...what type of kernel would it have?
I'd say it would be a monolithic kernel, because the Constitution is the foundation of it all (most powerful) but cannot be modified without creating and ratifying amendments (kernel modules). A revolution would be required to recompile the kernel and restart the system.
However, one could argue that it is also a hybrid kernel since there are subnational governments which can make similarly powerful policy, but do not have total access to the kernel. Faults and exceptions within user-mode applications are usually handled by lawyers, which can end up passing through the whole system for them to be gracefully resolved.
Then again, it could also be a real-time kernel given the high (and often inefficient) frequency of polling and interrupts, along with its asynchronous and extremely reliable nature. For maximum protection, certain threads and memory spaces are released every four years to be replaced by new counterparts. The one flaw with this protection mechanism, it seems, is that the threads have a race condition that cause them to compete intensely for these memory spaces, inefficiently stealing billions of CPU cycles across the entire system on all levels.
I'd say it would be a monolithic kernel, because the Constitution is the foundation of it all (most powerful) but cannot be modified without creating and ratifying amendments (kernel modules). A revolution would be required to recompile the kernel and restart the system.
However, one could argue that it is also a hybrid kernel since there are subnational governments which can make similarly powerful policy, but do not have total access to the kernel. Faults and exceptions within user-mode applications are usually handled by lawyers, which can end up passing through the whole system for them to be gracefully resolved.
Then again, it could also be a real-time kernel given the high (and often inefficient) frequency of polling and interrupts, along with its asynchronous and extremely reliable nature. For maximum protection, certain threads and memory spaces are released every four years to be replaced by new counterparts. The one flaw with this protection mechanism, it seems, is that the threads have a race condition that cause them to compete intensely for these memory spaces, inefficiently stealing billions of CPU cycles across the entire system on all levels.