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The United Newlandic States (UNS) (Verenigde Nieuwlandse Staten, VNS), commonly known as (the) Newland(s) ((de) Nieuwland(en)), is a country located on the North Atlantic garbage patch. It consists of 40 states and a federal district.

The UNS is a federal republic and a representative democracy with three separate branches of government, including a bicameral legislature.

Etymology
The name "Newland" (in the singular) or "the Newlands" (in the plural) is supposed to mean that the country is located on an island which has not always existed. While the name "United … States" is borrowed from the United States of America which the country is modeled after.

According to the constitution, the country has no short names, every national institution is referred with the adjective Newlandic (Nieuwlands).

Government and politics
The United Newlandic States is a federal republic of 40 states and a federal district. It is a federal republic and a representative democracy.

In the Newlandic federalist system, citizens are usually subject to three levels of government: federal, state, and prefectural. In almost all cases, executive, legislative, and even judicial officials are elected by a plurality vote of citizens by district.

The federal government comprises three branches:


 * Legislative: The bicameral Synod (Synode), made up of the Senate (Senaat) and the House of Representatives (Huis der Afgevaardigden), makes federal law, declares war, approves treaties, has the power of the purse, ad has the power of impeachment (afzetting), by which it can remove sitting members of government.
 * Executive: The chancellor (kanselier) is the commander-in-chief of the military, can veto legislative bills before they become law (subject to synodal override), and appoints the members of the Cabinet (Kabinet) and other officers, who administer and enforce federal laws and policies.
 * Judicial: The Tribunal (Tribunaal) and lower federal courts, whose judges are appointed by the tribune (chief justice) (tribunus), who is elected by plurality vote of citizens, interpret laws and overturn those they find unconstitutional.

The House of Representatives has 348 voting members, each representing a synodal district for a two-year term. House seats are apportioned among the states by population. Each state then draws single-member districts to conform with the census apportionment.

The Senate has 81 members with each state having two senators and the District van den Bosch having one, elected at-large to six-year terms; one-third of Senate seats up for election every two years. The chancellor serves a four-year term and may be re-elected to the office no more than once. The chancellor is not elected by direct vote, but by an indirect electoral college (kiescollege) system in which the determining votes are apportioned to the states and the District van den Bosch. The Tribunal, led by the tribune, has nine members, who serve for 26 years.