North Atlantic Confederacy

The North Atlantic Confederacy, or NAC, briefly called the Gaeic Confederacy, was a large superpower which came into being after World War Three.

It was founded after the North Atlantic Constitution Candidate 83 was accepted in a referendum on February 15, 2028.

Politics
The NAC was a parliamentary confederate republic with an executive president elected by the majority coalition. The president then appointed a cabinet, which had to be accepted by parliament.

Political subdivisions
The NAC was divided into (from highest structure to lowest) the Confederal and National State, the Associations, the Districts, the Provinces and the Municipalities. There were also Metropolises, which held a status roughly between a Province and a Municipality.

Government structure
Each level of government had its own distinct government, with each becoming less complex as one moves down. The Confederal State consisted of two main policy-making bodies, the (North Atlantic National) Council of Associations and the (North Atlantic National) Senate. The Council of Associations had veto-power of law (only by two-thirds majority) and veto-power over constitutional amendments (only by plurality). The Senate was the policy-making body and aws directly elected by the people. The CoA consisted of 250 seats and the Senate of 500.

The Senate was made up of parties, for which one could vote in the elections. These parties then had to come up with a coalition, formally the National Majority Coalition, that had at least more than half of all the seats. The Coalition then elected the President, who was the executive head of state and government. The President then appointed the (North Atlantic National) Cabinet, which members however could be vetoed by the Senate and the Coalition. This established a cabinet representative of the Coalition.

The President was not the leader of his party nor the leader of the parlimentary caucus in the Senate. If he had those titles prior to his elections, he lost them when elected. The same rule applied to all members of the Cabinet.

Parties
The NAC operated under a multi-party system, and has known numerous parties during its existence.

List
Primary Parties Secondary Parties
 * Progress Party (centrist, progressivism, social liberal)
 * Democratic Party (centre-right, conservative-liberal)
 * Conservative Party (right-wing, conservative)
 * Social Party (left-wing, social democratic)
 * Liberal Party (right-wing populism, conservative-liberal)
 * Green Party (left-wing green, progressivism)
 * People's Party (left-wing populism)
 * Libertarian Party (libertarian, financial conservative)
 * Christian Democrats (centre-left christian democratic)
 * Orthodox Party (extreme conservative christian)
 * Islamic Party (centre-right Islamic democratic)