Editing WS:Kartaran Cliffs Notes (section)

=Government=
==Country name:==
conventional long form:  The Glorious and Eternal Empire of Kartar<br>
conventional short form: Kartar
local long form: <br>
local short form: Kartar

==Government type:==
Imperial state
==Capital:==
Pei-lei-gang
==Administrative divisions:==
23 provinces (sheng, singular and plural), 5 autonomous regions (zizhiqu, singular and plural), and 4 municipalities (shi, singular and plural)
: provinces: Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang
: autonomous regions: Guangxi, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Xizang (Tibet)
: municipalities: Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai, Tianjin
==Independence:==
As long as the mythology exists.  Over 3,000 years.
==National holidays:==
Day of Gratitude for the Ancestor's Blessing the Great and Eternal Empire of Kartar with the Empress and her Honoured Family<br>
Week of Unworthy Descendants Demonstrating Great Thanks to Glorious Ancestors

==Constitution:==
There is no written constitution.  Instead there are conflicting traditions, stories of the past and power.
==Legal system:==
a complex amalgam of custom and statute coloured largely by the dictates of honour and correct behavious, largely criminal law; rudimentary civil code; continuing efforts are being made to improve civil, administrative, criminal, and commercial law.  However, as the current powers like the system the way it is, these movements tend to be run by the young or disenfranchised.
==Suffrage:==
None on a national scale.  Heads of family and departments may advise the Empress.
==Executive branch:==
chief of state: Empress ???<br>
head of government: Empress ???<br>
cabinet: The Heads of the Nine Great Torareichou Houses, and a representative from each of the other Banbutsunoreichou

==Legislative branch:==
Officially, there is no legislative branch outside the Empress and her adviors.  Technically, many of the provinces have customary law of their own that, when interpreted by the local magistrate can create new law.  All of the Great Houses also have some ability to legislate on their own lands.  Finally, each of the non-tiger homelands have a limited traditional capability of legislating for their own people.

Each of the lands has a different ruling body, from the Lion's dictatorial head to the Leopard's absolute democracy.

==Judicial branch:==
Supreme People's Court (judges appointed by the National People's Congress); Local Peoples Courts (comprise higher, intermediate and local courts); Special Peoples Courts (primarily military, maritime, and railway transport courts)
==Political parties and leaders:==
no substantial political opposition groups exist.

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==National Animal==

==National Plant:==
Not applicable