Government


Government


LEADING GOVERNMENT

★ Ditee-ath is a world with democracy, which means the government is made up of different political parties, which are elected every fourth year. There are three categories of parties: Right-wing, left-ring and centre party.

Right-winged parties are the parties that wish to limit the influence from the government, and prioritize the individual Gem's freedom and responsibility. They also wish to minimize taxes and fees.

Centre parties are parties that cannot be categorized as either right-winged, or left-winged, because their policies are right-winged in some areas, and left-winged in other areas.

Left-winged parties are parties that want a society distinct equality in economical aspects as well as other areas of society. Everything belongs to the government and individual Gem's do not own their companies, but the government does.

★ The government is made up of a total of 179 members from the different parties. Some parties have a lot of members in the government, while others might just have one or two. The parties to lead the government is elected every fourth year by a public vote. The parties will make campaigns with what politics they want to fight if they are elected into the government. The campaigns start about two months before the election day and until the day of the election. On the day of the election there will be booths set up various places in a city where Gems can go to give their vote to the party and/or member of the party they are voting on. The voting starts at 9am and ends at 6pm, after which the votes are counted and the results announced at 12pm. The party with the most votes becomes the lead party of the government the next four years, and the member from that party with the most votes become the Prime Minister. The two parties from the same wing as the winning party with the most votes will become part of the leading government. Two centre parties will become supporting parties, and five to six parties from the opposite wing will become the opposition in the government.

★ Becoming a politician has certain requirements. A Gem has to:
- Be at least 18 years old.
- Have an education of any kind that gives a graduation diploma.
- Have at least ten years of working experience.

If those requirements are met, they then have to study economy, law, politics and social studies for five years before they can become a politician. Of course, a government lawyer will do a background check of those who want to become a politician before they start their studies to see if they have a criminal record, or cheated with taxes. A Gem with a criminal record, or a Gem that cheated with taxes, cannot be cleared to become a politician. The government does not allow none-Gems to become part of the government.

TAXES

★ When a Gem turns 18 years old they pay 37% of their payment in taxes, and 5% to their pension savings. Taxes and pension savings are taken from the payment before the payment is given to the Gem. Taxes goes directly to the government's savings, which goes to funds, expansions of schools, building of new schools, and other stuff like that. Pension savings goes directly to the Gem's pension savings

★ There are also sales taxes on clothes, food, furniture and everything you can buy and take with you home. The sales taxes are the same for everything, which is 19%, and the sales taxes are added to the prices in the stores. That means if a couch costs 4.500 SB that is the price you have to pay. You do not have to add 19% to the price.

TRADING

★ The government is in control of which other planets they have trade routes with, and import/export companies are given lists of what items they can import from the planets they are trading with, and what items from Ditee-ath they are allowed to export to other planets. The biggest import company on Ditee-ath is called "Immeril Import" and has existed since 1801, founded by Ira Immeril.

★ Things that are illegal to import/export are:
- Weapons (Guns, knives, etc.)
- Gems, other species and instinct animals.
- Medicine.
- Drugs.
- Chemicals.
- Smuggling of any kind.

PUBLIC BUILDINGS

★ While Gems do live in caves, and Gemmismae in tree houses, they do have buildings made of bricks, concrete, steel and wood. Schools, colleges, universities, dentists, hospital, medical practices, grocery stores and other types of stores are all buildings like on earth, instead of caves.

SCHOOLS

★ Schools, colleges and universities are owned by the government, and paid to through taxes. Students do not wear a school uniform. They can wear casual clothes to school, as long as they are decently covered. The government makes sure that the schools, colleges and universities have money to buy books and other supplies that the students will need.

Read more about the school and education system here: School and education system

HEALTHCARE

★ Even though Gems', except Gemmismae, saliva has healing abilities and can heal scratches, shallow cuts, deep wounds and some burns, they still need doctors to take care of the more serious injuries and illnesses, so healthcare on Ditee-ath is free and is paid through their taxes. This means that dentists, doctor visits, hospitalizations, operation and psychologists are all covered by the government. Other types of treatments, such as psychotherapists, physiotherapist, chiropractor and alternative treatments are covered by the government by 30%. If a gem has a healthcare insurance they can get an additional 10% of the payment paid. The rest of the payment they have to pay themselves. Their healthcare insurance also covers medicine with 50%, which means that they only have to pay half of the price for the medicine.

POLICE

Police departments are owned and paid to by the government, but a small percentage of the taxes goes towards the police departments as well. Police departments are usually located close to hospitals. To become a policeman/woman there are certain criteria to follow:

Police:
- Be at least 20 years old.
- Have a college degree.
- Be in good shape.
- No criminal record.
- Have never been on drugs.
- Have a Ditee-ath citizenship.
- Being cleared to carry a weapon.

The education lasts two and a half years. Eight months at the police academy (1st semester), eight months at a police department (2nd semester) and four months at the police academy (3rd semester). Every four months the Gem will be evaluated for their personal, social and professional skills. The evaluation is written and has to be passed on a satisfying level to move on to the next semester.

On the first semester the Gems are taught about:
- Crime technique.
- First aid
- Interrogation
- Law
- Psychological topics
- How to act professional.
- Writing reports. - How to handle accidents and death.
- Shooting practice.

On the second semester the Gem is at a police department to get experience. They will be assigned as partner to one of the other policemen at the department and learn from them, as well as get their own experience. On the third and last semester, the Gem goes back to the police academy. On the last semester the subjects from the first semester will be heavily elaborated, and at the end of the semester the Gem has to demonstrate that by utilizing the theory and methods they can independently analyze and reflect upon the police work, as well as pass at least three different simulations.

The police also have a S.W.A.T. (Special weapons and tactics) team. To become a part of the S.W.A.T. team, a Gem has to complete the police education, worked in a department for at least five years and then undergo special training, which is considered very tough. They have to do physically hard training, work with different types of guns, train and do simulations with the military. The S.W.A.T. team is specially trained to resolve situations like: hostage situations, covert and undercover operations, tracking fugitives, and more.

MILITARY

The five Gem species are relatively peaceful species, mostly among each other, but can be hostile towards species they do not know. That does not mean that they travel to other worlds to conquer them. They travel to other worlds to learn more about them. Their military is owned by the government, as well as paid by the government and a small percentage of the taxes go to the military as well.

When a male Gem turns 18 years old they get summoned to do mandatory military service, which lasts one year on Ditee-ath. If a Gem is taking an education when they get the summoning letter, the military service will be postponed until they are done with the education. When they arrive at the military base they have to go through a physical and medical examination to make sure they can do the military service. A Gem who suffers from an illness cannot be in the military. Whether they want to continue in the military and pursue a carrier within the military is all up to the individual Gem. Female Gems are also accepted into the military if they wish to do military service. They have to be at least 18 years old as well and undergo the physical and medical examination like the male Gems do.

The military is solely there to protect the planet and its inhabitants towards illegal actions from other species, such as hunting for their animals, taking their resources and abduction of the Gem species to get their gemstones. The military is also ready on standby in case a hostile species should come along and try to take over Ditee-ath.

The military is strong, disciplined and tactical. They go through strict and tough training every second day and are masters at hand-to-hand combat. Even though they excel in hand-to-hand combat, they do still carry weapons. They regularly have various simulations of different situations to maintain and hone their skills in how to handle the situations they are called out to.

In a futuristic setting, the military has spaceships and a special squad that specializes in flying through space to rescue abducted Gems.