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|leader_name1 = [[Amadeo II, Grand Duke in Lucrecia|Amadeo II]] | |leader_name1 = [[Amadeo II, Grand Duke in Lucrecia|Amadeo II]] | ||
|leader_title2 = [[Consuls of Lucrecia|Consuls]] | |leader_title2 = [[Consuls of Lucrecia|Consuls]] | ||
|leader_name2 = {{ubl|[[ | |leader_name2 = {{ubl|[[Rosalía Rueda]]|[[Alfredo Posse]]}} | ||
|leader_title3 = [[Edile of Lucrecia|Edile]] | |leader_title3 = [[Edile of Lucrecia|Edile]] | ||
|leader_name3 = [[Eduardo de San Francisco]] | |leader_name3 = [[Eduardo de San Francisco]] | ||
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The Curia is the main executive organ headed by the edile and chaired by the consuls. The Curia is dually accountable to both the consuls and the legislature, thus meaning that the Curia has to not only command the confidence of the legislature, but also the approval of the consuls. An edile, or even the entire Curia, may be dismissed by the consuls or be removed in a ''vote of no confidence'' by the legislature. | The Curia is the main executive organ headed by the edile and chaired by the consuls. The Curia is dually accountable to both the consuls and the legislature, thus meaning that the Curia has to not only command the confidence of the legislature, but also the approval of the consuls. An edile, or even the entire Curia, may be dismissed by the consuls or be removed in a ''vote of no confidence'' by the legislature. | ||
====Dictator==== | |||
{{also|Royal dictator}} | |||
The role of dictator in Lucrecia refers to an extraordinary executive office that, under normal circumstances, is left vacant. According to the constitution, the dictatorship can only be called if both Consuls agree to bestow the role of dictator upon the head of the nation's royal family, who holds it for a span of twelve months. A dictator is given full authority to resolve which ever problem they have been assigned to deal with if it was considered to be a crisis that has proved to pose an existential threat to the Republic or to its stability. The last time a dictatorship was assigned was to Grand Duchess Maria-Adelaida in 1947 to resolve an ongoing crisis that was posing a threat to the ruling fascist regime; she instead opted to dismantle the twenty-year-long fascist regime and restore the democratic {{wp|rule of law}} even at the risk of being overthrown in a attempted fascist coup which ended in failure. | |||
===Legislature=== | ===Legislature=== | ||
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==Culture and Society== | ==Culture and Society== | ||
===Dignitas=== | |||
{{main|Dignitas (Lucrecia)|Dignitas Scoring System}} | |||
Lucrecian society places heavy emphasis on prestige and overall trustworthiness, much like the concept of dignitas in Caphiria. Unlike in Caphiria however, Lucrecian diginitas is entirely based on one's achievements rather than a combination of birthright and achievements like in the former. Although once a status that had no exact numerical value placed upon it, with the advent of computers in the 1980s there emerged a numerical scoring system that quantifies one's current dignitas. Called the [[Dignitas Scoring System]], it is a national {{wp|credit rating}} that has been developed by the Curia since 1987, complete with a {{wp|whitelist|purplelist}} (purple being deemed the colour of high prestige in Lucrecia) and a {{wp|blacklist}}. The idea behind the Dignitas Score is to encourage government institutions, citizens, and businesses to strive towards good deeds and achievements. Being on the purplelist is said to net certain privileges to those who are on it, mostly favourable discounts in public transport and parking, an easier time navigating through the highly complex government bureaucracy, and even favourable interest rates from banking institutions; purplelisted businesses are also much less likely to be inspected beyond the absolute mandated minimum set by the Curia so that regulators may focus on investigating businesses that are not purplelisted. | |||
===Education=== | ===Education=== | ||
{{main|Education in Lucrecia}} | {{main|Education in Lucrecia}} | ||
The school system in Lucrecia is the responsibility of the linguistic communities, though both communities' school systems have only few differences between the two, with little involvement from the Curia beyond determining the mandatory schooling age (currently from age 3 until age 18) and providing funding for the linguistic communities. Both communities' school systems are primarily based upon [[Education in Caphiria|Caphiria's school system]] at least in terms of structure and standard curriculum arrangements, albeit with a greater degree of decentralisation since federalisation from the 1970s onward. Below the level of the linguistic communities, the school districts are handled by the cantonal governments in close cooperation with the linguistic communities (the two capital cantons cooperating with both linguistic communities, having school districts for both languages within their borders). It is the school districts, which span multiple provinces within a canton, that are in charge of the school circuits, run by, and are contiguous within the jurisdiction of, the provincial governments. The lowest-level division in Lucrecia's school system are the educational parishes, so-called due to the Catholic Church's former role in providing education in the republic, and are currently jointly-run by local governments. | The school system in Lucrecia is the responsibility of the linguistic communities, though both communities' school systems have only few differences between the two, with little involvement from the Curia beyond determining the mandatory schooling age (currently from age 3 until age 18) and providing funding for the linguistic communities. Both communities' school systems are primarily based upon [[Education in Caphiria|Caphiria's school system]] at least in terms of structure and standard curriculum arrangements, albeit with a greater degree of decentralisation since federalisation from the 1970s onward. Below the level of the linguistic communities, the school districts are handled by the cantonal governments in close cooperation with the linguistic communities (the two capital cantons cooperating with both linguistic communities, having school districts for both languages within their borders). It is the school districts, which span multiple provinces within a canton, that are in charge of the school circuits, run by, and are contiguous within the jurisdiction of, the provincial governments. The lowest-level division in Lucrecia's school system are the educational parishes, so-called due to the Catholic Church's former role in providing education in the republic, and are currently jointly-run by local governments. | ||
===Royal family=== | |||
{{further|Lucrecian royal family|Royalty in Lucrecia}} | |||
[[File:Sergio_Mattarella_and_Belgian_King_Philippe_at_Quirinale_in_2021_(6)_(cropped).jpg|thumb|150px|[[Amadeo II. Grand Duke in Lucrecia|Grand Duke Amadeo II]], current head of the [[Lucrecian royal family]].]] | |||
Although constitutionally a semi-presidential republic, Lucrecia has given a branch of the [[House de Weluta]] an official role as recognised in the constitution. The Lucrecian royal family has existed since 1685 when Archduke Niall of Urcea was invited to become the Republic's permanent designated dictator, a role that remains with his descendants to this day. The head of the Lucrecian branch of the de Welutas is given the title of Grand Duke in Lucrecia, a {{wp|legal fiction}} that was created as a royal title that would not be in violation of the constitution nor in violation of Pelaxia's then-suzerainty over Lucrecia. The current Grand Duke in Lucrecia is [[Amadeo II. Grand Duke in Lucrecia|Grand Duke Amadeo II]], who inherited the grand ducal title from his mother [[Veronica, Grand Duchess in Lucrecia|Grand Duchess Veronica]] after her death on 30 September 2015. Dictatorial designation aside, the Grand Duke wields no political influence nor is he the head of state of Lucrecia, instead serving a purely ceremonial and cultural role under normal circumstances. | |||
===Symbols=== | |||
{{further|Arces of Emerita|Coat of arms of Lucrecia}} | |||
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One of the most well-known symbols of Lucrecia are the [[Arces of Emerita]], three forts that date back to the early years of the Emeritan Republic and are located on the island of Emerita's hill range. The most famous of the three forts is ''[[Vieto Retenor]]'' (Old Retainer). First built in the 2nd Century BC, its current form was not built until during the years of Caphiric suzerainty in the mid-10th Century; it houses a museum to honour the nation's history. ''[[Torres Sacilla]]'' (Chapel Tower), so-called due to its accompanying chapel within the fort, was built initially as a temple for the Latinic faith before being converted into a chapel upon the introduction of Christianity to Lucrecia; its modern form was built in the 12th Century and it currently serves as a monastery, having been converted into one in 1293. ''[[El Eremitaño]]'' (The Hermit) is the smallest of the three forts and is currently a private residence owned by Isurian billionaire [[Iago Castro]]; the current tower was built in the 16th Century as part of an attempt to scare the inhabitants of the then-independent Isurian Generality that an invasion from the mainland was imminent. All three forts are depicted in the nation's coat of arms. | |||
Another well-known symbol of Lucrecia is the {{wp|Civic Crown}}, a representation of one of the nation's highest civilian honours, that being the [[Order of the Old Liberty]], is an ancient symbol that has existed since the Classical Era. Originally a {{wp|military decoration}} given to Emeritans who saved the lives of fellow Emeritan citizens, the civic crown became the headpiece for members of the Order when it was first established with its first member being [[Marcia Heroina Reipublicae]], an elderly woman who was said to have thwarted an attempted conspiracy to subvert the republic and transform it into a hereditary monarchy; the leader of the conspirators was exiled alongside his family and was subsequently condemned to {{wp|damnatio memoriae}}. | |||
==Economy and Infrastructure== | ==Economy and Infrastructure== | ||
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==Military== | ==Military== | ||
{{main|Lucrecian Armed Forces}} | |||
As one of the oldest extant armed forces in the world, the Lucrecian armed forces was established as the [[Emeritan Army]] and the [[Emertian Navy]] during the early years of the [[Emeritan Republic]] when it was a {{wp|city state}}. With the emergence of the Republic during the 2nd Century BC and the rise of the First Caphiric Imperium, the armed forces took on a more Caphiric character, with the army soon becoming the [[Emeritan Legion]] as it moved away from levies and conscripts to professionals and volunteers. The Legion and Navy would survive the Nobles' Treaty and remain in existence as the [[Lucrecian Republican Legion]] and the [[Lucrecian Republican Navy]], with the [[Lucrecian Republican Air Force]] eventually being formed in the early 20th Century as the invention of planes brought in a new air-bound theatre to future conflicts. Asides from the three main branches, there also exists the [[Lucrecian Republican Gendarmerie]], serving as the militarised arm of the nation's police service, the {{wp|guard of honour|ceremonial}} [[Lucrecian Republican Guard|Lucrecian Republican, Pretorian, and Consular Guard]] for the protection of government officials and the royal family during functions and parades (with everyday protection being provided by the [[Federal Protection Unit]], itself a branch of the nation's civilian police force the [[Lucrecian Federal Police]]), and the [[Lucrecian Republican Civil Force]], the nation's {{wp|military reserve force}} for all three of the main branches of the armed forces. | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||