The Garou-Nation

The Great Garou-Nation of the Second Concordiat
Flag
Motto: Serve Gaia above all else.
Anthem: The Invocation
Capital and largest city	Tamaravil
Official languages	English High Tongue
Recognised regional languages	Greek Irish Scottish Gaelic Norwegian German Arabic Russian Cherokee Lhasa Tibetan Pictish
Demonym(s)	Garou
Government	Unstructured parliamentary legislature
• High King	Jonas Albrecht
Legislature	Silver Council
Formation
• First Concord	1000
• Second Concord	1000
Population
• Estimate	1,000,237
Gini	11.0 low
HDI	0.622 medium
Currency	Talen (GTA)
Date format	AAA/yyyy/mm/dd
Driving side	left
Calling code	+992
ISO 3166 code	TGN
Internet TLD	.gwn

The Garou Nation ([ðə ɡəˈɹu ˈneɪʃᵊn]), officially The Great Garou Nation of the Second Concordiat, is a country in southwestern Sparkalia, off the southeastern coast of the Pythian mainland. The Garou Nation is known for its relatively unspoilt natural beauty and laissez-faire approach to government. The Garou Nation was formed as a coalescence of several tribes and movements in a short space of time as a result of the signing of the Second Concordiat.

Etymology

"Garou" is derived from French loup-garou, itself derived from Old French leu garoul.

Transport

The country is connected together by a network referred to as The Bridge Network, which is a network of long distance travel corridors available to those with access.

The Bridge Network logo

Culture

Television

The Garou-Nation has a state-owned broadcaster in the form of GLASS, managed by the the Department for Pattern. The network operates nine terrestrial TV channels, as well as radio stations.

The logo of GLASS, The Garou-Nation's state broadcaster.

Politics

The Garou-Nation is an unstructured bicameral parliamentary legislature operating under a modified Westminster System. The Garou-Nation is split into 101 "bawns", which act as parliamentary constituencies. The Garou-Nation is famed for having an unstructured voting procedure, allowing for voting methods to be determined on a bawn-by-bawn level. There are no term limits present, although it is convention for a general election to be called when the High King resigns, or is otherwise unable to carry out their duty as head of state.

Governance

The Garou-Nation's lower chamber is referred to as the Silver Council. The Council has three primary mechanisms to ensure effective power-sharing:

- In appointing ministers to the Executive (except for the Minister of Justice), the D'Hondt method is followed so that ministerial portfolios are divided among the parties in proportion to their strength in the Council This means that all parties with a significant number of seats are entitled to at least one minister; - Certain resolutions must receive "cross community support", or the support of a minimum number of MLAs from all designations, to be passed by the Council. Every Councillor is officially designated as a member of one of the five designations, or non-inscrit. The election of the speaker, appointment of the Minister of Litany, any changes to the standing orders and the adoption of certain money bills must all occur with cross-community support. - Most votes taken by the Council can be made dependent on cross-community support if a petition of concern is presented to the speaker. A petition of concern may be brought by 30 or more Councillors, with at least two parties or independent members who were elected to the Council as independents in the most recent election being represented among the petitioners. Petitions may not be brought on resolutions relating to sanctions of members and on votes relating to the general principles of a bill rather than specific provisions or passage. In cases where a petition is properly filed, a vote on proposed legislation will only pass if supported by a weighted majority (60%) of members voting, including at least 40% of each designation present and voting.

Political Parties

Elected to the Silver Council

Party		Lodge	Political position	Ideology	Leader	Silver Council
	Royalist Party	Monarchist	Center-Right	Monarchist, Conservatism	Jonas Albrecht	27 / 101
	Republican Party	Republican	Center-Left	Meritocracy, Social Democracy	Yuri Konietzko	18 / 101
	Progressive Party	Republican	Center-Right	Progressivism, Economic liberalism	Julia Spencer	14 / 101
	Liberal Party	Liberal	Center-Left	Liberalism, Social liberalism	Aaron Dawntreader	11 / 101
	Warden Party	Monarchist	Center to Center-Left	Family Values, Environmentalism, Cultural Preservation	Stuart Brown	10 / 101
	Lupines First	Nationalist	Far Right	Radical Environmentalism, Primitivism, Animal Welfare	Rebecca Stirling	4 / 101
	Spiritual Democratic Party	Pure Lands Independence	Center-Left	Communitarianism, Spiritual Democracy	Amy Hume-Victors	3 / 101
	Northern Independence Party	Pure Lands Independence	Far Right	Isolationism, Northern Independence	Evan Strong	3 / 101
	Justice Party	Liberal	Left	Democratic socialism, Feminism, Equality	Mari Cabrah	3 / 101
	United Brotherhood	Non-Inscrit	Far Right	Pythiskepticism, Ultranationalism, Radical Environmentalism	Karin Jarlsdottir	3 / 101
	STRIDE	Liberal	Center	Centrism	Mephi Abbasi	3 / 101
	Socialist Party	Republican	Far Left	Socialism, Trotskyism, trade unionism	Carlita Gutierreze	2 / 101
	The Alternative	Non-Inscrit	Center	Democratic Reform	Antonine Erikson	2 / 101
	Corporate Interest Party	Non-Inscrit	Right	Economic Liberalism, Climate Skepticism	Michael Sarkany	2 / 101
	Independent				Xander Stevens	1 / 101

No elected representation

Party		Designation	Political position	Ideology	Leader
	One Voice	Non-Inscrit	Center-Right	Humanism, Communtarianism, Economic Liberalism, Secularism	Song Chiang
	Rising Sun Party	Republican	Center-Right	Meritocracy, Family Values	Chikara Sakaki
	Royal Separatist Party	Monarchist	Center-Right	Monarchist, Conservatism, Separatism	Lorem Ipsum
	Independents for ???	Liberal	Centre	Centrism, Localism	Lorem Ipsum
	Rights Party	Non-Inscrit	Single Issue	Human Rights, Equal Representation	Ryan McCullough