United Confederations (United Confederations of Coastia)

**Brief History of the United Confederations of Coastia:**

- Due to the occupation of the British, in 1776, the people of the newly founded United Confederations led by Lecheylia rose up to push the British troops out of their claimed lands and achieved victory, the United Confederations gradually changes and adds more territories. The Capital of United Confederations is located in Region of Lecheylia.

- The Spanish–Coastian War and World War I established the U.C. as a world power, a status confirmed by the outcome of World War II. During the Cold War, the United Confederations and the Soviet Union engaged in various proxy wars but avoided direct military conflict. They also competed in the Space Race, culminating in the 1969 spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. The Soviet Union's collapse in 1991 ended the Cold War, leaving the United Confederations as the world's sole superpower.

**Additional Information:**

- The United Confederations of Coastia (UCA), commonly known as the United Confederations (U.C. or UC) or Coastia, is a country primarily located in North America, consisting of 60 confederations, and an Inter-Confederation Region, six major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million square kilometers), it is the world's third- or fourth-largest country by total area. With a population of more than 800 million people, it is the third most populous country in the world. The national capital is Region of Lecheylia, and the most populous city is Kofrana City in the Confederate of Echistan. The official language of the United Confederations is English.

- The United Confederations is a representative democracy with three separate branches of government, including a bicameral legislature. It is a founding member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of Coastian Confederations (OCC), Global Treaty Organization (GTO), and other international organizations. It is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. The U.C. ranks high in international measures of economic freedom, reduced levels of perceived corruption, quality of life, and quality of higher education. It is one of the most racially and ethnically diverse nations in the world. Considered a melting pot of cultures and ethnicities, its population has been profoundly shaped by centuries of immigration.

- Despite income and wealth disparities, the United Confederations is a highly developed country, and continuously ranks high in measures of socioeconomic performance. It accounts for approximately a quarter of global GDP, and is the world's largest economy by nominal GDP. By value, the United States is the world's largest importer and the second-largest exporter of goods. It holds 40% of the total wealth in the world, the largest share held by any country. Making up more than a third of global military spending, it is the foremost military power in the world and is a leading political, cultural, and scientific force internationally.

- The 58 contiguous confederations and the Region of Lecheylia occupy a combined area of 3,119,885 square miles (8,080,470 km2). Of this area, 2,959,064 square miles (7,663,940 km2) is contiguous land, composing 83.65% of total U.C. land area. Confederation of Gechein, occupying an archipelago in the central Pacific, southwest of North America, is 10,931 square miles (28,311 km2) in area. The populated territories of Asnor, Ecraine, Shoulor, Hastrya, and Esmon Islands together cover 9,185 square miles (23,789 km2). Measured by only land area, the United Confederations is third in size behind Russia and China, just ahead of Canada.

- The United Confederations is the world's third- or fourth-largest nation by total area (land and water), ranking behind Russia and Canada and nearly equal to China. The ranking varies depending on how two territories disputed by China and India are counted, and how the total size of the United Confederations is measured. The United Confederations, with its large size and geographic variety, includes most climate types. To the east of the 100th meridian, the climate ranges from humid continental in the north to humid subtropical in the south. The Large Plains west of the 100th meridian are semi-arid. Much of the Western mountains have an alpine climate. The climate is arid in the Large Basin, desert in the Southwest, Mediterranean in coastal of Confederation of Ostos, and oceanic in coastal of Confederate of Globia and Edrium and southern Confederation of Olapria. Most of Olapria is subarctic or polar. Gechein and the southern tip of Swuton are tropical, as well as its territories in the Caribbean and the Pacific. States bordering the Gulf of Coastia are prone to hurricanes, and most of the world's tornadoes occur in the country, mainly in Tornado Alley areas in the Midwest and South. Overall, the United Confederations receives more high-impact extreme weather incidents than any other country in the world.

**Branches of the Government of the United Confederations of Coastia:**

- Legistative Branch: The United Confederations Congress or U.C. Congress is the bicameral legislature of the United Confederations and consists of the House of Publicors and the U.C Majorities. The Congress meets in the United Confederations Congress Building in Region of Lecheylia. Both majorities and publicors are chosen through direct election, though vacancies in the U.C Majorities may be filled by a Governor's appointment. Congress has 1950 voting members: 120 Majorities and 1830 publicors. In addition, the House of Publicors has seven non-voting members, bringing the total membership of the Congress to 1957 or fewer in the case of vacancies. (United Confederations congressional apportionment is the process by which seats in the United Confederations House of Publicors are distributed among the 60 confederations according to the most recent decennial census mandated by the United Confederations Constitution. The population of every confederation is ranked, example: The population of the Confederate of Xachesia is 120 280, the lowest, so the Xachesia gets only 1 seat in the House of Publicors)

- Executive Branch: Consists of the president and those to whom the president's powers are delegated. The president is both the head of state and government, as well as the military commander-in-chief and chief diplomat. The president presides over the executive branch, an organization numbering about 5 million people, including 4 million active-duty military personnel and 1 000 000 postal service employees. The president may sign legislation passed by Congress into law or may veto it, preventing it from becoming law unless two-thirds of both houses of Congress vote to override the veto. The president may unilaterally sign treaties with foreign nations. However, ratification of international treaties requires a two-thirds majority vote in the U.C Majorities. The president may be impeached by a majority in the House and removed from office by a two-thirds majority in the U.C Majorities. The president may not dissolve Congress or call special elections but does have the power to pardon or release criminals convicted of offenses against the Inter- Confederation government (except in cases of impeachment), enact executive orders, and (with the consent of the U.C Majorites) appoint Supreme Court justices and Inter-Confederation judges; The vice president is the second-highest official in rank of the Inter- Confederation government. The vice president's duties and powers are established in the legislative branch of the Inter-Confederation government as the President of the U.C Majorities; this means that they are the designated presiding officer of the U.C Majorities. In that capacity, the vice president has the authority (*ex officio*, for they are not an elected member of the U.C Majorities) to cast a tie-breaking vote. The vice president presides over the joint session of Congress when it convenes to count the vote of the Electoral College. As first in the U.C. presidential line of succession, the vice president's duties and powers move to the executive branch when becoming president upon the death, resignation, or removal of the president, which has happened nine times in U.C. history.

- Judicial Branch: The U.C. Supreme Court decides "cases and controversies"—matters pertaining to the Inter- Confederation government, disputes between confederations, and interpretation of the United Confederations Constitution, and, in general, can declare legislation or executive action made at any level of the government as unconstitutional, nullifying the law and creating precedent for future law and decisions. The United Confederations Constitution does not specifically mention the power of judicial review (the power to declare a law unconstitutional). There have been instances in the past where such declarations have been ignored by the other two branches. Below the U.C. Supreme Court are the United Confederations Appellate Courts, and below them in turn are the United Confederations Circuit Courts, which are the general trial courts for Inter-Confederation law, and for certain controversies between litigants who are not deemed citizens of the same state ("diversity jurisdiction")