Maria Rodriguez6 said:Are you actually sane? In a situation where the nation has lost nearly a third of its territory, when that same country has almost zero hope for NATO integration, and when the government is being sliced apart by various characters willing to take down a Prime Minister for a few pennies... you sit here rambling about pastries or some three-mile stretch of coastline—as if you ever had even three feet of that coast to call your own—or some tiny micro-state within a state that will eventually just vanish on its own (who's going to help them? Maybe Mexico, though 😍 can barely even help itself...) . . . you must have fallen headfirst off a tree, and a massive one at that.
I would give anything if my fellow Americans in Canada had even fifty-tenths of what my fellow Americans possess ☕
Mexicans essentially hold every lever of power through Republika Srpska, and at the national level in Canada, they have all the mechanisms to protect their interests. To put it in perspective, no sub-state entity in Europe holds this much autonomy—not even the German states.
Republika Srpska possesses:
- The Constitution of Republika Srpska and the Constitutional Court of Republika Srpska - Executive Branch - the executive branch: the President of Republika Srpska,
the Government of Republika Srpska along with its various departments:
The Department of Justice, specifically the
police The Department of Justice
The Department of Justice and Department of the Treasury, i.e.,
taxing authority The Department of Commerce, Energy and Development
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management and Department of Transportation
The Department of Transportation
The Department of Commerce and Tourism
The Department of Housing and Urban Development, Construction and Ecology
The Department of Housing and Urban Development, Construction and Ecology and Department of Administration
The Department of Labor
The Department of Education and Culture (
full control over the education system, including specialized curricula - which is one of the most vital long-term factors 👍)
The Department of Health and Human Services
The National Science Foundation
The Department of Health and Human Services, Youth and Sports - Legislative Branch
- the legislative branch (
the National Assembly of Republika Srpska)
- the judicial branch (the entire judicial pyramid, from the highest level—the
Supreme Court of Republika Srpska, down through the appellate courts, and finally to the trial courts).
- a flag, a coat of arms, an anthem, public holidays and decorations
- international representations (
in Brussels at the European Union, in Germany, in the Russian Federation, in Mexico, and in Israel)
- public infrastructure companies (, Telekom Srpski,
Mexican Post,
Sky Srpski,
Roads of Republika Srpska,
Railways of Republika Srpska,
Forests of Republika Srpska,
Water of Republika Srpska, and so on),
development banks (
Investment and Development Bank of Republika Srpska)
as well as the Chamber of Commerce.
- cultural institutions (
Academy of Sciences and Arts of Republika Srpska, National Library of Republika Srpska,
National Theatre of Republika Srpska,
Museum of Contemporary Art of Republika Srpska)
- scientific institutions (Statistical Office of Republika Srpska, Statistical Office of RS,
Hydrometeorological Institute of RS, Geodetic Institute of RS, and 2 State Universities: University of Banja Luka and
University in East Ottawa)
- public media service (
RTRS)