The Ayyubids
Flag of The Ayyubids | |
Motto: Puris omnia pura | |
Region | International Democratic Union |
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Capital | City of the Ayyubids |
Official Language(s) | English, Spanish, Dutch, French and Papiamentu |
Leader | HRH Sultan Salah ad-Din |
Population | 150 million |
Currency | The Diamond |
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The Sultanate of the Ayyubids is a large, safe and socially progressive nation, renowned for its burgeoning Poodle population. Its compassionate population, hard-working, intelligent population hold their civil rights very dear. The Sultanate is ruled by His Royal Highness Sultan Salah ad-Din (The Righteousness of the Faith) who has achieved a great reputation as a chivalrous ruler renowned for his leadership and his merciful nature. The Sultanate of the Ayyubids is a strong defender of democratic values, human rights and political freedoms. The Sultanate encourages its citizens to explore their individual spirituality rather than participating in organized religions. The national animal is the poodle.
- Country Code: YY
- Government Category: Left-Leaning College State.
- Geography: See the |map of the IDU.
Contents
Government
The Sultanate of the Ayyubids is a parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarch. The Sultanate is a federal union of 27 Emirates and 1 Kingdom.
HRH Sultan Salah ad-Din is the head of state. He is the sovereign, the highest power.
By popular elections a President of the government is elected. (The government consists of the President, the Vice-president, the Governor-general and the council of ministers.) The Vice-president is appointed by the President. The Governor-general is elected by the General Council of the Union. The members of the GCU are all the governors from all 9 states. After the Governor-general is elected, he becomes a member of that council together with the President and the Vice-president. The President, Vice-president and the Governor-general can only give advice in the GCU, they have not voting rights.
The House of Representatives elects the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister is the head of the council of Ministers. All ministers are appointed by the President of the Union. All Ministers must have the confidence of the House of Representatives. The Senate can veto the nomination of a minister, this requires 2/3rd of the senate. The Sultan can also veto the nomination of a minister, he can also dismiss a minister at any time.
The parliament consists of two houses. The Senate and the House of Representatives.
The Senate consists of 48 senators. A fraction leader in the senate is called a senior-senator. The Vice-president is also the President of the Senate. The senators are appointed by the governors of their respective states. The senate can only aprove or reject a law after it has been aproved by the House of Representatives.
The House of Representatives consists of 120 elected members. The President of the House of Representatives is elected by the members of the house.
There is also a Council of State, where former Presidents become members of. The CoS gives advice to all organs of the government, federal or local and to HRH The Sultan of the Ayyubids.
See also the Ayyubid Government for more details.
Administrative Regions
</div>The Sultanate is devided into 10 administrative regions, 9 states and one federal district. Each state under a Governor and the federal district under the Governor-general.
- The Island of Farkow - a small island in the northwest; capital Farkow City.
- The New Emirates of the Ayyubids - an island state devided into 4 principialities in the northeast; capital Edina.
- The Eastern Islands - a small group of (3 inhabited and one uninhabited) islands devided into 5 principialities in the southeast; capital Nessa.
- The Northern Ayyubid Emirates - a large but low populated state in the north devided into 5 principialities; capital North Coast.
- Porto Mikelangelo - a large and densely populated state in the centralwest devided into 5 principialities; capital Ciudad di Angelo.
- Western Emirates - the most populates state in the sultanate devided into 4 principialities in the southwest; capital South Beach.
- Emirates of Trimos - 3 principialities in the centralsouth; capital City of Trimos.
- Emirates of Saladin - 2 principialities in the centraleast; capital Saladin
- Kingdom of Alpino - devided into 3 principialities; capital Tomahawk
- Federal District of the Ayyubids - consisting of one city; City of the Ayyubids
Each state has a Governor a vice-governor a council of legislators and a small parliament. Each principiality has a Mayor, an Emir (prince) and a Council of District Commissioners.
Judicial Branch
</div>Each state has a supreme court consisting out of 5 judges (3 in Farkow). 4 of the judges are appointed for life by the parliament of the state, these judges are known as councilmen. The Governor appoints one additional judge for a period of 5 years. This judge is known as justitia. The justitias of all 9 states form the Supreme Constitutional Court of the Sultanate of the Ayyibids. The Sultan appoints a Justitia-general for a period of 5 years. The Justitia-general is President of the SCC.
National Politics
Issues
- The Minister of Justice - Law on the death penalty REJECTED
- The Minister of Justice - Law on private use of soft-drugs PASSED
- The Minister of Justice - Law prohibiting hate-promoting protests PASSED
- The Minister of Justice - Law increased policing PASSED
- The Minister of Justice - Law banning corporal punishment PASSED
- The Minister of Justice - Law on kurfew for minors REJECTED
- The Minister of Health - Law on euthanasia PASSED
- The Minister of Health - Law on cloning PASSED
- The Minister of Health - Law on payment for organ donors REJECTED
- The Minister of Health - Law on compulsory organ harvesting REJECTED
- The Minister of Constitutional Affairs - Law on compulsory voting PASSED
- The Minister of Constitutional Affairs - Law increased freedom of speech PASSED
- The Minister of Constitutional Affairs - Law banning protests REJECTED
- The Minister of General Affairs - Nomination of an atheist as religious leader PASSED
- The Minister of Finance - Increased funding for education PASSED
- The Minister of Labour Affairs - Law on 20% increase in wages PASSED
- The Minister of National Affairs - Law on same-sex marriage PASSED
- The Minister of Integration - Law on ethnic diversity in TV soaps REJECTED
- The Minister of Education - Law banning Harry Potter books REJECTED
- The Minister of Environment - Law on poodle consumation REJECTED
- The Minister of Economical Affairs - Law on partial deforestation for uranium mining PASSED
Ministries
The 20 Ministries are; General Affairs, National Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Defense, Federal Security, Justice, Integration, Finance, Health, Environment, Traffic and Transport, Infrasructure, Water and Energie, Economical Affairs, Agriculture and Fishery, Social Affairs, Education, Information, Labour Affairs and the Ministry of Constitutional Affairs.
Political Parties
- The Global Union - Progressive Socialists.
- The Social Democratic Party - Social Democrats.
- The Ayyubid Alliance - Nationalistic Environmentalists.
- The Society of the Conservatives - Conservatives (local Eastern Islands party).
- Party of the Nortern Ayyubid Regions - Socialists - (regional party in the nortern states).
The current goverment is a coalition of the SDP and the AA.
International Politics
International Organizations
The Sultanate has been admitted as a member of the United Nations. The Sultanate is a strong defender of human rights and democratic principles and for that reason finds the United Nations an important organization to be affiliated with. For a full list of UN resolutions, see the UN Timeline.
The Sultanate has joined the International Democratic Union (IDU). The Sultanate is proud to be a member of a peaceful, active and democratic organization such as the IDU.
Relations & Endorsements
Close Relations
The Kingdom of Chicos Desnudos, The Republic of Yuunli, The Investing University of Nwabby
Endorsements Given
The Republic of Yuunli, The Community of Sober Thought, The Empire of Keeslandia, The Commonwealth of Pagemaster, The Glorious People's Republic of Groot Gouda, The Federation of Disjunction, The Constitutional Monarchy of Malabra, The Democratic Federation of Grosseschnauzer, The Republic of Scoopy, The Dictatorship of Limapolis, The Holy Republic of Lloegr-Cymru, The Federation of Domnonia, The Constitutional Monarchy of Jonquiere-Tadoussac, The Confederated City States of Mikitivity
Endorsements Received
The Community of Sober Thought, The Republic of Yuunli, The Empire of Keeslandia, The Commonwealth of Pagemaster, The Federation of Disjunction, The Constitutional Monarchy of Malabra, The Democratic Federation of Grosseschnauzer, The Republic of Scoopy, The Holy Republic of Lloegr-Cymru, The Dictatorship of Limapolis, The Federation of Domnonia, The Constitutional Monarchy of Jonquiere-Tadoussac, The Confederated City States of Mikitivity
Diplomatic events
REPORT
Department of Foreign Affairs
- The Minister of Foreign Affairs has contacted the UN-delegate of the International Democratic Union to gain information on joining the IDU. A telegram from the IDU was received quickly afterwards.
- The Minister of Foreign Affairs has accepted the endorsement of Sober_Thought, Yuunli, Pagemaster, Disjuntion, Malabra, Grosseschnauzer, Keeslandia, Scoopy, Limapolis, Domnonia and Lloegr-Cymru. The Minister of Foreign Affairs in return gave its endorsement to Sober_Thought, Yuunli, Pagemaster, Disjuntion, Malabra, Grosseschnauzer and Keeslandia, Limapolis, Groot Gouda, Scoopy, Domnonia and Lloegr-Cymru.
- The Minister of Foreign Affairs has granted diplomatic immunity to the ammbasador of Yuunli and has sent an ammbasador for the Sultanate to Yuunli and by doing so affirming close relations between The Sultanate of the Ayyubids and The Republic of Yuunli.
- The Investing University of Nwabby has been contacted by the Minister of Foreign Affairs in an effort to establish close relations, these close relations have been established.
- The Minister of Foreign Affairs has sent a telegram to The Holy Republic of Lloegr-Cymru regarding the establishment of close relations between the Holy Republic and the Sultanate.
Ambassador to the United Nations
- The Ayyubid ambassador to the United Nations has voted AGAINST a resolution on the “Right to Learn About Evolution” accepting the IDU UN-delegate’s view on the matter. The ambassador has also accepted the view of the IDU UN-delegate that there is no current need for more equality resolutions.
- The Ayyubid ambassador to the United Nations has proposed the repeal of resolution #30. The IDU UN-delegate, after the proposal had been filed, sent a telegram to the Sultanate on the matter. The proposal did not receive enough aprovals.
Department of Economical Affairs
- The Minister of Economical Affairs received a telegram from Yuunli for the Central Bank of the Ayyubids regarding the Fixed Exchange Rates (FER) of the Diamond and the Yuunli Dollar. The Director of the CBA answered that telegram explaining that the FER is an exclusive internal affair of the Sultanate. It has no effect on the Yuunli economy and that the Sultanate does in fact follow the NSEconomy, just not on a daily basis.
Department of Infrastructure
- The map maker of the IDU, Domnonia has added the Sultanate of the Ayyubids to the |IDU Map, after being requested so by the Minister of Infrastructure.
Department of Information
- The Minister of Information has received a telegram from Groot Gouda in reply to a telegram sent by the minister in which the minister asked information on UN resolutions and the language in which telegrams could be sent to Groot Gouda.
Economy
A large private sector is led by the Uranium Mining, Door-to-door Insurance Sales, and Retail industries. The Ayyubid Economy is very dynamic and data on it changes by the minute. For more up to date data on The Ayyubids Economy, check the | GDP Calculator or the | NS Economy Statistics
Government Budget
</div>- Administration: $23 billion
- Social Welfare: $8 billion
- Healthcare: $30 billion
- Education: $46 billion
- Religion & Spirituality: $7 billion
- Law & Order: $42 billion
- The Environment: $12 billion
National Economic Statistics
- Exchange Rate: 2.60 Diamonds = $1
- Gross Domestic Product: $397 billion
- GDP Per Capita: $7,945
- Unemployment Rate: 9.48%
- Consumption: $231 billion
- Government Budget: $175 billion
- Government Expenditures: $167 billion
- Goverment Waste: $7 billion
- Exports: $47 billion
- Imports: $48 billion
- Trade Deficit: $1 billion
Regional Economic Statistics
- Gross Regional Product: $733 trilion
- GDP Per Capita: $20,000
- Regional Average GDP: $15 trilion
- Regional Population: 35 - 40 billion
See also
- The Ayyubids Dynasty
- The Ayyubid Diamond
- HRH Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub Sultan of the Ayyubids