DartaSoph
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| Motto: "Let him who deserves the palm of victory bear it" | |
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| Region | Absolution |
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| Capital | Assor |
| Official Language(s) | English, Sophian |
| Leader | None, everybody in parliament is equal |
| Population | 886,000,000 |
| Currency | South Oridian Credit |
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The Collaberation of Darta Soph is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its compulsory vegetarianism. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 866 million are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality. It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of the Environment, Education, and Public Transport. The average income tax rate is 100%. Darta Soph's national animal is the cheetah, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the south oridian credit. Darta Soph of ranked 1st in the region for nicest citizens.
Darta Soph has no precise leader, it is run by a single party instead, where every member is equal. Darta Soph has 18 political parties, each with between 300 to 400 members. There are two main political groups called the first and second houses. The first house consists of the eighteen parties. The second house has 200 members, each voted in by the public. For a law to be passed it must be accept by both houses and a public referendum must be held. If the houses dond't agree, then they come together and debate and vote on the issue together. The referendum must be held after the two houses and has more power over them.
Darta Soph has an election every two (sometimes three since elections a never held in a leap year) years. Voting isn't compulsary, though 95% of the country vote anyway. Darta Soph has a preferential voting system, where citizens write the numbers 1-18 beside each party. All the parties with the number 1 on them will be counted. The one with the least votes gets scratched of the list. Then they recount the votes, they count the parties with number 1 on them, except for the party that was scratched, for which they count the second choice. This contunues through all the parties until there are only two remaining. The one with the highest amount of votes is the winner. This system ensures that most of the country has the party they want in power.
