Politics of Ovandera
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| Polity type | Socialist Confederal Democracy |
| Constitution | Civil Accords of Ovandera |
| Legislative branch | |
| Name | General Forum of the Communist Party |
| Type | Unicameral |
| Meeting place | Volkshauptgebäude, Vanner People's Capital Building |
| Presiding officer | , Speaker of the Central Forum of the Communist Party |
| Executive branch | |
| Head of State | |
| Title | Commissar of Foreign Affars Kommisar der Außenpolitik |
| Appointer | General Forum of the Communist Party |
| Cabinet | |
| Appointer | General Forum of the Communist Party |
| Ministries | 26 |
| Judicial branch | |
| People's Court Volksgericht | |
| Seat | Vanner |
Typology
Cardinal Economic Democracy
- Further Information: Cardinal Socialism
The Communist Party
The Ovan Communist Party (Ovan: Ovänitsche Kommunistische Syndikatverwaltungspartei | English: Ovan Communist Syndicate-Administrative Party) is the central coordinative polity of the Common State. It is a cooperative organization, made up of representatives and appointees from local Labor Committees and organized into a series of general forums and specialized commissariats, each focusing on various economic or political functions. The Party is meant to facilitate economic management on various administrative levels. Officially the O.K.S.V.P. is a neutral association with equal power to local committee's on the commune level; it respects local authorities right to free organization while enforcing individual rights and entitlements.
Party Forums
Party Forums are made up of democratically elected industrial representatives. There are 5 Forums within the Communist Party at the federal level: The General Forum alongside the Forums on Agriculture, Production, Transport, and Construction. The General Forum is made up of representatives from each of the Cantons and is the primary council in which major economic plans are formulated. Its duties are primarily technical and administrative, developing broad initiatives around which local workers will organize. The General Forum likewise has the ability to propose federation-wide legislation, as well as to set social and foreign policy.
The four smaller forums focus on the 'four pillars of labor' within the Common State, on which all specific industries are built. Each of these smaller forums are made up of two groups, first being representatives from particular Union Sections of local Labor Committees, as opposed to the committees as a whole. Second to these representatives are specialized appointees; appointees are usually specialists within their field in terms of expertise or administration, and are appointed by the representatives of their Forum, they likewise have the ability to vote and participate within the forum. These Forums likewise have their own specific functions; the Forum for Agriculture for example is the primary decision making body in terms of agronomy, agroforestry, and environmental legislation. Specialized Forums develop similar economic plans to the General Forum, but with the ability to establish much more specific plans and longterm objectives.
Commissariats
Commissariats are formed similar to the Specialized Forums of the National Party, being made up of representatives from specific Union Sections as well as appointed specialists. Commissariats pertain toward specific industries similar to pre-revolutionary industrial unions and are the primary pan-national means of labor organization, outside of local Labor Committees, and have the ability to set mass objectives and economic stratagem akin to a corporation in a capitalist country. Local Cooperatives organize at their own behest, but they work toward goals decided upon collectively within any given Commissariat.
Party Committees
Outside of official forums within the party there are various jobs and functions, those within the Commissariats, which are appointed or
Elections and Decision Making
Deliberation & Referendum
There are two recognized styles of local action within the Common State, Major and General. General, or on-going actions are any actions or decisions made my a Labor Council that affects only that Labor Council, such as minor economic decisions or community projects. Major actions are any actions proposed by a Labor Council that would affect other Communes, these include major construction projects, economic plans, or laws, that are proposed by local bodies.
Major and General actions begin the same way, with a Commune's Labor Council deliberating a proposal. If the proposal is supported by the Commune, it is either implemented, sent on to all other Communes that it needs ratification from, repeating the process, or forms a national referendum.
Referenda manage immediate actions within the State, including unofficial deliberative time periods for each commune, followed by a set vote. Referendums in the Common State follow three general procedures, isolated, universal, and public. Isolated referendum is a kind of direct-democratic executive decision applied to the populations of Communes directly affected by a major Central Party decision, while universal referendum apply to all communes within the Party. Public Referenda follow an outlined procedure, where would-be Referendum are put on public display to be ratified first by its starting community, commune, canton, and then the nation as a whole where it is run through both a general public referendum, chamber vote, and put forth before the People's Court.