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The Leftist Assembly
Founder		Leftist Assembly Founder
WA Delegate		Atealia
Members		127
-	of which WA	60
Regional population
-	2016 estimate	240.3 billion
GRP		$6.77 quadrillion
Regional HDI		0.6378 medium
Region page The Leftist Assembly

The Leftist Assembly is one of the largest leftist regions in NationStates. The region consists of 127 nations, with 60 of these forming part of the World Assembly. Most notably, the region is 28th for Most World Assembly Endorsements, and 85th for Most Nations. The regional government, the General Assembly, is currently lead by the Solidarity Party and Atealia, although a Constitutional reform is currently underway after a democratic decision to change the government to an independent system. The region also has an official Constitution and Code of Laws that all member nations must abide by.

History

The Leftist Assembly was established on January 14, 2016 as a merger between The Communist Region and The Democratic Socialist Union. The Preamble of the Constitution of the Leftist Assembly, enacted on 15 February 2016, states:

The Leftist Assembly is the reunification of the former Democratic Socialist Union and The Communist Region following stagnating growth and the desire for a revitalised region to unite the left. The Leftist Assembly strives to protect those who labour and prevent the exploitation of the working class. To this end, we shall unite the peoples of our two communities into one inseparable family. Protectors of the revolution forevermore. The Constitution was most recently ratified by means of Direct Democratic Vote on the 31st of August, 2016. Any member nation is protected and subject to the declarations in the following document.

Delegates

Flag of Atealia, current Delegate

Terms

The General Assembly is in its 2nd term. Upon its founding, the region functioned with a multi-party system. The three parties that competed in the 1st election were The Solidarity Party, Worker's Army Party, and Independent Leftist Front. Two other parties that were officially registered, but never ran in an election, were People's Rights Party, and The Socialist Union. In late August 2016, the members of the region democratically chose to change the government to an independent system.

Government

The General Assembly is the legislative body for the government of the Leftist Assembly. It consists of nine members, including the Secretary, Prime Minister, and seven other ministerial positions. Laws and amendments may be proposed by any member of the General Assembly. For this to be ratified, it must receive a simple majority vote and an endorsement by the Secretary of the Assembly. Should it fail to receive the endorsement of the Secretary, a super majority vote of 70% may be attempted to ratify it.

Each of the positions is elected through the alternative voting system. Terms last for 3 months, and elections begin on the first of the respective month (either January, April, July, or October).

Ministries

In addition to the Prime Minister, Auven, there are five ministries. Each of these has a Minister, except the Ministry of Law which has two Minor Justices in addition to the Minister. A new ministry can be formed or deactivated should the need arise with the approval of at least 60% of the General Assembly and an endorsement by the Secretary. The following are the nations that currently fill these positions:

Prime Minister

Flag of Auven, current Prime Minister

The roles and responsibilities of the Prime Minister:

• Is the head of any non-appointed ministers
• Briefs the Secretary
• Becomes de-facto Secretary if current one resigns or is removed

Ministry of Law

The roles and responsibilities of the Minister of Law:

• Is the head of the region's judicial body
• Determines laws or amendments as constitutional or not
• Can be cancelled out by joint decision of Minor Justices
• Is replaced by First Minor Justice if removed or resigned, and Second Minor Justice following that

Ministry of Defence

The roles and responsibilities of the Minister of Defence:

• Handles the United Armed Forces of The Leftist Assembly
• Deals with foreign raider/defence incidents
• Proposes raids to Secretary for authorisation
• Authorises urgent defence of home and allied left-wing regions

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The roles and responsibilities of the Minister of Foreign Affairs:

• Handles relations with allied and enemy regions
• Organises interregional communication and cooperation
• Establishes embassies
• Encourages peace talks
• Jointly authorises Declarations of War with Secretary

Ministry of Archives

The roles and responsibilities of the Minister of Archives:

• Preserves and documents any major political or historical regional event
• Avoids bias in any records, and may face a Vote of No Confidence as a consequence

Ministry of Immigration and Customs

The roles and responsibilities of the Minister of Immigration and Customs:

• Recruits nations to the region
• Ensures newly joined nations are in accordance with the Constitution
• Notifies 'out-of-line' nations to correct any discrepancies

Foreign relations

Flag of The Democratic Socialist Union, one of the merged regions

Flag of The Communist Region, one of the merged regions

The Leftist Assembly has 20 official embassies, all with regions that are a part of the NationStates leftist community: