County of Republic City, FCT

New Adana, incorporated under the name and form of a Mayor and Council of New Adana, is the seat of the Government of the United States. The city is legally a Fœderal condominium, incorporated by treaty under the joint sovereignty of the eighteen States that comprise the United States of North Aegea. New Adana, by law, both international and domestic, is equally the sovereign territory of each of the eighteen States, and through each of them, each State acting jointly with the other seventeen States, the government of the city is carried out, whereby the States, as joint sovereigns of the city, govern through a legislature called Council of New Adana (each State is sends one councillor of the 18-member body). New Adana is organized under a form of the parliamentary system, whereby the Mayor is chosen by Council, and he and his administration serve at their pleasure; however, unlike most parliamentary systems, the Mayor need not be a Member of Council, making the New Adana system a hybrid of sorts, incorporating aspects of the council-manager system employed by various municipalities, as well as imbibing the concept of responsible government inherent in parliamentary systems.

New Adana is an Al­pha global city, with strengths in the arts, commerce, education, entertainment, finance, healthcare, law, philosophy, politics, professional services, research and development, tourism and transport all contributing to its prominence (reword).

History
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YYYY-1645: City and County of San Francisco ()
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North Aegean Holocaust
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1647-present
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Governance
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Basic Law
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Mayor and Council
New Adana is a body politic and corporate established by treaty under the name and form of a Mayor and Council of New Adana.

According to the New Adana city charter, the city government is to operate under a variant of the parliamentary system, in which the mayor is chosen by the city council, and both he and his Administration are individually and collectively responsible to Council.

Council
The legislative Power of New Adana is vested in the Council of New Adana. Council is bicameral, and consists of a State-appointed upper house styled "House of Regents" and a directly-elected lower house styled "House of Commons". Council operates on a derivative of the parliamentary model. However, unlike almost every other parliamentary model, under the New Adana model the upper house appoints the Executive, and have the Right of legislative Initiative; but shares with the House of Commons the Powers of the purse, recall, and impeachment.

In particular, that of Council's Power of ensuring Proper responsible Government, the House of Commons have the sole Power to pass Motions of no Confidence in the Executive, which must be approved by at least two-thirds of all the Members of the Commons. If the Commons pass a Motion of no Confidence in the Executive, then the Matter is immediately forwarded to the House of Regents for their decision. If ten or more of the eighteen Members of the House of Regents concur with the House of Commons then the Mayor and the Commission are dismissed, and the House of Regents immediately take on the task of appointing a new Mayor and Commission.

The constitutional system of New Adana employs the use of a reverse-parliamentary system of sorts, whereby the upper-house (the House of Regents) is the dominant house, and the lower house (House of Commons) is largely Advisory. Even though both the Regent and Commons participate in passing legislation, in the event that there is a disagreement between the House of Regents and the House of Commons as to a Bill, and the reconciliation Committee fails to yield a compromise, the version approved by the Regents is adopted. The House of Regents, alone, also appoint the Mayor, and also confirm or rejects mayoral appointments; however, the Power to dismiss the Mayor and Commission is shared between the Regents and the Commons, and the consent of both Houses is necessary to the removal of the Executive. The House of Commons, on the other hand, do have the exclusive Power to initiate tax and spend Bills, but the House of Regents may propose or concur with amendments, as on other Bills; however, in the event of a disagreement between the Regents and the Commons as to a tax or spend Bill, the version approved by the House of Regents prevails, as on other Bills.

As New Adana is the common/joint sovereign territory of all eighteen States, and as the House of Regents is composed of Members appointed by and responsible to the States, sovereignty over the City is vested solely in the House of Regents alone.

Government
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Geography
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Cityscape
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Architecture
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Administrative divisions
New Adana is divided into XXXX cantons, each of which are, in turn, subdivided into neighborhoods. The number of neighborhoods contained within any given canton varies from one canton to another.

Climate
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Landmarks, parks, and monuments
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Holidays
As New Adana, by virtue of being the sovereign territory of the several States, held by each of them jointly with all of them, the holidays designated by each of them are, as such, designated holidays of New Adana. Not only are the religious holidays recognized by each State extended to New Adana, but also their civic holidays as well: The laws of each State designating the national holidays thereof, such as those commemorating their independence and their constitution, are also applied in New Adana on the same Terms and in the same Manner as if the city were a proper part of that State.

Public safety
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Law enforcement
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Fire, building, and life safety
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Health
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Transportation
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Culture and contemporary life
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Performing arts
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Tourism
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Cuisine
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