS(s)).

Note: The Territorial Sectors have no names and the Free Zone is not administered, but is still considered Armed Republic territory.

Independence

Created after the destruction of the Free Zone Alliance and the Organization for Independent Peoples so that the people would no longer fight amongst themselves. Created at 1 AR (creation is start of calander). Constitution finalized and signed by all governmental bodies during the year 3 AR.

National holiday

Week of the Serene Vale (Remembrance Week)

• Day of Exodus (People fled Free Zone, 1st day of week)
• Armed Forces Day (Salute to military, 3rd day of week)
• Survivors’ Day (Salute to those that survived the war, 4th day of week)
• Remembrance Day (Salute to those who died in the Free Zone War, 5th day of week)
• Restoration Day (Remade the government, also know as Republic Day, last day of week)

Election Day (day when offices are elected, day off for most everyone so they can go vote)

Constitution

Legal system

Federal court system at national level, each Militant System and FMP maintains its own legal system. The Territory has a small court system that is a part of the federal system.

Suffrage

18 years of age; universal; manditory

Executive branch

• Chief of State: President Akiri Wall (Culta-Gen)
• Head of government: President Akiri Wall (Culta-Gen); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government
• Cabinet: Cabinet of Dominars appointed by the president with Senate approval. Head Domains (Departments).
  • Dominar of State: Miranda Keroi (Culta-Gen)
  • Dominar of Commerce and Trade: Faith Shiomi
  • Dominar of Education: Primo C. Bastatto
  • Dominar of Defence: Freddy Summers
  • Dominar of Intelligence: Cristiana Venizelos
  • Dominar of Health: Sue-Ann Gisele
  • Dominar of Law and Justice: George W. Caporell
  • Dominar of Transportation: Randy Dodinas
  • Dominar of Foreign Relations: Jean-Paul Fellow
  • Dominar of Equality and Culture: Gilberto Gil (Culta-Gen)
  • Dominar of Agriculture: Stephanie McGuffin
  • Dominar of Transplanetary Politics: Bianca Winters
  • Dominar of Interior and the Territories: Robert Lovinos
  • Dominar of Science and Technology: Al Wasto
  • Dominar of Social Welfare: Stephanie Johnson
  • Dominar of Labour: Dave Jefferson
  • Dominar of Energy: Aria Grimusk (Culta-Gen)

• Elections: president elected by a plurality popular vote (40%) for five-year terms; Presidential election last held 1679 AR (1 year provisionary position, new full elections in 1680 AR).
• Election results:
  • Akiri Wall (Culta-Gen) [ING], 42.6% (President)
  • Senator Calvin Frederickson [CDU], 18.7%
  • Leonard Coolings [WRP], 7.4%
  • Jay Ludo [NUF], 7.3%
  • Faith Licorish [IPP], 6.8%
  • 7.2% went to other 17 parties.

Legislative branch

• Legislative body: Bicameral National Assembly consists of the Senate (upper house consisting of three Senators from each Militant System; two from each Fortified Metropolitan Planet and from each Coordinated Sector; one for the Territorial Sectors; and one from the military; Total of 75 senators currently) and the House of Parliament (lower house consisting of 800 seats divided among parties by % of popular votes).
• Elections: Senators are elected every 5 years along with the President. Parliment seats are filled every 2 years. last held
• Election results: Senate seats by party - ; House of Parliament seats by party -
• Legislative Leaders:President Pro Tempore of the Senate - Senator Calvin Frederickson [CDU]; Speaker of the House of Parliament - Kara Vokyt (Culta-Gen) [DDG]

Judicial branch

• Judicial Tribune:
  • All judges must have served in the Armed Republic military for a minimum of 4 years to be eligible for position
  • 9 judges sit on Tribune for up to 30 years
  • Justices are appointed by the president subject to the consent of the National Assembly
  • Justices rule over the constitutionality of all Presidential and Congressonal acts.

Political parties and leaders

The political parties are split into their separate ideologies, and are listed in this fashion: Name (Party symbol) (Party Leader).

Parties with a * next to them are the most prominent in their division. Ones with ** are the second most prominent in their division.

Communist/Socialist Parties

The Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) (Alistair Tetley) **
People's Revolutionary Party (PRP) (Ivan Guryev)
Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) (Prudence Rubin)
Workers' Party (WRP) (Leonard Coolings) *

Leftist Parties

Citizens' Party (CP) (Chastity Jones)
Democratic Defense Group (DDG) (currently in disarry) *
The Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (DFPE) (Samuel O'Bannon)
Labor-Progressive Party (LPP) (Jack Wu)
Libertarian Republican Party (LRP) (Billy-Bob O'Bannon) **

Centrist Parties

Alliance of New Citizens (ANC) (Clin Dutop [Culta-Gen] )
Democratic-Republican Party (DRP) (Billy Jong)
Indigenous Nationalist Party (INP) (Akira Wall [Culta-Gen] ) *
People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) (Jay Ludo)
Radical Center Party (RCP) (Opotu Nareda [Culta-Gen] ) **

Conservative Parties

Citizens' Action Party (CAP) (Prudence Li) *
Civic Democratic Union (CDU) (Senator Calvin Frederickson) **
Homeland Union (HU) (Larry Misol)
National United Front (NUF) (Naki King)
People's Rally Cry (PRC) (Buy Jefferson)

Reactionist Parties

The Constitutionalist Party (TCP) (Thomas Broadside) **
Imperial Conservative Party (ICP) (Daniel Collins)
Infinite Power Party (IPP) (Faith LicorishFaith Licorish) *
Religious Power Party (RPP) (Rev. Timothy Pendall)

Political pressure groups

• Association of Allied Junkers
• Business Owner's League
• Explorer's League of Independent Workers
• Federation of Serene Industries
• Federation of Serene Trade Unions
• Interplanetary Education Association
• Interplanetary Labor Organization
• Serene Confederation of Trade Unions
• Serene National Council of Temples
• Serene Traders Association
• National Council of Labor Unions
• National Democratic Alliance of Serenity
• National Federation of Farmers' Associations
• National Federation of Student Associations
• National Science Association

International organization participation

Deep Space Coalition
Federation Trade Union
Intergalactic Trade Hub

Embassy Row

Serene Death Embassies

Huntarian Capital (Galactic Empire of Huntaer)
Level 2; Section 2 of the Trekys Embassy Station (United States of Trekys)
Deck 119 of the Gamora Orbital Diplomatic City (Calpian Empire) [Non-Aggression Pact]
Oceanside 1 sq. km plot on Embassy Planet (Eshirian Sovereignty) [Non-Aggression Pact]

Other Nations' Embassies

Galactic Empire of Huntaer (on Ini)
United States of Trekys (on Ini)
Calpian Empire (on Ini)
Eshirian Sovereignty (on Ini)

Flag description

The Flag of the Serene Death is white, with a horizontal blue stripe in the center superimposed on a vertical red band, also centered; five white, five-pointed stars are arranged in an oval pattern in the center of the blue band. The five stars represent the five Fortified Metroploitan Planets, which were the founding colonies of the Serene Death.

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The flag of The Serene Death

See also

• The Serene Death