Politics of Najálisco

Political Landscape
The Holy Dominion is a constitutional monarchy with a Queen representing the Monarchy and a Secretary of Congress representing the Legislature. The constitution declares that the ruling monarch is meant to represent the "authority of the Five-Times King," and the Secretary to represent the "authority of the People," and are meant to be equal, serving the nation together. While this has changed over the course of history, these two figureheads have come to be embodiments of the federal government and individual interests respectively.

Najálisco's Heads of State magistrate over there respective branches of government, the Monarchy and the Legislature. The Monarchy is broken into the House of Lords and the Royal Court. Tasked with representing the states and royal territories in the federal government, the House of Lords is composed of each state's Duke or Royal Governor (if a territory). They are tasked with governing their respective regions and mediating those region's needs with the federal requests of both sides of government. In rare cases, the House of Lords can propose Royal Decrees (laws pertaining to any area under the Monarchy's control); however it still requires the Royal Court's approval. The Royal Court, a body made up of the heads of 9 Noble Houses, has the primary function of drafting of these Royal Decrees, as well as regulating and overviewing the Monarchy's functions (infrastructure projects, healthcare reform and such). It is headed by the Viceroy, who works as the Queen's right hand and regulates what goes to her for ratification. Essentially, the Royal Court administers the Monarchy according to the Queen's orders.

On the other side of the government, the Legislature is split between the House of the People and the Senate. The House of the People serves as the closest representation of the Najáliscan people, with 1 Representative per 25,000 people. Each state and territory draws districts of 25,000 people and then elects their representative from that district's population. These representatives carry out administrative tasks within the Legislature; however, they are primarily charged with creating Congressional Drafts (bills). It's then the job of the Senate, composed of each state's Senators and supervised by the Consel, to ratify and modify these Drafts before sending them to the Secretary of Congress. The Senate also serves as supervisors for the Legislative process, as well as electing members to the Federal Court, where Royal Decrees, Congressional Articles (same as Royal Decrees but for the Legislature), and Federal Articles (apply to both Legislature and Monarchy) are challenged.

Mediating between these two branches, the Queen and Secretary of Congress are aided by the Federal Cabal, a select group of 5 government positions chosen by the Queen and Secretary of Congress in a Federal Article. The Federal Cabal is currently composed of the; Viceroy, Minister of Coin, who controls the Congressional Mint and Treasury, Royal Cardinal, who represents the Pentarchy in the government, Scientific Officer, who manages the Board of Technology and sits on the Board of Education, and President General, who acts as highest military leader for both Congressional and Royal Armies below their respective commanders-in-chief. Each of these positions balance their own responsibilities along with voting on federal actions and regulating disagreements between the two groups.

Political Parties
These systems are complicated by the existence of political parties, groups of politicians with similar goals attempting to be elected. Since officially no member of the Monarchy can be part of a political party, they often default to aligning with whatever party favors the Royal Family (while some make noted claims of support for the opposition party.) The current political parties are separated into 3 categories; primary, secondary, and tertiary.

The two primary political parties that control most of the voters in current national politics are the Coronístas and the Republicanos. Coronístas is the party in favor of garnering more power for the royal family; this manifests with them passing/proposing more social conservative policies along with strong centralized government. Republicanos favor more individual liberties, causing them to pass/propose more civil rights and pro-capitalist policies.

To those unsatisfied with the Coronístas and Republicanos, the secondary parties Buenas Noches Pary and Salazistas pose viable alternatives. The Buenas Noches party is an off-shoot of the Moravian Nix Party, a far-right authoritarian party advocating for a return to the Granja System as well as other policies meant to return Najálisco to its "traditional roots". On the other side of the spectrum, the Salazistas, named for revolutionary leader Enrique Salazar, are the predominant socialist party in Najálisco. They argue for large scale social justice and a dismantling of the capitalist and monarchic elite; however, they also are predominantly known for advocating for the Abdoment's secession.

Finally, the tertiary parties receive the least amount of votes and are mostly localized to their states. The Stellarosas are a secessionist party for the Frontera and argue for libertarian policies and ideas, the Autoridad de los Primeros Party represents the interests of primeros across the nation but has mostly only found votes in Huagáje and Cuahmetlan, and the Facultativas, who argue for more technocratic policies in favor of Practitioners/Casters and Ichor technologies.

Primary


 * Coronístas - socially conservative, centralized control, socialist tendencies
 * Republicanos - civil liberties, decentralization, pro-capitalist

Secondary


 * Buenas Noches Party (BNP) - socially conservative, authoritarian, pro-capitalist
 * Salazistas - civil liberties, secessionism, socialism

Tertiary


 * Stellarosa - socially conservative, decentralized, hyper-capitalist
 * Autoridad de los Primeros (APP) - civil liberties, centralized control, socialist tendencies
 * Facultativas - civil liberties, centralized control, technocratic

Important Players
Queen Antonia de Anxida

A.K.A The Masquerade Queen

Political Party : N/A

Age: 21

Goals: [little is known about Antonia's true goals, statements claim] Advance social justice, increase state control over the Dominion, and remodel the Monarchy.

Bio: Crowned after the Civil War's end due to an error in her older brother's legitimacy, Antonia de Anxida survived the Civil War while being on the run with her younger brother Samuél hiding from Republicano forces. After being crowned, she has rarely made public appearances and only in an elaborate black mask and dress. People suspect she is still scared of being assassinated like her father or murdered like her mother.

Davíd de Anxida

A.K.A The Would-Be Prince

Political Party : N/A (likely Coronísta)

Age: 30

Goals : [rarely states his political goals other than ensuring the protection of his sister and brother, although common belief holds him to likely be a supporter of LGBTQ+ rights and other forms of civil liberties]

Bio: Born to the young King Ferdinand and his wife Emilia, Davíd has been surrounded by controversy all his life. People attempted to illegitimate him because his mother neither hailed from the Holy Dominion, nor was Maevish in origin. During his earlier years however, his father would be able to shield those accusations and attempts from his son. After the assassination of his father, disappearance of his mother, and outbreak of the Civil War, Davíd was thrown into the lime-light like never before, as one of the chief generals of the Coronísta army along with being the heir apparent to the throne. This focus shone new sides of Davíd to the public, the righteous avenger to his father, the prodigy tactician, the brother searching endlessly for his missing mother and siblings, but the most damaging side, was the man in love with one of his subordinates. After Davíd and Major Raul Serrano's love affair was discovered, Davíd was removed from the line of succession and Serrano was removed from the army. After the war, Antonia was crowned queen and the 27 year old, Davíd was her first pick as chief of her Crownsguard unit. Now he stays at her side near constantly in public and is seen as quite over-protective of his younger sister.

Secretary of Congress Juan Vasquez II

A.K.A King Juan, Hero of Flores

Political Party: Coronístas

Age : 58

Goals : Increase Monarchy control/decrease Congressional control, ensure national security and sovereignty, advance technological control, prevent civil conflict

Bio : Elected by the Congress in 1290 to be the war-time Secretary of Congress, before being officially appointed by the queen in 1298, Juan Vasquez II comes from a long-line of politicians dating back to the leader of the Barrancas, Hector Vasquez; however, his alignment with the Coronístas has been controversial considering his families trend of favoring Congressional power. Currently, his first true election is on the horizon with high prospects of him winning. While his compulsive fear of the nation falling into more civil unrest has caused some criticisms, he’s mostly garnered a positive position in the public’s eyes.

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First Lady Guadalupe Onotlapetlan Vasquez]]

A.K.A The Jaguar Queen

Political Party: N/A

Age: 38

Goals: [currently informal] Major reforms in the governmental structure, more civil liberties, and a generally progressive stance towards policies

Viceroy Ignacio de la Crúz

Political Party: N/A [technically Coronístas]

Age: 67

Goals : Enforce Monarchy's power, gain more control over the congressional sectors of the government, protect and promote socially conservative policies

Consul Ricardo Jimenez

Political Party : Republicanos

Age: 31

Goals: Reform the Republicano party, rebuild and progress from the Civil War, encourage development in the business sector

Minister of Coin Arthur McKendrick

Political Party: Coronístas

Age: 44

Goals: Abolish the Gold Standard, remodel the Royal and Congressional Mints, promote economic growth

President General Diego Montevalle

Political Party: Coronístas

Age: 59

Goals : Merge the Royal and Congressional Armies into one, modernize the army, advance against the nation's enemies (particularly, the DR of Moravia)

Royal Cardinal Ferdinand Huelta

Political Party: N/A (technically Coronístas)

Age: 72

Goals: Re-establish the Pentarchy as the official religion of Najálisco and promote and protect socially conservative policies.

Scientific Officer Adelita Sepulveda

Political Party: Republicanos

Age: 30

Goals : Promote scientific development, reinvent the education system, advance civil liberties.

Senator Miguél Rubio

Political Party: Republicanos

Age: 26

Goals: Advance civil liberties, break monopolies, remodel the Legislature

Duchess Ximena Serrano of Tlalhuacpan

Political Party: N/A (likely APP)

Age: 34

Goals: Protect primero populations, advance central control, protect the rights of minority populations