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Copake has a bicameral legislature, the Northeastern Congress. The upper house, the House of Constituencies, affords the regions seven seats and the ranges three seats each, for a total of 84 total seats. The regions and ranges elect their members on a constituency-wide basis for the House of Constituencies. The House has a very limited scope of responsibilities, including all matters related to range regulation, all proposed changes to the constitution, impeaching the President, and any foreign treaty. All other legislative responsibilities - including budget, making war and peace, approving or changing laws, and approving appointment of officials - falls to the National Assembly. The National Assembly has 100 seats apportioned after a decennial census. Based on the [[2030]] census, 76 seats were afforded to the six regions, which elect their Assembly members on region-wide proportional votes. The remaining 24 seats were apportioned among the ranges, with the elected leaders of the ranges directly appointing the members of Assembly. The Assembly elects a Speaker of the Assembly, which serves as the presiding officer of the body. The Speaker is generally considered to be head of the legislative branch. | Copake has a bicameral legislature, the Northeastern Congress. The upper house, the House of Constituencies, affords the regions seven seats and the ranges three seats each, for a total of 84 total seats. The regions and ranges elect their members on a constituency-wide basis for the House of Constituencies. The House has a very limited scope of responsibilities, including all matters related to range regulation, all proposed changes to the constitution, impeaching the President, and any foreign treaty. All other legislative responsibilities - including budget, making war and peace, approving or changing laws, and approving appointment of officials - falls to the National Assembly. The National Assembly has 100 seats apportioned after a decennial census. Based on the [[2030]] census, 76 seats were afforded to the six regions, which elect their Assembly members on region-wide proportional votes. The remaining 24 seats were apportioned among the ranges, with the elected leaders of the ranges directly appointing the members of Assembly. The Assembly elects a Speaker of the Assembly, which serves as the presiding officer of the body. The Speaker is generally considered to be head of the legislative branch. | ||
The politics of Copake are generally consumed by the division between settled and nomadic peoples. The Range Party is the largest party in the country by Assembly representation, representing all 24 range seats. It is a decentralized party generally created to serve as a unifying force for range politics. Among the settled peoples, the center-right pro-Occidental National Union Party (NUP) and center-left Free Northeast Movement (FNM) are the two largest parties. The National Union Party currently leads a coalition in the National Assembly with the Range Party and some independents, while the President is a member of the National Union Party. | |||
The country has presently been described by some as a [[Benefactor confederacy|benefactor confederacy]] inasmuch as the presence of [[Urcea]] remains an outsized influence over the affairs of the government and its continued role in preventing internal disputes within the country. | The country has presently been described by some as a [[Benefactor confederacy|benefactor confederacy]] inasmuch as the presence of [[Urcea]] remains an outsized influence over the affairs of the government and its continued role in preventing internal disputes within the country. | ||