Senior Secondary State

The **Senior Secondary State** is a State of the United States Government in the southern high school. It consists of many prominent high school buildings, like the F-Module, High School Library, High School Pool, and Dragon Fountain. Its neighbors are the Sports and Creative Arts Union, Transportation Workers Union, Physical Education Revolutionary Front, Republic of the S-Module, Junior Secondary State, Free State of Creative Arts, and Deadzone.

## History

The history of the Senior Secondary State begins with the Nebulan Crisis. Shortly following the sudden event at 11:30 on August 9th, a group of high schoolers, fearing the worst, formed the United Student Congress along with collaborators in the middle school.

Seeing a Nebulan takeover as imminent without intervention, and wanting nothing to do with a communist-Nebulan system, these USC members, now based out of various quarters in the huts and F-Module, would begin arming themselves and developing a bureaucracy. In order to maintain order and popular support, the USC would target new Student Ambassadors, former Class Councillors, Service Councillors, and Dragon Councillors, convincing many to pledge allegiance to the front.

By August 11th, when the First Mandate of Governance was proclaimed, ushering out the Jakarta Intercultural School Federation and entering the First Mandate Government, the USC prepared to strike. Knowing that Class Council elections would be held on August 24, the USC Front made preparations to force a new government on the FMG as they had unto the students. August 24 would then be marked among USC members as "The Day", or "Strike Day".

On August 24 when The Day arrived, the USC would seize crucial points across the high school and middle school, just as planned. However, Nebulan forces and other opposition forces would look on and immediately do the same. On the same day, the USC declared the sovereignty of the State of the Senior Secondary, along with the State of the Junior Secondary.

By August 28th, the State of the Senior Secondary would reform into the Senior Secondary State, integrating itself into the United States Government as a fully-fledged permanent member state. It would soon become the powerhouse of the USG, hosting a majority of its government and offices. All High School Class Councillors would soon admit their own individual allegiances to the new state, finally forming the official SSS delegation to the USC.

## Politics

The Senior Secondary State is officially an integral part of the United States Government. Although it does act and sustain itself as an independent state, most political and bureaucratic action runs through the USG, while state-level matters are handled by the SSS government. This leaves the SSS without a constitution, instead relying only on the overarching federal USG constitution.

The legislative branch of the SSS is unicameral, consisting of 24 members, 6 from each of the 4 classes. While these 24 members comprise the state legislature, they also are the entire delegation of the SSS to the USC. The state legislature is elected by the registered popular vote, open to all high school students. Seats are divided by class on the state-level, but on the USC-level, they are not divided. The state legislature is not responsible for the election of President and Vice President of the SSS, who are not to be confused with President and Vice President of the USG.