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The Realm of the Oan Isles (La Domain d'Ilés d'Oan in French or Luounuatika ta Oareatu in Oan) is a largely island tropical nation located in The East Pacific on the planet Urth. It belongs to the Auroran continental region and has colonies that span the length of the Pacific Ocean and are located on Gondwana. It shares one of two land border with Staynes Caltharus to the north west, while Lazlowia and East Malaysia lie to the north west, Xiopothos, lies to the west, Stratarin and Setzna lie to the east and shares its second land border with Rijelv to the south east, while Celannica (also known as the Celan Empire) lies to the north east in the Gulf of Gondwana.

The Oan Isles is a constitutional monarchy and direct democracy. The head of state and commander in chief of the armed forces is the Defender, Ese Ulua, while the executive branch is made up of the collective head of government, the National Council. The legislature is made up of all the adult citizens who vote on, debate and propose bills through an online app. The government has three layers: national, provincial and local and three branches with checks and balances between them: legislative, executive and judiciary. The rule of law and rights of the people are respected in practice and enumerated in the Third Consitution of the Oan Isles.

The Oan Isles is spread across multiple timezones and has one of the largest Exclusive Economic Zones on Urth and a large surface area. The Oan Isles experiences earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions. It is often hot and humid. The Oan Isles is mostly mountainous and covered in tropical rainforests. The majority of people live in cities, the largest of which are the Port of the Rock and the capital city La Rochelle. The Oan Isles has an excellent trackrecord in environmental protection and is a mega diverse nation. The national animal is the Spix's macaw.

The Oan Isles has a diverse population. The vast majority of the population human. The largest cultural group is the polynesian Oan ethnic group followed by the white, Indian and black groups. The Oan Isles has many religions, Christianity by far the largest followed by Oan traditional religion, Hinduism and Buddhism. The Oan Isles has a population of approximately 120 million people. Minority and women's rights are respected in practice.

The Oan Isles has a strong economy with high economic growth, that is dominated by the state and state-owned enterprise. It has a large welfare state. Its population is largely well educated and productive. It has a large pool of natural resources such as hydrocarbons, fish, wood and minerals, a large agricultural sector, a large manufacturing sector based on robotics, machinery and electronics and by far the largest sector being the tertiary sector dominated by financial and transshipment services, tourism and information technology. It has a GDP of approximately 4,8 trillion USD. Its main trade is with Auroran Continental Assembly member states particularly Tuvaltastan, Dragonia and to a lesser degree Emberwood Coast.

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Politics

The politics of the Oan Isles take place in the framework of a constitutional monarchy and direct democracy.

The Defender of the Realm, is the head of state and commander in chief of the armed forces, Ese Ulua He is elected every seven years by the Council of Chiefs from among its members. The Defender appoints the National Council with the approval of the National Assembly and appoints the members of the National Court with the approval of the National Council. He represents the Oan Isles and its people, performs or presides over various rituals and ceremonies, confers honours, designates national monuments and symbols, and presides over meetings of the Council of Chiefs. He haa reserve powers to deal with emergencies.

The National Council is the collective head of government of the Oan Isles and forms the executive branch of the national government. The members discuss and vote on major issues together. Every year the position of Chairman rotates among them. The chairman presides over meetings, enforces the rules, represents the body and coordinates their activities. This is cutrently Locklyn Le Roy. They develop policies and execute policies and oversee departments that fall within the purview of their portfolios. The portfolios and their officeholders are as follows:

• Member for Foreign Affairs: Locklyn Le Roy
• Member for Defence: Kiahuaeni Luawuye
• Member for Finance, Labour, Trade and the Economy: Kia Uye
• Member for Police, Corrections, Security and Justice (Justice Minister of The Oan Isles): Iohana Toaye
• Member for The Sea, Agriculture, Forestry and the Environment (Nature Minister of The Oan Isles): Aia Salua
• Member for The Home, Health, Welfare and Social Development (The Home Minister of The Oan Isles): Noa Toaye
• Member for Transport, Energy, Mineral Resources and Urban Development (The Urban Minister of The Oan Isles): Saul Takalua
• Member for Education, Science, Tourism, Sport and Art (Education Minister of The Oan Isles): Lua Oaye

The governments of both the provinces and the local communities have an executive component led by the Governors and Mayors respectively, elected by their provincial and local assemblies every five years to lead the executive branches of those governments.

The legislative components of the national, provincial and local governments, reflect the direct democratic nature of the Oan Isles. The National Assembly is made up of all adult citizens who are allowed to vote, the Provincial Assembly is made up of all adult citizens who have a right to vote who have lived in the province for over two years and the same applies to local assemblies. They debate, vote on and propose bills through an online application.

The judicial system follows common law in all criminal and most civil cases and customary law in personal and family matters when the matter applies to ethnic Oans. The National Court is the highest court, receives appeals and has general jurisdiction over the whole nation. Provincial Courts receive appeals and have general jurisdiction in the provinces they preside over. Regional courts and local courts conduct trials or civil applications. In all cases except the National Court, when a vacancy occurs the judges of the relevant court propose a replacement to the Defender of the Realm for his approval.

Political parties do not exist in the Oan Isles as the electorate forms the legislature.

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