Assembly of the Merchants

The Assembly of the Merchants is the main governing institution of Aranwaën. It is both the legislature and wields executive powers such as diplomacy, control of the army and the administration. It is made up of up to three hundred members from the country's most influential and wealthiest merchant families and corporations, guilds. The number of seats per group is determined by wealth, historical factors and political connections. The largest entity in the Assembly today are the representatives of the Noënilan, making up 133 of the 277 members. The Assembly meets weekly in its building in Aranaine, the republic's capital.