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All political entities in Burgundie are governed through the concept that all government is local. The layered approach is an important part of Burgoignesc political culture. The sense of civic engagement in government is high.

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Historically municipalities in Burgundie derived their city rights from the rulers of the Kingdom of Dericania (''de jure'' the Emperor of the Levantines), by royal decree. However, as fiefdoms gave way to bourgeois trade hubs the power and rights of municipalities grew and royal charters gave way to popular charters around the 1860s.

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[[Burgundie]] has a variety of municipal types. The largest being a city (Burg: ''metropol''), thusly named as historically they hosted a cathedral. These are typically include the pre- or suffixes vil-, -vil, Ville-, or -ville, of Latinic origin meaning farm. Some regional variation is seen in these naming conventions. In Faramount where the Gassavelian people are a historically powerful population -vis, -vit, or -vitham are a common, coming from eastern Audonian languages meaning dwelling or settlement. In parts of central Burgundie where Istroyan influence was strongest, -opol, -oic, and -ocis are likely, coming from Istroyan meaning house.

The equivalents of a county in Burgundie are the sergentie and the paroquiel. They are functionally the same and retain their separate names purely as a ceremonial flourish. They exist only in less populated areas, in opposition to free cities, and oversee multi-municipal services and administration. Typical services include policing, fire fighting, public works, and in some extreme cases direct municipal governance. Sergentie and paroquieles are not a representative level of government and do not maintain their own legal status. However, they are the lowest level of government that the national governments will interact with when distributing fiduciary support (e.g. disaster aid, stimulus funding). The lead administrator of a sergentie is called a ''loctenent'' (Eng: lieutenant), and the same in a paroquieles is a ''curat'' (Eng: rector), their responsibilities include ensuring the day to day functioning of their jurisdiction and as the sole position responsible for liaising with higher levels of government in the event of fiduciary dispensation.

Sergentie is the Burgoignesc for Serjeanty, a type of feif wherein non-military service was included in the feudal duties. While, ''sergenties'', ''feus des eques'', ''socagies'', etc. existed simultaneously, ''sergenties'' were much more common after feudalism the other terms fell out of use. The term refers to historically secular jurisdictions and with free cities make up the majority of lands in Burgundie.

=== Provincial and Colonial Government ===

[[File:BurgMetropoleProvinces.png|right|300px]]

The local administrative body of [[Burgundie]] is divided into XX provinces. They are:

{| class="wikitable"

!Area

![[Iliouvalia]]

!34,441,850

!76,171.55 km²

![[Burgoignesc Metropole]]

![[Alcairet]]

!12,943,203

!67,546.89 km²

![[Government_of_Burgundie#Constituent_Countries|Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly]]

![[Geography_of_Burgundie#Audonio-Alshari_Burgundie|Burgogignesc Audonia]]

![[Orostile]]

!2,340,630

!23,413.49 km²

![[Agiocles]]

![[Cities_of_Burgundie#Notrestran|Reimont Gillete]]

!34,441,850

!91,685.579 km²

![[Ile Burgundie]]

!160,377,130

!62,936.711 km²

![[Burgoignesc Metropole]]

![[Alexarmes]]

!958,310

!58,430.132 km²

![[Montverd]]

!12,940,040

!151,358.91 km²

![[Esquinia]]

!4,053,140

!1,77,414.19 km²

![[Panomes]]

!356,020

!129,136.81 km²

![[Flordeterra]]

!7,088,050

![[Torlen]]

!9,730,220

!543.898 kmsup>2</sup>

![[Burgoignesc Metropole]]

![[Marialanus]]

![[Cities_of_Burgundie#Notrestran|Stearlinge Arch]]

!17,358,130

!129,085 km²

![[Martilles]]

!4,274,370

!69,074.983 km²

![[Marves]]

!TBD

!6,758,960

![[Nauta Normand]]

!TBD

!6,842,960

![[Pumbria]]

!1,356,020

!131,545.5 km²

!The empty one, ya dingus, to the left of Panomes

!60,191.324 km²

!{{Flag|Sudmoll}}

!Oparo Nui

!18,510

!1,554 km²

![[Government_of_Burgundie#Constituent_Countries|Burgoignesc Overseas Territory Assembly]]

![[Geography_of_Burgundie#Sudmoll|Polar Burgundies]]

![[Wintergen]]

!319,990

!5,775.673 km²

![[Estia]]

!118,181.16 km²

!TBD

!27,868.272 km²

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The thalassocratic government is composed of four branches:

The Citizens Court of the National Assembly (Burg. ''La Assemblee de Ciutadans de l'Assemblee Nacional'', ACAN) is the unicameral legislator of Burgundie. It makes federal law, declares war, approves treaties, has the power of the purse, and has the power of impeachment, by which it can remove sitting members of the government. The Assembly has three seats for each province, one for the Colonial Office, 10 for the clergy, 10 seats reserved for municipal leaders, 10 for a rota of private business leaders and three seats available to foreign interests who would like to be heard. On 6 occasion throughout the year 10 more seats are opened to the public to debate topics that are not on the annual legislative agenda.

The Court of St. Alphador is the executive branch in Burgundie. The Great Prince is the commander-in-chief of the military, can veto legislative bills before they become law (subject to Golden Council of Ten override), and appoints the members of its Cabinet and other officers, who administer and enforce federal laws and policies.

The great prince's cabinet is called the Golden Council of Ten. The Household Guard is technically responsible directly to the Court of St. Alphador, but ostensibly reports to the Chief of Staff of the Army of Burgundie.

The Lazarine Court is the supreme court of terrestrial Burgundie. It serves as the ultimate legal power in the hierarchy of provincial and municipal courts. The ''Justices Lazarine'' are nominated by the Golden Council of Ten, reduced to three candidates and then appointed by the Great Prince. The Lazarine Court sees 30 cases a year, interpret laws, offer legal commentary and overturn unconstitutional laws.

The Maritime Prefecture is the supreme court of maritime Burgundie. It is the ultimate legal power in the legal hierarchy of ship's captains, the Martial Court of the Navy of Burgundie, and any other body dispensing justice in the Burgundian maritime claims. The Commodore Justice is nominated by the Golden Council of Ten, reduced to three candidates and then appointed by the Great Prince. The Maritime Prefecture sees cases, interprets laws, and proposes unconstitutional laws to be overturned by the Lazarine Court. While the Maritime Prefecture is not subordinate to the Lazarine Court, the Consitution of Burgundie is considered a terrestrial document and therefore outside of the jurisdiction of the Commodore Justice. Alternatively, the Lazarine Court is not permitted to pass judgment on cases that will impact Maritime Law without the approval of the Maritime Prefecture. something, something Conservative liberalism

 

The Burgoignesc Satellite Service (Burg: Service Satellit de Burgundie) is an agency of the Department of Trade. It is responsible for the development, research, contracting, launch, and maintenance of the government owned satellites of Burgundie. It is also the regulatory body for private sector satellites. The Agency was formed in the late 1950s as the possibilities of satellite aided navigation on the high seas became more evident and attainable. The program initially set out to create its own independent space program, which is achieved by licensing some Urcean and Fiannrian rocket designs which it hired local firms to create. A launch site was laid out on Port de Vent and initial tests went well. By 1964 it was determined that Burgundie could not keep up with the rapid advance of rocketry development and cancelled its attempts at creating an organic capability, instead signing agreements with Urcea and Fiannria to rent space on their rockets to deliver global positioning system (GPS) satellites, as well as give access to the GPS data. As the precision of satellites increased the goals of Fiannria and Burgundie diverged and Burgundie began to rely more heavily on Urcea. By the mid-1980s the frequency of Burgoignesc satellite launches was 1 in 4 of every Royal Orbital Service and Space Command launch and a more permanent solution needed to be found. A mechanism was created wherein the Burgoignesc Satellite Service was effectively absorbed into the Royal Orbital Service and Space Command. This agreement served as the basis for the agreement that would later create a singular Levantine Union space program.

Using this new collaborative mechanism, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Burgoignesc astronaut candidates began training in Urcea. In 1994, Flight Commander (Burg: Ale Ijetes) Vincens-Journeay Emersende Draiselle became the first Burgiognac in space. Since that time the astronauts of Burgundie have maintained an almost constant presence on Urcea or international space stations conducting scientific research on behalf of the global community.