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[[Category:Iboma]] [[Category:Nations]]
{{Infobox country|demonym=Ibomian|government_type=Unitary matriarchy, theocracy and parliamentary democracy under constitutional monarchy|GDP_PPP_year=2021|GDP_PPP=$ 2.052 trillion|GDP_nominal_per_capita=$18,000|GDP_nominal=$1.026 trillion|population_census=
The '''Queendom of Iboma''' ([[Ibomian]]: ''Lutendane la'Iboma'') or simply Iboma is an independent island nation off the coast of southwest [[Novaris]]. Clockwise, starting from the west, it is surrounded by [[Lapinumbia]], [[Tretrid]], [[Dvalheim]], [[Tiervan]] and Dvergerland. Spanning slightly over 300,000 square kilometres (slightly over 119,000 square miles), it consists of 5 islands, the largest, by far, is Ibomanengwa. Highly biologically diverse and volcanically active, it has stunning scenery and attracts substantial foreign tourism.
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== Politics ==
{{Main|Politics of Iboma}}
[[File:Queen Rutendo III of Iboma in Royal Regalia.
The politics of Iboma take place in the framework of a multiparty liberal representative democracy under an elected constitutional monarchy whereby the Queen of Iboma (''muTendo mw'Iboma'') is the head of state, nominal chief executive and commander in chief of the armed forces. The Queen makes laws together with the bicameral National Assembly (composed of the Council of Peers and the Council of the People) and most of the daily running of the country is delegated by convention and statute to the Council of Ministers with the chair, the Chancellor (''muKanziliri''), being the ''de facto'' head of government as the leader of the largest party of the National Assembly. The judicial functions of the Crown have been fully delegated to the judiciary, at the head of which is the Supreme Chamber of Justice.
When the Queen's reign ends due to death, abdication or declaration of permanent incapacity by the Council of State, the Council of State holds the Crown and exercises most royal prerogatives. It appoints a Regent to rule the country and summons the Council of Electors to choose a new Queen. Once a new Queen is named, she must take an Oath to uphold the laws of the land and status of the [[Akronist Church of Iboma]] and rule according to the tenents of [[Akronism]]. By convention a member of the House of Mujaji, usually the eldest daughter or closest female relative of the preceding Queen. She is then invested with the symbols of monarchical and spiritual officials and subsequently becomes the Queen.
She can then dissolve and reconstitute the Council of State as she sees fit. The Queen can remove Electors and appoint new ones from among the nobility and clergy of Iboma. Currently, the Council of Electors consists of the heads of the Houses of Nandi, Makeda, Asantwa, Ndzinga, Zwaditu and Mujaji who all hold the rank of Duchess and the top 5 ranked clerics of the Akronist Church of Iboma of which the Queen is the Supreme Guardian. In the early days of Iboma as a unified country, the Queenship rotated among the major houses, but with the ascension of Queen Mujaji II of the House of Mujaji as the head of the family that formerly ruled and maintained aristocratic titles with respect to the capital and largest city Komodu, the Queens have all come from the House of Mujaji since 1721 making Iboma a ''de facto'' matrilineal primogeniture and proximity of blood hereditary system.
The reigning Queen is Queen Rutendo III, of the House of Mujaji who ascended at the age of 64 in 1998 and is the eldest daughter of the preceding Queen Makadzi II who passed away at the age of 101 and her heir presumptive is her eldest daughter Princess Liyana, the Duchess of Nkurunza and her consort is Lady Mutunde, Countess of Ntshimirara.The Queen can appoint and dismiss members of the Council of Elders as she sees fit, however she can only appoint as the Chancellor the leader of the largest party in the Council of the People on whose advise she appointed the members of the Executive Committee of the Council of Elders, commonly known as the Council of Ministers whose members have been delegated authority over the daily running of the country and collective decision-making and responsibility over most executive functions of government. Each member is known as a State Councillor and heads a national executive department known as the State Office of which the most powerful are the State Offices of Justice and Police, Finance and Economics, Defence, Homeland Security and Home Affairs.
The incumbent Chancellor and Head of Her Majesty's Government is Rufaro ng'Asanda, the President of the Iboma National Congress (INC, ''lwuKhongolose lwaMhumolwohe lw'Iboma''), the largest party in the Council of the People. Isabela ng'Fumanda is the Leader of Her Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition as the Federal Leader of the Iboma Democratic Alliance (IDA, ''lwuZambararohe lwuDemokratiki lw'Iboma''), second largest party in the Council of the People. The INC, is a centre left organisation that has run the country for a period of 50 years while the IDA has run the country for 40 years and is a centre right party. The other major party is the People's Freedom Front (''lwuFronti lwalwuYumbura lwaBhantfu'') which has run the country in as a leading coalition member for a total of 15 years and is led by the Central Command Leader Mhumiya ng'Shambari. There are many other parties that comprise the Council of the People but due to the first-past-the-post system of single member constituencies where district boundaries are drawn by the Electoral Committee of the Council of the People which heavily weights the two or three biggest parties, districts hardly change the main party.
When a vacancy arises in the Supreme Chamber of Justice of Iboma (''lwuZiko lwiNtshunengete lwalwuDjumburisha lw'Iboma''), including for the position of the Chief Justice of Iboma, currently Nushamba nga Sumaya, the Chancellor can receive nominations from the Judicial Committee of the Council of the People and advise the Queen on which of the nominations to appoint. Supreme Chamber is the last body to which judicial decisions can be appealed and it only listens to appeals. Beneath lies the High Chamber of Justice which both listens to appeals and deals with issues beyond the jurisdiction of lesser judicial bodies and consists of divisions distributed throughout the country. Justice is dispensed in Queen's name by judges who ascend to their positions by meritocratic appointment.
== Military ==
{{Main|Ibomian Armed Forces}}
The Ibomian Armed Forces (''zwiMbutfo zwamwuTendo mw'Iboma'' or informally ''zwiMbutfo zwamwuTendo'', directly: the Forces of the Queen of Iboma) comprise the military of Iboma. They are responsible primarily for protecting the country from foreign military aggression. Their secondary roles include protecting national key points from violent aggression, humanitarian aid, search and rescue, disaster relief and emergency response, border security, and law enforcement support. The Queen is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces. This is a symbolic position because the Queen is required to follow the advice of the Chancellor regarding military matters including the declaration of war and making of peace. Thus, the civilian military control is exercised by the Chancellor and by extension the Council of Ministers and the State Councillor of Defence. The highest professional commander is General Shwimbara nga Hundini.
The Ibomian Armed Forces consist of the Royal Navy (''zwiMbutfo zwalwuNyondjera zwamwuTendo'', the Queen's Maritime Forces), Royal Air Force (''zwiMbutfo zwalwuHandwimba zwamwuTendo'', the Queen's Air Forces) and the Queen's Army (''zwiMbutfo zwalwuShintsa zwamwuTendo'', the Queen's Ground Forces).
The military has an annual budget of 51.3 billion SHD (5% of annual GDP and about 15% of the national budget). It has a total force strength of 2.1 million, about 1.6 million of whom are conscripted reservists, with 500,000 comprising the full-force. Men have only been allowed to serve since the 1990s and today only comprise less than 25% of the force. The nation imports military hardware largely from Novarian countries but also has a domestic arms manufacturing sector dominated by the state-owned Ibomian Arms Corporation.
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Ibomian society is matriarchal i.e. dominated by women. This manifests in its political system where most political leaders are women and in economic life where women earn, on average, higher wages than men and occupy most senior corporate roles. Stemming in part from the physically larger character of women, Akronism built the idea of male impurity and aggression into the social fabric and femaleness as its counterbalance. Nevertheless, this society eschews many of the social values and norms displayed by other societies.
In intimate relationships, Ibomians are polyamorous with four types of legal and social relationships exist that are often filled by different people, with women playing a dominant role in each. Child-raising relationships are geared towards assisting one another in raising and providing for a child. Sexual relationships are purely for mutual physical intimacy and pleasure. Birthing relationships, whereby a mate is chosen on the basis of phylogenetic traits to optimize the characteristics of the child. Living partnerships consist of people sharing resources and space – this is usually the most emotionally intimate relationship.
Ibomian society exhibits three key social values: excellence, integrity and freedom. This society values hard work, studious attention to detail and outstanding quality, unfortunately to the exhaustion and social stigma of some. It also values being honest, disciplined and true to one’s self. Above all else, it values freedom and encourages people to express their personalities. Coupled with the fluidity in sexual practices and gender norms, the majority of the population is not exclusively attracted to a single gender and people often form emotionally and physically intimate relationships with several partners. Social interactions call for respecting complex social hierarchies, kindness and courtesy, but may seem distance as people do not like small talk or talking with strangers.
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