Government of the Union

## Basic Data

* The Chorus Union is a federal parliamentary republic with a communist economic system
* The legislative branch are the Union Councils, the executive branch is the Union Executive Council, Union President and the Union Government, the judicial branch is the Union Constitutional Court and the Union High Court, along with all other courts
* Union elections are held every four years
* The Union consists of states, territories and the Chorus Bay Capital Area

## Legislative Branch

* The Union Councils are the federal legislative branch of the Chorus Union. The two councils are the **Union Council (UC)** and the **Union Socioeconomic Policy Council (USEPC)**.
* Both bodies are elected by all citizens in a proportionate representation system every 4 years, however the USPC elections only take into account employed peoples votes.
* To form the Union Government a party or a coalition of parties must receive a majority of votes in the Union Council, sepc appoints the ministers of welfare, economy and labour (these 3 positions may be merged).

### Union Council

* The main legislative branch tasked with legislative duties of non welfare, economy or labour related character
* The body is allowed to declare/end wars and approve any international treaties (however states will also have to ratify these individually) as well as amend external borders
* The Union Council has 1000 seats and 5 speakers, 999 representatives are elected one is the special pontifical representative.

Current Composition (203 elections)
 Green - Progressive
 Aurelian & Conglin National
 Union Centre
 Unity & Reform
 Union of Nonagonists

**Speakers:**

### Union Socioeconomic Policy Council

* The secondary legislative branch tasked with setting welfare, economic and labour policy
* Functions as the main federal labour union
* Has veto power over any decision that could hurt policies set by it
* the USEPC has 98 seats, its speaker is chosen out of one of the members and still is a voting member. Each elected candidate/party receives a minimum of 3 seats.

Current Composition

## Executive Branch

* The union executive branch consists of two seperate bodies the **Union Executive Council(UEC)** and the **Union Government(UG)**, alongside the **Union President(UP)**.
* The Executive Council is elected on a state by state basis in executive elections and the Union Government is indirectly elected by the legislative branch and the Executive Council.

### Executive Council

* Mostly ceremonial part of the executive branch however a rubber stamp from them is required to form a government or pass laws, may also veto any law if 60% of present members support the veto.
* They nominate and elect the Union President
* The body has 48 members, 46 state executives, 1 capital ecexutive and 1 teritory executive
* the Union President is also a member, but their position is more like the position of speaker

\*Representative elected under the local "New Way" (Labour-ANP) pre election coalition

**Union President:** Kolinda Grobar Kitarevič (ANP)

### Union Government

* Non ceremonial body of the executive branch, indirectly elected, tasked with executing laws and regulations
* Its accountable only to the legislative branch, not the UEC
* Lead by the prime minister, ministers are appointed by parliament under the prime ministers suggestion, exact number of ministers can be reduced if the prime minister chooses so
* Parliament or the people by referendum may vote no confidence to the government at any point, if the vote passed the prime minister will lose the mandate and a new government should be formed, if not union elections will be held on new years

## Judicial branch

* Consists of two courts the Union Constitutional Court and the Union High Court as well as an independent commission the Union Judicial Comission and all other courts.