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==Governance== | ==Governance== | ||
Unlike a | The District of Ksoīnvra is one of the two extant '''federal districts''' (''rekārkaeduka''), a class of province-level division within the Kiravian Federacy. Unlike a federated state or chartered province, a federal district has no constitutional autonomy from the federal government, possessing only those powers {{wp|devolution|devolved}} to it by the Stanora. The District administration, while not a Federal agency in and of itself, is ultimately subject to the authority of the Stanora in all matters. The Stanora has the full potential to interdict and override any acts of the District government so long as the interdicting act is procedurally regular. In contemporary practice since 2004 AD, however, such interference is normally limited to review and line-item revision of the District budget by the federal legislature; only occasionally does the Stanora veto District legislation or impose local legislation of its own making. | ||
The District government is structurally similar and in most respects functionally equivalent the government of an internal territory (Mainland chartered province). Its legislative body is the biennially-elected District Council (''Etukakovar''). | |||
Political parties have been banned from participating in the politics of the District since [[1986|21166]], when they were outlawed by the Capital District Governmental Reform Act in the wake of the [[ | Political parties have been banned from participating in the politics of the District since [[1986|21166]], when they were outlawed by the Capital District Governmental Reform Act in the wake of the [[1986 Kartika Unrest]]. All elections in the District are non-partisan and there is no mechanism for the registration of political parties. There are numerous extraparliamentary advocacy organisations and pressure groups active in the District that are structured like actual political parties and use the term "party" in their names, but they are forbidden to run campaigns, donate to candidates, or direct the activity of officeholders. | ||
===Administrative Divisions=== | ===Administrative Divisions=== | ||
The territory of the District is formally divided into three countyships (Co. Ksoīnvra, Co. Pentecostia, and Co. Third One), one {{wp|independent city}} (Kartika), and the nation's only independent | The territory of the District is formally divided into three countyships (Co. Ksoīnvra, Co. Pentecostia, and Co. Third One), one {{wp|independent city}} (Kartika), and the nation's only independent borough (Éamonsar). These divisions are of no political significance, as the District government and the Kartika Municipal Authority carry out nearly all governmental functions. The municipal "councils" of Kartika and Éamonsar are nowadays little more than advisory {{wp|resident's association}}s. | ||
Cos. Ksoīnvra and Pentecostia have no governments and only exist as statistical and cadastral units. All land in the countyships was annexed by the City of Kartika in [YEAR]. [[Kiravian addressing system|Departing from the usual custom]], mailing addresses in Kartika do not include the countyship name, even where applicable. Co. Tyderian retains its own courthouse and a limited countyship government, though municipal services are provided by the Kartika Municipal Authority | Cos. Ksoīnvra and Pentecostia have no governments and only exist as statistical and cadastral units. All land in the countyships was annexed by the City of Kartika in [YEAR]. [[Kiravian addressing system|Departing from the usual custom]], mailing addresses in Kartika do not include the countyship name, even where applicable. Co. Tyderian retains its own courthouse and a limited countyship government, though municipal services are provided by the Kartika Municipal Authority. | ||
Before Kirosocialism, local governance in the District was patterned after Ventarya and Hanoram, with Kartika and the three countyships (Éamonsar remained a municipality within Co. Ksoīnvra for most of this time) having more or less identical powers and governmental structures to countyships in the neighbouring states. Under Kirosocialism, the City of Kartika was extended to include all land in Cos. Ksoīnvra and Pentekostia. Éamonsar was similarly annexed, but Co. Tyderian, still largely undeveloped at the time, was spared. | Before Kirosocialism, local governance in the District was patterned after Ventarya and Hanoram, with Kartika and the three countyships (Éamonsar remained a municipality within Co. Ksoīnvra for most of this time) having more or less identical powers and governmental structures to countyships in the neighbouring states. Under Kirosocialism, the City of Kartika was extended to include all land in Cos. Ksoīnvra and Pentekostia. Éamonsar was similarly annexed, but Co. Tyderian, still largely undeveloped at the time, was spared. | ||