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==Governance== | ==Governance== | ||
The District of Ksoīnvra is one of the two extant '''federal districts''' ('' | The District of Ksoīnvra is one of the two extant '''federal districts''' (''rektārkaetuka''), 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''). | 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''). |