AmishThrasher

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AmishThrasher
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Region: Lefties who shower
Motto: "I can't think of anything at the moment..."
Map: N/A
Official Language(s): English, Thrashish
Capital: AmishCity, CAP (Capitol Province)
Population: < 100 million
Currency: Megadollar
Leader: The Hon. President, AJ Levy
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The Democratic Republic of AmishThrasher is a small, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its absence of drug laws. Its compassionate population of 7 million enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The Government

The government -- a sprawling, bureaucracy-choked, liberal, socially-minded morass -- devotes most of its attentions to Social Welfare, with areas such as Law & Order and Religion & Spirituality receiving almost no funds by comparison. Extreme political groups are outlawed, and surveillance cameras are banned.

Structure of Government

As a result of the 2004 democratic revolution, the AmishThrasher government is a representative democracy. The Federal Constitution explicitly states the separation of powers between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government; as well as the powers held exclusively by the Federal government, and residual powers held by provincial governments and citizens.

Legislative Branch

The Federal government, as well as each province, features a bi-cameral Parliament.

Legislation can be introduced either by a member of the Legislative House or Provincial House. Alternatively, it can be introduced in either house by a sitting Judge, a head of an Executive Department, or a member of the Executive Council. Upon legislation being introduced, the members of the house have three options:

  • They can Pass the proposed legislation without ammendements.
  • They can Pass the proposed legislation with ammendements.
  • They can Veto the proposed legislation.

If ammendments are added, the proposed legislation is re-introduced in the other house. Once a piece of legislation, and all ammendments, pass both houses, it is presented to the Executive Council. Upon reicieving legislation, the Executive Council can agree to enact legislation, veto it, or re-introduce it to either house with ammendments. Upon the Executive Council enacting legislation, it becomes the law of the land.

Legislative House

The 100 members of the Legislative House are elected once every 4 years, through proportional representation. Each party recieves 1 sitting member for every 1% of the population that votes for their party, nationwide. The remaining seats are prefferencially distributed.

Provincial House

Each of the 10 Provinces nominate 3 members of the Provincial House, as they see fit to do. Each province has legislation that determines whether the state's Provincial House representatives are directly elected by citizens of the province, or appointed by the Parliament of the province.

Executive Branch

The head of AmishThrasher's Executive Government is the Honorable President, who serves as the nation's Commander-in-Chief, and head of the Executive Council. Every 4 years, each province - either through direct election or via its Provincial Executive Council - nominates a Presidential candidate. A preferential vote is held for council, where each province's Presidential candidate is automatically given last preference on the ballots of the citizens of that particular province. If the standing president has only served 1 term, they may stand for re-election.

The President is responcible for selecting the members of the Executive Council. Each member of the Executive Council is the Head of a Government Department. In turn, each Department Head is the Head of their Department Executive. The 12 member Department Exectives include the Head of Department, a representative from the Presidential Executive Committee, and one representative from the Executive of the equivelent Department Executive in each of the 10 provinces. Similarly, the 11 member Presidential Executive Committee includes the President, and a representative from each province's Governor's Executive Committee.

Judiciary

Provincial Governments

Political Parties

National Economy

The AmishThrasher currency is the megadollar. The average income tax rate is 47%, but much higher for the wealthy; high-income earners pay a 100% tax rate. As a result, an almost nonexistent private sector is dominated by the Beef-Based Agriculture industry. College students often make ends meet by selling their kidneys.

Crime

Crime is well under control.

Environment

AmishThrasher's national animal is the amish thresher, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.