Miþuï
The Miþuï (also "Mithui") is the supreme legislature of the Sovereign Confederation. Although their membership has no set legal limit, the chamber has hosted 90 seats as of 1711.
The Praeta word "miþuï" translates to congress in Istvnistani or, more literally, "together-path".
| Party | Abbr. | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| RUF | 46 | |
| S&H | 41 | |
| CSD | 3 |
Speakers
Three Speakers were able to form coalitions in the decades prior to the Panopticon Reforms of 1711: Doir Jen Merah (1671-1698), Xander Jen Johannes (1702-1703) of the N&H, and Brugen Aldef (1703-1710) of the Reversionist faction. While there is no official prime-minister equivalent in the Miþuï, the reforms of 1711 vested the power of the Sovereign Szodan in the hitherto ceremonial legislative chamber; this allows for the Miþuï to appoint a President of the Realm’s General Staff. Brugen Aldef, secured the first election in 1711 and used his positions of power and influence to renegotiate the electoral process to allow a party sponsored by the Cult of the Sacred Detonation to run in those Bailiwicks they control in exchange for abstention from all non-tied votes. The 1728 Congress of Chryse saw Aldef step down from the Presidency and successfully back Speaker Tenia Zuderson of Doir as his successor.
As the Confederation's supreme tool of government, the Miþuï grants its Speakers the right to decide their own means of election by a plurality vote. When elections do occur, it often results in the Miþuï deeming themselves the sole electors to then reelect itself, minus any retirees or unproductive deviants. During times of particular political deadlock, there have been regional lottery-elections in which the Community of the Bailiwick nominates a pool of candidates to be randomly selected to bring new blood into the political landscape. These lottery elections are particularly frequent in the governorates of Sutherland and Asantelian.
Panopticon
Since 1704, the Miþuï has held the Commission for the Panopticon, spurring revolutionary reforms in the confederations that empowered them within the Confederation and the Union, at the cost of massive reliance on maintaining the Commission. The Miþuï has audited itself biennially since 1716, and routinely surrenders to superior auditing bodies upon request.
Governments
For the 11 years that followed the reforms, Speakers maintained the status quo under Brugen Aldef's Presidency. The stability of this period also bred legislative stagnation in the Confederation, as it re-calibrated itself to embody the primary mechanisms of the Panopticon over the union-state, leading its idealistic leaders to call on Aldef to rally support for a lottery election, in which the Miþuï would elect its seats from among a slate of curated and varied candidates. The political cliques that formed around these mostly-new Speakers in 1722 nearly tripled the number of platforms advertised on official Miþuï voting boards and led to the first tentative efforts to secure new coalitions in over a decade. It wasn't until the first weeks of 1723 that two factions formed around the Humanist establishment as ethnically-directed organizations advocating for governorate rights and increased autonomy at the bailiwick level, though this development was ultimately quashed by Aldef's administration arranging for yet another election the following year.
