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Constitutional Monarchy of Denev-Kaitos



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Motto: "Fiat Lux"



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Population: 22,990,640


Capital:


Official Language: Kaitoic


Official Religion: Roman Catholicism


National Adjective: Denev-Kaitoic


Demonym: Denev-Kaitote


Government: Constitutional monarchy
- King: Isidor IV
- President: Arelik Zallitas
- Lord Justiciar: M.V. Perabos


Legislature: Congress


Establishment:
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GDP (nominal): $0.00
GDP (nominal) per capita: $0.00


HDI (2040): 0.924 very high


Currency: Kaitone (ϰ)


Time Zone: Denev-Kaitoic Unified Time


Drives on the: right


Calling code: +76


Internet TLD: .dks

Denev-Kaitos

Denev-Kaitos is a constitutional monarchy and island nation located in the Opal Sea.

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History
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An island nation, Denev-Kaitos was first populated by humans during the Bronze Age. Although a complete knowledge of these first settlers is lost to history, they are widely believed to be the direct ancestors of the native Kaitotes.

In 1427, the seafaring Denevan people made contact with Kaitos.

Government
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Denev-Kaitos is a constitutional monarchy.

The official title of the Denev-Kaitoic monarch is "King [or Queen] of the Denevans and Kaitotes", and succession to the Denev-Kaitoic throne is by absolute primogeniture within the House of Xadravan. The Monarch is the sovereign and highest constitutional authority in the country, though in practice almost all of the Monarch's powers are either delegated to or exercised on the advice of Congress or the Presidential administration. Nonetheless, there are some narrow areas wherein the Monarch possesses a non-trivial degree of independence. These include certain functions where the Monarch's lack of partisan alignment is considered an asset, such as in the appointment of judges (candidates for judgeships are nominated by Congress and the Cabinet and Congress sets the laws determining eligibility for judicial posts, but the Monarch is free to select appointees from among the list of nominees according to his or her own judgement).

Most actual executive power is in the hands of the President of the Government, who is formally appointed by the Monarch every four years "on the advice of the Citizenry". The "advice of the citizenry" is expressed as the result of a nationwide direct election using the alternative vote/instant-runoff vote system. Once nominated (elected) by the voters and appointed by the Monarch, the President may appoint a Cabinet, the members of which must be confirmed by both Congress and the Monarch. The President and Cabinet oversee the day-to-day administration of the country, the execution and enforcement of laws, and the operation of the military.

The legislature of Denev-Kaitos is a unicameral elected body known as Congress. Congressional elections are held every three years, with each province returning five Congressmen at-large by single transferable vote, and each county within each province returning a single Congressman by instant-runoff vote. Congress has the exclusive power to pass statutes, levy taxes, ratify treaties, and authorise spending.

Denev-Kaitos defies easy categorisation as a federal or unitary state, and is often described as "quasi-federal" by academics. Although there is a consensus among constitutional jurists that Denev-Kaitos is a single kingdom and is not composed or constituted by sub-national units, the provinces of Denev-Kaitos have constitutionally-enshrined rights and autonomy dating back to 16th century charters. This autonomy is regarded as belonging to the provinces by rights, and court cases have held that it cannot be abrogated by legislation. As such, the provinces are not quite federal units as in Canada or Australia, but are also not merely devolved regional governments as found in the UK or mainland China.

In the modern era, Denev-Kaitos has pursued a moderate and generally neutral foreign policy. As a regional middle power at best, Denev-Kaitos favours a multilateral approach to international and transnational issues, and strongly favours diplomatic solutions over the use of force. The Denev-Kaitoic government has always strongly supported organisations and institutions that facilitate international cooperation the peaceful resolution of conflicts. It is a member of the World Assembly and compliant with all WA resolutions. The nation's top foreign policy priorities are safeguarding and advancing its economic interests, contributing to collective and global security, and supporting a constructive agenda at the World Assembly and other international organisations.

Denev-Kaitos is a competitive multiparty democracy. There are currently nine political parties represented in Congress (along with 65 independents), and 16 additional parties represented in the provincial assemblies. In Congress, the majority caucus is usually led by one of two major parties: the United Democratic Party or the Constitutional Democratic Party. Both parties are broadly centrist, with pragmatic platforms that tend to shift from election cycle to election cycle. The UDP and CDP, along with the smaller New Democratic Party (NDP) are distinguished from the other "ideological parties" in Congress. These include the National Party (modern or social-liberal, with some social-democratic factions), the Christian Democratic Party (Christian-democratic), the Conservative Party (conservative), the Centre Party (agrarian), the Social Democratic & Labour Party (social-democratic, progressive), and the True Democratic Party (monarchist). In modern times, the balance of power between the UDP and CDP shifts every three elections at most. In order to win elections, both parties rely on their respective "diehard" bases who vote for one of the two parties based largely on habit or family tradition, and work hard to win undecided voters by appealing to particular voter blocs (such as labour unions or localities) and trying to present a better platform than the opposing party on specific issues. Majority control of Congress often depends on the two major parties' ability to broker coalition deals with the smaller ideological parties and bring independent Congressmen into their caucus.

Political culture in Denev-Kaitos is fairly moderate, with low polarisation. Studies have shown that a large share of the electorate have voted for the same party their entire lives, while a roughly equal share have never voted for the same party twice in a row.

Society

In terms of ethnic background, Denev-Kaitos is rather homogeneous, with 92% of the population belonging ethnic Denev-Kaitotes. Denev-Kaitotes are descended from the native Kaitote people who inhabited the country before 1420, and the Denevans who arrived from the Peppergrass Islands during the 15th century and subsequently immigrated in large numbers. Although the Denevan ascendancy and the native Kaitote majority retained separate social spheres and ethnic identities for the first century or so following the conquest, over time intermarriage and cross-assimilation effected the merger of the two into a single ethnic group, with any real distinction between Denevans and Kaitotes disappearing by the seventeenth century. In the process, Denevans adopted the Kaitote language as their mother tongue, many Kaitote agricultural practices and elements of material culture, and a ethno-national identity rooted in Kaitos rather than their original homeland; while Kaitotes adopted Denevan vocabulary into their language (see below), Denevan literary, artistic, and architectural traditions, a Denevan political and legal régime, and many Denevan social norms. Although Denev-Kaitotes are now considered a single people and see themselves as such, and almost everyone in the country (excepting recent immigrant populations) has a mix of Denevan and Kaitote ancestry, certain segments of Denev-Kaitoic society can be distinguished as noticeably "more Denevan" or "more Kaitote" than the population as a whole. Because the Denevan conquerors displaced and replaced the existing Kaitote élite, and because the new Denevan aristocracy have preferred to marry those of the same social rank over the centuries, the modern Denev-Kaitoic nobility remain primarily (though none entirely) of Denevan ancestry, with almost all bearing identifiably Denevan surnames. Xudson Island, an offshore island province that was the first part of Kaitos to come under Denevan rule and was governed and settled by Denevans for some time before their invasion of the mainland, has a strong local identity that draws heavily on its Denevan heritage. Xudson was one of the last places where the Denevan language survived in everyday use. Similarly, the mainland province of Torbos, which was the last stronghold of native Kaitote rule and saw comparatively little Denevan migration after its fall, has a strong local identity drawing on its Kaitote heritage.

The official and national language of Denev-Kaitos is Kaitoic. Spoken natively by over 95% of the population, Kaitoic is an ergative-absolutive language indigenous to Kaitos, with no known relatives elsewhere. The unrelated Denevan language was ascendant following the Denevan invasion, and was the official language of the unified kingdom from 1494 to 1682. Although spoken Denevan had fallen into decline by the 1630s and became extinct in 1753, written Denevan continued as the nation's literary language for quite some time. As a result, some 2/3 of modern Kaitoic vocabulary is either borrowed from Denevan or synthesised from Denevan roots.

Denev-Kaitos does not have a restrictive immigration policy, but due to its somewhat isolated position and comparatively slower economic growth and higher birthrate than other industrialised nations over the past sixty years, it has experienced net emigration rather than immigration. Though small, Denev-Kaitos' immigrant population is quite diverse, representing a unique cross-section of nationalities. The largest ethnic/national groups of immigrant origin in Denev-Kaitos are Greek, Thai, Tanzanian, Hmong, Rwandan, Afghan, Polish, and Filipino.

Denev-Kaitos is predominantly (85%) Roman Catholic, and Roman Catholicism is the official religion of the state, though religious freedom is upheld in both law and practice. Greek Orthodoxy, Sunni Islam, and Therevada Buddhism are the largest minority religions, and there are several independent Catholic groups. Rates of adherence to and participation in Catholicism have remained consistently high since the mid-20th century, tracking much closer to Latin American countries than to European Catholic ones. Writers on religious topics have often described public Catholicism in Denev-Kaitos as more "relaxed" or "liberal" than some other countries, though this has been disputed by many Denev-Kaitote Catholic commentators, who claim that Denev-Kaitos' more permissive political stance on issues such as same-sex marriage is more attributable to the country's moderate and non-confrontational culture than to a lack in religiosity. The Catholic Church is a leading provider of healthcare, education, and other social services in the country, and Catholic observances are an important fixture of community life.
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