Platina
| Platine Republic República Platina (Castellanese) Capital: Montedorado
Population: TBD (2024) Motto: « Dum vita est, spes » ("While there is life, there is hope") |
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Platina, officially the Platine Republic (Castellanese: República Platina, pronunciation: [reˈpuβlika plaˈtina]), is a country in West Uletha and member state of the Liberan Union. It is situated on the central portion of the Liberan Island at the crossroads of the regional ranges. Platina is bordered by Alvorán to the northwest, Jarcón to the northeast, Martani to the southeast and Xatãera to the southwest. Its twenty-three provinces cover a total area of 138,094 square kilometers (53,631 square miles) and have an estimated population of X.X million. Montedorado is the nation’s capital, while its largest city is Santa Cruz; other major cities include Lutos de la Santa Inquisición, Flamaria and Borgoña.
Platina has been at the crossroads of numerous cultures and civilizations for millennia, including the Tasetians, Hellenesians, Romantish and Mazanics. Its modern identity is rooted in a 13th-century crusade led by the Order of the Holy Cross, founded in northeastern Castellán, who seized control of the modern Platina and Alvorán by expulsing the Mazanic colonizers from the region and getting administrative control of the territory through an agreement with Ulethan powers, sponsored by the Pope, in the aftermath of the crusade. The Order permanently moved to Platina and then established settlements with church-leased agricultural lands for Mesembric tribes to migrate there, creating a prosperous economy which eventually expanded to the extractive industry, and a Castellanese-inspired common culture.
Following numerous independentist movements throughout the region which inspired the separation of Alvorán in the early 19th century, the Order supported political reforms that created a secular and democratically-elected government under a parliamentary system. By retaining its prominent role in numerous enterprises involving the industry and service sector, the Order was fundamentally responsible for turning Platina into an economic stronghold in the region that has recently diversified into the tech services market.
History
Early history
Mazanic and early Ortholic period
Hoplarchical period
Civil war and early republican period
Contemporary republican period
Geography
Climate
Environment
Politics
Platina is considered as one of the oldest sovereign states in the Liberan Island because, unlike its neighboring nations, its territory was never under control of Ulethan colonial powers but rather continuously governed since the 13th century as a stratocracy, that is, under the leadership of the Order of the Holy Cross—an Ortholic military order, founded in northern Castellán in the middle 12th century, which seized control of Platina in the aftermath of a crusade against the Mazanic expansion into the Liberan Island. Since the 1848 democratic reforms, Platina is a secular and unitary state that is governed as a constitutional republic with a parliamentary system of government.
The national government of Platina is partially separated between four groups:
- The bicameral legislature, the Congress∈⊾ƨ, comprised of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.
- The executive body, the Platinan Council∈⊾ƨ, led by the prime minister (the leader of the party or coalition with a majority in the Chamber of Deputies) and comprised of fifteen ministries, whose competences over public policy are exercised through numerous councils of state.
- The judiciary, comprised of the Constitutional Court as the sole court responsible for public law (particularly focused on administrative and constitutional law) and the Court of Cassation as the supreme court for private law (primarily, civil and criminal law), as well as provincial appellate courts and lower municipal courts.
- The independent institutions with regulatory or decision-making authority without needing advice and consent of the executive body: the Electoral Commission, the Treasury Commission, the Government Oversight Commission, the Commission of Public Policy, and the Commission of Pontifical Ortholic Universities.
Order of the Holy Cross
Government
The executive power is vested primarily into forty-six councils of state (consejos de Estado), which are deliberative bodies comprised of career service personnel and responsible for proposing executive policy in their respective fields, and subsequently into the Platinan Council (Consejo Platino), comprised of the heads of ministries with jurisdiction over certain related councils of state and itself responsible for reviewing and approving/rejecting policy proposed by a council. There are fifteen ministries within the Platinan Council∈⊾ƨ, with their heads as non-voting members of each council of state under their jurisdiction and responsible for assuring the proper discussion of any policy proposed by them.
| Ministry | Councils of state | |
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| Ministry of Government and Civil Affairs | Office of the Deputy Minister | |
Council of State for the Public Administration
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Council of State for Civil Rights
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Council of State for General Management
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| Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation | Office of the Deputy Minister | |
Council of State for Foreign Policy
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Council of State for International Cooperation and Development
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Council of State for International Commerce and Consular Services
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| Ministry of Finance and Economic Policy | Office of the Deputy Minister | |
Council of State for Financial Management
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Council of State for Macroeconomic Development
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Council of State for Financial Development
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| Ministry of National Security and Emergency Management | Office of the Deputy Minister | |
Council of State for Public Security and Order
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Council of State for Emergency Management
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Council of State for Interdisciplinary National Security
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| Ministry of Justice and Office of the Attorney General | Office of the Deputy Minister | |
Council of State for the Administration of Justice
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Council of State for Procedural Rights
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Council of State for Multidisciplinary Prosecution[1]
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Council of State for Civil and Criminal Prosecution[1]
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| Ministry of Commerce, Tourism and Industrial Development | Office of the Deputy Minister | |
Council of State for Commercial Policy
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Council of State for Touristic Promotion and Development
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Council of State for Commercial & Industrial Development and Promotion
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| Ministry of Health and Human Services | Office of the Deputy Minister | |
Council of State for Preventive Health and Public Health Policies
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Council of State for Hospital Management and Medical Assistance
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Council of State for Wellbeing and Comprehensive Social Assistance
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Council of State for Equality, Social Inclusion and Human Development
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| Ministry of Education and Professional Development | Office of the Deputy Minister | |
Council of State for Educational Management and Policy
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Council of State for Literacy and Comprehensive Educational Services
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Council of State for Educational Financing, Inclusivity and Participation
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| Ministry of Scientific and Technological Development | Office of the Deputy Minister | |
Council of State for Innovation and Development
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Council of State for the Transfer of Technology and Intellectual Property
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Council of State for Digitalization & Technological Sustainability and Cooperation
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| Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Sports | Office of the Deputy Minister | |
Council of State for Cultural Heritage and Exhibition
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Council of State for Sport Activity
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| Ministry of Work, Pensions and the Civil Service | Office of the Deputy Minister | |
Council of State for Work Policy
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Council of State for Union Affairs and Work Rights
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Council of State for the Civil Service
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| Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning | Office of the Deputy Minister | |
Council of State for Urban Development
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Council of State for Regulation of the Real Estate Market
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Council of State for Spatial Planning
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| Ministry of Public Infrastructure and Transportation Services | Office of the Deputy Minister | |
Council of State for Public Works
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Council of State for Transportation Services and Urban Mobility
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Council of State for Infrastructure and Transportation Management
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| Ministry of Agriculture and Food Policy | Office of the Deputy Minister | |
Council of State for Agricultural Policy and Sustainability
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Council of State for Food Safety and Agricultural Wellness
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Council of State for Biotechnology and Agricultural Markets
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| Ministry of Environmental Protection and Resource Management | Office of the Deputy Minister | |
Council of State for Environmental Protection and Conservation
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Council of State for Environmental Sustainability
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Council of State for Resource Management and Climate Change
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Administrative divisions
Foreign relations
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