Megelan
Community of Liberty of Meᵹelan Comunità della Libertà di Meſiolano | |
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| Motto: "Ᵹiontemmes!" (Inſubric) "Unite!" | |
| Anthem: "La bella Ᵹiᵹoᵹin" (Inſubric) "Teresa ðe 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% Oðer |
| Religion (2019) | 34.9% No reliᵹion or undeclared 32.1% Ƿeſtern esotericiſm 29.4% Modern paᵹaniſm 3.6 Oðer |
| Demonym(s) | Meᵹelaneſe |
| Government | Confederation |
• Prior | Luiſa Bianchi |
• Vice Prior | Ᵹiuſeppina Ᵹabrielli |
| Legislature | Ᵹrand Council of Meᵹelan |
| Council of Nine Hundred | |
| Ᵹeneral 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 |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 |
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy (aID) |
| Driving side | left |
| Calling code | +42 |
| ISO 3166 code | MEꝽ |
| Internet TLD | .meᵹ |
Politics
Ðe Meᵹelaneſe ſtate is united not by a ſinᵹle pact, but by overlappinᵹ pacts and bilateral treaties betƿeen members. Ðe parties ᵹenerally aᵹree to preſerve ðe peace, aid in military endeavours and arbitrate diſputes; moreover, in accordance ƿið ðe principle of ſubſidiarity, each hiᵹher order only exiſts to fulfill needs ðat cannot be ſufficiently met by ðe loƿer order and, because of ðis, even ðough ðe higher orders are necessarily over ðe loƿer ones, ðe scope of auþority gets narroƿer as one moves up ðe levels of ðese orders.
Ðerefore, ðe Meᵹelaneſe ſtate is an example of aſymmetric federaliſm, in ƿhich ðe different conſtituent ſtates poſseſs different powers, as aᵹreed upon in each overlappinᵹ pact and/or bilateral treaty.
In addition to ðe principle of ſubſidiarity, tƿo oðer principles ᵹovern Meᵹelaneſe politics; ðe firſt principle is iſonomia: ðe equal riᵹht of all citizens to exerciſe ðeir political riᵹhts. Þrouᵹh ſortition, all citizens ƿho ƿiſh have an equal chance and hiᵹh likelihood of ſervinᵹ in public office. Ðe ſecond principle is iſeᵹoria: every citizen has the riᵹht to ſpeak and make propoſals.
Ðe firſt principle is embodied by ðe upper houſe of Meᵹelan's leᵹiſlature, ðe Council of Nine Hundred, ƿhile ðe ſecond principle is embodied by ðe loƿer houſe of Meᵹelan's leᵹiſlature, ðe Ᵹeneral Council.
Council of Nine Hundred
Ðe Council of Nine Hundred compriſes ſix types of randomly ſelected bodies, aided by ſupport ſtaff:
An Aᵹenda Council of 150 people ſelected by lot from volunteers; ðey ſerve 3-year terms, ƿið one þird of members replaced each year, and ðey are not alloƿed to ſerve conſecutive terms. Ðey earn a ſalary, and ðeir role is to create and update a liſt of iſsue areas. Ðey decide ƿhich topics in each area need neƿ laƿs ƿritten, or ƿhich exiſtinᵹ laƿs need chanᵹinᵹ, but do not draft bills or vote on ðem, ſince ðeſe duties are left to the Intereſt Panels and Policy Juries inſtead.
Several Intereſt Panels of 12 people each, ſelected by lot from volunteers; ðeir role is to produce draft bills about the iſsues hiᵹhliᵹhted by the Aᵹenda Council; an Intereſt Panel is created for each iſsue, reſultinᵹ in one draft bill for every iſsue. Ðe draft bills are ðen revieƿed by Revieƿ Panels and voted on by Policy Juries; ðe volunteers only ſerve long enough to draft a bill, do not earn a ſalary, but can ſerve as often as ðey ƿant.
Several Revieƿ Panels draƿn from a pool of 150 people ſelected by lot from volunteers; ðey ſerve 3-year terms, ƿið one þird of members replaced each year, and ðey are not alloƿed to ſerve conſecutive terms. Ðey earn a ſalary, and ðeir role is to revieƿ draft bills from Intereſt Panels, amend and combine bills, and produce final propoſed bills ðat ƿill go to a vote - but ðey don’t initiate bills or caſt ðe final votes, ſince ðeſe duties are left to ðe Intereſt Panels and Policy Juries inſtead. Ðey don’t chooſe what iſsue area ðey ƿill be aſsiᵹned to, in order to avoid poſsible domination of ðe panels by ſpecial intereſts.