Bastard Union Political Structure

The Bastard Union is a militaristic federation operating in the continent of Bastor in 1903 AB. The federation is led by two presidents, a senate, and multiple government officials in order to keep a unified country in order.

## Presidents

No matter what time the Union is in, there is always two presidents that run the country, to ensure one does not have too much power over the other. Any 4th year State Senator may run for either presidential position at the end of the presidential terms.

### State President

The State President controls the entirety of the mainland Union, and acts as the head of the senate, governors and anything that has an official capacity in the Union borders. The main duty of the State President is to ensure smooth sailing within the senate, and has authority to pass or deny any laws that affects anything within the Unions borders. The State President has a 10 year term with no option to run again.

### Consul President

The Consul President oversees the Unions actions overseas and has complete authority over any Union presence outside of its borders, including the military. The main duty of the Consul President is to ensure the prosperity of how the Union is portrayed by foreign nations, as well as how it conducts itself outside of country borders. Similar to the State President, the Consul President has a 10 year term with no option to run again.

## Senators

Senators make up the main body of the Senate and their job is to propose laws within the Union. All Senators follow a strict path of governmental command, and must adhere to the State President. For each year a senator progresses, they are overlooked by the senatorial council as well as the State President themselves. This overseeing acts as a review of the senators actions over the previous year, and the Senator can either be promoted or demoted based upon the actions of the Senator. If the Senator causes too much harm, they can be kicked out of the Senate by the State President, with no chance of rerunning as a Senator.

### State Senator (4th Year)

A State Senator is the highest level a Senator can achieve, and is a highly prestigious title as there is only one per state, making a max total of 11 State Senators at any given time. They represent a given state and act as their representative in the Union senate. State Senators also serve on the senatorial council, whose purpose is to oversee the entire senate itself. State Senators have a term of a 5 years, and once completed, can choose to rerun and start over as an Ambassadorial Senator.

### Departmental Senator (3rd Year)

A Departmental Senator is a 3rd year Union senatorial position with the duties of overseeing state congresses. State congresses are small bodies of government that oversee important structural divisions within the state itself. Each state has 6 state congresses that are:

* Congress of Agriculture
* Congress of Transportation
* Congress of Defense
* Congress of Treasury
* Congress of Justice
* Congress of Commerce
* Congress of Labor
* Congress of Education

Departmental Senators within these congresses have the duty of running each congress their whole term. Departmental Senators have a term of 5 years, and may be promoted to State Senators at the end of their terms.

### Mayoral Senator (2nd Year)

A Mayoral Senator is a senator who inhabits the senate itself and can choose to write laws that may be passed by the Presidents. Mayoral Senators make up most of the senate itself and most only make it this far within the government. They may at any point write laws for review, and if accepted, can be passed into actual law. They may also review previous laws and change them. Any laws that affect specific areas of government (I.E. a law for transportation in the state of Alamo) go to head senators there (I.E. Alamo Departmental Senator of Transportation). All Mayoral Senators may stay in this position as long as they wish, as long as they are not kicked out of the senate due to rule breaking.