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| - Emeria is a unitary constitutional parliamentary republic with a supreme legislature based upon a variation the British Westminster system. The unicameral National Diet is elected via electorate every five years, and through a vote of confidence the Government is formed from the largest political party or coalition of parties. Formally, the President, the ceremonial head of state, is responsible for appointing the Prime Minister, the actual head of government, who in turn appoints the cabinet ministers from the National Diet. However, the President wields no real, non-emergency political power, and only serves as a national figurehead, thus meaning that the President does not have a real voice in the creation or the administration of governance. The base of the Emerian system of government
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| - Emeria is a unitary constitutional parliamentary republic with a supreme legislature based upon a variation the British Westminster system. The unicameral National Diet is elected via electorate every five years, and through a vote of confidence the Government is formed from the largest political party or coalition of parties. Formally, the President, the ceremonial head of state, is responsible for appointing the Prime Minister, the actual head of government, who in turn appoints the cabinet ministers from the National Diet. However, the President wields no real, non-emergency political power, and only serves as a national figurehead, thus meaning that the President does not have a real voice in the creation or the administration of governance. The base of the Emerian system of government was created in 1910, after the creation of the Dominion of Emeria still within the British realm, and was modified into its current form with the abolition of the monarchy in 1945. Emeria’s first permanent inhabitants were the progenitors of the Whanaki peoples, who came to the islands around 1300 CE. The islands which make up the country were first visited by Europeans in 1779 by Charles Clerke, who partially led a remainder of Captain James Cook’s third voyage after his death in Hawai'i. The islands would not be permanently settled until 1798, when Paul Whitman, a former member of Cook’s crew, was granted permission by the British crown to to establish a colony at the mouth of the River Avon, which came to become Whitsbury. The British continued to settle Emeria in great numbers, establishing it as a major stopover point for Transpacific maritime commerce. In 1910, Emeria was granted Dominion status, establishing home rule on the islands, which gave the islanders greater autonomy over areas such as immigration, trade, and policy. Emeria’s relationship with Japan flourished as that nation sought to build a regional hegemony. Emeria fought alongside Japan during the First World War in capturing the German Pacific possessions, but began to recluse as Japan became increasingly militaristic in the epoch that followed, and as Emeria suffered greatly from the Great Depression. In 1941, during the Second World War, Japan invaded and occupied Emeria, though it was relatively bloodless and Emeria was liberated by the United States in 1943. After the end of the Second World War, Emeria formally abolished the monarchy and cut most of its political bonds with the Commonwealth Realm, instead pursuing a path of international neutrality. As the Cold War divided the world, Emeria built stronger bonds with democratic Japan and Taiwan, focusing on the creation of a North Pacific economic bloc. It's strong ties with East Asia led to a heavy hit from the crisis of 1997, though deft leadership led to a general recovery by the beginning of the 21st century. Contemporary Emeria is considered a developed, free market economy with a high ranking level of civic freedom and standard of living. Appleton and Whitsbury are often included on lists of the world’s most livable cities, and the Lake Alban region is a world-famous area of idyllic, natural beauty. Although Emeria has a high rate of urbanisation at around 78.4%, the agrarian tradition of its people is tied to the historical mass settlement of the countryside by Luddite migrants. The successive elected governments of Emeria have all historically supported policies of agrarianism and environmentalism, leading to its status as one of the world’s foremost green democracies. The bulk of the non-agricultural economy is made up by services and industrial food processing, which combined compose over 63% of the nation’s GDP. Although it is a heavily naturalist country, Emeria is also one of the world’s most connected countries, with the national rate of internet access at around 98.2% of the population. Emeria has pursued a policy of international neutrality since the end of the Second World War, focusing only on a global level largely to promote international cooperation in the fields of the arts, commerce, and science. Emeria has strong cultural and historical bonds with the Commonwealth, and in the modern day the country has special agreements with Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Furthermore, Emeria has strong bonds with the United States, and is a co-member of the North Pacific Economic Area with Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea. Emeria is a founding member of the United Nations, a member of the APEC, the OECD, the IMF, and the Pacific Islands Forum.
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