New Manth
New Manth
According to the UN, the Dominion of New Manth is a safe, large, devoutly religious and economically powerful "Corporate Police State" notable for its compulsory military service, barren landscape, and lack of government welfare programs. The people are described as "hard-nosed, cynical and hard-working."
UN observers also noted that the economy was a "powerhouse" and noted that crime is "totally unknown" in New Manth, shortly before being expelled from the country because of disparaging remarks about the country's "rare" civil rights and "unheard-of" political freedoms.
Geography (Under construction)
New Manth stretches from just west of Tripoli to the Suez Canal, and extends as far south as Kampala.
Government (Under construction)
Three main groups make up the New Manthian government:
The Association of Cities and Provinces, a large organization composed of governors from across Manth, is responsible for implementing national policies on the local level. Although nominally subordinate to the Corporate Council, the Association has successfully resisted Council policies in the past by refusing to implement them or implementing them in limited or ineffective manners. It's also worth noting that although the Corporate Council must rubber-stamp all legislation, most of it originates from one or another of the powerful governors of the Association, and that the governor of any particular provincde or city often plays a large role in selecting the Councilmember for his region.
The head of the Association is the governor of Alexandria.
The Corporate Council is the government's official legislative body, and, despite the name, is not actually composed of corporations. Rather, the Corporate Council is made up of appointed representatives from each city and province of New Manth. Originally intended to be the highest governmental body, the Council has gradually been relegated to figurehead status due to increased power consolidation in the Central Command Council and the Association. The Council has practically no remaining role beyond rubber-stamping in domestic politics, and even its remaining influence in setting foreign policy is being eroded by the Central Command Council.
A Councilmember is appointed by mutual agreement between his region's governor, area defense Commander, and Council of Bishops. In the case of disagreement, an emergency appointee is made by the Governor while a compromise is sought out.
The Central Command Executive, the third main group of the Manthian government, controls the military and judiciary systems and effectively fills the role of an Executive Branch. The two main divisions within the Central Command Executive, the Denominations of Strategy and of Law and Order, oversee the nation's military and internal security respectively, and generally work closely together. The two main Denominations are supplemented by a number of secondary Denominations, such as the Denomination of Morale or the Denominations of the Army, Navy and Air Force.
The government is split between three groups: the Corporate Council is the nation's primary legislative body (and despite the name, is not actually composed of corporations), the Central Command Council (effectively controlled by the Denomination of Strategy) controls the military and judiciary systems, and the Association of Cities and Provinces (made up of the respective cities' or regions' Governors) has a heavy hand in local, internal politics although it rarely concerns itself with the world stage.
History (Under construction)
New Manth was founded in 1802 by exiles fleeing the destruction of Old Manth. Arriving in Egypt in the midst of the turmoil following Napoleon's rapid conquest of and then retreat from the country, the Manthians were able to establish themselves as the dominant power in Egypt after several years of intermittent war against the native Egyptians and the Ottoman Empire.
