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| Post #1 Sep 13 2012, 11:48 AM | Svunbrink |
![]() Official name: Royal Federation of Svunbrink Conventional Name: Svunbrink Government Type: Constitutional Monarchy with Parliamentary Democracy Population: 16,221,830 Demonym: Svunish Head of State: Emperor/Empress Current Head of State: Her Majesty Annika Molenaar I Head of Government: Viceroy Current Head of Government: Johann Gauk Administrative Model: Federation Administrative Divisions: Regency Capital:Øslo National Colours: Blue,Green and White National Flower: Linnaea National Animal: Lion Edited by Svunbrink, Oct 8 2012, 01:14 PM.
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| Post #2 Sep 13 2012, 02:01 PM | Svunbrink |
The Government ![]() The Monarchy: The monarchy even in this day and age still holds significant influence in the Svunish political discourse and landscape. The Monarch is a hereditary position. The Emperor or Empress signs laws into effect, and can veto laws. The Emperor/Empress is also the speaker of the legislature, and holds the reserve power to appoint Crown Court Justices as well as fire Viceroy’s government and dissolve the legislature. Executive: The head of the executive branch is known as the Viceroy, who is responsible for appointing members of his/her, government, and is elected via popular vote of general elections, the term limit is 5 years, term limits however do not apply. The Viceroy acts as the Emperor/Empress’ top policy advisor and the people’s representative to the Monarch. The Viceroy through his or her cabinet colleagues is responsible for the day to day administration of the country via government departments. The Viceroy and his or her cabinet can also introduce and draft bills into the legislature. Legislature: The legislature is known as the Kongelig Montasje (Royal Assembly), which operates on a unicameral basis. Members of the Kongelig Montasje are elected via popular vote of their constituents, 5 years is the duration of a term, term limits however do apply and the maximum a person can be in office of a Kongelig Montasje seat is 3 terms which equates to 15 years. The Legislature has the power to declare war and peace, make laws, and has the power of the purse. The Judiciary: The highest court on the national level is known as the Kron Rett (Crown Court). The Court has 7 Crown Court Justices, all appointed by the Emperor/Empress, for life until the retirement age of 65. The court is the final court of appeal, the mediator between different governments, and hears federal cases. The court also has the power of judicial review and can nullify any piece of legislative statue that clashes with the constitution or recommend changes to another law that may conflict with another. Legal System: Inquisitorial System based on the Swiss Civil code. Edited by Svunbrink, Sep 17 2012, 01:40 AM.
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| Post #3 Sep 15 2012, 12:20 AM | Svunbrink |
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Economy Statistics Economic Model: Mixed Economy (Based on the Nordic Model) Currency Unit: Krøna (K) Exchange Rate: (K)1= $0.15/$1 = (K)6.55 Avg Income Salary: $49,924.03 Population: 16,221,830 GDP per Capita: $36,957.05 GDP per Capita (PPP):$32,679.27 GDP Total: $599,510,982,401.5 GDP Total (PPP): $530,117,562,424.1 Labour Force By Occupation: Agriculture (2.4%), Industry (29.7%), Services (67,8%) Income Taxes: 33% (Flat Taxes) Gini Coefficiant: 0.23 Budget Allocation: $267,253,351,503.6 •Telecommunications Infrastructure: $1,069,013,460.14 (4%) •Transport Infrastructure: $26,725,335,150.36 (10%) •Education: $40,088,002,725.54 (15%) •Healthcare: $29,397,868,665.39 (11%) •Social Services: $53,450,670,300.72 (20%) •Industry Subsidies: $1,069,013,460.14 (4%) •Law Enforcement: $40,088,002,725.54 (15%) •Defence: $40,088,002,725.54 (15%) •Residual Overhead: $1,069,013,460.14 (4%) Exporting Goods Primary Economy: Coal, Steel, Copper, Agricultural Food Stuffs. Secondary Economy: Automobiles, Telecommunications, Textiles & Fashion Apparel, Pharmaceuticals & Medical Equipment, Pulp and Paper Products, Industrial Chemicals. Tertiary Economy: Public Health Services, Civil Engineering, Banking and Financial Services, Retail, Hospitality & Tourism, Education. Economic History: The Svunish economic model for many years has been run over the principle known as Folks Trøst (People’s Comfort). What this means is that both government and businesses have the collective responsibility to ensure the basic wellbeing of the people and the state, thus the overall egalitarian economic nature of Svunbrink ensures that everyone should have the right to basic welfare, healthcare, education and all the economic opportunities on an equal basis. •The overall model has distinctive characteristics. •An elaborate and highly thorough social safety net, with an emphasis on social services •Publicly funded pension and retirement schemes •Tax funded single payer universal healthcare •Strong labour rights and high participation of labour unions •Equal pay for equal work among the sexes •Tax funded education which waives tuition fees until the person has a job which can be payed when pegged to the individuals salary •Flat Taxes across the board which insures that everyone regardless of their income bracket pay their fair share to the state to pay off the government expenditure for social services and safety net programs. Edited by Svunbrink, Oct 23 2012, 09:14 AM.
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| Post #4 Sep 16 2012, 08:46 AM | Svunbrink |
The Royal Family![]() Name: Annika Molenaar (Empress Annika Molenaar I) Position: Empress of the Royal Federation of Svunbrink Age: 54 Bio: Empress Annika Molenaar is the first Empress of the Molenaar Dynasty, she ascended to the throne over 15 years ago, after the previous Emperor died, he left the country without an heir, she was Viceroy at the time and became the first elected Monarch in over 200 years after a nationwide referendum.She is a warm, compassionate and maternal woman, with soft spoken and very refined and polished voice. She comes off as very approachable to the common citizen, this is probably due to the fact that she grew u from a poor to middle class family, which explains her economic policies mostly focused towards advancing social mobility by funding education and social safety net reform. ![]() Name: Hideki Marimoto Position: Emperor-Regent (Spouse of the Emperor/Empress) Age: 56 Bio: Hideki Marimoto met Annika in graduate business school. He however is a self-made businessman with a small boutique accounting firm known as Miarimoto & Company, while Annika was earning her political and law degrees Hideki was earning his Accounting and MBA. He’s family immigrated to Svunbrink during outbreak the Nihon civil war in 1972 when he was 14. He is a very calm and kind man, who speaks very good Svunish with a very slight Nihonese accent. ![]() Name: Kenichi Molenaar Position: Prince of Royal Federation of Svunbrink and Duke of Kristianja Age: 30 Bio: Kenichi is Annika and Hideki’s first child. Born and raised as a commoner the North Imperian and Hang mixed race child actually made friends quite easily. He always wanted to succeed his father’s business as he considers himself a businessman rather than a politician or royal, thus even though he is the eldest child, he left the hair to the throne in the hands of his younger sister Mina. He has visited his ancestral homeland of Nihon a few times and has grown quite fond of his ancestral country. His mother Annika frequently reminds him that he in many ways is just like his father. ![]() Name: Mina Molenaar Position: Princess of the Royal Federation of Svunbrink and Duchess of Bjadenburg Age: 26 Bio: Mina is the second and last child of Annika and Hideki. She was when both Annika and Hideki got their careers together and in motion. Thus she doesn’t remember the earlier struggles of her parents like Kenichi would. She like her mother studied law, however she did it at the prestigious Karlveistad University. She is very jovial and still a bit of a university party girl, however still knows her responsibility of the heir to her mother’s throne, thus she knows when to be serious when she needs to be, however still approachable, she is currently an associate at Falkma and Associates. ![]() Name: Jennifer Molenaar Position: Duchess of Tøburgh Regency Age: 54 Bio: Jannifer is Annika’s non-identical twin sister, and became the Duchess of the Tøburgh Regency the same year her sister ascended to the throne. She like her se two is in government, in public she the Duchess of a Regency, away from the eyes of general public however she is the Director of the Kontor av Angir Sikkerhet (KAS: Office of state Security). One wouldn't know it by the look of her but she has an extensive military and espionage record, she has worked in black ops, and lead some sleeper cells in foreign nations, however can appear to be the most plane and kind woman like her sister, however she doesn't like to talk about or mention her work. ![]() Name: Olivia Molenaar Position: Heir to her mother’s position as Duchess of Tøburgh Age: 24 Bio: Olivia Molenaar is the only child of Jennifer. Jennifer had her when she was 30 to a Calderan spy, whom she hasn’t seen since at the same year she just started out her career in intelligence, thus she never really had a normal childhood, always travelling with her mother due to the fact that Jennifer was a single parent, never got to make any real friends. Thus she never really made friends easily because her mum and her where always on the move, and thus she was home-schooled mostly, until the age of 18 when she finally went to university and made some roots of her own in Caldera. Jennifer visits her frequently at least every holiday and is currently in grad school earning her Masters of Accounting and wishes to live a normal life. Edited by Svunbrink, Sep 27 2012, 12:12 PM.
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| Post #5 Sep 27 2012, 07:11 AM | Svunbrink |
Left Wing Parties![]() Svunish Social Democrats (SSD): The Svunsih Social democrats are thepremier and leading left wing political party within the Kongelig Montasje (Royal Assembly). They are credited for being the forerunners of the ‘Svunish Welfare Economy’ with the provision of universal healthcare, free tax funded education, and emphasise for a strong and stable social safety net. In terms of Social policy they are liberal and progressive and believe that government has no place in anyone’s private life, thus they are advocates for equal status for gay marriage, abortion and strong emphasise on the importance of a secular state, and do not believe that services provided by the state that provide and protect the individuals welfare and financial well being should ever be privatised. ![]() Svunish Liberal Party (SLS): The Svunish Liberal Party is said to be the ‘little sister party’ of the Svunish Social Democrats. The Svunsih Liberal Party has the same social policies as the SSD, but economically they wish to grant more choices and options of how the people wishes to be covered in terms of healthcare, as they wish to make public healthcare and option in terms of private or public, and also the options to pay off the services which are otherwise covered through taxes, for those who can afford to pay off said service, such as education and healthcare or paying directly into pension funds with private providers. The Liberals do not wish to eliminate these services, but want to open them to more providers with the private sector with options rather than just one monopolistic state provider. ![]() The Green Party (GS): The Green Party is like the other two socially liberal and progressive, however they differ in terms of whom occupies the political party. The people whom occupy the Green Party are mostly technocrats and professionals rather than actual politicians, i.e. accountants, teachers, engineers, doctors and scientists. They are said to be the party of education and science, with their economic policies cantered towards advancing social mobility by funding education and vocational apprenticeship programs, with the help of the social safety net policies of the SSD for protecting the workers from unemployment. They also offer the most public funding to university scientific research projects and innovations. Right Wing Parties ![]() Svunish Conservative Party (SKS): The Svunsih Conservative Party is the premier and leading right wing party in Svunbrink which was founded in the same year of their social democratic rivals. They believe that the social safety net is too bloated, and wishes spending cuts in that area, by placing specific budgetary grants within communities that need the most help, rather than blanketly throwing money at it, as they see the social democrats doing. They are socially moderate, as they are against abortion unless the woman’s life is medically in danger, they support the recognition of same sex civil unions, but believe that the issue of same sex marriage should be an issue for the church to decide and not the state, they also wish to assign more economic authority to the individual authorities of the Regencies so they can better allocate funds to tailer to their needs, and to further cut costs to the federal budget, as well as employing more stringent immigration policies. ![]() Christian Democratic Alliance (KDA): The Christian Democratic Alliance are the SKS’s little sister right wing party within the Kongelig Montasje (Royal Assembly). The Christian Democratic Alliance contrary to it’s name welcomes all people of religious and philosophical creeds for membership. Their social views are more conservative, as they are avidly against euthanasia, they believe that the issue of same sex marriage and gay clergy is strictly the business of the church, and believe that abortion while it should not be outlawed should be practised as little as possible and only if the woman’s life is in medical danger. They are also sceptical about deregulating laws concerning biotechnology in fear of unethical and malevolent usage. However economically they are much like the social democrats, as they believe in a stable social safety net, taking care of the very young and elderly in addition to offering most to charity to shelter the homeless, the poor and the most vulnerable in Svunish society, as a means of following Christian teachings of caring for those who need the most help. ![]() The Centrist Coalition (SK): The Centrist Coalition is usually the seen as the voice of moderation and reason. They usually do not publically give opinions of social policy as they wish for societal change to be dictated by natural change and not public discourse of the political landscape as they to extent see that as social conditioning from both sides of the spectrum. Economically they borrow policies from both majour political parties of both the left and right, they wish for a social safety net to be determined by the individual regencies and that the Royal Government to act as last resort to regent budgetary concern. They are also the ones who introduced the flat tax system in Svunbrink on the basis of everyone paying their fare share to the state regardless of financial status.
Edited by Svunbrink, Oct 8 2012, 01:19 PM.
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