Denton

The Federal Republic of Denton
Anthem: Unity under one star
Capital	St. Catherine
Largest	Lock Haven
Official languages	Engligh, German
Recognised national languages	Maori, Gaelic
Demonym	Dentonite
Government
• Premier	Anna Kirsch
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	National Assembly
Establishment
• Independence from Salide	14 December, 1813
Area
•	559,040 km2 (215,850 sq mi)
Population
• 2017 estimate	39,122,774
• 2010 census	37,048,082
Currency	Denton Sterling Pound (£) (DSP)
Time zone	GMT (UTC+6:30)
Date format	dd-mm-yyyy (CE)
Drives on the	right
Calling code	+83
ISO 3166 code	DEN, DI
Internet TLD	.den, .di

Denton, officially the Federal Republic of Denton, is a semi-presidential constitutional republic located on an island group in the Indian ocean, about 400 miles Southwest of Australia. It comprises of 4 City-States, 12 States, 3 Territories, and a Special Autonomous Territory covering an area more than 230,000 square miles and home to nearly 38 million people. Its capital city is St. Catherine and the largest city is Lock Haven, with nearly 4 million people in the combined metro area.

Denton is a founding member of RAZDDA and the South Pacific Space Program

Denton was created by Ethan Goin and is a part of Austellus Hemisphaeria.

History

World War II

Main Article: Austellus Hemisphaeria South American Campaign

Politics

Government

Main Article: Government of of Denton

Denton is a federal semi-presidential constitutional republic.

The federal government is broken up in to three branches, Executive, Judiciary, and Legislative.

Legislature

Bicameral Legislature

Upper House: Senate - 63 members

Lower House: National Assembly - 413 members

Executive

The head of state is officially the Premier, however the powers traditionally associated with premiership is distributed between three people, a triumvirate. The Premier is responsible for all domestic affairs, the Chancellor is responsible for all foreign affairs, and the National Defense Minister is responsible for homeland defense and military operations. The Premier is an elected position, while all other positions in the triumvirate and cabinet are chosen by the Premier upon election.

Working with the Premier, there are 15 cabinet members (including the Chancellor and National Defense Minister), each representing a government department.

• Minister of Foreign Affairs (represented by Chancellor)
• Minister of National Defense (represented by National Defense Minister)
• Attorney General
• Minister of Agriculture
• Minister of Culture and Heritage
• Minister of Education and Research
• Minister of Energy
• Minister of Health
• Minister of Human Resources and Social Development
• Minister of Industry and Labor
• Minister of the Interior
• Minister of Justice
• Minister of Territorial Affairs
• Minister of Transport, Building, and Urban Development
• Minister of the Treasury

States and Territories

City-States

• Lock Haven City-State
• St. Catherine City-State
• Fort Albany City-State
• Komorn Piaski City-State

Territories

• South Pacific Territory

Special Autonomous Territories

• New Coburg and Gotha

Territorial Claims

• Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, claimed 90°W to 150°W

Foreign Relations

Main Article: Foreign Relations of Denton

Salide

After the Denton Revolution, there was much animosity between Salide and Denton. James III and Isabella VI sought to reduce this hostility and increase diplomatic relations. In 1888, Isabella VI and William Murphy, Denton's 16th president (1881-1889), met in Cappach to sign the Salidan-Dentonite Treaty of Friendship of 1888. The treaty remained intact even through Salide's communist years (1922-1951).

Texas

The Republic of Texas

Rio Grande

The Rio Grande Republic

Armed Forces

Main Article: Denton Armed Forces

Denton boasts the 2nd largest military in the Indian Ocean area, with 175,000 active personnel and another 131,000 reserve (reserve and national guard).

Economy

Units of Meausurement

Denton is one of the only remaining countries in the world that uses Imperial Units. Denton's Imperial Units were brought over from Salide (which were brought from England) and have been the primary source of measurement since.

Denton is not a signatory of the International Yard and Pound Agreement (1959); a yard is defined as being 3600/3937 meters and a pound is defined as 432.59237 grams (which incidentally is the same as the international pound).

Transport

Main Article: Transportation in Denton

Rail Transport

Major Common Carrier railways in Denton use 3 rail gauges, 5'3", 3'6", and 2'0".

Water Transport

Merchant Marine

There are 318 ships in the Merchant Marine.

Demographics

Immigrant Population

Ancestry

European - 79%

• 26% - German & Austrian
• 19% - Salidan, Irish, & Scottish
• 13% - English & Welsh
• 6% - Italian & Greek
• 4% - Polish, Czech, & Hungarian
• 3% - French
• 6% - Other European

Indigenous - 11%

• 11% - Maori

Other - 12%

• 4% - Chinese
• 1% - Japanese
• 7% - Other Nationalities, Non-European

Denton Links

• Denton Antarctic Survey