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=== Pro-Kloresan movement ===
{{Main|Kloresan unification movement}}
Lewes Haarig, an Empheri-Palakkine news reporter, would be the first news reporter of the public broadcasting company of Empherias to speak out as a pro-unionist in 2440. He was eventually fired in 2441 by the incoming Socialist government, and thus moved to join the ATKS later that year. Haarig would become a leading figure of the movement alongside Proweur in Empherias. The Campbell twins, Ellie and Wallace, were descendants of former prime minister Isaac Campbell, and were keen to use their credibility to advocate for the unionists. Ellie Campbell was elected as a Liberal MP in the 2441 general election.
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There were several conferences between future member states held before the death of the monarch that would formally tie the two nations together:
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* Vreimer Conference, March 2446 – discussions on the inclusion of Empherias or other potential countries for inclusion such as Peryzium, Grensalbourg, and Palakkinen.
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=== Death and funeral of Joana I ===
{{Main|Joana I of Ahitereira-Koresa|Death and Funeral of Joana I, Queen of Ahitereira-Koresa}}
<p>Joana I died on 4 January 2447, officially creating the personal union between Ahitereira–Koresa and Kiavalar. In accordance with the Acts of Union signed in 2446, the High Kingdoms of Alaxia was officially formed on the moment of Joana I's death.</p>
=== Provisional government ===
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==== 2449 presidential and legislative elections ====
{{Main|2449 High Kingdoms presidential election|2449 High Kingdoms legislative election}}
<p>Richelieu, the provisional president, wanted to run for re-election but would approve the usage of the proposed 2448 presidential election method. This required each party getting a number of nominations for a candidate based on the makeup of the devolved lower houses in each constituent country. The candidates with the least amount of nominations would be eliminated until just two candidates remain. The first round of nominations took place on 30 September 2449, and by 5 October 2449 the nominations had finished. The final two parties, the Liberal Party of Ahitereira and Koresa and Rael Carinye would put forward their candidate. Rael Carinye, a Kiavalari party selected Kiavalari politician Čžäräyin Tïsakhar as their presidential candidate, and selected Ahitereiran politician Valena Manel as the vice-presidential nominee to placate supporters of the King's Party which made up a large group of nominations. Richelieu met with the Liberals to discuss her candidateship, and they agreed that despite being an Ahitereiran party, they would nominate Kiavalari politician Richelieu to be their candidate to placate the Janvariye Jin and use her very popular appeal and current position as President to help their bid for election. The Liberals were sure to choose a native Ahitereiran as their vice-presidential nominee, choosing Maneli Veritara.</p>
By 8 October 2449, the two candidates were chosen and campaigning began. All members of the future-Golden Coalition would endorse Richelieu, alongside the entire Red Bloq group, the Alliance party, and the Pink Daphnes. Tisakhar was supported by the King's Party, the Bokanist Values Party, and JCPK. The Nationalist party suggested boycotting the vote, or voting Liberal to prevent major federal restrictions. Richelieu won the election with 66.48% of the popular vote and over 80 million votes, and secured her first elected term until 2454. Veritara became the first Vice-President of the High Kingdoms of Alaxia. Her opponent, Tisakhar, received just 33% of the popular vote and 40 million votes.
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==== 2452 legislative election ====
{{Main|2452 High Kingdoms legislative election}}
The 2452 legislative election was held on 10 November 2452. Richelieu would urge Bitraş to run for a second term as Premier, and endorsed the Golden Coalition in the elections. The prime minister of Empherias, Lukas Knight, and the deputy prime minister Sofia Hopkins both endorsed the PSP and the Crimson Coalition.
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==== 2454 presidential election ====
{{Main|2454 High Kingdoms presidential election}}
The 2454 presidential election took place on 12 November 2454. This was the first presidential election to use the electoral college as the method for nominations to reach the run-off stage. This was implemented within the constitution rather than using estimated electors for nominations like in 2449. The electoral college allowed each province to award a number of electors to the largest party (based on the results of the most result legislative election in 2452). The electoral college vote saw the Liberal party receive 334 electoral votes, Janvariye on 141, Red Bloq on 119, and the others in various amounts. The college would eliminate the party with the least electors, who then had to choose a new party for the votes to go to. Repeat until just two parties remain. This period of the electoral college nominations took place across August 2454. The first out was Durbanar Jin with their 5 electoral votes. They gave their votes to the Red Bloq. The Nationalists with their 15 electoral votes was eliminated and they gave their votes to the Conservatives. Cyn Serilin with their 26 electoral votes were next to be eliminated and they gave their votes to the Liberal party. It is at this point that Janvariye Jin, second place with 141 votes, confirmed that they were not exiting government on 3 August, and thus their votes were consolidated with the Liberal party's. The next smallest was JCPK with 31 electoral votes. They gave their votes to the Conservatives. The Pink Daphnes were next with 40 electoral votes and they gave theirs to the Liberal party. At this point, the electoral votes were 541 to the Liberal party, 124 to the Red Bloq, and 84 to the Conservatives. Thus, the Conservatives were eliminated and they gave their 84 electoral votes to the Liberal party, who now reached 625 electoral votes against Red Bloq's 124.
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==== 2455 legislative election ====
{{Main|2455 High Kingdoms legislative election}}
The 2455 legislative election took place on 11 November 2455. Prior to the election, all the major parties were somewhat apathetic going in. The Liberals had just won a landslide presidential election, and while worried about their new candidate, were also somewhat complacent about their majority and believed infighting would tear down their opponents. They also believed the Liberals would regain in Peryzium as polling was going well for them again there a little bit. The Red Bloq were disheartened after losing the presidential election so badly, and didn't really know where to target their areas, with many places being so overwhelming liberal or conservative. Secretly, their leader Katelyn Roberts also wanted to step out of the role but was encouraged to stay for the campaign. However, the Red Bloq did have a lot to campaign on. They knew the new liberal leader was pro-welfare, and so could lobby for its passing in the House of Representatives, and they also pushed heavily on education reform and the minimum wage act. They voted for these bills in parliament and while the Liberals also campaigned on education reform and passing these pieces of legislature, they could campaign on having their heart in the reforms. The Red Bloq also had a really good showing in devolved elections in both Empherias and Peryzium. The Bokanist Values Party and the Conservative Party were trying to come to a proper electoral pact but negotiations broke down after key differences in religious policy, although tactical voting would continue helping both of them. Both parties were, even combined, very far away from governance and polling showed that the public didn't really agree with many of their policies. The Janvariye Jin were doing quite bad polling wise in Kiavalar, having been in government for a long time and making little change to Kiavalar itself. The JCPK positioned itself, as Janvariye's rival, as a party outside of the establishment. However, Richelieu's re-election did help the odds for Janvariye.
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==== Education reforms and 2457 budget ====
{{Main|2457 High Kingdoms education reforms}}
<p>The primary agenda for the 2457 budget would be the passing of education reforms. The new budget would pledge more funding to education, but this was not the main priority of the bill. It would establish education at the federal level creating the Curriculum of National Education (CNU). They would be partly controlled by devolved governments and their respective ministers of education to allow more local decisions about education to take place, but they would be overseen by the CNU at regular intervals. To uphold strict requirements about teaching standards, the regulator would also run through the CNU at a federal level. The New Education Act 2457 would pass after months of debate on 3 January 2457 with 403-127, with some of the anti-welfare liberals voting ''for'' the bill. The CNU was very criticised immediately by many. A lot of those supporting the bill approved of a federal education committee, but disliked many of the establishment people in charge of the new CNU and their daft proposals, and wanted some regulation. An amendment would be passed to the Education Act which would allow a committee in the house to sack the head of the CNU if they disapproved of them. The regular budget was pretty ordinary and saw no major changes in spending and passed 330–200.</p>
==== Scandalous end of 2457 ====
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==== Karkuss Oil Crisis ====
{{See also|Karkuss Oil Crisis}}
<p>On 15 May 2458, Karkuss would invade oil fields that had been claimed and occupied by Fazar since the Great War in the 2410s. This posed a massive political problem for the High Kingdoms of Alaxia and the first test of the strength of the union. President Richelieu immediately issued a statement on 16 May 2458 alongside the Premier Marlene condemning the invasion. However, on 18 May 2458, the Prime Minister of Empherias Sofia Hopkins issued a statement of congratulations to Karkuss for reclaiming their rightful land. Karkuss had been a long time ally of Empherias, while Fazar was unknown and untrustworthy, while to the rest of the HKA, they wanted to maintain a coordial relationship with Fazar.</p>
As Ceironia, Fazar, and Azyeri began mobilising in their responses to the event, the House of Representatives would debate the crisis. On 17 August, during a debate on the possibility of sending the Army of the HKA into Karkuss' eastern territories through Empherias, the pro-Fazarian rhetoric had pushed the Shadow Premier Isabella King to walk out of the parliament and was followed by the other 61 members of the PSP of Empherias. With the majority of the opposition out of parliament, the day was suspended. Tabloids pushed the narrative that the HKA was on the brink of war with Karkuss, and polling suggested that the majority of the population was anti-war with Karkuss. After the walk out, many assumed that the PSP would return to co-operation, however this was not the case. On 20 August 2458 ordered the Liberal Party to reconsider it's position on the war to neutrality or risk the government. Marlene, in command of Richelieu wanting to be pro-Fazar and maintain their military alliance, refused. On 22 August 2458, The Red Bloq officially cut ties with the government and withdrew it's confidence in the Premier. A vote of no confidence in the Premier was held on 28 August 2458. Wanting to punish the pro-welfare liberals, the anti-welfare liberals voted no confidence alongside the Crimson Coalition. The results were 182-348 in favour of the government, and therefore the House of Representatives voted no confidence. The premier was ousted with immediate effect, leaving the position of premier vacant from 28 August 2458. With no proper government in place, President Richelieu was given temporary powers and appointed caretaker MPs to run specific departments very quickly, and declared that the HKA foreign policy and military was still on standby and political insecurities did not weaken the country.
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==== 2458 legislative election ====
{{Main|2458 High Kingdoms legislative election}}
Prior to the ceasefire announced on 20 November 2458, the legislative election would take place on 14 November 2458. This election would be very messy and have wild campaigning. The centre of the Red Bloq campaign centred on the fact that they were the reasons why the country now had unilateral access to minimum wage, higher education standards (although criticising the Liberal led approach), and a national healthcare system now in place for over a year. They would take a lot of the credit for this. They also pitched themselves as anti-war, hoping to urge the government to cease action in Karkuss. This would hit very hard in Peryzium where standards were improving, and also the other countries. Kiavalar had a weird political situation where Janvariye was very unpopular and the JCPK soared, however they were anti-welfare too and wanted less federal intervention. Other parties in Kiavalar were expected to do well and cut into the JCPK gains, especially Seruiye and Cyn Serilin. Nationalist parties gained popularity helped by the rise of the Valeria's. The terrorist attacks allowed the nationalist groups to receive high levels of scrutiny but nationalism was beginning to be more popular, especially in Empherias. In Empherias, the popularity of Hopkins was at an all time high, and the nationalists were expected to overtake the Liberal party in performance in the upcoming elections. Other anti-war alternatives such as Alliance and Greens are also expected to do well. In Ahitereira and Koresa, anti-welfare conservatives are expected to try and do well against the incumbent government, but Richelieu was still liked and many enjoyed the pro-welfare reforms made by the Liberals. In some poor areas, the liberals did very well, while in traditional liberal seats conservatives did better proposing the new welfare bills as a waste of money. In Ahitereira, the anti-war sentiment was not as large, and many backed the war. This was an incredibly important election. The results would be the basis for the electoral college going into the 2459 presidential elections and could determine who the two parties were going head to head.
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With Isabella King elected premier, the first ever Red Bloq in the role, she would set out her agenda beginning in February 2459. She hadn't actually expected to be elected and so held several meetings with Prime Minister of Empherias Sofia Hopkins, several former prime ministers of Empherias such as Elizabeth Rose and Alice Rettels, and key members of her party. The left had been very vague about their policies going forward because they were worried that quickly passing socialist policies could scare and anger many into forming a united conservative front, which could destroy the left in any presidential or future election.
Their 2459 budget, the very first all-socialist budget, aimed to increase funding for universal healthcare significantly. There wasn't much specifically passed in this budget with a lot of the government working through departments to boost existing welfare departments behind the scenes. The budget passed on 31 March 2459 with 345-174 with 11 abstentions after amendments made by Durbanar Jin and Alliance.
On 7 September 2459, the Education Committee in the House of Representatives voted to expel Etuarto Çoto, the boss of the CNU, in a majority vote, replacing him with a more left-leaning person. Their hope was that the curriculum could be heavily revised to promote better learning from younger ages, with a more progressive testing system, and newer theories. This move garnered a lot of backlash however as it was seen by many that the previous CNU head had done nothing wrong. Etuarto Çoto would be prominent in a lot of right-learning press and would become outspoken against what he coined the 'socialist education agenda'. This ensured he would not get rehired though, but Çoto called for the suspension of the Education Committee - which did not happen.
The Supreme Court were to hear on 18 November 2458 the case regarding the legality of Sofia Hopkins' decision to suspend the ability of the HKA army to enter the territory of Empherias during the Karkuss Oil Crisis. During such move, the HKA army did respect the prime minister's wishes and did not enter the country beyond the units already deployed there before 1 May 2458. President Richelieu herself intervened and suggested the court delay proceedings until 2 December 2458 due to negotiations. The ceasefire of the conflict was signed on 20 November 2458, and as such the HKA army was never required to move or attack during an offensive into Karkuss. The constitution itself was very vague on the matters of the military and it while the army was entirely federal, it was unclear whether devolved governments had the power to prevent access through their borders. Ultimately, the Supreme Court cleared Sofia Hopkins and the socialist government of all wrongdoing, although it would clear up the confusion that anybody would have surrounding the constitution. The judgement was delivered on 6 December 2458. The judgement of the case Vevona Ŗeikare AMP v Sofia Hopkins EMP (2458) set a precedent that a devolved government could lawfully issue their opinion that federal bodies such as the Army should not act within their borders and would have the ability to deny them this access unless the federal government explicitly passed in law that devolved governments could not overrule these bodies or unless there was emergency powers granted to federal departments by order of the President to seize the power of devolved governments to stop them. While not stated in the trial explicitly, the expectation was that while Hopkins did have the power to stop the army from entering Empherias, the President did have the powers to enact emergency powers, or the House of Representatives have the ability to pass a law, to ignore Hopkins' decision.
{{Main|2459 High Kingdoms presidential election}}
The presidential election would be held on 13 November 2459 and Richelieu was retiring after her second term. Therefore, a Liberal primary would choose a successor. The main decision for many prominent Liberal elite was whether to endorse a pro-welfare or anti-welfare candidate. Several high profile Richelieu pro-welfare advisers stood but many did not resonate enough. Kian Tyrpitz, an anti-welfare liberal, was chosen by elite due to his outspoken nature. He argued that the pro-welfare Liberals had given up the premiership and control of the House of Representatives to the socialists, and the only way for the liberals to win back power was by making coalitions with the anti-welfare right wing. He tried still to win back pro-welfare liberals by positioning himself as a classic anti-interventionist liberal, even promising not to start any war. He received a lot of backlash by party members who were mainly pro-welfare, and his opinion polling dropped significantly, and he failed to win over anti-war people who still rallied behind the left wing parties. The election would become a pro-welfare versus anti-welfare vote, with Tyrpitz being relatively anti-welfare preferring classic anti-interventionist liberalism and being Kiavalari where they dislike government handouts. Many Ahitereiran and Koresan liberals disliked this approach however and vowed to vote for the pro-welfare Red Bloq candidate.
The endorsement stage saw the Liberal party receive 456 electoral votes and the Red Bloq receive 293 electoral votes. In a shocking twist, the Pink Daphnes endorsed the Red Bloq pro-welfare candidate. A socialist primary elected Lily Lovedie as their candidate for president. There were protests about Tyrpitz' candidacy and many liberals wanted a different candidate chosen by the people. The election saw Tyrpitz win 50.09% of the vote against Lovediee's 49.91%, the closest margin ever (of just 300,000 votes). Interestingly, around 60% of registered Ahitereiran liberal members voted for the PSP, and over three quarters of registered Empheri liberal members voted for the PSP too. Tyrpitz would be sworn into office on 1 January 2460.
The immediate aftermath in the election saw some major polarisation. Those who supported the anti-welfare liberals had now elected by popular vote a president who was anti-welfare, but didn't have control over the House of Representatives who had pro-welfare parties with an overall large majority. On the other hand, the pro-welfare liberals who overwhelming supported the left in areas like Ahitereira, Peryzium, and Empherias, and had lost their nominations to a Kiavalari anti-welfare liberal. There were some calls then for the Liberals of Ahitereira and Koresa to completely separate their associates from Janvariye Jin. The very slim margin also highlighted how on the edge Tyrpitz's position was. Polling had seen pro-welfare policies become more and more popular and the trend was only going to increase.
==== 2460 budget ====
Isabella King wanted to achieve some great things before the next elections in late 2461 to boost the pro-welfare camp in the House of Representatives and embarrass the president. She had set out plans to have her major policy commitments in the 2461 budget just before elections to show the population the effort put in, but wanted to use the 2460 budget to again develop the economy slowly and make sure public services were being run efficiently. The Conservatives of course would use this to attack King for her complacency and tried to vote on amendments to block pro-welfare policies to no avail. The budget passed once again on 31 March 2460 with 345–174 with 11 abstentions.
On 18 June 2460, the Liberal Party of Ahitereira and Koresa made a shocking move. The party council had voted to expel all anti-welfare members, including sitting representatives, from the party. These remaining anti-welfare liberals would sit as independents, although sometimes known as the AWL (anti-welfare liberals), while the LAK leadership asserted that they would run new representatives in these seats. This was huge for the party who finally adopted a specifically pro-welfare stance. However, many anti-welfare liberals would leave the party in droves and join either the AWL or the Conservative parties. The President, Tyrpitz, having also been expelled, sat as a Janvariye Jin president similar to his predecessor Richelieu.
During the latter half of the year, nationalism grew again in popularity reaching higher approval rating. They attracted people from both sides of the argument: pro-welfare and anti-welfare. Pro-welfare nationalists wanted nationalism and powers to local devolved governments or independence to allow devolved governments to control these services by giving them more budget or better management, while anti-welfare nationalism believed that taking back control of a lot of vital services could give devolved governments the power to scrap them. A majority in general were for preservation of culture and anti-Exteras language learning which attracted a lot of people but mainly conservatives. Prominent nationalist politicians rose up in the ranks.
In 2460, the House of Representatives voted to lower tariffs and taxes to attract the headquarters of foreign companies to move to the HKA, alongside subsidiaries and new business ventures. This was proposed by the Liberals, but the Red Bloq wanted to push for higher investment alongside public service growth. Immigration was also advised to growth the economy and population, and a crisis visa was issued to refugees of nuclear war. The Arctic colony, later Illuaq, was invested in greatly during 2460–2461 with the help of better technology.
==== 2461 budget ====
The government wanted to have this budget be superb and springboard the 2461 election campaign for the left wing parties. In February 2461, the Red Bloq and Liberals announced a semi-electoral pact where they would stand down for each other in some marginal constituencies. It was also announced by the ministry of statistics that welfare policies introduced had been hugely effective in relieving poverty for some families, increasing life expectancy, and helping the growth of the economy. She anticipated somewhat the nationalist uptick, and proposed the separation of the healthcare into 5 devolved segments, which would be in the new amendment for the budget. The budget would also see a minimum wage increase by almost double, a reduction in university tuition fees, and new federally-enforced benefits introduced. They also had a provision on new workers rights and enshrining the rights of trade unions in the constitution, although this specifically would need to see a constitutional amendment passed by 2/3 of the chamber and the president. The budget passed on 31 March 2461 with 356–174, supported surprisingly by the nationalists. The trade union constitutional amendment needed 354 votes in the House of Representatives to pass, which the budget had by a slim margin. However, the nationalists abstained, bringing the vote to 345–174, failing to pass the vote. The President, Tyrpitz, did announce that he would have vetoed the amendment regardless.
==== 2461 legislative election ====
The 2461 legislative election was held on 10 November 2461. Polling had nationalist parties doing very well at the expense of all parties, but particularly conservatives. Liberals would lose a lot of their anti-welfare base to the Conservatives and other right-wing parties although the anti-welfare base as a whole shrunk significantly. The Socialists would do well as the incumbent and their policies had been both popular and successful. However, liberals would gain back iffy on the fence pro-welfare people. The electoral pact in marginal constituencies between the Liberals and the Socialists would also help them do quite well. In Kiavalar, the Janvariye wouldn't suffer as much as before not being incumbents although they were going through a wave of being disliked. Some left wing parties there would fall slightly as they endorsed the government in many votes.
The results were very shocking and divisive and would lead to some serious reforms for the democratic process. The incumbent Crimson Coalition gained two seats despite a swing of –0.61, while the Golden Coalition gained forty-four seats, the largest gain of a coalition in a single election in history, despite a swing of –1.07. This was primarily the fault of split votes amongst conservatives and nationalists. In many places in Ahitereira and Koresa, the Conservatives and BVP split the vote between them, so despite having a larger base and perhaps the Liberals losing votes, the constituency would be gained by the left. Nationalist parties also failed to make a huge dent this year primarily because they gained enough votes to funnel away votes from right-wing alternatives but not enough to win that many seats outright. The Nationalists won 20 seats, an increase of 9 from the previous election, with just 2 of these seats being outside of Empherias. The National Party of Ahitereira and Koresa in particular were the ones to gain these two seats despite rising from 700,000 total votes in 2458 to over 6 million in this election, an increase of 757%. The Nationalist party were quick to call this result out. All conservative parties and BVP combined totalled just 10 seats, putting them behind the Nationalists and Pink Daphne group as they lost five-sixths (50) of their seats.
The Crimson Coalition had 201 seats, short 65 for a majority, and once again reformed the Crimson–Golden alliance from the previous election adding in their 189 seats. Isabella King was renominated to be premier of the House of Representatives despite the Red Bloq of Peryzium getting more seats than the People's Socialist Party, and she was confirmed as premier in a vote 390–140 on 1 January 2461. The Liberals were very keen to try and placate the Nationalist vote despite them only holding twenty seats in the chamber. The worry for many Ahitereiran and Koresan representatives was that nationalism would rise in popularity as a trend and ultimately begin winning more and more liberal seats as they overcome issues of vote splitting. By placating the nationalists, they wouldn't be able to target the government as heavily. Therefore, one of the main agendas going into the 2461–2464 session would be nationalist and democratic reforms aimed at satiating those in nationalist parties.
In March 2461, during budget negotiations, the Bokanist Values Party decided to change their policy stance on welfare to vote with the government, stating that it did not want to overturn existing laws and put those who benefitted from it in potential danger. One representative stated that the system was too integrated now and would cost more than it was worth to undo it. However, they did say they wanted to put in place significance reforms to the current system such as devolution. Many believed that the BVP did this change because:
# As they appealed to devolution and a more localised version of the federal healthcare system, they could try and sway nationalist voters on both sides of the aisle politically to their side and regain marginal seats.
# They believed that the issue would most likely swing in favour of the healthcare systems staying in place, owing to the liberals still being quite popular in many places, and polling supporting the increasing approval of the pro-welfare policies. Diverting to supporting the issue now may hurt them short-term, but they have just five seats anyway, and they would be in a better place long-term having supported a popular policy for longer than other right-wing parties for example.
# It fit with their other manifesto pledges of appealing to the working class vote with their charitable interests to support ''some'' pro-welfare policies, although they can remain critical of how they are ran.
# It would create a wedge issue for why right-wing voters would vote BVP over Conservative, and it would create a valid reason for the BVP ''not'' to go into a proper electoral pact with the Conservatives, which they already didn't want to do because of their party leadership not being very friendly.
Not much changed with the budget however apart from some vague administrative reforms to federal services, and extra funding to the military as requested and scientific investment. The budget vote was held on 30 March 2461 and passed 445–85 , with the government, the BVP, Cyn Serilin, Durbanar Jin, the Alliance party, Feriliye Jin, the Pink Daphnes, and Green party voting in favour; and the other conservatives, nationalists, JCPK, and Janvariye Jin voting against.
==== Democratic reform agenda and 2462 budget ====
▲== Adolescence period (2459–2469) ==
On 1 June 2461, premier Isabella King would hold a speech in which she laid out her plan for her Democratic Reform Agenda (DRA). The first act of this plan was to increase the powers of the provinces established in the constitution to be fully functional based on the Ahitereiran model of province-power. The Provincial Government and Powers Act 2461 would pass on 8 October 2461 with votes 441–89. As an amendment to the constitution, it crossed the 356 threshold of seats and was passed into law by President Tyrpitz on 13 October 2461. This act did not state how any government would be elected or how the power procedure would go, but it would give existing councils extra powers. For example, the Wynnoa Assembly in Empherias which already had jurisdiction over the entire province of the same name would receive the new powers set by the federal government with their mayor becoming the new Governor of Wynnoa, but for other provinces where this was not the case, nothing would happen immediately. New powers would transfer on 1 November 2461.
On 30 October 2461, the government of Kiavalar launched a supreme court case to challenge the federal decision. The supreme court did not issue a ruling on the condition that the government would issue an amendment to the act granting some Kiavalari provinces a delay in implementing the new powers. Through loopholes, this allowed a certain few Kiavalari provinces, where governance with various internal kingdoms made provinces too powerful, to indefinitely delay the implementation of these powers forever.
▲==== 2459 presidential election, Richelieu's replacement ====
The next part of this agenda was the Establishment for the Provinces a new Governorship and Assembly Act 2462 which would pass on 18 March 2462 with votes 423–107. This would provide the provinces with new identical governmental structures. It would apply to all provinces, although specifically for those provinces who did not receive new powers under the loophole, this new government would be elected but receive zero actual power with it all being ceremonial. The act specified that every province, alongside Esperiy, the Aether islands, and the island of Etherevar, would all receive a governor - a sort of head of state of each province - totalling 78 in all. They would be directly elected although through a run-off system similar to the President, where only two candidates run in the final elections. The act would also establish an elected chamber consisting of 50 elected representatives known as a State Assembly, elected using MMP (through 50% constituencies with FPTP, and 50% proportional representation). The constituencies of the State Assembly were not the same as those used in the House of Representatives, and would be drawn by an independent body with the ability to be challenged by the High Court if it showed political biases.
▲=== Richelieu replacement's presidency ===
The budget vote was held on 29 March 2462 and passed 445–85 with the same vote as previous. The budget didn't include any specific thing but did commit $6 billion to regeneration in certain poverty stricken deprived areas as decided by the provinces they are allocated to. The budget also included an increase to federal minimum wage by the inflation rate of the last few years.
The next piece would be to introduce by-elections for vacant seats in the House of Representatives. The Creation of Special Elections Act 2462 would pass 410–120 on 15 June 2462. Up until this point, if there was a vacancy in the house or a member was suspended, the party leadership of their party would replace that representative with somebody else, or in the case of independents (which never happened), a neutral MP would be chosen by the premier and approved of by 2/3rd of the House of Representatives. The new rules would be that if a suspension of over 21 days was given to a representative, or they resign or die in office, their seat would become vacant and a by-election would be called in that constituency as soon as possible to elect a new member. This would for the first time, alongside governor races, give the incumbent government mid-terms of some degree. The act would be in effect from 1 July 2462.
The first elections to the provinces state assemblies and governorships would take place in November 2462, two years before the legislative and presidential elections were to take place in late 2464. Governorship and State Assembly elections would take place every four years, with the next taking place in November 2466.
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{{Main|2462 Arkegyll by-election|2462 High Kingdoms gubernatorial elections|2463 High Kingdoms February by-elections}}
The first test of the new democratic reforms were after a long-term People's Socialist Party Zack Sutts, representative for Arkegyll, passed away after a long illness on 23 October 2462. A by-election was scheduled alongside the gubernatorial elections all held on 9 November 2462. The by-election saw the Conservative party win, increasing the Tories in the House from 10 to 11 seats - and giving the Empheri conservatives their first seat ever. This was because the Nationalist party did not run due to funding issues, and the Liberal party did not run due to deadline and internal issues, allowing the Conservatives to sweep the right wing vote, while the PSP suffered lower turnout and votes going to the Green party candidate instead, who was well liked likely. However, all three candidates win over thirty percent of the vote making it a very tight race.
The gubernatorial elections saw pretty much expected results. Liberals and Socialists won the majority of province governorships with 29 and 23 respectively. The JCPK, Alliance, and BVP all won 5 governors tying for third, a very respectable number for minor parties. Janvariye Jin received 4 governors, the Conservatives and Nationalists received 2 governors, and Pink Daphnes won just the Vitoria province.
During the summer, two more representatives would die in office, both in Ahitereira and both in Inysta. The first was Zalaşar Joa of Zgjõplau who died in a freak accident on 19 December 2462, and the second was Diega Maneli of Gaupé who died of old age on 30 December 2462. Both by-elections were scheduled simultaneously for Thursday 15 February 2463, amid budget discussions. During these by-elections, Gaupé was held by the incumbent Liberals, but Zgjõplau was gained by the King's party, making it the second by-election to be won by a Conservative candidate in less than a year, and in fact the only party to win any by-election apart from an incumbent party.
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=== 2464 presidential and legislative election and 2464–2469 presidential term ===
==== 2468 Constitutional crisis in Empherias ====
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