Sainterre
Democratic Kingdom of Sainterre
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| Motto: "Per Deum, Uindicem Nostrum" "Through God, Our Vindicator." |
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| Anthem: "On Guard For Thee'" | |||||
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Satellite Image of Sainterre and the Surrounding Countries.
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| Region | International Democratic Union | ||||
| Capital | Cavalry | ||||
| Largest city | Augusta | ||||
| Official languages | English | ||||
| Recognised national languages | English, Kinglish | ||||
| Demonym | Sainterran | ||||
| Government | Federal constitutional republic | ||||
| - | King | Nicholas VII | |||
| - | Chancellor | Alexander Scott | |||
| - | Vice Chancellor | Jordan Harris | |||
| - | Speaker of the Senate | Philip Baerg | |||
| - | Chief Justice | Wyatt Leviston | |||
| Legislature | Congress | ||||
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| - | Voyage of Varisty and White | 1745 | |||
| - | Consolidation as the Democratic Kingdom of Sainterre | 1769 | |||
| - | Glorious Revolt | 1791 | |||
| - | Water (%) | 5.2% | |||
| Population | |||||
| - | 2013 estimate | 323,298,031 | |||
| - | Density | 35.4/km2 91.7/sq mi |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate | ||||
| - | Total | $208.4 trillion | |||
| GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate | ||||
| - | Total | $208.4 trillion | |||
| Gini (2014) | 0.210 low |
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| HDI (2014) | 0.9783 very high |
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| Currency | Sainterran Dollar (SP) |
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| Time zone | Sainterran Time Zone (UTC+2) | ||||
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy | ||||
| Drives on the | right | ||||
| Calling code | 19 | ||||
| ISO 3166 code | NDES | ||||
| Internet TLD | .sa | ||||
The Democratic Kingdom of Sainterre, commonly known as the Democratic Kingdom or simply Sainterre is country located the International Democratic Union. Sainterre is crowned republic composed of forty states, one capital district and two self-governing territories. The current Chancellor is Alexander Scott and the current monarch is King Nicholas VII. Sainterre is composed of three main islands, Saantair, Concordia, and Loceno. Sainterre has a population of 700 million and a land area of 3,198,093 square miles.
Prior to Western contact in 1676, Sainterre was composed of individual city states and because of the geographical tendencies of the islands, these city states never were in contact with each other. The Democratic Kingdom of Sainterre emerged from the four ancient provinces, Victoria, Royal Georgia, Alexandria and The Palisades, after the Wars of Independence. These wars were provoked by the tyrannical rule of pirates and finally came to an end in 1769 by the signing of the Royal Treaty of Fort McAllister. The first constitution, The Royal Charter on the Lands of Nation, adopted in 1769 in the capital city of Cavalry, established the form of government with the monarch, elected in a national election every eight years, as the head of state and government. However, after the Glorious Revolt of 1791, the powers of the now-hereditary monarch became mostly ceremonial and the powers were then transferred to the newly established elected position of Chancellor under the Declaration on the Rights of the Citizenry, the second and current constitution.
The Democratic Kingdom of Sainterre is a powerful country, both in terms of international influence and economic output. The Democratic Kingdom ranks highly in economic freedom and its arms manufacturing and book publishing sectors are among the best in the world.
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Etymology
"Sainterre" was first used by Lord Admiral Beckett Varisty, after conquering the islands he had discovered in 1745. The name, "Sainterre", comes from the French words, for "holy" and "land", "saint" and "terre", respectively. Before the adoption of the Royal Charter on the Lands of Nation in 1769, Sainterre had many differing names due to the spread out nature of the indigenous people. Such names included, Averoigne, Kolobia and Borderia. However, after the Wars of Independence, the name "Sainterre" was included in the Royal Charter and adopted by the 1st Royal Senate.
History
Pre-Contact Sainterre, Indigenous Populations
The first inhabitants of Sainterre arrived by way of boats approximately 15,000 years ago from an unknown land. Some of these indigenous people, like the proto-Cavalarians of the Blue and the People of the Southern Lords, developed grand and sophisticated societies despite being hundreds of miles away from each other. These civilizations, as well as the less developed city states spread throughout the mainland, thrived until the late 1600's when the first Westerners arrived.
First Western Contact, Age of Piracy
Geography
Demographics
Government and Politics
The Democratic Kingdom of Sainterre is a federation composed of forty states, one capital district and two self-governing territories all under a constitutional monarchy per the Declaration on the Rights of the Citizenry. It is a representative democracy. The monarch, currently King Nicholas VII, is the head of state. The monarch has mainly ceremonial powers and cannot be involved in Sainterran politics. The Chancellor, currently Alexander Scott, is the head of government and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Kingdom.
The federal government of the Democratic Kingdom is composed of four branches, each with checks and balances on the other:
Legislative: The bicameral Congress, composed of 635 members, makes federal law, declares war, approves treaties, has the power of the purse, and has the power of impeachment, by which it can remove sitting members of the government.
Executive: The Chancellor is the commander-in-chief of the military, can veto legislative bills before they become law (subject to Congressional override), and appoints the members of the Cabinet (subject to Senate approval) and other officers, who administer and enforce federal laws and policies.
Judicial: The Supreme Court and lower federal courts, whose judges are appointed by the Chancellor with Senate approval, interpret laws and overturn those they find unconstitutional.
Royal: The sovereign has the duty of opening the Senate each year, receiving ambassadors and other ceremonial duties.
The House of Representatives has 535 voting members each representing a congressional district for a three-year term. House seats are apportioned among the states by population every tenth year. At the 2010 census, nine states had the minimum of one representative, while Santo Palo, the most populous state, had 75.
The Senate has 100 members with each state having two senators, elected at-large to 8-year terms. The Chancellor serves a six-year term and may be elected to the office no more than three times. The Chancellor is not elected by direct vote, but by an indirect electoral college system in which the determining votes are apportioned to the states and the Cavalarian District. The Supreme Court, led by the Chief Justice of the Democratic Kingdom, has eleven members, who serve for life.
The state governments are structured in roughly similar fashion; Rivansk Denest is an exception as the legislature is tricameral.The governor of each state is directly elected. Some state judges and cabinet officers are appointed by the governors of the respective states, while others are elected by popular vote.
