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| - | | <small>Flag of Whitlamia</small>
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| - | | style="font-size:95%" colspan="2" | '''National motto:''' ''When faced with an impasse, you've got to crash through or crash.''
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| - | | '''Region'''
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| - | | [[New Liberalia]]
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| - | | '''Capital'''
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| - | | Whitlamis
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| - | | '''Largest Cities'''
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| - | | Chifley, Melbourne, Scullin, Brisvegas, Avali, Port Dunstan
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| - | |'''Spoken Languages'''<br> Official<br> Unofficial || <br>Whitlamian English <br> Traviokon <br> Panseran Caropsyne
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| - | | style="white-space: nowrap;" | '''Government''' <div style="text-align: left;">• President<br>• Prime Minister</div>
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| - | | style="white-space: nowrap;" | Federal Republic<br>[[Maximillian Deane]]<br>[[Clive Strabome]]
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| - | | style="white-space: nowrap;" | '''Founded'''<br>• Federal Republic
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| - | | January 1st, 1901<br>January 1st, 2007
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| - | | style="white-space: nowrap;" | '''Population'''<br> • 2007 census<br>
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| - | | <br>605,000,000<br>
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| - | | '''Currency'''
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| - | | style="white-space: nowrap;" | Whitlamian Liber(R) = 100 Cents (ç)
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| - | | '''Constitution'''
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| - | | style="white-space: nowrap;" | Constitution of the Commonwealth of Liberalia
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| - | == The Commonwealth ==
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| - | Whitlamia is an island Federal Republic in the north-west of Liberalia, however it is a Federation of multiple states which is formed together as the Commonwealth of Liberalia. Whitlamia is made up of 8 states: Victoria, Middaland, South Whitlamia, Tasman, West Travioko, East Travioko, Panseria, Mengshu and three Territorries: Whitlamia Capital Territory, Port Dunstan Territory, West Mengshu.
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| - | == Government ==
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| - | Whitlamia is a Federal Parliamentary Republic with a healthy Westminster Parliamenty tradition. There are three tiers of government in Whitlamia: Federal, State/Territory, Local.
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| - | The Federal Parliament is the nation's bicameral legislature, which is composed of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The House of Representatives is made up of 400 Members of Parliament representing electorates of roughly 1,000,000 voters, where as the Senate is composed of 102 Senators, 12 representing each State and 2 representing each Territory. Both houses of Parliament have fixed terms of four years and are elected simultaniously. The Prime Minister is the leader of the party or coalition with the majority in the House of Representatives and his/her party is invited by the President after an election to form a Government. The next largest political party becomes the Opposition.
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| - | The current makeup of the Federal Parliament:
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| - | Prime Minister: Hon. Clive Strabome MP (Liberal Party)
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| - | Leader of the Opposition: Hon. Paul Robbins MP (Labor Party)
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| - | '''House of Representatives'''
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| - | Liberal Party: 158 seats
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| - | Country Party: 35 seats
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| - | L/C Coalition Combined: 193 seats
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| - | Green Democrats: 11 seats
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| - | Indipendents: 6 seats
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| - | '''Senate'''
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| - | Liberal Party: 35 seats
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| - | Country Party: 7 seats
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| - | L/C Coalition Combined: 42 seats
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| - | Labor Party: 37 seats
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| - | Green Democrats: 15 seats
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| - | One Nation: 3 seats
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| - | Travioko First: 3 seats
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| - | Christian Democrats: 1 seats
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| - | The Prime Minister is the Head of the Government and is the highest political office in the nation. The Head of the State is the President which is a ceremonial bipartisan figurehead. The President is selected by the Prime Minister from a list of nominees and negotiates with the Leader of the Opposition to ensure that the candidate is universally acceptable, then a special joint sitting of both houses of Parliament convenes to accept the candidate who requires a two-thirds majority to be appointed. The President has a term of five years, and may be asked by the Prime Minister to serve a final second term if Parliament ratifies the appointment again.
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| - | Each State and territory has a similar practice, with a Premier commanding a majority in State Parliaments and a Governor as Head of State. In Territories it is a Chief Minister and an Administrator.
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| - | # recent Prime Minister's of Whitlamia
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| - | Maurice Candelno (Liberal) 1981-1999
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| - | Anthony Whiting (Labor) 1999-2006
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| - | Paul Robbins (Labor) 2006-2007
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| - | Clive Strabome (Liberal) 2007-
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| - | == Political Parties ==
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| - | Because of a stable Coalition between the Liberal and Country Party, Whitlamia has developed a two party state between the Coalition and the Labor Party. However with the proportional voting in the Senate many minor parties gain representation there. Prime Ministers tend to only come from the Liberal and Labor Parties.
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| - | The Liberal party is the dominant centre right, business orientated and social conservative party. It exists in Coalition with the Country Party, which is a conservative rural party. Its main rival is the centre left Whitlamian Labor Party, which is a trade union orientated democratic socialist/social democrat party. The greatest third party are the Green Democrats who are a left wing, environment orientated party.
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