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The independent judiciary is based on a civil law system which evolved from the Napoleonic code. It is divided into the judicial branch (dealing with civil law and criminal law) and the administrative branch (dealing with appeals against executive decisions), each with their own independent supreme court, the courts of cassation. The Kelsian government includes various bodies that check abuses of power and independent agencies.
 
The independent judiciary is based on a civil law system which evolved from the Napoleonic code. It is divided into the judicial branch (dealing with civil law and criminal law) and the administrative branch (dealing with appeals against executive decisions), each with their own independent supreme court, the courts of cassation. The Kelsian government includes various bodies that check abuses of power and independent agencies.
  
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Kelse is a unitary state. However, the legal subdivisions—the régions and communes—have various attributions, and the national government is prohibited from intruding into their normal legal operations.
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Revision as of 22:50, 23 March 2006

The Republic of Kelse
République Kelçaise
kelse.jpg
Flag of Kelse
Motto: "La Terre Par Le Mar"
(English: "The Land By The Sea")
Region International Democratic Union
Capital Saint-Monica
Largest City Ville de Montréal
Official languages French, English
Government
President
Prime Minister
Republic
Julieta Valerio
Emilio Mancuso
Independence January 28, 2005
Population
 • Total
2007 Census
233,000,000
GDP
 • Total
 • Per Capita
2007 Est.
$2,780,326,018,434.00
$10,818.39
Currency Marque (Ш)
Internet TLD .ke
Calling code +21
Info: NationStates NSEconomy Pipian XML

The Republic of Kelse or Kelse, French: République Kelçaise or Kelçia, is a very large, socially progressive nation located in the International Democratic Union. A member of the United Nations, Kelse is largely democratic and it's citizens, descendents of French sailors and explorers, are seen as very liberal people. The capital and largest city is Saint-Monica, while it's two principal economic centres are located at the port cities of Ajaccio and Villeneuve.

History

Government

The government of Kelse, is a semi-presidential system based on the French Constitution of the fifth Republic, in which the nation declares itself to be "an indivisible, secular, democratic, and social Republic". The constitution provides for a separation of powers and proclaims Kelse's "attachment to the Rights of Man and the principles of national sovereignty."

The national government of Kelse is divided into an executive, a legislative and a judicial branch. The President has a degree of direct executive power, but most executive power resides in his appointee, the Prime Minister. The President's choice for Prime Minister must have the confidence of the National Assembly, the lower house of Parliament; also the Prime Minister is always from the majority party in that house.

Parliament comprises the National Assembly and the Senate. It passes statutes and votes on the budget; it controls the action of the executive through formal questioning on the floor of the houses of Parliament and by establishing commissions of enquiry. The constitutionality of the statutes is checked by the Constitutional Council, members of which are appointed by the President of the Republic, the President of the National Assembly, and the President of the Senate. Former Presidents of the Republic also are members of the Council.

The independent judiciary is based on a civil law system which evolved from the Napoleonic code. It is divided into the judicial branch (dealing with civil law and criminal law) and the administrative branch (dealing with appeals against executive decisions), each with their own independent supreme court, the courts of cassation. The Kelsian government includes various bodies that check abuses of power and independent agencies.


Religion

Traditionally a predominantly Roman Catholic country, yet also with anticlerical leanings, Kelse has since it's independence been a very secular country. Freedom of religion is constitutionally a right, inspired by the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. The dominant concept of the relationships between the public sphere and religions is that of laïcité, which implies that the government and government institutions (such as schools) should not endorse any particular religion or intervene in religious dogma, and that religions should refrain from intervening in policy-making.

Statistics from the 2007 Census gives the following number: Roman Catholic 85%, Jewish 8%, and Muslim 7%.