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Fariva is a {{wp|semi-presidential republic}} with a single legislative body, the Stanora, which is elected biannually. Executive power is vested in an Executive College (also referred to as the "Cabinet"). The Cabinet is jointly led by a Chief Executive, who is elected by four years by {{wp|alternative vote}}, and a Chancellor elected every two years by the Stanora. The other members of the Executive College are appointed by the Chief Executive in consultation with the Chancellor and his camp in the Stanora, and can be dismissed either individually by consent of both the Chancellor and the Chief Executive or collectively with a vote of no confidence by the Stanora.

Farivan law is derived from the law of the Coscivian Empire and comprises both statutory law and a body of non-statutory customary law.  

The crime rate in Fariva is usually above the Federal average, and comparatively high rates of violent crime affect certain Ærem, Ispem, Síkutem, Kharic, and [[Kistan]]i ethnic enclaves in the Béyasar metropolitan area. Organised crime has a major presence in the state, and is thought to have significant influence on municipal and state politics. The Institute for Accountable Government lists Fariva as the fifth most corrupt state in the Federacy, behind Kesta and the other leading industrial states of [[Etivéra]], [[Devalōmara]], and [[Niyaska]].

Fariva has traditionally been the cultural domain of the [[Taństem Coscivians|Northern Tańrisem ethnic group and the closely-related Taństem]]. However, the state's demographics have been changed dramatically by centuries of large-scale immigration, and the Tańrisem and Taństem together now comprise some 44% of the population. Nonetheless, Taństan Coscivian remains the first official language and the both groups are overrepresented in the state's political institutions. Aspects of Taństem/Tańrisem culture have been embedded into Farivan life and adopted by the various other groups who have migrated to Fariva over the centuries, forming the foundations of Farivan local and civic culture. Many families of non-Taństem origin who have been settled in the state for centuries, such as the [[Leonoix family]], have become socially integrated with the old Tańrisem establishment, as have some wealthy mercantile families of foreign origin, such as the [[de Marbot-Gisin family]], whose ancestors migrated to Béyasar from [[Burgundie]] in [[1568|20748]].

Other ethnic groups have arrived in multiple waves of immigration, first by the Ærem and other groups from the poorer areas of Western Éorsa, such as the Kostiatem, Kóursem, Peninsular Coscivians, Kālatem, Ispem, Ardóniem, Lusem, Purgóniem, Venskem, and North Elutes. Subsequent groups of immigrants have come from other New Coscivian countries (Triatha, Saliera, Arudia, and Kylixa), and most recently (in large numbers) from the nearby non-Coscivian countries of continental [[Levantia]], especially [[Burgundie]], [[Kuhlfros]] and [[Kistan]], though smaller numbers of migrants, missionaries, and traders have crossed the Straits of Ilánova for many centuries. During the industrial era, Fariva also received a large number of domestic migrants from the neighbouring Gaelic-speaking states, and from [[Meridia]].

[[Kiravic Coscivian]] and Taństan Coscivian are the state's official languages, though Kiravic, specifically the [[Kiravic Coscivian#Dialects|Far Northeastern dialect]] is much more widely spoken. Kiravic is the main language of public administration and business, though Taństan Coscivian continues to enjoy state-sponsored prestige as the state's "heritage language". Taństan is taught in most public schools (and is the medium of instruction in a large minority of them, particularly in wealthy exurbs and rural areas), and Taństan-language literature - whether in the original or in translation - features prominently in the state-mandated curriculum. Many of the state's older universities teach either in High Coscivian or in a combination of High Coscivian and Taństan Coscivian. [[Gaelic in Kiravia|Gaelic]] is the second most spoken language in the state by number of native speakers, narrowly surpassing Taństan. It is official at the local level in municipalities with large Kiravian Gael or Gaelic-Levantine populations, such as [[Cities of Kiravia#Epsilar|Epsilar]], and the state government provides many services to Gaelic speakers, including the routine translation of statutes and other public documents, Gaelic translators in state courts, and the use of Gaelic in emergency broadcasts.