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Local government in Olmeria is organised into two tiers. Upper tier authorities consist of regional boards presiding over the the nations 16 official provinces, usually encompassing a substantial area, and metropolitan councils presiding over the nations 4 designated metropolitan zones. These authorities hold responsibility for enacting government initiatives, allocating money for larger spending projects, and managing province wide networks such as high speed rail links. Lower tier authorities sit underneath their relevant upper tier authority, and consist of local councils presiding over much smaller local municipalities. These authorities are responsible for more menial management of local affairs such as road maintenance and local public transport. Local government below these two tiers, such as town and village councils, are not considered part of the national government structure and as such are named "[[Sub-state Authorities (Olmeria)|sub-state authorities]]".  

Historically, Olmeria used to operate a [[:en:First-past-the-post_voting|First Past the Post (FPTP)]] voting system, a well known system renowned for it's tendency to create a two party system. As such, the nations political landscape for the first X centuries after the formal establishment of the democratic system, were defined predominantly by the competition between the center-left [[Unity Party]] and the more extreme socialist [[Olmerian Socialist Union|Olmerian Socialist Union (OSU)]], which dominated party politics for more than XXX years. In 1968, Olmeria transitioned to the revolutionary STV voting system (pioneered by political philosopher [[Wilhelm Svensson]]), threatening the dominance of these two parties. Over the following decade, both parties went on to form long-term parliamentary agreements, with the Unity party adopting the [[Liberal Party (Olmeria)|Liberal Party]], and later the [[Christian Democratic Union (Olmeria)|CDU]], to form the more centrist [[Unity Coalition (Olmeria)|Unity Coalition]], and the OSU joining with the original [[1st Olmerian Workers Party|Olmerian Workers Party]] (now reformed under the same name), and the [[Trade Union Socialist Congress (Olmeria)|TUSC]] to form the similarly left wing [[Progress Coalition (Olmeria)|Progress Coalition]].