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==Archadian Government== | ==Archadian Government== | ||
| + | Despite having a Queen on the throne, the Archadian Government is run by a Prime Minister (PM) who is the head of the government. The PM is responsible to the Archadian Parliament, headed up by various female members from the different areas of Archadia Prime and outlying Archadian worlds (Archadia II, Archan and Antiopol), with the outlying worlds having the fewest members due to the smaller amount of established communities. | ||
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| + | === The Queen === | ||
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| + | The Archadian Monarch, currently Queen Melanippe III, is the Head of State of the Arhcadian Worlds. | ||
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| + | The Queen takes little direct part in government, and must remain strictly neutral in political affairs. However, the legal authority known as the Crown remains the source of the executive power used by the Government. | ||
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| + | These powers are known as Royal Prerogative and can be used for a vast number of things, such as the issue or withdrawal of passports, to the dismissal of the Prime Minister or even the Declaration of War. The powers are delegated from the Monarch personally, in the name of the Crown, and can be handed to various ministers, or other Officers of the Crown, and can purposely bypass the consent of Parliament. | ||
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| + | The head of Her Majesty’s Government, the Prime Minister, also has weekly meetings with the sovereign, where she may express her feelings, warn, or advise the Prime Minister in the Government's work. | ||
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| + | In practice, the Royal Prerogative powers are almost all delegated to the Government or to Crown officials. Some of these powers are: | ||
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| + | '''Domestic powers''' | ||
| + | *The power to dismiss and appoint a Prime Minister, the latter being a rarity as most PMs are elected by Parliament. This power is exercised by the Monarch herself. In theory, she may choose a Prime Minister of her own choice. | ||
| + | *The power to dismiss and appoint other ministers. This power is exercised by the Prime Minister alone. | ||
| + | *The power to summon and prorogue Parliament. | ||
| + | *The power to grant or refuse Royal Assent to bills (making them valid and law). This is exercised by the Monarch, although no Monarch has refused to grant Royal Assent to a bill passed by Parliament since Queen Orithal in the year 1804 (Earth standard). | ||
| + | *The power to commission officers in the Armed Forces. | ||
| + | *The power to command the Armed Forces of Archadia. This power is formally exercised by the Defense Council. | ||
| + | *The power to grant Prerogative of mercy (though Capital Punishment is abolished, this power is still used to remedy errors in sentence calculation). | ||
| + | *The power to grant honors. | ||
| + | *The power to create corporations via Royal Charter. | ||
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| + | '''Foreign powers''' | ||
| + | *The power to ratify and make treaties. | ||
| + | *The power to declare war and Peace. | ||
| + | *The power to deploy the Armed Forces outside of Archadian territory. | ||
| + | *The power to recognize states. | ||
| + | *The power to credit and receive diplomats. | ||
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| + | === The Prime Minister === | ||
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| + | The Archadian Prime Minister has almost always hailed from Archadia III and is an elected member of Parliament by the Parliament members. She acts as the voice of Parliament to the worlds and is the speaker of the house when Parliament is open. Archadians do not have political parties and the PM is often a former member of Parliament who has been voted into the position by a popular vote. | ||
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| + | While the PM is bound by the laws set forth by Parliament, she can make decisions on her own as long as they are in accordance with the standing laws at the time. She serves until she retires from service, dies, is impeached by Parliament, dismissed by the Queen or assumes the position of Queen once the sitting Queen retires or dies. | ||
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| + | === Parliament === | ||
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| + | Parliament is the supreme legislative body of the Archadian Government and is located on Archadia III in the Parliamentary Palace, located very close to the Queen's palace. It is made up of representatives of each state who have been elected by the population of each. They serve eight year terms before re-election and can serve up to three terms. | ||
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| + | Regular Parliament meetings are held six times a year (bi-monthly) and special meetings can be called by the PM, by no less than ten members of Parliament in a request forwarded to the PM's office or by summons of the Queen. | ||
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| + | === Cabinets === | ||
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| + | The Cabinet Office is a department of the Archadian Government responsible for supporting the Prime Minister and Cabinet of the United Kingdom. It is composed of various units that support Cabinet committees and which co-ordinate the delivery of government objectives via other departments. Members of the Cabinet are referred to as Ministers. The current Cabinet Office Ministers are: | ||
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| + | *Prime Minister Aegina - Head of Government, Treasury Cabinet | ||
| + | *Deputy Prime Minister Vesper - Deputy Head of Government, President of the Council | ||
| + | *Minister Marsala - Paymaster General | ||
| + | *Minister Drax - Minister of State | ||
| + | *Minister Plomer - Minister of State | ||
| + | *Minister Saabin - Minister of State | ||
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| + | === Judiciary === | ||
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| + | The Judiciary of Archadia is not a single body. Each of the separate legal systems in Archadia III, Archadia II, Archan and Antiopol have their own judiciary. The judges of the Supreme Court of Archadia have jurisdiction throughout all planets in the Archadian system. | ||
==History of Space Flight== | ==History of Space Flight== | ||
