Forum:Political Structure - NAU

Based on the discussion in Talk:Martin Luther King, I decided to list what I know or recall of the NAU's politics so that we could work out a logical article on it.

First, the Governor General exercises executive powers similar to that of a US President rather than just being a symbol as is the Canadian G-G. There have been comments in the book that he is appointed by the monarch rather than elected and the monarch is a respected and inspirational figurehead but does not exercise day to day power.

However, MLK s a politician in the book and concerned with the opinions of the citizens (or perhaps residents would be a better word) of the NAU. In addition, several cabinet members accompanied him on his train trip to "New Liverpool" after the painting was stolen along with Sir Devereaux Jones, the Chairman of the NAU Tory Party. There was no mention of any Whigs being on the train although skimming later parts of the book Bushell sees a couple of Whig shadow cabinet members at a reception at the Russian Embassy. This suggests a NAU wide parliamentary system in place along with individual provincial ones which has explicitly been mentioned. Also, MLK is partisan since only Tories or professional civil servants were on the train with him and no Whigs.

There is mention of a PM in London but none of a NAU PM and no one with that title accompanied MLK on the train. There is no indication whether the NAU send MPs to London or not.

I also have a partial list of previous G-Gs based on one paragraph from Bushell's trip to "Victoria". He has a meeting with MLK in the executive mansion (America's Number 10 after 10 Downing Street in London, the PMs official residence) and walking down the corridor to the meeting room he sees a series of portraits of previous G-Gs:


 * 1) Grim looking Jackson who enforced the freeing of the slaves prescribed by London,
 * 2) Roly-poly Douglas under who the NAU spilled over the Rockies,
 * 3) Martin Roosevelt at the controls of his personal airship ad who was rumoured to take pretty girls up into the sky with him.

Jackson is clearly Andrew Jackson who was US President in OTL when such a decree was issued throughout the British Empire. Douglas might be Stephen Douglas, given when the US expanded westward. Martin Roosevelt is either a less well known member of that family or, more likely a composite of Teddy (adventurous, at the controls of his airship) and FDR (rumours of womanizing), a Daniel MacArthur. ML4E 20:45, November 1, 2010 (UTC)