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While having such limitations, the CoP serves an important role within the political framework of Hvaloaszna. It elects and oversees the First Minister of Hvaloaszna, the nation's head of government, and may remove them through a simple majority. It is notable that unlike most parliamentary legislatures, the body cannot be dissolved during their six year term, and is therefore tasked with voting in the next government following the removal of a head of government. As one of the two chambers of the [[National Chamber of Hvaloaszna]], the Confederation of Provinces holds exclusive power to draft, initiate and pass federal-level legislative acts to the [[Confederation of Servants]] for approval. In addition, the body's approval is required in the approval of the federal budget, granting it considerable sway on the direction taken in the allocation of funds and thereby monetary policy.
Following a string of politically motivated violence and demonstrations having occurred in the building which housed the Confederation of Peoples, the Hall of Peace - which stands directly adjacent to the temple in which the [[Confederation of Servants]] still convene, the Confederation of Provinces currently meets and holds sessions within the former hall of the Valoasan Chamber of Commerce, located in the financial district of the capital city of Hvaloaszna, Tromsømore. While historically all official government discussions were mandated to be conducted using the [[Nys'tat'en]] language, the right for legislators to speak [[W:Dutch language|Vistarian]] or [[W:Norwegian language|Norgsveltian]] within legislative sessions has been introduced during the National Union Party-led minority government in 2009. As elected following the formation of the 15th Confederation of Provinces, referred to as the 15th Communion, the First Minister of Hvaloaszna is Stijn Dijkstra, and the Speaker is Clara Axisa, both being members of the Community of the People parliamentary group. The Contrition Voice, who acts a the leader of the Opposition, is Xavier Maeson of the National Union Party. Notably reflecting the controversial flaws within Article 2 in establishing the function of the legislative body, all three of these figures were appointed by the Province of Ziltolf, with the Ziltholfer parties of the Free Social Democrats and Economy Forward making up the largest portion of their respective parliamentary groups, though notably this overrepresentation does not apply to the government as a whole to such a drastic degree. Such a reality has increased animosity between the Provinces of Kabeiland and the other two islands, with political analysts suggesting a high likelihood of legislators from the 4 Provinces outside of Kabeiland forming a unified effort against the influence gained by Kabeiland through the Second Constitution, furthering internal divisions in the country.
== History ==
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==== Second Constitution ====
=== The latter half of the 20th century ===
Following the creation of the Second Constitution and the political upheaval thereof, the newly formed Confederation of Provinces was left with the unenviable task of forming a stable and productive political landscape for which the democracy of Hvaloaszna could rest on - a task which the Community of Peoples before it had failed under the weight of internal divides. While contemporary analysis of the era primarily asserts the Second Constitution as necessary in the maintaining of the nation as a singular entity, in it's wake lay several questions unanswered and sacrifices made to controversy amongst those that had to bear them. The Akuan Party, who had enjoyed considerable political sway from their renown as the party who fought for Valoasan independence and continually championed national unity, remained the party of federal governance until their ability to consistently sway the majority ran out in 1943 on the back of growing disapproval of the federal administration and it's failure to combat the underlying issues of crime, social unrest and the often incompatible economic systems present on each of the three islands.
While the Akuan Party successfully maintained its core support base on the central island, its success waned overall, as especially those in the East turned further away from the leftist ideals of the Akuan Party, having already proven inexorably opposed to socialistic economic policy and the adoption of the [[Vestrava|Vestravan]] model propagated in the west of the country. In this power vacuum arose the National Association of Conservatives and Traditionalists (NACT), acting as the predecessor to the modern National Unity Party. For the rest of the 1930s, extending until political turmoil returned in the late 1970s, NACT and the Akuan Party formed a relatively stable ''de facto'' two-party system, with the formations of broad coalitions around the two major political groups serving to establish a functional vessel for transitions of power between predominantly left-wing and predominantly centre-right governments.
While such a transition to a new more competitive national political landscape was considerably less evocative of widespread dissent than those seen before in the country, it did not arrive without lingering consequences that would prove detrimental to national stability during the times of crisis seen in the late 1970s. The failure of the Akuan Party to maintain its hold on federal power, as well as the loss of support which caused it to be challenged on such a level, created a generation far less swayed by the repute garnered by the party during the struggle for independence and period preceding the crisis of the First Constitution.
Alongside the exacerbation of infighting within both the regional branches of the Akuan Party and the ideologically broad coalition that made up the NACT, such a dissolution with the established system and its failures to deal with ongoing issues caused a rapid onset of political instability in Hvaloaszna, with the formation of governments almost impossible until the formation of a coalition between the emergent centre-left and the remaining members of the Akuan Party - now almost entirely reduced to their core demographic on the central island, owing to the breakaway of the Motherland Party in Heligstadplassen and the breaking up of the Kabeilander branch of the party along moderate-radical lines. Following the success of the Aanes government in restoring order within the country, the process of depolarization took places throughout the remainder of the 80s as well as the 90s, forming into a more competitive and balanced system of parties across the political spectrum which continued into the millenium.
==== Trisection of the Akuan Party (198_-198_) ====▼
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==== Social Democrat era (1985-1993) ====
==== Two-party plus system (from 1993) ====
=== 21st century ===
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