Kazakh State (The Pearl World)

The Russian-backed Kazakh State (formally known as the Republic of Kazakhstan) was a Russian puppet state that was located in Central Asia and existed from 2022 to 2027. The Nation claimed to be the continuation of the Government of Kazakhstan, which was overthrown by protestors in Early 2022.

Government and Politics
Officially, Kazakhstan is a democratic, secular, constitutional unitary republic; the nation was led by Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and Prime Minister Alihan Smaiylov. The president may veto legislation that has been passed by the parliament and is also the commander in chief of the armed forces. The prime minister chairs the cabinet of ministers and serves as Kazakhstan's head of government. There are three deputy prime ministers and sixteen ministers in the cabinet.

Kazakh's legislature was a bicameral parliament composed of the Majilis (the lower house) and senate (the upper house). Single-mandate districts popularly elected 67 seats in the Majilis; there also are ten members elected by party-list vote. The senate had 32 members. Two senators are selected by each of the elected assemblies (mäslihats) of Kazakhstan's sixteen principal administrative divisions (fourteen regions plus the city of Nur-Sultan). The president appoints the remaining fifteen senators. Majilis deputies and the government both have the right of legislative initiative, though the government proposes most legislation considered by the parliament.

Unoficially Kazakhstan was a Russian Puppet State. Most decisions were made by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who controlled the contigent of Russian military forces occupying the Kazakh State.

The Otan Party ruled completely with no other political parties allowed.

Administrative Divisions
Kazakhstan was divided into six regions (Kazakh: облыстар, oblystar; Russian: области, oblasti). The regions were subdivided into 82 districts (Kazakh: аудандар, aýdandar; Russian: районы, rayony). The districts are further subdivided into rural districts at the lowest level of administration, which include all rural settlements and villages without an associated municipal government.

The city of Nur-Sultan had statusof  "state importance" and did not belong to any region. The city of Baikonur has a special status because it is being leased until 2050 to Russia for the Baikonur cosmodrome. In June 2018 the city of Shymkent became a "city of republican significance".

Each region is headed by an äkim (regional governor) appointed by the president. District äkimi are appointed by regional akims. Kazakhstan's government relocated its capital from Almaty, established under the Soviet Union, to Astana on 10 December 1997.

Municipalities
Municipalities exist at each level of administrative division in Kazakhstan. Cities of republican, regional, and district significance are designated as urban inhabited localities; all others are designated rural. At the highest level is the city of Nur-Sultan, which is classified as  a city of republican significance on the administrative level equal to that of a region. At the intermediate level are cities of regional significance on the administrative level equal to that of a district. Cities of these two levels may be divided into city districts. At the lowest level are cities of district significance, and over two-thousand villages and rural settlements (aul) on the administrative level equal to that of rural districts.

Military
Most of Kazakhstan's military remained loyal to the government, but many officials and prominent figures defected to the Kazakh State, taking with them hardware and personel. Much of the original Kazakh Army was inherited from the Soviet Armed Forces' Turkestan Military District. These units became the core of Kazakhstan's new military. It acquired all the units of the 40th Army (the former 32nd Army) and part of the 17th Army Corps, including six land-force divisions, storage bases, the 14th and 35th air-landing brigades, two rocket brigades, two artillery regiments, and a large amount of equipment that had been withdrawn from over the Urals after the signing of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe. Since the late 20th century, the Kazakhstan Army has focused on expanding the number of its armoured units.

The Kazakh State replenished its armed forces by inducting young Kazakhi's between 18 and 35 into their armed forces. CSTO forces assisted the Kazakh State in their operations and efforts to reclaim the entirety of Kazakhstan.

The Kazakh air force is composed mostly of Soviet-era planes, including 20 MiG-29s, 23 MiG-31s, 17 Su-24s and 32 Su-27s. Russia armed and supplied the Kazakh state, which conscripted over 40% of the state's male population.

Foreign Policy
Kazakhstan was a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Economic Cooperation Organization and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

Since independence in 1991, Kazakhstan has pursued what is known as the "multivector foreign policy" (Kazakh: көпвекторлы сыртқы саясат), seeking equally good relations with its two large neighbours, Russia and China, as well as with the United States and the rest of the Western world. Russia currently leases approximately 6,000 square kilometres (2,317 sq mi) of territory enclosing the Baikonur Cosmodrome space launch site in south central Kazakhstan, where the first man was launched into space as well as Soviet space shuttle Buran and the well-known space station Mir.

Recognition
The Kazakh State was not recognized by the United Nations and was therefore denied representation. Only Russia, China, Venezuela, Cuba, North Korea, and Belarus officially recognized the nation, with Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan maintaining unofficial ties.