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Maowese Political System
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The positions of President, Vice-president, Senior Assistant and Junior Assistant are voted on every two years. Any Maowese citizen may vote and/or run for any of those positions.
All Maowese followers of a registered religion (currently Christianity, Hinduism, Australianism, Indigenous Maowese Worship, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Sikhism, atheism, humanism and agnosticism) may vote for one member of that religion to represent it in the Council, and may run in the elections which occur every two years.
All Maowese members of an intellectually independent age group according to Maowese law (11-15, 16-20, 21-25, 26-30, 31-40, 41-50, 51-60 and 61+ years) may vote for one member of their age group to represent it in the Council, and may run in the elections which occur every two years. (Note: minimum voting age for all votes in Maowi is 11 years)
All Maowese members of a registered race (currently white European, white North American, Latin American, black North American, black African, white African, East Asian, West Asian, Oceanian and Indigenous Maowese) may vote for one member of that race to represent it in the Council, and may run in the elections which occur every two years.
All Maowese members of a registered gender (currently cisgender male, cisgender female, transgender male, transgender female, gender fluid, gender queer and questioning) may vote for one member of that gender to represent it in the Council, and may run in the elections which occur every two years.
All Maowese members of a registered sexuality (currently heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual and asexual) may vote for one member of that sexuality to represent it in the Council, and may run in the elections which occur every two years.
All Maowese residents in a deme (Maowi is geographically organised in 42 demes, normally individual villages, although larger towns and cities are split up) may vote for one member of that community to represent it in the Council, and may run in the elections which occur every two years.
All Maowese citizens employed in a Maowese industry (tourism, information technology, retail, cheese exports, beverage sales, basket weaving, gambling, pizza delivery, agriculture, manufacturing, book publishing, furniture restoration, mining, timber woodchipping and insurance) may vote for one member of that industry to represent it in the Council, and may run in the elections which occur every two years.
All Maowese citizens qualified at university level or a suitable equivalent in any of the following fields (environment, medicine/healthcare, welfare/social studies, education, science research, and economics) may vote for one citizen qualified in that field to represent it in the Council, and may run in the elections which occur every two years.
Maowi has two ambassadors to the World Assembly. They are voted on by the entire Council after the Council elections every two years. Any assistant administrator (see here) may put themselves forward to be an ambassador.
Any Maowese citizen can propose a religious, racial, gender or sexuality group for registration for representation in the Council. At least 3000 Maowese citizens must identify under that group, and they can certify this online. The only benefit of registering a group is representation in the Council: Maowese citizens can still identify as part of an unregistered group and be officially recognised as part of that group.
The Council has regular fortnightly meetings in Maowi's capital city, Bradypus City. The President and their assistants run the meeting, keeping order and allowing everybody a chance to speak. Members of the Council report the complaints and demands of the groups they represent, and present possible solutions. These have been prepared in advance using an online discussion forum in which the groups and communities can debate issues and communicate directly with their representative. If there are issues to be resolved, the President and their assistants will organise extra Council meetings, in which legislation is proposed, debated and voted upon. A piece of legislation simply requires over 50% of the vote to be passed.
As soon as legislation is passed, it is posted online and on physical notice boards around the country for all to see (with Braille versions for the visually impaired). Maowese citizens may at any point petition online for the legislation to be repealed. If five thousand people petition against the legislation, a national referendum, open to all Maowese citizens, is held. There is normally no political campaigning. If turnout is greater than 50% and at least 50% of votes are against the legislation, the legislation is repealed.
Every Council representative picks, from a shortlist of ten runners-up from the elections, five assistant administrators. The Council representative then decides how to delegate tasks and responsibilities to their administrators, as long as their workloads are of the same sort of scale. This is repeated at every election every two years.
The President's other tasks include creating boards made up of Council members to manage, among other things, citizenship applications, public services and Government spending.
Any person can become a Maowese citizen, as long as they have resided in Maowi for at least three months. You may be a citizen of Maowi as well as simultaneously holding citizenship in any other nation. Apply online or visit the Council headquarters in Bradypus City.