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 | 0.927 very high |
| Currency | Credit Share (≎) |
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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.