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| - | The nature of politics in Orion space keeps power decentralized. Individual worlds and systems are free to conduct their own business, as long as certain broad laws -including the [[Orion Charter]]- are followed. Of course, each member system is taxed by the Orion government. The chief functions of the League are to maintain peace between its member systems, to guard against foreign aggression, and set fair trade practices. The League also sets fair trade practices, both internally and with other nations. | + | The nature of politics in Orion space keeps power decentralized. Individual worlds and systems are free to conduct their own business, as long as certain broad laws -including the [[things and terms|Orion Charter]]- are followed. Of course, each member system is taxed by the Orion government. The chief functions of the League are to maintain peace between its member systems, to guard against foreign aggression, and set fair trade practices. The League also sets fair trade practices, both internally and with other nations. |
| Each system elects representatives based on its population. The legislative house, called the House of Equals, meets in conference for three months every year on Jaeger. The House of Equals is also convened during national emergencies, such as in wartime -including throughout most of [[GW2]]. The representatives are a diverse body of professional politicians, colony leaders, and alien emissaries. To accomplish their individual objectives, House members must compromise and build coalitions among groups with widely divergent interests. | Each system elects representatives based on its population. The legislative house, called the House of Equals, meets in conference for three months every year on Jaeger. The House of Equals is also convened during national emergencies, such as in wartime -including throughout most of [[GW2]]. The representatives are a diverse body of professional politicians, colony leaders, and alien emissaries. To accomplish their individual objectives, House members must compromise and build coalitions among groups with widely divergent interests. | ||
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| Personal freedoms are taken for granted among the Orions. Orions traveling outside the League are often astonished at both the interference and the subsidies that foreign governments inflict on their citizens: licenses, high taxes, economic support, and denial of basic rights. Checks on the free practice of speech or religion are practically unheard of within the League. Even on colony worlds founded by a particular faith, religions tolerance prevails. More than two-thirds of all Orions claim a religious affiliation, and of these the Orlamist, Reformer, and Old Earth churches hold the lion's share. | Personal freedoms are taken for granted among the Orions. Orions traveling outside the League are often astonished at both the interference and the subsidies that foreign governments inflict on their citizens: licenses, high taxes, economic support, and denial of basic rights. Checks on the free practice of speech or religion are practically unheard of within the League. Even on colony worlds founded by a particular faith, religions tolerance prevails. More than two-thirds of all Orions claim a religious affiliation, and of these the Orlamist, Reformer, and Old Earth churches hold the lion's share. | ||
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