Feedback requested! It's hard writing these things because there might be something so glaringly obvious that might be overlooked...anyway, it's meant to emulate the tone on the EVElopedia (which is where it will ultimately go...)
==Politics==
The Elusenian Cooperative is a directly-democratic corporate republic where all citizens are joint owners of the collective. The Constitution of Elusenia is the supreme law that details the framework of the entire corporation, outlying government structure and powers as well as fundamental rights. Elusenian political philosophy is firmly Gallente in nature, emphasizing democratic principles such as popular sovereignty, constitutionalism, and the rule of law. Elusenian corporate republicanism is defined as a state formed in the public interest, where all citizens have consented to support the common good and work towards the principles that the corporation is founded on.
===Government===
Elusenia utilizes a directorial parliamentary system that serves as the apparatus of the cooperative. All citizens are members of the Agora, the legislative body that holds supreme power over the republic. The Agora elects the executive branch, known as the Directorate. In turn, the twelve members of the Directorate appoint the fifty members of the Senate, a nominal upper chamber of the legislature designed to temper potential majoritarianism that may arise in the Agora. However, in the event of any disagreement between the Agora and the Senate or Directorate, the Agora has the final say. The judicial branch is composed of three supreme courts, with members nominated by the Directorate and approved by the Agora.
Elusenia’s e-democracy and bureaucracy are both heavily assisted by artificial intelligences that are sufficiently advanced for their purpose but otherwise classed as weak by interstellar regulatory bodies. The Governmental, Administrative, and Bureaucratic Intelligence for Elusenia (GABIE) is the foremost AI that informs all government action. AIs subordinate to GABIE serve in a wide array of roles, from data collection and collation to drafting new legislation.
====Directorate====
The Directorate is the chief executive body of the corporation that serves as the collective head of state and government of Elusenia. There are twelve Directors who sit on a ''rotunda mensa'' (round table) basis, including a Director-General as ''primus inter pares'' (first amongst equals) and nominal head. The remaining eleven Directors each head up a Sub-Directorate. The Sub-Directorates include Home Affairs, Foreign Relations and Defence, Finance, Infrastructure, Education, Science and Technology, Health, Justice, Culture and Sports, Environment and Agriculture, and Economic Affairs. Each Sub-Directorate oversees the subsidiaries of the cooperative for the day-to-day functioning of Elusenia as well as its extraplanetary humanitarian operations.
Candidates for the Directorate must hold an incumbent management position within the cooperative. Candidates must be in possession of a specific post-graduate qualification combined with significant demonstrable experience relevant to the position they are applying for. Any citizen-employee of Elusenia who meets these prerequisites can submit their application for candidacy to the Sub-Directorate of Home Affairs, to be approved by the Senate and then the Agora. Members of the Directorate serve yearly terms and can be removed from office at any time following a quorum from the Agora.
====Senate====
The Senate is the nominal upper chamber of the legislature of Elusenia. There are fifty Senators who are appointed by the Directorate, but all hopefuls must fulfill some meritocratic criteria. Like candidates for the Directorate, prospective Senators must be educated to the post-graduate university level at least, but there is no requirement for any specific qualification or prior professional experience. As such, Elusenian Senators are generalists rather than the specialists of the Directorate.
The primary purpose of the Senate is to temper majority rule and serve as a chamber of sober second thought. The Senate is tasked with reviewing all proposals from the Agora, and is expected to provide recommendations for amendments in instances of rejecting a proposal, which it can only do a maximum of three times. The Senate can propose new laws to the Agora, but it cannot pass new laws independently. While the Agora is concerned with day-to-day decision-making in Elusenia, the Senate is designed to function on an anticipatory basis, entrusted with legislating with a long-term outlook.
Two Senators are internally elected as Consuls, who jointly serve as the face of the Elusenian Senate. Senators are appointed for six month terms, renewable only with the approval of the Agora.
====Agora====
The Agora is the primary legislative body of Elusenia and the ultimate holder of sovereignty. It is a virtual environment and thus has no physical location beyond its main servers beneath Government House. Every employee of the Elusenian Cooperative is considered a member of the Agora (called Citizens), though the principle of voluntary association combined with pragmatic concerns means that the Agora de facto functions on a system of delegative democracy. Citizens who are either unwilling or unable to regularly participate in the Agora have the option of assigning a Delegate to represent their interests at any time. Delegates can delegate further when the need of specialists arises. Principal Delegates are appointed for specific sessions as and when required. Support for Delegates can be withdrawn at any time, should Citizens wish to represent themselves or otherwise.
The Agora has a heavy focus on consensus-building, though laws are typically passed on an absolute supermajority. GABIE and lesser AIs known as LASSIEs (Legislative Assistants for Elusenia) play an active role in the Agora, from regulating parliamentary procedure and maintaining discipline, to presenting data and relevant forms of information to the chamber. There is a strong emphasis on the Agora acting only when it is properly informed with the objectivity of the AIs, who are at the whims of the chamber. Citizens are legally obligated to participate at least once a month without the use of Delegates in the Agora, be this active debate or simple voting on legislation.
===Administrative subdivisions===
Elusenia operates on a centralized, unitary system where all political authority is vested in the primary entities and otherwise handed down to local bodies on a devolved basis. Elusenia is administratively subdivided into 16 communes based on geographic boundaries. Each commune has its own council with membership granted to local residents. Like the Agora, commune councils function on the principles of voluntary direct democracy through the use of delegates. Each commune has its own Community Court that deals with all civil and criminal matters in their respective jurisdictions.
===Legal system===
Elusenia operates a civil law system with three national courts. The High Court of Justice deals with all judicial cases covering civil or criminal matters at the national level, additionally serving as the highest court of appeal over the Community Courts. The Court of Administration regulates corporate procedures and defines the powers of bureaucratic agencies, while the Court of Constitution protects the supreme law of Elusenia. The Court of Constitution has the power to declare any action by the other government branches as unconstitutional, while the Court of Administration can similarly identify actions by corporate agencies as illegal.
Each court has six justices who serve five year terms, nominated by the Directorate and approved by the Agora. Justices cannot be removed from office.
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