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The government of Puertego is officially a Unitary Marxist-Leninist Presidential Republic with the National Assembly being the nations unicameral legislature containing 250 members, Puertego's constitution officially claims that the country shall remain committed to socialism however this commitment has been called into question by many due to the governments increasingly capitalist reforms to the economy such as setting up Special Investment Zones, Getting rid of price controls, and banning unions and workers cooperatives. The National Assembly of Puertego is make up of 250 representatives from different districts around Puertego who serve 10-year terms with a 1 term limit elected via closed list party list proportional system, the National Assembly has the power to vote on and introduce new legislation and policies, appoint judges, declare war with the president's approval, overrule the president's veto via a unanimous vote, and alter the constitution via a unanimous vote and the express approval of the president as well as being the highest court of appeals. The judiciary maintains no independence from the government and maintains the death penalty which it sentences an average of 90 people to a year. | The government of Puertego is officially a Unitary Marxist-Leninist Presidential Republic with the National Assembly being the nations unicameral legislature containing 250 members, Puertego's constitution officially claims that the country shall remain committed to socialism however this commitment has been called into question by many due to the governments increasingly capitalist reforms to the economy such as setting up Special Investment Zones, Getting rid of price controls, and banning unions and workers cooperatives. The National Assembly of Puertego is make up of 250 representatives from different districts around Puertego who serve 10-year terms with a 1 term limit elected via closed list party list proportional system, the National Assembly has the power to vote on and introduce new legislation and policies, appoint judges, declare war with the president's approval, overrule the president's veto via a unanimous vote, and alter the constitution via a unanimous vote and the express approval of the president as well as being the highest court of appeals. The judiciary maintains no independence from the government and maintains the death penalty which it sentences an average of 90 people to a year. | ||
The president of Puertego is constitutionally the head of state and government in Puertego as well as serving as commander in chief, on top of that the constitution puts the president at the head of all ministries in Puertego and gives him the power to appoint ministers as well as decide budgets, sign treaties, veto laws, grant pardons | The president of Puertego is constitutionally the head of state and government in Puertego as well as serving as commander in chief, on top of that the constitution puts the president at the head of all ministries in Puertego and gives him the power to appoint ministers as well as decide budgets, sign treaties, veto laws, and grant pardons. The incumbent president of Puertego is Matthias Torres who is the third president of Puertego and has served in the role for 22 years, he has won every election he has ran in with margins in the mid-eighties every time, he has been criticized by international organizations and by some foreign governments as a dictator though he has constantly denied these claims every time they were levied against him. | ||
===Federal subdivisions=== | ===Federal subdivisions=== | ||
Puertego is ruled as a unitary state with individual states only existing for the purpose of elections and not being able to operate with any autonomy on their own. The electoral boundaries are drawn by a committee in the National Assembly with members appointed to it directly by the president, so far almost all districts in the country have shown at least some signs of being gerrymandered. | |||
===Politics=== | ===Politics=== | ||
The political scene of Puertego is dominated almost entirely by the Puertegan White Flag Communist party (WFC) which has maintained a virtual monopoly on political power in the country since 1997. The political culture in Puertego is generally regarded as oppressive with the country operating under a dominant party system where there is no enshrined singular party allowed to run but due to various factors a singular party holds control over a country, this is shown in Puertego by the WFC currently holding all but 12 seats in the National Assembly due to the electoral system which places them on all national ballots by default while any party running against it must collect at least 5,000 signatures and pay the equivalent of $10,000 before it is allowed to run, additionally they have also been known to subject opposition parties and opposition party leaders to harassment, legal charges, and sometimes even violence with one infamous case being where opposition leader Sebastian Tarranoga attempted to run his party against the incumbent WFC, after collecting the required signatures and paying the required fees the government declared that a quarter of his signatures were acquired invalidly and wouldn't accept his application until he collected another 5,000 signatures and paid another $10,000 plus $4,500 in fines causing him to not seek to run further due to financial circumstances, | The political scene of Puertego is dominated almost entirely by the Puertegan White Flag Communist party (WFC) which has maintained a virtual monopoly on political power in the country since 1997. The political culture in Puertego is generally regarded as oppressive with the country operating under a dominant party system where there is no enshrined singular party allowed to run but due to various factors a singular party holds control over a country, this is shown in Puertego by the WFC currently holding all but 12 seats in the National Assembly due to the electoral system which places them on all national ballots by default while any party running against it must collect at least 5,000 signatures and pay the equivalent of $10,000 before it is allowed to run, additionally they have also been known to subject opposition parties and opposition party leaders to harassment, legal charges, and sometimes even violence with one infamous case being where opposition leader Sebastian Tarranoga attempted to run his party against the incumbent WFC, after collecting the required signatures and paying the required fees the government declared that a quarter of his signatures were acquired invalidly and wouldn't accept his application until he collected another 5,000 signatures and paid another $10,000 plus $4,500 in fines causing him to not seek to run further due to financial circumstances, Sebastian reported that his signature collectors were repeatedly harassed by police with two even being murdered though the government officially listed their deaths as being gang related. | ||
===Law=== | ===Law=== | ||
Puertego operates under civil law though with very little judicial independence and the courts being much more subordinate to the legislature than in most other countries with civil law, the 1997 constitution of Puertego is considered the supreme law of the country consisting entirely of written text with no unwritten conventions on it being considered legitimate. The Constitution of Puertego primarily covers the roles of different government bodies and the powers they have but also guarantees freedom of religion, this being one of the only freedoms written in the Puertegan constitution has been criticized by many international bodies for allowing all manner of human rights abuses and violations of civil rights to take place by the government. All manners of law in Puertego from criminal to family and property are considered federal responsibilities to enforce and uphold as is law enforcement with the government spending 12% of its budget on law enforcement in the country. The Puertegan government has the authority to declare any trial they see fit to be taken to a secret court where the media is unable to report on it. | Puertego operates under civil law though with very little judicial independence and the courts being much more subordinate to the legislature than in most other countries with civil law, the 1997 constitution of Puertego is considered the supreme law of the country consisting entirely of written text with no unwritten conventions on it being considered legitimate. The Constitution of Puertego primarily covers the roles of different government bodies and the powers they have but also guarantees freedom of religion, this being one of the only freedoms written in the Puertegan constitution has been criticized by many international bodies for allowing all manner of human rights abuses and violations of civil rights to take place by the government. All manners of law in Puertego from criminal to family and property are considered federal responsibilities to enforce and uphold as is law enforcement with the government spending 12% of its budget on law enforcement in the country. The Puertegan government has the authority to declare any trial they see fit to be taken to a secret court where the media is unable to report on it. | ||