Democratic Socialist Assembly

Democratic Socialist Assembly
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Established	8 April 2011
Founder	Opalaland
Government
Type	Representative Democracy
Delegate	Student Loan Debt
Alignment	Anti-fascist
Bloc	Partnership for Sovereignty
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Forum	thedsa.proboards.com
Discord	Democratic Socialist Assembly

The Democratic Socialist Assembly, or the DSA, is a user created region founded in 2011 by Opalaland. It is based upon socialist, social-democratic, communist and liberal principals. The region specifically disallows certain WA categories and keeps a standard of civil rights and political freedoms, set out in its Charter.

History

Pre-Founding

Before the DSA was founded, many of its members used to belong to another region, the Democratic Socialist Alliance. A series of disputes and a power struggle lead to the creation of the region.

The Great Split

The Great Split, an exodus of members from the Democratic Socialist Alliance stemming from a dispute over Regional Embassies, occurred in early April 2011. The new regional embassy feature had just entered NationStates. The WA Delegate, who was Bazlantis, and the founder of the region, Cynthia McKinney, after many months of power struggles, were fighting for power over the embassies. Eventually after multiple embassies have been denied construction, CMK repealed the executive powers of the WA Delegate. This provoked anger and resentment amongst the other nations in the region, who claimed that CMK became a dictator and in breach of the Charter. CMK claimed that she was not against executive WA Delegates per se, but that by cancelling constructions, Bazlantis was in breach of the charter. The debate ended on the 8th of April 2011 when Opalaland, along with Bazlantis founded the Democratic Socialist Assembly.

Government

The Democratic Socialist Assembly has an Executive Body, headed by The Council, a Congress that serves as its Legislative body, and a Judicial Body lead by The Court.

The Founder

The Founder, although has administrative power, barely intervenes within the Government, and has power limitations. The Founder cannot exercise administrative powers without the request of the Congress and/nor the majority of congress. The founder is also not allowed to run for elections.

Executive Body

The Council, currently the 5th Council serves as the sole executive body of the region. Its members exercises administrative privileges and conducts diplomacy in accordance with the rules of the Region's Charter and Its Principles.

The Council consists of the Delegate, Secretary-General, Councilor of Justice, Councilor of Foreign Affairs, Councilor of Domestic Affairs, and the Councilor of Roleplay.

• World Assembly Delegate - serves as the head of the region, and represents the region at the World Assembly.
• Secretary-General - Conducts administrative functions for the region
• Councilor of Justice - Upholds and Maintains the rule of law within the region
• Councilor of Foreign Affairs - Negotiates with other regions on behalf of the DSA
• Councilor of Domestic Affairs - Promotes regional activities
• Councilor of Roleplay - Coordinates Roleplay activity in the region

All council members are elected during the months of January, April, July, and October. Their terms only lasts about 3 months, but have no term limits.

Ministries

Ministries of the Democratic Socialist Assembly

Ministry of Domestic Affairs	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Ministry of Justice	Ministry of Roleplay	Ministry of World Assembly Affairs
Councilor: Student Loan Debt	Councilor: Venovica	Councilor: Student Loan Debt	Councilor: Student Loan Debt	Delegate: Student Loan Debt
One of the two Activity Ministries, it is in charge of promoting activity in the community, boosting regional morale, and helping members, both new and old, learn about the culture and functioning of the region.	The ministry serves as the diplomatic voice of the DSA to other regions across NationStates. They maintain diplomatic relations with the region's allies, coordinate foreign policy, and communicate with other regions.	The ministry is entrusted with upholding the regional rules, laws, and principles. This ranges anywhere from assisting member nations in meeting the region's residency requirements to submitting recommendations for disciplinary actions against any residents breaking the rule to investigating rules violations.	The ministry is also an Activity Ministry. It is in charge of overseeing, developing, and stimulating activity within the region's Role Play. They oversee a wide variety of aspects from the Rule of RP with what is and isn't allowed to the updating of regional maps to creating events for role play players to engage in and developing any projects that could help make DSA RP more fun, fair, and welcoming.	This ministry ensures that the World Assembly Delegate have as many endorsements as possible to strengthen regional security and the region's standing in World Assembly Resolution votes. The Ministry also works towards increasing the average amount of WA endorsements in the region and involving the residents of the DSA in the World Assembly.

Secretary-General of the Assembly
Secretary-General: Oh my god it is so hard to find a name
He/She is the region's elected record keeper and official spokesperson of the DSA. They oversee people becoming Members of Congress, keep accurate records of the region's laws and Charter, make sure its offsite Forum is accurately categorized, and oversee all the region's elections and legislative voting.

Legislative Body

The Congress serves as the legislative body of the region. It is composed by all members of said Congress. Becoming a member of Congress is voluntary.

Judicial Body

The Court serves as the Judicial body of the Region, they are the ones that help maintain peace within the region, and settle internal disputes within residents. The Court is headed by the High Judge, which is elected by the Congress every 3 months, and has no term limits.

Foreign Relations

The region takes foreign relations relations very seriously, giving proper consideration to embassy proposals by allowing the Congress to voice their opinion after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has submitted a recommendation. Terms apply for the acceptance of embassies which are established by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Once an embassy request has been approved, an ambassadorial nation is sent to the region in question, with an active ambassador. The region is a member of the Partnership of Sovereignty.

Information for Ambassadors

All positions (WA Delegate, Secretary, General, Councillors of RP, FA, Domestic Affairs, Justice and High Judge) are elected in January, April, July and October. You need to send a nation to the region.