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Latao

Flag of Latao
Motto: We make the World go around
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Region	Atlantian Oceania
Capital	Luzern
Official Language(s)	German
Leader	NEC
Population	700 Million
Currency	Latinum
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What the UN says about us

The Confederacy of Latao is a huge, economically powerful nation, notable for its complete absence of social welfare. Its hard-nosed, hard-working, intelligent population of 589 million enjoy a sensible mix of personal and economic freedoms, while the political process is open and the people's right to vote held sacrosanct.

The tiny government juggles the competing demands of Commerce, Law & Order, and Education. Income tax is unheard of. A powerhouse of a private sector is led by the Uranium Mining, Book Publishing, and Door-to-door Insurance Sales industries.

The military frequently holds bake sales to raise funds, citizens are frequently held up at gunpoint by their local pizza delivery boys, children deemed 'disorderly' or otherwise unfit for public schools are shipped off to military academies, and the nation is experiencing a severe shortage of sporting events. Crime -- especially youth-related -- is a problem. Latao's national animal is the scooby-doo and its currency is the latinum.

Dogmas

We believe in Democracy, Neutrality, Freedom and Federalism packed into free social-market economy. Our keywords to success are strong politcal rights for citizens, low tax duties and wide economy freedoms.

State Organization

The Confederacy of Latao consists of 15 Districts, each formed by numerous Municipalities.

Confederacy

The Confederacy of Latao is the administrative top level of the nation. It concentrates the base State leading authorities, which enjoy some exclusive special privileges over Districts and Municipalities.

The Confederacy operates the centralized Executive, Legislative and Judicative authorities, which form the final instances of the governing bodies. It deals with all matters of national interest and releases authoritative laws for all Districts and Municipalities, based on the Confederacy-Constitution (federal Constitution).

Some of the most important competences of the Confederacy are federal law, military & financial management on the State level and the exclusive privilege of international relationships.

District

Districts form the actual parts of the land that makes up the Confederacy of Latao. As the nation’s pre-title tells, Latao is a federal State. This means, every District has wide independence within the country. That’s why a District is also often referred as a State. Therefore, every District has its own Executive, Legislative and Judicative authorities, which operate on District/State level.

The District (or State) has competence over most matters that affect it. Every District has its own Constitution and may inherit laws from it, as long these laws and the underlying District-Constitution does not violate the federal Constitution of the Confederacy or federal laws. Districts have also control over their law enforcement authorities (such as police) and their tax authorities, as well as financial management and numerous local administrative privileges.

Municipality

Most Municipalities have their own Executive and Legislative authorities – some of them even their own Judicative. In some Districts, several Municipalities centralize all of these authorities (which is based either on historical inheritance or simple financial optimization). This administrative local form of State Organization is called a Region.

The Municipality or Region has competence over many local matters, such as tax authorities, financial management and numerous local administrative privileges.

State Institutions

The federal Constitution demands the separation of powers within the entire nation. Therefore, the State of Latao is founded on three fundamental institutions:

Executive

The Executive authorities of all levels of the nation are elected directly by the people for a period of four years. It leads together with the Legislative by releasing laws and directives and giving orders to the Legislative.

The Executive authorities on District and Municipality level consist of five members, including a president. There are a few differences in the organization of the federal Executive authority, which is named the National Executive Committee (NEC) as described below:

1. The NEC consists of seven members, including a president.
2. The NEC-members take the office as a “full-time job” and are paid by the State of Latao.
3. The way that the NEC is assembled is based on the strength of each political party in the federal Legislative (Confederacy Council) – the stronger a party is, the more people it can send to the NEC.
4. No District may send more than one member to the NEC at once.

Legislative

The Legislative authorities of all levels of the nation are elected directly by the people for a period of four years. It leads together with the Executive by releasing laws and giving orders to the Executive. There are a few differences in the organization of the authorities of the State levels as described below:

On the Confederacy Level:

1. The number of citizen living in a District determines the number of people that District may send to the Confederacy Council (CC).

On the District Level:

1. The number of citizen living in a Municipality determines the number of people that Municipality may send to the District Council (DC).

Judicative

The Judicative authorities of all levels of the nation ere elected directly by the people for a period of four years. It controls the governing bodies (Executive and Legislatives) by wrangling over legal matters and it may cancel laws that are in conflict with constitutional definitions.

The first instance for justice cases is the Judicative authority of the Municipality or Region. Adjustments can be taken up to the Confederacy Judicative (Confederacy Court), which then is final.

The following requirements apply for all members of State institutions:

1. Elected directly by the citizens of Latao
2. The election period is four years
3. Must be citizen of Latao and must not have any criminal records.

The third requirement applies also to administrative offices.