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==Politics== |
==Politics== |
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===Government=== |
===Government=== |
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The King is the head of state, and gives royal assent to all laws passed by the legislature. However, in practice, the king does not hold very much sway over Tretridian politics. |
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The Prime Minister is the head of government, and is elected by the legislature. The legislature makes use of a parliamentary system. |
The Prime Minister is the head of government, and is elected by the legislature. The legislature makes use of a parliamentary system. |
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Tretrid has a federal government, and so is divided up into provinces. These provinces are governed by folkmoots, but are also ceremonially lead by eorls, in the same way the King ceremonially rules Tretrid as a whole. |
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===Law=== |
===Law=== |
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Tretrid's body of law traces its history to the [[w:common law|common law]] passed by the Witenagemot in medieval times. For most of Tretrid's history, law came in two forms: common law, passed both locally in cities and across the kingdom, by the Witenagemot; and royal law, passed by decree from the monarch. |
Tretrid's body of law traces its history to the [[w:common law|common law]] passed by the Witenagemot in medieval times. For most of Tretrid's history, law came in two forms: common law, passed both locally in cities and across the kingdom, by the Witenagemot; and royal law, passed by decree from the monarch. |
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