Cosacakaya

High Archduchy of Cosacakaya Високий Eрцгерцохія Косакакая Hertsokhiya Kosakakaya
Flag Coat of arms
Capital	Osti
Largest city	Voropol
Recognized regional languages	Cosacakayan Ukrainian Belarusian Russian Yiddish
Ethnic groups (2010)	no official statistics
Religion	43% folk religion 37% Christianity 10% other
Demonym(s)	Cosacakayan
Government	Federal parliamentary executive monarchy
• High Archducke	High Archduchess Cyrene III
• First Minister	Grand Prince Yuri
• Deputy First Minister	Alana Herbova
Legislature	Parliament of Cosacakaya
Establishment
Population
• 2018 estimate	51,706,746
GDP (PPP)	2018 estimate
• Total	$124.603 billion
• Per capita	$9698
Gini (2017)	49.1 high
HDI (2017)	0.700 high
Date format	mm-dd-yyyy (CE)
Driving side	right
Calling code	+759
Internet TLD	.BLA

Cosacakaya is the informal name for the High Archduchy of Cosacakaya (Cosacakayan): Високий Eрцгерцохія Косакакая; tr. Hertsokhiya Kosakakaya) is a sovereign state located in XXXX. The nation borders, from clockwise, the XXXX to the west, XXXX to the south and XXX in the north. With a population of 51 million people, it's the xth the largest nation by population.

The present Cosacakayan nation-state can trace its roots back to the early middle ages when Slavic, proto-Cosacakayank pagans nomads from the east invaded the region; at the time, inhabited by eastern Germanic people. From their position in Cosacakaya, these nomads quickly became notorious across Christendom their brutal raids, the kidnapping of local nobles for ransoms, and the blundering of kingdoms for much of the middle ages. Their reign of terror came to an end in the xxth century, at the Battle of XXXX - where the bulk of the Proto-Cosacakayan Host was killed and the few survivors agreed to convert to Christianity. Later the same year, the Pope recognised the newly proclaimed Cosacakayan Kingdom as a Catholic Apostolic Kingdom.

Cosacakaya is a developing country and ranks XXth on the Human Development Index. Cosacakaya has a low ranking in international measurements of quality of life, health, education, government transparency, and economic prosperity. Furthermore, Cosacakaya suffers with high poverty rates and corruption. The country is a member [xxx], [xxx], and [xxx]

Politics

Main articles: Monarchy of Cosacakaya, Politics of Cosacakaya, and List of political parties in Cosacakaya

Cyrene III, the current High Archduchess

Grand Prince Yuri, the incumbent First Minister

The government of the High Archduchy of Cosacakaya is defined under the 1996 Constitution of the High Archduchy of Cosacakaya as a federal parliamentary executive monarchy. The High Archduchess Cyrene III is the head of state and represents the "unity of the people" with sweeping executive powers, while the First Minister is the head of government. The government structure centres on the Privy Council of Cosacakaya, led by the High Archduchess. The 200-seat unicameral parliament, is elected by direct popular vote every five years. The First Minister is elected by popular vote in a separate election by Parliament.

High Archduchesss

The High Archduchess, Cyrene III, serves as the head of state and commander-in-chief of the Royal Cosacakayan Defence Forces. The High Archduchess's duties were previously limited as a strictly representative and ceremonial role, but a constitutional amendment passed by the Parliament on 3 November 1994 removed previous the limitations. Sovereign has sweeping executive and legislative powers. The High Archduchesss also directly controls the foreign affairs and defence portfolios and is capable of issuing laws by decree.

The Monarch is responsible for appointing the Privy Council of Cosacakaya according to the proposals of the parliament and is the leader of both governmental bodies. According to the constitution, the High Archduchess has the right to declare a state of emergency, to issue certain domestic laws, to declare amnesty, and to appoint civil servants and military personnel all with approval from the parliament. The Monarch also receives foreign heads of state, calls referendums and dissolve the ruling cabinet with approval from the High Court.

Government

The First Minister, Grand Prince Yuri who has been in power since the 2010 Cosacakayan coup d'état, is the head of government and is appointed by Parliament in a special parliamentary vote. The First Minister doesn't select the Privy Council of Cosacakaya but does have the exclusive right to dismiss the Privy Council with approval from a parliamentary committee.

The Constitution of Cosacakaya grants the judiciary independence for other branches of government, but the High Archduchess continues to exercise influence over the judiciary by virtue of the power to appoint judges and oversee both judicial functions and law enforcement. The Judiciary of Cosacakaya is composed of the Supreme Court and subordinate courts, a Constitutional Court, and independent prosecutorial institutions. Cosacakaya's highest court is the High Court of Cosacakaya, which has both judicial and administrative power. Various lower courts exist, though Barons and elders resolve most local disputes in more rural areas.

The Parliament of Cosacakaya is a unicameral legislative body. The Parliament has the power to enact laws, approve the budget, schedule elections, select and dismiss the First Minister and other ministers, declare war, and ratify international treaties and agreements. It is composed of 200 proportionally elected members who serve four-year terms.

Foreign Relations

Main article: Foreign relations of Cosacakaya

Administrative divisions

Main article: Principalities of Cosacakaya

Human Rights Issues

Main article: Human rights in Cosacakaya

Anti-corruption opposition protests in Cosacakaya.

The government of Cosacakaya has been an accused by numerous human rights activists organisations and watchdogs groups of rampant authoritarianism. Over the last few years - especially since the 2010 Cosacakayan coup d'état - torture, arbitrary detention, and extrajudicial apprehending and detaining suspected political opponents have evolved to become omnipresent. Many critics have described Cosacakaya since the coup d'état to be a full-blown dictatorship.

The Cosacakaya has been constantly criticised over the years for persecuting or detaining human rights activists and independent journalists, censoring websites, arresting anti-regime bloggers, and imposing travel bans. Arbitrary detention, torture, and disappearances of suspected "terrorists" by the Ministry of Internal Affair's intelligence service have been and continue to epidemic throughout Cosacakaya.

Furthermore, the government has none nothing and is suspected of quietly endorsing the discrimination country's non-Eastern Orthodoxy population; especially ethnic Germans and Atheists. Minorities in Cosacakaya, despite promises from the government to make reforms, continually face discrimination at all levels of the government, especially in the form of the disproportionate over-representation of country's Eastern Orthodox population in government ministries.

Military of Cosacakaya

Main article: Royal Cosacakayan Defence Forces

Members of the Royal Land Force of Cosacakaya practice demounting and taking up defensive positions during a live-fire exercise.

The Royal Cosacakayan Defence Forces currently have four branches, the Royal Land Force of Cosacakaya, the Royal Naval Force of Cosacakaya, the Royal Aviation Force of Cosacakaya and the National Guard of Cosacakaya. The Royal Cosacakayan Defence Forcesis headed by its Chief of General Staff, subordinate to the Privy Council of Cosacakaya. The Royal Cosacakayan Defence Forces also draws upon the resources of the Royal Military Intelligence Directorate of Cosacakaya.

The Royal Cosacakayan Defence Forces drafts Cosacakayans into the military at the age of 18, with men serving between twelve-to-eighteen months - depending on the branch - before being discharged. Following mandatory service, former conscripts enter the reservist pool and are liable to be called up until their 35th birthday. Women are exempt from conscription. As a result of the Cosacakayan conscription program, the RCDF is capable of mobilising an additional 800,000 reservists at wartime to supplement its active troops. The nation's military relies heavily on high-tech weapons systems designed and manufactured abroad and has no domestic defence industry.

The military has been severely affected by rampant corruption and decay, with limited attempts at modernisation of the Cosacakaya military. In 2018, the Ministry of Defence announced plans to spend up to US$4 billion over the next twelve years, however, the final cost may climb up to $12 billion, to retire outdated equipment and acquire brand new weapons systems.