United States Government

> *"The unanimous declaration of the three United States, When in the course of Human events, it becomes necessary for a student body to dissolve* *the dragon bonds that once connected them with another, the power to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God had entitled them, a decent respect to the opinions of those students is required and for the causes which had been declared which impelled them to the separation." -Unknown*
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The **United States Government** (other names: United States (informal), Second Mandate Government, New United States, Tri-State Government, Government of the United States, United States of JIS) is a federal country primarily located in the high school and middle school, with a state in the elementary. It is the school's largest country by both land and population. With a population of over 1810, it is the most populous country in the school. The national capital of the United States Government is the High School Library E-Theater, and its most populous area and principal financial center is The Wantilan.

The United States Government is comprised of three states in union: the Senior Secondary State, Junior Secondary State, and Senior Primary State.

## History

The history of the United States Government is rooted in the Nebulan Crisis and the following First Anti-Nebulan War.

### Pre-Crisis

Before the Nebulan Crisis, a group of students with no intentions of ever realizing their plan for a United States Government had drafted a fully fleshed-out plan for one. It is unknown who these students are or why they did this.

### Nebulan Crisis

During the two-day era of the Nebulan Crisis, a different group of students joined the new United Student Congress and its united front, bringing their plans for a United States Government to the table. After making a few modifications, the modern USG system was accepted.

### The Day

On The Day, as the USC front seized important locations across the schools, where unelected officials of the USC front were soon sworn in as secretaries, managers, and directors of several executive departments of the USG. This is the first record of official activity under the United States Government, with the promotion of Qareniel Riryantou from Lieutenant-Colonel of the United Student Congress Army to a Lieutenant-General of the United States Government Army.

### Modern Day

After the war of sovereignty was won and done, the United States Government finished swearing it its officials by August 28. At the First National Congress of the Second Mandate Government and First Session of the United Student Congress, which happened simultaneously and in the same location, the Second Mandate was ratified as a provisional constitution for the United States Government. At this event, the term for presidency was announced to have an election on September 1st.

## Politics

The United States Government consists of three branches: the executive, the legislative, and the judicial.

### The Executive

The Office of the Executive of the United States Government is the branch of government with positions of President and Vice President. This branch also directs and manages all executive departments of the United States Government, like Department of Public Service and Department of Food and Health. The ranks of succession in authority are as follows:

1. President of the Republic
2. Vice President of the Republic
3. Speaker of the United Student Congress
4. Secretary of the Interior
5. Secretary of Defense
6. Secretary of Foreign Affairs
7. Secretary of the Treasury
8. Attorney General

If at any moment, none of the above 9 mentioned peoples are able to govern the Office of the Executive of the United States Government, its role is handed over to the United Student Congress Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management.

### The Legislative

The legislative branch of the United States Government is the unicameral United Student Congress, pursuant to all powers vested within it by the Second Mandate and its Additional Articles. The purpose of the legislative branch is to secure a democratic process for the students of the United States Government to have a voice in the political and policy-making processes of it.

#### State Membership

The United Student Congress is made up of 24 Congressmen from each of the three states. The Additional Articles state that if another is to be added to the United States Government, the United Student Congress shall open 24 more seats to represent that state, regardless of its size, population, or significance.

#### Congressmen Membership

Members of the United Student Congress are called Congressmen at the federal level, but may have different titles at their state level. Congressmen are appointed by their state to the United Student Congress, but are usually selected based on another role they hold at the state level. While all three states have different processes in electing their delegates and determining eligibility, they are all relatively democratic and fair.

### The Judicial

The Department of Justice is the supreme authority in the United States Government over judicial and criminal matters. The judicial power bestowed upon the Department of Justice extends to all cases, in law and equity, arising under this Constitution or other laws of the United States Government.

#### Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of the United States Government is the highest official body in the Department of Justice. It houses 9 Chief Justices, who review and remark on the outcome of cases, allowing appeals to the highest degree for cases that had successfully appealed to lower courts. Often, cases that reach the level of the Supreme Court will cause a major change in the political landscape of the United States Government. A change in the results of an expected Supreme Court case is often an indicator of a change in the attitude of the United States Government.

#### State Courts

The State Courts of the United States Government are entities jointly interested in by the United States Government and its states.

1. State Court of the Senior Secondary State
2. State Court of the Junior Secondary State
3. State Court of the Senior Primary State

These state courts are based within the territory of their state, but act in the name of the United States Government rather than their state. These make them federal courts, which have more authority in the justice system over a state court.

Each state may have its own justice system as guaranteed in the Additional Articles of the Second Mandate, but they currently rely on the already-established federal court systems to avoid having to develop their own.