Government of the Consular Empire of Raqqos

Tool to exercise power
who wields the power - and to what end
The consuls, who had acted as an intermediary
Divine right, the mandate of the Imperial system, was disproven.
Divinity was the basis of the legal system, in that void you are left with authoritarianism under one ruler or coded laws.
Might makes right?
Tebes was overthrown by a group of individuals who espoused the codifications of laws. They also opposed authoritarian rule under Tebes, as in the absence of the Divine Right of Kings, they felt that no indvidual had a mandate to govern the people. This group overthrew Tebes and named themselves consuls, after the Ankhari Consuls who liased between the Emperor and regional kings; they saw themselves as the representatives between government and the people.
The consulate began by codifying basic laws, such as outlawing murder and theft, which had never been formalised after the collapse under Tebes. The consulate then outlined their two main modus operandi for the creation of new laws. Firstly, the Consulate could vote on
Where Imperial courts were a debate between two individuals who were then believed to be judged under Shamak, the Consulate took upon itself a view that they would decide what was and what was not just in a "court" and thus future decisions and defacto laws would come about from that.
Category:Raqqosian Politics