Political System of Hertfordia

[Clarkov]

Hertfordia is a confederal state under a semi-constitutional elective monarchy. King Mečislavs I is the monarch and head of state of Hertfordia. The monarch has the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn and the right to declare war. The Constitution of the Confederal Kingdom of Hertfordia is uncodified and consists of a collection of statutes, judge-made case law and constitutional conventions. Basically, there is no real constitution to speak of. The Hertfordian Parliament has the political power to change or abolish any written or unwritten element of the constitution. No Parliament can pass laws that future Parliaments cannot change.

 King Mečislavs I, Monarch since 1420

 Clarkov Jammbonevych Sahaidachny/Furutani 'Clarkson', Prime Minister since 1419 [the picture is temporary]

Hertfordia has a unicameral parliamentary government based on the Harlow System that was once emulated around the continent: a legacy of the empire known as Greater Hertfordia which once spanned all of Eastern Andolia. The parliament of Hertfordia meets in the Palace of Hoddesdon and has one house: an elected Supreme Commons. All bills passed are given Royal Assent before becoming law.

 

The Palace of Horogia, seat of the Sűprïm Ķamenz/Векавен Хабстинаит of Hertfordia.

The position of Prime Minister, Hertfordia's head of government, belongs to the person most likely to command the confidence of the Supreme Commons; this individual is typically the leader of the political party or coalition of parties that holds the largest number of seats in that chamber. The prime minister chooses a cabinet and its members are formally appointed by the monarch to form His Majesty's Government. By convention, the monarch respects the prime minister's decisions of government.

The cabinet is traditionally drawn from members of the prime minister's party or coalition. Executive power is exercised by the prime minister and cabinet, all of whom are sworn into the Privy Council of Hertfordia, and become Ministers of the Crown. The current Prime Minister is Clarkov Sahaidachny/Furutani, a very shy boy who has been in office since 26 June 1419. He is also the former leader of the Anglian Nationalist Party having become an independent in 1420 after becoming overwhelmed with leading a political party. Thankfully he has the Tsar to help with ruling the country in a joint-ruling system in which the monarch & PM have almost equal power and authority. For elections to the Supreme Commons, the CK is divided into 47 constituencies divided further into 10 wards that each elect a member of parliament (MP) by single transferable vote. General elections are called by the monarch when the prime minister so advises, but the elections for Prime Minister typically occur at a 5 year period. Prior to the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 1411, the Parliament Act 1349 required that a new election must be called no later than seven years after the previous general election. The royal elections to decide the monarch of Hertfordshire & Jammbo, known as the Tsar, occur every 4 years, but because the current monarch Mečislavs Deben was chosen personally as the successor of the previous ruler Charles Broxbourne, he will need to wait 7 years instead of the usual 4 to fight his first election campaign.

The Anglian Nationalist Party and the Labour Party have, in modern times, been considered Hertfordia's two major political parties, representing the Hertfordian traditions of conservative nationalism and democratic socialism respectively. In accordance with party policy, no elected Auęselvz members of parliament have ever attended the House of Commons to speak on behalf of their constituents because of the requirement to take an oath of allegiance to the monarch.

 

The 47 constituencies (and counties) of Hertfordia

 

This is now outdated. The nation does not have any political parties as of late 2022/1422.