The Union of Democratic States

The Union of Democratic States
Regional flag
Demonym	Unionists
Established	18th December 2015
Founder	The Noble Thatcherites
Government
Type	Representative democracy
Delegate	Asdersland
President	Nuevo San Miguel
Alignment	Defender
Military	UDS Armed Forces
Treatied allies	The South Pacific The East Pacific 10000 Islands
Useful links
Region	link
Forum	link

The Union of Democratic States, or the UDS, is a user created region founded in 2015 by The Noble Thatcherites. It is a defender region, is part of the Partnership for Sovereignty, and is a treatied ally of the South Pacific.

History

The UDS was founded by The Noble Thatcherites on the 18th December 2015. They've had a treaty with TSP since 2017. A new Constitution was introduced in May 2021, making the Union a representative democracy.

Foreign Relations

The UDS is a founding member of the Partnership for Sovereignty. It has bilateral treaties with the East Pacific (the Aurora Covenant), 10000 Islands (the United Island Accord), and the South Pacific (Treaty of Democratic Unity). The UDS had a treaty with Europeia from October 2020, which Europeia repealed in February 2021 due to a disagreement over a UDS vote on a commendation - possibly UDS voted against Commend King HEM.

The Union of Democratic States Armed Forces (UDSAF) is run by the Minister of Defense, which is appointed by the President. It works with Libcord and the SPSF pretty often.

The current Minister of Defense is Kade Vasentius, and the current Minister of Foreign Affairs is EUKBICR/British Isles and Commonwealth Realms.

Government

The UDS government has an executive Cabinet, a legislature consisting of a Senate elected from the citizen population, and a judiciary. The WA delegate is appointed with no set schedule.

The Cabinet consists of the President, the Vice President, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of the Census, Minister of Culture, Minister of Defense, and the Minister of Justice. Presidential elections are held at the end of February, June and October, with the president being sworn in at the start of March, July and November. The President nominates the other Ministers for the Senate to vote on. The President's basically the most important person - according to the legislation, they're technically head of all the ministries, and are just delegating to the Ministers. The President also nominates the WA delegate, which is confirmed by the Senate and regularly reconfirmed.

• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs - manages ambassadors + advises the President on FA stuff.
• The Minister of the Census / Minister of Education - manages citizenship applications and the citizen roster; does recruitment; also maintains guides + information infrastructure
• The Minister of Culture - organizes cultural events, particularly the regional roleplay and the regional Minecraft server
• The Minister of Defense - runs the UDSAF
• The Minister of Justice - also known as the Attorney General, is responsible for presenting prosecution to the courts + for improving the Judiciary system.

Senators are elected from the pool of citizens every two months. The number of senators is based on the number of people who voted in the previous Senate elections. The Senate elects a speaker upon its election. The President can veto a law, but the Senate can veto the President's veto. Citizens are represented by the Senate; they can veto laws and recall Senators but cannot propose or vote directly on bills.

The Supreme Court consists of three Justices, nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. They have reconfirmation votes at the end of April, August and December. The Minister of Justice doesn't rule the supreme court, they just submit prosecution to the court when necessary.

Culture

The UDS are big on independent media - there are like nine different media companies. They play a lot of trivia and Minecraft.

Information for Ambassadors

All elections take place in last two days of the month and are sworn in on the first day of the next month.

Elected positions by month

Month	Positions elected
January	Senators (appoint Speaker)
February	President (appoints Cabinet)
March	Delegate reconfirmation; Senators (appoint Speaker)
April	Supreme Court reconfirmation
May	Senators (appoint Speaker)
June	President (appoints Cabinet)
July	Senators (appoint Speaker)
August	Supreme Court reconfirmation
September	Delegate reconfirmation; Senators (appoint Speaker)
October	President (appoints Cabinet)
November	Senators (appoint Speaker)
December	Supreme Court reconfirmation

Once elected, the President appoints a Vice President, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of the Census, Minister of Culture, Minister of Defense, and the Minister of Justice. These are then voted on by the Senate.

The WA delegate is appointed with no set schedule.

https://forum.theuds.org/index.php?pages/government/ seems to be the most accurate source for current government members - the ROs and forum maskings don't seem to always match.

Apply for a visa here: https://forum.theuds.org/index.php?forums/visa-counter.88/

Their gameplay thread: https://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=424340