Plymouth Federation Informational Packet

[Il Terra Di Agea]

[center][size=5][u][b]The Plymouth Federation[/b][/u][/size][/center]
[center][u][b]Current Land Owned:[/b][/u]
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[u][b]Territorial Waters:[/b][/u]
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[b]Key:[/b]
Yellow: Plymouth Economic Exclusive Zone
Red: Plymouth National waters (12 Nautical Miles from all coastline, where applicable)[/center]

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[u][b]Flag of the Plymouth Federation[/b][/u]

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[u][b]Coat of Arms of the Plymouth Federation[/b][/u]
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[u][b]Current Plymouthian High Government Positions:[/b][/u]
President: Vincent Campbell
Prime Minister: Sofia Pascal
Secretary of State: James Calvin
Secretary of the Treasury: Harold Burke
Secretary of Defense: Nicholas Bates
Attorney General: Stanley Braddock
Secretary of Agriculture and the Interior: Adam Mcgraw
Secretary of Labor and Commerce: Ralph Leggett
Secretary of Health and Human Services: Kristin Meek
Secretary of Housing, Urban Development and Energy: Walter Mckenzie
Secretary of Education: Sandra Sawyer
Secretary of Homeland Security: Olivia Snipes


[u][b]Parliamentary Seats[/b][/u]
[Yet to be Partitioned]

[u][b]Plymouth Information:[/b][/u]
National Anthem: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG_8ssWTsMw"]”My Country, 'Tis of Thee :” Heard Here[/url]
Motto: By the People, For the People
Capital City: New Haven, Connecticut
Official language: None
Population: 12,004,147 (Estimate)
Government: Parliamentary Federation

[u][b]Foreign Policy[/b][/u]
Plymouth is fairly neutral in foreign affairs, opting rather to focus on the needs of its people. As such, the Plymouthian military will not partake in any foreign wars that fail to present an imminent danger to the homeland, and the state holds few military treaties.

[u][b]Plymouthian Water Policies[/b][/u]
National waters require a permit and inspection to pass through.
Economic zone is reserved by Plymouth to partake in economic activities such as Fishing, and transit. No permit is required to pass through, but a permit is required if one wishes to fish or drill the area.

OOC: More to come, it's be linked through the Image in my sig.

Edited December 27, 2010 by Il Terra Di Agea

[Il Terra Di Agea]

[size="4"][u][b]Plymouthian Government Workings[/b][/u][/size]

[size="3"][u][b]President (Head of State and Government)[/b][/u][/size]
-Elected by the people
-Six Year Term limit
-Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Navy and Air force of Plymouth
-Chooses the cabinet (Save the Sec. of Defense and Sec. of State)
-Has the power to pardon criminals
--Pardons may be overturned by the House of Representatives
-Presides over both Houses of Parliament
-Veto power over all Federal laws (Can be overturned by a 60% vote matched by both houses)
-May have impeachment called for by either House of Parliament
--Impeachment may only be carried out after an investigation performed by the Supreme Court that finds that the President did, in fact, commit a crime

[size="3"][u][b]Prime Minister (Head of Congress)[/b][/u][/size]
-Elected by the House of Congress
-Six Year Term limit
-Presides over Congress
-Acts as a tie breaker in Congress (Cannot vote unless in the case of a tie)
-Has Veto power over laws that pass through the House of Congress (Can be vetoed by the President, or overturned by a simple majority by both houses)
-Can be removed by a Vote of No Confidence
-May have impeachment called for by either House of Parliament
--Impeachment may only be carried out after an investigation performed by the Supreme Court that finds that the Prime Minister did, in fact, commit a crime

[b][u][size="3"]Congressmen[/size][/u][/b]
-Chosen by their party to serve
-Two year term, during which time they cannot be removed from office unless by personal injury, death, or inability to serve
-Powers afforded to individual Congressmen:
--One vote in the Congress
--The ability to raise new issue for the Congress
--One vote in a Vote of No-Confidence raised against the Prime Minister
--One vote toward overturning any Veto placed by the President or Prime Minister

[size="3"][u][b]Councilors[/b][/u][/size]
-Represent the people of their home district
-Elected by the people of their home district
-Six Year Term, during which time they cannot be removed from office unless by personal injury, death, or inability to serve
-Powers afforded to individual Councilors:
--One vote in all votes called by the House of Representatives
--One vote toward overturning a Presidential Pardon
--One vote toward choosing the Representative for their State
--One vote in a Vote of No-Confidence raised against their state’s Representative

[size="3"][u][b]Representatives[/b][/u][/size]
-Represent the people of their home State
-Chosen by the Council of their State
-Two Year Term, during which time they cannot be removed from office unless by personal injury, death, inability to serve, or a Vote of No-Confidence called by their Council
-Powers afforded to individual Representatives:
--The equivalent to 12 votes in all votes called by the House of Representatives
--One vote toward overturning a Presidential Pardon

[u][b][size="3"]Parliament[/size][/b][/u]
[u][b]House of Congress[/b][/u]
-Primary body in charge of the external workings of the nation
-Elected by the people, who vote by party. The elected party then chooses its representatives (Congressmen)
-Elects Prime Minister, Secretary of Defense, and Secretary Of State
-200 Seats
-May call for a Vote of No-confidence against the presiding Prime Minister (Requires a petition signed by no less than ten congressmen of the aforementioned Minister’s party)

[u][b]House of Representatives[/b][/u]
-Primary body in charge of interior workings of nation
-The people individually elect Councilors, State councils then elect Representatives
-204 Seats (200 Councilors + 4 Representatives)
-May overturn a Presidential Pardon
-Two Main Bodies
--District: Elect officials as their representatives (Referred to as Councilor or Councilman [name])
--State: Councilors come together and elect a state representative (Referred to as Representative [name])
------Four Councils, one for each state
---------Massachusetts: 108 Councilmen
---------Connecticut: 58 Councilmen
---------Vermont: 12 Councilmen
---------New Hampshire: 22 Councilmen
-A Representative may be removed from office by a Vote of No-Confidence raised by their Council