Politics

Fredtopia's current political system contains a Parliament, a Prime Minister, normal Ministers, and a King. Fredtopia is technically a Federation ruled by a constitutional monarchy.

Parliament
Parliament makes all of the decisions. There are 400 seats, 100 for each trillion people in the empire, and the percentage of seats controlled by each party is the same percentage of votes they got in the last election, and elections happen every 10 years. In the elections, people vote for parties in the first month. In the next month, the party with the highest percentage chooses a Prime Minister and cabinet. After this, the PM cannot leave office unless they are voted out by their party in parliament, or if they die. Voting is mandatory for all citizens 18-80.

Prime Minister
The Prime Minister of Fredtopia is like the U.S. President, but with more power. The PM puts forward laws, bills, and decisions (such as whether or not to go to war) and Parliament votes on these. Parliament convenes every 6 months and the PM sits as head, but they can be called up for emergency meetings.

The current Prime Minister of Fredtopia is Frederick Wells, of the Fredtopian Monarchist Party

Monarch
The Monarch of Fredtopia at this point is more of a figurehead. Since 1904, the monarch acted as a representative on treaties and other things, but can use emergency powers to remove the PM from office or declare war, of course Parliament still has to vote on it.

The current Monarch of Fredtopia is Albert VII of Fredtopia, Yulogory, Stravory, and Daneskar. He is currently 82 years old and expected to live to 100. (12/10/2010 - ??/??/????)

The current heir is his son, Douglas. After him is his Daughter, Elizabeth, and if they are not fit to rule by the time of his death or abdication, his wife, Molly, will take over. Douglas is currently 52.

Ministers
Ministers are simply government-appointed officials that have certain jobs. These jobs mainly are things like Minister of Commerce, Minister of Health, and that sort of thing. Ministers appoint Secretaries, which help the Minister make decisions, just like a cabinet. These Secretaries collect and process data, log information, and other tasks.

Current Parties and Next Election
The current parties are: The next election will take place on 01/01/2100, and the last election will end on 01/02/2100. The current ruling party until that date is the Fredtopian Monarchist Party, holding 59% of the seats.
 * Fredtopian Monarchist Party (FMP) Constitutional Monarchist-Conservative
 * Fredtopian Centre Party (FCP) Centre
 * Freedom Party (FP) Reactionary-Conservative
 * Socialist Party (SP) Democratic-Socialism
 * Fredtopian Peoples' Communist Party (FPCP) Communist-Socialist
 * Anarchist Party (AP) Anarcho-Liberal
 * Fredtopian Conservists (FC) Conservatism
 * Fredtopian National Liberation Party (FNLP) National-Socialism