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Koni yu Niđalosia i Seretia Niđalosia
Flag Coat of arms
Capital		Nithash City
Largest city		Seret City
Government
-	President	Lađga Vortala

The Nithalosian Government is the sovereign governing body of the land of Nithalosia and is run under the theologies of a socialist/communist state.

Contents 1 Communism in Nithalosia 2 States 3 National Board 4 State Boards 5 Factions 6 Overview of states 7 Taxes and Social Welfare

Communism in Nithalosia

Being a communist state, the Nithalosian Government owns and operates most of the countries' major functions through external ventures. These include:

• Tarkan
  • Personal Tarkan use raising (farms), sale, registration, licensing and monitoring
• Education - Primary, Secondary and Tertiary
  • Privatised schools are allowed with a special license from the government, but have to pay large royalties to the government, this makes them rather expensive for students to attend and are usually specialised schools for the rich
  • A private tertiary education sector is prohibitied
• Tourism
  • Tourist operations to public areas and government owned parks and land are the exclusive right of government owned tourist ventures.
  • Private tourist ventures may operate on privately owned land only and without any need for license or permission
• Public Transport
  • An extensive electric train network covers most of Nithalosia (called the Great Nithalosian Rail Web) which is government owned and funded and extremely cheap to travel on due to subsidies (on average Z1.5 for a week's free travel, however, depends on region).
  • Buses, taxi services, trams and other public transport are not preferred, but used in some contexts and are all fully subsidised where needed
  • Government owned ferry services run between the port in Yamvox City and Seret City
  • Nithalosian Airways is fully owned and operated by the government too, however no subsidies are granted for air-travel.
    • Nithalosian Airports do not charge a departure or arrival fee for Nithalosian passport holders.
• Agriculture
  • Farms are privately owned, but are all on contract to the government for supply.
  • Grain, vegetable and meat processing plants and export logisitics companies are all government run and owned.
• Export
  • All the ports are run by the government (minus the land leased to Rasoran Union in Yamvox City)
• Healthcare
  • Hospitals, GP clinics and specialised clinics are all government funded.
    • All routine operations will cost tax-payers no more than Z35.
    • All GP visits will cost tax-payers no more than Z5
    • All medication on prescription will be subsidised so the end price is no more than Z2.5
• Communications
  • Radio and Television
    • The government owns the towers, buildings and equipment but hires privatised ventures to run the business. This is to avoid conflict of interest between the parties
  • Internet and Phones
    • All the lines are government owned and private ventures pay a flat fee to rent the lines to the customers.
    • Private ventures pay royalties to the government to keep their operation licenses.

States

The State of Nithalosia is split up into 5 administrative states as per the map on the left. The 5 states are: (Nixalox) Seret, Varta, Góvxa, Kóyan and Nixaş.

National Board

The "government" of Nithalosia is also known as the Nixalosia National Board found in the national capital, Nithash City. The national board is broken up into a few small sections which deal with the federal running of the state. The national board has the job of overviewing the jobs of all the main state boards. At the head of the national board is the president of Nithalosia. He is voted in by the 5 state council members and is usually a former member of a state board. The president has the power of vito over the other boards and can instantly refuse to allow a law to go through in one of the 5 states - he is essentially the teacher in the playground. The national board also has a board of 7 Internal Integrity Officers who can appoint a new chief of a faction or remove any public servant from their job if they see fit they are not doing their job.

The national board is broken into factions which are in turn broken into offices. Each office is an administrative player in enforcing the national standards and laws. Each faction has a building in one of the state capitals in the nation (for example, the building for the offices of the Trade & Commerce Faction is in Góvxa city) where it is broken into the individual offices.

Each faction has a chief who is effectively the head of the faction. He makes sure the factions offices are running to their proper abilities. Like the state board members.

When a faction wants to pass a new law or regulation, it must be drafted by the staff of the office or faction involved first. From there, the faction chief must approve it. Once the faction chief has approved it, it must go to national vote (assuming the president has approved it from here). Once all the states agree on the new regulation, the law is put into affect.

State Boards

The state boards are a board of 12 bureaucrats who are appointed to make the laws and regulations of the state. Each state board must provide a state public forum in it's capital where issues can be brought up before the 12 council members and possible overthrow of the current powers is possible.

When a new national law is drafted by the National Board, there must be a majority vote from all the state boards on whether this law is to pass or not. Should it fail, each individual board may choose to adopt the new laws for itself. Local laws are enforced by the police in each state, while there is a National Police Force (NPF) who act as federal police over the whole nation.

The state boards cannot make laws in areas that a national faction already takes care of. They can only run their own state matter and finances etc. For example, the state board cannot make a law related to international trade or the military as these are decided on a national level.

Factions

As mentioned, each faction is broken up into offices. This is a list of those factions and their offices.

• Education Faction
  • Public School Management Office†
  • Language Regulatory Office
  • National Qualifications Office

• Environmental Body Faction
  • Clean Waterways Office
  • Emissions Control Office
  • Refuse Management Office†

• Health and Safety Faction
  • Safe Workplace Regulatory Office
  • Health System Overview Office
  • Health Staffing Management Office†

• Internal Affairs Faction
  • Governmental Overview Office
  • Public Forum Management Office†
  • Public Servant Judge Management Office

• International Relations Faction
  • Immigration Office
  • Internal Zagna Pact Office
  • Overseas Diplomacy Office

• Social Welfare Faction
  • Employment Allocation Office†
  • Social Welfare Management Office
  • Tertiary Assistance Office

• Territorial Management Faction
  • Agricultural Regulatory Office†
  • Fisheries Office
  • National Waters Management Office
  • Zoning Management Office†

• Trade & Commerce Faction
  • Commerical Tax Office
  • Commerical Operations and Safety Office
  • Fair Trade Office
  • International Trade Regulation Office

• Tourism & Promotional Faction†
  • International Tourism Office†
  • Internal National Promotion Office†

• War & Justice Faction
  • Corrections and Prison Management Office
  • Miliatary Affairs Office

• Public Amenities Faction†
  • Transport and Roading Advisory Office†
  • Parks and Walkway Management Office†

† These factions and offices are also run internally inside the state boards.

Overview of states

Below is a table illustrating the main features of each of the states.

State	Population	Capital	Governmental Boards	National Board Factions
Nixaş (Nithash)	11,000,000	Niđaš (Nitbash City)	Nithash State Board, Nithalosia National Board	Internal Affairs Faction, Public Amenities Faction, Social Welfare Faction, Territorial Management Faction
Nixalox Seret (Seret Island)	7,600,000	Seret City	Seretian Council, Zagna Pact Central Headquaters	War & Justice Faction, Trade & Commerce Faction
Govđa (Govtha)	2,500,000	Govtha	Govtha State Board, COU governing body for Nithalosia.	Education Faction, International Relations Faction
Koian (Koian)	8,900,000	Da Kavai	Koian State Board	Environmental Body Faction, Health and Safety Faction
Varta	7,200,000	Yamvoth	Varta State Board	Tourism & Promotional Faction

Taxes and Social Welfare

In Nithalosia, citizens are free to choose whatever career path they wish to after graduation from compulsory or extra education. The minimum wage for a citizen over 16 is Z5.2/hr. It is illegal to work if you are under 16.

In Nithalosia, the taxes are as follows: - Income less than Z8,000: 1% - Income less than Z25,000: 55% - Income greater than Z25,000: 65%

There is also an optional, automatically deducted superannuation tax for all citizens of 5% added on top of the taxes already deducted. This is put into a fund that will be used when the citizen retires. Usually a retired citizen who has paid tax for more than 10 years is entitled to receive a pension, however citizens who have paid the extra 5% will receive 50% more pension for 6 months for every year they paid the additional 5%. For example, if one person paid the extra 5% for 6 years, they are entitled to 3 years of the 50% boost in their pension.

Social welfare in Nithalosia is strict. There are a few types of supplements one can obtain from the government.

• Unemployment Supplement
  • For people who are unemployed and it is out of their control
  • They must be seen to be actively searching for a job
  • If they are fired from a job, they must wait 2 months before they can claim the unemployment supplement

• Disabled Supplement
  • Physical or medical reason the applicant cannot work
  • Must be involved in community work instead

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