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Following the constitutional convention that convened at the conclusion of the [[Delkoran Civil War]] in 1833, the states continued to function as essentially absolute monarchies even as democratic reforms were adopted at the federal level. This changed with the Jarls Amendment of 1885, which reduced the jarls to constitutional monarchs and shifted power to the state parliaments.
Following the constitutional convention that convened at the conclusion of the [[Delkoran Civil War]] in 1833, the states continued to function as essentially absolute monarchies even as democratic reforms were adopted at the federal level. This changed with the Jarls Amendment of 1885, which reduced the jarls to constitutional monarchs and shifted power to the state parliaments.


Throughout the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, severe economic disparities began to emerge between different states as the northern states derived major benefits from booming trade, while the southern states experienced high unemployment, neglected infrastructure, and severe population loss as people moved to the booming southern cities. Efforts were made under the [[Economy of Delkora|New Kingdom]] program of the 1960's and 70's to remedy these disparities. Major programs included the Federal Equalization Fund Act of 1964, the establishment of the Office of Rural Development in 1965, and the expansion of highway and railroad construction projects sponsored by the Federal Public Works Commission beginning in the late 1960's. These programs helped reduce economic inequality between the states, but some disparities exist to the present.  
Throughout the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, severe economic disparities began to emerge between different states as the northern states derived major benefits from booming trade, while the southern states experienced high unemployment, neglected infrastructure, and severe population loss as people moved to the booming southern cities. Efforts were made under the [[New Kingdom]] program of the 1960's and 70's to remedy these disparities. Major programs included the Federal Equalization Fund Act of 1964, the establishment of the Office of Rural Development in 1965, and the expansion of highway and railroad construction projects sponsored by the Federal Public Works Commission beginning in the late 1960's. These programs helped reduce economic inequality between the states, but some disparities exist to the present.  


Regionalism and, in some cases separatism, have been salient issues in recent decades. The state of Lebøvenland has long had a unique cultural identity and has been host to a small but notable separatist movement.               
Regionalism and, in some cases separatism, have been salient issues in recent decades. The state of Lebøvenland has long had a unique cultural identity and has been host to a small but notable separatist movement.               


==Government==
==Government==
Each Delkoran state is governed by a directly-elected state parliament that has the authority to pass laws related to any of the powers granted to it by the federal constitution, as well as any not delegated exclusively to the federal government. All five state parliaments are elected using some variation of proportional representation, with elections occurring every four years, typically in years that do not coincide with federal elections. All five are unicameral.  
Each Delkoran state is governed by a directly-elected state parliament that has the authority to pass laws related to any of the powers granted to it by the federal constitution, as well as any not delegated exclusively to the federal government. All seven state parliaments are elected using some variation of proportional representation, with elections occurring every four years, typically in years that do not coincide with federal elections. All five are unicameral.  


After an election, parties attempt to form a government in a manner similar to the [[Delkoran Federal Parliament|Federal Parliament]]. The resulting executive cabinet is led by a first minister who serves as head of government and is collectively responsible to the state parliament.
After an election, parties attempt to form a government in a manner similar to the [[Delkoran Federal Parliament|Federal Parliament]]. The resulting executive cabinet is led by a first minister who serves as head of government and is collectively responsible to the state parliament.
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Each state is divided into counties, which consist of groups of municipalities. The entire territory of Delkora is divided into municipalities, with no {{wp|unincorporated area|unincorporated areas}}. As a result, some municipalities consist of only a few small towns and large stretches of uninhabited forests or grasslands. Their powers and responsibilities vary from state to state.   
Each state is divided into counties, which consist of groups of municipalities. The entire territory of Delkora is divided into municipalities, with no {{wp|unincorporated area|unincorporated areas}}. As a result, some municipalities consist of only a few small towns and large stretches of uninhabited forests or grasslands. Their powers and responsibilities vary from state to state.   


As of 2019, there are 372 counties in Delkora and 4,658 municipalities.
As of 2019, there are 154 counties in Delkora and 4,658 municipalities.


==List==
==List==
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  ! Head of State
  ! Monarch
  ! Head of Government
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  | style="text-align:center" |State of<br>[[Banderhus]]
  | style="text-align:center" |State of<br>[[Banderhus]]
  | style="text-align:center" |Falbaard
  | style="text-align:center" |Falbaard
  | style="text-align:center" |Jarl [[Toren IV]]
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Tormund IV]]
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Asbjørn Bonde]] ([[List of political parties in Delkora|K]])
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Asbjørn Bonde]] ([[Conservative Party (Delkora)|K]])
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Banderhus Parliament]]
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Banderhus State Parliament]]
  | style="text-align:center" |14,005,519
  | style="text-align:center" |15,405,519
  | style="text-align:center" |75
  | style="text-align:center" |81
|- style="background:#eee"
|- style="background:#eee"
  | style="text-align:center" |[[File:Flag of Rotterdam.svg|100px]]
  | style="text-align:center" |[[File:Flag of Rotterdam.svg|100px]]
  | style="text-align:center" |State of<br>[[Cybria]]
  | style="text-align:center" |State of<br>[[Cybria]]
  | style="text-align:center" |Eldenvard
  | style="text-align:center" |Eldenvard
  | style="text-align:center" |Jarl [[Æsa VII]]
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Æsa VII]]
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Astrid Marett]] ([[National Labor|A]])
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Astrid Marett]] ([[National Labor|A]])
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Cybrian Parliament]]
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Cybrian State Parliament]]
  | style="text-align:center" |28,805,912
  | style="text-align:center" |24,982,252
  | style="text-align:center" |155
  | style="text-align:center" |128
|- style="background:#eee"
|- style="background:#eee"
  | style="text-align:center" |[[File:Tubize Belgium.svg|100px]]
  | style="text-align:center" |[[File:Flag of Fontaine-l'Evêque.png|100px]]
  | style="text-align:center" |State of<br>[[Førelskov]]
  | style="text-align:center" |State of<br>[[Førelskov]]
  | style="text-align:center" |Gothendral
  | style="text-align:center" |Gothendral
  | style="text-align:center" |Jarl [[Gustav III]]
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Gustav III]]
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Anjela Hansen]] ([[List of political parties in Delkora|L]])
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Anjela Hansen]] ([[Liberal Party (Delkora)|L]])
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Førelskov Assembly]]
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Førelskov Assembly]]
  | style="text-align:center" |23,782,252
  | style="text-align:center" |22,405,912
  | style="text-align:center" |128
  | style="text-align:center" |118
|- style="background:#eee"
|- style="background:#eee"
  | style="text-align:center" |[[File:Flag of Hoogstraten.svg|100px]]
  | style="text-align:center" |[[File:Flag of Hoogstraten.svg|100px]]
  | style="text-align:center" |State of<br>[[Lebøvenland]]
  | style="text-align:center" |Free State of<br>[[Lebøvenland]]
  | style="text-align:center" |Raikonir
  | style="text-align:center" |Raikonir
  | style="text-align:center" |Jarl [[Henriette IV]]
  | style="text-align:center" |-
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Bárður Ólavsson]] ([[List of political parties in Delkora|K]])
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Bárður Ólavsson]] ([[Conservative Party (Delkora)|K]])
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Lebøvian House of Representatives]]
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Lebøvenland House of Representatives]]
  | style="text-align:center" |953,421
  | style="text-align:center" |2,853,421
  | style="text-align:center" |5
  | style="text-align:center" |16
|- style="background:#eee"
|- style="background:#eee"
  | style="text-align:center" |[[File:Heerlen vlag.svg|100px]]
  | style="text-align:center" |[[File:Heerlen vlag.svg|100px]]
  | style="text-align:center" |Free City of<br>[[Norenstal]]
  | style="text-align:center" |State of<br>[[Norenstal]]
  | style="text-align:center" |-
  | style="text-align:center" |-
  | style="text-align:center" |-
  | style="text-align:center" |-
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Eva Dafengaard]] ([[National Labor|A]])
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Berit Thrane]] ([[Communist Party of Delkora|U]])
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Norenstal Assembly]]
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Norenstal Assembly]]
  | style="text-align:center" |8,528,475
  | style="text-align:center" |8,656,402
  | style="text-align:center" |46
  | style="text-align:center" |46
|- style="background:#eee"
|- style="background:#eee"
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  | style="text-align:center" |State of<br>[[Norvia]]
  | style="text-align:center" |State of<br>[[Norvia]]
  | style="text-align:center" |Grafholmen
  | style="text-align:center" |Grafholmen
  | style="text-align:center" |Jarl [[Brette VIII]]
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Brette VIII]]
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Elin Albrechtsen]] ([[Liberal Party (Delkora)|L]])
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Elin Albrechtsen]] ([[Liberal Party (Delkora)|L]])
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Norvish House of Delegates]]
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Norvish House of Delegates]]
  | style="text-align:center" |5,182,742
  | style="text-align:center" |9,582,742
  | style="text-align:center" |28
  | style="text-align:center" |50
|- style="background:#eee"
|- style="background:#eee"
  | style="text-align:center" |[[File:Flag of Lubbeek.svg|100px]]
  | style="text-align:center" |[[File:Flag of Lubbeek.svg|100px]]
  | style="text-align:center" |State of<br>[[Vassengård]]
  | style="text-align:center" |State of<br>[[Vassengård]]
  | style="text-align:center" |Izenhoth
  | style="text-align:center" |Izenhoth
  | style="text-align:center" |Jarl [[Harald III]]
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Harald III]]
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Tobias Bidstrup]] ([[Liberal Party (Delkora)|L]])
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Erna Karlsen]] ([[Conservative Party (Delkora)|K]])
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Vassengård Parliament]]
  | style="text-align:center" |[[Vassengård State Parliament]]
  | style="text-align:center" |11,785,621
  | style="text-align:center" |12,372,686
  | style="text-align:center" |63
  | style="text-align:center" |61
|}
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[[Category: Delkora]]
[[Category: Delkora]]
[[Category: Politics of Delkora]]
[[Category: Politics of Delkora]]

Latest revision as of 19:28, 12 January 2021

Delkoran States
Also known as:
Delkorsk Stater (Delkoran)
CategoryFederated state
LocationKingdom of Delkora
Number7 (as of 2020)
Populations2,853,421 (Lebøvenland) - 24,982,252 (Cybria)
GovernmentState government
SubdivisionsCounty
Municipality

The states of Delkora are the seven constituent states comprising the Kingdom of Delkora. As a result of Delkora's origins as a union of formerly independent fiefdoms and petty kingdoms, the country's states each maintain distinct regional cultures and identities that predate the Kingdom itself.

History

The forerunners of the modern Delkoran states were various petty kingdoms that emerged between the 1st and 3rd centuries CE, which were later consolidated during Delkora's Viking Era.

Much of the Delkoran Middle Ages and Early Modern period were characterized by a vacillation of power between Delkoran monarchs and the regional jarls, with the national monarch sometimes commanding significant power, and at other times relegated to an essentially ceremonial figurehead. In either case, the monarch's reign was inevitably contingent on having the support of the jarls, who frequently moved to oust unfavorable monarchs.

Following the constitutional convention that convened at the conclusion of the Delkoran Civil War in 1833, the states continued to function as essentially absolute monarchies even as democratic reforms were adopted at the federal level. This changed with the Jarls Amendment of 1885, which reduced the jarls to constitutional monarchs and shifted power to the state parliaments.

Throughout the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, severe economic disparities began to emerge between different states as the northern states derived major benefits from booming trade, while the southern states experienced high unemployment, neglected infrastructure, and severe population loss as people moved to the booming southern cities. Efforts were made under the New Kingdom program of the 1960's and 70's to remedy these disparities. Major programs included the Federal Equalization Fund Act of 1964, the establishment of the Office of Rural Development in 1965, and the expansion of highway and railroad construction projects sponsored by the Federal Public Works Commission beginning in the late 1960's. These programs helped reduce economic inequality between the states, but some disparities exist to the present.

Regionalism and, in some cases separatism, have been salient issues in recent decades. The state of Lebøvenland has long had a unique cultural identity and has been host to a small but notable separatist movement.

Government

Each Delkoran state is governed by a directly-elected state parliament that has the authority to pass laws related to any of the powers granted to it by the federal constitution, as well as any not delegated exclusively to the federal government. All seven state parliaments are elected using some variation of proportional representation, with elections occurring every four years, typically in years that do not coincide with federal elections. All five are unicameral.

After an election, parties attempt to form a government in a manner similar to the Federal Parliament. The resulting executive cabinet is led by a first minister who serves as head of government and is collectively responsible to the state parliament.

Each state has a constitutional court that is the ultimate authority on all questions involving the meaning of its constitution. State constitutional courts have the power of judicial review with respect to laws passed by their state and actions taken by their state government.

Each state has a hereditary head of state called a jarl, whose role, like the national monarch, is now mostly ceremonial, limited to granting royal assent to state laws, presiding over the opening of parliament and other official events, formally appointing the state government, and representing their state within the Kingdom and abroad. Also like the national monarch, the jarls possess theoretically wide-ranging reserve powers that can be exercised in times of crisis.

Subdivisions

Each state is divided into counties, which consist of groups of municipalities. The entire territory of Delkora is divided into municipalities, with no unincorporated areas. As a result, some municipalities consist of only a few small towns and large stretches of uninhabited forests or grasslands. Their powers and responsibilities vary from state to state.

As of 2019, there are 154 counties in Delkora and 4,658 municipalities.

List

Flag State Capital Monarch Head of Government Legislature Population Chamber of Representatives Seats
Flagge Kelmis.svg State of
Banderhus
Falbaard Tormund IV Asbjørn Bonde (K) Banderhus State Parliament 15,405,519 81
Flag of Rotterdam.svg State of
Cybria
Eldenvard Æsa VII Astrid Marett (A) Cybrian State Parliament 24,982,252 128
Flag of Fontaine-l'Evêque.png State of
Førelskov
Gothendral Gustav III Anjela Hansen (L) Førelskov Assembly 22,405,912 118
Flag of Hoogstraten.svg Free State of
Lebøvenland
Raikonir - Bárður Ólavsson (K) Lebøvenland House of Representatives 2,853,421 16
Heerlen vlag.svg State of
Norenstal
- - Berit Thrane (U) Norenstal Assembly 8,656,402 46
Ninove vlag.svg State of
Norvia
Grafholmen Brette VIII Elin Albrechtsen (L) Norvish House of Delegates 9,582,742 50
Flag of Lubbeek.svg State of
Vassengård
Izenhoth Harald III Erna Karlsen (K) Vassengård State Parliament 12,372,686 61