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''See also: [[Constitution of Volkia]]''[[File:Laiatan political system updated2.png|thumb|right|Political system of the Volkian Federative Republic.|link=Special:FilePath/Laiatan_political_system_updated2.png]]
The country is a [[Wikipedia:Federation|federation]] and a [[Wikipedia:Presidential system|presidential]] [[Wikipedia:Constitutional republic|constitutional republic]], where the [[President of Volkia|president]] is both head of state and government. In the Volkian federalist system, citizens are subject to three levels of government: federal, provincial, and local. The local government's duties are commonly split between raion and municipal governments. In almost all cases, executive and legislative officials are elected
*[[President of Volkia|Executive]]:
*[[National Assembly of Volkia|Legislative]]: The bicameral National Assembly, made up of the [[Federal Council]] and the [[Chamber of Deputies (Volkia)|Chamber of Deputies]], makes federal law, declares war, approves treaties, has the power of the purse, and has the power of impeachment, by which it can remove sitting members of the government.
*[[Judiciary of Volkia|Judiciary]]: The [[Federal Supreme Court of Volkia|Federal Supreme Court]] and lower federal courts, whose judges are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Federal Council, interpret laws and overturn those they find [[Constitution of Volkia|unconstitutional]].
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The Chamber of Deputies has 472 voting members, each representing an electoral district for a two year term. Seats are apportioned among the provinces by population every eight years and, if necessary, seats are added to the Chamber of Deputies. Seats are added, if necessary, following the conclusion of the National Census that occurs every eight years. At the 16th National Census taken in 2012 [[Kurilsk Oblast]], the least populous oblast, had one representative while Zhukovsky Oblast, the most populous province, had 34. The Federal Council has 78 voting members with each oblast having three, elected at-large to six-year terms; one third of Federal Council seats are up for election every other year.
The Federal Supreme Court, led by the [[Chief Justice of Volkia]], has
The oblast governments are structured in a roughly similar fashion. The [[Governor (Volkia)|governor]] (chief executive) of each province is directly elected. Some provincial judges and cabinet officers are appointed by the governors of the respective provinces, while others are elected by popular vote.
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[[File:GA-75.jpg|thumb|The [[Galyorkin Aerospace GA-75 Klyk]] is Volkia's primary multirole fighter.|alt=|222x222px]]The president holds the title of [[Wikipedia:Commander-in-chief|Supreme Commander-in-Chief]] of the country's armed forces and appoints its leaders: the [[Cabinet of Volkia|Minister of National Defense]] and the [[General Staff of the Defense Forces of Volkia|General Staff]]. The [[Ministry of National Defense]] administers the armed forces, which is divided into the [[Volkian Army|Army]], [[Volkian Navy|Navy]], and the [[Volkian Air Force|Air Force]]. The number of active duty soldiers in 2014 was 277,965. The Reserves and [[Volkian National Guard|National Guard]] brought the total number of troops to 481,754. Additionally, the Ministry of National Defense employed 75,000 civilians, not including contractors in 2014.
Military service is voluntary, though [[Wikipedia:conscription|conscription]] may occur "when a crisis has overwhelmed the voluntary military force", through the [[Emergency Draft System]]. Forces can be rapidly deployed through the extensive transport aircraft fleet of the Air Force, or through the
In 2014 Volkia signed the Kerilo Accord, a military partnership with the nations of [[South Hills]], [[Vekaiyu]], and [[Listonia]] following the end of the [[2014 Dverian War]]. Following the establishment of the [[North Dveria|Republic of North Dveria]], the Defense Forces maintain an undisclosed number of troops in the country to assist and train the security forces. Plans to withdraw the majority of these troops are currently in the works.
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''See Also: [[List of Volkian oblasts by population]]''
Volkia is a federation comprised of 26 oblasts and a [[Volkgoroda|federal city]]. Oblasts are further divided into [[Raions of Volkia|raions]] for administrative purposes while [[Volkgoroda Oblast]]
[[File:Volkia Political Map.png|400px|center|link=Special:FilePath/Volkia Political Map.png]]
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