Republic of the United Cities in the Lanzerwald
| Republic of the United Cities in the Lanzerwald Republiek van de Verenigde Steden in het Lanserwoud | |||
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| Motto: Met de hulp van de Here, en door samen op te trekken houden wij stand. In Istvanistani: With the help from the Lord, and by working together, we will last. | |||
| Anthem: Geef mij het Lanserwoud In Istvanistani: Give me the Lanzerwald | |||
| [[|250px|Location of Lanserwoud|frameless]] | |||
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| Capital | Oudorp | ||
| Largest city | Stadt Sankt Ludwigshafen | ||
| Official language(s) | Cibolan-Diets, Southern-Cibolan Saxon, Alexandrian | ||
| Official religion(s) | Ludwiggian Reformed Church | ||
| Demonym | Lanzerwalder | ||
| - Adjective | Lanzerwaldian | ||
| Government | Republic | ||
| - Stadhouder | |||
| - Legislature | Steden-Generaal | ||
| Establishment | 1709 | ||
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| Population | |||
| Currency | Ludwigspfennig | ||
| Calendar | Norton calendar | ||
| Time zone(s) | CMT-10 | ||
| Mains electricity | 230/400 V - 50 Hz | ||
| Driving side | Right | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| National website | staat.rsl | ||
| National forum | On the Bastion Union | ||
| National animal | Lanzerwaldesel | ||
| National food | Salted whitefish | ||
| National drink | Kräuterwasser | ||
| National tree | Juniper bush | ||
| Abbreviation | RSL | ||
The Republic of the United Cities in the Lanzerwald (Cibolan-Diets: Republiek van de Verenigde Steden in het Lanserwoud, Ludwiggian: Republik der Vereinigte Städte im Lanzerwald) is an independent nation in South-East Cibola. The nation emerged after the dominance of the Republic Sankt Ludwigshafen, which was centred on Stadt Sankt Ludwigshafen, waned following the Second Ludwiggian-Monovian War when the treaty Union of Oudorp was signed by the cities in the Lanzerwald. The nation is the official successor to the Republic of Sankt Ludwigshafen. The primary language spoken in the Lanzerwald is Cibolan-Diets, in Stadt Sankt Ludwigshafen the language South-Cibolan Saxon is the most spoken language, while Alexandrian is spoken in Louisville.
Political system
The Republic of the United Cities in the Lanzerwald is a representative democracy. The people are represented by a unicameral parliament that is called the Steden-Generaal. The elections are organised by the city districts, and it is possible that a political party only participates in a few cities, or just one. The republic does however have a system of proportional representation, when the cities have counted the votes in their districts, these numbers are added up by the central electoral committee and combined form the election results. There are a total of 100 seats to be distributed in the Steden-Generaal, which is expected to elect a stadtholder (Cibolan-Diets: Stadhouder) and a president (Voorzitter) as soon as possible, preferable in the first session of the new Steden-Generaal. The president presides over the sessions of the Steden-Generaal to make sure the proceedings happen according to the laws of the republic, and the rules and regulations of the Steden-Generaal. The president also invites members of the cabinet to the Steden-Generaal so they can be held acountable.
The stadtholder is the leader of the executive branch of government in the republic. Like previously mentioned he is elected by the Steden-Generaal as soon as possible after the elections. After the stadtholder is elected, he will present his cabinet, consisting of cabinet minsters and the Steden-Generaal will vote on all individual cabinet ministers. As a basic principle, the stadtholder and his cabinet ministers do not have any powers that normal citizens do not have, unless these powers have been granted them explicitly by the laws of the republic.
