President of Wennvieha

The **president of Wennvieha** (or **POW**) is the head of state and head of government of Wennvieha. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government.

## History

From the founding of the Wennviehan kingdom to the present-day, Wennviehan presidency has been modified many times through state legislature and direct democratic polling. Formerly, the Wennviehan President had powers to declare war upon another sovereign nation without Parliament's and public approval. Now after documents and processes of many parliamentary and direct democratic elections, the president of Wennvieha can only do little. Chase during his time as president actually approved of the degradation of the president's capability, going on to say that one man with too much power may become corrupted by it, noting on that his proclamation of war against Velentos, that although ended in overall victory, was a decision of "serious regret".

## Style, compensation, salary, and benefits

The president enjoys an annual salary of ₩500,000, ₩50,000 personal expense account, ₩100,000 travel account, and ₩30,000 for miscellaneous spending. In addition, the president is provided residence at the Präsidentenkammer and may utilize all its facilities and services at his/her pleasure. State dinners, official visits, and other public functions are funded by the government but all other expenses including food and laundry must be paid out of the president's finances.

The president has unrestricted access to the Presidential Chamber, the official assembly of the Executive Branch in Wennviehan government, as well as several government-owned country retreats throughout Wennvieha. A guest room within the chamber building is readily available personally for the president and his/her family whenever visiting.

The official state car is a modified armored version of the Maybach 62 limousine which is used as ground transport for the president. Two heavily modified and custom-fitted Dornier Do 228 models serve as the official aerial means of transport for the president and members of the Presidential Chamber. The president also has a fleet of 20 Marines-operated helicopters and cruisers at his/her disposal.

The president, his/her family, and personal guests receive continuous protection from the Bundespolizei and continues receiving protection for up to 20 years after exiting office. Under special circumstances, this post-office protection may be extended unto former presidents at the discretion of the current president. In the case of a severe national emergency, the president can be brought to any of the undisclosed amount of heavily guarded secret locations throughout Wennvieha to continue normal government operations.

A personal set of coat of arms and standard may be commissioned by the president during their administration for his/her use, and may receive titles from the peerage system by the Executive Council with the expressed approval of the Reichstag.

The president is officially styled with the title *Mister / Missus President* and outranks all titles and offices in the government hierarchy of importance. Former presidents may be continued to be refereed to as *Mister / Missus President*. Presidents are posthumously referred to as *The Honorable*.

## Criticism

"The presidential position can be destroyed and broken into multiple smaller positions. A reasonable response to a ballooning population. Representatives in government have grown linearly while the population grows exponentially. Meaning that every single persons vote is effectively worth less than it was 100 years ago. This also means that those positions have grown in power. As they are representing a larger and larger population. At some point the positions become literally too big to not do evil. One person cannot make decisions for millions without some of them suffering. The president of Wennvieha is impossibly powerful. Even with all the checks and balances. It's not a position a single person can hold and not do evil. Because it's literally too influential to not."

– SUP Stance on the Wennviehan presidency

*"Today, the president of the WCR can be compared to that of a sports team mascot*—*a shining figure-head and role-model that Wennviehan citizens see as a great example of leadership." -Troy I*

While many criticize WCR's lack of centralization and authority, public opinion has shifted towards a more

decentralized, federalized republic as power becomes more evenly divided among citizens rather than representatives. At the founding of the Wennviehan Republic, 38% of the 20,000 citizens polled showed approval in a fully direct-democratic republic, as of 20 VC the number of people that showed approval among 50,000 polled was 86%.