Knootian Federation

The Knootian Federation is a Federation, based on a commonwealth-like structure of a main state and dependencies. It is not to be confused with the Dutch Democratic Republic (DDR) of Knootoss, which refers to Knootoss proper only.

Members

The Knootian Federation currently consists of the three constituent parts: the mainland European Knootoss, Knootian Colombia and Ale-Yarok . Prior to decolonisation, Nieuw-Nederland was also part of the Federation. The island of Europolis in Sisgardia also used to be a part of the Federation. It has been sold to Tarasovka but the Knootian military base still exists.

Structure

The Federation has a very limited central government which is responsible for a limited range of affairs as specified by the Statute of the Knootian Federation. In practice, this government overlaps to a large extent with the government of the Dutch Democratic Republic and its small executive service is housed inside the complex of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The head of state of the Federation is the Prime Minister of Knootoss, who is also the head of state of the separate constituent parts. The Prime Minister officially heads the executive branch (regering) of the Federation and each part individually. He or she is represented by a Governor-General in Ale-Yarok and by a Special envoy in Knootian Colombia.

The affairs of the Federation include:

• Mutual Defence (The Knootian Defence Force is a unified military)
• Foreign affairs
• Citizenship
• Extradition

Other affairs are delegated to the national governments. The statute ended the colonial relationship between Knootoss on the one side and the Tanah Burung on the other side. While the DDR never recognised Tanah Burung as an independent nation, the non-inclusion of it in the Statures of the Federation made it a de facto recognition.

The cabinet council of the Federation consists of the Foreign ministers of Knootoss and for each of the two other parts a minister plenipotentiary.

Controversy

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