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Consistent with the administration set out by the Kartesolt Wartime Governance Act, Blokkarim Island has been self-governing since 1911, primarily through the Burimyner Municipal Council, which the Government of the island answers to. The system of administration for the island was formalized in 1926 as an incorporated territory within the Dominion of Vorpest, now the [[Vorpest|Grand Dominion of Vorpest]] as part of the [[Vistaraland|Imperial Vistari Confederation]].

The Burimyner Municipal Council, composed of 20 seats elected through [[W:Proportional representation|proportional representation]], with a single island-wide multi-member constituency. Due to the relatively small electorate, the Council's 4% election threshold often requires only 100 or more votes to secure a seat in the Council, allowing for minor parties to select a candidate likely to hold elected office. This system therefore encourages the formation of coalition governments of small parties in order to achieve political goals.

Currently, the largest political party is the [[W:Conservative liberalism|conservative liberal]] All-Burimyner Citizen’s Party, which has maintained a parliamentary status since its inception in 1914. The party promotes a balance between [[W:Progressivism|progressive]] policies on tackling ethnic inequality and [[Specism|speciesm]] on the island, as well as a firm belief in promoting and protecting shared cultural values and traditions, arguing for a [[W:Polyculturalism|polycultural]] society which is above [[W:Identity politics|identity politics]]. The party currently cooperates with the second largest party, the Burimyner Watchmen Party, or BWP. The BWP, which has a strong relationship with the federal Libertarian Party, promotes an adherence to [[W:Right-libertarianism|libertarian capitalism]], which has been argued as a cornerstone of Vistari political establishment. The party's platform is focused on individual liberty, limited government and an opposition to [[W:Economic interventionism|economic interventionism]], including the expansion of [[W:Welfare|social welfare programs]]. As such, it pulls a majority of its support from Vistarian business-elites, and advocates for the interests of business on the island. The island's government therefore constitutes a [[w:Centre-right_politics|centre-right]] platform, with views on the island's status ranging from the [[W:Autonomism (political doctrine)|autonomist]] platform of the Citizen's Party to the Imperial Conservative support for the establsihment of the island as a separate, integrated province.

In exchange for this large degree of autonomy over internal affairs, the people of Blokkarim Island are not officially represented in the [[Imperial Parliamentary Council]], though they may participate in elections to the [[Vorpestian Unified Assembly]], as with Vistari citizens on Ny'Tewien Island. The Vorpestian Government appoints a Commissioner to serve as an intermediary between the administrations of the island, Vorpest and Vistaraland as a whole. This Commissioner, alongside the Commissioner for Terwenia, head the Dependency Office of Vorpest, which is responsible for ensuring the continued security and democratic process on the two islands. This includes the composition and enactment of [[w:Election law|electoral law]] on the island, which was used to repeal the disenfranchisement of the Suvan population in 1931.

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 Consistent with the administration set out by the Kartesolt Wartime Governance Act, Blokkarim Island has been self-governing since 1911, primarily through the Burimyner Municipal Council, which the Government of the island answers to. The system of administration for the island was formalized in 1926 as an incorporated territory within the Dominion of Vorpest, now the [[Vorpest|Grand Dominion of Vorpest]] as part of the [[Vistaraland|Imperial Vistari Confederation]].
+The Burimyner Municipal Council, composed of 20 seats elected through [[W:Proportional representation|proportional representation]], with a single island-wide multi-member constituency. Due to the relatively small electorate, the Council's 4% election threshold often requires only 100 or more votes to secure a seat in the Council, allowing for minor parties to select a candidate likely to hold elected office. This system therefore encourages the formation of coalition governments of small parties in order to achieve political goals.
+Currently, the largest political party is the [[W:Conservative liberalism|conservative liberal]] All-Burimyner Citizen’s Party, which has maintained a parliamentary status since its inception in 1914. The party promotes a balance between [[W:Progressivism|progressive]] policies on tackling ethnic inequality and [[Specism|speciesm]] on the island, as well as a firm belief in promoting and protecting shared cultural values and traditions, arguing for a [[W:Polyculturalism|polycultural]] society which is above [[W:Identity politics|identity politics]]. The party currently cooperates with the second largest party, the Burimyner Watchmen Party, or BWP. The BWP, which has a strong relationship with the federal Libertarian Party, promotes an adherence to [[W:Right-libertarianism|libertarian capitalism]], which has been argued as a cornerstone of Vistari political establishment. The party's platform is focused on individual liberty, limited government and an opposition to [[W:Economic interventionism|economic interventionism]], including the expansion of [[W:Welfare|social welfare programs]]. As such, it pulls a majority of its support from Vistarian business-elites, and advocates for the interests of business on the island. The island's government therefore constitutes a [[w:Centre-right_politics|centre-right]] platform, with views on the island's status ranging from the [[W:Autonomism (political doctrine)|autonomist]] platform of the Citizen's Party to the Imperial Conservative support for the establsihment of the island as a separate, integrated province.
 In exchange for this large degree of autonomy over internal affairs, the people of Blokkarim Island are not officially represented in the [[Imperial Parliamentary Council]], though they may participate in elections to the [[Vorpestian Unified Assembly]], as with Vistari citizens on Ny'Tewien Island. The Vorpestian Government appoints a Commissioner to serve as an intermediary between the administrations of the island, Vorpest and Vistaraland as a whole. This Commissioner, alongside the Commissioner for Terwenia, head the Dependency Office of Vorpest, which is responsible for ensuring the continued security and democratic process on the two islands. This includes the composition and enactment of [[w:Election law|electoral law]] on the island, which was used to repeal the disenfranchisement of the Suvan population in 1931.

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