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| + | ! align="right" | Official Name: | ||
| + | | United Kingdom of Isselmere-Nieland | ||
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| + | ! align="right" | Abbrieviation: | ||
| + | | UKIN | ||
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| + | | Lethe | ||
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| + | ! align="right" | Motto: | ||
| + | | Never so far as you wish it was | ||
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| + | ! align="right" | Map: | ||
| + | | Not available at present | ||
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| + | ! align="right" | Official language: | ||
| + | | English | ||
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| + | ! align="right" | Capital: | ||
| + | | Daurmont | ||
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| + | ! align="right" | Population: | ||
| + | | 2.35 billion | ||
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| + | ! align="right" | Government: | ||
| + | | Constitutional monarchy | ||
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| + | | Legislative (Parliament), Executive (Council of State), Judiciary (General Council of Judicature) | ||
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| + | ! align="right" | Head of State: | ||
| + | | King Henry V | ||
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| + | ! align="right" | Head of Government: | ||
| + | | Oliver Yardmouth, Prime Minister | ||
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| + | | lethse | ||
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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
The United Kingdom of Isselmere-Nieland (UKIN) is relatively ancient but until recently comparatively powerless. The UKIN is presently a member of several alliances and is noted for its publishing and automotive industries, although its information technology and shipbuilding sectors are advancing steadily. | The United Kingdom of Isselmere-Nieland (UKIN) is relatively ancient but until recently comparatively powerless. The UKIN is presently a member of several alliances and is noted for its publishing and automotive industries, although its information technology and shipbuilding sectors are advancing steadily. | ||
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Introduction
The United Kingdom of Isselmere-Nieland (UKIN) is relatively ancient but until recently comparatively powerless. The UKIN is presently a member of several alliances and is noted for its publishing and automotive industries, although its information technology and shipbuilding sectors are advancing steadily.
Politics
The UKIN is a constitutional monarchy governed by the Sovereign through the Council of State. The present constitution dates from 1986. The Constitution Act, 1986 reveals the UKIN's peculiar response to the dilemma of the separation of powers between the legislative, executive, and judicial powers.
Legislative authority resides primarily with Parliament. The Sovereign titularly presides over a bicameral Parliament consisting of the House of Assembly (Lower House) and the Senate (Upper House). The Constitution, however, formalised the existing convention that in practice Parliament, meaning the two Houses, governs its own affairs and initiates legislation on all matters with the exception of very few subjects falling under the royal prerogative (ennobling subjects, etc.).
The Council of Ministers is the seat of all executive authority. The Sovereign or his or her Royal Commissioner(s) may preside over plenary meetings of the Council of Ministers, but only in an advisory capacity, but the Prime Minister is in truth responsible for the day-to-day running of the Government. The Prime Minister is chosen by the Sovereign from members of the House of Assembly, which may reject the royal selection in favour of a candidate of its own choosing. The Prime Minister, on consultation with the Sovereign, then appoints the other Ministers.
The General Council of Judicature (GCJ) administers the operation of the national and nationally-appointed judiciary. The GCJ serves as the supreme disciplinary body for judges and justices throughout the UKIN.
Despite these three bodies, it is the Council of State that serves as the voice of the nation. The Council of State consists of the Sovereign or his or her Royal Commissioner(s), the Council of Ministers, the Council of Peers, and the General Council of the Judicature. Formerly, the Temple Council, which governed the Church of Isselmere, was part of the Council of State, until the Church was disestablished in 2004. The Council of Ministers is the de facto government, headed by the Prime Minister. The Council of Peers advises the Sovereign on matters concerning the nobility, while the General Council of the Judicature (GCJ) advises the Sovereign on judicial issues. In practice, the Sovereign has little or no influence on the GCJ and custom, as well as the Constitution, has made the Sovereign subject to the advice of the Council of Ministers. The Sovereign may also obtain the advice of his or her Privy Council, although generally it is composed of active senior government ministers.
Regions, Provinces, etc.
The UKIN itself is divided into four autonomous regions (Anguist, Detmere, Isselmere, and Nieland) and further into twenty-nine provinces.
Industries
The Royal Shipyards of Isselmere-Nieland is the largest nationalised industry in the UKIN.
