The Elysiumite Republic is a federal constitutional republic, in which the Chancellor (the head of state), Prime Minister (head of government), the Grand Senate, and judiciary share powers reserved to the national government, and the federal government shares sovereignty with the regional governments.

The executive branch is headed by the Chancellor who is independent of the legislature, and the Prime Minister who is the Senate Majority Leader. Legislative power is vested in a single house, the Grand Senate. The judicial branch (or judiciary), composed of the Union Court and lower federal courts, exercises judicial power. The judiciary's function is to interpret the Elysiumite Constitution and federal laws and regulations. This includes resolving disputes between the executive and legislative branches. The federal government's layout is explained in the Constitution. Two major political parties, the Progressives and the Democratic Traditionalist dominate Elysium politics, with many smaller parties.

Constitutional Development

**Politics of the Empire of Elysium**
Politics of the Empire of Elysium
Polity type	Federal; semi-parliamentary system; constitutional republic;
Constitution	Elysium Third Constitution
Formation	July 1, 2011; 12 years ago
Legislative branch
Name	Grand Senate
Type	Unicameral
Meeting place	Elyria
	Upper house
Name	Grand Senate
Presiding officer	Christoph Billung, Speaker of the Grand Senate
Appointer	MPP elections
Executive branch
	Head of State
Title	Grand Emperor of Elysium
Currently	Robert Smith
Appointer	Election
	Head of Government
Title	Chancellor of Elysium
Currently	Elliot Doe
Appointer	Election
	Cabinet
Name	Cabinet of Elysium
Leader	Chancellor of Elysium
Deputy leader	Deputy Chancellor of Elysium
Appointer	Chancellor of Elysium
Ministries	3 departments, 6 ministries, 3 boards
Judicial branch
Name	Union Court
Courts	Union Court; Regional & Circuit Court;

June 4, 2019 First Constitution Created.
December 5, 2019 Tau forces through second constitution after a month of debates.
July 8, 2020 Republic formed after reforms.
August 20, 2020 EEC Amendment ratified making the Elysium Election Committee more non-partisan.
August 24, 2020 Judicial Reform Amendment ratified redoing Elysium's court systems.
August 24, 2020 Daelthernia Amendment ratified making Daeltheria a Crown Commonwealth.
November 25, 2020 Voter Protection Amendment ratified enshrining the right to vote in the constitution and making it illegal for the government to give priority to specific political parties.
December 6. 2020 November Reforms Amendment ratified making numerous changes to the constitution.

Government

Executive

Elysium is a semi-parliamentary republic with an elected head of state, the Chancellor, and a head of government, the Prime Minister, who is selected by the Grand Senate and is usually but not always leader of the largest party in the Grand Senate.

Chancellor

The Chancellor is the head of Government of the Empire of Elysium by controlling a majority of the Grand Senate either through their party or through a coalition. The Chancellors powers are as defined by the constitution. The Current Chancellor is Elliot Doe of the National Democratic Party (NDP). The Chancellor is not bound to term limits. To become chancellor, a citizen must of had citizenship for at least 3 months.

Cabinet

Elysium's Cabinet is made up of Ministers and Cabinet Secretaries who sit within the government and manage certain portfolios allocated to them by the Chancellor.

Legislative

Elysium's legislative branch is a unicameral body composed of the Grand Senate. Grand Senators serve a six month term, with a elections every three months but seats up for election are rotated. The Grand Senate is led by the Prime Minister and overseen by the Speaker, who is elected every three months. The Grand Senate has the job of passing legislation, but can also declare war, impeach officials, and hold a vote of confidence in the Prime Minister.

Every region has a single base seat within the Grand Senate and then for every 15 citizens the region has there is one representative added. Currently the largest region is Elyria and thus has seven seats. The Base Seats are elected on their own using single transferable vote and the candidate be a local of their region. The extra seats are elected together using single transferable vote with canadites needing a percentage to win which is equal too or larger then 100 divided by the number of extra seats a region has.

Speaker

The Speaker of Elysium is elected at the start of every Senate secession, any Senator may run for Speaker but must have served at least one term prior to their current one. The current Speaker and longest serving Speaker is Christoph Billung. The Speaker has the power to schedule Senate elections, moderate debates, oversee PMQs. and oversees committees.

Political Parties

Federal Parties

Party			Party Leader	Membership	Ideology	Grand Senate	Council of Imperial Delegations
Parties represented in the Grand Senate of Elysium
	Progressives	Pro.	Adam Johnston	~30	Democratic socialism, Left-wing libertarianism, Left-wing nationalism	4 / 25	0 / 9
	Nationalist Democrats	ND	Elliot Doe	~20	Nationalism, Populism, Kylite democracy	13 / 25	5 / 9
	Social Democratic Party of Elysium	SDP	James Christian	10	Libertarianism, Parliamentarianism, Social democracy	3 / 25	0 / 9
	Pirate Party	PPE	Johann Kümmel	2	Pirate politics, Libertarianism, Republicanism	1 / 25	1 / 9
	Elysiumite Patriots Front	EPF	Yummera	2	Right Wing Conservatism, Nationalism, Right Wing Populism, Strongly Pro-Monarchy, Regional Rights	3 / 25	0 / 9
Parties represented in regional legislatures
	Agrarian Socialist Union	AGU	Jackson Bree	unknown	Jeffersonian democracy, agrarianism, Political Presbyterianism	In an electoral alliance with Progressives on federal level	2 / 32
	Yedinist Party	Yed.	Zech O’Hair	3	Yedinism, Constitutional monarchism, Localism	No federal affiliation	1 / 32
Fringe parties
	Libertarian Socialists	LSE	Atticus Corvin	2	Libertarian socialism, Decentralization, Syndicalism	0 / 33	0 / 32

Regional Parties

Elyria

Party			Aff.	Party Leader	Ideology	Grand Senate Seats	Elyrian Senate Seats	Local Elyrian Mayoralships
Local and Global Parties
	Progressive Unionist Party	PUP	Pro.	Robert Smith	Left-wing nationalism, Social Democracy	5 / 8	4 / 7	2 / 3
	Peoples Conservative of Elyria	PCE	DTs	JP “Bubbles”	Elysiumite Nationalism, Populism, Paleo-conservatism	2 / 8	2 / 6	1 / 3
	Agrarian Socialist Union of Elyria	ASUE	Pro.	Jackson Bree	Agrarianism, Democratic Socialism, Trade Unionism	3 / 8 *people who caucus with both Progressives and ASUE	1 / 6	0 / 3
Global Parties
	Liberal Party of Elysium	LPE	LPE	James Christian	Social democracy	1 / 8	0 / 6	0 / 3
	Rhino Party	RPoE	RPoE	Friedrich Wissmann		0 / 2	0 / 6	0 / 3

Daeltheria

Party			Aff.	Party Leader	Ideology	Grand Senate Seats	Regional Parliament Seats	Local Officials
Major Parties
	Daeltherian Progressives	DP	Pro.	Seán Dadga	Democratic Socialism	6 / 7	6 / 8	2 / 2
	National Conservatives of Daelthernia	NCD	NC	Charles	Elysiumite Nationalism, Populism, Paleo-conservatism	1 / 7	2 / 8	0 / 2
Minor Parties
	Anarcho-capitalist Party of Daeltheria	ACPD	none	Kob	Anarcho-capitalism	0 / 2	0 / 6	0 / 3
	Rhino Party	RPoE	RPoE	Xavier Wiz		0 / 2	0 / 6	0 / 3
	Liberal Party of Elysium	LPE	LPE	William	Social democracy	0 / 2	0 / 6	0 / 3
	Yedinist Party	Yed.	Yed.	Shelby Blue	Social democracy	0 / 2	0 / 6	0 / 3

Ticronvidia

The 6th seat in the Ticronvidia Senate is held by an independent.

Party			Party Leader	Federal Affiliation	Ideology	King / PM	Regional Senate	Grand Senate
Governing Coalition
	Ticronvidia Progressives	Pro.	Jax	Pro.	Progressivism, Social democracy, Democratic socialism	1 / 2	2 / 4	1 / 4
	Yedinist Party	Yed.	Zech O’Hair	Yed.	Social democracy	0 / 2	1 / 4	1 / 4
Opposition Party
	National Conservatives of Ticronvidia	NCT	Johannes T.	NCP	Elysiumite Nationalism, Populism, Paleo-conservatism	1 / 2	1 / 4	1 / 4
Minor Party
	Rhino Party	RPoT	Johann Kümmel	Rhino	Satirical	0 / 2	0 / 4	1 / 8
	Ticronvidia First Party	TFP	Nicholas Lokin	None	Neoliberalism, Ticronvidian secessionism	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 6

Clamotoa

Party			Party Leader	Federal Affiliation	Ideology	Regional Senate	Grand Senate
Governing Coalition
	Progressive Unionist of Clamatoa	PUCA	Warren Wright	Pro.	Populism, Social democracy, Unionism	2 / 4	2 / 6
	Yedinist Party of Clamatoa	YPX	Zechariah O’Hair	Yed.	Yedinism	1 / 4	1 / 6
Opposition
	National Conservatives of Clamatoa	NCC	Ray W. Johnson	NC	Same as National party	1 / 4	2 / 6
	Rhinoceros Party of Clamatoa	RPC	Based Baddie	RPoE	Satire	1 / 4	1 / 6

Greymont

As of now all positions in Greymont are held by the Progressive Lamontist Party, a branch of the Progressive Party.

Major Historical Parties

List

Former major political parties in Elysium

		Party Founder(s) & Major Members	Membership, at height	Ideology	Political Position	Grand Senate
New Elysium Party	NEP	Emperor Robert Smith Chancellor Adam Johnston Chancellor Kyle Smith Senate Majority Leader Sir Spooky Senator James Christian Senator Zechariah O’Hair Senator Johannes Tyurukstein Senator Javkase	40	Economic nationalism, Environmentalism, Monarchism, Progressive Conservatism	Social policy: Right-wing Economic policy: Far-left	20 / 20
Union Democrats	UD	Senator Johannes Tyurukstein	12	Classical liberalism, Libertarianism, Conservatism	Centre to right-wing	5 / 27
(first) Democratic Traditionalist	DT	Emperor Robert Smith Chancellor Kyle Smith Prince Johann Kümmel Senator Johannes Tyurukstein Senator James Christian	18	Nationalizaionism, Nationalism, Populism, Social Conservatism, Monarchism	Social policy: Right-wing Economic policy: Centre-left	9 / 12

Electoral History

Direct PM / Chancellor Elections

Election	First candidate				Second candidate				Third candidate				Other candidates			Result
Election	Name	Party		%	Name	Party		%	Name	Party		%	Total # of Candidates	Total # of Parties	Total %	Result
First Prime Minister Election	FPM		Vox Party	68%	Kyle Smith		Independent	32%								FPM Elected
Second Prime Minister Election	Kyle Smith		Independent	88%	FPM		Vox Party	12%								Kyle Smith elected
First Chancellor Election	Kyle Smith		Democratic Traditionalist	80%	FPM		Vox Party	20%								Kyle Smith re-elected
Second Chancellor Election	Sir Kyle Smith		Democratic Traditionalist	95%	Sir Xavier Jackson		Progressives	5%								Kyle Smith re-elected
Third Chancellor Election	Sir Kyle Smith		Democratic Traditionalist	79%	Christina Nowell		Independent	14%	Constantin		Communist Party of Elysium	7%				Kyle Smith re-elected
Fourth Chancellor Election	Sir Tau Barclay		Libertarian-Progressive Party	56%	Chris Ramsay		Independent, endorsed by DTs	44%								Tau Barclay elected
Fifth Chancellor Election	Sir Kyle Smith		Reform Party	65%	Sir Adam Johnston		Progressives	15%	Rican		Reform Party, not endorsed	8%	3	2	12%	Kyle Smith re-elected
Sixth Chancellor Election	Sir Kyle Smith		Reform Party	84%	JP		Independent	16%								Kyle Smith re-elected
Seventh Chancellor Election	Sir Kyle Smith		New Elysium Party	73%	Sir Johann Kümmel		Elysium Verdant Party	14%	Victor		Independent	13%				Kyle Smith re-elected
Eighth Chancellor Election	Sir Robert Smith		Progressives	83%	Moustapha Hoteit		Independent	17%								Robert Smith elected
Ninth Chancellor Election	Sir Robert Smith		Progressives	80%	Elliot Doe		National Conservative	20%								Robert Smith re-elected

Grand Senate

Work in progress

Party		Party Leader	Majority / Opposition Coalition	Results		Senate Leader
				Seats Won	Popular Vote % Won
First Grand Senate Election
	Progressive Party	Adam Johnston	Majority	3 / 5		Adam Johnston
	Democratic Traditionalist	JP	Minority	2 / 5		Adam Johnston
Second Grand Senate Election
	Democratic Traditionalist	JP	Senior Partner	4 / 10		JP
	Progressive Party	Adam Johnston	Minority	4 / 10		JP
	WiseenTech	Ernst	Majority	1 / 10		JP
Third Grand Senate Election
	Democratic Traditionalist	Kyle Smith	Senior Partner	7 / 12		JP
	Libertarian-Progressive Party	Johann Kümmel	Minority	3 / 12		JP
	Magistrates Party	Evonia Nowell	Minority	1 / 12		JP
	Pacoist Party	Paco	Minority	1 / 12		JP
Fourth Grand Senate Election
	Reform Party	JP	Majority	6 / 10		JP
	Progressive Party	Adam Johnston	Minority	3 / 10		JP
	Pacoist Party	Paco	Minority	1 / 12		JP

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