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Urcea is a constitutional monarchy, with the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] serving as the head of state and central constitutional organizing principle of the nation, with Urceans being "subjects" as well as "citizens", though his sovereignty is shared with the national legislature. Under the King is the [[Procurator]], who is elected nationwide and the Cabinet, called the [[~~Concilium Purpaidá~~]]. The Purpaidá's members are appointed by the [[Chancellor and Temporary President]] of the [[Concilium Daoni]], who leads the national legislature. Below them are a series of Crownlands, provinces, and states with varying degrees of home rule within Urcea's federal system.

Urcea is a constitutional monarchy, with the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] serving as the head of state and central constitutional organizing principle of the nation, with Urceans being "subjects" as well as "citizens", though his sovereignty is shared with the national legislature. Under the King is the [[Procurator]], who is elected nationwide and the Cabinet, called the [[Conshilía Purpháidhe]]. The Purpaidá's members are appointed by the [[Chancellor and Temporary President]] of the [[Concilium Daoni]], who leads the national legislature. Below them are a series of Crownlands, provinces, and states with varying degrees of home rule within Urcea's federal system.

===Executive===

{{Main|Government of Urcea#Executive%20Branch|l1=Executive Branch|Procurator|~~Concilium Purpaidá~~}}

{{Main|Government of Urcea#Executive%20Branch|l1=Executive Branch|Procurator|Conshilía Purpháidhe}}

In the Executive Branch, the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] maintains a mostly nominal but important role, directly appointing judges and military officers through the [[Apostolic_King_of_Urcea#Royal_Household|Royal Household]] office. The King can also intervene in disputes between the [[Procurator]] and Concilium Purpdaidá, typically when the Procurator and [[Chancellor and Temporary President]] are of different parties. The Procurator, elected by the nation at large, determines the government's policy program and directs the [[~~Concilium Purpaidá~~]] to implement it. The Procurator also has functional command and control of the [[Armed Forces of the Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea]] and proposes the Royal Budget. In the 21st Century, the [[National Pact (Urcea)|National Pact]] has typically controlled the office of Procurator.

In the Executive Branch, the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] maintains a mostly nominal but important role, directly appointing judges and military officers through the [[Apostolic_King_of_Urcea#Royal_Household|Royal Household]] office. The King can also intervene in disputes between the [[Procurator]] and Concilium Purpdaidá, typically when the Procurator and [[Chancellor and Temporary President]] are of different parties. The Procurator, elected by the nation at large, determines the government's policy program and directs the [[Conshilía Purpháidhe]] to implement it. The Procurator also has functional command and control of the [[Armed Forces of the Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea]] and proposes the Royal Budget. In the 21st Century, the [[National Pact (Urcea)|National Pact]] has typically controlled the office of Procurator.

The [[~~Concilium Purpaidá~~]] is the nation's Cabinet and has broad powers to implement policies via regulation where statutorily authorized. Members of the Purpaidá nominally follow the Procurator's policies, but are appointed by the Chancellor and Temporary President, who is the leader of the [[Concilium Daoni]].

The [[Conshilía Purpháidhe]] is the nation's Cabinet and has broad powers to implement policies via regulation where statutorily authorized. Members of the Purpaidá nominally follow the Procurator's policies, but are appointed by the Chancellor and Temporary President, who is the leader of the [[Concilium Daoni]].

The office of [[Censor (Urcea)|Censor]] also falls under the executive branch, and the two Censors are responsible for the maintenance of morality and public virtue as well as for the national decennial census. The Censors have authority to issue media content standards, and can issue formal objections to morally harmful pieces of legislation that come before the [[Concilium Daoni]]. The Censors are elected nationwide but the pool of candidates are selected by the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] and [[Urcean Conference of Catholic Bishops]].

===Legislative===

{{Main|Government of Urcea#Legislative%20Branch|l1=Legislative Branch|Chancellor and Temporary President|Concilium Daoni|Gildertach}}

The [[Concilium Daoni]] is the lower chamber of the Kingdom's national legislature and its primary legislative body, and it is led by the [[Chancellor and Temporary President]] who serves as majority leader within the Daoni. The Chancellor nominates the members of the [[~~Concilium Purpaidá~~]], although they are formally appointed by the King via constitutional advice. Members of the Daoni, called delegates or simply "members", are elected from 500 single-member constituencies using first past the post voting. Made up of committees that mirror the structure of the [[~~Concilium Purpaidá~~]], the Daoni considers legislation as well as treaties and Royal budgets. Since the 20th century, the [[Commonwealth Union (Urcea)|Commonwealth Union]] has typically controlled the Daoni, a trend of success continued by its successor, the [[Solidarity Party (Urcea)|Solidarity Party]].

The [[Concilium Daoni]] is the lower chamber of the Kingdom's national legislature and its primary legislative body, and it is led by the [[Chancellor and Temporary President]] who serves as majority leader within the Daoni. The Chancellor nominates the members of the [[Conshilía Purpháidhe]], although they are formally appointed by the King via constitutional advice. Members of the Daoni, called delegates or simply "members", are elected from 500 single-member constituencies using first past the post voting. Made up of committees that mirror the structure of the [[Conshilía Purpháidhe]], the Daoni considers legislation as well as treaties and Royal budgets. Since the 20th century, the [[Commonwealth Union (Urcea)|Commonwealth Union]] has typically controlled the Daoni, a trend of success continued by its successor, the [[Solidarity Party (Urcea)|Solidarity Party]].

The Daoni is joined by the [[Gildertach]], the nation's upper chamber, which is comprised of representatives from each of the [[Guilds (Urcea)|guilds]] in Urcea. The Gildertach's responsibilities are primarily constrained to approving or denying trade deals and regulating the guild system itself.

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===Politics===

{{Main|Government of Urcea#National%20Politics|l1=Politics of Urcea|Elections in Urcea}}

As a consequence of the division of power between the [[Apostolic King of Urcea|King]], the [[Procurator]], and the [[Chancellor and Temporary President]], there are four distinct political power structures that can take form. In a situation where the Procurator and Chancellor are of the same party, members of the [[~~Concilium Purpaidá~~]] are all from the leadership's party and that party's platform become the government's program. When a Procurator and Chancellor come from a different party but reach an agreement called a "Purpaidá Coalition", whereby a minority of members of the Purpaidá are appointees of the Procurator's party in exchange for a mutually agreed upon policy program being established by the Procurator. In a situation where a hung [[Concilium Daoni|Daoni]] exists, the Procurator can help broker a majority coalition in the Daoni, whereby a mix of the Procurator and Chancellor's parties sit on the Purpaidá in a roughly even split between parties. In the final form, the Procurator and Chancellor are of different parties and do not reach an agreement, typically leading to "Royal Rule", where the King can intervene in government affairs in order to solve policy divisions between the Chancellor's appointees on the Purpaidá and the Procurator.

As a consequence of the division of power between the [[Apostolic King of Urcea|King]], the [[Procurator]], and the [[Chancellor and Temporary President]], there are four distinct political power structures that can take form. In a situation where the Procurator and Chancellor are of the same party, members of the [[Conshilía Purpháidhe]] are all from the leadership's party and that party's platform become the government's program. When a Procurator and Chancellor come from a different party but reach an agreement called a "Purpaidá Coalition", whereby a minority of members of the Purpaidá are appointees of the Procurator's party in exchange for a mutually agreed upon policy program being established by the Procurator. In a situation where a hung [[Concilium Daoni|Daoni]] exists, the Procurator can help broker a majority coalition in the Daoni, whereby a mix of the Procurator and Chancellor's parties sit on the Purpaidá in a roughly even split between parties. In the final form, the Procurator and Chancellor are of different parties and do not reach an agreement, typically leading to "Royal Rule", where the King can intervene in government affairs in order to solve policy divisions between the Chancellor's appointees on the Purpaidá and the Procurator.

Urcea is a [[List of Urcean political parties|multi-party]] democracy. There were traditionally two major political parties in Urcea, a stable system that existed roughly from the end of the [[Red Interregnum]] and restoration of [[Patrick III of Urcea|King Patrick III]] up through the [[2015 Urcean political realignment]]. Under this system, most recently the [[National Pact (Urcea)|National Pact]] and the [[Commonwealth Union (Urcea)|Commonwealth Union]] contested major elections along with the [[Julian Party (Urcea)|Julian Party]] and the [[Democratic Labor Party (Urcea)|Democratic Labor Party]] sometimes playing important roles in deciding majorities in the Concilium Daoni in addition to holding local offices. Following the 2015 realignment, however, the Commonwealth Union dissolved into two new major parties; the [[Union for National Solidarity (Urcea)|Union for National Solidarity]] and the [[Social Labor Party (Urcea)|Social Labor Party]], the latter of which formed as a result of a merger between former Commonwealth Union members and the Democratic Labor Party at the Casanam Conference in 2016. The National Pact and Julian Party both remained unchanged during the realignment, resulting approximately in three major parties and the Julian Party left. This system changed once again following the [[2018 Urcean institutional referendum]] and onset of the [[Final War of the Deluge]], with both events precipitating a merger of the Union of National Solidarity and Julian Party agreeing to merge into the [[Solidarity Party (Urcea)|Solidarity Party]] beginning with the [[2025 Urcean elections]], reestablishing the two party equilibrium.

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==Military and National Defense==

Urcea's armed forces are divided into three branches and is administered by the [[Ministry of the Armed Services (Urcea)|Ministry of the Armed Services]], a [[~~Concilium Purpaidá~~]] ministry. The three constituent portions of the armed forces are:

Urcea's armed forces are divided into three branches and is administered by the [[Ministry of the Armed Services (Urcea)|Ministry of the Armed Services]], a [[Conshilía Purpháidhe]] ministry. The three constituent portions of the armed forces are:

*the '''[[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]]''', which includes the '''[[Royal Army Volunteers (Urcea)|Royal Army Volunteers]]'''

*the '''[[Royal Air Force (Urcea)|Royal Air Force]]'''

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 {{Main|Government of Urcea}}
 [[File:Wien - Neue Hofburg.JPG|The [[Julian Palace]] is the seat of the [[Government of Urcea]].|thumb|right|250px]]
-Urcea is a constitutional monarchy, with the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] serving as the head of state and central constitutional organizing principle of the nation, with Urceans being "subjects" as well as "citizens", though his sovereignty is shared with the national legislature. Under the King is the [[Procurator]], who is elected nationwide and the Cabinet, called the [[Concilium Purpaidá]]. The Purpaidá's members are appointed by the [[Chancellor and Temporary President]] of the [[Concilium Daoni]], who leads the national legislature. Below them are a series of Crownlands, provinces, and states with varying degrees of home rule within Urcea's federal system.
+Urcea is a constitutional monarchy, with the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] serving as the head of state and central constitutional organizing principle of the nation, with Urceans being "subjects" as well as "citizens", though his sovereignty is shared with the national legislature. Under the King is the [[Procurator]], who is elected nationwide and the Cabinet, called the [[Conshilía Purpháidhe]]. The Purpaidá's members are appointed by the [[Chancellor and Temporary President]] of the [[Concilium Daoni]], who leads the national legislature. Below them are a series of Crownlands, provinces, and states with varying degrees of home rule within Urcea's federal system.
 ===Executive===
-{{Main|Government of Urcea#Executive%20Branch|l1=Executive Branch|Procurator|Concilium Purpaidá}}
+{{Main|Government of Urcea#Executive%20Branch|l1=Executive Branch|Procurator|Conshilía Purpháidhe}}
-In the Executive Branch, the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] maintains a mostly nominal but important role, directly appointing judges and military officers through the [[Apostolic_King_of_Urcea#Royal_Household|Royal Household]] office. The King can also intervene in disputes between the [[Procurator]] and Concilium Purpdaidá, typically when the Procurator and [[Chancellor and Temporary President]] are of different parties. The Procurator, elected by the nation at large, determines the government's policy program and directs the [[Concilium Purpaidá]] to implement it. The Procurator also has functional command and control of the [[Armed Forces of the Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea]] and proposes the Royal Budget. In the 21st Century, the [[National Pact (Urcea)|National Pact]] has typically controlled the office of Procurator.
+In the Executive Branch, the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] maintains a mostly nominal but important role, directly appointing judges and military officers through the [[Apostolic_King_of_Urcea#Royal_Household|Royal Household]] office. The King can also intervene in disputes between the [[Procurator]] and Concilium Purpdaidá, typically when the Procurator and [[Chancellor and Temporary President]] are of different parties. The Procurator, elected by the nation at large, determines the government's policy program and directs the [[Conshilía Purpháidhe]] to implement it. The Procurator also has functional command and control of the [[Armed Forces of the Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea]] and proposes the Royal Budget. In the 21st Century, the [[National Pact (Urcea)|National Pact]] has typically controlled the office of Procurator.
-The [[Concilium Purpaidá]] is the nation's Cabinet and has broad powers to implement policies via regulation where statutorily authorized. Members of the Purpaidá nominally follow the Procurator's policies, but are appointed by the Chancellor and Temporary President, who is the leader of the [[Concilium Daoni]].
+The [[Conshilía Purpháidhe]] is the nation's Cabinet and has broad powers to implement policies via regulation where statutorily authorized. Members of the Purpaidá nominally follow the Procurator's policies, but are appointed by the Chancellor and Temporary President, who is the leader of the [[Concilium Daoni]].
 The office of [[Censor (Urcea)|Censor]] also falls under the executive branch, and the two Censors are responsible for the maintenance of morality and public virtue as well as for the national decennial census. The Censors have authority to issue media content standards, and can issue formal objections to morally harmful pieces of legislation that come before the [[Concilium Daoni]]. The Censors are elected nationwide but the pool of candidates are selected by the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] and [[Urcean Conference of Catholic Bishops]].
 ===Legislative===
 {{Main|Government of Urcea#Legislative%20Branch|l1=Legislative Branch|Chancellor and Temporary President|Concilium Daoni|Gildertach}}
-The [[Concilium Daoni]] is the lower chamber of the Kingdom's national legislature and its primary legislative body, and it is led by the [[Chancellor and Temporary President]] who serves as majority leader within the Daoni. The Chancellor nominates the members of the [[Concilium Purpaidá]], although they are formally appointed by the King via constitutional advice. Members of the Daoni, called delegates or simply "members", are elected from 500 single-member constituencies using first past the post voting. Made up of committees that mirror the structure of the [[Concilium Purpaidá]], the Daoni considers legislation as well as treaties and Royal budgets. Since the 20th century, the [[Commonwealth Union (Urcea)|Commonwealth Union]] has typically controlled the Daoni, a trend of success continued by its successor, the [[Solidarity Party (Urcea)|Solidarity Party]].
+The [[Concilium Daoni]] is the lower chamber of the Kingdom's national legislature and its primary legislative body, and it is led by the [[Chancellor and Temporary President]] who serves as majority leader within the Daoni. The Chancellor nominates the members of the [[Conshilía Purpháidhe]], although they are formally appointed by the King via constitutional advice. Members of the Daoni, called delegates or simply "members", are elected from 500 single-member constituencies using first past the post voting. Made up of committees that mirror the structure of the [[Conshilía Purpháidhe]], the Daoni considers legislation as well as treaties and Royal budgets. Since the 20th century, the [[Commonwealth Union (Urcea)|Commonwealth Union]] has typically controlled the Daoni, a trend of success continued by its successor, the [[Solidarity Party (Urcea)|Solidarity Party]].
 The Daoni is joined by the [[Gildertach]], the nation's upper chamber, which is comprised of representatives from each of the [[Guilds (Urcea)|guilds]] in Urcea. The Gildertach's responsibilities are primarily constrained to approving or denying trade deals and regulating the guild system itself.
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 ===Politics===
 {{Main|Government of Urcea#National%20Politics|l1=Politics of Urcea|Elections in Urcea}}
-As a consequence of the division of power between the [[Apostolic King of Urcea|King]], the [[Procurator]], and the [[Chancellor and Temporary President]], there are four distinct political power structures that can take form. In a situation where the Procurator and Chancellor are of the same party, members of the [[Concilium Purpaidá]] are all from the leadership's party and that party's platform become the government's program. When a Procurator and Chancellor come from a different party but reach an agreement called a "Purpaidá Coalition", whereby a minority of members of the Purpaidá are appointees of the Procurator's party in exchange for a mutually agreed upon policy program being established by the Procurator. In a situation where a hung [[Concilium Daoni|Daoni]] exists, the Procurator can help broker a majority coalition in the Daoni, whereby a mix of the Procurator and Chancellor's parties sit on the Purpaidá in a roughly even split between parties. In the final form, the Procurator and Chancellor are of different parties and do not reach an agreement, typically leading to "Royal Rule", where the King can intervene in government affairs in order to solve policy divisions between the Chancellor's appointees on the Purpaidá and the Procurator.
+As a consequence of the division of power between the [[Apostolic King of Urcea|King]], the [[Procurator]], and the [[Chancellor and Temporary President]], there are four distinct political power structures that can take form. In a situation where the Procurator and Chancellor are of the same party, members of the [[Conshilía Purpháidhe]] are all from the leadership's party and that party's platform become the government's program. When a Procurator and Chancellor come from a different party but reach an agreement called a "Purpaidá Coalition", whereby a minority of members of the Purpaidá are appointees of the Procurator's party in exchange for a mutually agreed upon policy program being established by the Procurator. In a situation where a hung [[Concilium Daoni|Daoni]] exists, the Procurator can help broker a majority coalition in the Daoni, whereby a mix of the Procurator and Chancellor's parties sit on the Purpaidá in a roughly even split between parties. In the final form, the Procurator and Chancellor are of different parties and do not reach an agreement, typically leading to "Royal Rule", where the King can intervene in government affairs in order to solve policy divisions between the Chancellor's appointees on the Purpaidá and the Procurator.
 Urcea is a [[List of Urcean political parties|multi-party]] democracy. There were traditionally two major political parties in Urcea, a stable system that existed roughly from the end of the [[Red Interregnum]] and restoration of [[Patrick III of Urcea|King Patrick III]] up through the [[2015 Urcean political realignment]]. Under this system, most recently the [[National Pact (Urcea)|National Pact]] and the [[Commonwealth Union (Urcea)|Commonwealth Union]] contested major elections along with the [[Julian Party (Urcea)|Julian Party]] and the [[Democratic Labor Party (Urcea)|Democratic Labor Party]] sometimes playing important roles in deciding majorities in the Concilium Daoni in addition to holding local offices. Following the 2015 realignment, however, the Commonwealth Union dissolved into two new major parties; the [[Union for National Solidarity (Urcea)|Union for National Solidarity]] and the [[Social Labor Party (Urcea)|Social Labor Party]], the latter of which formed as a result of a merger between former Commonwealth Union members and the Democratic Labor Party at the Casanam Conference in 2016. The National Pact and Julian Party both remained unchanged during the realignment, resulting approximately in three major parties and the Julian Party left. This system changed once again following the [[2018 Urcean institutional referendum]] and onset of the [[Final War of the Deluge]], with both events precipitating a merger of the Union of National Solidarity and Julian Party agreeing to merge into the [[Solidarity Party (Urcea)|Solidarity Party]] beginning with the [[2025 Urcean elections]], reestablishing the two party equilibrium.
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 ==Military and National Defense==
 {{Main|Armed Forces of the Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea}}
-Urcea's armed forces are divided into three branches and is administered by the [[Ministry of the Armed Services (Urcea)|Ministry of the Armed Services]], a [[Concilium Purpaidá]] ministry. The three constituent portions of the armed forces are:
+Urcea's armed forces are divided into three branches and is administered by the [[Ministry of the Armed Services (Urcea)|Ministry of the Armed Services]], a [[Conshilía Purpháidhe]] ministry. The three constituent portions of the armed forces are:
 *the '''[[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]]''', which includes the '''[[Royal Army Volunteers (Urcea)|Royal Army Volunteers]]'''
 *the '''[[Royal Air Force (Urcea)|Royal Air Force]]'''

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