Kriastowo Commonwealth

Kriastowo Commonwealth Rzeczpospolita Krystowska
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Capital and largest city	Kałuszyn
Official languages	Kriastowish Suebran Varanian
Recognised national languages	Kriastowish Suebran Varanian
Recognised regional languages	Keilish
Ethnic groups	Kriastowish (43%) Suebran (30%), Varanian (22%), Keilish (5%)
Demonym(s)	Kriastowan
Government	Unitary parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy with elements of a direct democracy
• Monarch	Ania II
• Prime Minister	Brunhilde Zÿmrer
Legislature	Zgromadzenie Narodowe
Area
•	916,597 km2 (353,900 sq mi)
Population
• 2023 estimate	112,204,059
• Density	122/km2 (316.0/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	estimate
• Total	$11.499 trillion (2023)
• Per capita	$102,482
GDP (nominal)	2023 estimate
• Total	$9.582 trillion
• Per capita	$85,402
Gini (2023)	30.4 medium
HDI (2023)	0.947 very high
Currency	złoty

Politics

Kriastowo has a somewhat enigmatic political system, which combines elements of absolute monarchy, representative democracy, and direct democracy. The monarch retains extensive executive and legislative powers, and plays a strong active role in the day to day politics of the country, and over all three branches of government. Representative democracy and direct democracy coexist in that elected parliament enacts legislation, and also voters can propose and enact laws and constitutional amendments independently of the legislature. However, as with laws passed by the legislature, these can be vetoed by the monarch.

The reigning Queen is the Head of State and represents Kriastowo in its international relations.

The current Constitution of Kriastowo was adopted in March 2001, amending the 1919 constitution, giving the monarch extensive veto powers, and the ability to dismiss the government and rule by emergency decree, and maintaining the monarch's active role in the legislative process.

Legislative authority is vested in the unicameral Zgromadzenie Narodowe, made up of 636 members elected for maximum four-year terms according to a proportional representation formula. 212 members are elected from the Kriastowo, 212 from Kelmsheim, and 212 from Varania. Parties must receive at least 3% of the national vote to win seats in parliament. Parliament proposes and approves a government, which the Queen formally appoints. Parliament may also pass votes of no confidence in the entire government or individual members.

The government comprises the head of government (prime minister) and eighteen government councillors (ministers), who are appointed by the Queen upon the proposal of parliament and with its concurrence, and reflect the balance of parties in parliament. The constitution stipulates that at least four government members be chosen from each of the three nations. The members of the government are collectively and individually responsible to parliament; parliament may ask the Queen to remove an individual minister or the entire government, or the Queen may do so unilaterally.

Parliament elects from among its members a "Komitet Narodowy" (National Committee) made up of the president of the parliament and twelve additional members. The National Committee is charged with performing functions of parliamentary supervision. Parliament shares the authority to propose new legislation with the Queen, and with the citizenry, as both parliament and the citizenry may initiate referendums. Judicial authority is vested in the Regional Court, the Royal High Court of Appeal, the Royal Supreme Court, the Administrative Court, and the State Court. The State Court rules on the conformity of laws with the constitution and has five members elected by parliament.

In 1243, Kriastowo codified full cognatic succession, making it among the first nations on the continent to do so.

Economy

Resources

Oil industry

Export revenues from oil and gas have risen to over 40% of total exports and constitute almost 20% of the GDP. Kriastowo is the fourth-largest oil exporter and second-largest gas exporter in the world. In 1993, the Kriastowan government established the sovereign wealth fund to be funded with oil revenues.

The government controls its petroleum resources through a combination of state ownership in major operators in the oil fields (with approximately 60% ownership in Helincor in 2005) and the fully state-owned Petrolinka, which has a market value of about twice Helincor. Finally, the government controls licensing of exploration and production of fields. The fund invests in developed financial markets outside Kriastowo. Spending from the fund is constrained by the budgetary, which limits spending over time to no more than the real value yield of the fund, lowered in 2017 to 3% of the fund's total value