Editing Velatine Federal Republic (section)

==Politics==

Leader is a President with broad powers - the President is also nominal commander of the Military. Nation comprised of Eight Republics and four "Autonomous Provinces" linked to the Republics. Due to the nation making a lot of cash off of its mercenary endeavors, the military tends to have a disproportionate amount of political power, which has raised issues in the past.

The President rules for five year terms and has no limit on the number of terms. There are multiple parties but traditionally a few tend to dominate with the current El Presidente's party has a long history in power due to its ties to the military. All of the constituent republics are represented in a People's Congress. 

The nation tends to be very hostile towards the idea of nobility - partially this is a reaction to the IS who they attempt to vilify, and partially as many parts of the nation were ruled by abusive noble families, which were ousted during the formation of the Federation. In the years after the clan invasion, refugees fleeing the clans have also lead the nation to be very clanphobic as well, particularly after the creation of the Raven Alliance and Ghost Bear Dominion - the clans are often discussed as a severe fascist threat in local news.

Political Parties are allowed but for the past chunk of history the Federal People's Party has dominated politics and supported the many terms of current El Presidente. This is because the FPP has wide populist appeal - it is a socialist party that also is strongly pro-military and highly patriotic and so has a solid and plentiful support base. Its main rivals are the Velatine Horizon Party and the Democratic Republic Party. The VHP is made up mostly of religious figures and wealthy businessmen and politicians who are rivals of El Presidente - well funded, they are internally divisive. The DRP is a widely liberal party that pushes for less military control and more pacifistic and open policies, making it often marginalized and seen as weak. There are also many State Parties that argue for greater autonomy of the constituent Republics but these are often prosecuted on the grounds of being unpatriotic.