Caselonia

Caselonia

Flag of Caselonia
Motto: "Власть и Слава!" (Power & Glory!)
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Region	The Sunbelt
Capital	Новая Москва, New Moscow
Official Language(s)	Russian, English
Leader	Vladimir Vladimirovich Chistyakov (Head of State)
Population	3.57 billion
Currency	Rouble
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Overview

Background

The Caselonian Socialist Federation is a socialist federated republic located in the northeastern portion of the Fuerzan continent in The Sunbelt region. Caselonia is by far the largest nation in the region, but most of its landmass is under a foot or more of frozen soil 9-11 months per year. During its history, Caselonia has consisted of a number of different entities, ranging from confederated nomadic and then agrarian tribes to a monarchy and finally a revolutionary socialist republic. The Socialist Confederation of Caselonia is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, renowned for its devotion to social welfare. Its compassionate, hard-working population of 3.57 billion enjoy extensive civil freedoms, particularly in social issues, while business tends to be more regulated. It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Education, Defence, and Social Welfare. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. There is no tax rate in Caselonia, but the State Economic Planning Committee, known as Gosplan (an acronym devised from its Russian name), controls wealth redistribution in the nation. All income generated by all industry is taken by the State, which then redistributes currency via a wage system "based on the value of the job performed to the State." In short, Gosplan sets and adjusts all wages, and workers are paid according to that schedule. Any surplus is reinvested in segments of the economy which need it, based on the recommendations of several Ministries and Bureaus. Private enterprise, while technically illegal, is tolerated on a small scale for handmade items and "niche market" goods that do not interfere with state-run enterprise.

The federal government consists of an executive, legislative, and judicial branch. The executive branch wields the most power, with the President being able to veto any bill passed by the legislature, and only the Supreme Court of Caselonia can overrule a Presidential veto. Decentralized administration includes regional economic planning councils which recommend local economic planning policy, whereupon Gosplan accepts the regional policy or adjusts it accordingly. Administration is highly centralized with Federal Ministries having final say over all regional committees' recommendations.

History

Geography

People

Government of the Caselonian Socialist Federation

After successfully deposing the Tsar in 1915, Socialist Revolutionaries formed the People's Republic of Caselonia which was renamed the Caselonian Socialist Federation in July 2005. The Caselonian government has undergone several major changes, including the adoption of the first Caselonian Constitution in 1922, the adoption of the second Caselonian Constitution in 1978 and the legalization of political parties other than the Caselonian Socialist Party (CSP) in 2004. On 23 June 2005 Vladimir Vladimirovich Chistyakov, candidate of the Communist Workers' Party of Caselonia (CWPC), was elected President of the People's Republic of Caselonia. He promptly declared the capital would be moved back to its ancient seat in Новая Москва (New Moscow). The capital was moved to Gotha, on the northwestern sea border, in 1932. Chistyakov also declared the adoption of the previous government's system other than changing the country's official name from the 'People's Republic of Caselonia' to the 'Caselonian Socialist Federation.' The government consists of a powerful executive, the President, who appoints the head of government, known as the Chairman of the Federal Soviet along with every member of the 25-member Federal Soviet. The 485-member People's Duma is wholly elected by the citizens of Caselonia and can override a Federal Soviet veto with a 2/3rds majority vote. A Presidential Veto cannot be overruled except by the Supreme Court of the Caselonian Socialist Federation.

Administrative Organization

Internal Republics and Autonomous Regions

The Caselonian Socialist Federation has 89 administrative divisions including 49 oblasts (oblastey, singular - oblast), 21 internal republics (respublik, singular - respublika), 10 autonomous okrugs (avtonomnykh okrugov, singular - avtonomnyy okrug), 6 krays (krayev, singular - kray), 2 federal cities (singular - gorod), and 1 autonomous oblast (avtonomnaya oblast').

Oblasts

Amur (Blagoveshchensk), Arkhangel'sk, Astrakhan', Belgorod, Bryansk, Chelyabinsk, Chita, Gotha, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Kamchatka (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy), Kemerovo, Kirov, Kostroma, Kurgan, Kursk, Lipetsk, Magadan, Moscow, Murmansk, Nizhniy Novgorod, Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Orenburg, Orel, Penza, Perm', Pskov, Rostov, Ryazan', Sakhalin (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk), Samara, Saratov, Smolensk, Sverdlovsk (Yekaterinburg), Tambov, Tomsk, Tula, Tver', Tyumen', Ul'yanovsk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Vologda, Voronezh, Yaroslavl'
===== Republics ===== Adygeya (Maykop), Altay (Gorno-Altaysk), Bashkortostan (Ufa), Buryatiya (Ulan-Ude), Chuvashiya (Cheboksary), Dagestan (Makhachkala), Ingushetiya (Magas), Kabardino-Balkariya (Nal'chik), Kalmykiya (Elista), Karachayevo-Cherkesiya (Cherkessk), Kareliya (Petrozavodsk), Khakasiya (Abakan), Komi (Syktyvkar), Mariy-El (Yoshkar-Ola), Mordoviya (Saransk), Nueva Habana (Khabana), Sakha [Yakutiya] (Yakutsk), North Ossetia (Vladikavkaz), Tatarstan (Kazan'), Tyva (Kyzyl), Udmurtiya (Izhevsk)

Autonomous Okrugs

Aga Buryat (Aginskoye), Chukotka (Anadyr'), Evenk (Tura), Khanty-Mansi, Komi-Permyak (Kudymkar), Koryak (Palana), Nenets (Nar'yan-Mar), Taymyr [Dolgano-Nenets] (Dudinka), Ust'-Orda Buryat (Ust'-Ordynskiy), Yamalo-Nenets (Salekhard)

Krays

Altay (Barnaul), Khabarovsk, Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk, Primorskiy (Vladivostok), Stavropol'

Federal Cities

New Moscow (Moskva), Gotha (Gota)

Autonomous Oblast

Novaya Khabana (Khabana Gorod)

Note: Administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers (exceptions have the administrative center name following in parentheses).

Capital

The capital city of Caselonia is Новая Москва (New Moscow), having been moved back to the ancient capital on 28 June 2005 by order of President Vladimir Chistyakov. Previously, the capital city was moved from Новая Москва to Gotha in 1932 by the authority of a majority vote in the Soviet of Workers' and Peasants Deputies, the governing legislative body at the time. Both Gotha and New Moscow are "federal cities" which form their own administrative divisions.

Client States of Caselonia

Caselonia's two "client states" are completely sovereign nations but are closely tied to Caselonia through economic and defense agreements as well as being recipients of large amounts of foreign aid. The Democratic Republic of Melbournistan, freed with Caselonian help from a colonial monarchy in 2003, went on to elect a socialist President that works closely with Caselonia and who has pledged staunch allegiance to the socialist superpower. Caselonian construction firms built large numbers of modern apartment blocks in Melbournistan before, during and after the elections and continue to work on infrastructure upgrade projects. The Soviet Socialist Republic of Palmbekistan is Caselonia's second "client state." While not vocal on the world political scene, the nation converted the bulk of its power grid to nuclear with help from Caselonian engineers and is a major shipping hub for Caselonian export goods destined for southerly markets. Both client states were once part of the Caselonian Empire which fell in 1915, as was the Democratic Republic of Karakazia, which achieved independence in 1922 during the Caselonian Civil War. Karakazia does not receive foreign aid from Caselonia and has very limited ties to it at all.

Executive Branch of the Caselonian Socialist Federation

The executive branch of the Caselonian Socialist Federation is the most powerful, with the President wielding a veto over the Peoples' Duma that cannot be overridden except by order of the Supreme Court of Caselonia, whose justices are all appointed by the President. Caselonia has a long history of strong executives, be it Arkadiy The Conqueror, who united the warring Slavic tribes, the "modern" Tsars (Leonids I - XII), or Vyacheslav Polezhaev who led the Socialist Revolutionary party to power in 1915. Modern Caselonian Presidents are no different, though they tend to value the opinions of their Ministers and advisors, even when they are at odds with their own.

Head of State

President Vladimir Vladimirovich CHISTYAKOV (President since 23 June 2005) Chairman of the Federal Soviet Mikhail Yefimovich GROMYKO (since 24 June 2005); Deputy Premier Aleksandr Dmitriyevich FEDORCHUK (since 24 June 2005)

President Vladimir Vladimirovich Chistyakov waves to cameras after voting in the 20 June 2005 Presidential elections, Caselonia's first in over 90 years.

Elections

President elected by popular vote for a six-year term; election last held 20 June 2005 (next to be held June 2011); note - no Vice President; if the President dies in office, cannot exercise his powers because of ill health or resigns, the Premier (officially - Chairman of the Federal Soviet) succeeds him; the Premier serves as acting President until a new presidential election is held, which must be within three months; Premier appointed by the President.

Election Results

Vladimir Vladimirovich CHISTYAKOV elected President; percent of vote - Vladimir Vladimirovich CHISTYAKOV (Communist Workers' Party of Caselonia) 51.2%, Grigoriy IVANOV (Caselonian Socialist Party) 43.7%, Nikolay VOZNESENSKY (Social Democratic Party) 5.1%

Caselonian Ministers

Министр Культуры / Minister of Culture - Viktor Barannikov

Министр обороны / Minister of Defense - Rodion Sergeievich Malinovsky

Министр Экономических Дел / Minister of Economic Affairs - Dr. Hasso von Keldermann
State Economic Planning Committee
Bureau of International Finance

Министр просвещения / Minister of Education - Sergei Anatolyevich Bykov

Министр Энергии / Minister of Energy - Maksim Kuybyshev
Bureau of Energy Concerns

Министр Окружающей среды / Minister for the Environment - Aleksandr Vasilevsky

Министр иностранных дел / Minister of Foreign Affairs - Daniel de Valera
State Secretary for Int'l Socialist Cooperation - Boris Ivanovich Kulikov

Министр здравоохранения / Minister of Health - Alexei Khristenko

Министр Инфраструктуры / Minister for Infrastructure - Aleksandr Shelepin

Министр внутренних дел / Minister of the Interior - Dr. Valentina Nikolaievna Evdokimova

Министр Международной Дружбы и Сотрудничества / Minister of International Friendship and Cooperation - Yevgeniy Timofeevich Spiridonov

Министр Международной Торговли / Minister of International Trade - Gennadiy Filatov
Bureau of Foreign Development

Министр юстиции / Minister of Justice - Gennadiy Smirnov

Министр труда / Minister of Labor - Nikolay Dudorov

Министр Науки / Minister of Science - Vitaliy Yakovlev

Министр государственной Безопасности / Minister for State Security - Leonid Shebarshin

Caselonian Peoples' Duma & Federal Soviet

Bicameral legislative body, known collectively as the Peoples' Federal Assembly consists of the Federal Soviet (25 seats; as of July 2000, members appointed by the top executive; members serve four-year terms) and the Peoples' Duma (485 seats; members are elected by direct, popular vote to serve four-year terms).

Supreme Court of the Caselonian Socialist Federation

Constitutional Court; Supreme Court; Superior Court of Arbitration; judges for all courts are appointed for life by the Federal Soviet on the recommendation of the President.

Major Political Parties & Leaders

Party	Leader	Platform	Seats	Percentage
Caselonian Socialist Party (CSP)	Grigoriy Ivanov	Previous ruling party from 1915 - 2005; in favor of limited political and economic liberalization. Has lost significant ground in recent years by appearing "distant and elitist"; entered into, and subsequently withdrew from, IFTA, CACE and the UN. Responsible for opening political process to other parties, trade links with capitalist nations and extremely limited privatization schemes. Champions the existing "balance" within Caselonia and is resistant to a rollback of liberalization programs.	58	42%
Communist Workers' Party of Caselonia (CWPC)	Vladimir Chistyakov		41	30%
Social Democratic Party (SDP)	Nikolay VOZNESENSKY		16	12%
Liberal Democratic Party of Caselonia (LDPC)			15	11%
Motherland Patriotic-Union Party (MPU/Rodina)			5	3%
			3	2%

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