Confederate States of Floria Congress

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The Confederate States of Floria Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of Floria, and consists of two chambers: The House of Representatives and the Florian Senate. The congress in the Confederate States of Floria Capitol in Northcliff, Kingsland. Both members of both chambers are elected by direct vote. Congress has 807 voting members:705 representatives and 102 senators. Florian Eura, Port Balaine and Etourney have one member each but they are ineligible to vote, they are however still permitted to address the house, sit and vote in congressional committees, and introduce legislation.

The members of the House of Representatives serve 12 AN year terms representing the people of a single constituency, known as a "district". "Districts" are determined by population using up to date census results and each state must have at least one representative. Regardless of population size, each state on the mainland has 9 senators whilst Etourney, Port Balaine and Florian Eura have one each. In total there are 102 senators representing each state/region of the country.

The Congress was created after the constitutional change in early 1680 replacing the former parliamentary system which had existed since the formation of the country. Congress members are typically affiliated with two major parties, the UPR, Democratic Conservative Party and the Social Democratic Party of Floria.