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The Chief Executive is elected every five years by {{wp|instant-runoff vote}}. The Chief Executive presides over meetings of the Governance Commission and signs its decrees and orders into effect. Independently of the Commission, the Chief Executive is the supreme commander of the Suderavian Defence Force and Suderavian People’s Police, and holds a number of other prerogative powers, such as to make judicial appointments and issue pardons. | The Chief Executive is elected every five years by {{wp|instant-runoff vote}}. The Chief Executive presides over meetings of the Governance Commission and signs its decrees and orders into effect. Independently of the Commission, the Chief Executive is the supreme commander of the Suderavian Defence Force and Suderavian People’s Police, and holds a number of other prerogative powers, such as to make judicial appointments and issue pardons. | ||
[[File:Simferopol, State Council of Crimea, 2016.06.20 (01) (29577734262).jpg|thumb|People's Soviet, Xromîda]] | [[File:Simferopol, State Council of Crimea, 2016.06.20 (01) (29577734262).jpg|thumb|People's Soviet, Xromîda]] | ||
The legislative organ is the People’s Soviet, which is elected every two years. Suderavia’s countyships and independent city ( | The legislative organ is the People’s Soviet, which is elected every two years. Suderavia’s countyships and independent city (Keremonta) serve as its electoral constituencies, and seats are allocated among them with reference to population. Elections to the People’s Soviet are by instant-runoff vote in single-member constituencies and by {{wp|single transferable vote}} in multiple-member constituencies. X number of special seats are reserved for the Skithanawite people, who elect their representatives by [general-ticket vote probably]. Skithanawite citizens also vote in the geographic constituencies in which they live. | ||
===Political Landscape=== | ===Political Landscape=== | ||
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====Levantine Peoples==== | ====Levantine Peoples==== | ||
Most of the non-Coscivian, non-Skithanawite population are of mainland Levantine origin, whether Covines who settled on the peninsula during the period of Covinan rule, or migrants from neighbouring Levantine countries ([[Burgundie]], [[Faneria]]) and their descendants. In | Most of the non-Coscivian, non-Skithanawite population are of mainland Levantine origin, whether Covines who settled on the peninsula during the period of Covinan rule, or migrants from neighbouring Levantine countries ([[Burgundie]], [[Faneria]]) and their descendants. In Keremonta and a few larger towns there are neighbourhoods populated by Saresians and other minority peoples of Covina. Some of these people arrived as ordinary internal migrants during Covine rule, and others came to the peninsula as refugees and political asylees after the peninsula's liberation. The government of Covina has accused the Kiravian Federacy of harbouring wanted terrorists on the peninsula and providing them training from former Suderavian Republican Army guerrillas and Kiravian military advisors, which the Kiravian government denies. | ||
The Gaelic population of Suderavia are mainly of [[Faneria]] background, though a growing number are Kiravian Gaels and some have roots in [[Burgundie]] or [[Fiannria]]. Suderavia hosts many Gaelic migrant workers from [[Scapa]], a nearby Kiravian protectorate. | The Gaelic population of Suderavia are mainly of [[Faneria]] background, though a growing number are Kiravian Gaels and some have roots in [[Burgundie]] or [[Fiannria]]. Suderavia hosts many Gaelic migrant workers from [[Scapa]], a nearby Kiravian protectorate. | ||
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Due to the impact of communist rule, Suderavia has a larger non-religious population and lower rates of religious participation than most Kiravian states. Rates of religious adherence and participation have risen consistently since liberation, though the KF Conference of Catholic Bishops has noted that intellectual understanding of Church doctrine remains low among Suderavian Catholics due to the long suppression of religious education. | Due to the impact of communist rule, Suderavia has a larger non-religious population and lower rates of religious participation than most Kiravian states. Rates of religious adherence and participation have risen consistently since liberation, though the KF Conference of Catholic Bishops has noted that intellectual understanding of Church doctrine remains low among Suderavian Catholics due to the long suppression of religious education. | ||
There are two mosques in Suderavia, one [[Qustanti Islam|Qustanti]] and one non-denominational but of Sunni provenance, both in | There are two mosques in Suderavia, one [[Qustanti Islam|Qustanti]] and one non-denominational but of Sunni provenance, both in Keremonta. The Bahá’í Local Spiritual Assembly is based in Xromîda and claims 500 adherents, 105 of which are active. | ||
===Architecture=== | ===Architecture=== | ||