The Commonwealth of Rutania is a constitutional monarchy lead by a monarch belonging to the House of Vandermark.
The politics of Rutania take place in the framework of a parliamentary democracy based on federal division of powers, consisting the five regional commonwealths: Ardinia, Bozarland, Delvar, Kragusrov and Khodor. The name "commonwealth" means that it is a federated union of mentioned regional commonwealths, but also a political union of all its citizens. There are three branches of government: the legislative, the executive and the judiciary.
The Monarch[]
The monarchy of Rutania was introduced in 2958 and is regulated by the Carta Rutanii. The Carta Rutanii is a flexible piece of legislation which regulates the functioning of the monarchy as an institution.
The Carta Rutanii can be continuously modified or improved with a majority of 2/3.
The monarchy is hereditary within the House of Vandermark. The title of the monarch is HM, King of Rutania and East Dovani.
His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council[]
Lord President of the Privy Council - is always the actual Prime Minister of the Commonwealth. Thus the Lord President of the Privy Council becomes the de facto wielder of executive powers subordinated to HM the King.
Lord Privy Seal - is always the Secretary of State for Public Administration from within the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The Lord Privy Seal is the highest ranking civil servant of the Commonwealth and thus occupies the leading position in the His Majesty's Civil Service.
Lord High Ambassador - is HM's international representative and advisor in foreign policy.
Lord High Treasurer - is the head of the Royal Treasury, which is responsible for handling the financial issues of HM's court. He also advices HM in economic issues.
Lord High Constable - is always the Minister of Defense. He is the de facto head of the Rutanian Armed Forces and Commander of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Lord Chancellor of the Court - is the spokesman of HM The King.
Lord Spymaster - is the leader of the Rutanian Military Intelligence, named by the Parliament.
Lord Governor of East Dovani - is the Governor of Rutanian East Dovani appointed by the Prime Minister and Lord President of the Privy Council and is approved by the Parliament.
Legislative Branch[]
The legislative power is exercised by the Parliament, the only body which can elaborate the laws of Rutania. The Parliament of the Commonwealth is the sole sovereign legislator of the realm. It has the monopoly over elaborating the laws of the land and modifying the constitution. The Parliament also has monopoly over approving budget and taxation after the proposal of the cabinet. The Parliament is directly elected based on a system of proportional representation every 42 months, or sooner if a motion for early election is passed, and consists of 500 members. For the purpose of parliamentary elections, the Regional Commonwealths are the constituencies.
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Parliament of the Commonwealth
Executive branch[]
The executive power is vested in the Prime Minister and the Cabinet.The Prime Minister of the Commonwealth is the elected Head of State of Rutania. The Prime Minister has broad competences, occupying also the office of the Head of Government. The elected Prime Minister has a monopoly of cabinet nomination however each cabinet has to receive the Parliament's vote of confidence. Throughout the history of Rutania the executive branch was structured in many ways. The most frequent model, however, was the bipolar model according to which executive power is vested in an elected HoS and an appointed HoG. Nevertheless, the Constitution of the Seventh Republic, introduced in 2788, experimented with a new model, that proved to be successful and thus was maintained up to the present.
See also List of Heads of State of Rutania
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Official Residence of the Prime Minister
Cabinet[]
Cabinet consists of the Prime Minister and twelve ministers:
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Ministry of Internal Affairs
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Defence
- Ministry of Justice
- Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport
- Ministry of Health and Social Services
- Ministry of Education and Culture
- Ministry of Science and Technology
- Ministry of Food and Agriculture
- Ministry of Environment and Tourism
- Ministry of Trade and Industry
Current composition of cabinet can be seen here.
Political Parties[]
The Commonwealth of Rutania has a free competitive political system. Consequently parties can be freely established, and they can freely run for elections.
Early Elections Protocol[]
SHORT TITLE: Early Elections Protocol Act, 2650
LONG TITLE: An act to codify the previous convention of calling early elections; each and every time a party leaves our midst regardless of the circumstances in which the party arrives or leaves.
SECTION 1; Early Elections a) An early election shall be called in all instances where a substantial number of the voting citizenry is going unrepresented in National Congress. b) The National Congress will set this number so long that should a party have gained more than 1,000,000 votes during elections and has left during a Congressional sitting, that an early election shall be called.
SECTION 2; Prohibitions a) An early election shall not be called wherein there will be a scheduled elections within 8 months of the calling of elections. b) An early election may still be called should a party that has gained less than 1,000,000 votes during an election leaves, but this is given that the National Congress approves such an action, subject to S2a) of this act. c) An early election shall never be terminated for political means, and any party that shall interfere with this act will be subject to censure from the National Congress.
SECTION 3; Exceptions a) Early elections called in the event that a 'Senior' Party returns to the realm are exceptions to this rule and the National Congress shall set the limit for 'senior' parties to be a party that has gained more than 1,000,000 votes in the previous election they participated in AND/OR they have been members of National Congress for a cumulative sum of more than 10 years.
This bill shall be undersigned by the President of the Commonwealth.