THE UNITED REPUBLIC

OF NEW ALBURY

United for Liberty

INFORMATION OF SHORT NOTICE

THE REPUBLIC

Founded: 1934

Language: English

Capital: Sandford

Population: 88 590 i.h

Area: 115km2

Currency: the Angalicanian State Cupon

GEOGRAPHIC DIVISIONS

Provinces of the Republic

the High, Distinguished and Deeply Honored, Self-Governing Province in the Republic of Nightland (52 000 i.h)

the High, Distinguished and Deeply Honored, Self-Governing Province in the Republic of Bardon (20 000 i.h)

the High, Distinguished and Deeply Honored, Self-Governing Province in the Republic of Stenning (16 000 i.h)

Cities of the Republic

Sanford - Nightland (37 000 i.h)

Belmont - Nightland (10 000 i.h)

Westmoreland - Bardon (14 000 i.h)

Bannar - Stennning (10 000 i.h)

Wards of the City of Sanford

Ward of Ennerley

Ward of the Central Business District

Ward of Halford

Ward of Cairns

Ward of New Healey 

Ward of O'Philipps

Ward of Albridge

Ward of Warle

Ward of Midgeland

GOVERNMENT

The Political System

The United Republic of New Albury was created upon a federative idea where the three (3) provinces of the Republic should have vast powers of self-governance. The founding ideas was that the union Government should be very small and that the provinces instead should bear the responsibilities of legislation, jurisdiction, taxation and operation of public services.

However, since the Republic was created, there've been a lively and active debate regarding if a country so small as New Albury could get proper governance if the Provinces were responsible of managing them. This question is still today an hot topic who divides the political landscape.

Today, the Divison and Decentralisation of Power Act 2002/BA2 statues that the ''Union vest all responsibilities of legislation, law and foreign relations. The Provinces manages the executive services of the Public''. Therefore, the Provinces has operating responsibilities, rather than legislative. It concerns for example schools, hospitals, roads, housing, social care, employment services, training individual- and family assistance, culture, leisure and sports, youth centers and senior's services.

Furthermore than the Provinces, no local government exist. However, there is administrative divisions regarding census and elections but those doesn't have any responsibilities of elected officials. The Premier of Nightland have also the ceremonial title of being the Lord Mayor of Sanford. This is however just a ceremonial post but gives the Premier right to attend and participate in different international Mayor's Conferences, Local Government Organizations and other things like that.

The Provinces

The United Republic of New Albury consists of three (3) Provinces: Nightland, Bardon and Stenning. The provinces is governed through each Governing Council consisting of twenty-five (25) members in Nightland, fifteen (15) members in Bardon and eleven (11) members in Stenning. The members of the Council is elected at four (4) year terms, subsequent with the elections to the Union Parliament.

The Governing Council elects a Premier who's the head of the Province and vest all of the executive power of the Government. The Premiers of Nightland and Stenning (who is the biggest provinces) often appoints a Advisory Table heading the Executive, called Cabinet, who's members is the Secretaries of the Provincial Secretariats executing the operations and business of the provincial Government. In Bardon however, the Premier often just choses a deputy and shares the portfolio responsibilities of heading the responses of the Executive with it.

The President of the Union

The President of the Union is the head of State and the ceremonial head of the Republic. The President is exclusively a symbolic and ceremonial post representing the ''spirit, honor and statue of the Union'' and lacks almost any power at all. The President is elected by the two houses of Parliament in a Joint Sitting upon a seven (7) year mandate. The presidential candidate is nominated by the Prime Minister and the Parliament could either approve or dismiss the nomination. The President could according to the Constitution be elected once (1). 

In difference of many other Republics with a symbolic head of state, the President of New Albury isn't even the nominal chief executive. The Constitution instead explicitly vest all Executive power of the Union in the Cabinet of the Union and it's Ministers. The President isn't either the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and the external defence of the Republic is managed by the State of Angalicania and the Imperial Federation-Islands. The Constitution also declares that the commander of the Internal Security Forces should be the Minister responsible.

The President however endorses the credentials of foreign diplomats, issues pardons, ratifies treaties and agreements, declares state of- war, emergency or crisis, appoints Members of the Judiciary (such as Prosecutors or Judges), upon the Cabinet's nomination, could dissolve the Parliament or the Governing Councils of the Provinces  and promulgates laws and the Union budget decided by the Parliament. The President also appoints the Ministers of the Government and the Cabinet: at the nomination from the Prime Minister. In fact, reserve powers of the President should according to the Constitution be exercised upon the recommendation of the Cabinet and the Prime Minister.

The Constitution does additionally creates space for the Prime Minister to perform the reserve powers with the signature of with one (1) Member of the House of Representatives and one (1) Member of the House of the Union. By a Matter of Urgency and Importance, the Prime Minister could exercise all of this power through his loophole makes the President of the Union in practice, completely powerless.

In the Constitution, the President is called the High, Distinguished and Deeply Honored Rightfully Elected, Trusted and Empowered serving Head, Trustee, Servant and Representative of the Union with its People and provincial Counterparts overseeing its operations, protecting its people and preserving its Constitution.

The Parliament

The Parliament is the legislative body of the Union and vest all of the legislative power. The Parliament can draft laws, collect taxation and distribute revenue. The House of Representatives also appoints the Government and its Cabinet through the power of appointing the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister is usually the leader of the Parliamentary Formation collecting a majority of the Members in the House of Representatives.

The political system of New Albury wasn't created upon the inspiration of the Angalicanian or Eurosur model but rather the Westminster system. 

The Parliament consist of two Houses: the House of Representatives, consisting of sixtio-one (61) Members of Parliament (called MP:s) and the House of the Union consisting of seven (7) Members. The Parliament is de jure bicameral where the House of the Union is the upper-house and the House of Representatives the lower. The House of the Union is owe to represent the Provinces of the Union where the House of Representative represents the People. In practice however, almost every power of Parliament is vested and executed in the House of Representatives. 

Formally, bills can originate and must be approved by both Houses of Parliament, In practice however, bills usually originate from the House of Representatives. If the House of the Union overturns a decision of the House of Representatives, the House of Representatives could pass it again with the same, simple majority. The House of the Union is therefore rather the check of measures and decisions of Parliament. The House of the Union however cannot decide for bills regarding revenue, taxation or public accounts.

The Members of Parliament (sitting in the House of Representatives) is elected in single-member constituencies called Electoral Ridings in four (4) year terms. The division of the constituencies of the House of Representatives between the Provinces is based upon the population. Seats of the the House of the Union in the contrary, is fixed between the Provinces where every province should be represented by at least two (2) Members each. Members is appointed by the President of the Union upon the recommendation of the Prime Minister. The Members should be ''fine, distinguished and extraordinary citizens of the Union having performed outstanding and remarkable services of the Union''. The Members serves at lifetime. Where six (6) Members is fixed upon the provinces shares, the seventh (7) members is usually a Member of the Prime Ministers choice

In the Constitution, the House of Representatives is called the High, Distinguished and Deeply Honored Rightfully Elected, Trusted and Empowered serving Members representing the People of the Union in convention and sitting.

In the Constitution, the House of the Union is called the High, Distinguished and Deeply Honored Rightfully Elected, Trusted and Empowered serving Members representing the Union as a whole with its provincial Counterparts in convention and sitting.

The Government

The Government is the executive of the Union, responsible of the execution of the decisions of Parliament, daily operations, the proposal of bills and the budget as well as managing foreign relations. The Government is governed by the Cabinet; consisting of Ministers appointed by the President of the Republic upon the sole nomination of the Prime Minister. The Ministers serve upon the pleasure of the Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister usually appoints a larger ministry consisting of several junior Ministers, where only a few is a Member of the powerful and important Cabinet. The Cabinet meets at least once a week and is convened- and chaired by the Prime Minister, who's the head of government and the chief executive of the Union.

The Cabinet operates with the ''Cabinet Collective Agreement'' regime, which forces Ministers to abide with decisions taken by the Cabinet as a whole. The Cabinet has worked differently under different Prime Ministers. More authoritarian Prime Ministers has knowingly not called the Cabinet for session during long periods of time, instead using the powers of the Office of Prime Minister to govern the Union, only with the advice of different Ministers and Advisors. Other, more inclusive Prime Ministers has operated as ''first of equals'' and allowed the Cabinet to be included in every piece of Government operations and decisions.

The Judiciary

The judiciary of the Union follows civil, angalicanian law. The Republic has a three layer court-system: the District Courts (one in each Province), the Courts of Appeal (one for Nightland and one for Bardon and Stenning) and the Supreme Court of the Union. The District proceeds with all criminal, civil, commercial, environmental, law and fiscal matters going through the whole chain of the judiciary. Administrative matters and issues regarding law enforcement personnel goes directly to the Courts of Appeals with the possibility of appeal to the Supreme Court. Constitutional matters is managed by the Supreme Court.

The District Courts consist of five (5) judges each, the Appeal Courts and the Supreme Court of seven (7) judges each, In additionally, many employees such as clerks, secretaries and administrators is employed in the Judicial System. Because of competence and recruitment matters, many of the employees within the judiciary is Angalicanian citizens and inhabitants.

The prosecutorial system is managed through the Union Public Prosecution Service who is independent, but operates as a part of the Government with the Director of Public Prosecutions and First and Formal Prosecutor of the Union. The Government is represented in Court by the Solicitor-General and Presidential Solicitor. 

Relations to the State of Angalicania and the Imperial Federation-Islands

The Republic is not an member of the European Union or NATO, however it's a member of the European Internal Market and Customs Union and has other arrangements to enable smooth and frictionless trade, tourism and movement. An agreement is also made with the State of Angalicania who's responsible for the Armed Services, Intelligence Services and the External Defence of the Union.

Agreements is also done for monetary affairs whereby the Central Reserve Bank of the State of Angalicania is the currency and monetary authority of the Republic. Therefore the Angalicanian State Cupon is also the formal currency of the Republic.

POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE UNION

(TC) The Consistants

The Consistant Liberal and Progressive People's Provincial Party

Ideology: Conservatism, Market-Liberalism and Decentralism 

Constitutional Status: Carefully Positive to Submergence

(WP) The Worker's Party

The Worker's Socialist, Egalitarian Justice and Unionist Party

Ideology: Social Democracy, Third Way Policies, Democratic Socialism, Ecosocialism, Feminism and Centralism

Constitutional Status: Carefully Skeptical to Submergence 

(TN) The Nationalists

The National Alliance and Union of Democrats and Nationalists

Ideology: Social-Liberalism, Social Democracy and Liberal Feminism

Constitutional Status: Very Skeptical to Submergence 

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(FNA) Future New Albury

The Party for a Brighter Future for New Albury

Ideology: Submergence, Localism, Direct-Democracy, Decentralism, Globalism, EU-positivism, Liberalism

Constitutional Status: Very Positive to Submergence

(WF) White Nation

A White Nation of New Albury

Ideology: Right-Wing Extremism, White Supremacism, Anti-Immigration, Anti-Islam, National Conservatism

Constitutional Status: Very Skeptical to Submergence

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:

The Consistants - 39 seats 

The Worker's Party - 13 seats

The Nationalists - 7 seats

Future New Albury - 1 seat

White Nation - 1 seat