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The Concalian Empire was ruled through 4 pillars of governance: The Centuriate Assembly, the Magistrates, the Senate, and the Clergy. While these 4 pillars of government were meant to work in tandem, complementing one another, it was not uncommon for there to be secret and sometimes violent bickering and rivalries both between and within each of the pillars. It was also not uncommon for those already in power to “quietly get rid of" up-and-comers who became too famous and popular with the populace.

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The Centuriate Assembly

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The Centuriate Assembly served as semi-democratic military voting structure. When new laws were presented by the senate, any member of the military - regardless of race - could come to the capitol to vote on the law as part of the Centuriate Assembly. The Assembly worked by assigning each military rank a set number of votes. When the assembly convened, those with the same rank would be put into equally size groups - with the number of groups equaling the number of votes said military rank was assigned. Each group would then have to come to an agreement on how they would cast their vote. The Centuriate Assembly's voting structure was always set up so that the higher-ranks in total had more votes than the lower-ranks. The number of votes each military rank was given was set, and could only be changed by being put forward to and voted in favor of by the Assembly. In addition to voting on laws, the Centuriate Assembly also voted on who'd fill the different Magistrate roles.

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The Centuriate Assembly met twice a year - during spring and fall - with each gathering lasting however many days they needed to get through all the topics. Since voting only took place in the empire's capitol, the Assembly strongly favored the wealthy (who could afford the travel) and those who already lived in the capitol itself. Poorer families from further off provinces thus had little opportunity to have their say.

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The Magistrates

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The Magistrates were the Empire's elected officials. Magistrates held the power to make laws and enact policies, though these could later be overruled by the Centuriate Assembly. Most magistrates served 1-year terms, with half being up for election each time the Centuriate Assembly convened. Highest of these were the empire's two Consuls - one up for election each time the Centuriate Assembly convened. These two individuals were the leaders of the Empire, and ruled the capitol directly. These two held equal power, with both importantly having the power to block any decree made by the other. The Consuls were also responsible for appointing members of the Senate.

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Below the Consuls sat the Preators, with each Preator governing one of the empire's provinces. Preators were the only ones allowed to lead armies, the only exceptions being if the Preator died or was incapacitated during a military campaign. Preators were often assigned to be the commander of a military campaign by the Consuls in cooperation with the Senate, though they also held the power to raise armies on their own, and could draw volunteers from other provinces. A preator could not be voted out of power while they were on a military campaign.

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Only magistrates of Consul or Preator ranks were voted on by the Centuriate Assembly, with lower ranks being handled within each province. While technically anyone could become Consul or Preator, in practice only a few prominent families dominated these positions. 

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The Senate

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The Senate consisted of 100 prominent and influential members of the Concalian Empire. They were appointed by the Consuls, and served for life unless they themselves decided to step down. A decent number of Senate members were former Consuls and Preators themselves, or members of their families. The Senate was seen as a forum where the empire's most influential could discuss the state and the future course of the empire. It was the Senate who put forth laws and policies for the Centuriate Assembly to vote on, and it was the Senate that presented candidates for the different Magistrate positions. Thus, while the Senate did not hold law-making powers themselves, they held immense influence over those who did. The Centuriate Assembly did however have the power to hold a vote on throwing out the entire Senate, meaning the Senate had to keep the citizenry at least adequately happy. This did mean that if a person from a non-prominent family earned a considerable amount of fame within the Empire, the Senate could find themselves pressured into granting them a Magistrate title.

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The Clergy

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The last column was The Clergy. While there were many clergies in the Empire, The Clergy refers to a select group of powerful clerics located in the empire's capitol. They were led by the Oracle - an individual kept in a kind of perpetual trance, and was seen as being present in the both the material realm and in their deities' courts simultaneously, and could thus bring forth the deities' will directly and instantaneously. The Clergy was thus seen as the official voices of Ammindur and Iomanae. While The Clergy held no official political power, neither the Magistrates, the Senate, nor the Centuriate Assembly would find it easy going against whatever the Clergy decreed to be the will of the gods. In addition, while the Clergy only constituted a small portion of the empire's clerics, all clerics of the empire would have to follow any order given to them by the Clergy. This generally extended to any member of the Empire, as few would dare go against the will of the gods. However, while clergy could technically order you to do anything, they generally avoided anything that would put into question whether the clergy had gone astray - as anything that could put into question the Clergy's legitimacy among the populace was of high concern to them.

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Religious Views

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Concalian Society

 

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