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The Silvereye is the most powerful political organisation of The Confederates. The organisation today consists of seven countries which each have about 150 members each. These countries are Billopesha, Bironta, Derenny, Brecke, Flonion, Frissia and Arrancandia. The only country of The Confederates to not belong to the Silvereye is the Empire of Hontock which doesn't believe in any form of democracy. A member is referred to as a MOTS (Member of the Silvereye) of which there 1042 members in total.

History

Ancient System

After The Confederates were founded in 563BC, law and order needed to be controlled efficiently so King Oliver Bilopec created a ruling council called The Silvereye in 546BC where a group of rich landowners and governors meet to discuss politics, sort out laws for the people and help the king’s/lord’s rule. As Billopesha was the first nation to form, the Silvereye was only the Billopeshian Senate. When the Silvereye was formed, a collection of simple laws called “Laws of Billopesha” was formed in 546BC and consists of 200 laws. These basically include laws on Family, Trade, Labour and Personal property. Some state that any crime committed will be punished with a jail sentence and that taxes must be paid depending on your lifestyle. There were meetings held, organized by the King of Billopesha and held at The King’s Palace on Billopec Hill. Meetings were usually held every week or when there is an urgent event that needed dealing with. Also, if someone wanted to set up something or built something, they would have to get the Silvereye’s permission before doing so.

The Billopeshians had a surprisingly efficient law system for its time. Unlike the Romans, Greeks or Egyptians, when a crime is committed, a death sentence is forbidden because of the ‘Laws of Guduffa’, their religion, which were created in 451BC. The criminal would face the members of the Silvereye and defend himself to the members. But instead of having a case for the defence and prosecution, there is just one member of the Silvereye called an Awteper who explains the reasons why he could be guilty and why he couldn’t while confirming it with the criminal. The rest of the Silvereye then decides on a verdict and the ruler confirms it on a contract.

International and Constitutional law are also carried out by the Silvereye when it is needed. A major example of this was when the Empire of Hontock was formed in 278BC when they had to make laws to keep the rebels at bay but still lost control of Hontopec in the Hontopeshian Revolution. When Billopesha went into a crisis in 171BC, the separatists overthrew the king, Prasutagus, so The Confederates became eight separate countries run by the Silvereye, with the exception of Hontock. The Silvereye became an international political organisation and made there be a lord for the each of the seven countries which each had a section in the Silvereye. The Silvereye’s power diminished during the two Roman occupations (41BC – 288AD and AD407 - 411) but then further expanded with the growth of the Billopeshian Empire, incorporating many more cultures from mainland Rineu.

Modern Era

In 1852, Henry VIII of Billopesha tries to pass the creation of the Justice Alliance through the Silvereye but it was defeated in the vote because the other nations of The Confederates were unsure about Billopesha’s intentions due to the resent Imperialist uprising. In 1972, the Empire of Hontock was becoming powerful and was preparing for war because of its new Lord, Ogenarc so in 1979, the Silvereye formed the Justice Alliance, which had previously failed, to make a combined force against the Supremeist Army f Hontock. With this force, the nations of the Silvereye declared war on the Empire of Hontock. But then in 1986, part of the Silvereye section belonging to Billopesha broke off and formed an Imperialist Party of Billopesha, which made the other members cautious and worried. Because of this, a year later, the three Republican countries; Bironta, Derenny and Arracandia formed the Republican Confederacy. In 1987, when the Supremeists had fully taken over Arracandia, the country was forced to pull out from the Justice Alliance and the Silvereye itself, which caused problems and anger between the MOTSes. Arrancandia was eventually taken back from the Supremeists of Hontock in 1994 and was reinstated back into the Silvereye.

Silvereye Today

The Silvereye works much the same way as it did 2500 years ago, although the ‘Laws of Billopesha have been largely updated. In 1853, the meetings were moved to the ‘Grand Stage of Politics’, where the meetings are held today, once a week. The ruler of Silvereye is decided by an election consisting of votes from all of the MOTSes with the candidates being the current rulers of all the seven nations. Each term in office lasts 5 years, with a maximum of two terms per ruler. The ruler from 1998 was Lord Richard VI of Billopesha who was elected to serve two terms, but when he abdicated in 2006, with still two years left, another election had to be held. The winner of that election was actually the first president of Billopesha, Aaron Thorne.

Other Info

Rivals

Sharkcutter Union Corporation

Associations

Imperialist Enterprise
Justice Alliance
Order of the Billopeshians
Billopeshian Senate
Birontain Senate
Derennian Parliament
Arrancandia Institution
Breckish Parliament
Frissian Council
Republican Confederacy
Mining Commerce

catergory:The Confederates