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'''Green''' = ''Republic of Diorisia'']] | '''Green''' = ''Republic of Diorisia'']] | ||
The politics and administration of Hollona and Diorisia take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democracy, whereby executive power is exercised by the State Union Council. The country is a federation and is governed under the Federal Agreement of [[1952]], which has statutory power as the country's constitution. | The politics and administration of Hollona and Diorisia take place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democracy, whereby executive power is exercised by the State Union Council. The country is a federation and is governed under the Federal Agreement of [[1952]], which has statutory power as the country's constitution. The nation's construction as a federation has major implications on how the executive and legislative branches of government are shaped. The Union is divided into two entities, the Republic of Hollona and the Republic of Diorisia, which have significant self-governing powers and control over local policy. | ||
The State Union Council, the upper chamber of the legislature, is represented by five members from each of the two Republics, and from this body the Speaker-President is elected, serving three year terms. This State Union Council serves in a limited executive capacity, voting primarily on matters of state recommended to it by the Popular Assembly. The Speaker-President serves as the {{wp|head of state}} of Hollona and Diorisia. Speaker-Presidents may not serve consecutive terms. By convention, the Speaker-President flips between each of the two republics on an alternating basis, though this arrangement is not expressly stated within the Federal Agreement. | |||
The Speaker-President is a unique role inasmuch as it has more authority over foreign affiars than most other heads of state in parliamentary systems. Though the cabinet ministers and foreign diplomats are appointed on the {{wp|Advice (constitutional law)|constitutional advice}} of the Chair of the Popular Assembly, the Speaker-President is otherwise free to direct the diplomatic corps, send missives, conclude draft agreements to be ratified by the Popular Assembly, and most other manners of foreign policy. Within this system, the Speaker-President is seen as corporately representing both republics as opposed to the people of the Union, giving him precedential and constitutional latitude to conduct the nation's foreign affairs. This authority does not extend to the armed forces, however, whose leadership is appointed on advice of the Chair of the Assembly, with whom civilian control of the military rests. The Speaker-President nominally sits as chair person of the nation's cabinet, which consists of fourteen ministers, but this responsibility is largely procedural and symbolic. | |||
The lower chamber, the Popular Assembly, is led by the Chair of the Assembly, and is the nation's chief legislative body, representing proportionally-allocated electoral districts. Assemblymembers six year terms, coinciding with the terms of the Speaker-President. The Assembly considers virutally all matters of state that do not devolve to the constituent Republics, and it has the power to solicit the State Union Council on various legislative issues only under its own request. The Chair of the Assembly is elected at the beginning of each term of the Assembly and serves at its pleasure. The Chair of the Assembly is the {{wp|head of government}} within the Vandarchine system, and is responsible for formulating budgets, appointing cabinet ministers, and as the name implies is generally responsible for the conduct and legislative agenda of the Popular Assembly. | |||
There are currently four major political parties within the Union. | |||
== Culture == | == Culture == | ||