Igomlaku

Igomlaku (ዒጎምላኩLaw of God) is a Federalist cultural sociopolitical system that establishes the moral code, conduct and organization of society. It is built around the Five Natural Governments(ዓዊነስዲስ የኢትፈ፡ኣራኢ ዖራኪAwinesdis Yeitfe’arai Orake) in Tuluran thought: that of scholars (reason/elitism); winds (progress/liberal/change); elephant (tranquility/peace/balance); cheetah (power/patriotic) and hawk (resourcefulness/developmental). Each natural government is represented by a political party with power in the legislature and federal government; this structure steeped in participatory democracy and consensual decision making, promoting a decentralized governing structure where power is distributed, this is known as the Tuluran Equilibrium.

Igomlaku’s roots stem from the millennia old Gombakori traditional caste system, a long standing School of Thought, where democratic society was organized around caste and a pastoral lifestyle within the Gombakor Caliphates. The first secular Igomlaku political theories arose in the mid-19th century and had the most significant impact post-war, where Igomlaku would be used to promote social cohesion and unification over budding nationalist ideology. The evolution of Igomlaku would eventually displace the former feudal power structure and pioneer Tuluran Federalism, laying the foundation for its modern government.

Philosophy

Igomlaku defines a sense of unity and common law across the vast country of Tulura, where strong identities are found between hundreds of ethnic minorities and the three distinct regional groups of Sosfari. It seeks to attain balance, peace and dialogue within the country by dissuading nationalism and separatism. Early Sosfari enlightenment philosophers such as Suru Waqussa promoted a confederated model of unified society, bringing secular Igomlaku to the forefront of Tuluran political theory. Igomlaku Caste(Dwai) were used by the Tuluran Empire from much of its periods, retaining the domination of select genealogical generations over the empire.

Meritocratic values were incorporated into Igomlaku eventually and the Dwai were phased out. This came at a period of intense Imperial Centralization under Hellenic dynasties, which proved to strengthened revolutionary Igomlaku, with a newly envisioned more democratic model first implemented on a national level by Teodros Legesse, in order to keep the country united and create social cohesion, especially among his diverse army. Anti-monarchism became entrenched in the ideology, as it was believed to be a close-minded relic of oppression. Imperialism had also stepped in the way of Igomlaku, fundamentally disagreeing with the means of Tuluran unification; which was through force and assimilation. Igomlaku promoted the ideal of harmony, also driven by the threat of enemies abroad.

Wetek, the first Amek Yadai of Tulura, had highlighted defense as an important means to harmony, quoted saying “The gates must be manned by those soldiers enthusiastic to defend this harmonious union, not on the plains fighting proud and oppressed separatist within our borders. Singular domination will not work.” The War of Ten Thousand Leagues was an important event that set the stage for this ideal to arise, as it had weakened the Kandake’s authority, as uprisings spread across the country after Tulura’s Pyrrhic victory.

Spiritual aspects of Igomlaku play an even bigger role, as the ideology is mainly secular but has spiritual background. Harmony in this context infers a natural balance exist in the world defined by God, in modern times God and Natural Law are considered one in the same by most. Thus, Igomlaku means Law of God and structures itself as such, defining natural elements in the world and replicating them symbolically. Dwai use to represent each Yenist natural ideal, however permanent political parties have now supplanted them with clergy mirrors.

Structure

Five Natural Governments

The Five Natural Governments derive from five social pillars outlined in the Tuluran constitution; scholars/education (reason/elitism); winds/storm (progress/liberal/change); elephant (tranquility/peace/balance); cheetah (power/patriotic) and hawk (resourcefulness/developmental). These five naturalistic aspects of life are considered to be in movement with eachother and are held as pivotal ideals to achieve harmony. Because each tries to overturn the other, they must exist on an equal stage to balance eachother and bring about good prosperity.

This participatory world view makes it so that each of the Five Natural Government’s is represented by their own permanent political parties, the only ones allowed to exist in the National Assembly. All parties get equal representation relative to their members. The parties also cycle through control of the Federal Council every ten years. This cycle runs in local free and open elections that happen every ten years, with each generation of new Assemblyman succeeding eachother. The former go into the Mentorship as semi-retired overseers.

The cycling control of the government does not cancel out the will of the rest of the National Assembly, as the National Assembly is upheld as having the most sway over the government; it is a consensual institution where any party that does oppose a measure halts its passing. The parties cycling their control over the Federal Council is seen as a gesture of trust and stability, ceremonial in some instances.