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The '''Government of the Apostolic Kingdom of [[Urcea]]''' is a type of dual federalist hierarchy and dual-sovereignty system. The Urcean Government is organized through a system of documents, edicts, and precedents called the [[Constitution of Urcea]], which was largely formed through the twin ideological impulses of Catholic social teaching and [[Crown Liberalism]].

The [[Gildertach]] is the upper chamber of the legislature and is made up of five elected representatives from each [[Guilds (Urcea)|guild]] in [[Urcea]]. The Gildertach's membership is non-partisan, and its meetings are presided over by the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]], or, more regularly, a designee of the King. Its primary responsibility is twofold; it considers proposals from the [[Concilium Daoni]] and [[Ministry of Commerce (Urcea)|Ministry of Commerce]] with regards to trade deals, and it is responsible for amending the guild law which governs its members and the way that guilds function. Much of the business of the Gildertach primarily consists of deliberations on establishing new guilds or splitting existing ones based on technological advancement or economic diversification. With such a limited mandate, the Gildertach does not meet regularly, and it is possible (though rare) that the Gildertach will not meet at all during a five-year electoral cycle. Consequently, it's heavily debated among political scientists whether or not the [[Gildertach]] truly qualifies as a legislative chamber or not, and in common parlance it is often claimed and believed that the [[Concilium Daoni]] is the only part of the national legislature.

== National Politics ==

== Subdivisions ==

The federal subdivisions of Urcea take three distinct forms as defined by the [[Administrative Reorganization Act of 1892]], a major reform implemented during the regency of [[Gréagóir FitzRex]]. Most of the country is organized into provinces, which are a basic federal unit considered constituent parts of the Kingdom. Besides the provinces, there are crownlands - lands held directly by the [[Apostolic King of Urcea]] by merit of his other titles - of which two are considered the only integral parts of the Kingdom, the [[Urceopolis (Archduchy)|Archduchy of Urceopolis]] and [[Grand Duchy of Yustona]] as defined by the [[Golden Bull of 1098]]. The remaining crownland, the [[Canaery|Electorate of Canaery]], is not integral to Urcea but enjoys pride of place as the sole remaining electorate of the mostly defunct [[Holy Levantine Empire]]. The final form of government are states, which were created for two of the most prominent [[Culture of Urcea#Minority%20Groups|minority groups]] in [[Urcea]] - the [[Gassavelian people]] and the [[Ænglish people]]. Each of the three forms of government have different representative and administrative structures. Prior to the [[Royal and Provincial Tax Act of 2020]], each of the three types of subdivisions paid a separate kind of tax to the central government, but all of these systems were replaced with a national income tax.