Politics of Aawia

The Aawian elected officials meet in the Blessed Assembly of Aawia.

Aawia is officially a democratic theocracy, led by God through the head of government commonly given the title Most Reverend, Archbishop, or Emperor. Women are allowed to vote, but are not allowed to run for office. Only Male Christian Priests are allowed to run for office in every district, however, in districts with large (over 20%) Jewish or Muslim populations, Rabbis and/or Imams can run. Common criticisms of this system primarily stem from the idea that politicians have not changed, but rather just get ordained before going into their profession of choice. The government released an explanation in 1998 which stated that “though not every system is perfect, our government is still made up of faithful men of the cloth, even those who planned this from the outset at least, now, have a proper intellectual basis for their faith. Also, our hope is that the church would not ordain men who are not well and truly faithful.”

After the election (every 10 years) the elected Christians (Imams and Rabbis are forbidden) meet to pray and appoint a national leader. These leaders serve a 10 year term and may not be re-elected. Should any unfortunate events arise the elected Christians may vote to remove the national leader from power. Should this happen, the assembly then repeats the process of praying and finding a new leader who serves until the next election, but may be re-appointed if their term was less than or equivalent to 4 years.

Thanks to an act of the assembly in 2002 members may now have political parties, since then the political makeup of Aawia has been, unsurprisingly, overwhelmingly theocratic and conservative.

The following are the political parties with representation in the assembly:

• The Theocratic Party of Aawia (TPA) – Traditionalism, Conservatism.

• The Conservative Movement for Change (CMC) – Conservatism, greater democracy, some agrarianism.

• The Catholic Resistance Party (CRP) – Distributism, Conservatism, a push for Catholic history classes in schools.

• The Liberal Party (LP) – Liberalism, Libertarianism, Female representation in the assembly, separation of church and state.

• The Minority Party (MP) – Minority rights, Imam and Rabbi inclusion in leadership choices, Imam and Rabbi right to run for election across Aawia, minority school alternatives.
  

The Blessed Assembly has 637 seats and the current makeup is as follows:

• TPA - 486 seats

• CMC – 64 seats

• CRP – 43 seats

• LP – 30 seats

• MP – 14 seats
  

The current leader of the country is an Anglican Priest named Kenneth Brown, though elections are due very soon. The current opinion polls broadly predict an increase in TPA support at the expensive of the LP. The CRP is expected to maintain all their seats and the CMC is expected to make potential gains from the MP. These results are thanks to the strong economy fostered by the last 10 years of TPA rule. Also, thanks to the education programs present which are converting and assimilating minorities the MP is experiencing a weakening of their base.