Politics
Rainbowisland is a federal parlemental
democratic monarchy. Which means that the head of state is a monarch. But the real power
lies with the government which is elected by the people (of age 18 or older and legally
competent).
There are 4 levels of government in Rainbowisland.
The smallest is the communal government. This is the mayor and the town council. The
communal elections are held every 6 years and the mayor is the member of the majority with
the most personal votes. The smallest town council has at least 2 councilmen and a mayor.
The largest is the council of Ligopolis which has 96 councilmen and a mayor.
The 2nd level of government is the provincial government. There are 13 provincial
governments. They are elected once every 4 years. The provincial governments has full
jurisdiction over cultural, educational and linguistic matters. It also has parial
jurisdiction over most other areas of government. No provincial government (except for
Montana) has jurisdiction over foreign affairs or defence.
The 3ed level of government is the regional government. These are the governments of
the 8 kingdoms. For Montana, Gaalirealm, Kastelia and Southrealm, these coincide with the
provincial governments. For the other 4 kingdoms, these are the combination of the member
provincial governments. There are no separate elections for the regional government.
The 4th and highest level of government is the federal parlement. The members of the
parlement are elected once every 4 years. The elected members have to be devided
proportionatly among the provinces according to the population figures.
There are 13 political parties who regularly score more than 0.01% of the votes. 12 of these are national parties (the odd one out is Action Francais, an extreme rightwing party from Gaali).
Rainbowisland is a respected member of the international communitiy and strives to establish and maintain diplomatic relations with as many nations as possible.
other political links:
the monarchy
previous elections