Government of Westland

The politics and government of Wessex take part in the framework of a multi-party parliamentary democratic republic, where the National Council of Wessex is the collective head of state and government, comprised of seven members. Executive Power is excercised by the government and the National Assembly and is not concentrated to any one person, much like the Swiss governmental structure, of which some of the countries structures were based on.

The administration consists of seven ministerial departments, The national ministries are roughly equivalent to the agencies of other states, but their scope is generally broader. Each department consists of several offices, which are headed by a director, and of other agencies.

National Council of Wessex
The National Council of Wessex is the seven-member executive council which constitutes the executive government of Wessex and serves as the collective head of state. While the entire council is responsible for leading the national administration of Wessex, each Councillor heads one of the seven national ministries. The council has the power to decide on the size and operations of the national ministries, and the councilors choose their preferred ministry. Every year of the council being in power a member is elected to be 'President' of the council, who acts as the head for a year. The council is elected by political parties, each political party forms its council. Currently the Wessex Liberal Party have been in power for the past 2 council terms. ==State Assembly of Wessex== Wessex has a unicameral parliament known as the State Assembly of Wessex, which is made up of 50 seats, with a representative from each state of Wessex. The political party that is in power in the national council, usually hold the majority of seats in the State Assembly, the Liberal Party currently hold 24 seats, while the Democratic Conservative Party hold 6 seats, and the Social Democratic Party hold 20 seats.

National Ministries

 * National Ministry for Foreign Affairs
 * National Ministry of Home Affairs
 * National Ministry of Justice and Law Enforcement
 * National Ministry of Defence
 * National Ministry for Finance and Economic Affairs
 * National Ministry for Environment, Energy and Communications
 * National Ministry for Transport