Grand Washingtonian Assembly

The Grand Washingtonian Assembly (officially shortened to Grand Assembly and unofficially the Assembly) is the unicameral legislature of the Kingdom of Washingtonia. Created as a common ground between the royalists and the republicans after the Washingtonian Civil War in 1910, the Grand Assembly was one of the nation's major moves toward democracy. Between 1910 and 1913, however, the Assembly was called the Constitutional Assembly, in its capacity to draft the Kingdom's first constitution.

The Grand Assembly consists of three hundred seats occupied by elected assemblymen. Each provincial legislature (North Island and South Island) elects from its own ranks 10 assemblymen for the Grand Assembly. The population as a whole then indirectly elects 250 assemblymen by means of a system. The remaining 30 assemblymen are separately elected by the 270 assemblymen from an approved list of advocacy group candidates; representing certain industries or professional fields.

The 20 assemblymen from the provincial legislatures remain seated until recalled by their respective legislature (usually after a new provincial legislature is elected). The 250 party ballot assemblymen serve for 5 years; and elect 30 new advocacy group candidates within one month of the Grand Assembly's first sitting. As a general unwritten custom, assemblymen must choose one of the two major parties in the country before being able to fill that seat.

The Grand Assembly is located in the purpose-build Assembly Hall in Foundersville, and is led by a first among equals Speaker.

Civil War
Main article: Washingtonian Civil War