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TheRussianFederation

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Motto: "If you think education is expensive, try ignorance"
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Region	European Continent
Capital	St. Petersbug/Moscow
Official Language(s)	Russian/English
Leader	Tsar/Premier
Population	Over 1 billion
Currency	Ruble
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The Imperial Socialist Republic of TheRussianFederation is a large, safe nation, notable for its strong anti-business politics. Its intelligent population are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

It is difficult to tell where the omnipresent, socially-minded government stops and the rest of society begins, but it juggles the competing demands of Social Welfare, Law & Order, and Education. Private enterprise is illegal, but for those in the know there is a slick and highly efficient black market.

Crime -- especially youth-related -- is totally unknown, thanks to the all-pervasive police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. The national animal is the fox and its currency is the ruble.

The Formation of TheRussianFederation

The Federation is born out of the ashes of the old TheNeoRomanEmpire. It seems that in the last years of it's life, the Empire begins to lose it's control over the people due to their distrust with NeoCaesar Romulis Augustus. It is through this distrust that the NeoRoman Civil war begins, pinning loyalists against revolutionists looking to take the nation back to it's ancestral Russian heritage. After a long and bloody war the revolutionists win the war.

The Government

The Executive Branch

Tsar:

• Though the Tsar of Russia doesn't hold any executive power of the coutry, he does officially own the nation and thus is seen as ruler. His status is more as a figure and symbol than a leader, giving the Russian people a sense pf pride and a link to their ancestral past when Russia was a powerful Empire and because of this statue teh Tsar is given the power of awarding of state decorations. The Federal Assembly has given the Tsar power over the military, giving the Tsar the title of Marshal of the Russian Federation. Due to this status of Marshal of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Defense is directly overseen by the Tsar as well.

Tsar's full title:

• By the grace of God, Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russia, of Moscow, Kiev, Vladimir, Novgorod, Tsar of Kazan, Tsar of Astrakhan, Tsar of Siberia, Tsar of Tauric Chersonesos, Lord of Pskov, and Grand Duke of Smolensk, Volhynia, and Podolia, Prince of Estonia, Livonia, Courland and Semigalia, Samogitia, Białystok, Karelia, Tver, Yugra, Perm, Vyatka, Bulgaria, and other territories; Lord and Grand Duke of Nizhni Novgorod, Chernigov; Ruler of Ryazan, Polotsk, Rostov, Yaroslavl, Beloozero, Udoria, Obdoria, Kondia, Vitebsk, Mstislavl, and all northern territories ; Ruler of Iveria, Kartalinia, and the Kabardinian lands and Armenian territories - hereditary Ruler and Lord of the Circassians and Mountain Princes and others; Lord of Turkestan, Heir of Norway, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Stormarn, Dithmarschen, Oldenburg, and so forth, and so forth, and so forth

The Premier:

• The Premier is the head of state and holds complete executive power in Russia. Their main task is to preserve and protect the rights and liberties of the Russian people, which are granted under the Constitution of Russia. The Premier is tasked to determine the domestic and foreign policy of the Russian government, resolves problems on issues in immigration and has the power to grant pardons. The Premier also heads both the Federal Assembly as well as the Executive Council. The executive office itself is divided into several ministries all of which are headed by individual councils.
  • Requirements to be met in order for a person to become a Premier are listed in the Constitution of Russia. A Premier must be a citizen of Russia (natural-born citizenship required), must attain age of 25, and must be a resident of Moscow for at least 10 years prior to the elections. The Premier is elected every four years by a direct vote of the Russian population.

• See Premiers of TheRussianFederation for a complete list of Premiers.

• The Several Ministeries within the Executive Council are:
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • Ministry of Treasure
  • Ministry of Interiors
  • Ministry of Energy

The Legislative Branch

The Federal Assembly

The Federal Assembly of Russia is the legislature of the Russian Federation. According to the Constitution of Russia it consists of the State Duma, which is the lower house, and the Federation Council, which is the upper house. Both houses are located in Moscow.

Federation Council: The Federation Council is the upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia. The Premier of Russia heads the Federation Council and some of his duties unclude: presiding over sessions, formulating and introducing draft agendas, issuing orders and consulting with the Council’s various committees, and signing resolutions to go to the Premier for final approval.

The Council is charged in cooperating with the State Duma in completing and voting on draft laws. Federal laws concerning budgets, customs regulations, and the ratification of international treaties are to be considered by the Council after they have been adopted from the State Duma, where most legislation is introduced.

Special powers accorded to the Council include the right to change borders between the Russian Federation’s subjects, declaring Premier elections, impeaching the Premier, appoint judges to the Supreme Court, and taking decisions on the use of Russia’s armed forces outside of its borders.

For laws to pass the Council, a vote of more than half of its 176 senators is required. If the Council vetoes a law passed by the State Duma, the two chambers are mandated to form a Conciliation Committee in order to form a compromise document, which would again go under vote by both houses.

Committees form a key component to the structure of the Council. Sixteen committees and seven commissions exist for senators to consider legislation and policy on a number of issues ranging from foreign affairs, federal affairs, and youth and sports. Leadership in these committees are determined by the Premier, who remains in correspondence with their findings

• The Commissions of the Federation Council are:
  • Committee on Constitutional Legislation
  • Committee on Judicial and Legal Affairs
  • Committee on Defence and Security
  • Budgetary Committee
  • Trade Committee
  • Committee on Financial Markets and Currency Circulation
  • Industry Commission
  • Business Affairs and Regulations Commission
  • Construction and Industry of Building Materials Commission
  • Consumer Goods Commission
  • Argicultural Developement Commission
  • Committee on Natural Resources & Environmental Protection
  • Committee on Food and Agricultural Policies
  • Transportation and Communications Commission
  • Foreign Affairs Committee
  • Committee on the Colonial Affairs
  • Committee on Federal Affairs and Regional Policies
  • Committee on Local Government
  • Housing and Urban Development Commission
  • Social Policy Committee
  • Committee on Economic Policy, Business and Ownership
  • Industrial Policy Committee
  • Health and Human Services Commission
  • Healthcare and Social Security Commission
  • Public Education Commission
  • Science and Culture Commission
  • Commission on Youth and Sports
  • Commission on Information Policy
  • Environmental Commission

State Duma: The State Duma is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia.