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There are six primary departments within the central government of the confederation. | There are six primary departments within the central government of the confederation. | ||
===Legislative=== | ===Legislative=== | ||
The Grand Council of the Kingdom of New Harren serves as the primary legislative body for the realm. It is comprised of three representatives from each of the constituent parts of the Kingdom elected every five years, on the same cycle as elections in [[Urcea]]. The Grand Council's thirty | The Grand Council of the Kingdom of New Harren serves as the primary legislative body for the realm. It is comprised of three representatives from each of the constituent parts of the Kingdom elected every five years, on the same cycle as elections in [[Urcea]]. The Grand Council's thirty six members have a relatively limited mandate of governance due to the expansive rights reserved for the Kingdom's constituent parts, but it does have a major role in terms of regulating trade between the constituent units and the Kingdom's external trade policy. In practice, the Council serves primarily as an economic planning body, where the twelve constituencies gather and vote on large confederation-wide economic plans to be implemented within each of the constituent units. The Grand Council has extremely limited oversight of the Governor-General or the executive agencies. | ||
===Confederated units=== | ===Confederated units=== | ||
{{Main|Constituent states of New Harren}} | {{Main|Constituent states of New Harren}} | ||
As a confederation, the constituent parts of New Harren are its key political, social, and administrative unit. There are | As a confederation, the constituent parts of New Harren are its key political, social, and administrative unit. There are twelve constituent parts of the Kingdom, and each has a fully-fledged internal government and public administration. The constituencies are largely self-governing within the framework of the Statutory Charter of 2024. The only limitations on autonomy are several legal and economic baselines set forth by acts of the Kingdom's Grand Council and within the Statutory Charter, as well as an extremely limited set of regulations enacted by the central government. These baselines are intended to serve as frameworks to maintain basic legal compatibility between the constituencies, ensure standardized weights, measures, and other economic factors, and to ensure a basic level of democratic institutions. While those creating the Charter envisioned eleven divergent forms of governance, since its institution the constituencies have largely adopted uniform codes and systems of government, with scholars categorizing them into three similar types: "Occidental", those governments occupied by Occidental settlers and their descendants and modeled after Occidental governments; "National", a basic system of hierarchy for the indigineous peoples of the Confederation only somewhat patterned after Occidental governments, and; "Subconfederate", a type of government used by constituencies which themselves are culturally and geographically disparate, being held together only to represent their common interest as small minorities. | ||
The "National" form of government, with some variation, was adopted by all indigenous constituencies between [[2024]] and [[2029]]. These governments usually feature an {{wp|ethnarch}} as "Chief" or "President" of the constituency leading a National Council, usually made up of respected elders elected by geographic area. All "Chiefs" or "Presidents" are elected by the National Councils. Most "National" governments do not include set terms of office; National Councilors serve until death or {{wp|Recall election|recall election}}, and Chiefs and Presidents serve until death or removed by a {{wp|Motion of no confidence|no confidence motion}} of the National Council. In most cases, the Chief or President serves in a quasi-monarchical fashion, individually holding sovereignty on behalf of the nation and having a wide berth of executive, legislative, and judicial authority. | The "National" form of government, with some variation, was adopted by all indigenous constituencies between [[2024]] and [[2029]]. These governments usually feature an {{wp|ethnarch}} as "Chief" or "President" of the constituency leading a National Council, usually made up of respected elders elected by geographic area. All "Chiefs" or "Presidents" are elected by the National Councils. Most "National" governments do not include set terms of office; National Councilors serve until death or {{wp|Recall election|recall election}}, and Chiefs and Presidents serve until death or removed by a {{wp|Motion of no confidence|no confidence motion}} of the National Council. In most cases, the Chief or President serves in a quasi-monarchical fashion, individually holding sovereignty on behalf of the nation and having a wide berth of executive, legislative, and judicial authority. | ||
In [[2032]], the addition of [[Constituent_states_of_New_Harren#Borealia|Borealia]] and [[Constituent_states_of_New_Harren#Canisteo|Canisteo]] inaugurated the fourth basic type of government, "Provincial", which operates along the same functional lines as the Occidental-style unit but for areas with an indigienous majority. | |||
===Politics=== | ===Politics=== | ||
New Harren is a multiparty democracy and enjoys robust public debate on most issues. It scores relatively highly according to most global metrics for the hallmarks of a free society. | New Harren is a multiparty democracy and enjoys robust public debate on most issues. It scores relatively highly according to most global metrics for the hallmarks of a free society. | ||