Torino

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Torino
Forum: [1]
Population: 113 nations
Delegate: Euphobes
Founder: New Canada City
Info: NSEconomy RC XML


History

Overview

Key Figures in History

  • Kinonita

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Kinonita is often regarded as the most successful President of Torino and was responsible for the early reforms to the region. The largest contributions made by kinonita are the treaty with Catlandatopia and the large population increase in his tenure.

Key Roles: Torino President c.23 October 2006 to 15 November 2006

  • Omnia Americana

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Omnia Americana is known for his crimes against the region and short period of office. Infamous to this day, he was the democratically elected President of Torino and was responsible for the input into a new constitution.

Key roles: Torino President 16 November 2006 to 26 November 2006

  • Euphobes

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Euphobes was the second elected President of Torino and in his time in office, the population reached three figures and there were major reforms to the Senate, courts and Recruitment Ministry.

Key roles: Torino President 26 November 2006 to 20 December 2006

Recruitment Minister 27 October to 14 November

  • Greater Tirana

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The NARDDO installed founder, creator of NARDDO and former Chief Justice of Torino, Greater Tirana is viewed by some as the saviour of Torino.

Key roles: Chief Justice, Founder

  • OneBZay

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OneBZay is a popular figure in Torino and has twice been very close to becoming elected President. He has held various positions and currently is the director of Torino intelligence. When Euphobes stepped down, he became the fifth President of Torino for a short while.

Key roles: Chief Justice, Director of Intelligence

Key Dates in History

October 9, 2006: The Reformation

On this date, Torino was abandoned by the former king, New Canada City and handed into NARDDO administration.

October 23, 2006: The Revival

Kinonita accepted the position of President and Torino's fortunes began to change for the better.

October 27: Formation of Government

The first government was finished on this date with Euphobes assuming the role of Recruitment Minister and My Superstardom taking on the role of Foreign Minister.

November 11: Senate elections conclude

Torino elected its first Senate, with the New Conservative Party gaining a large majority of the seats. Generally, the elections were conducted in good spirit.

Government

President - Aramatherius

Vice President - Victoakley

The Cabinet

  • Minister of Internal Affairs - Euphobes
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs - Kinonita
  • Secretary of Defence - Han Fei Zi
  • Minister of Culture - Ingelby
  • Minister of Immigration/Recruitment - Woodlawns
  • Director of TIS - OneBZay

The Senate

The senate currently consists of 11 Senators and a Speaker of the Senate. This body has much of the power in Torino as it makes all of the laws and is instrumental in the running of the region. The Senators are:

1. Kinonita (PRM)

2. OneBZay (PRM)

3. Euphobes (PRM)

4. Woodlawns (PRM)

5. Moosewood Maple (TPP)

6. Ingelby (TPP)

7. Vacant

8. Not-So Holy Persons (TPP)

8. Picker (TPP)

9. Moldova (NCP)

10. Contradictory Views

11. Latvias

Speaker of the Senate: Victoakley (TPP)

Senators have to look at proposals submitted in the legislation queue, and if they feel a proposal is worthy of further debate, then they endorse it. If a proposal gathers two Senatorial endorsements, then it is sent to the Constitutional Court for review. Should the justice presiding rule the proposal satisfactory and not in violation of an existing law, the proposal is moved to debate.

The Ministries and their Roles

  • Minister of Internal Affairs This ministry houses the internal security services for Torino and various sources of information.
  • Minister of Foreign Affairs All contact and negotiations with the outside world goes through this ministry. Alliances, embassies and treaties are made by the Minister of foreign affairs.
  • Department of Defence This ministry is the centre of Torino's army, where the battle plans are made, recruits are trained, orders given and is the contact between the armed forces of Torino and the rest of the population.
  • Minister of Culture Cultural events fall under the jurdisiction of this ministry; which promotes Torino's culture and the culture of its resident nations.
  • Minister of Immigration/Recruitment This ministry specialises in recruiting new nations to Torino, and runs basic level security checks on new arrivals as well as attempts to involve new nations in the political system.

The Courts

Officials of The Courts

  • Constitutional Justice - Euphobes

This position involves assessing the legality of proposals submitted to the Senate legislation queue, presiding over cases where the Torino Constitution plays a major role and making rulings on the legality of evidence.

  • Criminal Justice - Vacant

The Torino Criminal Justice judges cases where a breach of the law is alleged to have been committed by a nation and the case is not fit for the Constiutional court to hear. Serious cases or those involving a high-ranked official are to be heard by the Chief Justices instead.

  • Chief Justices - OneBZay, Kinonita, Contradictory Views

These are the most powerful and important justices in the region and form the Court of Appeal. Any case that is of concern to the region, for example treason charges, is to be presided over by a Chief Justice. The Chief Justices break any ties in the Senate votes and are able to veto laws passed by the Senate if they are unconstitutional or otherwise deemed to be "inappropriate".

Cases throughout Torino History

1. The Region V Fuzzlewents

Charge: treason

Verdict: not guilty

Torino's President at the time, Omnia Americana, indicted Fuzzlewents with treason under the (old) Constitution of Torino on November 21. The infamous invasion of Germania by the Non Aligned States Army, of which Fuzzlewents was a part of, Omnia Americana alleged to have damaged Torino's world standing and compromised its security. Controversially, the President allowed the Vice-President and UN delegate; Euphobes, to judge the trial. It began with Omnia Americana, president of Torino and chief prosecutor presenting the case for the prosecution. The charge is that Fuzzlewents invaded a region without permission, which potentially endangers the security of Torino. He has been charged with treason for violating the chain of command. As Exhibit A, Omnia Americana produced three extracts which he claimed Fuzzlewents had maliciously disregarded in his action. These extracts were:

1.The President has right to propose declarations of war to the Senate.

2.The Defence Minister leads the Army but he/she can't declare war.

3.The Senate passes constitutional amendments, declarations of wars by 75% of the votes.

Omnia claimed that these demonstrated the fact that Fuzzlewents had usurped the Senatorial authority to declare war with malice aforethought, thus placing Torino in a precarious situation. These actions were alleged to have dented Torino's security. Next, he presented the court with a statement from Greater Tirana, the founder of the Non Aligned States and holder of the Torino founder at the time. This statement was intended to demonstrate that Fuzzlewents was involved in military action with an army that was not Torino's. Omnia Americana presented it as proof that Fuzzlewents had usurped the authority of the Minister of Defence and the Senate by this unauthorised action. Greater Tirana's statement, which was presented to the court, was:


Fuzzlewents is not an invader far from it, he was assisting a team from the NAS in military manoveurs, the team did not invade Germania it was instructed to hold the delegacy for one day then retreat back to its training camp. The situation now is that real invaders have just entered the region and the team leader is in the process of negotiating with the old delegate how best they can be defeated and ejected.


Furthermore, some statements from Kinonita were produced for the court to strengthen the case, as well as an exchange between Omnia Americana and Kinonita, who was then the Non Aligned States ambassador. These statements later became very controversial when Kinonita stepped in as the Defence counsel, but formed part of the inital case:

Only Fuzzlewents was involved in the mission on the Torino side, perhaps that explains any suspicious activity you may have thought he was involved in. I cannot give any more information concerning this development until I have it myself. However I am concerned with this piece of information myself.


Omnia Americana: Kinonita, is it true that NAS invaded the region "Germania" and ousted the native delegate, for the purposes of training?

Kinonita: It is true that the NAS army are currently on a training mission that included members of the Torino Army under my orders as President. It was a NARDDO-wide mission. However, I cannot give any more information until I have that information myself. I will discuss the matter more fully with you when I have discussed it with the NAS Defence Minister.


Lastly, the prosecution decided to give some proof that Fuzzlewents was subject to the Torino chain of command and had to act accordingly.

Torino Command Structure

  • Kyanar
  • Kiwiology
  • Laplandishness
  • Fuzzlewents
  • Trargonia
  • Chronic Crazies

The prosecution were pressing for the maximum sentence and had laid out a case that Fuzzlewents had gone on unauthorised military action and in doing so had endangered the security of the region. Under regional law at the time, a conviction could be punished by permenant exile from Torino.

Political Parties

The New Conservative Party (NCP)

  • Chairman of the party - Moldova

The People's Reformist Movement of Torino (PRM)

The People's Reformist Movement of Torino was founded as an opposition to the ruling TPP soon after the December 2006 Presidential Election after large public discontent with how Aramatherius had appointed his cabinet (that was, by filling it with people from his own party, claiming it was to involve new nations rather than using people with experience and decent levels of activity) with the ultimate goal to try and make Torino fairer. It seeks to get as many nations as possible involved in the government while allowing the most able members of the region to use their full potential. Ideas such as forcing or allowing coaltion governments to be formed have been discussed, although strong opposition is expected for many such policies from the PRM.

The Torino Progressive Party (TPP)

The TPP was set up in response to the Conservative Party being the only party in Torino at that time. It has its roots in the NTP (New Torino Party) and the ASP (Aramatherium Supremacy Party). These two parties were conceived around the same time and realised the need for unity.

After some behind the scenes meetings and discussions the TPP was born.

Party Structure

  • Party Leader - Victoakley

As Party Leader, Victoakley controls the recruitment, aided by Deputy Leader. He is responsible for Senior member taskings and is the official point of contact with any opposition parties.

  • Political Leader - Aramatherius

As political Leader, Aramatherius is responsible for controlling political arguments with the opposition, he submits proposals to the Senate when finalised by the TPP. He also stands for Presidential Elections and decides on the party political heading.

  • Deputy Leader - Moosewood Maple

As Deputy Leader, Moosewood Maple aids with recruiting. He also stands in as leader (either political or party) when a continued absence has been declared by the holder of that position.


These three positions also act as the Executive Committee of the TPP. Any major changes or decisions that need to be made, when there isn't time to put together a full party vote, will be made by the Executive Committee.


  • Chief Whip - Ingelby

As Chief Whip, Ingelby ensures that the rank and file (RaF) members are active.He is also responsible for the RaF members voting how and when required.This position is answerable to the Executive Committee only.

Foreign Affairs

Current Treaties

Embassies

  • The Land of Kings and Emperors
  • Catlandtopia
  • The Non Aligned States
  • Birmingham
  • Cingeta
  • Finlandia Embassy
  • Gatesville Embassy
  • 10000 Islands
  • FCSTO
  • Hyrule
  • New Power Federation

Culture

Holidays

Our Regional Holidays Are:

  • Culture Day: 2nd January
  • Independence Day: 9th October
  • Reformation Day: 28th October
  • Guy Omnia Americana Day/Meglomaniac Day/Crazed Loser Day: 26th November
  • King's Day: 1st December

Our Regional Sub-Holidays Are:

  • Aramatherius Day: 2nd January
  • Moldova Day: 11th May
  • OneBZay Day: 22nd June
  • Euphobes Day: 22nd october
  • my_superstardom Day: 30th November

Torino Also Recognises:

  • May Day: 1st May
  • Rememberence Day: 11th November
  • Pirate Day: 30th March

Defence

Structure

Command Echelon:

  • Commander in Chief - President Aramatherius
  • Secretary of Defence - Han Fei Zi
  • Torino Supreme Commander
  • General Staff Officers - Euphobes, OneBZay, Kinonita
  • Mid Rank Officers - CLASSIFIED
  • Noncommissioned Officers - CLASSIFIED

Strength

Conflicts

Citizens