How the Government Is Run

The Taliandesse Government is somewhat similar to the United States government it has a supreme court which is appointed by the monarch but confirmed by both the lower and upper assemblies. There is an upper and lower national assembly which is elected by the people from the country's 54 districts, and or Regions. the upper assembly has 540 members with 10 coming from each district, the lower assembly may elect one representative for every 500,000 people within its population after the census which is held every 10 years. Elections are held every 5 years for both Assemblies, the districts have their own assemblies as well, which abide by the same rules. there is two major differences however Taliand(which is a former absolute Monarchy) Still has a royal family and the king, or queen still has much control over the government their role is very similar to that of a President they sign laws into effect select their own cabinet and are generally considered the most powerful person in the country. They, however, do have limits to their power as a 60% majority in both the upper and lower chambers can overturn their decision. The Monarch can also be forcibly removed from power as well a public referendum is held every 5 years and the monarch must receive at least 40% of the public vote or must receive 60% of the Chamber of the Aristocracy's vote otherwise the next in line will take over as king or queen. the Chamber of the Aristocracy is all 282 noble families recognized when the current constitution was ratified in 1823 the current lord or lady of that seat has a position in the Chamber, the Chamber is a third semi-assembly the purpose of the Chamber is to represent the monarchs wishes in the Assembly their job is to persuade and negotiate with the upper and lowers assemblies, they are also the group who approve the Monarchs cabinet positions, and choice of judges other then Supreme Court justices and a 75% majority may overturn the veto of the assemblies. The country is also unique for having no political parties as they prefer to look at candidates individual beliefs instead of broad political parties, this, however, does make it more difficult to tell if a bill will pass or fail before it goes to the floor. The country as a whole skews more liberal according to the 2010 census 64% of the country said they consider themselves more liberal than conservative. The Monarchy has traditionally been Liberal with a few exceptions.