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The Venceian Republic was an {{wp|oligarchic republic}}. It empowered the existing structure of [[Magistrates of Caphiria|magistrates]] to serve as its government. Although popular belief and initial scholarly views were that the Venceian Republic restored the system of government used by the [[History_of_Caphiria#First_Republic_(369_BC-109_AD)|First Republic]], most modern scholars now argue that the Venceian Republic used the heavily modified Imperator-based magistrate system, effectively continuing the government of the Second Imperium without an Imperator. Accordingly, it was the [[Magistrates_of_Caphiria#Senate_President|Princeps Senatus]] rather than Consuls who served as the primary {{wp|head of government}}, serving at the pleasure of the [[Senate (Caphiria)|Senate]]. The Princeps Senatus was responsible for day-to-day governance of the Republic in conjunction with the Senate, who often appointed three or four-person executive committees to serve under his jurisdiction and direct the affairs of senior magistrates. The Princeps Senatus was responsible for appointing Consuls to serve as military leaders, effectively replacing the Imperator in that regard. The {{wp|head of state}} role evolved over the course of the Republic's life. A "State [[Magistrates_of_Caphiria#Praetor|Praetor]]" serving two year terms was initially invested to serve the ceremonial function of the Imperator while the Princeps Senatus held political power and the Consuls military power. This powerless figurehead role gradually lost significance, and it appears that no State Praetor was appointed at all in the final thirty years of the Republic's existence. In the aftermath, some of these ceremonial functions reverted to the Senate as a whole, the Princeps Senatus individually, or fell out of favor as the government tried to foster republican ideals within the culture. | The Venceian Republic was an {{wp|oligarchic republic}}. It empowered the existing structure of [[Magistrates of Caphiria|magistrates]] to serve as its government. Although popular belief and initial scholarly views were that the Venceian Republic restored the system of government used by the [[History_of_Caphiria#First_Republic_(369_BC-109_AD)|First Republic]], most modern scholars now argue that the Venceian Republic used the heavily modified Imperator-based magistrate system, effectively continuing the government of the Second Imperium without an Imperator. Accordingly, it was the [[Magistrates_of_Caphiria#Senate_President|Princeps Senatus]] rather than Consuls who served as the primary {{wp|head of government}}, serving at the pleasure of the [[Senate (Caphiria)|Senate]]. The Princeps Senatus was responsible for day-to-day governance of the Republic in conjunction with the Senate, who often appointed three or four-person executive committees to serve under his jurisdiction and direct the affairs of senior magistrates. The Princeps Senatus was responsible for appointing Consuls to serve as military leaders, effectively replacing the Imperator in that regard. The {{wp|head of state}} role evolved over the course of the Republic's life. A "State [[Magistrates_of_Caphiria#Praetor|Praetor]]" serving two year terms was initially invested to serve the ceremonial function of the Imperator while the Princeps Senatus held political power and the Consuls military power. This powerless figurehead role gradually lost significance, and it appears that no State Praetor was appointed at all in the final thirty years of the Republic's existence. In the aftermath, some of these ceremonial functions reverted to the Senate as a whole, the Princeps Senatus individually, or fell out of favor as the government tried to foster republican ideals within the culture. | ||
In addition to the actual political and administrative offices of the state, the Republic employed a very large number of nominal political offices, namely governors, proconsuls, and other similar magistracies. These titles were distributed to client states, allies, and tributaries of the Republic in order to establish nominal authority of the Republic over the [[Imperial space]], not only to strengthen the Republic's foreign policy but also to enhance its domestic legitimacy. This system, which included paid salaries for office holders, allowed the Republic to nominally extend from modern [[Pelaxia]] to [[Lariana]]. This control over the Imperial space gave the Republic the legitimacy it needed to survive and continue the Caphiric state, though it never functionally had administrative or military control beyond the immediate basin of the [[Urlazian Sea]]. | |||
== Culture == | == Culture == | ||