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===Local governance=== | ===Local governance=== | ||
As New Veltorina is a unitary republic, few policy choices are made at the local level. The country is nominally divided into four [[New_Veltorine_Provisional_Government#Local_governance|prefectures]] (and one special governance area) whose governments were dissolved at the time of the implementation of the constitution; most of the municipalities or other local administrations are now directly under the central government. Despite this theoretical , the country has a very large patchwork of local administrative systems due to the way in which it was established. A majority of New Veltorina's populace live within Urban Community Areas (UCA), a municipal government which in theory is intended to function democratically but in practice is primarily made up of central government appointments, including, in some cases, continued holdovers of the [[New_Veltorine_Provisional_Government#Local_governance|provisional government municipal committees]]. A majority of the land area, meanwhile, is directly under the authority of a central government body known as the Parcel Administration, which was responsible for the survey and division of the New Veltorine countryside into parcels to be sold off to Veltorine settlers. The "Parcel Area" consequently collectively refers to all lands divided by the Parcel Authority but not yet sold. When a parcel is sold, it automatically leaves the jurisdiction of the Parcel Authority and becomes subject to the local Urban Community Area (UCA), creating a geographic patchwork of municipal boundaries with some parcels being separated from the cities in which they are a part by hundreds of miles of Parcel Area land. A smaller portion of the country, particularly in the south, are part of various legal entities which predate the Veltorine settlement and are referred to as "antique commons", which are centuries-old village communes of the indigenous Cronan population. Very few antique commons are legally similar to each other, and though national law treats them the same as Urban Community Areas in theory, in practice relations between the communes and the government vary greatly. Significant outside intervention in the form of lobbying and grant-giving, particularly by [[Urcea]] but also increasingly by [[New Harren]] and [[Quetzenkel]], is required to prevent the encroachment of both the government and private land owners onto antique common areas. | As New Veltorina is a unitary republic, few policy choices are made at the local level. The country is nominally divided into four [[New_Veltorine_Provisional_Government#Local_governance|prefectures]] (and one special governance area) whose governments were dissolved at the time of the implementation of the constitution; most of the municipalities or other local administrations are now directly under the central government. Despite this theoretical , the country has a very large patchwork of local administrative systems due to the way in which it was established. A majority of New Veltorina's populace live within Urban Community Areas (UCA), a municipal government which in theory is intended to function democratically but in practice is primarily made up of central government appointments, including, in some cases, continued holdovers of the [[New_Veltorine_Provisional_Government#Local_governance|provisional government municipal committees]]. A majority of the land area, meanwhile, is directly under the authority of a central government body known as the Parcel Administration, which was responsible for the survey and division of the New Veltorine countryside into parcels to be sold off to Veltorine settlers. The "Parcel Area" consequently collectively refers to all lands divided by the Parcel Authority but not yet sold. When a parcel is sold, it automatically leaves the jurisdiction of the Parcel Authority and becomes subject to the local Urban Community Area (UCA), creating a geographic patchwork of municipal boundaries with some parcels being separated from the cities in which they are a part by hundreds of miles of Parcel Area land. A smaller portion of the country, particularly in the south, are part of various legal entities which predate the Veltorine settlement and are referred to as "antique commons", which are centuries-old village communes of the indigenous Cronan population. Very few antique commons are legally similar to each other, and though national law treats them the same as Urban Community Areas in theory, in practice relations between the communes and the government vary greatly. Significant outside intervention in the form of lobbying and grant-giving, particularly by [[Urcea]] but also increasingly by [[New Harren]] and [[Quetzenkel]], is required to prevent the encroachment of both the government and private land owners onto antique common areas. | ||
==== | ====Qozala Special Governance Area==== | ||
The Qozala Specal Governance Area (QSGA) is an autonomous region on New Veltorina's west coast which encompasses the city of Qozala and its immediate environs within fifteen miles of the city limits. Qozala, originally Čak Qozal, is the primary indigenous city in New Veltorina, and is the oldest urban settlement in the country. The QSGA has its own government led by an elected twelve person parliamentary body (the Area Dazga) led by a Premier. Residents of the QSGA pay no taxes to the government in [[New Taxades]], and instead the QSGA is given a certain financial levy by the central government it can meet by any means at its discretion. National penal laws generally do not apply in the QSGA, with its own local criminal code in force. The QSGA also has certain ability to nullify some New Veltorine law within its own jurisdiction. Critically, the QSGA has restricted entry protocols, allowing it to maintain a mostly indigenous character to the exclusion of would-be Veltorine settlers. The QSGA's status is guaranteed by [[New Harren]]. | |||
The city, once prominent under the Varshani and Quetzen administrations, became politically sidelined once [[Cetsencalia]] was established, and its fate was a constant source of political discord in that country. When Varshan occupied much of Cetsencalia during the [[Final War of the Deluge]], the city had a minor uprising in support of Varshan before the uprising was suppressed by the Urcean military. After that time, the city was subject to reprisals from Veltorine militia forces, and it became evident that the city would be in danger of public violence unless afforded special status. Such status was mandated by the [[Treaty of Electorsbourg (2024)|Treaty of Electorsbourg]] and created by agreement with [[Urcea]] in [[2025]]. | |||
In practice, the QSGA is considered by many international observers to be a {{wp|ghetto}}. From [[2030]] to [[2034]], international humanitarian groups have leveled dozens of credible accusations of forcibly relocating indigenous Cronans to the QSGA off their land by means of spurious eviction and legal proceedings. The QSGA is very poor and is reliant primarily on international aid from [[Urcea]] to provide for the basic needs of its citizens. In the face of diplomatic pressure from [[NSTA]] and international criticism, the New Veltorine government began to invest millions of [[taler]]s into the QSGA tourism sector in [[2034]]. | |||
===Politics=== | ===Politics=== | ||