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|government_type = [[wikipedia:Unitary state|Unitary]] [[wikipedia:Parliamentary system|parliamentary]] [[wikipedia:Constitutional monarchy|constitutional monarchy]] <!--(often a compound multi-wikilinked term, e.g. "Federal semi-presidential constitutional republic", etc)-->
|leader_title1 = King <!--(for a country, usually the head of state's (wikilinked) title, e.g. "President", "Monarch")-->
|leader_name1 = [[Jon VII|Jon]]{{refn|name=Jon1|The King of Vaklori is the same person as the KaiserJalkorevala of Asendavia, but the position is legally separate. In Vaklori, he is known as Jon with no ordinal number, as the Vaklorian crown is a new creation. In Asendavia, he is known as Jon VII.}}
|leader_title2 = Viceroy <!--(could be "Vice President", otherwise "Prime Minster", etc, etc)-->
|leader_name2 = Jari Bruski
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Notably, however, in contrast to the Va people, people in the far east of the country who chose to continue identifying as Reiktic received far better treatment from the Asendavians, who sought to avoid conflict with the Reiktic Empire (now the countries of [[Talusi]], [[Hausberg]], and [[Toloria]]). In the modern day, there continues to be a Reiktic minority present in the Vaklorian far east, who are mostly integrated into Vaklorian society unlike the few remaining Va, who tend to live in rural, impoverished areas in the far west.
 
Vaklori was a relatively important front in the Great War due to its proximity to Asendavian enemies in the war: Tavaris and [[Great Morstaybishlia]] (who controlled [[Lunaria]], among other places). Asendavia launched a land invasion of Tavaris from Vaklori during the war. Vaklori soldiers serving in the war bolstered a growing sense of nationalism in the country, leading to the 1944 New Aizlava Accords that granted Vaklori independence with the KaiserJalkorevala of Asendavia serving as Head of State. In 1989, a national referendum amended the Constitution to create a system of constitutional monarchy in which a King of Vaklori (who is defined in law as being the same person as the reigning KaiserJalkorevala of Asendavia) has symbolic power over a parliamentary system.
 
Vaklori has been noted for its enthusiastic culture around sports and for its participation in international sporting events such as the Aldanic Games and the World Cup, which it most recently hosted in 2020. Association football is the most common sport in the country, but there is a professional league for nearly every major international sport in the country.
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[[File:Maeve Holstein.jpeg|thumb|left|300px|Maeve Holstein, Prime Minister of Vaklori and leader of the Ademar Democrats, pictured in 2021.]]
 
Politics in Vaklori takes place in the framework of a multi-party, parliamentary, constitutional monarchy. Unlike Asendavia, the powers of the monarch in Vaklori are only symbolic and are only used on the express advice of the elected government. Since 1989, the National Diet has been a unicameral body with 640 seats; prior to then, the Diet consisted of a popularly-elected lower house known as the Legislative Assembly and an upper house known as the Synod whose membership was appointed by the KaiserJalkorevala of Asendavia. In 2005, the Electoral Reform Act set fixed-length terms of four years for the Diet. As a compromise to ensure passage, the Act also lowered the percentage of the vote a political party needs to receive to gain representation in the Diet to 0.75%, which has resulted in a marked increase in the number of elected parties. No single party has attained a majority of the Diet since 2005, with coalition governments becoming the norm. The Diet is elected in a closed-party list proportional representation system with each of the country's twelve provinces serving as an electoral district with a number of seats proportional to its share of the population of the entire country. The Constitution requires these districts to be reapportioned at least every twelve years.
 
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