Giant Bay

Giant Bay, officially Republic of Giant Bay, is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Sub-Saharan Africa. Its border is with Cameroon (North) and Gabon (South). With about one million inhabitant, its capital is Giant-Bay-City (or Giant-Bay-Agglomération in French). Its officially languages are English, French and Quenya (French is diplomatic language), its motto is "Nation of Dreams and Cultures" and its currency is the Giant Bay Ecu. In 2012, the Duchy will officially end after the death of the last Duke in October 2011. The Duchy will be replaced by the "Second Republic".

History
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Organization of Powers
The organization of power is defined by the Constitution February 8, 2012. The President is the Head of the State and he elected for 4 years. The Prime Minister is the Head of the Government. He appointed by the President and approved by the National Assembly. The three powers are Executive, Legislative and Judicial. There are separated.

Executive power is guaranteed by the President and the Prime Minister. Their responsibility is application of Laws. The governement consists of the Prime Minister and 12 Ministers.

The Parliament is composed by 2 chambers. First, the National Assembly (lower house with 75 deputies) is elected for 1 year. Secondly, the Senate (upper house with 15 senators) is elected for 2 years. They are guarantor of Legislative power and their responsibility is voting laws.

Judicial power is guaranteed by the Ministry of Justice and a "High Judge to the Nation" elected annually by all Judges in the nation.

Subdivisions
The official subdivisions of Giant Bay is: Provinces, Departments and District (or Localité in French). The 2 Provinces are "Giant-Bay-City" (or Giant-Bay-Agglomération in French), the capital of the country, and "Provinces of Giant Bay". There are 7 departments; 3 are in GBC (Charles-Cities (English), Jean-de-la-Baie Géante (French) and Major Cities of Quenya (Quenya)) and 4 in PGB (Enclave of Old English Settlers (English), Les Petits de Jean (French), Provinces of Quenya Nation (Quenya) and Island of Quenya (Quenya)). An eighth region exists but isn't official. It's a Administration Region, a area where there are every ports, airports, offices buildings, etc... Official language in this region is 3 languages of Nation. Finally, they are between 1 to 5 Districts by Region (total of 12 Districts in GBC and 9 Districts in PGB).

Political Trends, Parties and Elections


The political system of Giant Bay is a multi-party state since 1996. However, from 2005 to 2011, the Conservative Party has the executive power and fluently the legislative power. Today, we have 6 parties in Parliament, the legislative guarantor (National Alliance of Federalism, Conservative Party, Party of the United Right, Democrats Party, Party of the Sustainable Future and Ecologic and Socialist Party).

The Parliament is divided in two. The National Assembly is elected every year and for 1 year. After its election, it needs to approved the Prime Minister currently in this post. Secondly, the Senate is elected for 2 years. It must voted all laws with 50% to 59.99% of votes in National Assembly.

The Conservative Party and the Socialist Party are major parties in Giant Bay.

Current Leaders
Since Constituent Election of Giant Bay, 2011, the coalition government of center-left has 38 seats on 75. His leader, Stuart Smith, is the President by interim since February 8.

Defense
Army of Giant Bay, or Armée de Giant Bay (in French), is the national army of country. It was created in 1911, after independence of nation. It is unfortunately known for its Coup d'etat of November 8th, 1945, and his military (or fascism) government between 1945 to 1976 and the Civil War of Giant Bay. It is the initiator of "Duchy", with a Nationalist Duchy (1945-1976), Popular Duchy (1976-1995), Transitional Duchy (1995-2004) and Duchy (democratic) since 2005.

Today, the army of Giant Bay is composed of 15,000 soldiers, that to say 15 soldiers for 1,000 capita (ninth in the world ).

International Organization Membership
Since June 28th, 2006, Giant Bay is a state member of African Union and United Nations. This late integration is because of the racial regime in place from 1945 to 1976 and the National Communist regime imposed until 1995. The authorities didn't want to so integrate these movements to preserve their "National Sovereignty".

Common Foreign and Diplomacy
Since 1976, Giant Bay has relationship with other countries after his "opening in the world". It has very good relations with Morocco and Botswana, and to a lesser degree with Congo-Brazzaville and Nigeria. Currently, it recognizes Israel, North Korea and Popular China but not Taiwan, Kosovo, Palestinian National Authority or Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

His relations with United States of America and Russia are bad but his relations with European Countries are good enough. For his neighbors, it has neutral relations with Cameroon and Gabon as a result their authoritarians political system.

Population and Society
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Location
Giant Bay is located in Sub-Saharan Africa. It shares a border with 2 countries. Gabon in East and South, and Cameroon in North. To the West is located the Atlantic Ocean.

Climate


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Natural Disaster
The main natural catastrophe in Giant Bay is storm.

Economy
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Cultures
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Others
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