Volkstung

The Volkstung (Lynskese for people's town hall; known in Spanish as Ayuntamiento del Pueblo) was a governmental body that served as a rubberstamp legislature for the former Fortlese Union. The body was formed in 1940, and met from then onwards in the Fortlese capital of St. Henderson. The majority of the Volkstung's tenures were dominated by the far-left Fortnite Party, which ruled over Fortland from 1952 to 2022. The body housed 438 members at the time of the body's dissolution. The Volkstung was dissolved in 2022 as part of democratic reforms that followed the 2022 Fortlese riots, and the collapse of the Fortnite Party's government. The Volkstung was headed by the High Chancellor of Fortland; the last High Chancellor at the body's dissolution was Jayden Albert.
The Volkstung met at the Great Hall of Fortland, which prior to the Volkstung's creation was used as a museum that later moved to a specially-built building north of the government operation area. The Volkstung has been the scene of numerous events in Fortlese history; some of these events include the 1944 incident between communist and fascist politicians, the announcement of the Fortlese Civil War and later the announcement of Rola Feviermann's suicide, a shooting in 1976 that killed 32 members, and the "Death to Fascists" speech delivered by Garet Niniyad in 2010, among other events. Following the Volkstung's dissolution, a new governing body, the Senate, was formed.
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