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'''Almadaria''', officially the '''Democratic Republic of Almadaria''', is a sovereign country in [[Vallos]], a subcontinent of [[Sarpedon]]. It is neighbored by [[Arona]] and [[Vespera]] to the north, [[Rumahoki]] to the east, and [[Takatta Loa]] to the south. Its shoreline extends against primarily the [[Polynesian Sea]], though its eastern border includes a shared freshwater body of water with its western neighbor. The Democratic Republic is a megadiverse nation, with one of the highest biodiversity per square kilometer across its rainforest, highland, grassland, and desert zones. The economy of Almadaria has significant government intervention, with most public services resources (water, electricity, transport, telecommunications, healthcare, etc.) being controlled or funded by the government. Nevertheless, private industries, including foreign ones, flourish in established free trade zones which benefit all involved from tax incentives and domestic investment. Almadaria has a high rate of literacy, and an equally high level of higher education attendance; this has contributed to both the growth of the economy as well as the standard of living. The tourism, financial sectors are the two major contributors to Almadaria’s GDP. The government of Almadaria is a presidential, representative democratic republic with a multi-party system. Based on Cartadanian practice, it is broken into three branches (Executive, Legislative, and Judicial), though the legislative exercises significantly more power over the executive, primarily by having no ability to be vetoed by the President and being able to set the government budget.  

The Democratic Republic is a presidential representative democracy, sourcing its constitutional principles and and general framework from the venerable legacy of participatory government of [[Cartadania]]. The nation's first constitution, fully ratified in 1847, outlined three branches of government in accordance with the principle of separation of powers, dividing it into executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Following the [[1995 Constitutional Plebiscite]], reform lessened the power of the executive in its authority to manage clandestine or secretive operations, as well as setting up measures for increased government accountability, including several extragovernmental oversight institutions such as the [[Office Inspectorate of Almadaria]] (''Oficina Inspectorado de Almadaría'').

The government of Almadaria, sometimes styled as 'GRDA' (Alm: ''Gobierno Republicana Democratica de Almadaría'') in informal internal documents, is touted as a successful indigenous [[Vallos|Vallosian]] democracy, with a strong democratic traditions that persevered in face of international conflict and internal crises. Its multi-party legislature, well-established judicial, and kept-in-check executive branch are at the heart of Almadaria's democratic institutions.  

The [[National Legislative Council]] is the sole national legislative body of [[Almadaria]]. As a unicameral entity, the National Legislative Council (CLN) consists of a frequently-held,  XXX-seat convocation. The seats on the CLN are elected democratically from municipal districts every two years.

The National Legislative Council is presided over by the Council President, voted into power by the unicameral body, in order to oversee the institution and the management of its numerous parasite agencies. In order to be eligible for Council President, one must have already been elected into the CLN. There are no term lengths.  

The large body of the National Legislative Council is only summoned in its entirety for major policy proposals; otherwise, it is not uncommon for handfuls of councilmen/women to meet in committees, smaller semi-permanent organizations to research and develop policy. Most of these committees are impermanent, although there are committees, named [[Popular Agencies]], which are long-standing; many of these exist as oversight bodies and liaisons to their executive Ministry counterpart, though other concern standing issues, including ones such as anticorruption, intelligence oversight, and constitutional debate.  

Almadaria has an emerging, upper middle-income mixed-market economy, ranked as the 17th largest economy, or 19th largest by GDPPC. The Almadarian economy is highly developed, with an equally as high standard of living. This is helped in part by policy-minded government intervention by the Ministries of Trade and Ministry of Environmental and Resource Concerns. As well, due to the government's policy of courting foreign investment, the Almadarian currency sports a high [[:en:Purchasing_power_parity|PPP]]; since late 20th century, the Almadarian [[Valverde]] has been a competitive currency on the foreign exchange, hovering near or around the value of a Levantine [[Taler]]. Foreign investment is partly incentivized and partly kept under control through the [[International Trade Interest Regime]] (ITIR/RICI); this policy establishes laissez-faire geographic zones for foreign companies to operate, with the added benefits of exemption from value-added taxes, among others. This makes it possible for domestic businesses to operate without strangulation from their foreign competition.