Imperial Senate of Rhomania

The Imperial Senate (Gerousia) is the highest legislative body of the Roman Empire, and goes back, in some form or another, as far as the seventh century BC. It has a membership of 1000, who, under the Psaran Constitution, are democratically elected once every five years under a first past the post system.

The Imperial Senate is dominated by the Symboulion, a group of between ten and twenty senior Senators who head the various departments of the Rhomanian bureaucracy. The Symboulion is generally chosen by the Grand Logothete, aside from one member, the Sakellarios, who is chosen by the Palace, and is the only individual theoretically allowed to vote in the Senate without first being elected.

Currently, the Senate is dominated by two parties, the Imperial League, and the Popular Assembly. Though other parties exist, notably the Progressives, Christian Democrats, Radical Imperialists and Muslim Brotherhood, their influence is limited by the so-called "Rule of Fifty".