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| - The Queendom of Maysong (commonly Maysong) is a small sovereign state located in Southeastern North America. Maysong is an island nation composed of many islands and various smaller rocks and islets located at the end of the Lesser Antilles chain. By water, it borders Barbados to the east, Saint Lucia to the north, and the Caribbean Sea to the west. Far to the south is the nation of Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela. Maysong is a hybrid state with elements of direct democracy and monarchy infused within its political system. The Queendom is ruled by a monarch who inherits the throne based on female-preference primogeniture. The monarch rules as head of state and government, with the power to create bills based on the needs of the people and react to international transgressions in the best interests of the people. The monarch is regulated by the people, and every government action the monarch makes must be approved by a direct vote among the citizens. If the monarch is threatened with an action that requires immediate attention without any time absolutely for public vote, then the monarch is permitted to act in the best interests of the people without their consent. This system of government was introduced in 1845, after the successful Maysinger Revolt overthrew colonial rule of the Grenadines. The Maysinger economy is largely based on the export of agricultural products and artisan consumer goods, though other industries have a presence in the nation. Maysong exports sugar, bananas, nutmeg, cocoa, guavas, arrowroot, coconuts, pineapples, papaya, and coffee in quantities provided by independently owned farms. Other produce and animal goods grown on the island are used entirely domestically, this includes cattle, pigs, chickens, apples, pears, plums, peaches, tomatoes, squash, carrots, and lettuce. Leather produced from Maysong is considered to be a luxury good when sold worldwide because of its quality, special production technique, and low global quantity. Artisans are an extremely important component of the Maysinger economy, as the island nation refrains from the import of mass produced goods, artisans manufacture most goods domestically without heavy overpricing. While not entirely self sufficient, Maysong has a very stable economy with high trade surplus because of its mixed economic policy of heavy domestic production paired with limited importation. Maysong enjoys relatively neutral and warm foreign relations with most countries, neither associating with the West or the East in international politics. Trade of tropical goods and limited tourism keep economic relations with many major world powers high, though strong regulations against foreign economic intervention have caused some problems with corporations abroad. Nonetheless, Maysong is a respected member of the United Nations, the IMF, and the WTO, and it is an observer of CARICOM.
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