Council republic

A Council republic, is a socialist state where the population is ruled by directly elected councils. The councils are directly responsible to their electors and bound by their instructions using the delegate model of representation. This is in contrast to a free mandate as found in most liberal democracies, in which the elected delegates are only responsible to their conscience. Delegates may accordingly be dismissed from their post at any time or be subject to a recall election.

In a Council republic, voters are organized in basic units, for example the workers of a company, the inhabitants of a district, or the soldiers of a barracks. They directly send the delegates as public functionaries, which act as legislators, government and courts in one. In contrast to earlier democracy models as advocated by Alexandre Seyres, there is no separation of powers. The councils are elected on several levels: At the residential and business level, delegates are sent to the local councils in plenary assemblies. In turn, these can delegate members to the next level. The system of delegation continues to the national level. The electoral processes thus take place from the bottom upwards. The levels are usually tied to administrative levels.

Today several countries use this system of government, most notably Dezevau, Kirenia, and Lavana.