Edenburg
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| Motto: Animis Opibusque Parati | |
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| Region | Mediterranean |
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| Capital | Helena |
| Official Language(s) | English,Spanish, French(North Edenburg) |
| Leader | Edward VI |
| Population | 2 Billion |
| Currency | EB Dollar |
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Officially, the Kingdom of Edenburg (in Spanish: Reino de Edenburgo (borgia in some var.) in French: Royaume de l'Edenbourg). Edenburg is a state in the west of the Mediterranean region. The country’s only land border is with Tyraelus to the north, Edenburg’s other closest neighbor is Tripolis to the south, across the narrow Straits of Gibraltar. The country divides into 16 regions, which have there own governments, all of which are subordinate to the national government. The capital of Edenburg, Helena, is the seat of government and the nation’s chief Mediterranean port. The city and its surrounding suburbs make up the province of Helena, ruled directly by the national Edenburgian Parliament. Two of the 16 regions are off shore island groups each of which also constitutes a separate province of the same name. The Bourgeous Isles, a former Edenburgian colony of seven islands off the northwest coast of Africa is one; the other is a group of five smaller islands north of the Bourgeous, called Madeira. Edenburg has one remaining colony in West Africa, south of Tripolis.
Government and Politics
Edenburg is Constitutional Monarchy, with a hereditary monarch. The Constitution separates the government into three branches, the Executive, the Legislative, and the Judicial, the Executive closely relating to the Legislative. The Head of Government is the Prime Minister, who is usually the leader of the Majority-Party in the lower House of Commons, a 350 member body elected directly by popular votes. The upper House of Senate consist of 250 members 50 of which are appointed for life by the sovereign, the other 200 are elected for 6 years by popular vote. The House of Commons is the more powerful of the two but it takes both houses to pass legislation in Edenburg. The government is solely responsible to the House of Commons. If there is no majority in both houses, and legislation cannot pass, the Prime Minister may ask the sovereign to dissolve of government, thus holding new elections. The Prime Minister is head of the cabinet of ministers; he and the ministers are responsible for government policy. The sovereign appoints the ministers of cabinet on the recommendation of the Prime Minister; however, the sovereign may dismiss a minister of cabinet at will. The Prime Minister must seek council with the sovereign weekly and the sovereign must sign bills passed by parliament for them to become law, if the sovereign refuses to sign a bill, it shall not become law unless by a 65% majority in both houses agree to override it. With parliament’s approval, the sovereign appoints foreign ambassadors, signs treaty agreements, and as commander-in-chief, heads the armed forces. Although only parliament may declare war, only the sovereign may deploy troops, usually under the direction of the Prime Minister and the Ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs. Under the Constitution, the sovereign may not have charges brought against him, one may not arrest the sovereign and he alone does not have to pay taxes. The Judicial branch is separate from the other two, and it consist the Supreme Court of the Kingdom. The sovereign appoints its members for life by recommendation of the Parliament. It is the Supreme Court’s responsibility to interpret the constitution, the Justices have to the power to declare any law passed by the parliament as unconstitutional, and therefore it shall not become a law. Edenburg’s government fundamentally follows the separation of powers principle.
