The Four Stones

The Four Stones is a representative government system that was put in place by Themere of the People on 0 TE. It is the foremost political system of The Republic.

How it works
At their seat in Tajium, the capital city of The Republic, The Four Stones council - a council of 100 men that represent each facet of the government; Land Owners, Priests, Soldiers, and Merchants, equaling four hundred noblemen in total - debates on decisions large and small. Each side of The Four Stones council has a head, the current being Souell Silverfrond for the Land Owners, Kayet of Pottis for the Priests, Robert Poiston for the Soldiers, and Royek Sythrowe for the Merchants. These heads are elected by each miniature council head from each of the major cities.

Each head debates, being swayed by their individual councils in their decisions.

When a decision is made, The Four Stones cast either a black or a white stone, the black representing a deny, and the white representing acceptance. This is how they got their name.

Since there are four of them, if a tie in votes happens, this is known as a Vote Lock. During a Vote Lock, every member of the 400 councilmen, not including the heads, lock themselves in The Pit of The Republic, a huge, circular, underground meeting hall, and debate for as long as it takes for all 400 members to cast their votes.

Each of The Four Stones heads stay in office for four years, and can be reelected twice.

What they can do
As there is so much work to be done, The Four Stones often spend nearly all of their time debating and working on decrees and edicts. This is a very tedious position to be in, and has been known to leave many heads incredibly stressed, tired, or even mad.

They are expected to vote for each minature council's members, settle both merchant's and all of Tajium's disputes, vote on laws and edicts to be passed, authorize the creation and destruction of Tajium's guilds, manage the war effort, and maintain their own seat of power while doing it, as they can be easily taken from it.

OOC Notes
-This page was created by Timothy Silvers on August 21st, 2018.