Gram Republic
The Gram Republic was a state that ruled over most of Gramtir. It was founded in 3421AA when the Republic City-States of Eastern Gram allied to form what will become the Gram Republic.
History
After 3120, when the Republic of Emudor had been conquered by the Mulmac magocracy, the city elite was exiled in the Gram marshes. There their democratic values spread quickly between the Gram marsh tribes. They helped them organize and a council to oversee all the tribes was elected. This helped them fend off the expansion of the southern kingdoms. After the year 3200 the eastern coast cities became republics one by one, under the pressure of the merchants (who mostly came from the marsh tribes). In 3421 the eastern cities and the marsh tribes grouped under a single Republic. This new centralized state was formed of a central senate of two elected members from each city council and two elected members from the Marsh Council.
Politics
The Gram republic worked as a multilayered federal state. Its main subdivisions were of two kinds Cities and Clans. In both cases citizens could elect representatives.
City
A City was a subdivision of the Gram Republic where citizenship was granted to every land owner. They were often urban centers but owned also large pieces of rural land. Election were organized every two years to elect a City Council, the number of members varied between each city.
Clan
Clans were a subdivision with an hereditary citizenship law. They were large families that were said to descend from any of the first members of the Marsh Council. Each Clan had jurisdiction only over its people. The Nireshu of each Clan (the clan's chief), was elected by all citizens every ten years.
Marsh Council
The Nireshu gathered to form the Marsh Council. The council voted to make decisions about and settle disputes between Clans. The Marsh Council decided
