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Lilledel

Member		Portrait	Joined	Party	State	Office
	Natalja Lablanck		1 November 2017	Democratic Lilledel	Lillehavn	President of Lilledel Minister for Justice
	Ljane Veskove		1 January 2019	Democratic Lilledel	Nebligen	Minister for Finance
	Fouje Settem		1 January 2009	Co-operative Party	Sønderburg	Minister for Public Services
	Arto Karpinnen		1 January 2016	Co-operative Party	Nausikaa	Minister for Internal Affairs
	Jeni Antønje		1 November 2010	Farmers' League	Yridvall	Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence
	Flaujen Severres		1 January 2012	Farmers' League	Lusdal	Vice President of Lilledel Minister for Infrastructure and Environment

Melynkalna

People's Republic of Melynkalna Mėlynkalnų Liaudies Respublika (Melynkalnian)
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Motto: "Taika ir Laisvė" "Peace and Freedom"
Capital and largest city	Jukniškė
Official languages	Melynkalnian
Demonym(s)	Melynkalnian
Government	Unitary syndicalist semi-parliamentary republic with elements of direct democracy
• Premier	Matas Petrauskas
Legislature	Workers' Congress
Area
• Total	28,403 km2 (10,966 sq mi)
Population
• 2020 census	4,092,394
• Density	144.08/km2 (373.2/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2020 estimate
• Total	$116.2 billion
• Per capita	$28,393
GDP (nominal)	2020 estimate
• Total	$49.2 billion
• Per capita	$12,034
Gini (2020)	22.1 low
HDI (2020)	0.823 very high
Currency	Melynkalnian litas
Driving side	right
Internet TLD	.mk

Melynkalna, officially the People's Republic of Melynkalna, is a small landlocked country located within the Messenia, bordering Lecia and X to the south, X to the east, X to the northeast, X to the northwest and X to the west. Located largely in the Something Mountains, much of the country's population of 4 million is concentrated in its capital of Jukniškė and the surrounding valley.

---stuff about history, probably spends some time as an independent duchy and is heavily pushed around by larger neighbours, eventually syndicalists stage a revolution to form the people's republic, maybe as part of the independence struggle and potentially some kind of slightly more authoritarian period in like the 60s and 70s? idk---

Melynkalna is governed according to the principles of syndicalism and as such direct democratic and sectoral trade unions play a significant role both in political and economic decision making under a nonpartisan political system. While one of the poorer countries in Messenia with a nominal GDP per capital of $12,034, Melynkalna's education and healthcare systems have frequently featured very highly on international rankings and the country's liberalisation has led to significant development of the tertiary sector, especially in tourism and related industries.

Government and politics notes

• Legislature is the Workers' Congress which is a unicameral body of 160 members - 96 of these are elected by the sectoral trade unions that dominate politics within the country, 16 are elected by "fraternal socialist organisations" - definitely one of these is a youth league, maybe also an organisation representing the small co-operative private sector and a cultural organisation and maybe a few religious representatives, and 64 are directly elected localised representatives independent of trade unions.
• Political parties are officially outlawed but factions clearly exist and ideological disputes over the nature of syndicalism drive a lot of the direct elections and the specific unions tend to lean towards specific interpretations - while candidates have to pledge to uphold the socialist values of the state there is not too much of a vetting process.
• The Premier is directly elected by the populace alongside the Workers' Congress to serve as the head of state and government and appoints a nine-member Presidium to help them with governance. The Workers' Congress can pass a motion of no confidence in the Premier and thus dissolve itself and call new elections at any point.