UAC

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The United American Commonwealth, commonly known as the UAC, is a country located in North America.

The UAC is set in an alternate Earth in the year 1912 AD. The nation occupies an area of 3,119,884.69 square miles (8,080,464.3 km2). Of this area, 2,959,064.44 square miles (7,663,941.7 km2) is actual land. Officially, 160,820.25 square miles (416,522.5 km2) of the nation is water area, composing 62.66 percent of the nation's total water area. The greatest distance (on a great-circle route) is 2,802 miles (4,509 km), coast-to-coast between Florida and the Washington; the greatest north–south line is 1,650 miles (2,660 km).

Government and politics[edit | edit source]

The UAC is a unitary parliamentary constitutional republic. The supreme law of the nation is known as the Common Charter. It delineates the powers and responsibilities of each branch of government - executive, legislative, and judicial - and how they work together and maintain checks and balances on one another.

Executive[edit | edit source]

President of the Council of State[edit | edit source]

The head of state, elected to a single seven-year term by the entire nation through the two-round system. They have extensive ceremonial powers and specific political ones, acting as a voice of clarification and guidance while remaining distant from day-to-day politics.

President of the Government[edit | edit source]

The head of government, who is the leader of the majority party in Congress following each general election. They set and direct government policy and operations.

Cabinet[edit | edit source]

The highest collective executive authority in the nation, responsible for advising and supporting the premier and enacting government policy. It is comprised of numerous departments, agencies, and bureaus which fulfill various functions.

  • Department of Foreign Affairs
  • Department of War
    • Commonwealth Army
      • General Staff of the Army
        • Commanding General
  • Department of the Navy
    • Commonwealth Navy
      • General Board of the Navy
        • Commanding Admiral
        • Bureau of Yards and Docks (BuDocks)
        • Bureau of Provisions and Accounts (BuProv)
        • Bureau of Weapons and Ordnance (BuWeap)
        • Bureau of Construction and Repair (BuCon)
        • Bureau of Personnel (BuPers)
        • Bureau of Recruitment and Training (BuTrain)
        • Bureau of Navigation (BuNav)
        • Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BuMed)
  • Department of the Interior
    • Cipher Bureau (Black Chamber)
  • Department of the Treasury
    • Census Bureau
    • Commonwealth Customs Service
      • Chief Commissioner
        • Collector of Customs (9 total)
    • National Reserve
    • National Trade Commission
  • Attorney-General's Department
  • Department of the Post
    • National Post (NatPost)
  • Department of Rural Affairs
    • Inland Waterways Commission
    • National Power (NatPow)
  • Department of Agriculture
    • National Forestry Service
    • National Geological Survey
  • Civil Service Commission

Legislative[edit | edit source]

The bicameral legislature of the Commonwealth, known formally as the Commonwealth Congress (Comm-Gress), is responsible for crafting, debating, and passing law, setting the regulations and standards of the nation.

Senate[edit | edit source]

The upper chamber of Congress, it consists of 105 members, with three seats per province. Senators are elected by the members of the provincial assemblies following each general election to a six-year term, with one-third of its seats being up for election every two years.

House of Delegates[edit | edit source]

The lower chamber of Congress, it consists of 338 members, with the number of seats determined by its population. All delegates are elected by the citizenry of each electorate in the general elections held every two years using the first past the post system.

Judicial[edit | edit source]

Supreme Court[edit | edit source]

TBD

Military[edit | edit source]

Economy[edit | edit source]

Culture[edit | edit source]

Major cities[edit | edit source]