PROGRAM OUTLINEThe Benefits To Your Nation
Colonel Guy de-Mikkel presents a parade to Amanda Enervin, Consul of Paddy O Fernature in Oppentin.
- Interviewing New Hayesalians and other foreigners that want visas to travel to your country, be it for tourism, work or study; and to ensure that they are qualified and will return to their home countries following their stay.
- Promoting your economic interests, at the mutual benefit of your nation and New Hayesalia. This includes promoting fair trade, and promoting products and services from your companies companies.
- Maintaining diplomatic relations and promoting your political interests, allowing your nation and New Hayesalia to work togehter to solve issues, develop solutions and ideas, and build a better situation.
- Reporting events and trends back to your nation. Your Embassy and Consulate staff meet with their counterparts and can report back information that may not appear in international newspapers. This necessary pipeline of information is difficult without an embassy.
- Providing assistance to your government employees doing government business in country. For example, they may arrange meetings for high-level New Hayesalian officials with their foreign counterparts and make logistical arrangements.
- Providing services to your Citizens in times of need and crisis.
- An Embassy serves, symbolically, as a clear sign that your nation wishes to develop deeper bilateral ties with New Hayesalia.
DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITYSafe Passage
Under the World Assembly's
Diplomatic Protection Act (GA22), New Hayesalia must comply with the following orders, and all embassies are required to comply to be eligible for consideration.
REALIZING that that nations can use a variety of methods to restrict a diplomat's ability to do their job
RECOGNIZING that diplomats are a necessary part of interaction between nations and the spread of cultural understanding
RECOGNIZING that diplomatic immunity must be agreed upon by the nation the diplomat represents and the nation the diplomat serves in
DEFINES a diplomat, for the purposes of this resolution, as any member of diplomatic, consular, and other staff serving in an embassy, consulate, consulate-general, legation, high commission, deputy high commission, or other diplomatic mission. This excludes hired personnel with local citizenship
REQUIRES that all diplomats sent to the World Assembly shall be automatically granted diplomatic immunity
REQUIRES that nations in which diplomats are serving must provide the diplomat with the best medical care on hand in cases of emergency
REQUIRES that all diplomats to other nations shall be free from physical harm, execution, sexual assault, enslavement, or use for medical experiments not necessary for medical treatment of the diplomat by the nation in which they are serving
REQUIRES that any diplomat granted diplomatic immunity be free from prosecution for crimes, search and/or seizure of personal belongings and belongings of family members and personal staff, search and/or seizure of family members and personal staff, seizure of pets, and search and/or seizure of private quarters outside any extraterritorial property by the nation in which the diplomat is serving
a) A diplomat may still be tried for crimes by the nation they serve
b) If suspected of a crime, the nation the diplomat is serving in may present the evidence to the nation the diplomat is from
c) If diplomatic immunity is revoked, the diplomat remains immune to prosecution for suspected crimes that occurred during the immunity by the nation in which they are serving
d) A diplomat may be detained for nonmedical reasons for 24 hours in cases where they serve a direct threat to the wellbeing of others, such as driving while intoxicated or other similarly dangerous activities, or longer, with the agreement of the nation they serve
e) A diplomat may be expelled from the nation in which they are serving for any reason
REQUIRES that property agreed upon as extraterritorial or as diplomatic pouches or bags be immune to search, seizure, customs, taxes, vandalism or arson by military or government officials of the nation in which the diplomat is serving, or military assaults by the nation in which the diplomat is serving
PROHIBITS nations from sending diplomats with the express intent of committing crimes of espionage, sabotage, subversion, causing harm to the civilian population, and other related crimes committed outside of a diplomats duties
A standard implementation is as follows although separate bilateral agreements may be met. Major offences- those which carry a maximum penalty of more than 12 months imprisonment- will be discussed with the sending nation in order to request a waiver of the diplomatic immunity of the staff member. It should be noted that all staff may be temporarily detained for traffic offences including drink driving and speeding, as well as issued paid penalty notices for those offences and where it is in the interests of public safety to detain those personnel with diplomatic immunity who present a threat to the wider community. These privileges also apply to family members who are a part of the staff member's household and possess a diplomatic passport.
- Ambassadors and Diplomatic Officers, equivalents; charge de affairs: Diplomatic immunity from all offences and immunity from prosecution, residences are inviolable extraterritory and they may not be subpoenaed as a witness to judicial proceedings.
- Technical and Administrative Staff including security staff: The same level of diplomatic immunity with exceptions for tax relief and customs duties.
- Service Staff, such as drivers, receptionists and gardeners: May be arrested or detained, residences may be entered subject to National Police and Court Orders, however members cannot be prosecuted with any action associated with their duties as a member of embassy staff.
- Consul-General: The same level of immunity for Service Staff, however arrests or detention or entry of residence may only occur where a felony charge is laid.
- Consular Employees and Honorary Consuls: The same level of immunity as for Service Staff
The following places and people are considered inviolable under diplomatic etiquette.
- the consular premises;
- the consular archives;
- the official correspondence of the post including properly marked diplomatic bags;
- the consular courier;
- consular officers, to a limited extent
THE GOVERNMENTYour Guide to Us
New Hayesalia is a federal constitutional monarchy under parliamentary democracy. New Hayesalia operates on two levels on government, being national and local government. The roles of provincial governments were disbanded in 2013, with powers being deferred to the national and local governments. The national government is comprised of the Executive, Legislative (Parliament) and Judiciary, although there is a partial fusion of the Executive and Legislative branch. The Parliament is tricameral, comprised of the Senate, House of Representatives and Citizen's Assembly. The judiciary is independent.
You can read about the NH Government here.New Hayesalians have an active role to play in New Hayesalian politics. Voting in referendums and elections is compulsory for all New Hayesalian citizens over the suffrage age of 18, male or female. The current Prime Minister is PM Edwin Bolt, with Deputy PM Nelson Stabler. The full list of the Cabinet and all Members of Parliament and Senators can be found on
this website. The current monarch is HRH Queen Olivia I. The main political parties are:
New Hayesalian Federal Liberals
New Hayesalian Conservatives
Green New Hayesalia
New Hayesalian Socialists' Party
Unified Family First Party
Independents are also represented.
After reform, there are 320 seats allocated to the House of Representatives (80 Electoral Zones, four seats each), and 50 to the Senate (based around the largest local government areas.) The Citizen's Assembly comprises 1,000 seats with randomly selected New Hayesalians serving.
Current Political Cabinet:
Prime Minister- Edwin Bolt
Deputy Prime Minister- Nelson Stabler
Foreign Minister- Lauretta Meinke
Treasurer- Cleveland Marse
Minister for Justice- Shannon Barringer
Minister for Equality- Alanna Drewes
Minister for Defence- Maximo Kunst
Minister for Business- Stanton Bellamy
Minister for Innovation- Mike Fulkerson
Minister for Industry- Maynard Stevenson
Minister for Skills- Nelson Stabler
Minister for Employment and Pensions- Renato Su
Minister for Energy- Lura Dasilva
Minister for Health- Jeffry Brosius
Minister for Education- Lawrence Kuhn
Minister for Community and Local Government- Ruben Crume
Minister for Transport- Dean Jeter
Minister for the Environment- Kimiko Eshbaugh
Minister for Rural Affairs and Agriculture- Jamal Hulett
Minister for Resources- Kenneth Moise
Minister for Media and Sport- Tyree Gerst
Minister for the Arts- Jan Immel
Minister for Universities- Dirk Vivier
Minister for Internal Affairs- Leda Wildt
Minister for Immigration and Customs- Benita Weddington
Minister for Sciences- Edwardo McGlynn
Minister for Emergency Services and Police- Palmer Escareno
Minister for Communications- Christian Bartelt
The Attorney General- Adrian Paula
Senior Party Whip- Man Kresge
Guide to the Parliament Complex
Building 1: House of Representatives; Senate; Prime Minister's and Cabinet's Office; Conference Rooms; Art Gallery.
2: Ministry of the Treasury; Ministry of Business
3: Ministry of Justice; Ministry of Equality
4: Foreign Ministry; Military Liason Office
5: Ministry of Skills; Ministry of Innovation; Ministry of Energy
6: Ministry of Employment; Ministry of Education; Ministry of Universities
7: Ministry of Health; Ministry of Sciences
8: Ministry of Arts; Ministry of Sports
9: Ministry of Community and Local Government
10: Ministry of Rural Affairs and Agriculture; Ministry of the Environment
11: Ministry of Defence
12: Ministry of Transport; Ministry of Resources
13: Embassies
14: Embassies
15: Ministry of Communications
16: Ministry of Industry
17: Ministry of Immigration and Customs
18: Library
19: Great Hall; Ballrooms; Conference Rooms
20: Parliament Cafe; Parliament Shop; Offices
The Ministry of Emergency Services and the National Police is located in National Drive, north of Parliament Complex.
Prime Minister Edwin Bolt (L) with Deputy PM Nelson Stabler (R). The Prime Minister is the Head of State and Government of the Greater Island Kingdom. Elections are held every four years, with the next election scheduled for 2017.
The current Prime Minister of New Hayesalia is Edwin Jackson Bolt. Bolt, born 8 May 1968, began his career after a self-described "average" schooling life at a Zoliran public school, attending a top Zoliran university on a scholarship and studying Law, later becoming a barrister in 1975. Bolt became active in politics as a member of the Union Conservatives in 1989, his first job being to hand out flyers at an election booth, although didn't consider standing for election until 1998. He was elected in a by-election to a local seat before the Amalgamation and became a backbencher. His political skill allowed him a fairly fast rise through the ranks, becoming the Shadow Attorney General in 2008 and promoted to the Leader of the Opposition in 2009 in the Amalgamation of New Hayesalia. Although the Conservatives lacked numbers in the House of Representatives, Bolt was generally able to fight against major decisions and proved a challenge for the Federal Liberals. He was elected with the Conservatives with a surprising majority.
Secretary to the Shadow Attorney General - September 2006 - January 2008
Shadow Attorney General- January 2008 - July 2009
Prime Minister of New Hayesalia- July 2013 - incumbent