Congress of the Confederated States of Gran Verionia

Congress of the Confederated States of Gran Verionia Congreso de los Estados Confederados de Gran Verionia
1st Congress
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Consejo de los Estados Cámara de Representantes
History
Founded	1683
Preceded by	Grand Council of Verionian States
Structure
Seats	Consejo de los Estados: 24 Cámara de Representantes: 421
Consejo de los Estados political groups	Government (16)   Partido Unionista : 8 seats   Verionist Union: 5 seats   Partido de Liberación Nacional: 2 seats   Association of Merchants: 1 seat Opposition (8)   Cambio Democratico: 3 seats   Al-Wafd: 2 seats   Hizbusoufi: 1 seat   Kasterburger Volksbond: 1 seat   Progressieve Alliantie: 1 seat
Cámara de Representantes political groups	Verionian Unionist Coalition (189)   Partido Unionista : 125 seats   Verionist Union: 23 seats   Partido de Liberación Nacional: 19 seats   Association of Merchants: 17 seats   Princely Delegation: 5 seats Coalition for Tradition and Values (91)   Al-Wafd: 55 seats   Hizbusoufi: 24 seats   Kasterburger Volksbond: 5 seats   Partido Conservador: 4 seats   Nationalist Coalition of Benacia: 2 seats   Partido Fascista Republicano: 1 seat Group for Democracy (17)   Cambio Democratico: 14 seats   Syndicalist Front: 2 seats   Progressieve Alliantie: 1 seat Coalition for the Regions (3)   Sovereign Keraqi Front: 1 seat   Acción Popular de Timaro: 1 seat   Elsenari and Lunatic Union: 1 seat
Elections
Consejo de los Estados voting system	Elected by regional legislatures
Cámara de Representantes voting system	First-past-the-post constituency voting
Meeting place
Palacio de Mármol

The Congress of the Confederated States of Gran Verionia (Martino: Congreso de los Estados Confederados de Gran Verionia) is the bicameral parliament of Gran Verionia. It was established in 1683 to replace the Grand Council of Verionian States. The Congress consists of the 24-seat Council of States and the 421-seat chamber of representatives.

The bicameral parliament was introduced in 1683 to establish a better representation of the entire nation following the Northern Expansion. The Council of States was introduced, which functions as a non-proportional representation of the Republics, States and Territories of Gran Verionia.

Consejo de los Estados

The Council of States is the upper chamber of the Congress. The role of the Council is to ratify legislation passed by the Chamber of Representatives, as well as to confirm government appointments. Its members represent the Republics, States and Territories of Gran Verionia. The members of the Council of States are appointed by the local legislatures. The membership of the Council of States is not representative. Each Republic appoints three members of the Council, while each State and Territory appoints two.

State	Council Member	Political Allignment		Term Started
Kasterburg Republic	Jehosephat de Montfort		Kasterburger Volksbond	1683
	David van der Meer		Verionist Union	1683
	Karel Santen		Progressieve Alliantie	1683
Republic of Los Liberados	Pedro Jimenèz Infante		Partido de Liberación Nacional	1683
	Ernesto Martinèz Campo		Partido de Liberación Nacional	1683
	Martha Solaño Rosario		Cambio Democratico	1683
State of Aracataca	Ignacio Sanchèz Herado		Cambio Democratico	1683
	César Velarde Quito		Partido Unionista	1683
State of Cajamara	Simón Canas Vea		Partido Unionista	1683
	Régulo Esquilin Camarena		Partido Unionista	1683
State of Isabella	María Ramirez Tejera		Partido Unionista	1683
	Santiago Leyba Baez		Partido Unionista	1683
State of Granada	Nawid Herera		Partido Unionista	1683
	Patricio Al-Hasam		Cambio Democratico	1683
State of Souf	Ali Al-Shafed		Hizbusoufi	1683
	Chaim Viqh		Association of Merchants	1683
State of Torosh	Jamal Bin Osman		Al-Wafd	1683
	Ibrahim Al-Ramadi		Al-Wafd	1683
State of Valentia	Emerico Calleja Rejo		Partido Unionista	1683
	Ana Fleites Serna		Partido Unionista	1683
Free City of Chryste	Rodrick Delacroix		Verionist Union	1683
	Howard Valz		Verionist Union	1683
Capital Territory of Valarion	Sarah Bezir		Verionist Union	1683
	Oliver Hasenda		Verionist Union	1683

Cámara de Representantes

The Cámara de Representantes replaced the existing Grand Council. Before 1683, members of the Grand Council were elected or appointed in their representative states. Seats were distributed according to population of the Verionian States. Since the Northern Expansion, a series of changes was made to the way in which the parliament was elected. Whereas the Consejo remained appointed by the States, the Cámara became a national legislature that is directly elected in one national election. The change was controversial, especially in Souf and Valentia, states which saw their influence decrease following the 1683 General election.

Powers

The Cámara de Representantes has the power of legislation, but this legislation, either through acts or resolutions, have no binding power. Acts may have binding power when they receive the support of a 2/3rd majority of the Cámara, are agreed on by the Consejo de los Estados by a simple majority and are promulgated by the Supreme Director. Resolutions never have binding power, but are recommendations that may or may not be taken over by the Consejo.

Distribution of Seats

For the general election that elects the Cámara de Representates, every Republic, State or Territory serves as an electoral district. Each electoral district has a predetermined number of seats that represent the population.

Electoral district	Population	Allocated seats
State of Valentia	25,600,000	116
State of Isabella	21,700,000	99
State of Torosh	11.000.000	50
State of Cajamarca	8,511,400	39
State of Souf	8,300,000	37
Republic of Los Liberados	7,170,000	33
Free City of Chryste	4,587,000	21
Republic of Kasterburg	2.220.300	10
State of Aracataca	2,100,000	9
Capital Territory of Valarion	1,100,000	5
State of Granada	520,000	2

Groups in the Grand Council of Verionian States

	Group	Seats	Ideology	Member groups
	Verionian Unionist Coalition	189	Verionian Unionism	Delegación de Valentia (125) Verionist Union (23) Partido de Liberación Nacional (19) Association of Merchants (17) Princely Delegation (5)
	Coalition for Tradition and Values	91	Conservatism, Religious interest	Al-Wafd (55) Hizbusoufi (24) Kasterburger Volksbond (5) Partido Conservador (4) Nationalist Coalition of Benacia (2) Partido Fascista Republicano (1)
	Group for Democracy	17	Democracy, Liberalism	Cambio Democratico (14) Syndicalist Front (2) Progressieve Alliantie (1)
	Coalition for the Regions	3	Regionalism	Sovereign Keraqi Front (1) Acción Popular de Timaro (1) Elsenari and Lunatic Union (1)

Washar

The Grand Council elected a chairman, or Washar, from its ranks. The Washar is tasked with leading the debates and maintaining the order in the debating chamber. In addition, the Washar is the first advisor to the Elu, often mitigating between the wishes of the Grand Council and the monarchy. The last Washar was Godolphin Viqh, who is a member of the Association of Merchants, representing Souf.