The East Pacific

"Very well, I'll try to make this brief. The Grand Duchy of Pangasinan is a constitutional monarchy and follows a parliamentary system of governance. The Parliament of Pangasinan is divided in to two houses - the Chamber of Peers and Chamber of Commons. The lower house, the Chamber of Commons, consists of publicly elected MPs from various districts and whose primary job is the passage of legislation. The Chamber of Peers, meanwhile, is composed of members of nobility, members of various ethnicities, and relevant public groups whose job is to review legislation coming from the Commons. Through this role, the Chamber of Peers acts as a check on the more powerful Chamber of Commons.

"For our society, Pangasinenses are divided in two groups: Nonscion settlers which dominates most of the country's coastal settlements, and ethnic Pangasinenses, which are then further divided into further tribes and clans. The former are pale-skinned," Francisco says, unconsciously looking at his hands before continuing, "while the ethic Pangasinenses are of slightly darker color. In the centuries since the first settlers arrived, both groups have adopted the customs and traditions of each other: religion, naming conventions, myths and folklore, clothing, etc. There also exists a small number of Neko-jinn, those called Catfolk by the westerners, who also adopted some traditions from both groups.

"Lastly, our economy is a dominated by agriculture and aquaculture, followed by a rising manufacturing industry. Other industries include mining, toruism, shipbuilding, healthcare, and BPOs."

“It seems like Pangasinan is just a normal and stable parliamentary democracy. It is certainly relieving, as both of us does not want to be on the wrong end of a rifle, nor does it beneficial for each of us.” president Kusuma nonchalantly comments. He steps up and picks up a long white metal stick and gently swipes it across the TV screen. “And certainly, we would appreciate economic cooperations, however I'm getting ahead of myself.”

The TV screen changes to an image of a large wood panelled hall with seats and tables in a semi-circle arrangement. The Maneiran symbol and motto displayed on its front wall, alongside a row of flags. “Maneiras is a parliamentary semi-presidential federal republic, under the pretitle of federation. The government is split between three branches. The legislative branch is composed of the two chambers of parliament, with the Chamber of Public Representatives representing the people and concerned about matters of public concerns. While the upper chamber, Chamber of Regional Representatives represents the interest of federal provinces. The judicial branch perform the daily judicial operation of Maneiras. While the executive branch is composed of the president, prime minister, coordinating ministers, and ministers.”

The president swipes once more, now displaying downtown Sarya city as it seems. In the night sky, the skyscrapers which dominates the landscape is alight, and the logos representing the companies that owned them proudly displayed on the side of their highest floors. The camera turns into a building complex, the Kai Sai Plaza and zoomed into one of the room, the exact room where the delegates and president is standing, the camera clearly seeing them sitting in the distance. “The Maneiran economy is large, industrialized and robust, dominated by private interests and conglomerates which operates multiple sectors, commonly in the manufacturing, services, banking, e-commerce, retail and food processing.”

“The Maneiran society is built around the value of meritocracy, where any skills that proves useful and economical is valued greatly. It doesn't matter if you're good at something everyone's good at, as long as you have a knack in doing something good, there's a good chance society will help you get to the top, or live comfortably.” he swipes and switches the screen to displaying an enormous white, black, and blue sleek and sharp structure, which resembles palaces in layout, however is brutalist. “The Maneiran society as they held meritocracy is very driven by academic and athletic prowess, and often pursue only the best for their future generations. Economically, it ensures the families and parents have a source of income once they're retired, while the child enjoys an easy life with employments clearly available everywhere. While for Maneiras, it provides us with an educated low and middle class. Ripe for innovations to sprung up everywhere.”

The president swipes once more, and the screen is a podium, where a Neko-Jinn female, fully furry in a clear white fur is in a speech. “We're a very tolerant culture towards any and all ethnicities and species, we have a neko-jinn prime minister as seen here, our current prime minister Sasha Nila Natasha. Other neko-jinn enjoys similar living standards as humans, and some even dominating entire sectors, mainly in entertainment, journalism, and strangely geology.”