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===The King's Parliament=== | ===The King's Parliament=== | ||
| - | Parliament | + | Parliament is comprised of two separate chambers, the Grand Parliament and the Senate. As the monarchy has significant control over the latter, the former has become of greater importance, much to the Senators' chagrin. |
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| + | Grand Parliament in theory encompasses all nobles who rule a barony or greater, and all bishops and abbots of Glabados; however, in practice, few nobles below Viscount status routinely attend unless Full Roll is convoked, and abbots are rarely ever present and are not compelled to attendance even under parliamentary convocation. Bishops normally attend only when ecclesiastcal matters are concerned, and the archbishops' presence means that only those bishops not represented by an attending superior will present themselves at Parliament. | ||
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| + | The Senate is comprised of the Cardinals of the church, an Archmage of Gariland, and nobles of Count or higher status. The Monarch is represented in the Senate by a Royal Minister, two Royal Judges and the Royal Speaker; in addition, | ||
==Organizations== | ==Organizations== | ||
