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The Agenda Council of the Council of Nine Hundred is made up of 150 paid volunteers selected by lot; they serve 3-year terms, with one third of members replaced each year, but they are not allowed to serve consecutive terms. The Agenda Council creates and updates a list of issue areas; then, it decides which topics in each area need new laws written, or which existing laws need changing - but doesn’t draft bills or vote on them. | The Agenda Council of the Council of Nine Hundred is made up of 150 paid volunteers selected by lot; they serve 3-year terms, with one third of members replaced each year, but they are not allowed to serve consecutive terms. The Agenda Council creates and updates a list of issue areas; then, it decides which topics in each area need new laws written, or which existing laws need changing - but doesn’t draft bills or vote on them. | ||
The Interest Panels of the Council of Nine Hundred are made up of 12 unpaid volunteers each, who are selected by lot; they only serve long enough to draft a bill, but can serve consecutive terms. There is one Interest Panel for each issue or topic highlighted by the Agenda Council, and | The Interest Panels of the Council of Nine Hundred are made up of 12 unpaid volunteers each, who are selected by lot; they only serve long enough to draft a bill, but can serve consecutive terms. There is one Interest Panel for each issue or topic highlighted by the Agenda Council, and their duty is to produce one draft bill for each of those issues and topics; the panels can be either formed by lot or be self organized: self-selection at the level of the Interest Panels allows experts who would be unelectable (due to their appearance, class, personality, or other traits) to contribute to governance. | ||
Revision as of 17:36, 4 March 2019
Community of Liberty of Meᵹelan Comunità della Libertà di Meſiolano | |
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Flag
Coat of arms
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| Motto: "Tiremm innanz" (Insubric) "We carry on" | |
| Anthem: "La bella Gigogin" (Insubric) "Teresa the Beautiful"  | |
| File:MGLNMAP250.png Location of Meᵹelan (orange) in Tyran | |
| Capital | None (de jure) |
| Largest | Eridanium |
| Official languages | Tuscan |
| Recognised national languages | Insubric Orobic |
| Recognised regional languages | Alemannish Emilian Ladin |
| Ethnic groups (2019) | 86.2% Meᵹelaneſe 13.8% Other |
| Religion (2019) | 34.9% No religion or undeclared 32.1% Western esotericism 29.4% Modern paganism 3.6 Other |
| Demonym(s) | Meᵹelaneſe |
| Government | Confederation |
• Prior | Luisa Bianchi |
• Vice Prior | Giuseppina Gabrielli |
| Legislature | Grand Council of Meᵹelan |
| Council of Nine Hundred | |
| General Council | |
| Establishment | |
• Foundation date | 14 August 1447 |
• Current constitution | 15 september 1996 |
| Area | |
• Total | 34,112.37 km2 (13,170.86 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2019 estimate | 5,136,854 |
• Density | 150.5/km2 (389.8/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $271 billion |
• Per capita | $52,862.5 |
| GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | $304 billion |
• Per capita | $59,183.5 |
| Gini (2019) | 31.3 medium |
| HDI (2019) | 0.912 very high |
| Currency | scudo (Ƨ) (sCU) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 |
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy (aID) |
| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | +42 |
| ISO 3166 code | MEG |
| Internet TLD | .meg |
Politics
The Meᵹelaneſe state is united not by a single pact, but by overlapping pacts and bilateral treaties between members; the parties generally agree to preserve the peace, aid in military endeavours and arbitrate disputes. These pacts and treaties are founded on the principle of subsidiarity, and each higher body only exists to fulfill those needs that cannot be sufficiently met by the lower body. This has resulted in a situation of de facto asymmetric federalism: the different constituent bodies of the Meᵹelaneſe state possess different powers, as detailed by each pact and treaty, and the division of powers between these bodies is not symmetric, although they have the same constitutional status.
Government
The Meᵹelaneſe regard elections as inherently aristocratic, since only those with money and status could win; to the Meᵹelaneſe, selection by lot is an essential feature of democracy. For this reason, in the upper house of the country's legislature - the Council of Nine Hundred - the functions and powers of lawmaking are divided among multiple bodies whose members are selected by lot among interested people.
The Agenda Council of the Council of Nine Hundred is made up of 150 paid volunteers selected by lot; they serve 3-year terms, with one third of members replaced each year, but they are not allowed to serve consecutive terms. The Agenda Council creates and updates a list of issue areas; then, it decides which topics in each area need new laws written, or which existing laws need changing - but doesn’t draft bills or vote on them.
The Interest Panels of the Council of Nine Hundred are made up of 12 unpaid volunteers each, who are selected by lot; they only serve long enough to draft a bill, but can serve consecutive terms. There is one Interest Panel for each issue or topic highlighted by the Agenda Council, and their duty is to produce one draft bill for each of those issues and topics; the panels can be either formed by lot or be self organized: self-selection at the level of the Interest Panels allows experts who would be unelectable (due to their appearance, class, personality, or other traits) to contribute to governance.