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Government and politics

Political parties

Political parties in the Kingdom of Burdette range from centre-left to right-wing, with a wide array of ideologies being adopted. The most common are monarchism, capitalism and social democracy. In total, there are six parties, all of which hold seats in parliament.

Name	Ideology	Political compass	Chairperson	Membership	Seats in parliament
Conservative League of Burdette	Conservatism, capitalism, anti-abortion	Auth-right	Isaiah Burdette	1	1 / 6
Fatherland movement	Guild distributism, religious traditionalism, monarchism	Auth center-right	Alojzije Franjević	1	1 / 6
Freedom Alliance	Classic liberalism, social-democracy, national-progressivism, and populism.	Center to centre-right	Andre Carneiro	2	1 / 6
Royalist Front	Monarchism in any form, loyalism to HM the King, moderate social policies, social democracy to conservative economically	Center	David Augustus	1	1 / 6
Patriotic Front for Burdettian Unity	Corporate Fascism, cultural fascism, radical augustusism	Tippity top of the auth and slightly left	Mustapha Hotiet	2	1 / 6
Social Democrat Party	Socialism	Center-Left	Sander Koff	1	1 / 6
Independent	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1 / 6

Government

The Monarch of Burdette is known as King if male and Queen if female. The position is hereditary. The Monarch is the most powerful position in the nation and has significant powers that may be exercised through Royal Edicts, one of the more common pieces of legislation in the nation. In addition to this, the monarch occupies several other powers such as acting as the leader of the Burdette armed forces and the power to veto legislation among other powers. The incumbent monarch is Isaiah David, who has been the only Monarch of Burdette with him being the founder. He is attributed for early development.

The royal parliament is the unicameral legislature of Burdette. It consists of seven elected citizens, with six being elected in the parliamentary elections and the other being the seat of the Prime Minister. They are elected through the single transferable vote. parliament can pass acts and laws with a simple majority that can be vetoed by the Monarch, however, the Monarch's veto may be overturned with a 2/3 majority. Parliament may also pass amendments to the constitution with a 2/3 majority along with the power to impeach officials with a 2/3 majority. Every position aside from the Monarch may be impeached. parliament can verify judges nominated by the Minister of Justice with a simple majority.

The Executive Branch in Burdette is headed by the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister is an elected position that only residential citizens elect. Currently, the incumbent Prime Minister is James Heim. Unlike parliamentary republics, the Prime Minister is not accountable to the royal parliament but the Prime Minister has a seat in the Royal parliament to represent its views to the Royal parliament. The Prime Minister can also veto but their veto holds less weight than the Monarch's veto and may be overturned with just a 3/5 majority from parliament. The Prime Minister can also issue government orders and helps the Monarch choose the Cabinet.

Law and order

The Kingdom of Burdette has one court which is headed by a single judge. The judge and is nominated by the Minister of Justice and confirmed by the royal parliament. Given that there is a lack of legal issues and disputes, the courts primarily verify every law passed by parliament and interpret the constitution when disputes arise. Burdette categorizes cases into three separate categories:

• Misdemeanours: Minor offences that do not require a Jury, they require only a judge to make a ruling. (Ex. theft of less than 10$, assault.)
• Triable: A low-level offence that still warrants a jury. (Ex. theft of over 50$, assault causing bodily harm, violation of funding.)
• Indictable: An extremely high profile case that could result in major consequences and warrants a jury. (Ex. treason, electoral fraud.)

It is the judge's responsibility to categorize the cases that arise. If faith in the judge is lost or it is believed the judge is abusing any power, a vote of no confidence may be held where if 50% of the royal parliament do not support the judge they will be removed.

Foreign relations

The Kingdom holds a mostly isolationist policy that has been fading away. It currently only recognizes a few other nations but is an observer in the Grand Unified Micronational. It has also ratified several conventions including the Sough Convention on Global Climate Change of 2020 Volume II, Wrythe Convention, and the Edgbaston Convention. It is also in the process of joining the Cupertino Alliance.

Intermicronational organizational participation

Name	Logo	StatusItalic text	Date	Notes
Grand Unified Micronational		Observer State	11 February 2021(as Observer)	Was rejected twice and accepted the third time.
Cupertino Alliance		Observer State	3 March 2021(as Observer) 25 March 2021(as Full Member)	Was accepted the first time as a Observer.

Formal micronational relations

Flag	Name	Date treaty was signed	Notes
	Rednecks Republic	11 February 2021	Treaty of Mutual Cooperation
	Monmarkian Empire	11 February 2021	Treaty of Mutual Recognition

A small garden in Burdette.