Earth Government

Formed in the years following the aftermath of the war that brought so much ruin, the Earth Government is a two tiered system in which various regions select representatives by popular vote, these representatives handle legislative as well as committee administrative matters. Passing or revoking laws by two third's majority vote, while also being appointed to head or be party to committees that handle common oversight ranging from energy allocation to pollution to equality modification to ensure that no one region goes underdeveloped.

Every seven years a new 'Presider' is elected who acts as the face of the global government. His role, aside from approving the laws of the legislature, he sets policy goals for the legislature which must take precedence over all other actions, he is also head of the military and the sole authority over military access to weapons of mass destruction. If he should veto a law passed by the legislature, they can overrule him by a three fourth's majority.

Adjudicator positions are for single twenty-five year periods (save for one member chosen every seven years) and rule on matters of law and come from the ranks of the lower court benches. They rule on conflicts between laws passed and preexisting laws, and address challenges on 'negative impact laws' wherein a suit is brought because a law violates three core precepts-

* The Rights of Man
* Binding without protecting or protecting without binding
* Quality of Life

* Amalgamated Legislature - The legislative branch. Each representative is elected for four year terms, but must retire from service after five terms. They must be no younger than thirty and no older than sixty. After this they may be appointed as 'advisors' to the Presider, but if not, they are prohibited any involvement with government or government contracts of any kind other than the office of Presider. They are returned to life as an ordinary citizen afterward. Most go on to become writers, speakers, activists, or broadcast commentators.
* Presider - The head of state for Earth. They are elected for one term and typically come from the ranks of the legislature or less commonly, the Judiciary. After serving as a Presider they are prohibited from holding further political offices or working for the government in any capacity. The one exception to this is if they are selected as an advisor to their replacement. They provide policy guidance, set priorities for law, pass laws, and appoint one member of the Adjudicators every seven years. Presiders must not be over the age of sixty when elected, nor under the age of thirty-five.
* Adjudicators - A one hundred and one person panel of judges chosen from the four quadrants of the world, save for one member who can be appointed from anywhere, who is chosen by the Presider. Their selection must be approved by the legislature, again save for the one selected by the presider.

All parties wishing to run for public office must take and pass advanced lessons in civics to ensure a thorough understanding of their work, and on their election they are provided with a specialized AI (Artificial Intelligence) assistant that has no other purpose than to act as a secretary and organizer for their day to day activities.

Interestingly, because of Earth's past trouble with psychopathic people rising to power, in the early years of government *before* widespread genetic modification removed the genetic links to empathy diminishing mental conditions, it was common to administer genetic tests to ensure nobody with the inability to empathize with people, entered office.

As the genetic predisposition to psychopathy was removed, subsequently society began administering the 'power corruption' exam. An exam in which those wishing to hold public office would be put into a simulation and made to *believe* it was real. They would be given power within the simulation to then see how they handled it and graded on a corruption scale based on predefined actions via AI detection which could then be subjected to a blind appeal if they dispute the results. Accepting bribes would be automatic failures, while trivial things like letters of recommendations to get friends a job would be trivial.

Note that a condition of service for legislators, presiders, and adjudicators is that under no circumstances are they permitted to own, co-own, or have any commercial interests during their term. Nor are they permitted to 'consult for' any industry after office for which their work held legislative interests during service. While this is a severe restriction, it is seen as necessary to avoid the most common workarounds for corruption.

Those who fail simulation tests are prohibited from holding any public office or heading any corporation, though they may retake the test every five years to account for the possibility of change.