Federal Government

Seal of the F.R.M.

The **Federal Government of the Federal Republic of Marthia** (**F.R.M. Federal Government**) is the government of the Federal Republic of Marthia, a federal republic located on various Minecraft servers and worlds, composed of seven states, a Capital District, and various smaller colonies and outposts. The Federal Government is composed of three distinct branches: legislative, executive, and judicial, whose powers are vested by the Revised Articles of Federation in the Federal Council, the President and the Supreme Court, respectively. The powers and duties of these branches are further defined by acts of the Federal Council, including the creation of executive departments and courts inferior to the Supreme Court.

## History

The Federal Government of the F.R.M. was founded on 01 January 2019, after the implementation of the Old Articles of Federation. The government came into existence with Spartan serving as Interim President and the Federal Council of Governors as the first legislature. Presidential elections--the first in Republic history--were scheduled for 20 January 2019. MunitorJuvo State Governor PepeTheNoob served as Interim President for five days between 15 January and 20 January 2019. Starlight State Governor M1dnight was elected as the Republic's first democratically-elected President and was sworn into office immediately on 21 January 2019.

The government formed under the Old Articles of Federation was weak and based on a confederal system of government, with highly autonomous states and little power concentrated in the federal government. President M1dnight served for only a few weeks before abruptly resigning his office sometime in early February 2019. Prime Republic Governor OneBark, as leader of the most populous state, then became Interim President until elections could be held on 10 February 2019. Fyrelandia Province Queen Emma was elected as President in these elections, and was sworn in soon after. Concurrently with the Presidential Elections, an amendment to the Old Articles of Federation was passed by the Federal Council of Governors, creating the post of Vice President and dissolving the Federal Council of Governors, to be replaced by the Federal Congress. Spartan, as the runner-up in the Presidential Elections, was sworn in as Vice President.

During the Presidency of Fyre, the role of the federal government was expanded, giving it far more power and reducing the number of government services that the states were forced to provide to their residents. The Federal Congress also became a place for representatives from each state to meet and discuss, and various legislation was passed during this time. Another constitutional amendment was passed providing for the separate election of the Vice President, and on 03 April 2019 Spartan was re-elected as Vice President. On 10 April 2019, Poprockslive was elected as President.

Towards the end of President Pop's term, a new constitution was proposed--the Revised Articles of Federation. The RAF provided far more powers to the federal government and gave it sufficient jurisdiction to properly and efficiently govern the growing F.R.M. The RAF was approved by the Federal Congress and by the citizens of the Republic in a referendum on 01 June 2019, going into effect soon after. The Federal Congress was dissolved, replaced by the Federal Council--this time composed of one Councilor per state, elected every two months. The RAF also created the post of Supreme Justice, to serve as the independent judiciary, and allowed for the creation of an Executive Cabinet, in order to better organize the tasks of the federal government.

The Federal Government, in its current iteration, was properly formed after the election of Spartan as President on 10 June 2019, with Councilors from each state also being elected on the same date and being sworn into office soon after. President Spartan then proposed the first-ever Executive Cabinet to the Federal Council, which was approved; and the Federal Government was complete and fully functional after the appointment of former president Poprockslive as Supreme Justice.

## Purpose

The Federal Government is the central government of the F.R.M., and is responsible for handling most foreign and domestic affairs regarding the Republic. The Federal Government operates and manages both the Marthia Minecraft Realm and the F.R.M. Discord Server. The Federal Government is responsible for establishing and enforcing a uniform set of federal laws, for national defense, foreign relations, economic matters, and so forth. Despite the high level of autonomy given to the state governments under the RAF, few states actually exercise this autonomy, so most government affairs are handled by the Federal Government.