High Kingdoms of Alaxia

High Kingdoms of Alaxia altes reinados alaxianos
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Capital	Esperiy
Largest city	Inysta
Demonym	Alaxian
Membership	5 states Ahitereira Empherias Koresa Peryzium Kiavalar
Leaders
• King	King Albert I
• President	Viktoria Brandst
Legislature	Parliament
Establishment
• Death of Joana I	4 January 2447
• Empherias joined	1 December 2448
• Peryzium joined	15 December 2448
• First elections	11 November 2449
• Constitution ratified	7 October 2452
Area
• Total	11,284,037.04 km2 (4,356,791.06 sq mi) (4th)
Population
• 2500 estimate	615 419 932 (5th)
GDP (nominal)	2500 estimate
• Total	$12,603,673,641,863 (4th)
• Per capita	$20,480 (6th)
Currency	Alaxian Crone
Driving side	left
Internet TLD	.hk

The High Kingdoms of Alaxia (Exteras: altes reinados alaxianos /haɪ ˈkɪŋdəmz ɒv ɑlæksiɑ/), abbreviated as HKA (Exteras: ara), and sometimes referred to as the High Kingdoms, is a union of five countries in eastern Alaxia. It is made up of the constituent countries of Kiavalar, Ahitereira, Koresa, Empherias and Peryzium alongside several outlying islands and federal territories, such as the capital Esperiy. It is the fourth largest country in the world by land area, and fifth by population with over 700 million people. In terms of economy, It has the fourth largest gross domestic product in the world, but sixth per capita. The country borders Karkuss and Fazar to the west; Livyirin to the northwest; Saki-Bussi and Ladros to the north; Fazar again, and the Hveden Federation to the east; Palakkinen to the southeast, and the Southern Hvede Polar Territory to the south.

The country formed officially in 2447 upon the death of Joana I of Ahitereira-Koresa, which brought them into personal union with Kiavalar. This union then expanded in 2448 to include Empherias and Peryzium while Koresa became an equal constituent country. An official constitution came into effect in 2452. There are three separate branches of the federal government: the Supreme Court, which is the highest court above all constituent high courts, forming the judiciary; the House of Representatives forming a single chamber legislature headed by the Premier; and the executive government led by the President and cabinet, elected independently of the legislature. The most important parts of the federal government are imposing checks and balances on local governments, foreign policy, and military decisions, while the constituent countries' governments focus more on domestic policy including laws, public services, etc.

History

Main article: History of the High Kingdoms of Alaxia

Geography

Politics

National Government

Main article: Politics of the High Kingdoms of Alaxia

The federal government is split into three sections. The executive is led by the President, elected in presidential elections every five years independently of the legislature, who appoints a cabinet and a vice-president.

The national government is split into four sections. The executive, led by the President and the Council of Viceroys (appointed cabinet ministers), would be completely separate from the legislature and elected via the Presidential Election held every six years. The legislature, would be made up of 600 members of the House of Representatives, formed via the Representative Election held every four years. The judiciary would be non-partisan appointees of the executive, devolved governments, legislature, or independent bodies and courts. Finally, the advisory body would be made up of representatives appointed by the heads of the devolved governments to advise the executive.

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Devolved Governments

Empherias

Main article: Politics of Empherias

The current Prime Minister of Empherias has been Valorie Metz of the Liberal Party since 2519. They have been in coalition with the Alliance party since 2524.

Economy

National broadcaster

The High Kingdoms Broadcasting Company (HKBC) is a federal entity that is controlled by the independent High Broadcasting Union, but funded by the government and is therefore politically neutral and a state broadcaster. It also owns state-level broadcasters in each constituent countries, which then in-turn also control more regional state broadcasters. Due to federal law requiring a state broadcaster, most state-level budgeting is controlled federally, with management being relatively independent and under scrutiny of each devolved government. For example, ENTV is the state-level broadcaster of the HKBC in Empherias and although it is a subsidary of the HKBC and is therefore controlled by the federal government, the Empheri government own the 'Empheri Broadcasting Guidance Regulator' (EBGR) which regulates TV in Empherias and controls general management of ENTV.

Transport

Railway

Railway lines are either publicly or privately owned. Publicly owned railways are controlled by a devolved department (e.g Ministry of Transport in Empherias) with zero shareholders or private competition, while privately owned railways are owned by private corporations for profit. All railway track is owned federally. For lines that cross borders, they may be either privately owned, assigned to the state where the line departs, or owned federally. All high-speed rail is managed by the federal government.

Telecommunications

Federal law demands that guidelines be met on access to the internet, phone lines, public phoneboxes, data, etc with regulations and standards. Furthermore, a part of the GDP is put towards research and development. State law can dictate in which those guidelines are met, and impose additional regulations on them. (e.g in Empherias, a government-owned telecommunications company manages all public phone boxes, provides it's own internet and broadband service for non-profit to rival commercial businesses and subsidies a base level internet access for people on benefits)

Energy

Federal law demands that guidelines be met on safety procedures, energy standards (e.g Hz, plugs, etc), environmental goals and thus the percentages of energy produced by renewable means, etc. The federal law can also issue injunctions to stop any given power plant in which construction is controlled by devolved governments. State law can dictate the construction of new energy plants for renewables, but must gain federal consent for construction of nuclear and non-renewable energy sources. Excess energy in an individual state will be under the jurisdiction of the federal government to transfer to other states or be exported externally to other countries.

Water

Federal law demands that guidelines be met on safety procedures, number of reservoirs built and in use, the quality and upkeep of the sewerage system, environmental standards, drinking quality and water supply. Furthermore, the federal government can issue a state of emergency in regards to the regulation of water during floods and droughts which will allow certain powers to be moved away from the state governments into the federal government. State law can dictate where these reservoirs and sewers are built, where water filtration and pumping systems are built and staffed, and during non-emergency times, can vary in regulation and usage.

2508 Alaxian Drought

Main article: 2508 Alaxian drought

The 2508 Alaxian drought impacted the High Kingdoms significantly.