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| - The government of Sierra is the federal government of the Kingdom of Sierra which includes the constituent countries of the Deseret, Hawaii, and Sierra, and the latter's territories and crown dependencies. Much of the political framework and institutions by which the Sierran government operates are described and tied to the Sierran federal Constitution, by which the powers of executive, legislative, and judicial powers are separated and delegated to each component of the government: the Crown which is considered the foundation of the government and rests within the executive branch as its head of state; the Prime Minister as the head of the civil executive branch government (including the Executive Council and the Cabinet) and the monarch's representative; the Parliament as the source of legislation; and the Supreme Court as the final arbiter and interpreter of federal and constitutional law. Most of the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the government are defined within the Constitution or through subsequent Acts of Parliament codified in Sierra's Federal Code including the creation of new government agencies and courts inferior to the Supreme Court, while additional clarifications, as well as the relationship between the constituent states and the Kingdom are defined within the Charter for the Kingdom of Sierra. Kingdom-wise, there is an unequal distribution of devolution and self-governance for the three constituent countries: in Sierra, because its government is the dominant model by which the Kingdom is based on, and because of its deep entrenchment, has no virtually no devolved government or distinctly separate government from the Kingdom (Sierra's parliament is the National Parliament–there is no intermediary legislature for itself nationwide); in the Deseret and Hawaii, both have their own legislatures, national governments, constitutions, and legal systems. Only few matters are reserved to the Kingdom, among them including foreign affairs and national defense. In Sierra, any powers not delegated to the federal government as understood under the Constitution, are relegated to the provincial or local level. Within these provinces and territories, they have their own governments, legislatures, and laws, sharing the responsibility of governance as the federal government in a form of dual federalism. The Sierran federal system is unique and heavily influenced by the American and Westminster systems. The Kingdom's unitary system as a whole, however is similar to the Dutch model, in that it retains some federal qualities whilst being a unitary state overall.
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