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Destruction of [[Ixa'Taka]], attack western territories of [[Nanseetucket|Nanzitolclatl]], addition of southern territories | Destruction of [[Ixa'Taka]], attack western territories of [[Nanseetucket|Nanzitolclatl]], addition of southern territories | ||
==Government== | ==Government== | ||
===Executive=== | |||
The Governor of Xisheng is the executive official with the broadest authority in the running of the province. The governor is personally appointed by the Chancellor, the only informal requirements for the office is to have a registered domicile in Xisheng for at least a period of ten years and valid membership in the [[Party of Daxian Democrats|PDD]]. The governor runs the province in accordance with Daxia's Basic Law and local legislation, he can veto the latter if it contravenes the Basic Law. The governor does not have direct authority over the Autonomies, on this he serves as more of a liaison with mainland ministries from which the Autonomies receive their funding. While Autonomies have internal security forces, in case of a serious emergency or threat to public order, the governor is authorized and expected to intervene with the forces under his purview to regain control the situation. | |||
===Legislative=== | |||
[[File:XishengLegis.png|thumb|Main chamber of Xisheng's Colonial Senate]] | |||
The Colonial Senate is the unicameral legislature of Xisheng, a successor body to the deliberative Settler Commission that existed under the Qian administration. The Colonial Senate is composed of fifty six members, elected to terms of five years; there is no established limit on the number of terms that members can serve which has historically resulted in a Senate that is filled with members of a few select political dynasties. The Colonial Senate is not nearly as toothless as mainland legislative bodies, it has the power set spending priorities and modify budgets for Xisheng's administrative departments and has specialized organs to carry out audits. | |||
Use of its auditing power has led to clashes with several governors, in 1999 the Colonial Senate building was besieged by police at the direction of then Governor Wang Ruchi in a bid to stop the Audit Board from convening to review the government's accounts; the governor was eventually ordered by the Ministry of Interior to lift the police blockade. While the governor is named by the central authorities, the senate has at times toyed with codifying for itself the power to remove governors; invariably it has backed down from confrontation with the center but the issue pops up semi regularly during political campaigning. | |||
===Autonomies=== | |||
Historically the segregation of ethnic [[Daxian people|Daxians]] from the conquered groups living on Xisheng was something that happened organically and not as a result of a top down dictate from local governments. Certain degree of intermixing was even tolerated as a way to promote social harmony and foster supporters of [[Daxia]] from people of mixed background. The [[Party of Daxian Democrats|PDD]] put a stop to this status quo immediately upon taking power, clamping down on race mixing and beginning a policy of urban isolation of minorities by driving them into delineated pockets to live in. In 2015 the Law on Autonomies was passed by the legislature, this law provided for the creation of quasi autonomous administrative regions within Xisheng for certain ethnic groups known as Autonomies. There are currently only two existing designated Autonomies, the [[Chimoche|Chimor]] Autonomy and the Ixa'Taka Autonomy, homeland of the Chimor and [[Ixa'Taka]] ethnic groups respectively. | |||
The areas covering these two autonomies were originally subdivided into regular districts. The law provided for the carrying out of special census to ascertain the specific ethnic demographics of districts with high numbers of Chimor and [[Ixa'Taka]]n inhabitants and authorized their merging together to form the Autonomies. People in these special administrative zones do not possess [[Daxia]]n citizenship, only a form of reduced citizenship. They have a small tax burden, may not vote in elections outside the Autonomies, are exempt from military service outside [[Crona]], may not intermarry outside their group, etc. The Autonomies have their own semi-sovereign governments and are allowed various traditional trappings of statehood such as its own flag and symbols, control of its budget and within certain constraints; police forces and a defense force of its own. Autonomies have minimal budgets allocated by the Ministry of Finance, instead they have control of their own natural resources and discretionary powers to gather revenue from them in addition to separate taxation systems. | |||
===Politics=== | ===Politics=== | ||
While the primacy of the [[Party of Daxian Democrats]] has never been in question in the region, local interests have traditionally been strong enough that the politics of Xisheng are more dynamic than those of mainland [[Daxia]]. The local [[Party of Daxian Democrats|PDD]] structures are dominated by competing | While the primacy of the [[Party of Daxian Democrats]] has never been in question in the region, local interests have traditionally been strong enough that the politics of Xisheng are more dynamic than those of mainland [[Daxia]]. The local [[Party of Daxian Democrats|PDD]] structures are dominated by competing interest groups; elections in the state have competition between different candidate slates all running under the [[Party of Daxian Democrats|PDD]]. The special interest groupings with influence and positions within the party in Xisheng are broadly as follows: | ||
* '''Association of Daxian Mobilized Committees'''- The Association is a body that has its origins on groups of self defense by [[Daxia]]n settlers during the Qian colonization, previously known as the Association of Daxian Settlers on Xisheng. Its members usually had basic weapons training to defend their communities from native Cronan attacks and also served as auxiliaries for Qian regular troops during conflict. After the Qian era and the start of the regional political primacy by the [[Army of Conquest]], the association was allowed to keep their weapons provided they helped with the suppression of dissidents. The association achieved an official recognition of their armed role in with the introduction of the Law on Special State Formations in 1959; it renamed the association and gave it a legal basis for existing as an armed body under state supervision. This status was accepted by the new [[Party of Daxian Democrats|PDD]] governments in exchange for increased surveillance of the association and the integration of its leadership cadres into the Party. The practical result from this is by the late 2010's the party structure in Xisheng has itself been colonized as more association members become card carrying party members. The association's influence is felt in various local party organs that are of importance in crafting policy, they are especially active in curtailing the sovereign powers awarded to the autonomy zones of [[Chimoche]] and [[Ixa'Taka]]. They have also been pushing internally for central government permission to settle parts of the [[Zanoma Regional Administration]], territory that is officially part of [[Varshan]]. | * '''Association of Daxian Mobilized Committees'''- The Association is a body that has its origins on groups of self defense by [[Daxia]]n settlers during the Qian colonization, previously known as the Association of Daxian Settlers on Xisheng. Its members usually had basic weapons training to defend their communities from native Cronan attacks and also served as auxiliaries for Qian regular troops during conflict. After the Qian era and the start of the regional political primacy by the [[Army of Conquest]], the association was allowed to keep their weapons provided they helped with the suppression of dissidents. The association achieved an official recognition of their armed role in with the introduction of the Law on Special State Formations in 1959; it renamed the association and gave it a legal basis for existing as an armed body under state supervision. This status was accepted by the new [[Party of Daxian Democrats|PDD]] governments in exchange for increased surveillance of the association and the integration of its leadership cadres into the Party. The practical result from this is by the late 2010's the party structure in Xisheng has itself been colonized as more association members become card carrying party members. The association's influence is felt in various local party organs that are of importance in crafting policy, they are especially active in curtailing the sovereign powers awarded to the autonomy zones of [[Chimoche]] and [[Ixa'Taka]]. They have also been pushing internally for central government permission to settle parts of the [[Zanoma Regional Administration]], territory that is officially part of [[Varshan]]. | ||
*'''Coordinating Council of Fig Producers'''- The CCFP is one of the leading private enterprise groupings of Xisheng, pulling together the largest fig producers of the state, as such it holds a great degree of economic influence. As part of the Party's consolidation of power, economic groups like the CCFP were invited to add their input on economic matters; they were also invited to discreetly fund party activities in exchange for government contracts. Through strategic donations and establishing personal relations with people in key bureaucratic positions the CCFP has achieved a chokehold on the province's economic and tax | *'''Coordinating Council of Fig Producers'''- The Coordinating Council of Fig Producers (CCFP) is one of the leading private enterprise groupings of Xisheng, pulling together the largest fig producers of the state, as such it holds a great degree of economic influence. As part of the Party's consolidation of power, economic groups like the CCFP were invited to add their input on economic matters; they were also invited to discreetly fund party activities in exchange for government contracts. Through strategic donations and establishing personal relations with people in key bureaucratic positions the CCFP has achieved a chokehold on the province's economic and tax policy bodies. It is their influence that has been blocking the entrance of fruit imports from the [[Zanoma Regional Administration]] as council figures argue they would unfairly disadvantage local producers. The CCFP is only occasionally aligned with the Association of Daxian Mobilized Committees, the latter represents many small agricultural cooperatives as opposed to the council being a representative of the interests of large, industry-leading companies. | ||
* | *'''Anti Varshan League'''- The Anti Varshan League (AVL) is a grassroots, non-profit lobbying group. They consider [[Varshan]] to be a dangerous entity that cannot be allowed to exist, their main objective is its partition into a dozen smaller nations. The AVL is one of the main supporters of the establishment of the [[Zanoma Regional Administration]], they see the autonomous region as a future model region for the dismemberment of [[Varshan]]. Accordingly the Anti Varshan League constantly tries to pressure the Xisheng administration to strengthen the capabilities and budgetary resources available to Zanoma while also maintaining a strong and paternal [[Daxia]]n influence over it. The AVL also opposes all efforts by the [[League of Nations]] and other occupying powers at rehabilitating and normalizing the reestablishment of an independent [[Varshan]]. | ||
==Demographics== | ==Demographics== | ||
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