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The United Commonwealths of Gagium.
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[**] Politics of Gagium
Gagium is a confederal presidential constitutional monarchy in which the elected President heads the executive branch and is tasked with appointing executive staff, who oversee the various Ministries of Gagium's government. The King of Gagium is the head of state, though he also serves as a connection between the lower orders of nobility and the government. The executive branch exercises power under the consent of the Monarch (The Monarch is constitutionally required to approve all Ministers, though this can be overridden by the House of Lords) and in the name of the people of Gagium.Legislative power is vested in the bicameral National Assembly, which consists of the House of Lords and the Senate. The House of Lords consists of representatives appointed by the local governments of each Commonwealth, March, and Free City, and seats are apportioned based on population (Except in the cases of the seven Marches, in which each March may appoint five representatives). The House of Lords holds more power than the Senate, which is the lower house of the National Assembly. The Senate is elected by the people of the XXX electoral districts of Gagium. which are drawn every ten years.
The three 'major' parties in the Gagiumish legislature are the Confederal Party, Labor Party, and the Liberal Union. The Confederal Party is a right-wing conservative party that typically draws support from nobility and the upper middle class, advocating for capitalism, consent-required serfdom in its current form, and socially conservative policies. The Labor Party is center-left, drawing support from lower nobility and the middle-lower classes. They advocate for regulated capitalism, decreasing the power of nobility within the Commonwealths and Marches, slowly phasing out serfdom, medicare for all, and centrist social policies - The Labor Party fashions itself as the champion of the workers. The Liberal Union, on the other hand, is the nation's dominant progressive party, being supported by the upper-middle classes. Their main stances are environmentalism, regulated capitalism, regulating titles of nobility and eventually phasing them out, and social justice.
The Supreme Court of Gagium is the highest court in the land, serving as an appeals court for major cases, especially those regarding the constitution. Members of the Supreme Court are appointed by the King and approved by the House of Lords, and are required to be non-partisan. There are currently eleven Justices serving on the Supreme Court.
1. Introductory
2. Political Issues
– Serfdom
– Nobility Privileges
3. Commonwealth Government
4. Local Government
5. Political Parties & Elections
– Political Parties
– Elections
Several political issues unique to Gagium are prominent during the national elections that happen every two and a half years. Politicians are often divided on a variety of economic and social issues, especially in regards to the impacts of Gagium's monarchy and feudalistic class system. Politicians from the Labor Party and Liberal Union both call for regulating the economy to a greater extent and putting certain limits on titles of nobility and phasing out nobility, though the Liberal Union tends to be more socialistic in regards to economic policy. The Labor Party, on the other hand, calls for more union rights while retaining a capitalistic economy. The Confederal Party advocates for the current economic form of Gagium, which includes retaining voluntary serfdom.
In relation to this, politicians from all major parties occasionally talk out against the "upper 1%" to gain votes, though the Confederal Party's policies benefit the upper classes much more than those of the Labor Party of Liberal Union. The Liberal Union is for raising taxes on everyone making above $25,000 in income, while the Labor Party supports raising taxes on the wealthy and decreasing taxes on the poor and lower-mid middle classes. The Confederal Party, on the other hand, has more of a murky tax policy, though they tend to support tax cuts in general.
Serfdom remains one of the largest, if not the largest, political issue in the United Commonwealths of Gagium. In national politics, the political parties running for office have clear policies on serfdom, with the Labor Party & Liberal Union being against it (The Labor Party isn't for immediate abolition) and the Confederal Party supporting the nation's current system of serfdom. No major political party supports making serfdom involuntary before a contract is signed, and all political parties have opposed the children of serfs becoming serfs themselves legally. In the marches of Blackgold and Holiness, however, many serfs are essentially forced to have their children serve as serfs until their contracts are up, though this technically remains illegal.
However, in terms of Commonwealth politics, the topic of serfdom becomes a bit more murky, largely being based off of a territory's economic needs and geographic location. For example, many of the more urbanized, eastern Commonwealths and Marchs have regulated or completely outlawed serfdom due to the impracticality of it in the industries of those territories. In the more rural interior of the nation, however, serfdom is largely legal, being regulated in all cases, though the degree of regulation varies widely. For example, in the Commonwealth of Alsylvania, serfdom contracts need to be signed in the presence of a government-recognized lawyer, and are immediately sent to the legal representatives of both parties as well as the Commonwealth Court. Most disabled and elderly people cannot enter into serfdom as well. However, in the Commonwealth of New Brismel, nearly anyone may sign a contract of serfdom, and it doesn't have to be in the presence of any legal representative. The contract only needs to be sent to the Commonwealth Court, though businesses sometimes neglect to do this,
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Privileges of Nobility
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Commonwealth-Level Government
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Political Parties & Elections
