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|Prime Minister of Morrawia is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of The Government of Morrawia. He represents the country abroad and has a final say in a foreign policy of a country. They, along with House of Representatives is elected every 4 years. They are usually the leader of the strongest party. | |Prime Minister of Morrawia is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of The Government of Morrawia. He represents the country abroad and has a final say in a foreign policy of a country. They, along with House of Representatives is elected every 4 years. They are usually the leader of the strongest party. | ||
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Head of State
Country | Position | System | Description |
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Agarntrop | President of Agarntrop | Runoff Vote | The President of Agarntrop is elected via a runoff system for a maximum of three 5-year terms. A primary election is held on 1st December every five years where any candidate who wins over 50% of the vote is elected to position. If no candidate achieves this, the two frontrunners will enter into a second round election held 2 weeks later and whoever wins in the second round is elected President and inaugurated on January 1st of the following year for a 5-year term. |
Encessia | Autek of Encessia | Direct Vote | An Auteker is only elected upon death, resignation, or impeachment by the people (two-thirds of the population must agree to pass a impeachment vote after a proposal is made by influential councils.) Other than these rare times, the Auteker is a position held for life while governors are the only office periodically elected by the people. |
Freice Freice | Senior Council | Indirect Vote | The Senior Council is elected annually by the Nuejel (legislature) at the beginning of its term. The Senior Council is answerable to the Nuejel, which may dismiss it through a two-thirds majority. |
Gabrielland | Monarch of Gabrielland | None | The monarch is based on a set of hereditary rules to determine the next monarch. |
Ganji Islands | President of Ganji Islands | Two-Round System | The president of Ganji is elected every 5 years by the eligible voters. Ganji uses the "Two Round System" in voting. Usually there is a total of 5 candidates from the biggest parties + the incumbent president. |
File:Halsunt Flag.png Halsuntria | Head Councilman of Halsuntria | Two-Round System | A candidate has to win their Department Election by a simple majority to move on to the second round of the election. At the second round, they go against the winners in the other departments to become the Head Councilman. |
Hatstheput | President of Hatstheput | Direct vote Instant runoff |
The president, plus the senate and parliament compositions, are elected in a single general elections. The candidate with the most votes following the instant runoff system wins the presidency. |
Kilowatt | Directory | Two-Round System | Only citizens registered as voters are eligible to vote. If there is no candidate that reaches 50.01% or more on the first round, a second round is organized, with the two best candidates from the first round |
Kistolia | Executive Minister | Two-Round System | The Executive Minister is chosen every 6 years. Only citizens who are registered as voters are eligible to vote. The canidate with the highest percentage of votes win. |
Template:Country data Layfet, Vultesia | Execuitve Minister | First-Past-the-Post voting System | The Executive Minister is chosen every 5 years. |
Ludviska | Prime Minister of Ludviska | Indirect Vote | -The National Liberal Party of Ludviska (the one that currently governs) is consolidated as the only party in the country.
-Citizens will be able to vote for party representatives in parliament. In parliament, the deputies will vote for the prime minister. |
Morrawia | Prime Minister of The Constitutional Monarchy of Morrawia | Direct Vote | Prime Minister of Morrawia is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of The Government of Morrawia. He represents the country abroad and has a final say in a foreign policy of a country. They, along with House of Representatives is elected every 4 years. They are usually the leader of the strongest party. |
Melide | Monarch of Melide | None | The monarch is based on a set of hereditary rules to determine the next monarch. |
Prybourne | Chief Executive of Prybourne | Two-Round System | Only citizens registered as voters are eligible to vote.In order to ensure that the winning candidate receives a majority of the vote, this system uses two rounds of voting with polling taking place on two separate days. Ballots are identical to those used in plurality voting, and voters mark them in the same way. In the first round, all candidates are listed on the ballot and voters indicate their preference of one of them. All these votes are then added up and if a candidate receives a majority of the vote (50% + 1 vote), that candidate is declared elected. If no one receives a majority, the field is cut down to the top two candidates who received the highest number of votes, and a runoff election is held. The second election is typically held several weeks after the first. The winner is the candidate who gets the most votes, which is inevitably a majority, since there are only two candidates running. |
Prymalia | Paşha of Prymalia | First-Past-the-Post voting System | The Paşha of Prymalia is to be elected every 4 years, however, the current Paşha may call snap elections within 1 year of leadership. The Paşha is elected by the party with more than 50% of votes. |
Toubaze | President of Toubaze | Presidential Assembly | The President is elected by the Presidential Assembly, which is composed of members of the National Assembly after an election. Seat numbers vary but are given proportionally to seats in the National Assembly. This means that the National Assembly essentially elects both the Prime Minister and the President. The Presidential Assembly needs a simple majority for a candidate for President for them to be elected to the position. |
Sacrofnia | Sacrofnia Sovereign | mandatory vote | All citizens with the approved citizenship test can go to vote who will be their sovereign until the death or resignation of the sovereign. |
Velnotia | President of Velnotia | Two-Round System | Citizens aged 18 or older gain the right to vote in all elections. In the case that one candidate does not receive over 50% of votes, a secondary round of voting is held. Those top-ranking candidates from Round 1 will move to Round 2. If a candidate receives less than 50.01% of the popular vote, a second Round of voting will also be held. If, in the second round of voting, there is no clear majority or no candidate receives 50.01% ore more of popular votes, the election will default to the Velnotian Senatorial Council for final decidsion. This decision can, before inauguration, be overridden if a committee raises 50 million or more signatures to a petition calling for reelection. |
Viha | President of Viha | Two-Round System | TBA |
Wolfgalia | Prime Minister of Wolfgalia | Legislative Suggestion Vote | Wolfgalia's Executive Branch is run by A Prime Minister, with a cabinet appointed to hold departmental positions. When a Prime Minister's term is complete, the Senate nominates a new Prime Ministerial Candidate. If at least two thirds of the Senate approves of the candidate, a vote goes out to the Wolfgalian people. At least half of the people must vote yes for the Prime Ministerial Candidate to be elected into the position. If the vote fails, the Senate must nominate a second candidate. If the second vote fails, the House of Commons must nominate a candidate. If the third vote fails, each party of Wolfgalia may nominate a candidate to participate in an election, where the people of Wolfgalia must vote between the nominees. The appointed nominee then becomes the Prime Minister of Wolfgalia. The Prime Minister serves for four years and may hold up to two terms in office. |
Lyonheimer | Prime Minister | First-Past-the-Post voting System | The Prime-Minister is chosen every 4 years. |
National Legislatures
Country | Body | System | Total Number of Seats | Number of Districts | Seats per District | Description |
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Albithica | Senate | Two Round System | 30 | 10 | 3 | Senators are elected for a six year term (with no re-election) from their respective County Congresses every odd year on December 1st, to be sworn in office January 1st of every even year. Congresses follow a two round system of voting where a candidate requires a majority to win. If no candidate has a majority of the votes in the first round, a second round with the two candidates that have the most votes is held. Any ties that could complicate this system are broken by the County Chairman. Senator terms are staggered in such a way that every two years, 1/3rd of the seats in the Senate are up for election and all ten County Congresses will be electing a new Senator. Candidates for Senator must be at least 30 years old, must hold a Doctoral degree, and must have lived in their respective County for at least ten years, along with the normal office requirements. |
House of Representatives | Instant Runoff | 500 | 500 | 1 | Representatives are elected by registered voters from their respective Townships every odd year on December 1st to be sworn in office January 1st of every even year. A Representatives term is two years with no term limits. Representative elections follow a five-choice list Instant Runoff system where a candidate requires a majority of votes to win. It is rare for a candidate to win a majority without runoffs. Candidates for Representative must be of voting age (20 years old), and must have held residence in their respective township for at least five years, along with the normal office requirements. | |
Freice Freice | Nuejel | First-past-the-post | 13 | 13 | 1 | Delegates are elected from thirteen single-member constituencies. The candidate with the most votes in each constituency is elected and serves a one year term. Delegates may be recalled if ten percent of electors in their constituency sign a recall petition, in which case the same procedure used in regular elections is followed. |
Gabrielland | House of Gabrielland | Single Transferable Vote Two-round system First past the post |
720 | 6 | N/A | All members of one of the six chambers of the Gabrielt Legislature is instantly part of the House of Gabrielland. Each member is chosen in a different way reflecting the house they are in. The House of Gabrielland meet once every four months to discuss latest development and cross-chamber issues such as immigrants and foreign policy. |
House of the State | First past the post | 98 | N/A | N/A | Members of the House of the State are chosen by political parties proportional to their vote attainment on the national elections. The House of the State are chosen 6 months after the legislative and prime-minister elections. The House of the State meet together to discuss governmental affairs regularly, and they specialize in making bills regarding the safety and intelligence of the kingdom of Gabrielland. This includes the police, military and the National Commission of Intelligence. Once a bill is approved, it goes to the House of the Law to be approved and debated, and finally, signed by the king. If the House of the Law does not like it, it could always send a bill back. They take in bills from House of the Exterior before approving and giving it to the House of the Law. | |
House of the People | Two-round system | 130 | 3 | N/A | Regional communities of Gabrielland (Plejka, Nushtur and Txujna) form regional ethnic governments, which chooses the members of the House of the People. Each ethnic group is allowed to hold local elections in each constituency, and the political party with more than 50% wins, and the names of the members are chosen to be selected by the regional ethnic governments of each ethnic group. The House of the People meet regularly to discuss matters regarding to the well being and prosperity of the general populace. They can pass bills directly without needing the House of the Law's approval. | |
House of the Law | Single Transferable Vote | 106 | 58 | 2 | Gabrielland is divided into 58 local district elections for the House of the Law, and each district could send 2 people. The populace directly vote for the members of the House of the Law, and the populace vote for their members by S.T.V voting. The House of the Law meet together only if there are bills that need approval. They take in bills from the House of the State, House of the Land and House of the Exterior. | |
House of the Land | Single Transferable Vote | 146 | 146 | 1 | Each member must win their own local constituency (different from the House of the Law constituencies) in order to enter the House of the Land. Elections take place at the same time as House of the Law elections to ease counting and time constraints. Each constituency can only send one person to represent them to the House of the Land. The House of the Land meets to discuss matters concerning internal affairs and matters. All bills must be approved by the House of the Law before it gets passed. | |
House of the Exterior | First past the post | 100 | N/A | N/A | Similar to the House of the State, political parties choose the House of the Exterior in proportion to their vote attainment in the latest legislative and Prime Minister elections. The House of the Exterior discusses and meets about foreign affairs and policies enacted by the government. Their bills are the toughest ones to pass, as they need to be approved by the House of the Law, House of the State and 3/4ths of the House of the Exterior. | |
House of the Operations | Two Round System | 140 | 3 | N/A | Chosen by Regional communities in a similar way to the House of the People, the House of Operations works together to form a strong economy and well-working healthcare system, and they work closely with the House of the People. The number of members for each ethnic groups are proportional to the amount of population of a specific ethnic group throughout Gabrielland. Their bills do not need to be approved by the House of the Law. | |
File:Halsunt Flag.png Halsuntria | Borough Administration | Direct Vote | 309 | 103 | 3 | A direct vote is taken to elect the Senators in the Borough Administration, simply whoever gets 50.01% or more of the vote gets elected. No other steps after that and is a very simplified version on how Councilmen get elected to office. |
Hatstheput | Lower House | Party-list proportional representation D'Hont system |
500 | 1 | 500 | The parliament composition is elected through the D'Hont system applied to a single national constituency for this chamber to be representative. The vote system used is single transferable vote. This house is in charge of enacting conventional legislations, having this chamber legislative power. For a legislation to be passed, it needs to have more "Yes" than "Noes". |
Upper House | First past the post | 35 | 35 | 1 | The members of the senate are elected through constituencies (1 per constituency), applying the first-pass-the-post system. There are 35 constituencies. This chamber has the power to reform the Constitution and veto legislations in the district where the senators where elected. | |
Kilowatt | Senate | Single Transferable Vote | 120 | 40 | 3 | Made up of forty districts with five representatives each elected via the Hare quota |
National Assembly | Single Transferable Vote | 400 | 80 | 5 | Made up of forty districts with five representatives each elected via the Hare quota | |
Kistolia | Senate | Two-Round System | 100 | 20 | 5 | Senate seats lasts for 7 years, until death, or resignation, then the people of each Territory vote for who they want in the senate. |
House of Representatives | Two-Round System | 150 | 50 | 3 | Each representative lasts for 10 years, until death, or resignation, then the people of each Territory vote for who they want in the House of Representatives. Kistolia's house of representatives is not a commonly used part of Kistolian Government, it usually is used as a legislative body, and is otherwise used for additions or removals of the constitution. | |
Parliament | Two-Round System | 30 | 4 | Parliament seats last for 20 years, until death, or resignation, then the people of each Territory vote for who they want in the Parliament. | ||
Template:Country data Layfet, Vultesia | District Assembly | First-past-the-post | 100 | ? | ? | WIP |
Borough Council | First past the post | ? | ? | 1 | WIP | |
Morrawia | Royal House of Representatives | Direct Vote | 700 | 7 | 100 | Representatives are elected for 4-year terms by eligible voters over the age of 18. Every town, city district of village has their own voting place, usually located in the town/city hall. With that, strongest party can form a coalition and creat The Government. |
Royal Senate | Two-Round System | 70 | 70 | 1 | Senators are elected every 6 years and can veto laws passed by The Royal House of Representatives, propose changes and more. Senate was established to be guarantee of democracy after fall of The Empire. Citizens in 70 disctricts can vote for their candidate. If no candidate get more than 50%, there is a second round of voting. Seat gets the candidate with the most votes. Every district has one seat in The Royal Senate. | |
Prybourne | National Board of Executives | At Large Voting | 432 | 36 | 12 | Made up of 36 districts divided among the states, all candidates for office run in one large multi-member district. Voters have the same number of votes as the number of seats to be filled. The candidates with the highest numbers of votes win. All candidates for the five seats are on the ballot and voters cast five votes for the candidates they prefer. Candidates for a particular seat must live in a certain area or district of the state. This ensures that all neighborhoods have some representation. Again all the voters in the city are able to vote for each of the seats |
Prymalia | State Khural | First past the post | 75 | 15 | 5 | The Prymalian State Khural is one of the three main administrative objects, the other two being the Paşha and the Khagan. Elections are held in the Khural every 2 years. |
Taunux | Hellenic Parliament | D'Hondt system | 300 | 10 | Varies | The 10 districts every 5 years elect 300 representatives to the Hellenic Parliament. The 300 seats are divided proportionally to each district by the amount of voters that reside in each district. The 300 seats are redistribued every 10 years after the national census. A representative can't be in office for more than 2 consecutive terms. |
Toubaze | National Assembly | Party-list proportional representation D'Hondt system |
225 | 1 | 225 | The 225 seat National Assembly is elected once every 4 years, unless an election is called earlier with combined agreement of both the President and Prime Minister. The threshold to enter the National Assembly is 3% and seats are assigned based on proportional representation with a closed-list party system. The Head of Government is the Prime Minister. |
Velnotia | Velnotian Senatorial Council | Single Transferable Vote | 480 | 16 | 30 | The sixteen provinces of Velnotia are represented in national legislation by thirty representatives from each province, including the capital province of Pristav. The Senatorial Council acts as representation to their home province, as well as provides advice to the Velnotian administration. Each province elects one Advisor to serve on the President's cabinet. |
Viha | The House of Commons | Direct Vote | 72 | N/A | N/A | The House of Commons in Viha creates/designs laws. |
The House of Lords/Senate | Direct Vote | 36 | N/A | N/A | The House of Lords in Viha scrutinizes/approves laws and sends it to the President. | |
The Executive Board | Direct Vote | 108 | N/A | N/A | TBA | |
Wolfgalia | Senate | Direct Vote | 78 | 26 | 3 | the Senate, is made up of 78 members who represent the five counties in each of Wolfgalia's provinces and the territory of Francessia. Each county has three representing senators. Senators hold a six year term, with one senatorial seat from each county up for election every two years. |
House of Commons | Direct Vote | 324 | 324 | 1 | the House of Commons, is made up of 324 members who are elected by districts made up of roughly equal populations. Members of the House of Commons serve 4 year terms and hold elections for all 324 seats every four years, turning over the entire house (with exception to those who are re-elected). |