The National Senate of the
League of Savura is greatly factionalised, with three main voting blocks holding the balance of power, though none have a majority. Of the 79 senators, 73 are generally said to be affiliated with one of these three voting blocks. These affiliations are in the most part informal agreements between senators who share a common outlook rather than organised political parties; as such, the expected voting strengths rarely translate directly into votes cast.
Federalists
The Federalists, generally assessed as holding 33 votes, are the most influential voting block, and the only one with the ability to unilaterally block a two-thirds majority vote. Their members advocate for a greater degree of autonomy for the individual territories and cities, and for the national authorities to have a more restricted role, concerned mostly with mediating between the member states. Their detractors accuse them of aiming to create an entrenched oligarchy of the wealthiest land-owners, many of whom held titles in the Low Nobility of
Aldernord.
Drianists
The Drianists, whose name is drawn from the most prominent proponent of their political philosophy - Senator-Ploimarch
Consuela di Driani di Auditore, Admiral of the First Fleet and Senator for
Cancellomare - advocate for a much more united nation-state, with the Senate advising a triumvirate of rulers selected on an essentially meritocratic basis. Their detractors often denounce their vision as little more than a perpetual military dictatorship. They are generally assessed as having a voting strength of 21 members.
Temiazists
The Temiazists, whose philosophy is exemplified by the orcish war-hero
Temiazi Gula di Staggia - who has held a Senatorial seat in
Staggia since its accession to the League in 1331 - advocate for a united nation-state based on a more democratic basis than that envisaged by the Drianists. Modelling their vision on the works of the 11th century
Vaali philosopher and politician
Lucretia Akropos, they would see the abolition of the Autocrators and direct election of the Senate by the populace at large, with all those who have completed military service - or an equivalent period of service to the civil authorities - granted the right to vote. Their detractors point out that, for all they might speak of how highly they value the ideals of liberty, what they advocate for in practice is little more than the rule of the mob; and that they also ignore the fact that Lucretia Akropos, for all her eloquent words on the civic good, led Vaalus into an incredibly bloody
civil war after rigging an election to ensure her sister Calixta became her co-consul. The Temiazists are generally assessed as having a voting strength of 19.
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