Ni-Rao

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Empire of Ni-Rao
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Capital	Amao
Largest city	Krist
Official languages	Raonish
Ethnic groups (2020)	Feline 93% Elven 14% Other 3%
Demonym(s)	Raonite
Government	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
• Empress	Morau XII
• Prime Minister	Doran Imo
Legislature	Council of Five Hundred
Establishment
• State of Ni established	c. 800 BCE
• State of Rao established	c. 600 BCE
• Merger of the Crowns	c. 450 BCE
• Charter of Amao ratified	July 19th, 1791 AD
Area
• Total	599,237 km2 (231,367 sq mi)
Population
• 2020 census	45,074,215
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	$425,250,000,000
• Per capita	$9,450
Currency	New Tiskat (NRN)
Time zone	UTC -8
Driving side	right
Calling code	+454
Internet TLD	.nr

The August Empire of Ni-Rao, commonly known as Ni-Rao, is a constitutional monarchy located in northwestern Gondwana.

History

The two immediate predecessor states of Ni-Rao were the State of Ni, a city-state on the northwestern coast of Gondwana that dates to approximately 800 BC, and the State of Rao, which was originally located further inland and has been dated to approximately 600 BC. The primary population of both states were felines who are believed to have migrated to the coast from the interior of the continent. As the historical record indicates that the languages spoken in Ni and Rao were written in similar scripts with nearly identical grammar, it is believed that both groups of felines descend from the same population. Fragments of tablets found in Ni dated to 500 BCE show that the royal court of Ni was concerned at the time that "countrymen of Rao are almost indistinguishable from our own [citizens] and can commit crimes among us unnoticed."

Conflict between the two states was common, although not typically severe. Villages on the frontiers of both states often changed hands. In 450 BCE an event known as the "Merger of the Crowns" occurred and Ni and Rao were merged into a single state. However, the records written in each state both indicate that it was their own army that conquered the other state. As literacy and the ability to write were both restricted to a select class of scribes in both states, written records are scant, and it remains uncertain if the Merger was caused by one state conquering the other or by mutual consent.

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Government

The Sovereign

Ni-Rao is a constitutional monarchy. The current reigning sovereign is Empress Morau XII, who has been on the throne since 1964. The Empress is nominally the Head of State, but in actuality can act only on the advice of the Prime Minister. Unlike such monarchies as Acronis, the Empress has no reserve powers. Any action of the Empress must be countersigned by the relevant Minister, and it is the Ministers - not the sovereign - who are politically responsible for the actions of the state. However, under the law, it is the Empress who appoints the Prime Minister and members of the Cabinet, dissolves and summons the Council of Five Hundred, and is the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. The Empress is briefed regularly on matters of state and, while she holds no governing authority, she holds significant influence in the government.

Council of Five Hundred

The legislature of Ni-Rao has consisted of exactly 500 people for over a thousand years. Originally the Council was an advisory body summoned by the sovereign at will to provide advice, not to ratify laws. Over the course of time, it came to be that the Council's assent was required for the imposition of taxes and for permission in raising a standing army. However, these conventions were never entrenched law until the ratification of the Charter of Amao in 1791, which created the modern constitutional monarchy that Ni-Rao has today. Prior to the Charter, the sovereign tended to hold to these conventions primarily because of political pressure or even armed revolt from the populace.

Several different methods have been used to elect the Council over the course of time. Since 1999, members are elected in a closed-list proportional system, in which citizens cast a vote for a political party and parties are granted a number of seats in the council in accordance to their proportion of the vote. In order to be granted seats, a party must reach at least 4% of the national vote.