Government of Sordland

## Government of the Republic of Sordland

The **Government of Sordland**, formally known as the **Government of the Republic of Sordland** (**? dei Sordland** in Sordish) is the governing body of the Republic of Sordland in Suzerain. It is the most important organization in the entire nation, as well as the organization responsible for governing the Republic of Sordland.

## Structure of Government

The Government of Sordland is divided into 3 branches, each having their own set of responsibilities and tasks. Those branches are:

* **Office of the President of the Republic of Sordland** - Executive Branch of the Government, the president is considered the most important person in the country, as well as "face" of the nation abroad. The role of the President is to represent the nation interests and govern the nation with the help of 2 remaining branches. Second task of the President is to review bills and laws passed by the Assembly, in which the President can either pass the bill or veto it.
	+ **Cabinet of the Republic of** **Sordland** - Integral part of the President's Office, consisting of government ministers and presidental staff.
* **Grand National Assembly** - Legislative Branch of the Government, the role of the Assembly is creation of nation's laws by passing bills, and providing the necessary checks and balances the power between all three branches of Government.

* **Supreme Court** - Judical Branch of the Government, the main task of the Court is to examine the constitutionality, in respect of both form and substance, of laws, decrees having the force of law, and the Rules of Procedure of the Grand National Assembly. If necessary, it also functions as the Supreme Criminal Court to hear any cases raised about the President of Sordland, members of the Cabinet, or presidents and members of the high courts. The Supreme Court has the right to review enactments both before and after review, and it can invalidate whole laws or governmental decrees and prevent their application in future cases. The Supreme Court also functions as the second legislative body, when a proposal to change the Constitution of Sordland passes the Grand National Assembly of Sordland, giving them the final vote on constitutional changes. With the help of Constitution of '29, Supreme Court became one of the most powerful tools of the Government, easily interupting the work of the 2 remaining branches.

### **Office of the President of the Republic of Sordland - Paths of the President**

*Main Article: President of Sordland*

At for now, the title of 4th President of Sordland belongs to the Anton Rayne. In the game, the President has 3 ways of governing the country.

* **Reformist path** - In this path, Rayne and his Cabinet see that the nation is struggling and need huge reforms, mostly for the Constitution and the work of the government. Rayne with the help of reformist faction in USP and the PFPJ party will try to bring change by firstly applying much-needed constitutional amendments, heavily restricting and lowering the power of the both Supreme Court and the President.

* **Old Guard path** - In this path, Rayne will decide that he will continue Tarquin Soll work and ideas, and will implement Emergency Act's, heavily extending President's powers. Supported by Supreme Court and the Old Guard, Rayne will abandon any democratic reforms and will push forward to maintain status quo. As such, the Republic becomes a Authoritarian machine, fueled by fascist constitution and deep state old guard apparatus.

* **Dictator path** - In this path, Rayne will not only abandon the democratic reforms, but will also try to expand all the power only to himself. As such, Rayne will implement Emergency Act, but will extend the power of President even more, technically making himself a Single Ruler or Dictator. With the initial help of the Old Guard, Rayne will secure his new dictatorial power and will began cracking down any kind of opposition that will be raised against him. In this path, Sordland remains a "Republic" only by the name, with deep state apparatus controlled by Rayne and with violent and powerful dictatorship, which will not bow before anyone and will make everything to not lose power.

For more informations about each political paths of Anton Rayne, visit this page ---> **Political path**.

#### **The Cabinet of the Republic of Sordland**

*Main article: Cabinet*

Alongside very President of Sordland, the Office of the President has it's own governing body called "Cabinet" or "Administration". The Cabinet consists of all Government Ministers and Presidental Staff, mainly Vice President and Chief of Staff. The Cabinet is responsible for management of their appointed Ministries and assisting the President in his duties. Thanks to the Constitution of '29, President of Sordland has full authority over who sits in the Cabinet, and can appoint any Assembly member on Minister position like he want to, as well as full right to reshuffle the Cabinet. This way, the Cabinet members is usually the people who supports the President the most and are loyal to him/her.

### **Grand National Assembly of the Republic of Sordland**

*Main article: Grand National Assembly*

As stated before, the main role of the GNA is to peform legislative tasks of the government, creating bills and act's, either improving or worsening the quality of life in Sordland. The Assembly consists of 250 seats, in which these seats are divided proportionally among the parties that pass the threshold of 10% and an official Speaker of the Assembly is elected. All members of the Assembly or called MP's (Member of Parliament). At this moment, the Assembly consists of 3 political parties and 10 Independent MP's, not belinging to any party. Those parties are:

* **United Sordland Party** - both main and oldest political party in Sordland. Created by 2nd President Tarquin Soll himself, USP opts to status quo and maintaining the Soll's ideas of a Republic, as well as the ideology of Sollism. Currently holds 130 seats in the Assembly.

* **People's Freedom and Justice Party** - second largest party of the Assembly. PFJP is a liberal democratic party which aims at reforming the country to a fully democratic nation. Unlike the USP, PFJP loudly calls for reforms and they're the bulk of Assembly Opposition against USP. Currently holds 70 seats in the Assembly.

* **National Front Party** - third largest and last party of the Assembly. NFP is a nationalistic party, consisting of fascist and nationalist MP's, which aims at creating a nationalistic republic, with powerful ruler and dictatorial regime. Currently holds 40 seats in the Assembly.

* **Independents** - the last part of the Assembly MP's. As the name suggest, these are simply MP's not aligned to any political party, and are not representing any specific ideology. Currently holds 10 seats in the Assembly.

### **Supreme Court of the Republic of Sordland**

*Main article: Supreme Court*

In the Suzerain game, the Supreme Court of Sordland possess the greatest power and has ability to heavily obstruct the work and duties of both President and the Assembly. Thanks to the Constitution of '29, the Supreme Court enjoys vast powers, mostly the fact that they are required to pass any constitutional changes, as well as the fact that all of Justices of the Court has full immunity and cannot be impeached by any way. The Court consists of 11 Justices, where one of them is elected official Chief Justice - the head of the Court. The Court, just like the Assemby, is divided into few factions within, those are:

* **Old Guard** - Old Guard Justices, ruled by Chief Justice Orso Hawker, opts for status quo and maintaining the current state of the Republic, without any changes to be made. Currently 5 Court Justices are supporting Old Guards, making the Court direct tool of opposing any constitutional changes and preserving Soll's Republic.

* **Centrists** - Centrists Justices, lead by Justice Isabel Edmonds, are Justices which opts for reforms in the country, but maintaining current State of the Court, mainly keeping immunity of Justices. The main goal of the Centrists is to completly remove influence of the Old Guards in the Court. Currently 3 Court Justices are supporting Centrists ideas.

* **Reformists** - Reformists Justices, lead by Minister of Law and Justice Nia Morgna, are Justices that opts for complete reformation of both country and the Court, and most importantly - removing Old Guards from the Court. Currently 3 Court Justices are supporting reformists ideas, making chances of any reforms passing the court very small.