Kituk

The Kituki Union of Principalities
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Largest city	Esketin Yo'li
Official languages	Standard Kituki
Demonym(s)	Kituki
Government	Federal Constitutional Quintarchy
• High Representative	Ervin ir Indolyir
Legislature	Senate of Kituk
Area
•	420,726 km2 (162,443 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate	14,387,120
• Density	34.2/km2 (88.6/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	$20,573,581,600‬
• Per capita	1,430
Driving side	right

The Kituki Union of Principalities is a nation in Coius.

Geography

Physical Geography

The Kituki Union of Principalities has several neighbours on the Coian continent. It shares most of its border with the Union of Zorasani Irfanic Republics, which is its Eastern neighbour. To the South, it shares a border with the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Flowers, commonly referred to as Phula. Its smallest border is located in the North of the country, where Kituk meets Karzaristan. This makes Kituk one of the Coian countries with the least neighbours.

Fauna

A wild snow leopard in Biritan

The wildlife of Kituk is very diverse.

The snow leopard is the national animal of Kituk. Once much more common, it was hunted to near extinction in the 1800s and early 1900s. In Kituki elites, it was considered a status symbol to have the hide of these animals at home. In rural areas, their paws were sold as lucky charms. It took the the intervention of the government to slow the slaughtering of snow leopards in Kituk. Nowadays, they mostly roam in the mountainous Principality of Biritan, where they feed on musk deer and markhor, among others. Vultures are another common sight in the Biritan region, as well as the birds Phoenicurus erythrogastrus, Lophophorus impejanus and the Carpodacus.

A saiga in the the wild of the Principality of Keng Maydon

In the steppe regions of Kituk, wildlife is very different. Rare animals such as the saiga or the endangered sociable lapwing roam the area. Other animals include onager, wild horses, marmots and urials, who often fall prey to the foxes, wolves and a dwindling number of cheetahs inhabiting the steppes of Kituk.

Since Kituk does not have access to the oceans, most of its local fish are freshwater fish. These include the schizopygopsis stoliczkai, who are often found in the highlands; catfish like glyptosternon, rita rita, the giant river-catfish and wallago catfish and, in the mountain streams of Kituk, commonly the endemic triplophysa kullmanni or other fish.

Politics

Executive

The Executive of Kituk is headed by the High Representative, currently Ervin ir Indolyir, and further consists of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Rural Affairs, Infrastructure, Energy, Finance, Health, Law and Environment. Next to his role in instructing the Ministers of his Cabinet, the High Representative also has ceremonial duties. He represents the five Princes to Federal agencies and institutions, as well as to foreign guests (or abroad).

The High Representative is selected by the five Princes for a term of nine years. The Princes do not have to hear the Senate or seek its consent. Ministers, who are selected by the High Representative, serve for a term of three years. While they are also not confirmed by the Senate, the High Representative has to hear the Senate out - which means that after they are announced, the Senate has two weeks to advise the High Representative on his nominations.

Legislative

The Legislative of Kituk is called the "Senate of Kituk". The 45 elected Senators serve terms of nine years. Every year, five Senate seats will be contested in an election - one seat for each Kituki Principality. More than 80 % of the Kituki Senate are aged 60+; only one of the Senators is female.

While Kituk is unicameral, the Senate does not have unlimited influence on national matters. The constitution can not be changed without consent of the five Princes, nor does the Senate have much influence on Foreign Policy. This limited role extends to domestic policy, where the Senate has barely any influence on education and culture. Only through fiscal affairs does the Senate have any influence on these matters, by deciding whether to fund certain projects or not.

Kituk's Senate is headed by the Senate President, currently Faraz al Chamanara.