Montesayette
Montesayettean Commonwealth Communauté montesayette | |
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Motto: Ensemble vers un lendemain meilleur "Together towards a better tomorrow" | |
  Location of Montesayette (dark green) | |
| Capital and largest city | Nerfoy |
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| Demonym(s) | Montesayettean |
| Government | Federal presidential constitutional republic |
| Hervé Dufriche-Desgenettes | |
| Marielle Bettencourt | |
| Jean-Baptiste Brisbois | |
| Corbin Perreault | |
| Olivie Fabron | |
| Legislature | National Assembly |
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| Area | |
• Total | 1,743,230 km2 (673,060 sq mi) |
| Population | |
• 2017 census |  65,159,489 |
• Density | 39.53/km2 (102.4/sq mi) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2022 estimate |
• Total |  ₵1.72 trillion (13th) |
• Per capita | ₵26,380 (20th) |
| Gini (2022) |  25.11low |
| HDI (2022) |  0.709high |
| Currency | Montesayettean pound (MSP) |
| Time zone | AMT-1 |
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy (CE) |
| Mains electricity | 230 V–50 Hz |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +37 |
| ISO 3166 code | SY |
| Internet TLD | .sy |
Montesayette (Quebecshirite: 
/mɔ̃.tɛ.sɛt/), officially the Montesayettean Commonwealth (Quebecshirite: Communauté montesayette /kɔmy.nɔ.te mɔ̃.te.sɛt/), is a landlocked country located in Ecros. It shares borders with Terranihil to the south and west, Majocco to the north, and Quebecshire and Eleutherios to the east. The country is nominally a federation of nine provinces and one autonomous city, which is the capital and largest city of the country, Nerfoy, but in practice both its government and its economy are highly centralized. It has an estimated population of 65.15 million according to the 2017 census, of which roughly one-third live in the Greater Nerfoy Area, which includes Audrecelles and Hamicourt alongside the capital itself. Other major cities include Lavignole, Chenonceaux and Brumeville.
Under the 1991 constitution, Montesayette is a federal presidential constitutional republic with a bicameral legislature, the National Assembly. The country's head of state and head of government is the president, who is directly elected to a seven-year term, with no constitutional term limits in place. While the country is a multi-party democracy with free elections, the government under the Social Democratic Party (PSD) wields significant control and dominance over politics and society. The PSD has remained in power continuously since 1921, currently holding TBA out of TBA seats in the National Assembly following the 2023 Senate election. Montesayette is considered a middle power. It is a member of the Terraconserva Council of Nations, the Alliance of Central Ecrosian States, and the Eastern Ecros Free Trade Area.
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Government and politics
Montesayette is a federal presidential constitutional republic as outlined by the Constitution of the Montesayettean Commonwealth. According to L'Étoile Nerfoy, the Montesayettean Commonwealth is "a dominant-party state with the sheen of a progressive, modern state," ruled by the Social Democratic Party continuously since the end of the preceding socialist republic in 1921. Although Montesayette is nominally an "inclusive, socialism-oriented, democratic and secular federation that adheres to multi-party democracy," it has in practice maintained a system of guided democracy and highly centralized government since 1972, when the nation voted to end its decade-long period of federal parliamentary democracy. The current constitution, sometimes referred to as the Fifth Montesayettean Commonwealth, was adopted in 1991 with the aim to, according to the Dufour administration, "liberalize the nation while maintaining a strict regime of check and balance to avoid the mistakes of the Third Commonwealth," following a constituent assembly earlier the same year.
The Montesayettean national government is separated into three branches: executive, legislature and judiciary. The country's head of state, head of government and head of the Montesayettean Defense Forces in wartime is the president of Montesayette, who is directly elected to a seven-year term, with no constitutional term limits in place. The president can propose legislation to the National Assembly, declare a state of emergency or martial law, subject to the National Assembly's subsequent approval. The president also has veto power, subject to a two-thirds majority override by the National Assembly. However, the president does not have the power to dissolve the National Assembly. The president is also assisted in his or her duties by the Prime Minister of Montesayette, the Chief Cabinet Secretary, and his or her ministers, all of whom collectively form the State Council of Montesayette. The prime minister is the principal executive assistant to the president, with the president being the actual head of government, but not the prime minister.
Montesayette's legislative organ is the National Assembly, a bicameral federal legislature, composed of a Senate, and a House of Representatives. The former is made up of 50 senators, representing the nine provinces and one autonomous city of Montesayette at the federal level, and 10 co-opted senators. The House of Representatives consists of 150 members elected under an instant-runoff voting system to four-year terms. There is universal suffrage for adults over 18 years of age, with a secret ballot for all elected offices. At the federal level, Montesayette has been dominated by two relatively centrist parties since the 1991 constitution came into effect: the conservative Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the liberal Democratic Party (PD). The Social Democratic Party has been in power continuously since 1921, but since 1991 when Montesayette changed the election system for the legislature at both national and state level from the first-past-the-post voting system to an instant-runoff system, they have seen their authority challenged by the Democratic Party. Far-right and far-left politics have never been a prominent force in Montesayettean society.
Administrative divisions
Constitutionally, Montesayette is a federation of nine provinces: Audrecelles, Chemin vers la mer, Grand Ouest, Hamicourt, Hauteurs de Sayette, Nouvelle-Darbonnay, Pays de la Sandrine, Sud-Val de Sandrine, and Île-de-Fleurs. In addition to the nine provinces, the capital of Nerfoy is also part of the federation as an autonomous city which is not part of any province. In turn, these may be grouped into five main regions: Northern Montesayette, Western Montesayette, Southern Montesayette, and Eastern Montesayette. Although Montesayette is nominally a federation, it has operated in a framework similar to devolution since the 1972 constitution, whereby the powers of the subnational authority ultimately reside with the federal government. For example, before the 1972 framework, provinces had plenary legislative power to legislate on any subject. Since the 1972 framework went into effect, provincial governments are only permitted to legislate within the subject areas listed under section TBA, such as healthcare, education, and welfare. Moreover, Montesayette has experienced a progressive increase in centralization since 1972 because federal laws have taken precedence over state laws to the extent of inconsistency. Each province has its own unicameral legislature known as the Legislative Council. The head of government in each province is the First Minister. The federal government is represented in each province by a commissioner-general.
Foreign relations
Military
Montesayette allocates 1.4% of its total GDP to its defense budget in 2023. The country has also maintained compulsory conscription for all physically fit citizens between the ages of 18 and 25, regardless of gender, since 1921. However, the right to conscientious objection was recognized with the adoption of the 1972 constitution, which led the Constitutional Court to rule the Enlistment Act 1921 unconstitutional in the same year and ordered the government to accommodate civilian forms of military service for conscientious objectors. As of December 2023, the Montesayettean military has a reported personnel strength of 1,080,000, not including those who serve in the alternative civilian service.
The Montesayettean military consists of the Army, the Airborne Force, the Air and Space Force, and the National Maréchaussée. These components are supported by the Internal Troops, which operate under the Department of Internal Affairs during peacetime and integrate into the reserve components of the defense forces when mobilized for federal missions. After the Darbonnay putsch, there were strong distrusts among the public and politicians toward a standing army not under civilian control. This led to the inclusion of section TBA as part of the 1972 constitution, which severely restricts the military of Montesayette by abolishing the military as a permanent institution. It also limits appropriations to four years, gives financial control to the National Assembly instead of the President, and clarifies that the military will always be subject to civilian control. The overall leadership of the military is held by the head of the Montesayettean Defense Forces. During peacetime, this role is fulfilled by the Minister of Defense, but in times of a state of defense, responsibility is transferred to the President. The defense forces are organizationally part of the Department of Defense to ensure that the military operates under the authority of elected civilian leaders.
Law enforcement and crime
Law enforcement in Montesayette is provided by two national police forces: the National Police Agency and the National Maréchaussée. The National Police Agency is the central coordinating law enforcement agency of the Montesayettean police system. Therefore, it does not have any operational units of its own. Rather, it is responsible for supervising the nation's 10 provincial police departments and determining their general standards and policies, though it can command police agencies under it in national emergency or large-scale disasters. The National Police Agency is administered by the National Public Safety Commission, which reports directly to the State Council.
The National Maréchaussée is the national gendarmerie force of Montesayette, performing military and civilian police duties. It is one of the four branches of the Montesayettean Defense Forces. It has primary responsibilities for border patrol, riot control, close protection of high-ranking government officials, and policing small towns and rural areas as well as the armed forces and military installations, airport security and shipping ports. The National Maréchaussée is under the control of both the Department of Defense and the National Public Safety Commission as far as its civil duties are concerned.
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