Gebeesca
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| Capital | Berlin |
| Official Language(s) | German |
| Leader | President Stephanie Brum |
| Population | 80 million |
| Currency | Euro |
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The Federation of Gebeesca is a a federalistic presidential democracy. For the history of Gebeesca up to beginning of the 21st century, see the Wikipedia article about Germany.
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Political system
In contrast to 20th century West Germany, Gebeesca strictly separates legislature and executive.
Parliament
The national parliament is bicameral. It consists of the Federal Assembly (Bundestag) elected through a mixture of majority and proportional representation and the States Council (Länderrat), which consists of directly elected state representatives.
Most of the states and municipalities have unicameral parliaments (Landtage/Kommunalräte) elected through the same mixed system. The legislatures of counties and regions usually consist of municipality/county parliament representatives.
Government
The head of state and head of government is the Federal President (BundespräsidentIn), elected directly by the people. The President chooses their Ministers (MinisterInnen).
The same goes for the heads of the states, which are called State Presidents (LandespräsidentInnen) and the heads of the municipalities, the Mayors (BürgermeisterInnen).
Electoral system
To elect single persons (representatives of a constituency, the President etc.), a preferential voting system is used.
Administrative divisions
Gebeesca is divided into 7 semi-autonomous states (Bundesländer). The states have separate education systems, social security systems and taxes. The state borders are purely geographical: each state is centered around a river.
Because some of the states are very big, the state authorities have branch offices in each of the 42 districts (Bezirke). Apart from that, the districts play no role as an administrative division. The districts are arranged in such a way that their capitals are easily accessible from the surrounding towns.
On the lowest level, there are about 4000 municipalities (Ämter). These are responsible for everything that can be managed locally, mainly registering and collecting taxes for citizens, companies and vehicles, as well as providing local infrastructure. The smallest municipalities have about 10,000 inhabitants.
Municipalities can choose to cooperate, forming counties (Kreise). The counties are not formed from above (by the government), but after referendums. The cooperation is focused on supporting local infrastructure, tourism and environment. This usually includes public transport.
Counties can choose to cooperate, forming regions (Landschaften). The regions, too, are formed after referendums. They usually follow historical borders, to promote themselves as homogenous entities, thus attracting potential investors and tourists.
States
| Flag | State | Capital | Population | Area | Districts |
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Donauland (Danube Land) |
München (Munich) |
10 million | 55,000 km² (21,000 sq mi) |
Ingolstadt, Kempten, München, Passau, Regensburg, Sigmaringen |
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Elbland (Elbe Land) |
Hamburg | 18 million | 92,000 km² (35,500 sq mi) |
Berlin, Cottbus, Dresden, Hamburg, Hof, Leipzig, Ludwigslust, Magdeburg, Weimar |
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Emsland (Ems Land) |
Münster | 2.6 million | 11,000 km² (4,200 sq mi) |
Meppen, Münster |
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Friesland (Frisia) |
Husum & Wilhelmshaven | 850,000 | 6,800 km² (2,640 sq mi) |
Nordfriesland  (North Frisia, capital Husum) and Ostfriesland  (East Frisia, capital Wilhelmshaven) |
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Hanseland (Hansa Land) |
Lübeck | 3.2 million | 31,000 km² (12,000 sq mi) |
Kiel, Neubrandenburg, Schwerin |
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Rheinland (Rhine Land) |
Köln (Cologne) |
38 million | 105,000 km² (40,500 sq mi) |
Aachen, Essen, Frankfurt, Freiburg, Freudenstadt, Friedrichshafen, Heilbronn, Kaiserslautern, Koblenz, Köln, Nürnberg, Paderborn, Schweinfurt, Trier |
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Weserland (Weser Land) |
Bremen | 10 million | 53,000 km² (20,500 sq mi) |
Bremen, Celle, Detmold, Fulda, Göttingen, Korbach |
Statistics
The biggest state, Rheinland, has 45% of the population and 30% of the area of Gebeesca. The second biggest, Elbeland, has 20% of the population and 25% of the area. The smallest states are Friesland (1% of the population, 2% of the area) and Emsland (3% of the population and area).
The biggest districts are Berlin (17762 km²), Neubrandenburg (14551 km²), Leipzig (13723 km²), Ludwigslust (13440 km²) and München (13102 km²). Except for München (Donauland), they are all in Elbland.
The smallest districts are Paderborn (Rheinland, 2799 km²), Ostfriesland (capital Wilhelmshaven, 3387 km²), Nordfriesland (capital Husum, 3452 km²), Detmold (Weserland, 3653 km²) and Hof (Elbland, 4117 km²).
The most populated districts are Essen (7.21 million inhabitants), Berlin (5.13 million), Köln (5.12 million), Heilbronn (5.11 million) and Frankfurt (4.98 million). Except for Berlin (Elbland), they are all in Rheinland.
The least populated districts are Nordfriesland (capital Husum, 305000 inhabitants), Meppen (Emsland, 525000), Ostfriesland (capital Wilhelmshaven, 550000), Hof (Elbland, 585000) and Cottbus (Elbland, 610000).
The most densely populated districts are Köln (850 inhabitants per square kilometer), Essen (745), Frankfurt (440), Heilbronn (420) and Hamburg (360). Except for Hamburg (Elbland), they are all in Rheinland.
The least densely populated districts are Ludwigslust (Elbland, 55 inhabitants per km²), Neubrandenburg (Hanseland, 60), Nordfriesland (capital Husum, 88), Schwerin (Hanseland, 92) and Cottbus (Elbland, 95).
The northernmost point is in the municipality of Sylt in Nordfriesland. The southernmost point is in the municipality of Oberstdorf (Kempten district, Donauland). The westernmost point is in the municipality of Selfkant (Aachen district, Rheinland). The easternmost point is in the municipality of Kodersdorf (Dresden district, Elbland).
