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The [[Federal Parliament (Pelaxia)|Federal Parliament]] serves as the legislative branch of the federal government. It is a {{wp|bicameralism|bicameral}} legislature and consists of the [[Federal Congress (Pelaxia)|Federal Congress]] as the popularly-elected lower house and the [[Federal Council (Pelaxia)|Federal Council]] as the indirectly-elected upper house. Members of the Federal Congress, known as [[Deputy (Pelaxia)|deputies]], serve a five-year term and are elected based on a {{wp|mixed-member proportional representation}} system, combining {{wp|first-past-the-post voting|first-past-the-post}} constituencies with {{wp|party-list proportional representation}} seats with a ratio of one proportional representation seat for every constituency before including {{wp|overhang seat|overhang}} {{wp|leveling seat|leveling}}; the legal minimum amount of seats for the Federal Congress is 720, with 360 constituencies and a minimum of 360 proportional representation seats. The Federal Council is comprised of 132 [[Officer of the Federal Council|officers of the council]], with twenty-five officers from the Montanaro Group, the Jusonia Group, the Oretania Group, the Savria Group, and the Termia Group, with six officers from Isla Maribel, and one officer from Freda Island. Officers of the Federal Council are elected by the legislatures of the member provinces in each council group, and serve for life with the option to retire upon turning 75.