Mahoz HaSephardim
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| Official languages | Ladino, Bukhori, Farsi | ||||
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| Capital | Nueva Sinagoga | ||||
| Largest city | Ladadika, Alcazar los Sefardos, Casa Ebraica | ||||
| Jajam Bashi of the Mahoz: | Musa Al-Harizi | ||||
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The Mahoz HaSephardim (mahɒz hɑːsɛfɑːrdiːm) is an overseas territory of the Republic of Ashkenatza in north-western Eura. At the time of writing it borders Antica to the East, Babkha to the South, and is in close proximity to islands owned by Alexandria to the North and South-West. Its Hebrew name (it is today colloquially referred to as 'the Mahoz') means the 'Sephardic District', and it was after Babkha announced its transition from a micronation to community forum (later reversing this decision) that regions of north-western Eura were signed over to Ashkenatza officially by Hesam Shahanshah of Babkha on August 19th, 2009. This marked the start of Ashkenatzi expansion outside its metripolitan territories on the continent of Benacia and a closer relationship with Babkha. The Mahoz is today one of several Ashkenatzi territories outside Benacia (for example, the Mala'eretz in Keltia) and was originally envisaged as a Sephardic Jewish themed province, hence the adoption of Ladino as its regional language. Its capital is the city of Nueva Sinagoga and other large cities include Ladadika, Alcazar los Sefardos, and Casa Ebraica. From November 2009 to August 2010 a large number of coastal cities in what are now the Babkhan provinces of Norasht, Shahzamin, and Kelestan were ruled by Ashkenatza as the Mahoz Oriental. After the transfer of these territories to Babkha the remaining Mahoz lands are known as the Mahoz Occidental.
History
Politics
Under Article III Ashkenatza's Territorial Classification Bill[1] of September 2010 the Mahoz HaSephardim is defined as an autonomous region, essentially meaning that it is administered by an executive agent appointed by the Nohsi who has internal economic, legislative, and judicial powers subordinate to those of the Republic's central government in Kolmenitzkiy and therefore a degree of autonomy to develop the region at his or her own pleasure. The Mahoz was until November 2009 a directly administered territory and though Nohsi M. Goltz first declared its autonomy that same month[2] the exact limits of Mahoz governance remained not yet fully defined until the aforementioned bill of September 2010. Goltz's Nohsi Order II on the subject of the region's autonomy named this executive agent of the Mahoz the Jajam-Bashi (חכם באשי - hæχæm bæʃɪ), after the macronational Sephardic title, who resides in Nueva Sinagoga with his regional semi-autonomous executive assembly, the Casa Ejecutiva. Neither the Jajam-Bashi nor the Casa Ejecutiva have any role in the military and diplomatic business of the Mahoz HaSephardim, nor do they have the right to pass executive orders which contravene the central Ashkenatzi legislature in Kolmenitzkiy, the Knesset. The Jajam-Bashi enters into either of these roles entirely at the Nohsi's pleasure and generally works on internal economic, political, and cultural development of the province, and his internal executive orders may be anulled by order of the Nohsi or Knesset. The Jajam-Bashi is directly appointed by the Nohsi and may nominate a successor for the Nohsi to approve. The First Jajam-Bashi of the Mahoz was Herschel Ziegler, appointed in November 2009[3]. The second, Amir Rabin was appointed by Nohsi ben Mavet in May 2010[4], whilst the third and incumbent Jajam-Bashi is Musa Al-Harizi, appointed by Nohsi Zalmanov in January 2011.[5].
