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|leader_title2 = Federal Premier
|leader_name2 = Ninalowo Abeo
|leader_title3 = King of the Okun
|leader_name3 = Adebayo VIII
|leader_title4 = President of Mikubana
|leader_name4 = Ayokunle Ariwa-Oorun Yamisi
|leader_title5 = President of New Rania
|leader_name5 = Rou Manao
|legislature = Federal Congress
|upper_house = Council of Communities
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==Government==
[[File:Bana 2021 Election.svg|left|thumb|300px|The current National Assembly, after the 2021 elections. The parties are, from left to right:<br /><br />'''Government:'''<br />Social Alliance: 373 seats<br />Green: 48 seats<br />For the Future!: 15 seats<br /><br />'''Opposition:'''<br />Federal Unity Party: 309 seats<br />Okunbana Democrats: 28 seats<br />Mikubana Democrats: 20 seats<br />Agrarian Interest Bloc: 16 seats<br />New Future Liberals: 9 seats<br />Socialist Party: 7 seats]]
Bana is a federal system, with the three states having their own governments that have the ability to control affairs within their borders. The Federal Constitution establishes that the central government has only those powers that are explicitly delegated to it in the constitution, with all other powers belonging to the states. On the federal level, the executive of the country is the cabinet, led by the Federal PremierPremier—so called to differentiate them from the state-level executives who are often referred to collectively as "State Premiers" despite holding various titles individually. The legislature is the Federal Congress, which consists of two chambers: the Council of Communities and the National Assembly. Nominally, the head of state of Bana is the President, who is elected by the Council of Communities for a 5 year term. However, the Presidency of Bana is designed to be a figurehead position as the "symbol of the unity of the Federation" and "guarantor of the Constitution." Aside from the power to refer an Act of Congress to the Constitutional Court, the President has very few powers in practice.
 
As an upper house, the Council of Communities is designed to be a consultative body, and it is ultimately less powerful than the lower house. It has 15 members: 7 for Okunbana, 6 for Mikubana, and 2 for New Rania. The states decide how to choose the Councilors. In Okunbana, the 7 are allocated among districts that are coterminous with seven traditionally-identified regions of Okunbana. In Mikubana, all six are elected among the entire population, with two of the seats reserved for people of Loko heritage. In New Rania, one Councilor is elected from the City of Ranisport and the other by the entire remaining area of the country, the so-called "out-country." Councilors are required to be unaffiliated with any political parties.
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Prior to the union of Okunbana and Mikubana in about 1200 CE, a third tribe known as the Loko merged into the Miku. The Loko, who are elves believed to be closely related to the Miku who lived along the upper Loko River valley, are still extant as an ethnic group in modern Mikubana. Since the Federation era, Mikubana has itself functioned somewhat as a federation between the Miku and the Loko. All state government bodies have seats reserved for those of Loko descent, including some of the state's seats in the Council of Communities. However, for census purposes, the Loko are considered to be part of the Miku ethnic group.
 
As of 2021, Mikubana had a population of 10,493,232 people. The current President of Mikubana is Ayokunle Ariwa-Oorun Yamisi, a member of the Federal Unity Party. The President of BanaMikubana is elected every five years on a fixed-term separate from that of Mikubana's parliament, known as the Mikubana House of Representatives. A President does not require the confidence of the House of Representatives to serve, and it is possible—and common—for the House to be controlled by a party that opposes that of the President. Legislation requires the approval of the House and the President, making Mikubana a presidential system unlike the other jurisdictions in the Federation. Unlike Okunbana, Mikubana has not retained its traditional monarchy, having abolished it in 1937. This action, done to appease the growing socialist movement, was one of the reasons the national legislature, dominated by Okun nationalists, moved to make socialist political parties illegal in 1939, precipitating the Civil War.
 
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