Tyldamin Triumvirate

Tyldamin is largely ruled by its Triumvirate; three people elected by the borough representatives and the Council of Chieftains who oversee the various ministries and determine the laws and policies of the country. Triumvirs are elected for a period of three years and may be re-elected up to a maximum term of twelve years.  

Shaking off corruption

In the early 900s Tyldamin was in the midst of a political crisis. Previously the country had been ruled collectively by borough representatives who were then greater in number and formed a parliament. Although in days past the parliament had ruled well, in recent decades the number of representatives had grown excessive and it foundered into inefficiency. Worse, whispers and rumours of increasing corruption were finally confirmed. The proof was not only irrefutable but showed the bribery and underhand dealings to be widespread. Initiatives for reforms gained rapid traction and it was finally agreed to overhaul the national government into an early form of the modern Triumvirate.  

Protests

Although the notion of an indirectly elected Triumvirate who would able to get some stuff actually done was largely a popular one within Tyldamin, not everyone agreed. The most notable exception were the folk in the north-east of Tyldamin. Their influence would be reduced to a single vote for Triumvirate members, rulers on the distant western coast to them. Those who looked to the future already saw the signs of the coming increased pressure upon the land and though herding was not so emphasised as now, the delicate balance between the pastoral folk and the natural ecosystems of the north-east was clear to them. The chieftains led protests, coming down to the towns with their herdsfolk, gaining public support and eventually the north-east was granted semi-independent rule and the Council of Chieftains was eventually formed to rule in conjunction with the new Triumvirate.   The folk who now form the Ohesa were not the only ones to disagree with the new form of government. Folk throughout Tyldamin considered a system without direct representation a great loss. How effectively a government can rule is not the only measure of its competency in their words and we have been lucky so far that this power has not been used against us. This opinion can still be heard in pubs and in homes, but only sporadically and disparately. Most inhabitants consider the fact that this prophesied disaster, as many refer to it, has not struck is a sign of well-balanced system.