Politics in Rhineland (No New Deal)

The Confederation of the Rhine was established following the treaty of Antwerp in 1948 which saw the American and British occupation zones in Germany unify. The country is a Federal Presidential Republic consisting of 6 administrative regions, these include 3 states: Northern Rhine, Saarland, Rhine-Palatinate and 2 Grand Cities: Düsseldorf and Mainz along with the capital city of Cologne.

Administrative regions and Politics

Reichsburg Castle

The three states elected a governor every 4 years, the Saarland having been established in 1947 elect a governor every other odd numbered year whilst the North Rhine and the Rhineland-Palatinate elect a governor every other even numbered year. Dusseldorf and Mainz are recognized as Grand cities and are outside their state's administrative region, they hold elections based on support of the ruling coalition of the city.

The Rhinestag is the legislative body of the country, it has 43 seats and thus 22 are needed to form a coalition led by a President of the Rhinestag. The longest serving member of the Rhinestag serves also as the speaker of the Rhinestag and his votes counts as 2 in the event of a tie of any motion, the current speaker is Peter Muller (RCP). The Rhine convenes at Reichburg Castle in Cochem.

Name	Governor/Grand Mayor	Coat of Arms
Saarland	Tobias Hans (RCP)
Northern Rhine	Hendrick Wust (RCP)
Rhineland-Palatinate	Malu Dreyer (RLP)
Mainz	Jurgen Klopp (Ind)
Dusseldorf	Etzel Mikson (RNP)

Political Parties

There are 3 major parties within the Rhineland, 2 other parties have only minor support and have not been involved in a ruling coalition in the Rhinestag. The RCP has the most seat but are in a coalition with the RNP, the opposition consists of the three other parties.

• The Christian Rhenish Party (RCP) is the center right party of the Rhineland, founded in 1949 by Johannes Hoffmann it dominated politics during the 1950s and the 1960s. It took a more centrist position during the 1970s following the rise of another right-wing party.
• The Rhenish Labor Party (RLP) is the liberal party of Rhineland, they had a hard time following their founding in 1955 as the threat of communism led to difficulty in gaining support.
• The Rhenish National Party (RNP) is the conservative party of Rhineland, they took a more right-wing position than the RCP after their establishment in 1961.
• Green Rhineland (UdR) are a left-wing party in Rhineland that focus on pushing environmental conservation policies in the Rhinestag. Founded in 2001, they are the youngest party with a seat in the Rhinestag.
• The Greater Rhine Unionist (GrU) are a far-right party which push for the attaining of more lands along the Rhine. They hold "Ultra-Christian" values which they believe the RCP and RNP have given up on.

Presidents of the Confederation

No.	President		Took office	Left office	Party	Election
1		Johannes Hoffmann	February 20, 1948	February 20, 1963	Rhenish Christian Party	1950
						1956
2		Karl Arnold	February 20, 1963	February 20, 1969		1962
3		Heinz Kühn	February 20, 1969	February 20, 1975	Rhenish Labor Party	1968
4		Moritz Von Hesse	February 20, 1975	February 20, 1987	Rhenish National Party	1974
						1980
5		Norbert Burger	February 20, 1987	February 20, 1993	Rhenish Labor Party	1986
6		Carl-Ludwig Wagner	February 20, 1993	February 20, 1999	Rhenish National Party	1992
7		Jürgen Rüttgers	February 20, 1999	February 20, 2011	Rhenish Christian Party	1998
						2004
8		Julia Klöckner	February 20, 2011	February 20, 2017		2010
9		Armin Laschet	February 20, 2017	February 20, 2023	Rhenish National Party	2016
10		Anke Rehlinger	February 20, 2023	Incumbent	Rhenish Labor Party	2022