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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 16 members who serve for 15 years with a mandatory retirement age of
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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