Erytheria
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Principality of Erytheria Πριγκηπάτο της Ερυθηρίας (Erytherian) | |
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 Flag | |
| Capital and | Mageiros |
| Official languages | Erytherian |
| Ethnic groups (2018) | 91% Erytherian 4% Milenkan 3% Inaltian 2% other |
| Demonym(s) | Erytherian |
| Government | Unitary parliamentary elective monarchy |
• Monarch | Katerina I |
• Epistates | Andreios Argyris (KS) |
| Legislature | Ecclesia |
| Establishment | |
• Unification | 1873 |
• Current Constitution | 1978 |
| Area | |
• | 101,201 km2 (39,074 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2018 census | 13,010,294 |
• Density | 128.55/km2 (332.9/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2018 estimate |
• Total | $364.53 billion |
• Per capita | $28,019 |
| Gini (2017) |  31.1medium |
| HDI (2017) |  0.821very high |
| Currency | Erytherian drachma (EDM) |
| Date format | yyyy/mm/dd |
| Driving side | right |
| Internet TLD | .ey |
Erytheria (Erytherian: Ερυθήρια), officially the Principality of Erytheria, is a medium-sized country located on the Erytherian archipelago, a group of islands located off the southern tip of Cardia. The largest of these is the island of Symi, on which approximately 45% of the nation's 13 million residents live and where the nation's capital, Mageiros, is located.
Erytheria is a parliamentary elective monarchy in which the country is headed by a Prince elected for life by an electoral college, yet the country is largely governed by the Ecclesia, a democratically elected legislature and the Prytaneis, the nation's cabinet which is chaired by the Epistates, who takes on a role similar to that of a Prime Minister in many other parliamentary democracies. Currently the monarch is Princess Katerina I of the House of Kritikou, while the Epistates is currently Andreios Argyris of the centre-right Social Rally.
The nation possesses a developed, mixed-market high income economy with heavy government involvement in key sectors and high unionisation. The nation traditionally specialises in sectors such as mining, consumer electronics, agriculture and shipbuilding, yet it has transitioned to a more service-based economy in recent years. It maintains a "very high" Human Development Index, with high standards of education and healthcare. However, the nation has seen criticism for the disproportionate influence that social groups such as the nobility and the clergy play in its governmental institutions, and is often seen as being a flawed democracy as a result.
History
Geography
Government
The governmental structure of Erytheria is laid out in the Instrument of Government of 1879, which delineates power between the various governmental institutions in the country. Officially, the document places supreme executive power in the Sovereign of Erytheria, yet delineates responsibility for various areas of government to the Prytaneis, a council of ministers chaired by the Epistates, and places supreme legislative power in the Ecclesia.
The Sovereign of Erytheria is the official constitutional monarch and head of state of the nation, and takes on the title of Prince/Princess of Erytheria. This position differs from many other monarchies in that it is not a hereditary position: the Sovereign is elected from the nation's nobility for a life term by the Boule. Furthermore, the position's power is used more consistently than in other monarchies: it carries the power to veto laws and budgets, dismiss and appoint ministers to the Prytaneis and dissolve the legislature and call new elections at whim, and these are often used. Since 2017, the Sovereign Erytheria is Katerina I of the House of Kritikou, who is notably the first female Sovereign and the first monarch from a noble house based on the island of Kythnos.
The Boule is an electoral college consisting of 500 members, consisting of 200 noblemen chosen by lot from the nation's noble houses and 44 senior bishops, and 256 representatives elected by four panels consisting of representatives of local government, trade union, employers' organisations and university graduates respectively. As mentioned above, it has the responsibility of choosing the Sovereign of Erytheria: it chooses this using an instant runoff method. It is also responsible for approving and rejecting amendments and revisions to the Instrument of Government, of which an absolute majority of votes is needed to approve legislation.
The Prytaneis are a council of 20 ministers appointed by the Sovereign and confirmed by the Ecclesia. Each Prytanis has a specific role of responsibility and is in charge of co-ordinating specific ministries and thus certain parts of the civil service, and while specific ministries change between governments, a Prytanis will always be appointed with responsibility over Finance, Internal Affairs and Foreign Affairs respectively. One Prytanis is always chosen as the Epistates, who serves as a primus inter pares leader of the Prytaneis and acts as both the chair of the institution's meetings and as the representative of the government by the Sovereign.
Legislative power is invested in the Ecclesia, whose 235 members are elected via universal suffrage for four year terms under a reinforced system of proportional representation, in which 210 representatives are elected to represent multi-member constituencies and 25 are assigned to the party with the most overall votes. The Ecclesia has the power to initiate, approve and amend legislation, and is responsible with passing and amending the budget proposed by the Prytaneis, but its approved proposals may be rejected by the Sovereign.