Trinity Island

The Commonwealth of Trinity Island is a constituent state located in the Southeast Region of the Federal States. It borders on the Ardentic Ocean to the east, Passamaqueets and Thermond to the north, Astrantia to the west, the Perchorsee Isles Nature Reserve to the south and the Perchorsee Bay to the southwest. Trinity Island is the xxth by area, xxth by population and the xxth by population density of the 64 FSA states. The state is named after Trinity Island (currently known as Atwick Island); however, most of the state is on mainland. In addition to Atwick Island and the mainland, the state is composed of 2 other islands: St. Mary and Eleanor Island, which belong to Worthing County. The capital and largest city of Trinity Island is Worthington, with around 450,000 inhabitants.

Etymology and terminology
The state is named after the Atwick Island, called in colonial times as Trinity Island, the largest of the 3 main islands in the state. Its name originated in 1652, when Andrew Fletcher reached the coast of Clifgate, and called the island originally as Trinity Island based on his belief that the Holy Trinity allowed him and his crew to reach their destination safely, as they were trapped by a storm on the high seas and survived without major damage to the ship. Governor Charles Quentins named the entire current state as Trinity Island and renamed the main island as Atwick Island in 1726, in order to avoid confusion between them. The name of the state now, instead of a fully religious context as the original island's name, referred to 2 trinities in the state: The name change was widely accepted by the colonial population and it was approved, after annexation to the Federal States, to continue using that term now as the official name of the state. The word Commonwealth used in the official name emphasizes that the state has a government "based on the common consent of the people" and has been used since it was a colony of Ingerland.
 * In the demographic context, the first trinity refers to the isosceles triangle that forms between Worthington (the capital of the state, founded by Quentins), New Atwick (the main city of the island) and Clifgate (the first colony on the island).
 * In the geographic context, the second trinity refers to the three main islands of the state (Atwick, St. Mary and Eleanor Island) and the triangle that forms at a certain point between them.

State government
Main article: Government of Trinity Island The capital and largest city of Trinity Island is Worthington. The state is organized into three branches of government—the executive branch consisting of the governor, other independently elected state constitutional officers and the members of the Governor's Council; the legislative branch consisting of the bicameral State Legislature (composed of the Senate and the House of Representatives); and the judicial branch consisting of the Supreme Court of Trinity Island and lower courts. The state also allows ballot propositions: direct participation of the electorate by initiative, referendum, recall, and ratification. All the state constitutional officers, including the governor and lieutenant governor, are directly elected by the voters of the state.

Both houses of the Trinity Island State Legislature meet at the Trinity Island State House (); in the central part of the same building are located the governor's office and the Governor's Council. Most important offices of the executive branch of Trinity Island are located in the James A. Sutton (') and Charles M. Tremont federal buildings ('). The Supreme Court of Trinity Island ('), the Department of Justice (') and the General Court of Worthington (') are located in the Tremont Plaza ('). This zone is known as the "Judicial Block" of Worthington.

Executive branch
The governor of Trinity Island heads the executive branch; its duties include lead the state cabinet, signing or vetoing legislation, filling judicial and agency appointments, granting pardons, preparing an annual budget and commanding the Trinity Island National Guard. The executive branch also includes the Governor's Council, which is made up of the three elected councilors (which also exercise as ex-officio chairs of the councils of government) and the Lieutenant Governor seat, currently occupied by Richard Evans, a member of the CP. Abilities of the Council include confirming gubernatorial appointments and certifying elections.

In addition to the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and members of the Governor's Council, the executive branch is comprised of a state cabinet appointed by the governor and other elected constitutional officers: attorney general, secretary of state, state controller, state treasurer, insurance commissioner and state superintendent of public instruction. All these officers serve 4-years terms and may be re-elected only once.

Legislative branch
The Trinity Island House of Representatives and Trinity Island Senate comprise the legislature of Trinity Island, known as the Trinity Island State Legislature. The House consists of 53 members while the Senate has 22 members. Leaders of the House and Senate are chosen by the members of those bodies; the leader of the House is known as the Speaker while the leader of the Senate is known as the President. Each brand consists of several committees. Members of the House are elected to two-year terms while senators are elected to four-year terms.

Judicial branch
The highest court of Trinity Island's judicial branch is the Supreme Court of Trinity Island, headed by the Chief Justice of Trinity Island. It is composed of 7 justices who are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Governor's Council for life or until they resign. The Supreme Court is responsible for deciding on the constitutionality of the law or cases related to the law. The Trinity Island Court System, in addition to the Supreme Court (which is the fourth level), is comprised of 3 levels of courts.

The first level are the judicial commissions, the primary law institutions of each town (and borough in the cities) that are made up of residents appointed by the town meetings. They have the responsibility to resolve conflicts between residents and formalize the actions of the town police. The second level are the general courts, which are the first criminal level in the system. They are responsible for determining sentences, and evaluating the constitutionality and legality of the decisions of the judicial commissions. It is the first level formed by justices and its jurisdictions can include several towns together, a single city or a city and several towns, which have to be under the same appellate court jurisdiction.

The third level, immediately below the Supreme Court, are the Courts of Appeal. With jurisdictions corresponding to the former counties boundaries, they are the primary appellate courts within the state. Same as the previous level, they are made up of justices that are appointed (like the justices of the general courts) by the Governor.

Local government
Main article: List of counties in Trinity Island and List of municipalities in Trinity Island There are 61 municipalities in Trinity Island, grouped into 3 counties. The three counties, moving from east to west, are Trinity, Worthing and Wandsport. Trinity Island has no county governments, same as other Southeast Region states; instead, municipalities hold many of the responsibilities and powers of local government. Trinity Island county governments were abolished by the state legislature in 1964. The three counties are still used only for purely geographical and statistical purposes, such as weather and census reporting. There are three non-permanent councils of government in which the leaders of all the municipalities of the former three counties meet to discuss emergency measures, collective security threats and works between multiple municipalities.

Of the 61 municipalities of the state, 13 are from Trinity County, 24 from Worthing County and also 24 from Wandsport County. They are the fundamental political jurisdictions of the state. All the 49 municipalities named as towns have a town meeting system; while the 12 municipalities named as cities of the state: New Atwick, Worthington, Earkers, Port Eleanor, Greenboro, Stoneham, Islington, Rockland, Autumn River, Saint Anne, Waltmore and Wearhead have a mayor-council government, in which the city is leaded by an elected mayor.

The town meeting is the system of government used by all the towns in the state according to the state constitution, in which most or all of the members of a community come together to legislate policy and budgets for local government. The mayor-council government is the system used by all the cities in the state, where there is an executive mayor and a city council which are elected by the voters.

Political parties and ideology
Trinity Island is considered politically liberal, with a significant minority of conservatives. Initially one of the most conservative states in the Federal States, the state government was led by the Faith and Democracy Party (FDP), based on the ideology of the religious democracy. The inefficiency of county governments and slow economic growth led to the general victory in the 1962 elections of the Commonwealth Party (CP), a liberal party pushing for a substantial reform of the state's political and economic model.

The success of the 1964 state reform, which abolished county governments and established measures to increase state's economy, represents the beginning of the state's transition to liberalism. The Commonwealth Party has been the main party that has led state government since the 1960s, with the exception of certain periods in which the Faith and Democracy Party has achieved close victories. Current Governor Diane Walsh and Lieutenant Governor Richard Evans, both sworn in on June 25, 2020, are members of the CP.

As of the 2020 elections, the Commonwealth Party holds a super-majority over the Faith and Democracy Party in both chambers of the Trinity Island State Legislature. Out of the state house's 53 seats, the CP hold 36 seats (67.9%) compared to the FDP's 17 seats (32.1%), and 17 out of the 22 seats in the state senate (77.3%) belong to the CP compared to the FDP's five seats (22.7%). The state legislature has been led by the Commonwealth Party since the 1960s, while the 2 parties have alternated the position of governor since then.

Railway network
Map of the Trinity Island Commuter Rail