National Assembly of the Republic of the Fhainn

=History= =Structure=

Election and Terms
The CoP's seats are elected through a simple vote, and the number of seats is determined by the raw population of the country. It is the only government position in the country that native or naturalized residents without citizenship may vote for, and seats are roughly apportioned one per million persons (previously one per half million until 1957). Each electoral division is given a Councilor with a term of three years, and while party figures typically win, there is nothing stopping a write-in candidate or a private citizen from joining in and being elected. This has resulted in one case of a small shrub being elected to office for an electorate in Connsmonan from 2004-07, which was humored by the government, which considered it a forfeiture of the electorate's representation. The bush died in 2007 before the next routine election and was replaced by a snap election. In cases of serious candidates, the term limit is five terms.

Political History
- brawls common - uses legislature courtyard sometimes - most often the most chaotic and 'battlefield' house in the Concord

Election and Terms
CoW members are selected through a method, and are based on the number of citizens across the country. Total votes are tallied by party, and the relevant party organizations are given a certain number of seats to fill at the party's discretion based on their portion of the vote. There is roughly one Councilor in the CoW per million registered citizens, and the term is three years, with a maximum of six terms.

Political History
=Notes= ICly because the lower house enjoys the media value of having to have full meetings outside since their wing is crammed, because it's the traditional building, and because the Starkists don't want to let the Futurists get their way and have a new building while they're ascendant, because they have the upper hand with the Nat Reps and the Confeds on their side for the actual design. The Futurists want a building that fuses traditional architectural looks with a wider and more modern layout, while the Starkists want a more neoclassical look.

Council of the Peoples, which is a local popular vote Council of the Ways, which is nationwide and party-based

and High Council, which is literally just all the top bureaucrats and a few appointed business magnates and military aides If you have an idea for a fourth chamber feel free to hit me with it

The historic legislative building of the Fhainnin gov't is similar in layout to a basilica church; however, there's no proper internal layout taken from Latin or church design. One of the 'cross' wings is missing and there are walled pavilions out on the opposite side, making the site rectangular from a bird's eye view. The remaining three wings are, clockwise, 2:1:1 around a central segment with a short tower. The long wing hosts one of the lower houses, the shorter one opposite it the upper house. The remaining lower house congregates outdoors as a relic of the farcical monarchy-era legislature, but all three houses cram into the larger wing for joint sessions, though those are uncommon and reserved for crises. The walls around the outdoor area are part of security measures added to minimize the risk of attack. The remaining wing perpendicular to the others is administrative offices and staff rooms, etc; the central area with the tower is a hall space for tourists, mingling, and photo ops, that sort of thing. Most of the real work is done outside the building, but it serves as a monument of the 1906 revolution. There is an office right across the road on the backside of the building that houses most of the paperwork and support functions for the Councils. Plans for an expansion by adding another hub section and more wings were approved in 2020 but hasn't begun yet because both of the indoor houses refuse to be the ones to lose out on their space for the time being and the outdoor house lose their minds when the 'open republic' concept is threatened by adding it onto the third wing, enclosing their space. This is generally for show, as mostly meeting in the building is for smiles, stamps, and procedure since the two lower houses generally conference and meet elsewhere anyway, as their areas are a bit cramped. The outdoors house in particular also meet often in a nearby city park, which required a second park to be built right next to it in 2012 because they got in the way of the general citizenry and kept blocking one of the roads.