Government Structure of Sciongrad

Government & Politics

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Legislature

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The federal government of Sciongrad is largely controlled by the democratically representative bicameral parliament, which is responsible for appointing all major government officials in both the executive and judicial branches (with the exception of the Chancellor). Both the Federal Assembly, and the Federal Senate boast super majorities by the liberal government coalition, and have maintained such a majority for the better part of forty years. Each chamber of parliament is responsible for electing one of their own to serve as the president of their chamber; the president of each chamber is typically the highest ranking member of the majority party, and thus, elections are mere formalities. The president of his/her respective chamber is responsible for determining the agenda of that chamber, particularly, in which order legislation is introduced to the voting process. The federal Senate consists of 120 seats, with 12 delegates elected from each province, while the federal Assembly consists of 300 seats, and its membership is elected through a democratic vote by the nation as a whole.

Despite being a a constitutional monarchy, Sciongrad boasts a monarch of little political power and influence. The majority of policy decisions are decided upon by the Chancellor (the head of government), who is elected to five year terms by open, public elections. The Chancellor is responsible for determining the members of his/her cabinet - the duty of approving such nominations is granted to the federal parliament. Despite the seemingly insoluble liberal government coalition in the Scionite parliament, the executive branch is often occupied by members of both the Democratic Progressive Party and the Conservative Party.

The third branch of the Scionite Government is its Judicial Branch, which consists of several tiers of courts, both at the provincial and federal levels. The court system is responsible for both interpreting the law and determining the legal compatibility of federal and provincial laws with the nation's written constitution. The hierarchy of federal courts, from the lowest level to the highest, are as follows: District Courts, Appeal Courts, and the Supreme Court. Judicial officials of all courts are nominated by the Chancellor and confirmed by either federal or provincial parliaments, depending on to what court they're assigned.

The government of Sciongrad is entirely secular, which has resulted in the popularization of several reactionary and fundamentalists movements, such as the "Defensores da Liberdade" (the Defenders of Liberty), who commonly accuse the government of seeking to stamp out religion entirely. Despite being a popular grassroots movement, their party of choice - the Christian Nationalists - is a minimally influential member of the Conservative opposition government, with two members in each chamber.

Political Party	Political Ideology	Position
Democratic Progressive Party	Social Progressivism Social Democracy Moral Interventionism Scionite Federalism	Center-left
Green Liberals	Environmentalism Pacifism Democratic Socialism Social Liberalism	Left
Democratic Laborer's Party	Socialism Workplace Democracy Egalitarianism Common Ownership	Left
Conservative Party	Social Conservatism Imperialism Neoconservatism Provincial Rights	Right
Nationalism Monarchist Party	Monarchism Nationalism Laissez-Faire Economics Feudalism	Far-right
Christian Nationalism	Christian Nationalism Fundamentalism Jingoism Social Conservatism	Right
National Centrist Bloc	Centrism Pro-CIDUS Nationalism Agrarianism	Center