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Statos Federatos Kedan The Federated States of Kedalfax
Year Founded: 1991 A.D. Year of Independence: 1991 A.D. Government type: Semi-Representitive Democracy Region: Simtropolis Motto: I may be drunk, but you're ugly and tomorrow I'll be sober! Map: Click here Official Language(s): Kedalfaxian, English Capital: Newland, ND Population: >1.4 Billion Currency: Kedalf Currency Code: KED Leader: Chairman Roubert M. Kelsinger Major Religion(s): Atheism(10%), Agnosticism(25%), Christianity(40%), Judaism(10%), Islam(5%), Others(10%) Time Zone: UTC -5 ISO Code: KEDL Internet TLD: .ked Phone Code: 518
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Kedalfax is a nation that was split up into two parts, the Federation of Kedalfax, and the Communist Union of Kedalfax. The CUK does not have its own page because it is not a registered NationStates nation.

So You Want To Come To Kedalfax?

Congratulations on your decision. If you follow our guidelines and laws, we promise that you'll have a good time!* Here is a list of different articles you might want to read before coming here:

• Foreign Affairs of Kedalfax
• Kedalfaxian Port Authority

*Conditions subject to change. A good time, defined as "having fun", may or may not be had. This promise does not constitute a legal agreement. If you think it does, we aren't too sure that we even want you to come here, or have a good time. But, either way, we kind of want you to have some fun, and we personally think that our nation might possibly be a good place to have it. So why not just come and find out for yourself?

Government

Fast facts:

Type: Semi-Representitive Democracy

• Chairman: Roubert M. Kelsinger (L-ND)
• Vice President: Tamas G. Duglis (L-DE)
• Secretary of the Interior: Emmilt M. Hal (S-HA)
• Secretary of the Exterior: Pauul J. James-Martin (A-WO)
• Press Secretary: Lester B. Pearson (L-DE)

• Governor of Newland: Jerry O'Reily (S)
• Governor of Delon: Jason Jones (L)
• Governess of Halen: Jennifer Collins (S)
• Governor of Mountain Territories: James Foster (A)
• Governor of Woodland Province: Raymond Bell (A)
• Governor of Isklaann Kedan: Ikleis Chebouti (L)

Constitution of Kedalfax

Federal Government

The government of the Federation of Kedalfax is a centrist democracy. The chairman has almost no power. His job is mostly to be a figure head for the government. All laws are voted on by two seperate but equal organizations known as Congress and Senate. In Congress, there are two representatives for each province. They are elected once every four years. In the Senate, there is one representative for every million citizens in a province. Each province must have at least two representatives. However, since no province has ever had less than three million residents, this is just a safeguard. Senators are elected once every four years. For a law to pass, it must gain the majority in Congress, and then be passed on to Senate, and get the majority there. If it fails to get the Senate majority, it is passed back to Congress, where 4/5 must agree. If it passes, it will go back to the Senate, where it must get at least 1/3 of the votes. Then it is passed to the president, who can veto it. If he does, it will go back to the senate, and will need 1/6 of the votes. If it gets through all of this process, it goes to one last step. If it is a law regarding civil or political freedoms, it goes on the ballot in the next election. It must gain the popular vote here to pass. If it is not, it will pass without going to citizen vote. If someone is to break a state law, the matter will go before local court.

The Federal Supreme Court decides on all lawsuits against the government. It has 7 judges, who vote as to what the verdict shall be. Judges may not stop a law from being passed, unless it goes to citizen election, in which case they have the exact same amount of power as everyone else. They can, however, decide that a law is unconstitutional, but only if a citizen brings it up in a case against the government. Should they decide the law is not valid, it shall be repealed and all people held under that law will be released. The decisions of the court may be contested four years after they are passed. Decisions of the court may be contested as many times as nececcary. In the event that a form of punishment is deemed unconsitutional, the prizoners sentenced to that punishment will be held for an amount of time deemed to be equivilant. Should the type of punishment be re-allowed durring their time, they will be subgected to that punishment a number of times considered to equal the remaining punishment.

Elections are staggered so that the President is elected in a year divisable by 4, Senators and Congressmen are elected the next year. The year after that is Provincial elections (Governor, Provincial Senate, etc.) and the year after that is local elections (D.A., Mayor, etc.). No officer of the government is allowed to spend more than 2 election cycles or 10 years in office.

Provincial Government

All provinces have a Provincial Senate and a Governor. To pass, a law must pass the senate and then be sent to the governor. If he vetos it, it will go to popular vote; if not, it will pass. Budget votes must be approved by half the senate to pass. If someone is to break a state law, the matter will go before local court. A provincial law may not conflict with a Federal law.

Local government

In most cities and towns, a mayor will be the one through whom new laws will pass. He may also decide on local taxes, local budgets, and ususaly has a very large influence on city planning.

Justice

"In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two seperate yet equally important groups; the police who investigate crimes, and the district attornies who prosecute the offenders." District attornies are elected every four years. He/she will run along with an Executive Asistant District Attorny. The EADA will hire as many Assistant District Attornies as is nececcary. The ADAs will prosecute criminals. If nececcary, the EADA and DA may assist in the prosecution.

Law Enforcement

Each town is allowed to have it's own police department. In large cities, an internal affairs department will usually be included. In towns where this can not be afforded, the Department of National Policing will step in. They will also step in to provide funding for police forces when nececcary. Provinces also have their own police departments. these are used mostly for speed traps on large highways and water patrols. The Kedalfax Guard Beauro, or KGB, is the Federal Government's police force. they act only in matters of national importance, such as mass murder and terrorism. The also are the group responsible for not(wink) spying on other countries.

Classification of Offences

Crimes are classified into categories:

• A-Class: Murder, rape, manslaughter, etc.
• B-Class: Statutory rape, grand theft, larsony, blackmail, premeditated assult, etc.
• C-Class: Breaking and entering, theft, assult, etc.
• D-Class: Public Endagerment, major vehicle violation, etc.

National Holidays

On these days, all government offices (except law enfocement and fire departments) are shut down, and all people working on salary must be paid "time and a half"(e.g. $10/hr=$10+$10/2=$15/hr) and people working on commision must be paid commision+1/3.

• Christmas
• Freedom Day(June 4)
• Delon Day(Last Friday of September)
• Chairman's Day(May 28)
• Memorial Day(March 20)
• New Year's Day(Jan.1)(AKA. Hangover Day)

Licence Plates

All provinces are entitled to there own licence plates. The Kedalfaxian ISO Carplate Code is K. Federal plates, such as KGB and Presidential vehicles look like the image below. Diplomat plates hav "DIP" in the first set of characters.

List of offices and departments

The following is a list of all of the offices of the Government.

• Federal(Chairmans Branch)
  • Department of Transportation
  • Department of Foreign Affairs
    • Dept. UN Affairs
    • Dept. Intl. Commerce
    • Immigration and Nationalization
  • Department of Law Enforcement(KGB)
  • Department of Health
  • Department of Education
  • Department of Utilities
  • Treasury
    • Department of Colections
  • Department of Defence
    • Navy
    • Army
    • Airforce
  • Dept. of Interior
    • Dept. Evironmental Conservation
  • Department of Communications

Military

The exact numbers of the military are kept secret, although it will admit to having bases in the following cities:

• Delon, DE: Airforce, Navy
• Los Diablos, DE: Navy, Reserve Center
• Newland, ND: Navy, Army, Airforce
• Woodland City, WO: Navy, Army
• Halen City, HA: Navy, Army
• Williamsburg, DE: Army, Airforce, SpecOps
• Cuita Duscherral, IK: Navy, SpecOps

Kedalfax is known for having a very large Navy, as you can see by the fact that 6/7 military cities have naval bases.

Kedalfax had its first sucessful nuclear test in 1992

Culture

The culture of Kedalfax varys very much from North to South. In the North, most things are fast paced, much like in most large cities. The accent is slightly like a New Yorker, although with a slightly more English sound. A full fledged English accent is not uncommon. Twords the South things get much more relaxed and calm. People are very freindly, and speak in an accent that sounds much like the American South, probaly because of the same isolation after English settlement. Kedalfaxian is the most spoken in the North, while English is the language of choice for the South.

The South also tends to be more traditionalist, while the North tends to be progressive.

The two most prominant sports teams, the Delon Clifhangers and the Los Diablos Devils have a rivalry comprable to the Yankees/Red Sox rivalry in that it is much bigger.

In public schools, both Kedalfaxian and English are required languages.

Statistics

A few statistics recorded by the Department of Statistics and Numbers

Ethnicity

• Native:.1%
• North American: 25%
• South American/Latino: 3.9%
• European: 61%
  • Anglo-Saxan: 20%
  • Spanish/Portugese: 20%
  • French:1%
  • German:15%
  • Other European:5%
• Asian:5%
• Other:5%

Religion

• Atheism: 10%
• Agnosticism: 25%
• Christianity: 40%
• Judaism: 10%
• Islam: 5%
• Others: 10%

Gender

• Men: 50%
• Women: 45%
• "Genderqueer":5%

Age

• Under 18: 15%
• 18-30: 24%
• 31-45: 25%
• 46-65: 26%
• over 65: 10%

Voter Registration

• Registered Voters: 98%
  • Socialist:30%
  • Libertarian: 35%
  • Authoritarian: 25%
  • Other/Non-specified:10%

Economy

The Economy of Kedalfax is mainly small shops, along with book publishing.

Major Corperations

The largest corperations on the KSX.

The Eastland Corperation

The Eastland Corperation(KSX:ECX) is Kedalfax's largest single company. The company was devestated after the Eastland Plaza of Newland was bombed. They managed to recover from the attack, and have recently aquired rival Xeon Trading.

The Eastland Mutual Fund (KSX: ECMF) is currently trading at $593 US per share.

Hedquarters: Los Diablos, DE
Product: Insurance, Banking, Investment services, Mutual funds
Offices in: Los Diablos, DE; Delon City, DE; Newland, ND

KBC

The Kedalfax Broadcasting Corperation(KSX:KBC) is the largest Media Corperation in Kedalfax, and the second largest in Simtropolis. It owns many radio and TV stations across Kedalfax. All of its Cable stations are available on all cable services, and all its stations on its Cable service are in Kedalfaxian and English. KBC is planning a new building in Los Diablos. You can see the plan Here.

TV Stations owned by the KBC: KBC (Kedalfax Broadcasting Channel) and substations- Local broadcast network
Toon!- Cartoons
Kednet- 24/7 cable News
Flipside/Flipside2- Music-Based TV
KBS- Comedy shows
KCS- Comedy Shows/ Stand-up
KNT- Drama Shows
KKT- Kedalfax Kids Channel
Woah!- Programing aimed to women
Dude- Programing aimed to men

Radio Stations owned by the KBC
KFAX- Classic Rock out of Delon, DE. Bounced signal across all of Delon Province.
KRAP- Rap out of Los Diablos, DE. Bounced signal in all major cities.
KNWS- News out of Newland, ND. Bounced across entire nation.
KLDB- Top 40 out of Los Diablos.
KDLN- Top 40 out of Delon.
WLDN- Top 40 out of Woodland City, WO. Bounced across Woodland Province.
WEIS- Top 40 out of Weis City, MO. Bounced across Mountain Territories.
KHLN- Top 40 out of Halen City, HA.
KNLD- Top 40 out of Newland, ND.
KIKD- Hard Rock/Alternitave out of Cuita Duscherral, IK
KROK- Classic Rock out of Cuita Duscherral, IK

Public Media

There are three major public media companies based in Kedalfax: Kedalfax Public Media
National Public Media
Kedalfax Free Media

These companies provide programing for the nation's three public radio stations: KIPR- Public radio out of Cuita Duscherral, IK
KNPR- Public Radio out of Delon City, DE. Bounced across Northern area of nation
KSPR- Public radio out of Newpaltz, WO. Bounced across the South

And the public TV station, KPAC, which has stations across the country.

Many public media companies also subscibe to these foreign public media providers: American Public Media(U.S.A)
Public Radio International(U.S.A)
National Public Radio(U.S.A)
Corperation for Public Broadcasting(U.S.A)

Foreign Companies

The KSX contains many corperations based out of other countries. Such corperations include:
Infoengine Corporation
Microsoft
Apple
Coca-Cola
Pepsico
Turner Media
And many others.

Most of the foreign companies are based out of either the United States of America or The Digital Network.

Policy on foriegn companies

"I find it great that people from other countries wish to trade in our country. Without them, I wouldn't be able to watch reruns of "Family Guy" on TBS. But what we do not want is foriegn companies dominating us. For this reason, I suggest that we regulate other companies who wish to trade in our nation. These suggestions have already passed, and will be going into effect over the next year. Firstly, these corperations are susseptable to the same fines as domestic companies, and more so for monopolies. Second, a foriegn company will be taxed .1% more in each type of tax than a domestic company. Lastly, all companies must abide by all regulations that domestic companies do, and failure to do so will result in the closing of all stores in the area, and, in extreme cases, the owner of the company to be tried for deportation."- Secretary of the Exterior Ronald R. Collier in his first adress to the nation.

Politics

Parties

Most of the country is governed by three parties:

Authoritarian Party

Abbr.: A
Congress Leader: Con. Jason C. Colter (A-WO)
Senate Leader: Sen. Martin J. Easton (A-WO)
Basic political stance: "There are some things that are just plain wrong."

Libertarian Party

Abbr.:L
Congress Leader: Alice K. Stalson (L-ND)
Senate Leader: Peter Howell O'Hara (L-IK)
Basic political stance: "What you do on your own time doesn't matter to me."

Socialist Party

Abbr.:S
Congress Leader: Currently has no seats in Congress
Senate Leader: Steven M. S. Ross (S-HA)
Basic political stance: "The consumer comes first."

Embassies

The following nations have an official and recognized embassy:
The Digital Network
Batheia Thalassa
Wingarde

To have your nation's embassy in Kedalfax, Telegram the Foreign Affairs office here

Climate

The following is the average highs and lows for the four most telling cities in the nation. Delon, ND represents the Gulf cost, Los Diablos the Ocean coast, and Weis City the South Central areas. Kedalfax is in the Northern hemisphere, so the farther South you go, the warmer it generally gets. A lot of percipitation comes across the Weis Mountains from the Gulf, causing the higher rainfall on the windward side of the mountains. The Gulf also stays a much more constant tempurature, due to various circulating currents.

Climographs

Related Articles

• Kedalfaxian history
• The Digital Network
• Simtropolis
• Batheia Thalassa
• Foreign Affairs of Kedalfax

Lists

• Nations with nuclear capability#K-O
• Nation codes
• List of international airline companies#K
• International Airports#K to O

Provinces

--Kedalfax 10:04, 23 August 2005 (EDT). Approved by the Federation of Kedalfax Department of Public Relations.
--Kedalfax 7:00, 2 July 2006 (EDT). Approved by the Federation of Kedalfax Department of Public Relations.