Arstotzkan Federal Government
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| Formation | 15 October 2020 (AUFG) 16 October 2020 (AFG) |
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| Founding Document | Constitution of the Arstotzkan Union |
| Country | Arstotzkan Union |
| Legislative branch | |
| Legislature | Federal Assembly of the Arstotzkan Union |
| Meeting place | 1 Union Dr, Gollandiya Capitol Territory, Eastern Arstotzkan State, Arstotzkan Union |
| Executive branch | |
| Head of State | First President of the Arstotzkan Union |
| Head of Government | Second President of the Arstotzkan Union |
| Appointer | Executive Committee of the Office of the Presidency of the Arstotzkan Union |
| Departments | Office of the Presidency of the Arstotzkan Union Executive Committee of the Office of the Presidency of the Arstotzkan Union Political Bureau to the Executive Committee for the Second Democratic People’s Party of the Arstotzkan Union |
| Judicial branch | |
| Court | Federal Judiciary of the Arstotzkan Union |
| Seat | 1 Union Dr, Gollandiya Capitol Territory, Eastern Arstotzkan State, Arstotzkan Union |
The Arstotzkan Federal Government is the current central and national government that grants political authority over the Arstotzkan Union. Established on 16 October 2020 it became a the pinnacle part of the Federalisation of the Arstotzkan Union from a nationalist country to a federal state with the creation of Article 20 to the Constitution of the Arstotzkan Union and the Land and Territories Act 2020. As of 2021 it's presence has made major political progress for the nation including helping with the creation of the Arstotzkan Federal Congress and House of Representatives of the Arstotzkan Union, as well as the removal of the final aspects of nationalism that was set in the nations political scope in its creation in August 2019.
The Arstotzkan Federal Government operates under a political system known as Arstotzkanism, which is a combination of Democratic Socialist principles under procedures similar to the United States and Soviet Union. For instance, the lower house of the Arstotzkan Federal Government is the House of Representatives of the Arstotzkan Union and one of the executive offices is the Executive Committee to the Office of the Presidency, which is similar to the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. The Arstotzkan Union also uses a unique form of Common Law known as Arstotzkan Common Law which holds its different values in thanks to Arstotzkanist philosophy.
Offices of the Arstotzkan Federal Government
The Arstotzkan Federal Government operates four branches of governance, these are categorised into Executive, Legislative, Judicial and Territorial and State.
Executive Branch
The Executive Branch of the Arstotzkan Federal Government is made up by three offices. The first is the Office of the Presidency of the Arstotzkan Union, the Executive Committee to the Office of the Presidency, and the Political Bureau to the Executive Committee for the Second Democratic People’s Party of the Arstotzkan Union.
The Office of the Presidency operates as the "Supreme Office of the Arstotzkan Federal Government and shall hold all power over the Independent Federal Republic of the Arstotzkan Union" and is made up of the two Presidents, Rt. Hon. First President Kmdt. Ethan Brinkman and Rt. Hon. Second President Gen. Peter Gedye.
The Executive Committee to the Office of the Presidency is made up of members from all areas of the Arstotzkan Union. The duty of the Executive Committee is to act as a Presidential Cabinet for decision making and the passing of legislation from both the Federal Congress and the House of Representatives. The committee is headed by the First and Second Presidents with the Vice President holding the ability to organize the Executive Committee in the absence of one or both Presidents. Once legislation is passed by the Executive Committee, it becomes law. This is another unique part adding to the Arstotzkanist philosophy of the nation. In a normal state laws are passed by the Head of State, in the United States the President and in New Zealand, His Majesty King Charles III. In the Arstotzkanist philosophy legislation is passed by the elected members of the Executive Committee.
The Political Bureau to the Executive Committee for the Second Democratic People’s Party of the Arstotzkan Union (often shortened to Politburo) is made up of members of the Arstotzkan Social Liberal Democratic Party. Under the Government Procedures Act 2023, the Politburo acts as Party Caucus. It is headed by Second President Peter Gedye (General Secretary of the Second Democratic People's Party of the Arstotzkan Union). The duty of the Politburo is to build policy and activities for the Party. It also helps in campaign and political strategies for the Presidents.
Legislative
The Legislative branch of the Arstotzkan Federal Government is the Federal Assembly of the Arstotzkan Union. It holds the Arstotzkan Federal Congress (Upper House, 9 Seats) and the House of Representatives of the Arstotzkan Union (Lower House, 10 Seats).
The Arstotzkan Federal Congress acts as the upper house of the legislative branch of the Federal Assembly. It approves legislation that is created in the House of Representatives and also advises the Office of the Presidency on actions to take and can overrule an action implemented by the Office of the Presidency if it is deemed to be of a threat to the Arstotzkan Union and the sovereignty of the nation (in line with Article 32 of the Constitution of the Arstotzkan Union). Rt. Hon. First President Ethan Brinkman is the Chairman Speaker of the Arstotzkan Federal Congress.
The House of Representatives of the Arstotzkan Union is the lower house of the Federal Government. It works with the Arstotzkan public and members of all areas of the Federal Government and High Command to create and draft legislation before it is approved by the Federal Congress. Rt. Hon. First President Ethan Brinkman is the Supreme Legislator of the House.
The Second Democratic People's Party of the Arstotzkan Union holds control over all houses.
Judicial
The Judicial Branch of the Arstotzkan Federal Government consists of the Supreme Federal Court of the Arstotzkan Union. The court is the highest in the land and Rt. Hon. First President Ethan Brinkman is the Chief Justice and Rt. Hon. Second President Peter Gedye is the nation's Attorney General.
Territorial and State Governments
The Arstotzkan Federal Government operated two state and territorial governments. The Arstotzkan Territorial Government and the State Government of the Arstotzkan Union Proper were the official state and territorial governments. On 12 September 2022, the Arstotzkan Federal Government created the Government of the State and Territories of the Arstotzkan Union a.k.a, the Government of the Union. This came after the Congress of the State and Territories of the Arstotzkan Union passed the United Governance Act 2022. Following the dissolving of the Arstotzkan Union Proper in December 2022, as per the Arstotzkan - New Zealand Agreement, the Government of the State and Territories was dissolved and was officially dissolved on 11 January 2023 with the passing of the Land and Territories Act 2023.
Parties
The following is a list of Party control in all branches of the Arstotzkan Federal Government
Arstotzkan Social Liberal Democratic Party
Ministries
The Arstotzkan Federal Government has several Ministries and Department, these are:
- Department of Intelligence and National Security
- Department of National Defense
- Department of International Affairs and Relations
- Department of the State
- Department of New Zealand Affairs
- Ministry of Justice
- Ministry of Health
- Ministry of Transport
- Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Corrections
- Ministry of Civil Protection
History
On 5 October 2020, the National Government of the Arstotzkan Union began work on the Land and Territories Act 2020 which began the ideal of federalism in the Arstotzkan Union. Ten days later the Act was passed into law and on that day the National Government of the Arstotzkan Union was officially dissolved and became the short-lived Arstotzkan Union Federal Government. The next day the Arstotzkan Federal Government was formed.
At this time the Arstotzkan Federal Government operated similar to a Parliament and had a unicameral legislature. Between 9 March and 16 March 2021, during the Fourth Session of the National Assembly it voted to dissolve itself and form two new houses of Government. These became the Arstotzkan Federal Congress as the upper house and the Arstotzkan People's Senate. The APS eventually became the Arstotzkan Sovereign Senate and the Arstotzkan State Senate, which moved political authority over the territories to the Arstotzkan State Senate. This was abolished and on 7 April 2021 the House of Representatives was formed.
The Arstotzkan Federal Government continued to operate in this parliamentary mindset until March 2022. On 3 March 2022, First President Ethan Brinkman passed Executive Presidential Order 0007 and moved the legislature into a semi independent, Federal Assembly. This would house the two legislative bodies into a bicameral legislature similar to the United States.
That same year, in June 2022 the Confederate Democracy of Gamers sued the Arstotzkan Federal Government after it passed extremely discriminatory legislation. Earlier that year the Arstotzkan Federal Government passed an amendment to the Civil Protection Act 2021 and passed the Preventative Measures Act 2022. Although the latter was also more concerned about sanctioning the Russian Federation, a former ally, for its war in Ukraine. The suit was passed in favour of the Confederacy and the Arstotzkan Federal Government passed Article 42 to the Constitution. It reads:
The Arstotzkan Federal Government of the Independent Federal Republic of the Arstotzkan Union, in good faith and respect of the rights of this Constitution shall not have the power to create, pass or ratify any Act, Statute or Law that allows for the discrimination of any individual regarded as a citizen, resident or immigrant of the Independent Federal Republic of the Arstotzkan Union
— Article 1, Section 3 of the Constitution of the Independent Federal Republic of the Arstotzkan Union
In 2023, the Arstotzkan Federal Government noticed that, although the Constitution mentioned the Arstotzkan Federal Government, no where did it explicitly state the creation of the government. On 13 April 2023 the First President added Article 5 to Section 1 of the Constitution which officially created the Arstotzkan Federal Government.
Following the creation of this, the Arstotzkan Federal Government realized there was no proper legislation governing the powers of the government. There did exist the Arstotzkan Statute on Government Systems, however this was written in 2021 and was far behind the current standards of legislation that existed in 2023, so the Arstotzkan Federal Government passed the Government Procedures Act 2023 and the Armed Forces Act 2023 which repealed the two statues and brought the two into the modern standards of Arstotzkan legislation.