Commonwealth of Tahara (Ad Astra)

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Commonwealth of Tahara
Timeline: [[Ad Astra]]

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Capital	Eforwic (formerly named Tahara)
Largest city	Eforwic
Other cities	Luada, Wyrdgrave, Holton, Caistor, Youngham, Luptby
Language	English
Religion	Christianity (various denominations), Hinduism, Judaism, etc.
Demonym	Taharan
Government	Democratic Parliamentary Monarchy
Population	~ 7,200,000
Established	21st March 2152
Currency	Taharan Crown

Government

Tahara is organised as a unitary parliamentary monarchy, with its population distributed amongst various major cities and a large number of smaller communities, agritowns and mining outposts.

National Government

Monarch & Governor-General

• Monarch: The head of state of Tahara is the King or Queen of Tahara. This individual is also the monarch of all other Commonwealth Realms. As head of state they are the ceremonial embodiment of the spirit of the nation and the fount of the authority of the state. Due to longstanding constitutional convention, they do not participate in politics or the day to day governing of the Commonwealth.
• Governor-General: Due to the fact that the monarch primarily acts as monarch of the United Kingdom, hier functions in the Commonwealth of Tahara are performed by an appointed Governor-General. The Governor-General is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister.

Parliament of Tahara

The Parliament of Tahara is the legislative body of the Commonwealth and is composed of the monarch, the Senaad and the National Assembly.

• Senaad: The upper house of the Parliament, the Senaad consists of 45 senators, elected to represent 9 districts of 5 members each, including 2 districts reserved for the significant proportion of the population that lives in non-municipal settlements and mining outposts. Elections are conducted every 6 years via single transferable vote. Though it is the upper house, the Senaad is the weaker of the two houses of Parliament, and may not initiate legislation. Nonetheless, the consent of the Senaad is neccesary for bills to pass into law.

• National Assembly: The National Assembly is the lower house of Parliament and consists of 119 assembly members elected to represent 119 single-member districts and 34 assembly members elected to represent all those not living in an incorporated municipality, for a total of 153 assembly members. Elections are conducted every 3 years. As the lower house, the National Assembly is from where the executive government is drawn, with the assembly member able to command the support of a majority of the house being appointed Prime Minister.

National Government Ministries & Agencies

The following list of executive departments and agencies is incomplete.

• Home Office:
  • Tahara National Police (TNP)
  • Public Security Service (PSS)
  • Emergency Response Agency (ERA)
  • Tahara Border Force (TBF)

• Foreign Office:
  • National Intelligence Service (NIS)
  • Commonwealth Diplomatic Corps (CDC)

• Royal Treasury:
  • Revenue & Customs Office (RCO)
  • Financial Intelligence Division (FID)
  • Royal Taharan Mint (RTM)

• Directorate of Defence:
  • Taharan Defence Force
    • Taharan Marines
    • Royal Taharan Space Force

• • Defence Intelligence Office (DIO): Human Intelligence
  • Signals Intelligence Service (SIS): Signals Intelligence & Counterintelligence

• Ministry of Justice:

• Ministry of Health:
  • Biological Control Service (BCS)

• Ministry of Labour & Social Services:
  • Bureau of Statistics (BOS)

• Ministry of Energy, Water, Infrastructure & Transportation:
  • Geological Survey Corps (GSC)

• Ministry of Education, Skills & Employment:

• Ministry of Trade & Commerce:
  • Office of Economic Analysis (OEA)
  • National Census Bureau (NCB)

• Ministry of Housing & Development:

• Ministry of Agriculture & Food:

• Culture & Heritage Office:
  • Public Arts & Culture Foundation (PACF)
  • National Tourism Board (NTB)

• Non-departmental Agencies & Government-owned Corporations:
  • Elections & Referendums Commission (ERC)
  • Royal Taharan Postal Service (RTPS)
  • Public Broadcasting Corporation (PBC)

Military

The Taharan Defence Force (TDF) is the military organisation responsible for the defence of the Commonwealth of Tahara. It consists of the Taharan Marines, the Royal Taharan Space Forces, and the Taharan Home Guard. The TDF has a strength of roughly 41,300 full-time active-duty personnel and is supported by the Directorate of Defence.

Foreign Relations, Economy & Trade

Banking & Currency

The currency of Tahara is the Taharan Crown (₡). It is a central-bank-issued cryptocurrency issued by the Bank of Tahara. 1 crown is equal to 10,000 florins (ƒ). Banknotes are issued by the Bank of Tahara in the 1000ƒ, 5000ƒ, 1₡, 2₡, 5₡ and 10₡ denominations. Coins are minted by the Royal Mint of Tahara on behalf of the Bank of Tahara in the 100ƒ, 200ƒ, and 500ƒ denominations.

Technically speaking, both the cryptocurrency and banknotes are legal tender. New banknotes and coins enter the economy when exchanged for cryptoCrowns and cryptoflorins with the Bank of Tahara in a simple asset swap.

The Bank of Tahara is governed by a Governing Council consisting of the Governor of the Bank of Tahara, 3 Deputy-Governors and 5 other Councilmembers. The Governor and all other councilmembers are appointed by the government of the day to serve a 7-year term. Their terms are staggered to prevent a complete vacancy of all Council seats at any given time. The terms of councilmembers including the Governor may be cut short by a majority vote of the Parliament and a replacement installed to complete the remainder of the term.