Politics of the Unitary Republic of Roblox

Politics of the Unitary Republic of Roblox take place in the framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic. The federal president is the head of state and the "symbol of unity", while the prime minister (officially the President of the Government) is the head of government and the federal executive, which is answerable to the legislature. The Constitution stipulates the powers and procedures of the president, government, and legislature. as well as political parties in chapter 1, sections 2 - 5.

Before the 2020-2021 constitutional amendment, the President is endowed with many uncodified powers, such as the power to dissolve the Parliament, appoint the Prime Minister and some of its Cabinet members, and to command the Armed Forces. In practice, however, most of its powers are never implemented and the office is mostly ceremonial - the powers written are left from the semi-presidential era. Along with the constitutional amendment, it amended the Presidential Powers Act to clear some of the President's power. The Prime Minister therefore is the de facto strongest office, and is endowed with many constitutional and uncodified powers, thus it's officially the main representative of the country. In addition, unlike many other countries, there are also Members of the Presidency and Members of the Premiership, which are officially representatives from the constituent countries and autonomous republics.

The Federal Robloxian Council is the federal legislature of the country, and it's a tricameral legislature. (art. 21-I) All of the members are directly elected through the first-past-the-post system in each separate single-member constituency according to each House. The House of Senators (formerly National Parliament, informally as Senate) houses 500 seats, the House of Regions houses 200 seats, one in each country regardless of population, and the House of Representatives, which houses 4500 members after the 1964 elections and before the 2020-2021 constitutional amendments, before being reduced to 2000 members that will take effect for the 2025 elections. The unusually high number of seats makes it easy for minor parties to enter Parliament, with 19 parties being represented in the Parliament in the latest convocation. The Federal Robloxian Council may pass laws, resolutions, and constitutional amendments, with the House of Representatives entitled the strongest house.

In the regional level, the constituent countries and autonomous republics are in a framework of parliamentary republics, with the exception of FDR Roblox (semi-presidential premier-presidential republic) and Kingdom of Robloxia (parliamentary monarchy). The states must model it as a parliamentary republic.

Main federal political parties
Since the 1940 legislative elections, the Robloxian politics have been dominated by the left, led by either the Socialist Party or the Party of the People, the centrist, led by the Liberal Union, and the center-right, led by the Green, Conservatives, and Nationals. No party has been able to win a majority after the 1964 legislative elections, thus coalitions are made in order to form a government. Although many political parties are registered, article 29-III of the Constitution prohibits far-left, far-right, military and terrorist-supported parties from registering the political party.

Left Bloc/Union for the Future of Roblox (left-wing)
Main article: Left Bloc and Union for the Future of Roblox

After the fall of the Party of the People from the government as a result of the motion of no-confidence and the 1973 legislative elections, round talks between the Party of the People and other leftist parties, among them Socialists and Communists, decided to run the next election together. Therefore, the coalition Left Bloc was made as a confederation between center-left political parties. Faring poorly in elections, Pierre Duschette from the Socialist Party headed the coalition in 1993 and successfully reduced the center-right's majority, before earning the mandate to form the government in the 2001 legislative elections, profiting from the recession, unpopularity, and workers as well as peasants.

In government continuously for a little more than 10 years, the government went back to opposition with the unpopularity of Mattheu Cardilleri and the disappointing results of the 2011 legislative elections. Its results barely increased in the subsequent 2015, 2019, and 2020 legislative elections. Although the 2020 elections resulted in another landslide victory for the center-right parties, controversy arose when several scandals emerged from their 9-year rule, leaked by those who supported the Green Party in the past, before its favorability decreased. This triggered national protests and the Andrea Stephanopoulos government was ousted with a constructive motion of no confidence headed by the Party of the People. (The Socialists did not declare any official stance, but its members are allowed to give a free vote.) The Left Bloc regained power with a grand coalition between the Left Bloc and all parties in the Democratic Bloc but Green.

The Left Bloc planned to dissolve itself and for its major parties to reemerge as the Union for the Future of Roblox, while smaller parties agreed to join either the New Social or the Fourth Socialist Frontier.

Liberals (centrist)
Main article: Liberal Union, Coalition Liberal

The Liberal Union is the main camp for the centrist ideology, with the addition of the Social Liberty Party and the Democratic Alliance to form the Coalition Liberal. The Liberal Party was first founded in 1963 as a small opposition for the policies of the Party of the People, before emerging in an unexpectedly strong party performance in the 1969 legislative elections as the second largest party. The next election found the Liberal to form a government for the first time headed by then-leader and Prime Minister Nikolai Grudinin. He headed two governments (the first from 1973 - 1975, the second from 1975 - 1980) before switching powers to Nikolas Stephanopoulos of the Greens. It later became a senior coalition partner again, heading another 3 governments under David Asher (the first in 1987 - 1988, the second in 1988 - 1992, and the third in 1992 - 1995), and heading it again in 2013 - 2014. The Liberal Union remained a major force in Robloxian politics.

Democratic Bloc/New Democratic Bloc (center-right)
Main article: Democratic Bloc, New Democratic Bloc

In opposition to the Party of the People's rule, the opposition parties formed an umbrella coalition of the Democratic Bloc. Although it succeeded in making the Party of the People's seats fall to plurality, it nevertheless scored below its allies. In 1973, however, the Liberals gained power, and opened talks to the Democratic Bloc in order to form a government. The parties all agreed, and subsequently formed the first Grudinin government.

The Democratic Bloc was subsequently in government continuously between 1973 to 2001 - almost 28 years. It enacted liberal economic policies, stripped several laws left from the Party of the People, and turned the Republic into a federal state through the constitutional amendment. However, it governed through the Robloxian Civil War, and later in the late 90s, economic and political crises. This made the Democratic Bloc unpopular, and it feel from government in the same time when the Left Bloc gained a landslide victory in 2001. It collectively sat in opposition until 2011 after the unpopularity of Mattheu Cardilleri. It was later in government as a majority coalition government, winning the later 2015, 2019, and 2020 snap elections. However, scandals further arose and reached into a boiling point when Andrea Stephanopoulos' government became embroiled in several scandals, and subsequently lost the government, with other parties than Green joining Left Bloc's government, meaning the Democratic Bloc was dissolved.

The Greens planned to create a new coalition as the successor of the Democratic Bloc called the New Democratic Bloc to contest any upcoming general elections. In addition, despite the coalition being center-right, the Greens have more considerable left-wing views than others, putting it at odds to other parties in the coalition.

Other federal parties
Other significant federal parties that were or are represented in the Federal Robloxian Council include:


 * Libertarian Roblox: although seen by many as a liberal party, it holds considerable left-wing views. A successor of the American Liberty Party. Represented with 17 seats in the current convocation of Parliament, with its peak in 2015 - 2020 with 144 seats.
 * New Society: a right-wing populist party that opposes immigration and the Union of Virtual Countries. Despite many speculations, they decided to not contest the 2020 snap elections. In addition, the 2021 constitutional amendments effectively banned far-right parties, but continues to operate underground. Its peak was 257 seats between 2015 - 2020.
 * Deutsche Lead: the party that represents German views and culture. Represented with 142 seats in the current convocation of Parliament and supports the current government while not being in government.

President of the Unitary Republic
The President is the head of state