Xara
Stat of Xara | |
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Motto: We are the orign! | |
Anthem: National Anthem of the Stat of Xara | |
Status | Member State |
Capital and largest city | Vulga Supra |
Official languages | Sørskandinavien, Ensku (Anglish) |
Recognized languages | Norðurskandi, Vestslavisk |
Religion | Orthodoxy |
Demonym(s) | Xaraian |
Government | |
• Governor-General | Emilie Shokov |
• Executive Council | See Executive Section |
Legislature | Assembly of Xara |
Currency | Krone (₭) |
Time zone | Ahranaian Standard Time (AST) |
Driving side | left |
Calling code | +343 |
The Stat of Xara or Xara is a Member State to the Union of the United Kingdom of Ahrana that is one of the five internal Kingdoms that make up the Union. Xara is considered to be the original homeland of the Ahranaian People and the birthplace of the Ahranaian Empire, and where the first foundation of a modern Monarchy was formed.
Government and Politics
The Stat of Xara is a Member State to the Union of Ahrana and therefore has the right, much like the other Member States of the Union, to have a Regional Constitution outlining its Government, Rights of the People, and whatever is not dictated to the Federal Government per the Federal Constitution. The Stat of Xara is headed by a Federal Appointed Governor-General who acts as the representative of the Monarch in the Member State and holds not executive power. All Executive Power is invested in the Executive Council of Xara which is a Seven Member Council.
Governor-General
The Governor-General of the Stat of Xara is appointed by the Monarch, Federal Chancellor, State Councilor, and the State Parliament for a four-year term, this term is not capped on the length of appointment to office. The Governor-General by law cannot be affiliated to any Political Party while in Office, a Member of the Federal Government or Regional Government, besides the office of Governor-General.
The Governor-General holds no Executive Power but is purely a Ceremonial position. The authority the Governor-General holds are signing all Regional Laws into effect, heads the Regional Executive Presidium at the end of every year, opens the regional parliament on the behalf of the Monarch and the Regional Executive Council, and acts as mediator between the Federal and Regional Governments.
Executive Council
The Executive Council is a seven-member Council headed by a Council President that is rotated ever year among the Seven Members who in turn serve a Seven Year Term. The Executive Council is the sole Executive Authority in the Regional State and holds the authority to create and stop any legislation from being passed, with approval of the courts. The Council is the Regional Head of Government. the Council President is decided by who was in the Executive Council by length, meaning the most senior person in the Council is the President and is then rotated by that system.
The Executive Council is currently composed of the following members:
- Aksel Halvorson (Council Member for Rayon)
- Emilie Nord (Council President, Council Member for Rayon)
- Maja Forberg (Council Member for Rayon)
- Hedvig Bjerk (Council Vice-President, Council Member for Cayon)
- Bjorn Friberg (Council Member for Rayon)
- Ylwa Skau (Council Member for Rayon)
- Elizabeth Sigmond (Council Member for Rayon)
Legislative
The Parliament of the Stat of Xara is a Unicameral Legislature called the National Assembly of Xara, which is made up of 100 Members of Parliament that serve a four-year term renewable three times only. The Members of Parliament are responsible for debating the governments laws they wish to enact, regulation of taxation, healthcare laws, public education, and regional law enforcement through the Federal Police Services.
Judicial
The Judiciary of the Stat of Xara is set up by the Federal Judiciary having three levels of courts at the Regional Level: Regional Supreme Court, Municipal Court, and City Court. Each of these three Courts are headed by a panel of three judges that are nominated by the Executive Council, veted by the Regional Parliament, and Elected by the People to a seven-year term renewable three times only.
Foreign Relations
By Constitutional Law the Federal Government oversees the International Representation of all Member States within International Organizations, but the Member States do reserve the right to have Embassies and Ambassadors in foreign nations and International Organizations to work with the Unions Ambassadors. All Ahranaian Embassies have a Federally Appointed Ambassador and an Ambassador from Each Member State within that Embassy appointed by the Regional Executive Council.
Furthermore, a Regional State may create treaties with foreign nations if it does not conflict the interest of the Federal Government or National Security for the entire Union. As it stands currently the Stat of Xara has no other treaties with a foreign nation that the Union does not already possess such treaties with.
Military and Law Enforcement
The Federal Government of the Union reserved the right to control the Military of all Member States within the Union, due to the Xara Accords the Stat of Xara is allotted the reserve right to have a Self-Defense Force within its Regional Boundaries. This Self-Defense Force acts as a Civil Guard or Home Guard and works hand and hand with the Federal Police Servies, the main Law Enforcement Agency of the Union of Ahrana.
The Stat of Xara also has its own Police Service that is a sub-unit of the Federal Police Services that is responsible for policing the Districts and Municipals within the Stat of Xara. The Xaraian Police Service is headed by a Deputy Police Commissionar that is placed in office by the Executive Council, who in return works with the Federal Police Commissionar at the Federal Police Services.