Library Data:Zhodani Consulate
The Zhodani give the name Driantia Zhdantia to their interstellar community. The name is commonly translated in Anglic as Zhodani Consulate, but literally means "government by the elected leaders of the Zhodani". The Consulate consists of about 6,500 systems spread through more than 175 subsectors and includes both worlds colonized by the Zhodani themselves and non-Zhodani worlds that are administered by the Consulate. [1] Founded in -5823 it is the oldest continuous government in Charted Space.
The Zhodani consulate is a participatory democracy in which only nobles are allowed to vote. Executive and judicial functions are the responsibility of a series of councils of varying sizes. Each council elects one of its number as executive officer and a number of its members as delegates to the next higher council.[2]
The Zhodani Consulate is divided into eight preqlianz (provinces) which serve as administrative districts. Provinces are an intermediate level between the sector council and the supreme council on Zhdant. Each province is roughly equal in population. [3]
The ultimate ruling authority of the Zhodani Consulate is the Qlomdlabr; the Supreme Council. Unlike the other councils, where newly elected members replace incumbents, the Supreme Council consists of two groups- the standing council (composed of conventionally elected consuls), and senior members (composed automatically of all former members of the standing council). [4]
Supreme executive power is vested in three consuls; one is elected each year for a term of one olympiad by and from the members of the Grand Council. No consul may be elected twice in succession, and retired consuls become life members of the Grand Council.[2]
- ↑ David L. Pulver. Alien Races 1 (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 18.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Loren Wiseman. GURPS Traveller Core Rules (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 79.
- ↑ David L. Pulver. Alien Races 1 (Steve Jackson Games, 1998), 19.
- ↑ J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, John Harshman. Zhodani (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 11.
Other References
- Loren Wiseman. "Contact! Zhodani." Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society 09 (1981): 9.
- John Harshman, Marc Miller, Loren Wiseman. Library Data (N-Z) (Game Designers Workshop, 1982), 33.
- J. Andrew Keith, Marc Miller, John Harshman. Zhodani (Game Designers Workshop, 1985), 11.
- Marc Miller. Imperial Encyclopedia (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 47.
- Colin Dunn. Library Data (Mongoose Publishing, 2011), 60.
- Don McKinney. Zhodani (Mongoose Publishing, 2011), .
- Martin Dougherty. Behind the Claw (Mongoose Publishing, 2019), 20-21.
- Martin Dougherty. Aliens of Charted Space 1 (Mongoose Publishing, 2020), .