Republics of Omerica
Omerican cantons Cantons oméricains (French) | |
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Category | Federated state |
Location | Omerica |
Found in | Country |
Number | 24 |
Populations | 308,643 (Sainte-Lucie) – 11,054,410 (Côte-Verte) |
Areas | 204 km² (Romainbourg) – 24,426 km² (Côte-Verte) |
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The Commonwealth of Omerica is a federation of twenty-four cantons. As the descendents of formerly sovereign states, the cantons retain a degree of sovereignty and self-government and maintain administrative independence from the Commonwealth government, including independent executives, legislatures and judiciaries.
Under the Basic Law, certain policy areas, such as foreign affairs and defence, are the exclusive prerogative of the Federal Parliament, while others fall under shared authority; the cantons retain all other powers not assigned to the Commonwealth or expressly denied to them by the federal constitution. Cantons therefore have the power of taxation and responsibility over healthcare, social welfare, law enforcement, public education, job training and promotion of the arts and sciences.
Cantons form the basis for apportioning the House of Representatives of Omerica and their legislatures desginate the members of the House of Councillors, through which cantonal governments defend their interests at the federal level. Additionally, in areas under cantonal legislative authority, cantons have the power to enter into compacts among each other and, subject to parliamentary approval, treaties with foreign states.
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All cantons are constitutionally required to have a democratic and republican system of government, but otherwise, the cantons remain free to organise their individual constitutions as they see fit. All cantons are governed under a parliamentary system similar to the federal government, though there is wide variation in its implementation from canton to canton.
Each canton has a unicameral legislature of 21 to 111 members, variously referred to as a Legislative Assembly, Legislative Council, Common Council or (in the case of Côte-Verte) National Assembly. Cantonal legislatures are elected by single transferable vote to serve three- or four-year terms (depending on the canton), with universal suffrage for all Omerican citizens over the age of eighteen guaranteed by the federal constitution.
Each canton is required to have an elected governor (referred to as Lord Mayor in Charlottesburgh, Romainbourg and Philibiscostal), who exercises representative duties similar to the federal President, though the mode of election is left to cantonal discretion. Each canton also has a premier, who is generally appointed by the governor and is usually, though not always, the leader of the largest party in the cantonal legislature. The Premier then appoints a cabinet to run cantonal ministries and carry out the executive functions of the cantonal government.
List
Republic | Code | Federated | Capital | Population | Area (km²) | Density | GDPpc (NSD) | Official language(s) |
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Alleos | AL | 9 June 1829 | Volubourg | 2,100,213 | 11,741 | 179 | 41,202 | French |
Altomare | AM | 22 September 1813 | Romainbourg | 3,110,907 | 3,051 | 1,020 | 47,653 | French |
Braganza | BR | 6 June 1846 | Sassari | 1,767,270 | 3,852 | 459 | 42,408 | French |
Bridgecastle | PC | 19 September 1816 | Saint-Jean | 1,476,180 | 7,258 | 203 | 50,251 | French |
Charlottesville | CV | 1 January 1983 | — | 5,610,545 | 558 | 10,055 | 47,893 | French |
Coleraine | CR | 17 March 1828 | Derry | 2,665,499 | 8,010 | 333 | 42,938 | English |
East Calaverde | EC | 28 February 1826 | Saint-Christophe | 6,311,646 | 8,382 | 753 | 46,575 | French |
Emerald Isles | EM | 25 August 1864 | Wharfland Ferry | 1,824,352 | 6,224 | 293 | 44,341 | English |
Free State | FS | 30 June 1821 | Nassau | 6,463,963 | 6,958 | 929 | 43,555 | English |
Great Arden | GA | 1 August 1817 | Templemore | 2,310,855 | 7,447 | 310 | 46,910 | English |
Heathmoor | HE | 17 November 1882 | Strongford | 1,368,355 | 8,210 | 167 | 40,927 | English |
Marche Rouge | MR | 1 November 1858 | Châlons | 308,643 | 1,695 | 182 | 44,679 | French |
Mespalia | ME | 1 January 1995 | Christiana | 7,461,993 | 1,310 | 5,696 | 53,416 | English |
New Guernsey | NG | 3 March 1852 | Castlerock | 293,088 | 682 | 430 | 62,294 | English |
New Vaucluse | NV | 18 August 1868 | Bayonette | 710,622 | 5,768 | 123 | 43,606 | French |
North Provence | NP | 21 April 1886 | Carthagène | 1,229,654 | 9,395 | 131 | 40,911 | French |
Port-des-Saints | FC | 12 December 1829 | — | 1,909,375 | 820 | 2,329 | 60,658 | English |
Romainbourg | RB | 1 January 1971 | — | 3,191,185 | 204 | 15,643 | 63,451 | French |
Seafoam Islands | SF | 1 March 1844 | Saint Anne | 757,549 | 1,477 | 513 | 50,994 | English |
South Provence | SP | 18 April 1811 | Syracuse | 1,646,248 | 9,408 | 175 | 38,979 | French |
Strathavon | SA | 28 March 1823 | Falconhurst | 4,170,152 | 8,547 | 488 | 43,839 | English |
Terreneuf | TN | 11 February 1877 | Épiteaux | 480,228 | 1,806 | 266 | 38,049 | French |
West Calaverde | WC | 28 February 1950 | Westhaven | 4,742,764 | 16,044 | 296 | 43,699 | English |
Westavon | WA | 1 January 1932 | Bristol | 3,577,573 | 8,157 | 439 | 45,453 | English, French |
Windstead | WS | 2 July 1819 | Langholm | 2,231,881 | 12,725 | 175 | 45,835 | English |
Omerica | OR | — | Port-des-Saints | 67,720,740 | 149,729 | 452 | 47,166 | English, French |