Government of the Federative Republic of Okrit

The Federative Republic of Okrit is the official, internationally recognised government that holds political control over majority of the islands within Okrit. The Federative republic was officialized in 24PC, as a restructuring of the primarily de facto government Aakar Orit, founded in 9PC.

History

Prior to 24PC, Okrit had an entirely informal structure of governance. Until 9PC, the islands consisted of a variety of autonomous entities, which only came under the claim of a unified rule under the merchant Aakar Orit after having secured contact with the Eastern Attu nations. Over time, Orit would gain complete control over the influential city of Nakrama through the economic gains of trading with the eastern nations, and would fortify his gains through military force, providing arms and funding to his personal guard, which was expanded, and by hiring mercenary groups. This consistently increasing level of power and influence would spread across the Omolai to the other City States and towards in-land regions, positions of power that he affirmed through affirmed bribery, blackmail, threats and military force.

With the outbreak of Purple Fever from 10 - 11 PC, Orit was within an even more advantageous position through his acquisition of modern medical supplies from Utlia, and arms from Akaria. Orit's access to medicine became an extremely heavy bargaining point, with submission to his regime being the only given option and military opposition becoming more unfeasible due to Orit's arms superiority and the devastated populations of communities who would oppose it. By 12 the entirety of Waaq and the majority of Onomat had been secured under Orit's control. The hierarchy was entirely informal, with no official structure for government management, no political offices and no standard of conduct between Orit's authority and subsidiary policies. This meant that full-fledged states like Masrit and small disparate rural villages were all managed at the same level.

On 8-3 24 PC Aakar Orit called for a sudden restructuring of government after reportedly seeing visions of his own death. The restructuring of government would precede Orit's resignation from the presidency, allowing for the democratic election of his successor. The restructuring program would also serve to form as the basis on planning a national industrialization program, a larger part of the modernization of Okrit. The period of reformation would last 5 years until the first election of the dakma on 1-5 29PC. During the transitionary period, former officials would assume the newly created roles, and a large amount of the prior establishment had carried over into the newly elected dakma, which consisted of 27 out of the 30 seats due to lackluster infrastructure in 3 highland provinces. The first presidential election began on 10-9 30 PC, with the eventual election of Aakar Byenama in 31 PC

Structure

Okrit is federal republic consisting of 30 semi-autonomous provinces with 5 'special provinces', which are granted certain privileges as well as extra autonomy. Each province is lead by a governor, with all 30 governers making up a paarliament known as the Dakma. The Dakma is presided over by a chairman, the president, and a 15 seat advisory board, that partially consists of dakma members.

The Dakma

The Dakma constitutes the 30 seat federal parliament that governs matters of national relevance. Each of the 30 seats on the Dakma belongs to the Provincial Governor of each of the 30 constituent provinces. One of these member is selected to be the Chairman of the Dakma, and is guaranteed a seat on the president's advisory board. The Chairman of the Dakma is selected personally by the President from the incumbent Dakma members. It is the responsibility of the chairman to oversee the conduct of the Dakma and to present the decisions and proposals of the Dakma to the president. Each member of the Dakma is allowed to present proposals to the parliament with the support of at least 3 other provincial governors. The Dakma then discusses these proposals, with the chairman presenting the outcome to the president. This process is followed for all legislature of national relevance, and a bill must pass through the Dakma before reaching the president - although the president reserves the right to guarantee or vito proposals. Alongside this, at his own whim or at the Dakma's request, the President is allowed to expel a PG from the Dakma, resulting in the termination of their governance and replacement

The Dakma convenes for general discussion twice every month. Under the decision of the Dakma or the President, multiple times a year on agreed upon dates or at the request of the President. The members of the Dakma reserve the right to call for a presidential election, which can be supported by national public ballot. Upon presidential elections, individuals of the Dakma may campaign to become president should they have the support of at least one quarter of the Dakma, allowing for up to four potential candidates for the presidency. The assumption of the presidency results in the abdication of their respective PG seat in most cases. Their position is replaced at the decision of their provincial cabinet, by election or by assumption of the position by a chosen cabinet member. This does not apply to the PGs of the Special Provinces, of which they will retain their PG position should they become President. If this were to take place, they will personally select an individual to represent their seat on the Dakma & the Advisory board, while maintaining their PG responsibilities and traditional title.

Map of Okrit's 30 Provinces

Provincial structure

Of the 30 provinces, all of them follow the same electoral procedure, sans the 5 Special Provinces (SPs). The Provincial Governor (PG) is chosen by ballot among the people from a variety of representatives from the provinces' constituent municipalities, often being city officials, community elders or local nobility. The resulting selected representatives form the Provincial Council (PC), all member of which have input on the governance of the province as a whole and in regards to their respective municipalities. Both municipal and province-wide decisions will be discussed by the PC to be ultimately judged by the PG and his cabinet. It is the PG who decides whether this decision will pass or be withheld.

On agreed upon dates, and upon public petition, provincial elections will occur, wherein the members of the PC will campaign to become PG. Public ballot decides which members of the PC may be eligible to campaign for the position of Governor whereupon they then have the right to press the council for reposition as Provincial governor, whereupon the majority of the council must agree upon the final decision, reserving the right to expel the member from the PC should they fail. Upon election, the PG may replace or keep members of the previous cabinet as they please. Significant provincial decisions must pass through the Dakma to proceed, sans the five special provinces, which is allowed to make decisions without the input of the Dakma.

Of the 5 special provinces, 3 follow the same electoral procedure as above whilst guaranteed spaces on the President's advisory board. The two special provinces of Masrit & the Taaqba federation follow seperate electoral processes following their traditional forms of governance. The position for PG of Masrit is held by the incumbent Udumap - the monarch of the Kingdom of Masrit. The Taaqba federation is governed by three individuals representing the traditional constituents of the federation, they together count as the Provincial Governor and take up only one seat on the Dakma, however are reserved individual seats on the President's Advisory Board.

List of Provinces

1. Adai
2. Akoni, special province -
3. Binon
4. Byok
5. Central Waaq
6. Dakha Valley
7. Goro province - capital, Goro
8. Ibok
9. Ikanata province - capital, Ikanata
10. Kafotwo province - capital, Kafotwo
11. Karawate province - capital, Dak
12. Kofo
13. Masrit, special province - capital,
14. Matsuk
15. Moklo province - capital, Moklo
16. North Moklo -
17. Nairo - capital, Datwa
18. Nakrama, special province - capital Nakrama - national capital
19. Okso, special province -
20. Omok
21. Oombo
22. Otyop
23. Peak province
24. North River
25. South River
26. East River
27. East Taaqba
28. Taaqbal Federation, special province
29. Tseqge - capital, Aamobo
30. Wetlands province

The Advisory Board

The Advisory Board consists of 15 members of state from various sections of the government, 8 of which being members of the Dakma. The advisory board are allowed direct communication with the President for consultation on various matters and are called to convene at the President's leisure.

Election history

Official elections for the Dakma began in 29PC with the expectations that a full Dakma would be achieved for the presidential election in 30PC. As of yet, the majority of highland provinces have no seats or offices, the federal government cites 'logistical difficulties' as attributing to their lack of representation. By 30 PC only half of all Dakma seats had been filled upon the ascension of Aakar Byenama to the presidency.