Politics of Romania

The political system of the Romanian Republic is one of the most complex in the server's history. As is the case with any nation that promotes inclusiveness for all, political movements in the Republic vary widely, ranging from the determined democratic socialist policies of current president XiphosS, coined XiphosSism (see below) to the mostly apolitical approaches of current Leader of Parliament Luucca to the monarchist sentiments of Minister of Agriculture 1SeBi3. Below is an overview of most politically relevant information about the Romanian Republic.

## Governmental Structure

The Romanian Government's structure is seemingly not too complex but, in reality, it is very much so. At the top of the political hierarchy stands the President of the Republic, which has a notable amount of authority which can be, however, vetoed by the people, using methods which will be mentioned later. Below the President stands the Parliament, officially the Popular Assembly. It is headed by the Leader of the Parliament (LP), elections for the position being planned to take place every two weeks, though the beginning of this biweekly cycle is planned to be only around the server's launch. The Parliament serves as both a traditional government but also as a traditional parliament, it being named as the latter due to its importance in passing laws. This merging of these two very important bodies in any organized state was motivated by the fact that "Minecraft politics" aren't as complex as real politics, and that there would be no need to give every single citizen in the nation and every citizen which will join the nation a position in a bloated government or parliament, as organizing an efficient parliament and government would take a notable number of members. Nevertheless, lower than the Parliament is the Popular Council, which serves a distinct and very important role.

### The President

The President's powers are not codified, they being, generally, quite high. Thus, the President is able to make and propose laws to the Parliament without debating them beforehand, is able to pass emergency ordinances, conduct diplomacy with foreign powers, among other attributes.

The Presidency is supposed to be an apolitical office. However, this does not mean that the President cannot pass laws which may seem socialist, monarchist etc. Instead, the apoliticism of the office generally refers to not directly involving in the nation's political life and, more importantly, to preserving the democratic process.

### The Parliament/Popular Assembly

The Parliament's powers are, generally, equal to those of the President. The Parliament can debate and propose laws without presidential approval. However, laws classified as important must also be approved by the President, though the inverse is also applied in the case of an important law being proposed by the President.

The Leader of the Parliament has notable powers within this institution, as they can assemble a new government upon being confirmed by the President after an election. This confirmation does not mean approval, as the President is unable to veto a popular vote. Rather, it represents that the vote has officially ended. By assembling a government, the LP names a Minister of Agriculture, the Army, the Economy and of Civil Infrastructure. The Parliament's operations, despite being, at the highest level, intertwined with those of the government, are generally separate from those of the government. This is done to ensure that neither the Presidential faction nor the Parliamentary faction gains too much legislative power.

#### The Actual Parliament

The 'actual' Parliament refers to what would be a parliament in real life - the legal, official body which decides upon national laws. It is unicameral and composed of all national members which have vowed or at least promised to try to join Magna Terra and help develop the nation. There is only one citizen which is currently not part of the Parliament, and it is due to current hardware problems on their side of things.

#### The Actual Government

With its 4 positions, the 'actual' Government is where most of the work is made. The 4 ministries coordinate the majority of the nation's development, being in strong cooperation with the local populace, which represents one of the nation's most important characteristics. Moreover, Government members must also be Parliament members, though the inverse is not true. As most decisions are voted or debated heavily upon with the people of Romania, even those which aren't part of Parliament or even the Government, the positions generally refer to those who are willing to put in extra work to develop some ideas for the country's continued development and prosperity and for the people who may hold short speeches during debates. As the country is a direct democracy, the 4 ministerial positions just solidify the power of the willing to work and of the competent at working, ensuring a system of limited meritocracy.

The Parliament and Government are both, at the highest level, the same institution, though merely so in order to simplify the Romanian administration, assuring it does not become bloated. In fact, excluding the highest of political functions, the Parliament as a decision-making authority and the Government as the executive state organ barely intersect at all in their activities.

### The Popular Council

The Popular Council is perhaps the most interesting of the political institutions in Romania. It has no direct power in interfering with politics, but it has the unique ability of vetoing any law so long as a large proportion of citizens agree to vetoing said law. Every citizen of Romania is automatically welcomed into the Council and voting is, while heavily encouraged, not mandatory.

## Political Movements

### XiphosSism

Named after the nation's current president, XiphosS, these policies generally refer to the internal development programs spearheaded by him. They revolve around democratic socialism, peaceful development and cooperation between all members of society, making politics close to even the most disillusioned with it and with welcoming all the poor, huddled masses into the country. Below are the ideology's concrete pillars.

#### Democratic Socialism

Perhaps the 'rallying-cry' of the movement, democratic socialism has managed to unite all of the nation's members under one, red banner. It advocated for at least a level of equality between members of society. Believing that, in Minecraft, it would be unfair to enforce equality, as wealth in the game is commonly proportional with the time and effort spent gaining said wealth, it rather stands for close cooperation between members of society, though as well as relative equality, being opposed to communism.

#### Inclusiveness

Welcoming all, though prioritizing none, this is also a very important policy of XiphosSism. Taking inspiration from the verses of The Great Colossus, it believes that all have a place in Romania, and that all should be able to express themselves in Romania, so long as they do not harm other groups, thus excluding, perhaps most importantly, any far-right extremism from the political landscape.

#### '3 Steps Ahead' Policy

This policy has been the cornerstone of the XiphosS administration. Basing itself around careful planning of anything in the country, being dependent on cooperation and cooperation being dependent on it, the idea has proves massively successful in preparing Romania for the server's launch. Though the bureaucracy of Romania is slightly overwhelming and perhaps inflated at its core, everything of importance and almost everything of low importance has already been planned through constructive debates on diverse topics.

#### Rights for All

In Romania, almost everything imaginable is permitted though, of course, excluding things such as violence. Pursuing a policy of giving rights to even those which he dislikes, XiphosS has assured that freedom of, almost everything, especially that of speech and opinion, shall be guaranteed for the country's entire existence.

#### 'A Nation of Savants' Policy

Arguing against conflict, territorial expansion and exploitation of lands, this term generally refers to diplomatic and internal idealism bolstered by XiphosS and by his urging for a more pacifist society. This has had the wanted effect of linking some of the server's most important international institutions to Romania and of assuring the internal economical development of the country.

### The Parliamentary Faction

Though the current parliament is very supportive of XiphosS, it most certainly has its own ideals and political opinions. Mostly being apolitical, the so-called 'Parliamentary Faction', headed by current LP Luucca, generally wishes to develop the nation without devoting itself to any ideological goal.

### The Governmental Faction

The 'Governmental Faction' also has its own ideals and opinions, though being maybe even more supportive of the president than the decision-making Parliament. It can generally be split into the agrarian-monarchic caucus of Minister of Agriculture 1SeBi3 and the clique of MrTommy2o, the country's Minister of the Army.

#### The Agrarian-Monarchic Caucus

When the initial elections in Romania took place, 1SeBi3 led the monarchic movement, which argued for XiphosS to become a monarch. Though he himself was strongly against this and rather urged 1SeBi3 to proclaim himself monarch and have a debate with him, this never happened. Nevertheless, the monarchists continued their activities, scoring 2 votes in the election, which resulted in a landslide victory for XiphosS' democratic socialist group. Today, the monarchists still stand, rhetorically mentioning that the country would be better of under the monarchy in some debates. They have rather taken on a more agrarian policy, wishing to develop the country's agriculture alongside its infrastructure and pledging to "fill all of Romania with beetroot", after a dispute regarding this food item, which took place on the national Discord.

#### The 'Clique'

Representing the opinions of MrTommy2o more than an actual clique, this faction is strongly aligned with XiphosS' policies but wishes for greater funding for the army. They may support taxing the populace, implementing a sort of weekly item quota which may need to be filled in order to assure the military's development and favor the development of Iteration 2's tanks, though it is unclear if they will also be implemented in Iteration 3. Nevertheless, while this may make the 'clique' appear as a more conservative, stratocratic faction, it is actually very libertarian in its views, which is what placed it on the same political line as the president.