Republic of Adenia: Government

## Overview

The overall structure of Adenia's Government is a republic. It was established as a monarchy that transitioned to a republic in 3E180. After King Camden, all future cities that would be established must be a colony for a time before earning it's charter. Adenia's government is very strictly organized and works well because Adenia has a low population. Adenia transitioned again from a loose republic to a consular republic and the districts were drawn by King Ageus in 3E254.

## Model

Issues are presented by a citizen to a minister of their sub district. If the minister cannot resolve the situation, they then present the issue to their rector. The rectors of each district will meet to resolve the situation and if it is still not resolved, the issue is presented to the district consuls. The consuls will then resolve it together, or they will present the issue before the Grand Council if the issue is of national importance/ or if a verdict is not reached. If the Grand Council cannot decide what to do at that point, the Archon decides.

## Offices and their Duties

### Office of the Archon

* Stays current on the broad affairs of the nation.
* Meets and votes with the Grand Council.
* Provides a tie breaking vote if needed.
* Delivers addresses to the public.
* Acts as the voice of the nation in foreign affairs.
* Office is in the tower of the Grand Council Hall.
* Issues military commands with Grand Council approval.
* Controls the Cyrean Guard.

### Office of the Grand Consul

* There are three Grand Consuls for each Major District of Adenia and three representing the military's interests.
* The Grand Consuls for each district cannot come from the same sub-district.
* They all have equal vote and voice in national and foreign affairs.
* They are elected from the pool of Consuls for their district every two years with a limit of three terms.
* Meet in the Grand Council Hall at Aden City.
* Their Offices are located in the Adenian Grand Council Hall.
* Votes on military actions.
* Acts as the highest court.
* The Office of the Grand Consul includes advisers, guests of the Grand Consuls, diplomats, and foreign dignitaries. They have a seat and can voice their opinions or thoughts on issues, but do not have a vote in the matters.

#### Office of the Arens (Sub Office of the Office of the Grand Consuls)

* Advises the Grand Council on the military interests, limitation, and feasibility of action.
* Acts as the leaders of the Adenian Military.

### Office of the Consul

* Each District has three Consuls (Called First Consul, Second Consul, and Third Consul) per sub-district within each district.
* They meet in their district council hall, each district has its own.
* They vote on district wide affairs and elect Grand Consuls.
* Are elected by the Rectors every five years with a limit of 4 terms.
* Their offices are in separate buildings, usually adjoined to their district council hall.
* There is a head consul who leads all meetings and gives public announcements on behalf of the council.
* They are responsible for holding council for the rectors and bringing up district wide affairs to their Grand Consuls.
* Handles larger district wide commercial deals.
* Acts as a higher court than the court of Rectors.

### Office of the Rectors

* They have five rectors per sub district with their own office in that sub district.
* They listen to the district issues presented by the Ministers.
* They are in charge and handle most local affairs.
* They are elected from the ministers every five years with no term limits.
* Handle local commerce.
* Elects Consuls every five years.
* Acts as the local courts.

### Office of the Ministers

* They act as the liaison between the people and the government.
* They use common sense to handle the smallest of issues and determine what needs to be sent up to the rectors to handle.
* They have offices all throughout Adenia and there is an ever growing number of them.
* There is a sub-group of the ministers called the officers, which are just government officials that keep the peace and order throughout Adenia. Much like a domestic military force.

## Colonies

Originally, when the first colonies of Haven, Corona, and Aichian were established by King Camden; they were meant to be easily accessible locations for Adenians to gather resources and access more remote trade routes. King Camden set them up so that once they were self-sufficient and had a working population, they would earn their charter as a city of Adenia. Self sufficiency defined by King Camden as "enough supplies and cultivation to not need imports, enough citizens to fill all necessary roles, and trade lines setup for the district only; in addition to national trade lines." Even if all those provisions were met, the colonies still had to be voted into the nation by the council.

During the second colonial era, the same rule applied but the council decided to put a deadline on the cities, if they were not self-sufficient by one decade from their founding, they will have to wait another decade for a charter. Tiguna, Tamare, Erythria, and Tipoca all recieved their charter on the first round but Aurae, and Amarere had to wait until the second decade for their next attempt. After the second attempt, Amarere achieved city-hood, but Aurae was renamed Aurae Station and had its colony status set permanently because it had too few of a population and the land was not meant for cultivation.

The colonies are represented as an extension of the nearest consular district. Each colony has a set of ministers, rectors, and one representative Consul.

## Old Government Model

Before the Consular District Model, Adenia worked with a republic of sorts. Each community, as they were founded, were given 3 votes to be carried out by the 3 elected officials who would meet at the council chambers in the palace of Aden City when topics arose. This worked until some of the communities in Aden City were getting the same representation as an entire city that had been annexed into the nation as a whole rather than in pieces by population. With a population so spread out, the council initially thought they should draw districts based on where people were, equally populated spaces. This would have worked but there ended up being just a few small circles with a large gapped area between. After some debate, a hybrid model was adopted where, taking social geography into account, they redistricted and tried to include a piece of the gapped areas in the more populated ones.