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==Government== | ==Government== | ||
The Northern Confederation was a {{Wp|confederation}} consisting of dozens of entities including many different cultures and governing systems. Above it all, the unwritten precepts of the Great Confederation, the event which established the polity, served as the central constitution of the Confederation. This unwritten constitution evolved over time, not based on a system of legislative revisions or judicial review but by a decentralized process by which the Great Confederation took on additional mythological meanings and traditions. This took place through the process of cultural interpretation and reinterpretation, a process that some scholars have called "government by {{wp|zeitgeist}}". As the [[Occident]] began to seriously threaten the state in the 19th and 20th centuries, significant reform movements occurred within the Confederation attempting to introduce a constitution. This effort, though not altogether successful, led in [[ | The Northern Confederation was a {{Wp|confederation}} consisting of dozens of entities including many different cultures and governing systems. Above it all, the unwritten precepts of the Great Confederation, the event which established the polity, served as the central constitution of the Confederation. This unwritten constitution evolved over time, not based on a system of legislative revisions or judicial review but by a decentralized process by which the Great Confederation took on additional mythological meanings and traditions. This took place through the process of cultural interpretation and reinterpretation, a process that some scholars have called "government by {{wp|zeitgeist}}". As the [[Occident]] began to seriously threaten the state in the 19th and 20th centuries, significant reform movements occurred within the Confederation attempting to introduce a constitution. This effort, though not altogether successful, led in [[1917]] to the adoption of the "Received Guidances", written descriptions of the Great Confederation as it meant at that time. From that time on, the Received Guidances took on increasing importance as legal documents as courts within the country were partly reformed to follow a localized version of {{wp|common law}} courts. | ||
Although the Great Confederation was ultimately fluid, some of the most important governing institutions of the Northern Confederation were in existence for all or a majority of its existence. | Although the Great Confederation was ultimately fluid, some of the most important governing institutions of the Northern Confederation were in existence for all or a majority of its existence. | ||