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==Government== | ==Government== | ||
[[File:RI Governor John Chafee official portrait.jpg|thumb|Páulus Vekosmarín has served as Chief Executive of Metrea since 21190.]] | [[File:RI Governor John Chafee official portrait.jpg|thumb|Páulus Vekosmarín has served as Chief Executive of Metrea since 21190, making him the longest continuously-serving governor outside of [[South Kirav|the South]].]] | ||
Metrea is a {{wp|semi-presidential republic}} as laid out in its constitution, with a tripartite-trifunctional legislative and fiscal process involving three institutions: the Congress of Metrea, the College of Auditors, and the State Council or Executive College. | Metrea is a {{wp|semi-presidential republic}} as laid out in its constitution, with a tripartite-trifunctional legislative and fiscal process involving three institutions: the Congress of Metrea, the College of Auditors, and the State Council or Executive College. | ||
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There is a vital tradition of {{wp|direct democracy}} in Metrea, especially on the local level. Like many Western Kiravian states, Metrea makes extensive use of ballot initiatives and referenda, and allows its Chief Executive to be recalled. Many municipal charters in the state require that legislation pertaining to budgets, land use, and public utilities be approved by popular vote. | There is a vital tradition of {{wp|direct democracy}} in Metrea, especially on the local level. Like many Western Kiravian states, Metrea makes extensive use of ballot initiatives and referenda, and allows its Chief Executive to be recalled. Many municipal charters in the state require that legislation pertaining to budgets, land use, and public utilities be approved by popular vote. | ||
===Party-Political Landscape=== | |||
["Many Parties, Two Systems" arrangement; Proporz] | |||
<!-- Parties: Shaftonist Civic Party (MIP), Caritist Republican Party (UCCD), Social Solidarity Party (DLP), United Individuals & Communities (SRA), Metrea of Freedom and Democracy (LG), Metreans for Direct Democracy (DDF), Reform Party of Metrea (CR), Forest-Vale-Mountain Party (Ag), Ecologist Party of Metrea (Kiravian Green Conference), and the Hunting and Fishing Party. --> | |||
===Local Government=== | |||
There are three types of local governments in Metrea: ''Sar'' (translated as both "city" and "town"), ''kosuv'' ("village"), and ''xlagūtakta'' ("tribal governance area"). Cities are governed by annually elected five-member commissions (except for Mérosar and Eparxat, which have seven-member commissions) and (with the exception of Mérosar) administered by a Steward appointed by the commission. Villages are governed by... The human geography of Metrea necessitates both strong municipal governments to care for densely clustered urban populations and strong county governments to deliver services among scattered municipalities and govern large areas of unincorporated land. | There are three types of local governments in Metrea: ''Sar'' (translated as both "city" and "town"), ''kosuv'' ("village"), and ''xlagūtakta'' ("tribal governance area"). Cities are governed by annually elected five-member commissions (except for Mérosar and Eparxat, which have seven-member commissions) and (with the exception of Mérosar) administered by a Steward appointed by the commission. Villages are governed by... The human geography of Metrea necessitates both strong municipal governments to care for densely clustered urban populations and strong county governments to deliver services among scattered municipalities and govern large areas of unincorporated land. | ||
===Federal Politics=== | |||
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===Law=== | |||
The law of Metrea subsists in its constitution, statutes, and corpus of Cultivated Law. | |||
Metrea is a [[Marital_and_family_law_in_Kiravia#Fusional_Marriage|fusional marriage]] state, wherein a married couple is treated as a unitary person for most purposes of civil law. First-cousin marriage is banned. The maximum allowable age difference between spouses under 30 is three years. | |||
Capital punishment was abolished in Metrea under the restored and updated state constitution adopted after Kirosocialism. | |||
As in most Kiravian provinces, Metrean judiciary has a three-tiered structure. A trial court serves each of the state's countyships, and rulings handed down by these courts may be appealed to one of the four regional Courts of Revision. The Mérosar High Court (which has an auxilliary bench in Eparxa) is the state constitutional court and highest court of appeal. A Court of Public Adjudication sitting in Kelanova was established in 21198 to hear constitutional cases, certain cases involving public bodies, and cases with countyships and municipalities belonging to different countyships as parties. | |||
==Economy== | ==Economy== | ||