State of Hawaiʻi

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Geologic history
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Human history
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Prehistoric Hawaiʻi
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Contemporary Hawaiʻi
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= Geography =
 * Main article: Geography of Hawaiʻi

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Climate
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Geology


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Islands


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Major Islands


The islands of Hawaii, Maui, Kahoolawe, Lānai, Molokai, Oahu, Kauai, and Niihau –the largest eight of the Hawaiian Islands– are called "Hawaiʻi Major". The island of Hawaii is both the largest and easternmost of the Hawaiian Islands as well as the southernmost; and Niihau is both the smallest and westernmost of Hawaiʻi Major and also the northernmost of them. The islands of Hawaii Major are also the youngest of all the Hawaiian Islands.

Hawaii, The Big Isle


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Maui, The Valley Isle


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Kahoolawe, The Target Isle


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Lānai, The Pineapple Isle


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Molokai, The Friendly Isle


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Oahu, The Gathering Isle


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Kauai, The Garden Isle


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Niihau, The Forbidden Isle


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Minor islands


Consisting of XXXX atolls and small islets, the minor outlying Hawaiʻian islands are collectively called "Hawaiʻi Minor". Hawaiʻi Minor also includes the numerous coral reefs and submerged seamounts composing the Hawaiʻian–Emperor seamount chain that stretch from Nihoa all the way to the Kuril–Kamchatka Trench off the east coast of the Russian republic of Kamchatka. XXXX

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Politics


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State government


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Legislative department


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Legislature


The legislative Power of the State of Hawaiʻi is vested in the Monarch and the Hawaiʻi Legislature. The Hawaiʻi Legislature is bicameral, consisting of an upper house called Senate and a lower house called House of Representatives. Members of both Houses of the Legislature are elected by the People; however, the Manner and Method used to elect Members differs between the Senate and the House of Representatives: Members of the Senate are chosen on a geographic basis, where the eight largest Islands, respectively, each constitute one Senate District, and Hawaiʻi Minor as a whole counts as one Senate District; and the People of each Senate District choose from among their Number two Senators. The Term of Members of the Senate is six Years, and elections for the Senate are staggered so that every two Years the Seats of one-third of the Senate (six Seats) are filled by election. The sixty-nine Members of the House of Representatives, on the other hand, are chosen using a system of open list mixed-member proportional representation, whereby thirty-eight (roughly 55%) are chosen in single-member Districts, and the Seats of the remaining 31 (roughly 45%) are distributed among the various political parties participating in the election.

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House of Representatives


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Executive department


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However, the State Constitution vests the Monarch with supervisory, oversight, and management powers over the entire executive branch.

Government of Hawaiʻi


The executive branch consists of the Monarch (officially the "King/Queen of the Hawaiʻians") and those to whom the Monarch delegates power. The Monarch is head of state and head of government as well as the military Commander-in-Chief and chief Diplomat. The Monarch, as required by the Constitution, must "take care that the laws be faithfully executed", and "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution". The Monarch is also the formal head the executive branch of the State government, an organization numbering about XXXX people, including XXXX active-duty military personnel. The XXXX and current Monarch is King Kameāloha I of the House of Laʻanui-Kamehameha.

The Monarch may sign legislation passed by the Legislature into Law or may veto it, preventing it from becoming Law unless two-thirds of both Houses of the Legislature Vote to override the veto. The Monarch may unilaterally sign Treaties with other States; however, signed Treaties are not binding until ratified in the Senate by a two-thirds Majority of all Senators, and ratified Treaties are not enforceable until enacted into domestic Law by the Legislature. The Monarch may dissolve the Legislature, but only upon the recommendation of the Cabinet (officially styled "Privy Council"); he also has the Power to call special Elections, to Pardon, or release, criminals convicted of offenses against the State (except in cases of Impeachment), enact Orders-in-Council (e.g., "Executive Orders"), and (by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate) appoint supreme Court justices and Judges of lower Courts. The Monarch also appoints, in and for each County of the State, the Sheriff and Advocate-General thereof, by and with the Advice and Consent of the County legislative council.

Members of the Cabinet (officially, "Members of the Privy Council" or "Privy Counsellor") are appointed by the Monarch, by and with the Advice and Consent of both Houses of the Hawaiʻi Legislature, for a Term of four Years, and their successfully serving out their Term depend on their continuously maintaining the Confidence of the Legislature for the duration of their Commission. However, while Members of the Privy Council, by law, serve at the pleasure of the Monarch, in modern practice the Monarch of the day tends to defer to the Legislature relative to Matters of responsible government.



The King and the various executive ministries and agencies collectively compose the Government, which is officially called the HawaiʻI Integrated Executive Department. Officially the "Hawaiʻi Integrated Executive Department", the Government, pursuant to the Constitution, is responsible for carrying out the will of the Hawaiʻian People as represented by their delegates in the Legislature (e.g., enforcing the various Laws enacted by the Legislature, provided that they are not repugnant to the Constitution).

Hawaiʻian Integrated Executive Department
 * Department of State and Foreign Affairs
 * Department of Public Safety
 * Department of Law and Justice
 * Department of Corrections
 * Department of Civil Defense
 * Department of Defense
 * Department of Veteran Services
 * Department of Education
 * Department of Home Affairs
 * Department of Land and Natural Resources
 * Department of Administration
 * Department of Revenue
 * Department of Weights and Measures
 * Department of Agriculture
 * Department of Trade and Industry
 * Department of Financial Institutions
 * Department of Insurance
 * Department of Fire, Building, and Life Safety
 * Department of Transportation
 * Department of Health Services
 * Department of Economic Security
 * Department of Housing
 * Department of Real Estate
 * Department of Liquor Licensing
 * Department of Gaming
 * Department of Energy
 * Department of Water Resources
 * Department of Environmental Quality

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Supreme Court


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Superior Court


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Municipal, local, and other courts


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Local government
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Counties


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In and for each County there is an Aliʻi (: "Chief"), commissioned (elected) by the voters thereof, for a Term of three Years. Of the eight largest Counties, each of them being also conterminous with the respective eight largest islands composing the State, the Aliʻi of each of them, respectively, is the titular leader of that island and the chief executive officer of the corresponding county: However, the ninth, and largest county (ʻImepeliala County), which consists of all of Hawaiʻi Minor, is administered from Honolulu, on the Island-County of Oʻahu by the Aliʻi of Hawaiʻi Minor (ipso facto also Aliʻi of ʻImepeliala County).

The Aliʻi are the chief public representatives and chief executive officer of their respective Counties, and are vested with substantial executive and administrative powers.

Counties in Hawaiʻi operate under a form of cabinet government.

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Law enforcement


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Military Department


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Hawaiʻi State Guard


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Civil defense and emergency management
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Political culture
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Economy
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Business climate
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Taxation
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Transportation
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Energy
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Demographics
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Urbanization
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Ethnic groups
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Languages
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Religion
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Education
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Healthcare

 * Further information: Hawaiʻi Health Authority, and Hawaiʻi Health Insurance Corporation

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Society
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Social class
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Women
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GLBT
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Marriage and children
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Daily life
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Customs and etiquette
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Culture
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Arts
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Visual arts
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Theater
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Music
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Architecture
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