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Government and Politics

Executive Branch
The Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic is elected from within the Senate by the Senate. The Chancellor serves as the Republic’s executive head of government, as well as the President of the Senate. The Chancellor also serves as the Commander in Chief of the entire armed forces of the Republic. The Chancellor can serve two four year terms, per the constitution.

The Chancellor is given a grand office in both the Senate Rotunda’s Chancellery and in the Senate Office Building in Galactic City. The Chancellor is properly addressed as “Your Excellency”. The symbol of the office of the Chancellor, as well as the Senate as a whole, is a fanned spear. This sigil is also emblazoned prominently on the Chancellor’s podium in the center of the Senate Rotunda’s Main Chamber.

The current Supreme Chancellor is Jamall Mohatu.

Legislative Branch
Each member state returns a senator to a central legislative body known as the Galactic Senate. Senators aree the ambassadors of their home worlds and member's worlds are able to maintain their government and society in accordance with local beliefs, customs and traditions. There is a wide variety of different local governments along the political spectrum varying from monarchies to republics to hive-like communes. In some systems, the senator is elected to that post. On others, the world government appoints the senator.

The Galactic Senate is headquartered in an enormous building containing many floating platforms, each of which contains several senators. Each platform in the Senate represents a sector of the galaxy, with one senator from each planet in that sector. Some platforms represent individual worlds as well. Along with the senators, the leaders of the individual member planets also have the power to vote in the Senate and introduce legislation were they available to do so. The Senate follows such parliamentary rules as a Vote of No Confidence.

Senators receive one vote in all matters, both procedural and substantive. The Supreme Chancellor is elected from within the Senate and serves as the President of the Senate as well as the executive leader of the Republic and the Commander in Chief of the military. The assembly is in turn divided into individual committees, each specializing in specific fields of governmental administration which are responsible for creating legislation to be reviewed by the full assembly.

Although legislation passed by the Senate is binding to all member worlds, most of the everyday legislation followed by citizens of the Republic is created at the planetary, sectorial or regional level. Therefore, the main functions of the Senate are to meditate disputes between members, provide for the common defense, and regulate inter-system trade.

Judicial Branch
The Supreme Court is the highest court of law in the Galactic Republic, and composes the judicial branch of the Republic’s government. The Supreme Court is headquartered in the Galactic Courts of Justice Building on Coruscant and consists of twelve justices, including a Chief Justice who head both the court and the judicial branch. The Supreme Chancellor is able to nominate candidates who would then have to be approved by the Galactic Senate.

In addition to serving as a “court of last resort” and as a determiner of constitutional legality, the Supreme Court also tries cases involving the highest politicians and most noteworthy people in the Republic. Some cases such as treason by senators or impeachment trials are handled by the Senate, as they considered them internal affairs that did not have to be handled by another body.

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