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As a confederation, the constituent parts of New Harren are its key political, social, and administrative unit. There are twelve constituent parts of the Kingdom, and each has a fully-fledged internal government and public administration. The constituencies are largely self-governing within the framework of the Statutory Charter of 2024. The only limitations on autonomy are several legal and economic baselines set forth by acts of the Kingdom's Grand Council and within the Statutory Charter, as well as an extremely limited set of regulations enacted by the central government. These baselines are intended to serve as frameworks to maintain basic legal compatibility between the constituencies, ensure standardized weights, measures, and other economic factors, and to ensure a basic level of democratic institutions. While those creating the Charter envisioned eleven divergent forms of governance, since its institution the constituencies have largely adopted uniform codes and systems of government, with scholars categorizing them into three similar types: "Occidental", those governments occupied by Occidental settlers and their descendants and modeled after Occidental governments; "National", a basic system of hierarchy for the indigineous peoples of the Confederation only somewhat patterned after Occidental governments, and; "Subconfederate", a type of government used by constituencies which themselves are culturally and geographically disparate, being held together only to represent their common interest as small minorities. | As a confederation, the constituent parts of New Harren are its key political, social, and administrative unit. There are twelve constituent parts of the Kingdom, and each has a fully-fledged internal government and public administration. The constituencies are largely self-governing within the framework of the Statutory Charter of 2024. The only limitations on autonomy are several legal and economic baselines set forth by acts of the Kingdom's Grand Council and within the Statutory Charter, as well as an extremely limited set of regulations enacted by the central government. These baselines are intended to serve as frameworks to maintain basic legal compatibility between the constituencies, ensure standardized weights, measures, and other economic factors, and to ensure a basic level of democratic institutions. While those creating the Charter envisioned eleven divergent forms of governance, since its institution the constituencies have largely adopted uniform codes and systems of government, with scholars categorizing them into three similar types: "Occidental", those governments occupied by Occidental settlers and their descendants and modeled after Occidental governments; "National", a basic system of hierarchy for the indigineous peoples of the Confederation only somewhat patterned after Occidental governments, and; "Subconfederate", a type of government used by constituencies which themselves are culturally and geographically disparate, being held together only to represent their common interest as small minorities. | ||
The " | The "Occidental" form of government is only employed by the [[Constituent_states_of_New_Harren#New_Harren|Rectory of New Harren]]. It has been the basic form of government for the Rectory for more than a century, with only minor changes to the role of the Governor-General in its affairs. The Rectory is governed by an elected executive, called the "Deputy" (originally the Deputy Rector, then Deputy Governor-General) with a bicameral legislature comprised of the Senate and Deliberative Assembly. This form of government is directly based on the [[Government_of_Urcea#Province|Urcean province]]. | ||
In [[2032]], the addition of [[Constituent_states_of_New_Harren#Borealia|Borealia]] and [[Constituent_states_of_New_Harren#Canisteo|Canisteo]] inaugurated the fourth basic type of government, "Provincial", which operates along the same functional lines as the Occidental-style unit but for areas with an | The "National" form of government, with some variation, was adopted by all indigenous constituencies between [[2024]] and [[2029]] (not including the Federated Tribes and Federated Cities). These governments usually feature an {{wp|ethnarch}} as "Chief" or "President" of the constituency leading a National Council, usually made up of respected elders elected by geographic area. All "Chiefs" or "Presidents" are elected by the National Councils. Most "National" governments do not include set terms of office; National Councilors mostly (with the exception of Mixcala) serve until death or {{wp|Recall election|recall election}}, and Chiefs and Presidents mostly (with the exception of Cheektowaga) serve until death or removed by a {{wp|Motion of no confidence|no confidence motion}} of the National Council. In most cases, the Chief or President serves in a quasi-monarchical fashion, individually holding sovereignty on behalf of the nation and having a wide berth of executive, legislative, and judicial authority. Consequently, most day-to-day decisionmaking is made by the Chief or President on behalf of the nation, though in some cases the National Councils may share in individual policy areas or have a veto right over individual policy decisions made by the Chief or President. | ||
The "Subconfederate" form of government is used by the [[Constituent_states_of_New_Harren#Free_Cities|Free Cities]] and [[Constituent_states_of_New_Harren#Free_Tribes|Free Tribes]] areas. These are geographic areas which include, respectively, several independent city-states and several independent semi-migratory or migratory tribal peoples. This Subconfederate form of government guarantees the perpetual autonomy of the entities within it from one another. This form of governance features a bottom-up approach to administration; they are governed by officers known as a Legate who are elected by the mayors or chiefs, respectively, of the two free areas. In both areas, Legates serve a two year term, and are mostly responsible for protecting the autonomy and traditional land rights of the subconfederal members. The Legates keep the peace, mediate conflicts between the members, and serve as the visible representative of the free areas to the confederal government and vice versa, often working with the national ministries to provide volunteers for the [[Royal and Confederate Army (Urcea)|Royal and Confederate Army]]. Almost always, the men chosen as Legates are of foreign origin so as to be an impartial overseer, as electing a local Legate would create an imbalance of power in favor of one city or tribe. This means that most Legates have been [[Urcean people|Urceans]], though one [[Quetzenkel|Quetzen]] was also chosen to serve a single term in the late 2020s. | |||
In [[2032]], the addition of [[Constituent_states_of_New_Harren#Borealia|Borealia]] and [[Constituent_states_of_New_Harren#Canisteo|Canisteo]] inaugurated the fourth basic type of government, "Provincial", which operates along the same functional lines as the Occidental-style unit - a chief executive with bicameral legislature - but for areas with an indigenous majority. This type of government was created for both units who were largely creations of New Harren rather than pre-existing political entities, and accordingly did not correspond to any one national identity group. | |||
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