Asteria

Democratic Republic of Asteria Демократична република Астерия
Motto: "Бережливость хороша, да скупость страшна." (Asterian) ("Economy is Good, Greed is Bad" or "Economy is a good servant, but a bad master.")
Capital	Athens
Official languages	Asterian
Recognised national languages	Asterian, Bulgarian, Kazakh
Ethnic groups	68% Asterian/South Slavic 18% East African 9% Kazakh 7% Other Ethnic Groups
Demonym(s)	Asterian
Government	Unitary One-Party Presidential Dictatorship
• President	Igwe Wengu
• ANP Chairman	Nikolai Hristov Varbanov
Legislature	none
Formation
• Crowning of Truvor	862
• Establishment of Pavlov'	880
• 1300	Duchy of Chekhov
• Tsardom of Pavlovsk	1547
• Empire of Pavlovsk	1721
• People's Federated Republic of Pavlovsk	19 October 1917
Population
• Estimate	10,203,947
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	USD 105.73 Bn
Gini	79.4 very high
HDI	.700 high
Currency	Drachma (GRD)
Time zone	UTC+2 (Eastern European Time)
• Summer (DST)	+3
Driving side	right
Calling code	+27

Pavlovsk, officially the Federated People's Republic of Pavlovsk (Pavlovski: Федеративная Народная Республика Па́вловск Romanization: Federativnaya Narodnaya Respublika Pávlovsk), is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. From north-west to south-east, the nation is directly bordered by Sundsvall, Lubilia, Carpathia, Oghuz, Samarra, the Afghan Republic, the Persian Sultanate, the Steppe Confederacy, Turan, Songjiang, and the Joseon Empire. It shares maritime borders with Japan at the Tartar Strait, and with the Niagara Union at the Bering Strait. Pavlovsk is the largest country in the world by area, covering over one-eighth the world's inhabited land area, and spanning eleven time zones.

Politics

The constitution of Pavlovsk states that the Federated People's Republic of Pavlovsk is "a united socialist state under the leadership of the working class and based on the alliance of workers", and that the state will "apply the principles of communism as it sees fit." Historically, different eras of leadership have implemented the "principles of communism" in vastly different ways. Its current political, ideological and economic system is that of "Rykovian Socialism", which has been termed by its advocates as "reformed socialism", "socialism with democratic characteristics", a "socialist market economy", and a "market economy which pursues communist ideals".

Communist Party

The Constitution of Pavlovsk designates the Communist Party of Pavlovsk (CPP) as the ruling party of Pavlovsk. The party has a pyramidal structure, with the highest authority over the state and government being vested in the General Secretary. The General Secretary is indirectly elected by National People's Congress every five years, and can be removed from office at any other time by the National People's Congress via a unanimous vote. The National People's Congress is made up of 100 representatives who are indirectly elected by the Worker's Councils of the nine Federal Republics. The Worker's Councils are directly elected by the citizens of their respective Federal Republics.

Government

The General Secretary is the de jure head of state, elected by the National People's Congress. The Premier is appointed by the General Secretary and approved by the National People's Congress, and serves the head of government, presiding over the State Committee composed of four vice premiers and the heads of ministries and the "Group of Governmental Experts". The incumbent General Secretary is Mikhail Gorbachad. The incumbent premier is Nikolai Lermontod.

Since Mikhail Gorbachad took office in 1985, there have been some moves toward political liberalization within Pavlovsk, in that open contested mayoral and council elections are now held at the town and city levels, with little to no party oversight. However, the party retains effective control over higher government appointments, as candidates for election in the Worker's Councils must be approved by the party. However, requirements for party approval have been eased significantly since 1985.