Editing Everchill (section)

== Government == 

The People's Republic of Everchill is a modern nation with a democratic government where the people elect their leaders to democratic election. Two-hundred people will become senators and take their place in the senate, whose main purpose is to vote on which laws should govern Everchill. Laws are suggested by the members of the cabinet, who are hand picked by the President. Everchill's current president is Fuhrer Empress Niko III (the title of Fuhrer means she's also commander-in-chief of the Everchill Republic Army). The President in Everchill is elected for life, the cabinet members are discharged according to the whim of the president and a reelections for the senate is held every ten years. All you need to do to participate in these elections is to be a part of the People's Republic of Everchill Democratic Party. In the case of the passing of a senator, he or she is not replaced, as this would be undemocratic. Instead the President will take over their voting duties. Since the latest terrorist attack on the Senate three years ago that was done by Mountain Rebels dressed up as army soldiers, three senators are still alive. So yeah.

If we go back to reality to a while though, it's obvious that it's actually the members of the cabinet that rule Everchill. Besides having the suggesting laws to the nonexistent (but very democratic) senate, they also have the "responsibility" of carrying out these laws. Each member of the cabinet is free to hand pick his officials, who are often relatives or other favored lesser nobles, and its common knowledge that President Fuhrer Empress Niko III is just a puppet of the cabinet who haven't opposed single suggestion put forwards during her forty years as President. The current cabinet portfolios are:

*'''The Ministry of Internal Affairs''': The current Minister of Internal Affairs is Count Chichelnitsky. Internal Affairs main task are internal security, which to most people means the same as Everchill Secret Police (or E.S.P for short).

*'''The Ministry of Economics''': Current minister is Count Platov. Strangely, everyone who works for this Ministry is filthy rich.

*'''The Ministry of External Affairs''': Current minister is General-Poruchik Tchechenko. The Ministry of External Affairs handle all contact outside of the People's Republic of Everchill, so it doubles as the Ministry of Defense. Or was that Offense?

*'''The Ministry of Law''': Current minister is Count Gubin. This ministry oversees the judicial system and penal colonies all around Everchill.

*'''The Ministry of Education''': Thee odd jobs portfolio. Currently headed by Ivan Endronikashvili, Count Endronikashvili's oldest son after the count himself stepped down one year ago. The Ministry of Education oversees Public Relations, Schools, Research&Development and other government tasks that doesn't warrant a portfolio of their own. Because of this, it's the largest and most diverse ministry.

There is though a constant power struggle going on between the different Ministries, which results in Ministries often partaking in tasks outside their border of influence. For instance, every Ministery got their own "secret" intelligence service that's mostly busy with keeping tabs on what the other "secret" intelligence services are doing.