Politics of the Kingdom of Moorland
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| Polity type | Constitutional monarchy |
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| Constitution | Uncodified |
| Head of state | King Alpin |
| Head of government | PM Travercraig |
| Legislature | |
| Name | Moorland Witan |
| Upper house | Hall of Thegns |
| Lower house | Folcgemot (121 seats) |
| Electoral system | First-past-the-post |
| Suffrage | Class-qualified |
| Governing party | |
| Name | HHP |
| Leader | Albert Travercraig |
| Seats | 117 / 121 (96.7%) |
| Elections | |
| Last election | 1731 |
| Next election | Pending (mandated) |
 Kingdom of Moorland | |
The politics of the Kingdom of Moorland takes place within a constitutional monarchy where the King serves as head of state and the Prime Minister serves as head of government. The kingdom operates under an uncodified constitution derived from royal charters, Acts of Witan, and accumulated convention. Legislative power is vested in the bicameral Moorland Witan, comprising the hereditary Hall of Thegns and the elected Folcgemot. Executive power is exercised by the Cabinet under the Prime Minister's leadership, subject to the confidence of the Folcgemot and the assent of the Crown. The Homeland and Heritage Party (HHP) dominates the political landscape, holding 117 of 121 Folcgemot seats following the Gracious Edict of 1752, which consolidated the kingdom's conservative factions into a single governing party. Moorland functions as a de facto one-party state, though minor parties representing ethnic communities have organized in anticipation of the forthcoming election.
Moorland's political system reflects both its Nova English heritage and the particular circumstances of its founding. When King Alpin MacMartin rallied the highland clans in 1718 AN, he established a constitutional framework balancing royal authority with representative government. Suffrage is class-qualified: householders and property owners vote in territorial constituencies, while guild and professional associations elect delegates representing occupational interests. The governing ideology of Commonwealism holds that society functions best when organized into three interdependent classes, each fulfilling its appointed role. The Church of the Holy Lance exercises significant political influence through affiliated organizations and the HHP's Lancer Tendency faction. No general election has been held since 1731 AN, when Prime Minister Robin Wakeham extended his tenure through constitutionally dubious "continuing motions" until his removal in 1752 AN. The forthcoming election mandated by the Gracious Edict will be the first in over two decades, testing whether Moorland's political institutions can accommodate the demographic transformation wrought by the East Keltian Collapse of 1737 AN.
