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