Wintermore Congress

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The Wintermore Congress is the legislature of the Danaan Principality of Wintermore. The Congress is a bicameral legislature consisting of the Wintermore Senate and the Wintermore House of Represenatives. The House has 130 members while the Senate has 50.

Senators serve staggered six-year terms while Represenatives serve two-year terms. Each legislator represents a single-member House or Senate district. House districts are drawn to contain roughly equal populations while Senate districts are designed to reflect different regional interests within the principality.

The Congress meets in the principality capital of Naoley. In contrast to the practices of the legislatures of most of the Danaan principalities, the House and the Senate open their own sessions instead of having their sessions ceremonially opened by the Princess of Wintermore. Both houses meet in the Capitol.