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==Government==

Medimeria is a Urcean [[Government_of_Urcea#Overseas_Possessions|civil rectory]] governed in accord with the provisions of the [[Consolidated Laws of HMCM's Kingdom and State|Rectory and Overseas Territory Law]]. Accordingly, it is governed by a Rector appointed by the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] by the non-binding advice of the [[Government of Urcea]]. It incorporates many of the pre-Urcean institutions of government, however, as provided by exceptions under the Rectory and Overseas Territory Law. It has among the weakest Rectors among all Urcean territories, with the rectory's legislature - the Patroon Council (''Conseil Patronal'') - functioning as the primary governing body of the island, in effect making Medimeria a {{wp|parliamentary democracy}}. The Rector is largely responsible for serving as liaison between the Council and the [[Government of Urcea]], and the Rector's direct authority is limited to control of island militias as well as limited civil authority over [[Armed Forces of the Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea|Urcean military]] forces on the island. Nominally, the Rector is responsible for signing Council proposals into law and inviting political leaders within the Council to form a government, but these are largely ceremonial responsibilities. It has been observed that Medimeria is the most autonomous and self-governing of Urcea's foreign dependencies and territories, including even the nominally sovereign states of [[New Harren]] and [[Talionia]].

Much of the island's governing tradition is established by precedent, and the island has no formal agreement or charter of local government. The Patroon Council and the traditions around it date back to the earliest settlement of Medimeria, predating the unification of [[Burgundie]] or even its incorporation as a colony of the [[Duchy of Bourgondi]]. Accordingly, much of the governance of the island pre-dates the typical form and function of a Burgoignesc overseas territory.