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Challenge: Political Processes
Sooo I'm sure everyone knows that elections are coming up quick in the USA so let's talk politics! How do people get into office? Is it inherited by a family member? Is the position taken by force- has it ever been? Do your countries have some sort of election? Who gets to vote? How often? How are votes counted? Are people chosen to serve at random? How long are terms? How much does a single person dictate?
Tell me interesting stuff like that! Or maybe political concepts you would like to integrate into a world but don't have a world for yet, ideas without a home. Or small stories of political intrigue from your world! |
Jeimas' politics is based quite heavily on that of the US' so I suppose it's a republic/democracy in which you vote for the individual representatives of the party instead of the party itself. Members of the Supreme Court are then appointed by the President from a group of higher ranking justices who are all elected themselves.
Originally it was a part of a monarchy however where the final say in everything came from a large empire that it was a part of. It became an independent republic when said empire collapsed. |
The emperor/empress happens to be the strongest person in the empire, making him/her rather difficult to replace. You can either challenge them to a duel or wait for them to die. After they die, there is a 50 day waiting period, and if they don't respawn by then, people fight for the throne.
Other various positions are elected, and a few are appointed. |
Is it time to talk about the Noble Republic again? I think it is!
As it stands right now, The Noble Republic of Sanguirne is not mentioned in my current world/project (being as it is not part of that world), but has a high chance of being a side project in the not too distant future, so let's talk politics. For brief history, the founding of the Noble Republic has it's roots in the 8 Noble Houses entrusted to governing the islands of Sanguirne during their time as a territory of Greater Marille, and the question of who was to lead the new nation. The danger of civil war threatened the country, and unless all of the houses stood together they were all equally vulnerable to retaliation by Greater Marille and the other mainland nations. After much debate, the houses agreed to have each house retain rule over their respective island(s), while the houses would vote on a singe person to make decisions that concern Sanguirne as a whole and settle disputes between houses. Okay, so how does it actually work? Originally voting rights were restricted to only the head of each house, but now each house declares 1-4 additional members of either their house or an approved branch house as voting members, depending on the population of their respective domains. At election time each house declares their candidate for the High Prince position (usually the Prince, or head, of the house) and each representative for the houses votes on who they think is best suited for the position. Of course, no house is required to vote for their candidate, and most smaller houses or those without a strong candidate with make agreements with another house for favors or influence in exchange for votes. In the case of a tie, another vote is called with only the two leading candidates as options; the total tally of votes equals 27, preventing a complete stalemate. The title of High Prince is actually a gender-neutral title, and Sanguirne has seen a few female High Princes. The High Prince serves for 10 years, and is only removable from office by a vote of the other 7 houses, an action which has been attempted, but not fully enacted. Although the individual houses maintain control over their territory and their individual forces, the High Prince is in control of all international relations. The High Prince has the ability to declare war, make alliances, and has executive command over Sanguirne forces in times of crisis. While they cannot directly interfere with the ruling of the individual islands, the High Prince also maintains the power to remove a house's Prince from power, provided 5 out of 7 of the other houses approve the action. |
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Representation proportionate to population was also an afterthought to the Republic. The policy of multiple votes per house was to appease the Princes of the larger islands who threatened to leave the Republic, feeling their one vote meant less due to the larger amount of duty that came with it. So yes, it is exploited. Houses almost never split their votes, and the only recorded cases have been in times of extreme unrest. This is a system devised by 8 wealthy and powerful families as a way to keep themselves safe from foreign invasion, as well as keep themselves in power. Fairness was only a goal to prevent the other houses from weakening the alliance itself, and as it stands only 8 truly have a say, and it will be that way for the foreseeable future, barring a large scale revolution. |
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