Politics of Old Exodus

**Politics of Old Exodus**

The politics of Old exodus were complicated enough to cover
all the bases and then some, but simple enough to not be something too
confusing to learn in school, or outsiders. It shared many similarities to the
American democratic system, and to the Roman republic. The government was split
into 5 main branches. The royalty, the council, the military, judges, and
ministers.

**Old Exodus royalty**

The exodus royalty was the emperor and empress. While they
did exersize complete control of the government, they rarely chose to do so, in
favor of a more democratic approach. They often acted as tie breakers, or veto
certain bills

**The Old High Council**

The Old high council was a mostly one house senate. Though,
there were those with a higher counting vote. These were people who became
minor generals on top of their council status they already had. While they were
few and far between, they had more power in the government than a normal
councilor. Councilors were the governmental power directly under the royalty.
They voted on laws, or could veto laws proposed by judges. They also usually
decided on the annual budget.

**Ministers**

While not exactly a policy making institution itself, ministers
were very important. They were very much like the president's cabinet in the
US, but didn't answer to the royalty specifically, and were instead their own
governmental body.

**Judges**

The only political power a judge held was that once accepted
into the position they could chose 2 new laws (one legal, one illegal) as long
as they did not break the no stupid laws law. These could be vetoed by the
royalty or the council, though if some council members like the law they could
introduce it to the council to be voted on as if it originated there.

**Military**

The military didn't make much difference in the politics of
old exodus as a whole but were their own political beast. The politics were
arranged in a way that there was one high Commander of every branch (such as
Supreme commander Sheppard and the army), who the lower commanders answered to.
The high commanders in turn answered to the high admiral of exodus. The high
admiral of exodus and Special Forces Commander would answer to no one except
the emperor and empress themselves.

The Armada also had similar politics as the government in
that there was a council of admirals answering to the high admiral of exodus.

**The Economy**

The economy of exodus was a socialist capitalism mix.
Everyone had a job in exodus, and payment was based on the job, though the
higher your pay the higher the taxes. Free healthcare, insurance etc was
already put into place. However there was still business at the heart of the
economy, taking the best parts of capitalism and a free market and adding it
in. The market wasn't completely free, but was closer to a capitalist fee
market than a socialist closed one.

**Economy details**

The currency name was the credit, and it acted in the metric
system. One centi-credit was the equivalent of a one cent piece, and one credit
was the basic "dollar".

A flat tax was put down at 10% of income at the lowest
possible wage (janitor), and steadily increased as your wage increases, up to
50% income tax as a high councilor as the highest paying job.

While you may have had higher taxes, you'd still take more
home, and the economy was more based around the working man than the elite.