North Frequesuan Trust

The North Frequesuan Trust is SiegeTank's nation in SDN_World.

General Information

Government

The North Frequesuan Trust (NFT) is an economic and political union of 2 member states, located primarily in Northern Frequesue. It was established by the Treaty of Incorporation on 4 July 2013 by the founding states San Dorado and Coilerburg.

The NFT operates through a hybrid system of subsidiarity and supranationalism. In certain areas it depends upon agreement between the member states. However, it also has significant supranational power, and is able to make sweeping decisions for all member governments.

Chief Executive Officer

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the most powerful office in the NFT, as the head of the Syndicate, the executive branch of the North Frequesuan Trust. The President is responsible for allocating portfolios to members of the Syndicate and can reshuffle or fire them if needed. He determines the Syndicate's policy agenda and all the legislative proposals it produces. The title of the CEO is traditionally 'President'.

The President is appointed by the member governments for five year terms. Once elected, the President, along with his Syndicate, is responsible to the member governments who can censure him. The current President is Sidney Hank, who took office in January 2014. Hank is the first President and has a mandate until the end of 2019.

The Syndicate

The Syndicate is the executive branch of the NFT. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Trust. The Syndicate operates in the method of cabinet government, with 27 members, whose title is that of Commissioner.

The members of the Syndicate are nominated by the President, then confirmed by the member state legislatures (respectively the San Dorado Board of Directors and the Corporate Congress of Coilerburg). Members of the Syndicate serve terms of five years each, and concern themselves with intergovernmentalist and supranationalist matters, such as economic integration, cooperation on law enforcement and justice, regional development, defence and external economic-political policy.

Geography

• Area: 469,158 km²
• Member States: San Dorado, Coilerburg

People & Economy

• Language: Shroomanian (English)
• Population: 45,756,121 (June '15 est.)
• Currency: Dollar ($)
• Gross Domestic Product: $1.04 trillion (FY2015)
• GDP per capita: $21,942