Hello,
So in my attempts to properly flesh out Elusenia, I've come to a bit of a hurdle with explaining its government functions, particularly where it derives legitimacy from. The Gallente governments derive legitimacy from de jure democratic mandates. The Caldari corporations derive legitimacy from de facto claims to representing the Caldari civilization. The Amarr empire derives legitimacy from divine authority. The Minmatar tribes derive legitimacy from de facto representation of all the clans.
It became tenuous with Elusenia. The Destiny Foundation can claim legitimacy in Elusenia by the social contract and general corporate-employee responsibility. However, this has been seen by them IC as counter to the principles of democratic legitimacy which
must be de jure,
not de facto. The solution? Become a cooperative where all employees are owners of Destiny Foundation. By extension, this makes the subject Elusenian government apparatus extraneous; the trappings of DES-F are synonymous with Elusenia's establishment.
So how is the corporate republic defined in this instance? All citizens of the republic have consented to the goals and ideals of the corporation, and the corporation is a matter of its citizen-employees (becoming a cooperative therefore aligns properly with this). You might separate this from the Caldari corporate state in that it is not necessarily a 'public matter'. For the Serenissima Respublico of Elusenia, there would be an open legislature where the citizens by virtue of owning the corporation can participate at will voluntarily (perhaps called an Agora or Collegium). Of course, this would be cumbersome for day-to-day legislation, so this open legislature would elect a full-time legislature of maybe 100-120 individuals (perhaps just called a Senate). The Agora/Collegium would then appoint the Executive Council; 12 Executive Directors with one of them appointed as Chief Executive Director. Anette would sit as non-statutory 13th member as Honorary Executive Director. Round table concept (because Arthurian stuff ftw) where there is no head despite the existence of the Chief Executive.
As constitutionalism demands an independent judiciary, the Senate or Executive Council would perhaps nominate candidates to be approved by the Agora/Collegium. Not sure what the judiciary would be called, mind. Members of the judicial system could not sit in the legislature.
Then this is the biggest hurdle; the bureaucracy. This is I am guessing a good chunk of the corporate structure for day-to-day operations...as the barriers between Elusenia and DES-F has broken down, this becomes tricky. The bureaucracy would include both state stuff for Elusenia and general corporate stuff for DES-F's off-world operations. But liberal democracy stipulates that members of the bureaucracy (part of the executive branch) cannot be part of the legislature, as they are supposed to be apolitical and impartial. I know dick about corporate stuff so I'm not sure how much of the corporation would be bureaucrats, considering its primary activity is humanitarian (sometimes armed). This would include the directors, the executives, so on...those part of the government ministries and...my brain hurts.
Then there's the military. Simple enough; democracy enshrines civilian control. If you're a member of the Elusenian military, you cannot participate in the open legislature. You have the same rights, of course.
I suppose what I'm asking is how you would rationalize the place of the bureaucrats in DES-F/Elusenia, considering it is both a democracy that cannot allow bureaucrats in the process and a cooperative that entitles everyone to participation? Is there a distinction between infrastructure bureaucrats (Those involved in the day-to-day running of Elusenia, ie. transport, education, utilities) and the corporate bureaucracy (those involved in the day-to-day running of DES-F; humanitarian ops, off-world stuff etc.)?
I can do government and politics...I draw blanks with corporate stuff
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