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|population_census = 158,905,010
|population_census_year = 2015
|GDP_nominal = ♅2,587,346,764,800
|GDP_nominal_year = 2017
|GDP_nominal_per_capita = ♅
|currency = Kirib
|iso3166code = SST
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'''South Staynes''' is a moderately large country within the [[UnitedGreat KingdomMorstaybishlia]]. It exists in central [[Aurora]], and is best known by its hillyluscious lifestyledeciduous forests, the [[Zycannes]] and chillycold, jagged coastline,. It has a rough population of about 160 million. Around 6,000,000 people live in the municipality of Labius. It neighbours are [[Staynes]], [[Axdel]], which it shares the largest border with, [[MMH]], and [[Ethalria]]. The Isle of RekEskomia, which is one of the oldest settled islands in Aurora, neighbours [[Tuvaltastan]], [[Imperial FandomNilovia]] & [[Nation/Dragonia|Dragonia]].
South Staynes declared independence as a sovereign state from [[StaynesMBE|Morstaybishlia]] on the 6th of June, 1975, when Staynesthe country became too economically and militarily weak to control the region. In 1977, the country signed a political union with the United Kingdom of Staynes and Caltharus to form the United Kingdom of Great Morstaybishlia.
Within independence from StaynesMorstaybishlia and the Acts of Union 1977, whilst a completely independent nation from StaynesMorstaybishlia, still bore the same head of state, [[Galfridus]]. This was afterpurely Galfridus lost absolute power, and so filled thea constitutional role.
==PovertyIncome crisisinequality==
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[[category:Aurora]]
[[Category:Morstaybishlia]]
The area now known as South Staynes has seen the most border change on Aurora. It has been under the control of the Kormistazmic Empire, the Tuke Empire, Kingdom of Sztahynz, Kingdom of Staynnica, Kingdom of Staynes, the Ethalrian Empire, the Xagrurgian Empire, several lesser known kingdoms, thousands of microstates, cities and kingdoms and the Morstaybishlian Empire.
South Staynes gained independence from Staynes, a country within the United Kingdom of Morstaybishlia in 1975 at the end of the Auroran Imperial War. In 1997, they gained member status and integrated their legislature with the United Kingdom.
==Government==
South Staynes has a [[wikipedia:Parliamentary system|parliamentary government]] based on ancient [[Staynes|Staynish]] tradition, with a few implications. The higher three houses in the South Staynish Parliament meets in Senate Building whilst the lowest house is represented by elected representatives from each parish and meet in individual buildings of high status in each of the South Staynish states. The parliament system is ranked as one of the most complicated in [[Urth]], with four houses: an elected Parish House which serves under an elected State House, which feeds into the elected Lords House that is underneath the appointed Senate House. All bills are given [[wikipedia:Royal assent|Royal assent]] before becoming law.
South Staynes holds a general election every 6 years unless under certain conditions. South Staynes uses the [[wikipedia:First-pass-the-post voting|first-past-the-post]] voting system. South Staynes held its first election in 1975, a week after their independence from [[Staynes]] during the end of the [[The Auroran Imperial War|Auroran Imperial War]]. The number of seats obtained by a party is represented by the percentage of votes they receive. There is a total of 490 seats in the Senate House, so if a party receives a 20% voter turnout, they will have 98 seats. The party with the most seats can elect a Prime Minister, although in a parties campaign they would most likely have already elected an individual.
There are around 12 parties in South Staynes that each have over 15,000 members, of which 4 have seats in the Senate House. The '''SS Conservative Party''' won 53.03% of the seats in the 2011 general election, whilst the '''SS Communist Party''' won 30.13% and the '''SS Labour Party''' won 10.13%. The other percentage is narrowly divided by the other parties. Only two parties have ever won the election.
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