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The position of President goes to each | The position of President goes to each Archideme in turn and lasts five years also. Hence the archideme that is to next hold the presidency has to elect TWO people to the council - the Archon and the President. The other archidemes do NOT vote the president. Until the Cult of Orcus was deposed the position of President had to be filled by a human that was native to Byzantrium, however that has since been amended to allow a human or a [[Tieflings|Tiefling]]. The role of President may only be held by one person for one term in their life (hence avoiding wealthy individuals moving from archideme to archideme every five years to get re-elected), although there is nothing barring the relatives or close associates of a President holding that role. | ||
The Council nominally reports to an "Assembly of the People" which consists of 500 men or women (50 from each archideme). The Assembly is where all the debates about laws and important affairs take place. Once a matter is debated the Assembly is meant to pass a resolution to vote on to the Council. In practice though the Council often tells the Assembly what the Council intends to vote on and uses the Assembly to gauge popular opinion. Hence the system is only "loosely" democratic - it is, in fact, an elected oligarchy. | The Council nominally reports to an "Assembly of the People" which consists of 500 men or women (50 from each archideme). The Assembly is where all the debates about laws and important affairs take place. Once a matter is debated the Assembly is meant to pass a resolution to vote on to the Council. In practice though the Council often tells the Assembly what the Council intends to vote on and uses the Assembly to gauge popular opinion. Hence the system is only "loosely" democratic - it is, in fact, an elected oligarchy. | ||
Revision as of 00:11, 13 May 2018
The Council of the Archons is a "democratic" political body that controls the Bal-Morath.
The council is made up of 10 men (or women) who are elected every 5 years by the people of the nation. The individual members of the council are called "Archons" and each comes from a specific geographical region called "Archidemes" (not to be confused with "Archimedes"). Each Archideme has roughly equal number of inhabitants. Hence each Archon represents approximately the same number of people. The role of the council is to enact laws and protect the nation. This is done via a simple majority vote.
The council has a President. This is not strictly necessary for the running of the council but is is a requirement for Imperial matters (as every nation deals with the Emperor through a single representative - usually the monarch of the nation). The President has a casting vote in the event of a tie.
The position of President goes to each Archideme in turn and lasts five years also. Hence the archideme that is to next hold the presidency has to elect TWO people to the council - the Archon and the President. The other archidemes do NOT vote the president. Until the Cult of Orcus was deposed the position of President had to be filled by a human that was native to Byzantrium, however that has since been amended to allow a human or a Tiefling. The role of President may only be held by one person for one term in their life (hence avoiding wealthy individuals moving from archideme to archideme every five years to get re-elected), although there is nothing barring the relatives or close associates of a President holding that role.
The Council nominally reports to an "Assembly of the People" which consists of 500 men or women (50 from each archideme). The Assembly is where all the debates about laws and important affairs take place. Once a matter is debated the Assembly is meant to pass a resolution to vote on to the Council. In practice though the Council often tells the Assembly what the Council intends to vote on and uses the Assembly to gauge popular opinion. Hence the system is only "loosely" democratic - it is, in fact, an elected oligarchy.
