Imperial Parliament (Vosteibia)

The Imperial Parliament (Vosteibian: Имперский Парламент; tr. Imperskiy Parlament) is the bicameral legislature of Vosteibia. It is comprised of the upper house which is the appointed 150 member Vosteibia. The lower house is comprised of 500 members known as the State Duma which is comprised of 75% appointed and 25% elected, for a total of 125 elected seats.
==History==
The Imperial Parliament was created by Tsar and Emperor Lubomir IV at his New Years decree in January, 1875 with the passing of the "Law on the Reorganization of the State" which was heavily influenced and pushed by modernizers within the Imperial government. Many of these reformers and influencers formed the Octobrist Party, heralding back to the meeting with the Tsar and Emperor in October, 1874 in which the Tsar and Emperor agreed to the reforms and modernizations.
Baron Vladislav (Slava) Stanislavovich Osin, the leader of the Octobrist was elected and appointed as the first Chairman of the State Duma. The Octobrist have been keen to remove any scent of republican or socialist, communist elements from the Octobrist and are rapidly growing into a dominant political party. This is much to chagrin of the Loyalist Party, which is comprised of many old noble families and traditional supporters of the feudal society that has empowered them. Octobrist are comprised mostly of soldiers, sailors and the growing middle class who desire a balance between autocratic monarchy and constitutional monarchy.
==Political groups and parties==
*Loyalist Party (Voestibian: Лоялистская партия; tr. Loyalistskaya partiya)
*Imperial Soldiers and Sailors Association (Voestibian: Ассоциация Императорских Солдатов и Моряков; tr. Assotsiatsiya Imperatorskikh Soldatov i Moryakov)
*Union of All Voestibian People (Voestibian: Союз всех Вестибских Людей; tr. Soyuz vsekh Vestibskikh Lyudey)
*Octobrist Party (Vosteibian: Октябристская партия; tr. Oktyabristskaya partiya)
Category:Politics of Vosteibia