Phoenixia

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State of Phoenixia
Flag Phoenixia coat of arms Coat of arms
Motto: "Diplomacy and Development"
Anthem: Brothers
Location of Phoenixia
Location	Located in Northern Arcturia and Yesteria Minor (nation in green)
Capital and largest city	Phoenixia Ville
Official languages	Packlivian and Asendavian
Ethnic groups (2022)	Human
Demonym(s)	Phoenixian , Phoenixians
Government	Presidential Republic
• President of the Phoexian Republic	Carlo Cox Andrew
Legislature	Congress
Establishment
• Unification	1010
• Republic	1420
Area
• Total	1,043,370 km2 (402,850 sq mi)
Population
• 2022 census	50,000,000
GDP (nominal)	estimate
• Total	500 billion
• Per capita	$10,000
Currency	Poexar (Poex)
Calling code	+177
Internet TLD	.Phx

The state of Phoenixia, known as Phoenixia, is a country located in the northern part of Arturia and Yesteria Minor. A unitary presidential republic with Phoenixia Ville as its capital and largest city. The country covers a total area of 1,043,370 km2 (402,850 sq mi) and shares land borders with Vistaraland, Stelvania and Alksearia. It’s surrounded by the Concordian Ocean to the west and the Mar Optio to the east. With a population of 50 million, Phoenixia is a highly urbanized country.

institutions

The Phoenician political system is composed of an executive power, exercised by the president of the republic and the goverment, a legislative power , which is exercised by the Congress and a judicial power exercised by the Supreme court and the Constitutional Court. The government is made up of the Premier and the ministers. The government can be dismissed by Congress on a motion of no confidence; this guarantees that the Government, proposed by the President of the Republic, is always supported by the majority of the Congress.

President of the Republic

The President is the highest office in the state and holds executive power. Appoint the Prime Minister and the government, which require congressional approval; he is commander of the armed forces and president of the superior council of national defense; negotiates and ratifies international treaties; takes the initiative on the revision of the Constitution on the proposal of the Prime Minister; appoints one third of the judges of the constitutional court. The President is elected in free double-round universal suffrage elections for a 6-year term, and can be elected for a maximum of 2 terms. The current President is Carlo Cox Andrew, in office since July 22, 2017 following the early elections caused by the resignation of his predecessor.

Prime minister

The Prime Minister, colloquially referred to as "Premier", is the head of the government of Phoenixia and chairs the council of ministers. According to the provisions of the Constitution, the President of the Republic appoints the prime minister and the ministers proposed by the latter. Fourteen days after his appointment, the Prime Minister must present a program outlining the government's agenda in Congress, requiring a vote of confidence.

He or she directs the general policy and is responsible for it, maintains the unity of political and administrative direction, promotes and coordinates the activity of the Ministers. The first woman to hold the office of Prime Minister in Phoenixia was Meg Orswald Griffen (1980 - 1986).

The current Prime Minister is Francesco Alfred, who has been in office since January 22, 2018.

Ministers

They are appointed by the President of the Republic, on the proposal of the Prime Minister and are individually responsible for the acts adopted by the departments entrusted to them and, collectively, of the resolutions of the Council of Ministers.

Each Minister can be assisted by several undersecretaries who receive specific proxies from him for the exercise of their functions.. The function of political direction is up to the Ministers, that is, the definition of objectives and the programs to be implemented and a control function on the compliance of the results of the administrative management with the general directives imparted. The current ministries are 16.

Congress

Legislative power is exercised by Congress, which was established in 1354 and is one of the oldest continuous legislatures in the world; It meets in the capital, in Phoenixia ville. It has the task of approving and repealing laws, amending the constitution and ratifying international treaties. It gives and revokes the confidence of the Government, appoints the elected members of the Constitutional Court, the Court of Cassatiion, and other public officials.

The Congress is made up of 320 members elected by universal suffrage by citizens who have reached the age of 18. The electoral system is the proportional one. Parties that have obtained at least 4% of the votes enter parliament. The Congress has a president, two vice-presidents and a general secretary; Is divided into 20 permanent commissions and 14 special commissions.

Congress sessions are usually open to the public, but congress can vote to meet privately at any time. The works are also broadcast on Parliament TV, Phoenixia Network and Congress Today. 

Judiciary

At the apex of the country's judicial system there is the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court which is the guarantor of the constitutional charter. It is made up of fifteen members, appointed by the President of the Republic with the consent of the Congress. Constitutional judges remain in office for ten non-renewable years.

Attorney General of the Republic

The Attorney General of the Republic is in charge of the judicial organization of the government and carries out administrative functions relating to civil and criminal jurisdiction, attributed to it by the Constitution, the Laws, and the regulations in matters of justice. The current attorney in office is Michael Nick.

Court of cassation

The Court of Cassation is the supreme body of Italian jurisdiction and judge of last resort, with the task of ensuring the uniform interpretation and application of the law, compliance with the limits of the various jurisdictions, the regulation of conflicts of jurisdiction and attribution between the various judges. The court is divided into six sections, They generally work individually but meet to discuss serious legal violations, the election of the president or the inauguration of the judicial year.

The current Court of cassation president in office is Louis Eddie

State Council

Maximum legal-administrative consultancy body and the protection of justice in public administration, its independence is guaranteed by the Constitution. The president of the court is appointed by the president of the republic on the proposal of the premier, his mandate lasts 6 years. From 2020 the president is Leopold Wallis.

Constitutional Court

The Constitutional Court is the main guarantor of the republican constitution. It can declare unconstitutional laws or enforcement actions taken at any level of government , nullifying the law and setting a precedent for future laws and decisions. Its jurisdiction is not limited to a particular judicial matter but extends to the whole national territory.

It is made up of 9 judges, whose election is up to various bodies: 3 are chosen by the Parliament, 3 by the President of the Republic and 3 by the main districts of the judiciary. Their mandate initially lasted 10 years, today reduced to eight. Among them the judges of the Court elect one of them President of the Constitutional Court, with coordination functions and a four-year mandate. The current Constitutional Court president in office is Nelson Jr Brown.

Administrative divisions

20regions and 2 districts

Panoramic

see Phoenixia's politics

The political scene is dominated by two main parties, the center-left Progressive Party and the center-right National Alliance Party (NAP). Smaller parties (but with a good following) are the Centrist Party (CP), The Liberal Bloc (LB) , the Patriotic Union (PU) and the Moderate Pole (MP).

The current President of the Republic is Carlo Cox Andrew (Independent), in office after the 2016 presidential elections. The current Prime Minister is Francesco Alfred (LB), who took office after his predecessor Anton Costa failed to gain the approval.

Political Parties

Parties

Name	Ideology	Congress	Government
Progressive Party	Progressivism	X	Coalition
X	X	X	Coalition
X	X	X	external support
X	X	X	opposition
X	X	X	opposition
X	X	X	opposition

Defense

The Ministry of Defense performs functions of coordination, planning and implementation of military policies and administration of the army, navy and air force; he is also responsible for the management and defense of land, space and maritime borders. It acts for the national defense of Phoenixia under the President of the Republic.

Society

Education

Education in Phoenixia is regulated by the Ministry of Education in different ways according to the legal form (public schools, private schools). Vocational training, including vocational institutes, on the other hand depends on the regions. Compulsory schooling ends at the age of 16.

The Phoenixian education and training system is organized on the basis of the principles of subsidiarity and the autonomy of educational institutions. The State has exclusive legislative competence for the general rules on education and for the determination of essential levels of the services that must be guaranteed throughout the national territory. Furthermore, the State defines the fundamental principles that the Regions must respect in exercising their specific competences. The Regions have concurrent legislative power in the field of education and exclusive in the field of education and vocational training.

The Phoenix school system is structured in three cycles of education:

Primary education, lasting five years;

Secondary education, Divided between the secondary school attended for 3 years and the College for 5 years;

Higher education, which includes university and specialized training, such as masters and graduate school.

These cycles of education are flanked by the Kindergarten, a non-compulsory pre-school institution, characterized by play and coexistence with classmates and preparation for the first cycle of education.

Demographics

Economy

Phoenixia's economy underwent profound structural changes, which in the following centuries made it one of the major economic powers, thanks to a continuous process of economic growth that continue in the 21st century. During this phase, the primary sector has seen a progressive downsizing (agriculture, breeding and fishing) in favor of the industrial and tertiary sector; it was accompanied by profound changes in the socio-productive fabric, following massive migrations from the hinterland to coastal industrial areas. The industrialization phase came to an end in the seventies and the tertiarization of the economy is underway, with the development of banking, insurance, commercial, financial and communication services.

The Ministry of the Treasury plays an important role in the Phoenixian Economy, It controls the state budgets, Tax revenues, financial assets and monopolies, oversees financial policy, monopolies and customs, plan State investments and the disbursement of funds and subsidies.

The tertiary sector as a whole is the largest in Phoenixia, followed by the manufacturing, tech and construction while primary sectors are in decline. The only major primary industry standing growing is the fishing industry, fueled by the new techniques provided by economic growth mainly provided by the growing service, administrative and technological sector.

Phoenixia's official currency is Poexar (¶), printed by the Phoenixian Central Bank, which is headquartered in the Capital.