Adijan City
Adijan City Adijan | |
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| Anthem: Dünyanın hər yerindən Adijan'a | |
| Capital and | Adijan City |
| Recognised national languages | Adiji |
| Ethnic groups | Adiji (61%), Vardanan (10%), Gharbiyyun (9%) |
| Demonym(s) | Adijan, Adiji |
| Government | Semi-Democratic Republic |
• Lord Mayor | Tanju Altun |
• Senior Imtizi | Təhminə Jafarova |
• House President | Tura Karatay |
• Corporate Mandate Executor | Cag Yilmaz |
| Legislature | Municipal Parliament |
| Enfranchised House | |
| Municipal House | |
| Establishment | |
• Founding of the City (estimated) | March 20, 1289 |
| Population | |
• Estimate | 2,254,053 |
| GDP (nominal) | estimate |
• Total | $76.29 Billion |
• Per capita | $33,847 |
| Gini | 41.21 medium |
| HDI | 0.932 very high |
| Currency | Credit Share (≎) |
Adijan City is a city state in the North Ozeros Sea. The city-state has a long history as a fiefdom of empowered merchant familes used to protect their trade interests from the domination of larger nearby states. While the power of the merchant familes has been diminished in the wake of waves of democrazation, the families still maintain some of their influence through the ancient chartered privledges in the city's government. Adijan's economy is technologically advanced and economically wealthy, and is relatively large for a city-state. However, it's size is still heavily overshadowed by the other nations in the Northern Ozeros.
Government
The Municipal Parliament
The City's government is centered around the Municipal Parliament. This parliament is the government's legislative branch and is the government's most powerful branch. The parliament can be divided into an upper house, the Enfranchised House, and the lower house called the Municipal House. The Municipal House is relatively simple. It is comprised of 425 Lay Electors, elected by popular elections on a 3-year basis. The Enfranchised House is more complex. It is comprised of 220 Electors, however these electors come from 2 different sources. The majority, 125 electors, are Chartered Electors. These Electors are elected by registered publicly traded corporations. The remaining electors are the Guilded Electors, appointed through a mechanism called Guild Arbitration. To pass legislation, the support of a majority of both houses must obtained.
The Chartered Electors
Corporations that are registered for public trading in the city's principal stock exchange may also obtain electoral privileges. These privileges are tied to the charter of the City of Adijan Commonality Corporation (CACC), a state corporation originally chartered for promoting the interests of non-citizens who traveled to the city to work and the city's incorporated middle class. Corporations may purchase publicly traded shares of CACC from a pool of shares. Corporations must own at least 1 full share to vote. During elections, each corporation receives 'votes' equal to their share (partial votes are allowed), and participate in a series of auctions to purchase the right to appoint electors. In addition to the Chartered Electors, the corporations vote in a ranked election to decide a single Corporate Mandate Executor. Candidates for the position must be submitted by voting corporations (at a limit of 1 per corporation). The main purpose of the CME is to serve as a tie-breaker in the Enfranchised house if needed.
The Guilded Electors
The Guild Electors are a body of 95 Guild members selected through Guild Arbitration. These electors make up a sub-body of the Enfranchised House called the Guilded Association. In addition to being Electors in the Enfranchised House, the Guilded Association is also given the responsibility of affirming candidates for the Lay Electors.
Guild Arbitration
Guild Arbitration is the method of selecting Guild Members to comprise the Guilded Association. Every 4 years, each guild chooses a representative to serve as their Guild's Arbiter. However, for 3 Guilds selected on rotation, their Arbiters are also given the special title of Imtizi. The Guild Arbiters then will go through the process of electing each of 92 Guilded Electors from a list of candidates approved by the Imtizi. When this process is complete, the Imtizi become an additional 3 Guilded Electors and the non-Imtizi Arbiters are dissolved.
The Lay Electors
Every 4 years a national election is run. Each district chooses 1 or more Lay Electors to represent the district. Each candidate Elector must be endorsed by one of the city's Guilds, and passed by the Guilded Association, up to a maximum of 5 candidates per seat. Candidates are elected by ranked voting. The first act of the house must be to pass (by majority vote) a special bill referred to as the Administrative Mandate, which details the rules by which the house will operate, and which must name one of the Lay Electors the title of House President to serve as representative of the body. The Administrative Mandate may be dissolved at any time if dissolution passes by a majority vote.
Executive Mandate
After each election, the City's Parliament passes a bill called the Executive Mandate which determines the leadership of the executive government. This includes the Lord Mayor of Adijan and the Secretaries for each of the government's Departments. The Mandate also describes a mandate by which the leadership is expected to lead the country. The Lord Mayor and the Secretaries may each, individually or multiple at once, be recalled by the Parliament at any time.
Registered Judges
To be a judge in Adijan, one must be endorsed by one of the city's Guilds. Endorsed judicial candidates must then be passed by the Guilded Association to become a Registered Judge. Fortunately, a Registered Judge must only be passed once in their life. Registered Judges need not hold office. Those not in office are referred to as Judges-In-Recess. Registered Judges holding office are referred to as Standing Judges.
Board of Judges
Every four years, elections are held to seat judges to districts. Any Registered Judge may announce their candidacy for any district, or for the Board of Judges. However, once an announcement is made, they are committed for that election. Judges are not elected by the general population, but rather from the population of Registered Judges. The Board of Judges is an appeals court, and decisions made by the district Judges may be appealed to the Board. Decisions by the Board are final and may only be overwritten by subsequent Board decisions. The Board, along with the Guild Association, also has the power to disbar Registered Judges, revoking their registration. This requires the affirmation of both the Association and the Board, and is an uncommon occurrence mainly used as punishment for misconduct.
Guilded Families
Demographics
Religion
Adijan is a secular state with strong guarntees of religious freedom. The dominate religion in the city is the Vardanan Apolistic Church. This is followed by Eastern Christianity, Azardinism, and Judaism. No religious group makes up a majority of the population, though Christianity if counting all sects combined makes up ~45% of the population.
Economy
Major Corporations
AviQos Holdings, Inc (AviQos)
Type: Investment Fund CEO: İnna Qoşqarsoy (Qoşqarsoy Family)
This investment fund began humble: as a small fund for managing the growth of the personal fortunes of the Qoşqarsoy family several decades ago. While one of the founding merchant families, the Qoşqarsoy have been a minor and politically irrelevant faction in the guilds for some time. However, fortunate investments have grown the fund into a major asset. At the age of 37 years old, Inna wrestled control over the fund and has maintained a powerful control over it with a large 33% personal ownership. She privatized the family fund into a public-traded investment bank, allowing her to indirectly purchase voting shares of the CACC through the fund. She is believed to have ambitions to drive the family into the most powerful guild families in the city, though she faces firm resistance from conservative, powerful guild families unhappy with Qoşqarsoy’s rapid fortunes. The fund is advertised as a major investor in ‘innovation’, and is investing in ‘emerging’ industries and ‘emerging’ markets.
Beynel-Goende Logistics Solutions Inc (BGLS Group)
Type: Logistics Services CEO: Murad Naghiyev (Naghiyev Family) The BGLS Group is a relatively recent merger between the city's largest shipping companies. The conglomerate controls most of Adijan's logistics industry (~70% of the market). This includes deliveries, commercial distribution networks, and some of the city's commercial shipping harbor infrastructure (shared with state-owned companies). It was argued that consolidation was required to compete with foreign competition, though consolidation into BGLS has proven enormously profitable to many investors and concerns over competition have been overlooked.
Kaplan Brand Holdings (Kaplan)
Type: Luxury Brands CEO: Kaz Üzeyirzadə
Originating as a clothing manufacturer by the guild family Surxeygil, Kaplan has restructured itself multiple times. The original company, Surxeygil Fabrics Incorporated rebranded itself as a trendy fashion design house. With the backing of the guild family in the city’s politics, the company absorbed several fashion sellers. The company has diversified itself beyond its core business of primarily women’s fashion, breaking into accessories. It has expanded into the tourism and real estate industries by the purchase of prime coastal real estate and re-development into the sprawling Cennetna Executive Resorts complex along the northern coast of the Adijan environs. With the diversification of the company, it restructured itself under the umbrella holding company Kaplan Brands. Well known subsidiaries include: Surxeygil Fashion House, Cennetna Resort Holdings, Cennetna Loungewear Group, and Kanbuki Motor Company
Doshimba Banking Corporation (Doshimba Bank)
Type: Financial Services CEO: Nasrin Xalidzadə (Xalidzadə Family)
The most politically powerful company in Adijan, Doshimba is also the city’s largest bank. The company is closely tied to the Xalidzadə family, the most powerful guild family in the city, owning a 27% stake in the company. The bank finds its origins centuries ago, as a mechanism for financing credit for the city’s guilds to unite and resist foreign pressures. Over the years, the firm has grown quickly through the merger and acquisition of rival banking companies as part of Adijan’s financial consolidation period. While the company’s reputation was tarnished following a widely publicized securities fraud case of insider trading among its senior employees, the company has made extensive reforms to rebuild trust through transparency outreach programs. Beyond its size, the company’s most notable advantage over rivals is its extensive adoption of fintech and financial software.
Abiyev-Nübarqızı Financial Services Corporation (ANFS Bank)
Type: Financial Services CEO: Novruz Rajabov