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POLITICS
The government of Wyster (irhith)
is appointed by parliament, although the king usually
nominates the candidate Prime Minister, who discusses
the composition of the government with the political
party or parties that represent a parliamentary majority.
The last elections in 2017 and 2021 were won by the
Fortress Party (DW, Dyrt Warh).
Legislative
The Higurstat Baan ('Assembly of the Realm')
consists of a first (permanent) chamber, the Uth Binder
or 'General Court', which consists of 671 members who are
elected every four years through a first-past-the-post system,
and a second chamber, the Uth Peg or 'High Court',
which consists of 199 members and convenes only when
summoned by either the king, by 6/7 of the members of the
Uth Binder, or 42,000 citizens (or a combination of these
three) to discuss special subjects.
Political parties
Dyrt Bleugh ('People's Party',
conservative), Dyrt Warh ('Fortress Party', progressive). There
are other, smaller parties that rarely get more than 60 seats.
Seat division
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2013 |
2017 |
2021 |
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Dyrt Warh ('Fortress Party') |
196 |
349 |
337 |
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Dyrt Bleugh ('People's Party') |
369 |
242 |
305 |
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Dyrt Blys ('Green Party') |
063 |
035 |
015 |
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Farstastat ab Muh ('Unity for the Future') |
- |
014 |
007 |
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Dyrt Ceethceus ('Citizens' Party') |
043 |
031 |
007 |
Executive
The government consist of a Prime Minister, a Vice Prime Minister,
and several Ministers. The Prime Minister is generally known as
the Ceagrys sie Irhith ('Chairman of Government') or
Ceagrys for short. The Vice Prime Minister is known as the
Eurthcaes ('Second Person').
Membership international organisations
Wyster is a member of the Assembly of Nations.
Judiciary
Judicial power in Wyster is executed by judges, who are appointed
by the Farseucstat Threh sie Arstat ('Royal Committee of
Law'), which consists of 33 legal experts nominated by the Uth
Binder and appointed by the King for 7 year terms. Judges are
appointed for 4 to 7 year terms, except for the
13 judges of the Uth Threh Peg ('Royal High Court', the
constitutional court), who are appointed for life. There are
courts that have general responsibilities and those that deal
with specific legal matters. The Munustyren se Affyr
Thortes ('Ministry of Public Affairs') is the independent
state authority that is responsible for the prosecution of
cases brought against people or institutions who are
suspected of committing criminal offenses.
Military
The Ivyrstathe Ghievawynne Wiesse ('Wystrian Armed
Forces', IGW) provide military defence independently or within
international alliances according to international
agreements. Conscription has existed since 1930, but has not
been actively implemented since 1996, making the IGW in
practice a professional standing army. The Commander-in-Chief
is the King (in practise represented by the Minister of Defence)
while operational command falls under the responsibility of the
Joint Chiefs of the General Staff of the IGW.
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