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=History=
=Structure=
The National Assembly is composed of three houses: the Peoples' Council, the Party Council, and the State Council. Each is progressively smaller than the last and has different powers; the lower houses have the authority to propose bills and possess various veto and legal powers, while the State Council passes bills into law. The SC also performs informal functions vital to the running of the state.


The '''War of the Caroline Succession''', sometimes called the '''First Caroline War''', was a conflict that involved most of the powers of the [[Holy Levantine Empire]] over the issue of King Leo IV of [[Urcea]]'s succession in the [[Grand Duchy of Carolina]], though by the conclusion of the first year of the war it became a general war over control of the Holy Levantine Empire. By the conclusion of the war, King Leo had routed the Imperial Army and was able to impose his will on the Empire, becoming Emperor and beginning a period of hereditary succession. Carolina would become part of Urcea and would remain so, with some interruptions, up until today. This conflict was the first of what became known as the [[Caroline Wars]], which played a critical role in the development of modern Urcea as well as an important impetus in the decline of the Holy Levantine Empire.
When hosting a joint session, only the Peoples' and Party Councils are required; attendance of the National Council is voluntary but customary, as the lower two houses have greater legal power during a joint session. During such a joint session, however, the [[Taesteach of the Republic (Faneria)|Taesteach]], who normally heads the State Council, will head the entirety of the Assembly, with the other Council speakers assisting.
==Peoples' Council==
===Election and Terms===
The Peoples' Council is elected through a simple {{wp|Electoral system#Plurality systems|Plurality}} vote, with each seat linked to one county. It is the only position in the national government that native or naturalized residents without citizenship may vote for. Each county is given an Assemblyman with a term of three years, and while party figures typically win, there is nothing stopping a write-in candidate or a private citizen from joining in and being elected. This has resulted in one case of a small shrub being elected to office for an electorate in [[Connsmonann]] from 2004-07, which was humored by the government, which considered it a forfeiture of the electorate's representation. The bush died in 2007 before the next routine election and was replaced by a snap election. In cases of serious candidates, the term limit is three terms.


== Background ==
===Legal Powers===
The Grand Duchy of Carolina had its origins nearly a millennia earlier in the [[Southern Kingdom of the Levantines]], which grew to be known as Carolingia due to the reign of its first King, Charles. Carolina was the seat of the Southern Kingdom and its valley was a fertile and thriving area, and became closely associated with the Kingdom, eventually acquiring the name "Carolingia", or in later parlance, "Carolina". Separated into the Duchies of Upper and Lower Carolina following the conquest of the Kingdom and reunification of the Holy Levantine Empire, the Dukes of Lower Carolina (under House Mar Morgan) joined the [[Holy League]] during the [[Great Confessional War]]. As a result of the war, the Duchy of Upper Carolina was left vacant due to the destruction of its Protestant nobility, and as a reward for their loyalty the [[Emperor of the Levantines]], [[Leo III, Emperor of the Levantines|Leo III]], joined Upper Carolina to Lower Carolina, creating the Grand Duchy of Carolina. From that time onward, the Mar Morgan dynasty of Carolina was extremely close to the Urcean Crown, and upon the extinction of their line in 1743, the entire Grand Duchy was left to the Apostolic King of Urcea, Leo IV. Despite this, Emperor Louis IX exercised his Imperial prerogative and issued a {{wp|Pragmatic Sanction}}, denying the Urcean inheritance.
The Peoples' Council may propose bills and motions, veto bills and motions of the Party Council by a 3/4 vote, call for an Audit of a law by a simple majority vote or an executive order by a 3/4 vote, and request specific budget amendments by a 2/3 vote. It may vote to impeach a Minister by a 3/4 vote, which is one of the few circumventions of the Audit Council available to the legislature.
===Political History ===
- brawls common


Though the immediate cause of the conflict came from the disputed succession in Carolina, tensions between the King of Urcea and Holy Levantine Empire had been high since 1741. King Leo IV, though he had been designated as heir apparent to become Emperor of the Levantines by the [[Collegial Electorate]] to his father, Emperor Aedanicus, was passed over upon the latter's death by the Electorate in favor of the Grand Duke of Verecundia, who became Emperor Louis IX.
- uses legislature courtyard sometimes


The Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea had long held the ambition of the conquest of the Grand Duchy of Carolina, and had secured succession to the Grand Duchy in 1743 upon a will of its Grand Duke, Adrian II, himself a distant relative of King Leo IV. Upon his death, the King asserted his claim but a Pragmatic Sanction issued by Emperor Louis IX claimed the Grand Duchy for the Emperor. The Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea began an invasion of the Grand Duchy to enforce the King's claim, beginning the conflict as the rest of the Holy Levantine Empire rose up in arms against the Kingdom.
- most often the most chaotic and 'battlefield' house in the Assembly
==Party Council==
===Election and Terms===
Party Council members are selected through a {{wp|Electoral system#Proportional systems|Proportional}} method, and are based on the number of registered citizens across the country. Total votes are tallied by party, and the relevant party organizations are given a certain number of seats to fill at the party's discretion based on their portion of the vote. There is roughly one Councilor in the CoW per million registered citizens, and the term is five years, with a maximum of two terms.
===Legal Powers===
The Party Council, like the Peoples' Council, may propose bills and motions. It also has the power to veto motions of the Peoples' Council by a simple majority vote. The Party and People's Councils have the power to veto executive orders made by the Director of the Republic with a collective 3/4 vote, and failing that majority, force an Audit of the order if a 2/3 majority is achieved. This does mean that the Peoples' Council has more power in such a situation. Uniquely to the Party Council, it may propose an entirely alternative budget if the NAC and Director cannot agree on a budget for the year as well as suggesting budget amendments.
===Political History===
==State Council==
===Appointment and Terms===
The State Council is a board of the twelve most powerful people in Faneria's government other than its executive - the Taesteach, the two Speakers of the Councils, one representative from the Audit Board, and the head of each of the eight offices of the government. This structure means that elections and terms as normally imagined do not apply to the State Council, but instead are conferred naturally with its constituent positions, and the Council's makeup changes as the Speakers and Ministers do. The State Council is headed by the Taesteach.


Besides the ties between House Mar Morgan and House de Weluta on the geopolitical macro scale, other ties drew Urcea to Carolina. A generation prior, in 1711, waves of Ómestaderoi began to enter the country to take up work in the fields and revitalize Carolina's flailing agricultural sector, which had still not fully recovered from the Great Confessional War. By the 1740s, there were thousands of Ómestaderoi in Carolina, many of which were still Urcean born and still held affinity for their countrymen. Urcea's claim on Carolina was premised not only on the legal inheritance but also of national kinship, which the Empire rejected. The [[Ómestaderoi]] would play an important role in the conflict to come.
===Legal Powers===
The SC approves bills passed by the lower houses of the Assembly; as it has ten members, the Audit Council member has the tiebreaking vote. Passing a law through the SC is a simple majority vote. Just as important is the SC's informal role as a forum for communication between the Director of the Republic and the major figures of the Assembly and the Administration, since it effectively forms a 'small council'. As a result, meetings are frequently attended by other ministers, and are used as a forum for establishing clear goals and programs between all four branches of government. The SC may propose an impeachment of a sitting Director by an 8/10 vote, after which a simple majority vote in the joint Party and Peoples' Councils will confirm or reject the impeachment.
===Political History===
=Notes=
ICly because the lower house enjoys the media value of having to have full meetings outside since their wing is crammed, because it's the traditional building, and because the Starkists don't want to let the Futurists get their way and have a new building while they're ascendant, because they have the upper hand with the Nat Reps and the Confeds on their side for the actual design. The Futurists want a building that fuses traditional architectural looks with a wider and more modern layout, while the Starkists want a more neoclassical look.


== War on Land ==
On July 4th, 1745, the Royal Army of Urcea crossed through the Northgate and invaded Carolina, being immediately joined by bands of [[Ómestaderoi]] militia, many of whom had been hastily assembled to oppose the Royal Army. The Emperor declared King Leo an outlaw and called the Empire to arms against him, beginning the war in earnest. The invasion of Carolina was completed without much resistance by the end of the summer of 1745. The previous ruling House Mar Morgan was widely respected throughout the Grand Duchy and the will of its last ruler was considered by many to be the final word. Consequently, many cities opened their gates and fortresses to King Leo's forces. Leo and the army wintered in Carolina in the winter of 1745-1746, recruiting a few thousand Ómestaderoi and other locals to the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal Army]]. When spring came, these loyalists - along with some inexperienced levies from Urcea - were left to garrison Carolina as the King marched the bulk of his army east, into the Kingdom of Dericania. The King turned his attention to the two electorates that bordered Urcea in [[Dericania]], namely Hollona, [[Orclenia]], and Lucarnia. The campaign season of 1746 saw the King's army march north-to-south engaging in a harsh pillaging campaign in these three Electors in revenge for them reneging on their promise to elect him some three years later. Emperor Louis IX's large army of forces spent much of the year gathering from the corners of the Empire but were finally ready to march in the middle of August 1746.


Deep into the Kingdom of Dericania, King Leo IV and the Royal Army, numbering roughly 46,000 strong, finally met the much larger Imperial Army numbering more than 79,000 in Orclenia at the Battle of Mt. Cara at the end of August, 1746. Emperor Louis's position atop a steep hill at the base of the mountain looked formidable, but utilizing his force's superior discipline, King Leo daringly launched an assault on the Imperial center. The unwavering Urcean advance lead to Imperial forces breaking first, after which time King Leo swung his force around and struck the collapsing Imperial left, sending much of the Imperial army into rout. Emperor Louis managed to personally rally most of his forces, but at the end of the day more than ten thousand Imperial troops lay dead and several thousand more injured or captured. For the rest of the campaign season, King Leo fought mostly to tactical draws, eventually forcing the Imperial Army to entirely retreat from Orclenia by the middle of Autumn. 1747 saw a year of stalemates, but in 1748, King Leo marched through the Emperor's home in the Grand Duchy of Verecundia, sacking much of it.
The historic legislative building of the Fhainnin gov't is similar in layout to a basilica church; however, there's no proper internal layout taken from Latin or church design. One of the 'cross' wings is missing and there are walled pavilions out on the opposite side, making the site rectangular from a bird's eye view. The remaining three wings are, clockwise, 2:1:1 around a central segment with a short tower. The long wing hosts one of the lower houses, the shorter one opposite it the upper house. The remaining lower house congregates outdoors as a relic of the farcical monarchy-era legislature, but all three houses cram into the larger wing for joint sessions, though those are uncommon and reserved for crises. The walls around the outdoor area are part of security measures added to minimize the risk of attack.
The remaining wing perpendicular to the others is administrative offices and staff rooms, etc; the central area with the tower is a hall space for tourists, mingling, and photo ops, that sort of thing. Most of the real work is done outside the building, but it serves as a monument of the 1906 revolution. There is an office right across the road on the backside of the building that houses most of the paperwork and support functions for the Councils.
Plans for an expansion by adding another hub section and more wings were approved in 2020 but hasn't begun yet because both of the indoor houses refuse to be the ones to lose out on their space for the time being and the outdoor house lose their minds when the 'open republic' concept is threatened by adding it onto the third wing, enclosing their space. This is generally for show, as mostly meeting in the building is for smiles, stamps, and procedure since the two lower houses generally conference and meet elsewhere anyway, as their areas are a bit cramped. The outdoors house in particular also meet often in a nearby city park, which required a second park to be built right next to it in 2012 because they got in the way of the general citizenry and kept blocking one of the roads.  


The Imperial Army reformed again in 1749 with more than 100,000 soldiers, but were unable to stop King Leo and the Royal Army from advancing out of winter quarters in Verecundia and towards the Imperial Capital of [[Corcra]]. Following a few close defeats in which Leo was able to retreat in good order, he again met the Imperial Army near the Abbey of St. John, some twenty five miles outside of Corcra. The Urcean 48,500 - lead by the elite shock corps, the Royal Fusiliers - totally annihilated the Imperial Army at the Battle of St. John's. The road to Corcra lay open, and King Leo took the city in April of 1749. The Emperor and his largest allies in the Empire surrendered, and King Leo accepted Emperor Louis's abdication on May 1st.


The Grand Duchy of Verecundia was dissolved into its constituent parts, and King Leo assumed the Imperial throne on May 3rd. As part of the terms of peace at the Treaty of Martinsburg, the Grand Duchy of Carolina was recognized as an integral part of the Urcean Crown. More shockingly, now-Emperor Leo demanded the concession of guaranteed hereditary succession of the Holy Levantine Empire, which the Imperial Diet had no choice but to accept. The decades of hereditary rule, and the attempted centralization of the Holy Levantine Empire, had begun.
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== War At Sea ==
 
=== Battle of the Three Winds ===
On August 3rd, 1745 a Burgundian fleet on its way to secret Burgundian troops into Grand Duchy of Carolina, was caught by a large detachment of the Urcean Royal Fleet patrolling off of Faneria. The 6 Burgundian snows defending the troop garbs moved to engage the three Urcean ships of the line, four sloops of war and their assorted support vessels. The wind favored the Burgundian fleet but it simply could not get close enough to the Urcean ships of the line to cause lasting damage. The troops were urgently disembarked and abandoned on shore as the garbs made a hasty retreat north.
 
The Burgundians lost two of their snows before retiring for the day. On the 4th of August, they woke at dawn to prepare for the coming fight but found a thick fog obscured the sea between the Urceans and themselves. Hoping to sneak close enough to the Urceans in the fog, they retracted the cannons and put out their oars. They slowly moved in the direction of open water where they thought the Urceans to be. Three hours later, a light breeze lifted the shroud of fog and revealed the Burgundians. They had over shot the Urcean position by a few hundred meters and were now very much exposed, silhouetted against the open ocean. The Urceans lept to action and encircled the Burgundians. The remainder of the day the Urceans slowly picked off the inferior Burgundian ships at a range they could not meet.
 
In all, the six Burgundian ships were sunk, with the Urceans only losing two sloops, and sustaining serious damage to one of their ships of the line.
 
=== Battle of Abylf Ledge ===
Fought over the western edge of the Abylf Steppe
 
=== Cronan Beaver War ===
{{Main|Cronan Beaver War}}
Sensing opportunity to seize [[Urcea]]'s [[Julian Belt|territories]] in [[Crona]], [[Kiravia]] decided to strike at Urcea on the seas and launch an invasion of the colonies in 1746. Following intermittent fighting on both land and sea, King Leo IV of Urcea sued for peace and ceded the territories in order to focus on the fighting in [[Levantia]]. As part of the agreement, [[New Archduchy]]'s colonial borders were solidified and [[Kiravia]] recognized Leo's claim to title of the [[Emperor of the Levantines]].
 
[[Category: Urcea]]
[[Category: Wars]]
[[Category: History of Urcea]]
[[Category: Holy Levantine Empire]]
[[Category: Caroline Wars]]

Revision as of 14:03, 13 February 2023

National Assembly of The Republic of the Fhainn
Type
Type
HousesPeoples' Council
Party Council
State Council
Term limits
3 (Peoples'), 2 (Party)
Leadership
Peoples' Speaker
guy mann
Party Speaker
guy mann
guy mann
Structure
Seats423 Peoples' Councilors
216 Party Councilors
10 State Councilors
Length of term
3 Years
Salary140-230 Thousand Talers for Councilors, 20-150 Thousand for Staff; NAB Administrators receive pay from other positions (Budget is 60.3 Billion Talers)
Peoples' Council
  Futurists: 128 seats plus Speaker
  Starkists: 92 seats
  Nationals: 76 seats
  Christian Minimalists: 52 seats
  Independent: 74 seats
Party Council
  Futurists: 76 seats
  Starkists: 75 seats plus Speaker
  Nationals: 38 seats
  Christian Minimalists: 16 seats
  Minor: 10 seats
State Council
  Futurists: 4 seats plus Taoisteach
  Starkists: 3 seats
  Nationals: 2 seats
  Christian Minimalists: 1 seat
  Independent: 1 seat
Elections
Peoples' Council voting system
Simple Local Plurality Vote
Party Council voting system
National Party Proportional Vote
Meeting place
Peoples' Council, West Wing/People's Courtyard, National Assembly House
Party Council, South Wing, National Assembly House
State Council, East Wing, National Assembly House
Website
www.namehere.fh
Constitution
Constitution of the Republic of the Fhainn
Part of the series
Politics and Government of Faneria
Theory and Basis
Branches and Ministries
Main Government Page

Executive/Head of State Seat of the Directorate

Legislative

Head of Government

Judicial

Budget

Ministries

Bureaucracy Office of Civil Services
Commerce Office of Commerce
Culture Office of Culture
Treasury Office of the Treasury
Military Office of the National Army
Justice Office of the Courts
Law Enforcement Office of State Security
Customs Office of Foreign Affairs
Law
Constitution
  • Citizenship
  • Taxation
  • Rights
  • Law Enforcement
  • Criminal Justice
Administrative Divisions
Capital

Major Cities

Provinces

Dependencies and Territories

Parties and NGOs
Foreign Relations
Foreign relations of Faneria

League of Nations Kilikas-Boreal Cooperative Zone Vandarch Sea Trade Zone Organization League of the Free Republics

World Republican Council
Individuals of Interest
List of Fhainnin Political Officials
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History

Structure

The National Assembly is composed of three houses: the Peoples' Council, the Party Council, and the State Council. Each is progressively smaller than the last and has different powers; the lower houses have the authority to propose bills and possess various veto and legal powers, while the State Council passes bills into law. The SC also performs informal functions vital to the running of the state.

When hosting a joint session, only the Peoples' and Party Councils are required; attendance of the National Council is voluntary but customary, as the lower two houses have greater legal power during a joint session. During such a joint session, however, the Taesteach, who normally heads the State Council, will head the entirety of the Assembly, with the other Council speakers assisting.

Peoples' Council

Election and Terms

The Peoples' Council is elected through a simple Plurality vote, with each seat linked to one county. It is the only position in the national government that native or naturalized residents without citizenship may vote for. Each county is given an Assemblyman with a term of three years, and while party figures typically win, there is nothing stopping a write-in candidate or a private citizen from joining in and being elected. This has resulted in one case of a small shrub being elected to office for an electorate in Connsmonann from 2004-07, which was humored by the government, which considered it a forfeiture of the electorate's representation. The bush died in 2007 before the next routine election and was replaced by a snap election. In cases of serious candidates, the term limit is three terms.

Legal Powers

The Peoples' Council may propose bills and motions, veto bills and motions of the Party Council by a 3/4 vote, call for an Audit of a law by a simple majority vote or an executive order by a 3/4 vote, and request specific budget amendments by a 2/3 vote. It may vote to impeach a Minister by a 3/4 vote, which is one of the few circumventions of the Audit Council available to the legislature.

Political History

- brawls common

- uses legislature courtyard sometimes

- most often the most chaotic and 'battlefield' house in the Assembly

Party Council

Election and Terms

Party Council members are selected through a Proportional method, and are based on the number of registered citizens across the country. Total votes are tallied by party, and the relevant party organizations are given a certain number of seats to fill at the party's discretion based on their portion of the vote. There is roughly one Councilor in the CoW per million registered citizens, and the term is five years, with a maximum of two terms.

Legal Powers

The Party Council, like the Peoples' Council, may propose bills and motions. It also has the power to veto motions of the Peoples' Council by a simple majority vote. The Party and People's Councils have the power to veto executive orders made by the Director of the Republic with a collective 3/4 vote, and failing that majority, force an Audit of the order if a 2/3 majority is achieved. This does mean that the Peoples' Council has more power in such a situation. Uniquely to the Party Council, it may propose an entirely alternative budget if the NAC and Director cannot agree on a budget for the year as well as suggesting budget amendments.

Political History

State Council

Appointment and Terms

The State Council is a board of the twelve most powerful people in Faneria's government other than its executive - the Taesteach, the two Speakers of the Councils, one representative from the Audit Board, and the head of each of the eight offices of the government. This structure means that elections and terms as normally imagined do not apply to the State Council, but instead are conferred naturally with its constituent positions, and the Council's makeup changes as the Speakers and Ministers do. The State Council is headed by the Taesteach.

Legal Powers

The SC approves bills passed by the lower houses of the Assembly; as it has ten members, the Audit Council member has the tiebreaking vote. Passing a law through the SC is a simple majority vote. Just as important is the SC's informal role as a forum for communication between the Director of the Republic and the major figures of the Assembly and the Administration, since it effectively forms a 'small council'. As a result, meetings are frequently attended by other ministers, and are used as a forum for establishing clear goals and programs between all four branches of government. The SC may propose an impeachment of a sitting Director by an 8/10 vote, after which a simple majority vote in the joint Party and Peoples' Councils will confirm or reject the impeachment.

Political History

Notes

ICly because the lower house enjoys the media value of having to have full meetings outside since their wing is crammed, because it's the traditional building, and because the Starkists don't want to let the Futurists get their way and have a new building while they're ascendant, because they have the upper hand with the Nat Reps and the Confeds on their side for the actual design. The Futurists want a building that fuses traditional architectural looks with a wider and more modern layout, while the Starkists want a more neoclassical look.


The historic legislative building of the Fhainnin gov't is similar in layout to a basilica church; however, there's no proper internal layout taken from Latin or church design. One of the 'cross' wings is missing and there are walled pavilions out on the opposite side, making the site rectangular from a bird's eye view. The remaining three wings are, clockwise, 2:1:1 around a central segment with a short tower. The long wing hosts one of the lower houses, the shorter one opposite it the upper house. The remaining lower house congregates outdoors as a relic of the farcical monarchy-era legislature, but all three houses cram into the larger wing for joint sessions, though those are uncommon and reserved for crises. The walls around the outdoor area are part of security measures added to minimize the risk of attack. The remaining wing perpendicular to the others is administrative offices and staff rooms, etc; the central area with the tower is a hall space for tourists, mingling, and photo ops, that sort of thing. Most of the real work is done outside the building, but it serves as a monument of the 1906 revolution. There is an office right across the road on the backside of the building that houses most of the paperwork and support functions for the Councils. Plans for an expansion by adding another hub section and more wings were approved in 2020 but hasn't begun yet because both of the indoor houses refuse to be the ones to lose out on their space for the time being and the outdoor house lose their minds when the 'open republic' concept is threatened by adding it onto the third wing, enclosing their space. This is generally for show, as mostly meeting in the building is for smiles, stamps, and procedure since the two lower houses generally conference and meet elsewhere anyway, as their areas are a bit cramped. The outdoors house in particular also meet often in a nearby city park, which required a second park to be built right next to it in 2012 because they got in the way of the general citizenry and kept blocking one of the roads.


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