State of the Government

by **Emperor Eridan Ampora** Fri Oct 16, 2015 12:52 pm

This post will change constantly, along with the state of the empire, and will be updated periodically with information.

Alternia is still an empire, spreading out across the stars, far from the homeworld. The seat of power is on the planet itself, a half land-half underwater palace. Feferi made alterations to the imperial system upon her ascension, which have survived so far.
The main change is the addition of a democratic Council. The Council is made up of trolls from every caste; including a mutant and a tyrian. The leader of the empire is the head (currently Eridan). Due to Scylla's age, there is currently no tyrian sitting on the Council.
The Council is to aid in large decisions and general politics, but many of them have other duties, and therefore the amount of meetings have dwindled, leaving decisions to the emperor and his closest friend and advisor, the Renegade.
There are numerous other political heads, notably the military generals, governors of offworld colonies, and governors on the homeworld. Many were replaced come Feferi's ascension, and a few others have been in the wake of Eridan's rise. All of the governors and generals are under the emperor.

Since Eridan came to the throne, there has been some political uncertainty, some of it due to the lack of a true Orphaner. Historically, when the Orphaners were an entire order, they held great political power, which waned until it was gone under the Condesce. This changed again during Eridan's time in the position, and the Orphaner became the righthand man, juggling both incredible political duty and feeding the beast. Now the position is in limbo, with a non-Orphaner feeding the beast, and a threshecutioner being the emperor's righthand man.