Politics of the Johanian Republic

The Johanian Republic was a federal libertarian socialist republic, in which the Johanian President (the head of state and head of government), Federal Senate, and judiciary share powers reserved to the national government, and the federal government shares sovereignty with the state governments. The presidential branch is headed by the President and is independent of the legislature. Legislative power is vested in the two chambers of Federal Senate: the People's Council and the Johanian Workers’ Union. The federal senate appoints the positions of President and Deputy President, whom are then to form a government with each others' political parties. The Johanian States are represented in the senate via typically two senators per state. The exception being the Myohanian Autonomous Republic whom has been granted the right to three representatives. The senate and the presidents reserve the rights to pass federal laws and regulations, as long as they comply with the Johanian People's Constitution. On a state level, the local laws are passed by the elected soviets, who must respect the federal laws and the constitution. Due to the fact that the federal laws are relatively laissez faire, and that the states hold great power in the federal senate, the Johanian states enjoy a great level of autonomy. The system has been labeled as the most democratic in the world by independent the Johanian News 2020 Democracy Index Report.

The Johanian Political System works in accordance with principles such as libertarian socialism and federal republicanism. The former can be seen in how the Johanian Workers’ Union operators, and the latter in how the People's Council is selected. The libertarian socialist ideology is prevalent in the constitution. For example, the constitution dictates that every workplace must be organized in the Worker cooperative model. The most dominant party in the Federal Senate is the Johanian Marxist-Kropotkist-Chomskist-Vaushist Party who adheres to Anarcho-Syndicalism and Vaushism, and has the stated goal of liberating the opressed and to work toward abolishing the state entirely.

In the Johanian Republic there are multiple political parties, the total number of elected parties numbered nearly a hundred. Since, in addition to parties that exist within the senate and pass federal laws, there are local parties for passing state laws and forming state governments. Although, legally there is no difference between a local and federal party, since both can be elected in a local and federal election. However, colloquially people generally distinguish them. Since a lot of the federal parties have a local sister-party, for example the Juliengrad Vaushist Party is its own local party, but it is still a branch of the Johanian Vaushist Party.

## Right-wing parties

The federal senate also hosted parties that deviated from the Johanian state ideology, such as the Taipei National Democrats and the Myohanian Independence Party, whom are more slanted towards nationalism. Also, the Juliengrad Liberal Party who are slanted towards free market capitalism and classical liberalism. These three parties began as regional parties, but since they have become *de facto* federal parties due to their support from all states and their stated ambitions to form a federal government.

### Taipei National Democrats

The **Taipei National Democrats** are a conservative and Johanian nationalist party who rose in popularity in the wake of Ninjago's blockade of the Taipei island. The party promotes agressive foreign policy, especially towards Ninjago, and often called for a declaration of war against the Axis in order to liberate the island. Additionally, the party wanted to reform the government structure from a highly decentralized federal one, to a more unitary and top-down one. This was because they wanted to "create a uniform Johanian identity", a statement which many has interpreted as being an attack against cultural diversity within the republic.

### Myohanian Independence Party

The **Myohanian Independence Party** is a right-wing, or far-right, Myohanian nationalist party, who calls for the "unification and independence of the Myohanian homeland." Which, according to their definition is the land which was mainly inhabited by the East Myohanians in the Caucasus Colony and the West Myohanians' land, which belonged to the Myohanian Autonomous Republic. The party has gained support from other fringe separtist movements due to their shared nationalist philosophy. The Myohanian Independence Party became the second largest party in Myohania, largely due to the percieved lack of influence that Marxism-Myohanism had in the country, and also the denied proposition to allow Myohania to annex the Caucasus Colony. The latter example was not supported by Myohani, and the former was later resolved by the Menshev Compromise.

### Ninjago Sympathy Party

The **Ninjago Sympathy Party** was a far-right Ninjagoist party which promoted Ninjagoan interests in Johania. The stated goal of the party was to "combat the misinformation spread" in the republic. The party was lead by Karlof and Jacob Pevsner, who believed the Ninjago State Media's allegations towards their country. It was proven numerous times that the party had close connections to the Ninjagoan government, and that they recieved large amounts of foreign donations from the state-owned Ninjagoan Co-Prosperity Project.

### Vaushist Ninjagoist Party

The **Vaushist Ninjagoist Party** (**VNP**) was a far-right organization, who adhered to Vaush Ninjagoism. It is the successor party of the Ninjago Sympathy Party. It was founded by Jacob Pevsner and Karlof who lead the party until its dissolution following the UN's mass-arrests of extremists in the former Johanian Republic. The VNP followed Pevnser and Karlof's initial version of VaushAgoism, what is generally known as *Orthodox VaushAgoism*, in which the move towards a Post-VaushAgoist Utopia is seen as humanity's ultimate goal. The VNP was the largest organization in the VaushAgoist International.

The organization was also informally referred to as the **VaushAgo-Gravisist Party** after the influx of influence from Gravis' ideas. Said ideas have been described as pro-apocalyptic and totalitarian, due to their vocal support for the Complete Removal of Crimea and a Ninja-kan government. Their stated goal is to establish a VaushAgoist stateless utopia that can establish contact with extraterrestrial beings. The pro-apocalyptic ideas include the support for worldwide nuclear war, which would according to them, evolve the dolphin population into creatures, whose intellgience surpasses humans. Gravis has also stated that the *Complete Removal of Ninjago Island* would be an "inevitable result" of this, as the proposed, *Lake of Ninjago Island* would be the new dolphin-ruled world-capital. The party has been designated as a criminal organization due to their history of violence and ties to the former Empire of Ninjago.

Following the VaushAgoist split, the organization was succeeded by the currently Gravis-lead Vaush Ninjagoist Party and later the Pevsner-lead Vaush Ninjagoist Party. Where merely the latter is recognized as a political party in the Myjohanian Union.

## Notes

1. ↑ The categorization of VaushAgoism is somewhat disputed as Ninjago considers it far-left. Though most political scientists consider it to be far-right.
2. ↑ The **Vaushist Ninjagoist Party** was not recognized as a legitimate political party by the Johanian government following a series of controversies.
3. ↑ The Gravisist's definition of a stateless society is that in which the entire world is ruled by a single totalitarian political entity.