The Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (C.S.A. or CSA), commonly known as the Confederate States (C.S. or CS) or America, is a transcontinental country primarily located in North America. It consists of 4 states. The Confederate States shares land borders with the United States to the north and with Mexico to the south as well as maritime borders with the Bahamas and Cuba amongst others. It has a population of over 114 million. The national capital is Richmond, Virginia and is the most populous city and financial center of the Confederate States. The Confederate States is a melting pot of cultures and ethnicities, and its population has been profoundly shaped by centuries of immigration.

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The Confederate States States is a federal republic with three separate branches of government, including a bicameral legislature. It is a liberal democracy and market economy; it ranks high in international measures of human rights, quality of life, income and wealth, economic competitiveness, and education; and it has low levels of perceived corruption. It has high levels of incarceration and inequality, retains capital punishment, and lacks universal health care.

The Confederate States is a highly developed country, and its economy accounts for approximately a quarter of global GDP and is the world's largest by GDP at market exchange rates. The Confederate States is a founding member of the Confederation of Mutual Security and a member of organisations such as the Aegis League, the League of Nations and the Valarian Commonwealth.

History
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Geography
The Confederate States has numerous climatic zones, including temperate, sub-tropical, tropical and arid – though the Confederate States generally has a reputation as hot and humid, with long summers and short, mild winters. Most of the Confederate States falls in the humid subtropical climate zone. Some common environments include bayous and swamplands, the southern pine forests, the warm temperate montane forest of the Appalachians, the savannas of the southern Great Plains, and the subtropical jungle and maritime forests along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Unique flora include various species of magnolia, rhododendron, cane, palm, and oak, among others. Fauna of the region is also diverse, encompassing a plethora of amphibian species, reptiles such as the green anole, the venomous cottonmouth snake, and the American alligator, mammals like the American black bear, the swamp rabbit and the nine-banded armadillo, and birds such as the roseate spoonbill and the extinct but symbolic carolina parakeet.

Government and Politics
The Confederate States is a federal republic of 4 states.In the American federalist system, citizens are subjected to three levels of government: federal, state, and local. The government is regulated by a system of checks and balances defined by the C.S. Constitution, which serves as the country's supreme legal document. The Constitution establishes the structure and responsibilities of the federal government and its relationship with the individual states. The Constitution has been amended 6 times. All laws and governmental procedures are subject to judicial review, and any law can be voided if the courts determine that it violates the Constitution.

The federal government comprises three branches:


 * Legislative: The bicameral Congress, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives, makes federal law, declares war, approves treaties, has the power of the purse, and has the power of impeachment, by which it can remove sitting members of the federal government.
 * Executive: The president is the commander-in-chief of the military, can veto legislative bills before they become law (subject to congressional override), and appoints the members of the Cabinet (subject to Senate approval) and other officers, who administer and enforce federal laws and policies.
 * Judicial: The Supreme Court and lower federal courts, whose judges are appointed by the president with Senate approval, interpret laws and overturn those they find unconstitutional.

The House of Representatives has 70 voting members, each representing a congressional district for a 1 month term. House seats are apportioned among the states by population. Each state then draws single-member districts to conform with the census apportionment.

The Senate has 20 members with each state having two senators, elected at 1 month terms. The president serves a two month term and may be elected to the office as many times as needed. The president is not elected by direct vote, but by an indirect electoral college system in which the determining votes are apportioned to the states. The Supreme Court, led by the chief justice of the United States, has five members, who serve for life.

Political divisions
Each of the 4 states holds jurisdiction over a geographic territory, where it shares sovereignty with the federal government. They are subdivided into counties or county equivalents, and further divided into municipalities. Each state has the amount presidential electors equal to the number of their representatives plus senators in Congress.

Citizenship is granted at birth in all states. The Confederate States observes limited tribal sovereignty of the American Indian nations, like states' sovereignty. American Indians are U.S. citizens and tribal lands are subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress and the federal courts. Like the states, tribes have some autonomy restrictions, such as not allowed to make war, engaging in their own foreign relations, print or issue independent currency. Indian reservations are usually part of a state, with 12 reservations cross state boundaries.