Legislature

Meeting chamber of the National Assembly, the lower chamber of the French Parliament.

The legislature is a branch of the running of a nation with the power over legislation. The enacting and alteration of laws is the main duty of a legislature, but it may also be required to perform other tasks such as the election of the head of state, executive or government. Legislatures are usually unicameral (consisting of one chamber) or bicameral (consisting of two chambers), however, rarely, they are tricameral (consisting of three chambers).

In most bicameral systems, the lower house, despite its description of being "below" the upper house, is almost always the most powerful of the two chambers and almost always wholly elected. The upper house, meanwhile, is usually smaller, more restricted in power and designed to be a more deliberative body, and can be either directly elected (e.g. Australian Senate), indirectly elected (e.g. Indian Rajya Sabha), wholly appointed (e.g. Canadian Senate), a mixture of appointed and elected (e.g. Belgian Senate prior to 2014), or consist of members who hold seats by virtue of their position in society (e.g. hereditary and religious peers in the British House of Lords). These can hold office for a fixed term or, rarely, for life.

In countries with federal systems, it is common for the upper house to represent specific geographic areas, often equally in spite of population differences. This is the case for the United States Senate, where each state, regardless of population, returns 2 senators.

Legislatures can be known by many names. Names such as National Assembly, Congress and Parliament are most common. Likewise, there are many names for the individual Houses of the legislature. Senate is the most common name for an Upper House. Unicameral legislatures and lower Houses tend to have names such as Assembly, House of Representatives or Chamber of Deputies. Names are often related to the country, for example, the prefix Bundes- (meaning "federal") is used in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, whilst the word Majlis (meaning "council") is common in Islamic countries.

List of micronational legislatures

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Micronation	Legislature	Name of house(s)	House level	Voting system	Mandate	Seats
The Kingdom of Liahonia	The House of Parliament		Unicameral	First-past-the-post	2 year term; No term limits	24
Aariania	Grand Senate		Unicameral	First-past-the-post	3 years	5
Asassin	Parliament	The Bamboo	Unicameral	First-past-the-post	5 years	25
Abelden	Reichsversammlung	Bundesrat	Upper house	Appointed by the states	1 year	6
		Volkstag	Lower house	Party-list proportional representation	6 months	13
Vatolean	Parliament	Senate	Upper house	Appointed by head of state	No set term	2
			Unicameral	Instant-runoff voting (alternative vote)		12
		Folketing	Lower house	Party-list proportional representation		5
Republic of Austin Island	National assembly		Unicameral	First Past the post (50 seats) open list proportional representation (16 seats)	2 years	66
Aigues-Mortes	General Assembly		Unicameral	Self-appointment	No term limits	387
Abristan	Royal Council	King of Abristan	Crown-in-Parliament	Head of State	Until Death/Abdication	1
		Chamber of Counselors	Upper house	Appointed by head of state	4 years	8
		Chamber of Representatives	Lower house	First-past-the-post	4 years	5
Alexostan	Senate		Unicameral	?	?	?
Repubblica democratica di Luxe	Parliament		Unicameral	Instant-runoff voting (alternative vote)	1 year	10
Kingdom of Mivland	Parliament		Unicameral	Instant-runoff voting (alternative vote)	2 years	8
Andany	National Assembly	Senate	Upper house	First-past-the-post	6 years	11
		House of Represntatives	Lower house	First-past-the-post	2 years	22
Angle-Saxish Kingdom	Parliament	Assembly of Councillors	Upper house	Appointed by head of state	For life	3
		Assembly of Commons	Lower house	First-past-the-post	No term limits	3
Kingdom of Asgard	Parlamento de Asgard		Unicameral	First-past-the-post	4 years	11
Atovia	House of Commons		Unicameral	Single transferable vote	1 year	3
Austenasia	Parliament	Emperor	Emperor-in-parliament	Hereditary position	For life	1
		House of Representatives	Unicameral	First-past-the-post	5 years	7
Azzurria	Light Blue Commission		Unicameral	Appointed by head of state	?	13
Baránok	Federal Assembly		Unicameral	Party-list proportional representation	6 months	7
Republic of Bartonia	National Council		Unicameral	Elected by the People	No term limits	5
Baustralia	Parliament	House of Lords	Upper house	Hereditary position	For life	Not fixed
		House of Commons	Lower house	First-past-the-post	4 years	50
Belcity	Parliament	President	Unicameral	First-past-the-post	?	1
		Members of the Parliament		Plurality-at-large voting	1 year	24
The Begonian Kaiserreich	Parliament	Kaiser-Koenig	Emperor-in-Parliament	Hereditary	Life	1
		High Council	Advisorial	Chosen by Kaiser-Koenig	Life	10
		Reichstag (Peoples Imperial House)	Upper House	Elected by the People	1-3 years (1 term a year, 3 max)	15 (Two per district/region or state/duchy, etc)
		Kaiserhaus (House of Royals)	Lower House	Hereditary	Life	20 (Monarchs of imperial territories like Duchies, Kings, Lords, etc)
Democratic Republic Of Benjastan	People's National Congress Of Benjastan	Workers' Assembly	Unicameral	Party-list proportional representation	3 years	8
Federal Republic of Caddia	Parliament	Chamber of Laws	Unicameral
Kingdom of Cambria	Parliament		Unicameral	First-past-the-post	2 years, 3 terms max	Not fixed
Caudonia	Parliament		Unicameral	Party-list proportional representation	4 months	17
Deseret	Grand Council		Unicameral	?	?	50
Earth's Kingdom	Green and Blue Commission		Unicameral	Estabilished by the Constitution	Based on the Head of Government	5
Kingdom of Ebenthal	College of Peers of the Realm		Unicameral	Appointed by head of state	No term limits	20
Esse	Parlamenzalochas		Unicameral	Appointed by head of state	No term limits	8
Essexia	Parliament	King	Crown-in-parliament	Hereditary position	For life	1
		Imperial Parliament of Essexia	Unicameral	Proportional Representation	1 year	11
Evanoria	Parliament		Unicameral	Party-list proportional representation	1 year	5
Flammancia	Assembly of the Sea	Council of the Sea	Upper house	Mixed-member proportional representation	1 year	10
		National Council	Lower house	Appointed by parties	1 year	1
Gymnasium State	Senate		Unicameral	Acquirement of the citizenship	No term limits	25
Kingdom of Gendarania	Gendaranian National Assembly		Unicameral	First-past-the-post	6 Months	11 (Only 4 currently serving, we need people to volunteer to the GNA)
Autonomous Socialist Republic of Griffasus	National Delegation Council		Unicameral	Direct non-competitive elections	2 weeks	11
Indokistan	National Forum		Unicameral	?	No term limits	4
Juclandia	Great National Assembly		Unicameral	Self-appointment	No term limits	159
Jupiter	Senate		Unicameral	First-past-the-post	3 months	1
Florenia	Parliament		Unicameral	First-past-the-post	?	1
Grand Imperial Empire of Lanzantonia	The Senate of Lanzantonia	House of Imperial Counts	Upper House	Emperor's Choise	Until Death	500
		Federal Council of Advisors	Imperial House	Emperor's Choise	Until Death	No Set Limit
		Emperor of The Grand Imperial Empire of Lanzantonia	Emperor in Government	Election Every Time an Emperor Dies	Until Death	1
		House of Imperial Deputies	Lower House	Democratic Election	Election every Month	500
		The People's Government Committee of Lanzantonia	Ministry House	Presidential Choice	Presidential Choice	At the President's Choise
Most Serene Republic of Lemuria	Lemurian Parliament		Unicameral	Selected by Parliament	For Life	2
Madrona	Parliament	Senate	Upper house	?	?	?
		House of Commons	Lower house	?	?	?
Kingdom of Lukland	Royal Cabinet		Unicameral	First-past-the-post	1 year	3
Kingdom of Memeistry	People's Council	Unicameral	Democratic Election	1 year	3	not fixed
Grand Principality of Mailacia and Idessa	The Unitary Council of Princes		Aristocracy	Salic law	Lifetime or Abdication	8
The Republic of Malinovia	Grand Parliament of the Republic		Unicameral	First-past-the-post	1 year	3
Mcarthia	Parliament		Unicameral	?	No term limits	15
Mekniy	Council of State		Unicameral	?	?	10
Mercia	Parliament House		Unicameral	?	?	11
Molco	Knowledge for All's Legislative Function	Quorum of Party	Unicameral when called Quorum Conference only Bicameral when called Quorum Conference and Consultative Conference simultaneously	Inargurated the Oath of Five	Life tenure or disqualified by Supreme Courth	13 Plenipotentiary members, 2 Honorary members
		Knowledge for All's Consultative Council		Automatically Being (Plenipotentiary faction) Appointed by Regent of Quorum (Honorary faction) Rightful Citizenship (Commons faction)	When cabinet called the ending term or call the ending term by Regent of Quorum	13 Plenipotentiary members, 2 Honorary members 20 Common members
Nedland	Qoroltay		Unicameral	?	?	16
Occitania	Vergadering		Unicameral	First-past-the-post	6 months	6
Ohio Republic	Congress	Senate	Upper house	First-past-the-post	6 Months	4
		House of Representatives	Lower house	First-past-the-post	6 Months	4
Paravia	Riksting	Imperial Council	Upper house	Appointed by head of state	6 months	3
		Chamber of Delegates	Lower house	First-past-the-post	No term limits	11
Pejaten	Parlamantre	Senate	Upper house	First-past-the-post	1 year	4
		Riksdag	Lower house	Party-list proportional representation	1 year	22
House of Advisors	Advisory body	Appointed	no limit	8
Phokland	Parliamentary Senate		Unicameral	By appointment of monarch	No term limits	7
Kingdom of Pomerak'tèr	National Parliament	House of Elders	Upper house	First-past-the-post	For life	11 (1 per state & 1 appointed by the Prime Minister)
		National Council	Lower house	Instant-runoff voting (alternative vote)	4 years	63
Princess Anne Land	House of Representatives		Unicameral	First-past-the-post	No term limits	15
Grand Duchy of Rabenberg	Minister Council	-	-	No voting	-	4
Regelis	Parliament	House of Councils	Unicameral	Instant-runoff voting (alternative vote)	No set term	33
Sabia and Verona	Parliament		Unicameral	Party-list proportional representation	1 year	23
Free City of Seacoln	Common Council		Unicameral	First-past-the-post	4 years	15
Silikia	Senate		Unicameral	Alternative Vote	1 Year, no limits
Shorewell	General Assembly	Senate	Upper house	Appointed by head of state	?	12
		Chamber of Deputies	Lower house	?	?	12
sitiland	parliament	house of lords	upper house	appointed by head of state	for life	3
		house of commons	lower house	first past the post, must be approved by king	1 year, no limits	3
	council of representatives	court of delegates	kings advisory council	randomly picked by spinner	6 months	8
Kingdom of Sorrenia	Parliament	King's Council	Unicameral	First-past-the-post	No term limits	47
	Ecclesiastic Court	Papal Directorate	Unicameral	Appointment by the King	for life	5
Posaf	The Kadelieort	House of Lords	Upper house	Apointed	Apointed by the Monarch and Parties	3
		House of Commons	Lower house	Party-list	4 Months	9
Republic of Suverska	National Assembly		Unicameral	MMPR/STV mix	6 months	21
Uskor	Legislative Assembly		Unicameral	Party-list proportional representation and appointment by the head of state	2 Years	350 votes distributed to party delegates who hold multiple votes, there are 6 current delegates
Überstadt	Parliament		Unicameral	Self-appointment	No term limits	4
Valbona, Free Territory of	Chestnut Assembly		Unicameral	Indirect election	6 years	5 Parliamentarians plus the President of the Chestnut Assembly, Head of State in Valbona, who is elected by the parliamentarians.
Verd'land	Sfatul		Unicameral	?	?	?
Wyvern	Statenraad		Unicameral	First-past-the-post	No term limits	4
Federal Republic of Indecencia	Federal Congress	Federal Chamber of Deputies	Lower Level	First-past-the-post	1 month	40
		Federal Senate	Higher Level	First-past-the-post	4 years	20
Zenrax	Imperial Senate		Unicameral	Appointed by head of state	?	?
Democratic Republic of Seybold	Sitzungssaal	Seyboldish National Assembly	Seyboldish Lower Branch	Elected	2 Years	10
		Lawmakers’ Council	Seyboldish Upper Branch	Elected	2 Years	2
The Republic of Uniland	The People's Parliament of The Republic of Uniland		Unicameral	First-past-the-post	5 Years	5
Kingdom of Formicad	General Assembly		Unicameral	Appointed by the General Secretary (Must be approved by the King)	No term limits	6 (Can be changed by the King or General Secretary)
West Moravia	United National People's League of Sovereignty	Unicameral	First-past-the-post	1 year	6
The Republic of Goldlandia	Congress		Unicameral	single transferable vote	2 years	2
Norfolk Empire	Parliament	House of Commons	Two-round system	Elected	2 months	3
Mahuset	Lazian Chamber		Unicameral	Schulze STV	No term limits	11
Efransa	Parliament	National Assembly	Lower House	First-Past-the-Post	4 Months	5
		Senate	Upper House	Appointment by the King	At His Majesty’s Pleasure	4
United Holy Kingdom of Beaulosagñe and the Knights Templar of the Holy Grail	Grand Council (36 seats)	High Council of XII	secular council	Appointed by the head of state	no term limits	12
		Council of Apostles	religious council	Appointed by the head of state	No term limits	24
Theodia		QA Jury	Upper House	Random sampling	1 year	7 per jury
	Legislative Juries		Lower House