New Kereptica

*Alluid Hjaptok Kerepticae Nova*
Allied States of New Kereptica
Alluid Hjaptok Kerepticae Nova Allied States of New Kereptica
Flag	Coat of Arms
	Motto: "Sic Semper Borealis"
	Anthem: Hymn of the Allied States [1];
	Map of New Kereptica
	Map of New Kereptica in Tarquinia
Capital	Kaara
Largest city	Glask
Official languages	English, Kereptecean
Recognised regional languages	Nouwdian, Glaskov,
Ethnic groups (2000)	Kereptecean 73%, Glaskov 18.6%, Nouwd 5.3%, Other 3.1%
Demonym	Kereptecean
Government	Federal executive republic
Area
Population
GDP (PPP)	2009 estimate
Gini (2009)	52.1
HDI (2009)	0.962
Currency	Kereptecean Dollar (Ҝ) (KTD)
Internet TLD	.nk
Calling code	+652

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New Kereptica, officially the Allied States of New Kereptica is a country in the northeast of Tarquinia. New Kereptica occupies the entirety of the Kereptecean Peninsula and the outlying islands. New Kereptica is a federal executive republic. The country is divided into thirteen administrative districts, referred to as States. Each of the States represent one of the former nations of Kereptica. Located in the continent of Lutesosa in north-west Tarquinia, the Kereptecean Peninsula is quite unique, maintaining an extremely cool climate for its location, ranging from continental to polar. Though New Kereptica is located on the outside of the region, it still plays a major role in trans-regional and inter-regional trade.

The Allied States were created in 1951, with the collapse of the Unitary Technocracy of Kereptica. At that time, the Statute of the Rights of the Citizens of the Allied States of New Kereptica and the Decleration of Federation and Allied Government, the twin documents that outline the rights of a citizen of New Kereptica and outline its government, respectively, were written. New Kereptica is a constitutional federal republic. The powers of the government are trisected, though not in the common manner: as opposed to separating legislative, executive, and judicial powers, the Kereptecean government is separated into external-executive, internal executive and legislative, and internal and external judicial. Overall, the nation is ruled by a triumvirate of executives from each of the branches.

New Kereptica maintains a non-confrontational, near-isolationist foreign policy, despite being a member of several mutually-defensive organizations (including ODECON) and defensive treaties (the Lutesosan Security Treaty, among others). Non-militarily, New Kereptica is a member of the Tarquinian League, though it is not party to the Affirmation of Neutrality Agreement. In addition, New Kereptica is not a member of the World Assembly. It maintains however, through the Kereptecean Embassy Program, diplomatic relations with many important and influential nations around the world.

History

Prehistory

The earliest human remains in New Kereptica, Homo erectus and Homo neanderthalensis, migrated to the area 1.5 million years BCE. The first anatomically modern Human, Homo sapiens, migrated to the Kereptecean Peninsula c. 30,000 BCE, living as nomadic hunter-gatherers in the southern part of the Peninsula. The first evidence of permanent habitation dates to the 6th millennium BCE. Around this time, early Kerepteceans began settling into small coastal towns and cities.

Geography

Land

Natural Resources

Climate

In New Kereptica, there are two seasons: "rain", which some warmlanders have equated to a mild, rainy mid-spring, and "General-winter-buttfucking-you-with-a-bayonet-made-of-ice".

Wildlife

Government

The Allied States of New Kereptica is a federal executive republic which practices representative democracy. There are four levels of government in New Kereptica: the Governing Council, the National Government, the State Governments, and the Municipal Governments. The Governing Council is an assembly of the three executives of the National Government. The Governing Council makes decisions regarding the general policy of New Kereptica. The National Government is the entity in charge of governing the entirety of the Allied States. The State Governments are the collective entities that are in charge of the local governance of each of the thirteen States of New Kereptica. Most of the positions of power in these layers of government are held by executives, the one notable exception being the members of the Allied Diet. The structure of the Kereptecean government is laid out in the Declaration of Federation and Allied Government, which is the supreme governmental authority in New Kereptica.

Governing Council

The Governing Council is a council comprised of the three Speakers of the branches of the National Government, the Speaker of the Nation, the Speaker of the Law, and the Speaker of the Justice, Joseph Keupir, Aalan Gremold, and Martine Jacques, respectively. The Governing Council makes decisions on issues that effect the Allied States as a whole, and together set the policies of the divisions of the National Government. The Governing Council makes decisions by voting, a 2-member approval required for a decision to pass the Council.

National Government

The National Government of the Allied States of New Kereptica is the more powerful of the two levels of government. The National Government has the capacity to make and enforce laws that supersede state law. However, these laws must not violate the policy set by the Governing Council. The National Government is divided into three, equally powerful divisions: the International Division, the National Division, and the Judicial Division. These divisions are responsible for managing international affairs, managing internal affairs, and overseeing the justice system of the Allied States, respectively. Each of the divisions is headed by an executive, referred to in all three cases as the Speaker of their respective divisions, though using different terminology, who oversee that the duties assigned to the division in the Constitution are done.

International Division

The International Division is the division of the Kereptecean National Government which deals with issues concerning the international community, and the effects of these issues within New Kereptica. The International Division is headed by an executive, referred to as the Speaker of the Nation. The Speaker of the Nation is the lead representative of the Allied States in foreign nations. The International Division is made up of three Departments, each of which specialize in a different aspect of the total duty of the International Division. Each of these three Departments are administrated by an executive, referred to as the Secretary of their respective Department. These three Secretaries make up the Advisory Committee of the Speaker of the Nation, the executive which oversees the International Division as a whole.

Table of the three Departments in the International Division
Department	Secretary	Function
Department of State	Cornelia N. Olsen	Administration of all inter-governmental relations between New Kereptica and other nations.
Department of Trade	Mieke I. Jessen	Regulation of international trade by Kereptecean businesses.
Department of War	Gust R. Christiansen	Control of the military of the Allied States.

National Division

The National Division is the division of the Kereptecean National Government which deals with issues concerning the internal affairs of the Allied States. The National Division can be broken up into two unofficial halves, each holding an important place in the overall governance of the Allied States: the executive half, and the legislative half. The executive half is comprised of the Speaker of the Law, the Speaker's Advisory Committee, and the various Departments that make up the rest of the Division. The legislative half is made up of the Allied Diet and its subsidiaries.

Executive Half

The The National Division is made up of ten Departments, each of which specialize in a different aspect of the total duty given to the National Division. As with the International Division, each of the Departments in the National Division is headed by an executive, again referred to as the Secretary. These ten Secretaries, again as in the International Division, make up the Advisory Committee of the Speaker of the Law.

Table of the ten Departments in the executive half of the National Division
Department	Secretary	Function
Department of Commerce	Jacobine D. Holm	Regulation of business within New Kereptica.
Department of the Interior	Xandra A. Dam	Administration of unclaimed and government-owned land.
Department of Agriculture	Lien H. Jacobsen	Regulation of agricultural development.
Department of Industry	Jozua M. Dahl	Regulation of industry and manufacturing.
Department of Transportation	Klazina L. Villadsen	Control and maintenance of the Kereptecean road system and other forms of public transportation, as well as regulation of private transportation.
Department of Communication	Niels S. Paulsen	Regulation of private telecommunication facilities and administration of government owned facilities.
Department of Education	Mies G. Bach	Regulation of educational facilities.
Department of Finance	Dick P. Lind	Regulation of private lending and banking facilities.
Department of Health	Frans M. Steffensen	Regulation of the health-care industry.
Department of Energy	Filippus L. Hermansen	Regulation of the electrical and fuel infrastructure.

Legislative Half

The legislative half of the National Division of the National Government of the Allied States of New Kereptica is arguably the most powerful branch of the entire government. The legislative half is made up of the Allied Diet and its associated offices. The Allied Diet is the main legislative body in the Allied States, being responsible for proposing all of the laws passed. It is made up of 864 representatives. This groups is presided over by the President of the Allied Diet, an executive responsible for administrating the day-to-day activities of the Congress, coordinating the activities of the various Congressional Committees, which are formed by the President, with the support of the Congress, to specialize in specific areas of legislation, and voting in the event of a tie. The President also sits on the Speaker of the Law's Advisory Committee, albeit while holding no official power over the executive half of the National Division.

Allied Diet

The Allied Diet of the Allied States of New Kereptica is the body responsible for the proposal and preliminary passing of all legislative statutes within New Kereptica. The Allied Congress was established, along with the rest of the National Government, in 1951, and has operated continuously since that point. The Congress is made up of 864 voting representatives. The representatives, referred to as Congressmen or Congresswomen, are elected for ten-year terms, with half of the Congress being replaced every election season. Though elected in the same form as other executives, the Congressional representatives are responsible for representing the wishes of the municipality they represent, and have no actual power over that municipality. The Allied Diet is presided over by the President of the National Diet, who is appointed by the members of the Diet.

Judicial Division

The Judicial Division of the National Government of the Allied States is the division responsible for maintaining the rule and neutrality of the Justice system in New Kereptica. The Judicial Division is comprised, like the National Division, of two unofficial halves, which each perform a somewhat different duty: the court half and the Department of Justice. The court half is comprised of the High Court of Justice of the Allied States of New Kereptica and the subordinate appeals courts in the National Government. The administrative half is made up of the Department of Justice, which administrates the entire justice system of New Kereptica, and the College of Attorneys General, which advises the Department of Justice.

Court Half

The court half of the Judicial Division is comprised of the High Court of Justice, along with the lower appeals courts of the National Government. These bodies together are comprised of fourteen courts, thirteen State Appeals Courts, one each with jurisdiction over a State and the High Court of Justice, which holds appellate power over the appeals courts. The court half, in general, deals with non-criminal claims between one body and another, or a body and the government.

High Court of Justice

The High Court of Justice is the highest judicial power in New Kereptica. It holds appellate power over the all of the Appeals Courts, in addition to holding the responsibility for ensuring that laws and the actions of the government do not overstep the constitution. The High Court of Justice is comprised of thirteen High Judges, the absolute seniors in terms of judicial power. In order for the court to hand down a decision, at least 7 of the High Judges must vote in favor. The High Court of Justice has two main roles. The first role is to maintain the constitutionality of the body of laws that hold sway over the Allied States. It is not required, however, for the High Court to review every law that is passed by the Allied Diet. Rather, the High Court reviews laws that have been submitted as unconstitutional. The second role is involved in the courts appellate power over the appeals courts. If one party in an appeals case finds the result undesirable, that party can appeal the case in a higher court. This ladder of appeals ends at the High Court of Justice, where the results are unappealable. Each of the High Judges reports individually to the Speaker of the Law, executive of the Judicial Division. High Judges are elected by the College of Attorneys General and approved by the Allied Diet.

Appeals Courts

There are a total of thirteen Appeals Courts in the Allied States. The Appeals Courts deal with cases where there is a disagreement between two parties, or a party and the government. The Appeals Courts also handle appealed criminal cases. Criminal appellate cases involve a claim by either the plaintiff or defendant, against the ruling of the court in that criminal case. In either sort of appellate cases, the Appeals Courts give a ruling, which can then be again appealed in a higher tier of Appeals Courts. This ladder can continue until the case reaches the High Court of Justice, when the case can no longer be appealed.

Administrative Half

The Administrative Half of the Judicial Division is responsible for regulating justice in New Kereptica. It is composed of the Department of Justice, which is the body that actually holds administrative power, and the College of Attorneys General.

Department of Justice

The Department of Justice of the Judicial Division is the administrative body that regulates the court system of New Kereptica, as well as overseeing criminal investigations. The Department of Justice has administrative power over the Criminal Investigation Agency, the body which investigates crimes on a national level, and coordinates the actions of local law enforcement. The Department of Justice is headed by an executive, who, along with the thirteen High Judges of the High Court of Justice, reports to the Speaker of the Law.

College of Attorneys General

The College of Attorneys General is a body of various legal professionals assembled to advise the Department of Justice on legal matters. The College is presided over by the Judicial Oversight Council, a fourteen-member body composed of thirteen Attorneys General, one appointed by the respective State Offices inside the Department of Justice and one appointed by the Secretary of Justice to advise at the federal level. The rest of the College is comprised of appointees from various offices within the Department of Justice. The College, besides advising the Department of Justice, is responsible for nominating High Judges for the High Court of Justice when a seat is vacated. The nomination must by approved by the Allied Diet.

State Government

The State Governments make decisions regarding the local governance of the municipalities which they control. The State Governments must answer to the National Government, and they cannot make laws that violate those of the National Government. There are thirteen State Governments, analogous to the thirteen historical states of the Kereptecean Peninsula.

The structure of the State Governments are rather dissimilar to that of the National Government. The powers of government are divided in a manner more closely related to the traditional division of government, with the State Legislative, State Executive, and State Judicial Divisions, respectively.

State Legislative Division

The Legislative Divisions of the various State Government are rather similar to the National Division of the National Government, merely lacking the executive power of the National Government. The State Legislative Divisions are comprised of the various State Diets, a gathering of elected representatives of the Municipalities within the state. The State Diets are presided over by the Presidents of the State Diets, each serving to oversee the daily running of the State Diet as well as to represent the Diet at the Congress of Presidents, itself presided over by the President of the National Diet. State Diets have the power to make and pass legislation that has power within the State they represent, though that legislation may not contradict National Laws.

Congress of Presidents

The Congress of Presidents is a body composed of fourteen members, the thirteen Presidents of the State Diets and the President of the National Diet. The purpose of the Congress of Presidents is to represent the interests of the legislative executives as a whole, as well as to ratify the appointment of the Presidents of both the State Diets and the National Diet. The Congress of Presidents also maintains and codifies the Dietary procedure.

State Judicial Division

The Judicial Divisions of the various State Governments are essentially scaled-down versions of the National Judicial Division, though they lack individual Departments of Justice. The highest court in the State Judicial Divisions are the State High Courts, which serve the purpose of the High Court of Justice inside the state in question. Decisions from the High Courts may be appealed into the National court system however.

State Executive Division

Municipal Government

Politics

Politics in New Kereptica is almost entirely centered around the election of officials to either the executive or legislative bodies of the national or state governments, as the Judicial branch does not, as a general rule, elect its members. Elections in New Kereptica are a somewhat complicated matter, utilizing the Schulze-Condorcet method for single-winner elections and the Schulze-STV (single transferable vote) method for multiple-winner elections.

Single-Winner Elections

Single-winner elections in New Kereptica include all those for executive positions, such as the members of the Executive Council, State Presidents, and Mayors. Voters are presented with a ballot listing the names of candidates who have registered with the Office of Elections, and are asked to rank them according to preference. As per the Schulze-Condorcet method, voters may rank multiple candidates at the same level, and they may leave candidates' ranks blank if they wish. It is assumed that multiple candidates ranked at the same level are held in no preference by the voter, and that non-ranked candidates are all equally-low in preference. Ballots that appear to be not completed correctly are triple-checked, and discarded if the prove to be incorrectly completed. Using the correctly-completed ballots, the Office of Elections uses the Schuze-Condorcet method to determine the winner of the election according to popular preference.

Multiple-Winner Elections

Multiple-winner elections cover bodies composed of multiple elected seats, including National and State Diets and Municipal Councils. Multiple-winner elections are carried out in much the same manner as single-winner elections, both utilizing the Condorcet method for the respective types of elections as modified by Schulze. In multiple-winner elections however, it is parties that are voted for, not individual candidates. The parties must register with the Office of Elections in order to participate, and the must provide a party leader, who chose the people to fill whatever seats the party may win in the election in question. After the election is conducted, a number of seats proportional to the number of votes won is assigned to each party, and the party leader appoints people to fill those seats. This system is designed to promote plurality in elected bodies.

Method of Voting

The Office of Elections uses a standard procedure to conduct elections throughout the entirety of the Allied States. The Standard Voting Machine, produced by Vetrodyne Voting Systems, is electronic in the collection of votes, but leaves a paper trail. In order to cast a vote, the voter must select whatever options are applicable on the touch-screen terminal of the machine. When the electronic vote is preliminarily finalized, the voter touches a button and the paper ballot is printed. The voter may not actually touch the ballot (it is behind a transparent pane, to prevent tampering) but the ballot must either be accepted or rejected by the voter. If the voter accepts the ballot, it re-enters the machine, the barcode detailing the specifics of the vote is scanned, and the electronic vote is cast. The paper ballot then enters a secured chamber to be collected by the Office of Elections to check the electronic results. If the voter rejects the ballot, the ballot is shredded and recycled and the voting process starts anew.

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