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Sonneland, officially the Grand Duchy of Sonnenland, is a micronation located in South America, bordered by Brazil.

Background
In late 2020, the Conference of Santiago launched their Conference of Santiago Derivative Program, an effort to support newbie micronationalists in create and/or rule their micronations. The program included the creation and deliver of micronations to new micronationalists within the Brazilian sector, such as have been done to the Hanseatic and Confederate States of Achsen.

Government and politics
The Grand Duchy can be defined as an unitary absolute monarchy. The monarch is the head of state and head of government, whose position is selective; it is up to the Grand Duke to appoint his heir, theSteward which, being the responsible for the Household's affairs, in encharged with much of the country's politics, acting de facto as the head of government and as speaker of the Council, an advisory body which serves as the country's de facto parliament, enacting laws on behalf of the sovereign and under his approval. Judiciary power lies solely with the Grand Duke.

enlightened despotism formally adopted by the government was inspired by Frederick Barbarossa, the Holy Roman Emperor. Sonnenland is divided into six autonomous cantons, each one ruled by a Steward. The country's union is indissoluble and is set on the principles of sovereignity, citizenship, dignity and social freedom. All branches of government (executive, legislative and judiciary) are drawn from the person of the monarch, thus being a very centralized regime. The executive power is organized in two spheres of administration, while the legislative and the judiciary are organized only at the national sphere.

The Council is composed by the six Stewards and headed by the Grand Duke, although the Stewards' office is de facto largely cerimonial and they rarely get to actively participate in the legislative discussions. There are no political parties in Sonnenland. Nevertheless each parliamentarian is free to openly uphold whichever ideology they like.

Law
The Military Police is tasked with enforcing the Brazilian common law in the grand duchy, which law is based on Roman-Germanic traditions and civil law concepts prevail over common law practice. The basics of the law is codified, although non-codified statutes represent a very substantial part, playing a complementary role. Court decisions set out interpretive guidelines; however, they are seldom binding on other specific cases. Doctrinal works and the works of academic jurists have strong influence in law creation and in law cases. There is no judiciary court, and judiciary authority lies with the monarch.

Military
Sonnenland does not have any military, although the possbility to create an Armed Force in case of need can be assumed, and it relies mostly on the Brazilian police system. The country's inner security is enforced by the Stewards individually with the support of temporary civilian agents.

Administrative regions
Sonnenland is an unitary state divided into four autonomous cantons. Each canton is administrated by a Steward nominally appointed by the King, but often the head of the local family branch. There is no distinction in a steward's role between ruling the canton as a whole and the municipalities within it. Each canton enjoys of a fine degree of administrative autonomy, but they cannot enact laws. All the cantons are comprised by private property owned by Grand Duke's immediate family.

Foreign policy
The foreign policy consists of non-intervention, self-determination, international cooperation and the peaceful settlement of conflicts. The matter is taked to the Secretary of State for the Interior Affairs, which is appointed by the King, but it is ultimatelly headed by the King himself as the supreme authority on foreign policy as defined by the Fundamental Laws. The foreign policy is a by-product of the country's microposition as a new and poorly-populated micronation with few government officials. The country relates itself mostly with other micronations at the Brazilian sector. Its foreign policy has generally been based on the principles of multilateralism, peaceful dispute settlement, and non-intervention in the affairs of other countries.